said don't call it a comeback. i've been here for years. geoffrey the giraffe rising from the ashes. it may not be over yet. >> showers may not be over yet either. live from the east bay hills camera as we are back on the storm impact scale today. and we're being very dramatic, rising from the ashes. >> everything is dramatic this morning. good morning on this weapons, october 3rd. >> thank you for joining is us. you're never more than 7 minutes away from your accuweather forecast. meteorologist mike nicco is here. >> i don't like drama. but we will do what we can over here. scattered showers today and sunshine. not going to be an all-day event. brief downpours from these that do develop. a chance of lightning and thunder. here's a look at the sunol. watch out for ponding on the roadways. all of this is coming up from the southeast. south bay and peninsula, it's your turn this morning. it won't be anywhere close to what the north bay dealt with

yesterday morning. accuweather 12-hour planner. upper 50s to 60s. probably leave the jacket at home. the rest of us hit the low to mid-70s under muggy conditions with mainly partly sunny conditions and scattered showers and thunderstorms. alexis says it's a little quieter this morning. >> just a tiny bit. yeah, we are looking great so far this morning. mostly green on on our traffic maps. no major issues to talk about. one problem in the south bay. westbound 237 past the 880 split, milpitas, a multicar crash. that quickly sounds like it is being pushed off to the shoulder. chp heading to the scene. as soon as possible i have more details, i'll give you an update. a bit of red. bay bridge toll plaza, in the sweet spot. no metering lights yet. cash lanes thereined out. everyone cruising through with no major issues. an update in 10 minutes. geoffrey the giraffe may be coming back from the dead.

>> there's a movement to possibly bring back toys "r" us after it closed all stores over the summer. abc 7 news reporter a map da del castillo is at one of those stores in san jose >> reporter: something weird happened in the last minute. toys "r" us sign just came on just within the last minute. i don't know if that's a sign of things to come. but we only said good-bye to the retail giant and geoffrey the giraffe in june. again, all signs are pointing to a possible comeback. wall street journal said the company received qualified bids for assets, including brand names of toys "r" us, babies are u.s., geoffrey the giraffe and associated websites. lenders canceled a planned bankruptcy auction. lenders revealed a reorganization plan.ne to ersco. but they have given the company

the option oued 740 ofiled for bankrucy its u.s. stores would be closing. poor holiday sales, performance, a shift to more play time on mobile devices, and competition from online and discount stores contributed to the countrywide closure. now, back in june is, the company posted a picture of geoffrey the giraffe with a suitcase. so there is no telling whether he is back from the vacation now or whether this is just wishful thinking. we'll just have to wait and see. reporting live from the toys "r" us in san jose, amanda del castillo. >> we barely had time to even miss him. amanda, thank you. a member of a white supremacist group is expected in court today. police arrested four members on chargerete t w charlottesville, virginia last year. benjamin daily, michael ma

celis, coal white are all part prosecors say they traveled to insight a riot and attack counterprotesters. >> their hands taped and ready to do street battle, committed multiple acts of violence, including punching, can kicking, head-butting and pushing numerous people. >> three of the men are from southern california. the fourth man, cole white was working at top dog restaurant last year at the time of the rally. he later resigned. he's the one due in court today. court documents say is they may have taken part in rallies in berkeley and huntington beach. the crack on the 36th floor of the sinking and leaning millennium tower was caused by centers impact according to a just released engineering report. these new photos that you see a closeup view of the break that happened over labor day weekend.

and the owners of the unit say a massive bang woke them up in the middle of the night. that's when they eventually saw the crack. the report does not conclude exactly what the impact was from. happening today in san francisco, a community meeting % for people living in a new housing development on the old hunters point naval ship yard. a radiological expert will be at that meeting. this comes after a radioactive item, a deck marker, was found near homes last month. the device is used to guide ships to their berth. it tunnels raid yum 226 which doctors say can cause everything from itching skill, ulceration, dermatitis, even cancer. the meeting starts at 5:30 at the community room on galvez avenue. a surprise inspection at an e-cigarette company in san francisco. juul makes the most popular in the entire country. the question of how it's getting the sales prompted the fda to take action.

abc 7 news anchor dion lim has more on what the agency was looking for. >> reporter: there are dozens of e-cigarette products on the market. and at et big times smoke shop, this is the most popular selling product. in 18 months, juul made a meet orrick rise. according to the center for tobacco control, research and education dominating 70% of the e-cigarette market. >> it became like high school and college phenomenon. >> reporter: the food and drug administration seized over 1,000 documents from juul san francisco headquarters. into the product's appeal into young people. >> juul actually admitted when they started out they really did market to youth. they did a lot of social media promotion. they later said it was a mistake. >> i don't see kids smoking around the halls or the bathrooms but i feel like ill might smell it.

i see a lot of advertising. >> reporter: it comes in various flavors. what really makes it to young people is it's small and easily conceivable. when you wave it around, it goes into something called party mode. >> it is associated more with something that, you know, you keep in your pocket. >> reporter: a spokesperson sent me this statement saying the company is committed to preventing underage use and want to engage with fda lawmakers, public health advocates and others to keep juul out of the hands of young people. adding, they have released 50,000 pages of documents to the fda since april. this isn't the first time fda cracked down on juul. they were given 60 days to prove they can prevent these from getting into the hands of kids. dion lim, be abc 7 news. home goods in the north bay has a lot of cleaning up to do after part of the roof cole lambsed yesterday morning. the cause is still under investigation. but it appears to be weather

related. is san rafael had a lot of rain yesterday morning. the building is now red tagged. fortunately nobody got hurt. it was nearly an inch and about 1500ths. it came down fast and furious in the north bay. we're not seeing that this morning. hi, everybody. engel side, heading towards the sunset, marina eventually, and the richmond district, that's where the live rain is. you can see on the peninsula, right over sfo, down 280 and also 101 all the way into the south bay. notice it's all green. you're not seeing the yellows, oranges and reds at the north bay. very light rain. but it will still be slick, nonetheless, as it may be the first time you have had rain in 130, 140 days. golden gate bridge, definitely dryer than yesterday. if you're out and about, sunglasses and umbrella. probably more shine than showers. bay play, yard work, put it off.

here's a look at the east bay shoreline. 65 this morning. 69 at 10:00. low to mid-70s this morning under partly sunny skies with a random shower. peninsula, we have a better chance around the lunch hour. make sure you use our app at that point so you can track live doppler 7 to see if there is a shower around you or moving toward you. east bay valleys. from noon to 6:00, you have the best chance of scattered showers and thunderstorms. temperatures in the mid-70s. it will drop by 8:00 and drop down to 60, 70 degrees. hour by hour, a storm will linger into tomorrow. that's coming up next. here's ra lexis. speaking of sprinkles or light rain in the south bay, we got word of a spin-out crash on 17. it is not like yesterday morning but we could have slick pavement. north of the summit, pickup truck lost control, hit the center divide. it is facing the wrong way. the fast lane is blocked.

here's a quick check of san jose, north bound highway 101, 880, slowly starting to increase. no major delays this morning. next traffic update at 5:20. >> at the live desk, the situation in indonesia is getting even worse. a volcano eruption earlier today. it happened days after magnitude 7.5 earthquake triggered a tsunami. a disaster spokesman said 1,400 people have died in the recent natural disasters. the indonesian president says aid is finally starting to arrive. we're approaching one year simms the negotiate bay wildfires is facing budget issues. firefighters positions on the chopping block >> trouble near tahoe.

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here's a look at live doppler 7. the last hour or so, you can see the time stamp on the upper right-hand side of your television or whatever device you may be watching us on or streaming. definitely you see light showers

from the south bay on both sides of the bay. this is going to be the case through the morning hours. not as much ponding as yesterday. it could be slick for some of us. be careful. a big break in a string of celebrity burglaries at the homes of high profile stars, including rihanna. four people are in custody accused of stealing phones, jewelry, designer handbags and piles of cash. according to the los angeles police department, the suspect scouted upscale neighborhoods are athletes and celebrities lived. they even drove around in ex pensive suv to blend in. police say during the burglaries, one person would knock on the door. if no one answered, they would break in and go right to the bedroom. the victim's home had been selected based on social media postings and touring or travel schedules of the owners. >> police believe the suspects could be responsible for two dozen burglaries. they found a list of other potential targets including matt

damon, lebron james, viola davis. heads-up, you're going to get an alert on your cell phone this morning that may startle you. it is planned nation wide. it is fema's first nationwide test of a wireless emergency alert in case of national threats like a nuclear attack or terrorist attacks in multiple cities. the alert will be sent at exactly 11:18 this morning. officials expect the alert to reach 75% of wireless enabled devices across the country. it's being called a presidential level alert, but emergency messages are prewritten and approved in advance by various government agencies. the city of oakland opened its third tough shed community to help house the homeless. it is right next to peralta park. it will provide a dry place to stay for 40 people. the sheds are only meant to an

emergency method to get people off the streets. >> we want that this program works because we have seen is the t other tough shed programs ended their status as unsheltered. >> oakland opened its first tough sheds last december. the goal is to help residents find permanent housing within six months. in the north bay, budget cuts could lead to dozens of positions also getting the axe. the city council discussed the plan that would cut $7 million next year. that would eliminate 50 mostly vacant positions. that includes six full-time slots for firefighters. the fire chief says that could make it more difficult to replace retiring firefighters and staff new stations in the long run. >> new details on that facebook hack that affected 90 million accounts. facebook says an investigation found no evidence that the attackers accessed any apps

using facebook login. that means apps for tinder, spotify and airbnb should be secure. it has fixed the problem that led to the security breach. the shark tank is about to fill up as hockey officially returns to the south bay. san jose sharks start their season tonight. they host the anaheim ducks. the team has stanley cup dreams this year after trading for star erik karlsson. look out for coverage at 4:00, including a one-on-one interview with another sharks store, logan couture. >> a fireman woke up after hearing a garbage container tip over in truckee. three bear cubs were inside. they cautiously opened up the dumpst dumpster. one by one, the cubs came out. they look around and take off. apparently another fireman was distracting mama so the other guy could safely is free the

cubs. authorities do stress, always call professionals to deal with trapped bear cubs. how about the guy that gets the job to distract mama? >> how is he doing that? >> yikes! >> what's he do? >> that is really getting the short straw. >> they sure were cute. >> three cute cubs or mama. great story, though. they were cute. especially when they ran up, fell down and started running again. they are fast too. however about that? let's talk about what's going on. we have fast-moving showers out there this morning. but they're very light. and they're sprinkling across san jose. 101 and 880. it doesn't look too wet. it is definitely an area that has seen showers. the sun and the showers will campaign to create some thunderstorms at times. so lightning is possible today. we're under that risk once again. mug cancer and miluggy and mild. warmer with lower humidity as we head into the extended forecast.

2:37 from mountain view to milpit milpitas. light shower. just green showing up. green over top of us. stronger storms out to our east like they were he yesterday. at least as far as producing lightning. here's the area of low pressure. it's coming back towards the coast. that's why we will see it produce more wet weather as we head through the morning. you can see the peninsula around noon. possibility of showers there. they could be be anywhere. this is just the best area. you can see in the east bay, it looks like that would be the best area. south bay, as we head into the evening commute. once it starts to end, so does the shower. a light shower near the coast. a few light showers and sprinkles up towards mid he night -- no upp exempt at the coast will be in the mid-60s. lows tonight, upper 50s to mid-60s once again. then we will have temperatures in the 40s and fists for lowe's.

70s and 80s elsewhere starting friday. hey, alexis >> hey, good morning, mike. i double-checked with chp. they are not telling me the metering lights are on yet, but, boy, they will be be any minute. really our only crash right now is in the santa cruz highway 17 north of the summit. we've got at least one vehicle involved in the crash. initially reported as a solo vehicle spinout in the left lane. not much of a delay right now. a enough call says possibly a couple other vehicles involved too. we have a few sprinkles. could be slick in some areas. light showers in the south bay. highway 4 to walnut creek, 6 minutes. much better day on westbound 24 to highway 13, 8. tracy to dublin, in the yellow at 51 minutes. all right. we are getting a closer look at new digital license plates in

california. we first told you about them when they were being test indeed may. it makes it easier for drivers to krupp date tabs. display amber alerts, show when a vehicle is reported stolen and track a vehicle. it is being sold in redwood city, ss customs. 1200 digital plates were listed over the summer. a couple concerns. >> what are they? >> a lot of folks are worried about privacy, right? if you can be be tracked everywhere you're going. >> or hacked. >> you could get hacked. i didn't even think of that. and they're kind of pricey. >> how much? >> you're going to love this. 68 $699 for the plate and $7 monthly service fee. >> good-bye. >> maybe it's like the computer started off at 20,000, took up half your living room. maybe these will go down a little bit. >> i have so many questions.

what if you don't pay your monthly service? do you not have a license? >> that is a good question. >> that is a good question. you will find out when you get pulled over. >> he yeah, no kidding. >> more questions than answers. speaking of cars, tesla is churning out more model 3s. the third quarter report. they made more than 56,000 delivered to customers. >> in today's gma first look. an urgent manhunt under way for a suspected killer in tennessee. candice gibson has the latest stkpwhraor in this morning's gma first look, the massive man hunt in continue tomorrow for an accused killer. police are setting up roadblocks within a two-mile area having to drive their kids to school because no school buses are running while police search. authorities in two counties northwest of gnashville are in a race to find 53-year-old kirby wallace. september 23rd, he killed a

63-year-old woman, wounded her husband, and then set their home on fire. last thursday, after a woman left this area church, came at her with a knife and stole her vehicle. and then on monday, police say he killed again, shooting a man dead in his driveway and then racing from police in this stolen pickup truck that he crashed into trees a few miles away. coming up at 7:00, we'll have the latest o search with your gma first look, abc news, new york. next, the 7 things you need to know as start your day. >> a local man inspired a statewide law to crack down on the opioid epidemic. and this looks and sounds like a wind chime but the purpose is much bigger than

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or heading out the door, the 7 things you need to know. m acight showers tr. today. you can see the green on the peninsula, south bay, heading into the east bay. not nearly as heavy as it was yesterday, but there's still a chance of thunderstorms the rest of the afternoon >> numbe two, ehlearning frompo. they are drawing attention to opioid abuse after the deaths of two teenagers who died of suspected drug overdoses. number three, the fbi expected to wrap up its investigation into the allegations against supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh as soon as today. meanwhile, from the is now on the attack ridiculing christine blasey ford's team at a campaign rally. >> this morning at 11:18, the alert is in case of national threats like a nuclear or terrorist attack. >> numbercoming back from the d?

toys "r" us has canceled plans to auction off the company and is now proposing a new he reorganization plan. >> number six, boy, what a difference a day makes. the commute looking much better than yesterday. the metering lights at 5:23. no major blocking issues. >> happy mean girls day. the day each year. why october 3rd? in the film, lindsay lohan's character acts her crush what day it is. and he says october 3rd, making this year extra special, it is wednesday. ? on wednesday's, we wear pink. can i sit with you? >> sure. >> thank you. >> coming back with another 90 minutes of news including the instagram outage that had some users in a

president trump getting laughs at the expense of christine blasey ford. new questions surround the fbi investigation. amazon wants to make voice-assisted toys for your kid. what could possibly go wrong? >> no way. >> better cam that order. >> that sounds creepy. sorry, mike, i don't want it. >> you saw the scheme is attics of a teddy bear. >> yeah. remember teddy ruxpin? it can answer your questions.

>> talk about that in just a little bit. good morning. >> let's talk weather first. >> all right. we will turn over a little seriousness. wet weather. potential for more. even thunderstorms today. storm impact scale 1 once again. if you get call the under the showers and thunderstorms, a brief downpour. millbrae, san mateo, redwood city, redwood shores, light rain. not the yellow and oranges of yesterday. everything is marching to the north. it will make it to sfo eventually where it's dry. upper 50s to mid-60s. stay in the mid-60s at the coast. the rest of us hit low to mid-70s. more but be prepared if you get caught under one. here's alexis. good morning, mike. it's not nearly as much as rain as yesterday's commute. we could have slick spots. that could be a contributing factor on highway 17. we have red showing up on on our

traffic flows just is north of the summit. a pickup trust lost control. the left lane is blocked right now. emergency crews on the scene. that is going to make things a little tough if you are coming in from santa cruz. 101, 880, disabled vehicle on the left shoulder, north of 880. it has cleared in the last few minutes. the drive out of the central valley coming up next. thanks alexis, the fbi is expected to wrap up its investigation into the allegations against cream court nominee brett kavanaugh as soon as today. meanwhile, president trump is on the attack ridiculing blasey ford's testimony in front of thousands at a campaign rally. abc news reporter emily rau isa. emi emily. >> reporter: good morning, reggie and jessica. president trump says it's a scary is time for young men in america. and he spoke at a campaign rally in mississippi last night where supporters chanted, we want kavanaugh.

president trump spent his tuesday night in mississippi, getting laughs from the crowd as he openly mocked christine blasey ford, who claims brett kavanaugh sexually assaulted her while drunk at a high school party in the early 80s. >> how did you get there? i don't remember. where is the place? i don't remember. how many years ago was it? i don't know. i don't know. >> reporter: while his son, don jr., denied the president was mocking blasey ford, her attorney sending this scathing quick, calling the remarks a vicious, vile and soulless attack, going on to say he is a profile in cowardess. blasey ford's team saying they have sent letters and e-mails to the fbi with no response, calling the situation in conceivable, demand to go speak to the agent in charge. to the agent in charge. overnight, the "new york times" releasinhe

beacsayingrn the neibo that we're loud, obnoxious drunks. before leaving the white house for tuesday night's rally, reporters asking president trump what message he's sending to young men. >> well, i say is that it's a very scary time for young men in america when youcan be guilty of something that you may not be guilty of. this is a very, very -- these are very difficult times. >> reporter: and his message for women. and as we get closer to the friday deadline, fbi investigation sources are saying it can could be wrapped up soon, even as early as today. reggie and jessica. >> obviously the crowd in mississippi had a big reaction to what president trump was saying last night. but what is he getting the feedback at least from other folks around the country? >> reporter: rouaw crowd. the people really getting into it.

he is not approving of it. he said to talk about something so sensitive at a political rally is just not right. he went on to say he thought the president's comments were appalling. reggie? c ing of tone even for the president so far in this investigation. all right. thanks so much, emily. reminder to stay on the new developments on the kavanaugh supreme court nomination with our abc 7 news app. enable push alerts on on your phone or support device. parents issued a warning to parents after two teenagers died of opioid overdose. >> reporter: two teenagers have died in the last two days. believed to be opioid overdoses. the creator of the comic dilbert said his stepson died sunday of an overdose.

scott adams believes his 18-year-old stepson is one of them. he was found dead in his bedroom. >> the coroners found a fentanyl patch on his arm. if you don't know what a fentanyl patch is, i didn't either. >> reporter: livermore police are so concerned they put out a social media post about the deaths. they said a sin net skpeubg highly addictive painkiller could be involved. there could be a bad dose of drugs on the street right now. they are encouraging parents to talk to their teenagers. it will take a couple weeks for toxicology to urge them to come in. they couldn't wait. this was too urgent of a matter. they wanted to get the word out right now. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you, amy. a santa rosa doctor is charged with districting drugs without a legitimate medical purpose and health fraud.

thomas keller knowingly gave oxycodone and fentanyl to people outside the scope of his practice. he is accused of submitting two fraudulent health care claims for payment. doctors are required by law to check a state database before prescribing opioids. it shows the prescription record for narcotics and controlled substances to doctors can decide if it's valid to describe that medication. that was started by bob pack of danville whose two children were killed by an impaired driver in 2003. the driver had received multiple prescriptions from six different doctors at the same hospital. >> the problem was all of these doctors never spoke to each other or shared a medical file, so they didn't know what each other was doing. >> the system is designed toed flag doctor shopping addicts and prevent deadly kpeupcombination. this morning we're getting a slightly better timeline of when

it comes to closures at the salesforce transit center and the two cracked support beams. the stretch of fremont is expected to reopen to traffic by the end of next week. engineers are testing the cracks and say finding out a cause could take until the end of next month. transit center officials won't give a reopening date until the cause is determined. the rooftop park may open before the terminal. you're never more than 7 minutes away from my accuweather forecast. in this case, live doppler 7, with see the sunol grade and southward to mount hamilton, the biggest shiver heading to livermore and altamonte pass. expect things to get dicey the next hour or so. let's take a look at what's going on as far as our temperatures. it is muggy again. low to mid-'60s. we should be in the 40s and 50s. all of us are in the mi60sntouet antioch. it's 67.

th der bay bridge toll plaza. wet at times on the roads. nothing like the widespread heavier rain we had yesterday in the north bay. we have localized downpours. they will be be very local. showers possible for your ferry ride today. umbrella and shades for mass transit. it could change from sunshine to showers within a few minutes if you're waiting on mass transit. here in san francisco, going mainly partly sunny today with low 60s this morning. mid to upper 0s throughout the afternoon hours. as far as is the phorbgt bay goes, not nearly as wet as yesterday. fog possible this morning. partly sunny, 61. end up in the low to mid-70s. in the south bay, you're seeing a little bit of light rain this morning. you'll have more chances. look at tha. noon through 6:00. mid-70s duringno hour yesterday the north bay, you had all the spinouts there it seemed like. this morning, light rain. spinout in the south bay.

>> yeah. now i have given your entire spiel, what will you add? >> our biggest issue of the morning, highway 17. yeah. solo vehicle spin-out crash. one more vehicle possibly involved in this after the fact. we have the left lane blocked. northbound 17 past the sum milt. definitely seeing a solid line of red approaching the summit. keeping a close eye on that one. that is adding 10, 15 minutes to your trip. not terrible but certainly not the best this wednesday morning. westbound 205, 11 miles per hour. 12 miles per hour once you make it to 580. folks getting out of tracy. certainly stop and go. drive time around an hour. it's not awful but definitely delays there too. golden gate bridge, big difference from yesterday. everyone had their wipers on high. dry heading out the door. no delays in the north bay. a look at drive times coming up next. alexis, thank you. new developments about the suspicious packages possibly

containing poison that were sent to the pentagon. >> the secret service also enter septembered a suspicious envelope addressed to president trump. at least two packages suspected containing ricin were at a delivery facility on pentagon grounds. the packages were addressed to defense secretary jim mattis anded the chief of naval operations. as to the one addressed to the president, it did not enter the white house. the dmv sending out a warning. what you need to watch out for. in today's robots taking over the world i

5:44. this is a look at our thunderstorms threats. it moves over to the high country for tomorrow. no thunderstorms out there right now. but we do have our best wall of water from about san luis obispo to santa barbara. it will locate to the east and northeast. mid to upper 70s through the central valley. low to mid-70s in sew cal. check outta h tahoe. lows in the 20ss and highs in the 50s this weekend.

in the south bay, the bishop of the diocese of san jose say he was moved by what he has heard from victims of clergy sex abuse. bishop mccraw held a second listening session last night. the diocese plans to release the names and status us of priests credibly accused of abuse. people spoke at the session and gave ideas on ways to move forward. >> it was very formative for me. painful at times to hear the stories of the victims, their families, their friends. an advocacy group of victims of clergy sex abuse filed a lawsuit demanding the names of the offenders. police are asking forhe public's help cratching suspects at snatch and grab thefts. police say two men entered at&t and spring stores on ignacio

valley road and verizon on oak grove road. they took off in a gray. infiniti. caltrans does not want people to vote for a gas tax repeal and it is using signs to get the word out. it supports sb1, the gas tax law signed into law last year. leaders of the gas tax repeal initiative are upset with these signs. they say caltrans is using taxpayer money for political advocacy. caltrans has agreed to change the sign but not because they're political. caltrans don't want drivers to take their eyes off the road for too long to read the signs. they're going to remove the website address. but opponents say caltrans is using taxpayer money for political advocacy.

the dmv is sending out a warning about unofficial websites that charge customers for dmv-related services. the department says the sites are chargi ptoak appointments and finish electronic driver's license and i.d. card applications. customers are now reminded there are no additional fees to complete online applications or any online services. dmv is looking into sites to see if they violate consumer protection laws. that wind chime might sound peaceful, but it was actually created for a very different reason. it's to draw attention to air pollution in oakland. wu create thad elaborate chime at the exploratorium. the plan is to put up dozens more throughout the season. it has a censor thatetts matter. he would the more activity you hear on the wind chime, the more

particulate matter in the air. you can go to abc7news.com and we have information for you. wow. instagram users can breathe easy. the photo-sharing service is back up after a worldwide outage. >> around midnight, users started reporting error messages on the app and the website. instagram confirmed the outage but didn't give a reason. the network was back up after an hour. a new leader was appointed on monday. amazon reportedly wants to patent a device to allow toys to interact with children. the toys would be similar to the alexa voice assistant. >> according to the silicon valley center, it would be equipped with a microphone and speaker attached to, as you see here, a stuffed animal like a teddy bear or elf. >> yeah, it looked like an elf.

it can communicate with a computer server and respond to voice commands. they would be able to sense other toys equipped with the device. then they can talk to each other. >> like "toy story". >> this is such a hard no. if any of those ever get close to my doorstep, i'm just going to -- no. no. this sounds terrible to me. maybe i automatically -- >> what if it gets sassy with you. >> i know. it is going to come to life. >> exit the door, teddy bear. i will not. this is my home. >> i know. who do you think you are? >> what happened to the good old days when we used the television as a babysitter? all right. let's move on and talk about the weather. we do have some issues out there this morning. they're not nearly as widespread, neuer as daunting as they were yesterday either.

san rafael, it is dry this morning. southbound 101, still waiting to see if any fog is going to form. so far it hasn't balls the clouds haven't cleared out. in fact, we'll call it partly sunny and humid again. you can feel it when you step outside. that leads to scattered showers today. drizzle to isolated showers tomorrow. and it will be less humid with warmer weather friday into the weekend. all right. here's a look at the north bay. you can see heading up to forrest knolls, that will fall apart by the time it gets to petaluma. best shot burlingame, san bruno, san mateo. watch out on 280 and 101. low pressure down to our south once again. it's rotating back towards us. you can see it hurling moisture back up at us. noon, we have app isolated thunderstorm. make sure you use our app and track it heading out for lunch.

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new this morning, three scienceities share this year's nobel prize in chemistry.

one of them got her ph.d. at uc berkeley. frances arnold won half her prize for enzymes to make biofuels in pharmaceuticals. after getting her doctorate from cal, she considered research at cal tech. another american, dr. george smith, and a brit winter shared their work if age display. you can make new proteins from viruses that affect bacteria to make new drugs. one cures metastatic cancer. >> congratulations to them. an unexpected detail and a loyal dog helped save amon's life. martin hall decided to take a different route on his way home from a job in mariposa county. he found a dog sitting in the middle of the road. he shot this facebook picture when he tried to catch her.

that's what he heard a cry for help. he found a 67-year-old man lying in a nearby field. the man slipped during an early morning walk and broke his hip. that dog is that man's dog. the man is recovering this morning thanks to the tow truck driver and a very loyal companion. alexis, dogs always come through. >> oh, man, how lucky is that guy. that is incredible. >> checking out the roads, we are looking a lot better than we were 24 hours ago. much better driving conditions. we have wet spots. northbound 17 past the summit, left lane blocked due to a spin-out crash. you are slow for three miles. that is stop and go, averaging 7 miles per hour. let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco. live doppler 7. you can see the light showers out there starting to fall apart. the mugginess is remaining muggy. dewpoint temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s. that's going to help spark more showers and thunderstorms.

sfo is quiet right now. there you go. it's just about to get wet. there is probably going to be delays. if you step away from the tv, i'll be sure to post it. back to news with reggie. >> thanks, mike. giants are making changes next season to get you to bed. they want people who go to night games homallyier. home a little earlier. night games on the weekend will stay the same. >> the a's will make major league history today against the yankees. for the first time in the postseason, oakland will not use a starting pitcher. instead, reliever liam hendrix will take the mound. bullpenning is a tactic used several times the last several weeks due to injuries and is changes in the rotation. the tree house will host a free watch party for fans. if you would like to go, doors open at 4:00.

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now at 6:00, back from the dead? toys "r" us might be on the verge of a comeback. a new bling stphreupbg burglars ransacking a top athlete's home and other celebrities who may have become targets. live doppler 7 much quieter this morning. you still might get wet heading out the door. tkpworp on this wednesday, october 3rd. you're never more than 7 minutes away from the accuweather forecast. we will start with the storm impact scale. scattered showers. light ones this morning. the ones wit