are typically fiscally conservative. california only joined them in increasing that tax last year. reporting live in san jose, amanda del castillo, abc 7 news >> amanda, thank you. is there any really bad road where you live in? send us a picture with the picture, video and location. we'll reach out to officials to see why it is not getting fixed? one big closure is the salesforce in san francisco. there is still no estimated date to reopen it. engineers say finding out what caused cracks in two steel beams could take weeks. a block of fremont street may reopen next friday. >> speaking of the commute, it's 4:30. if you're just joining us, a quick update on weather and traffic. hi, mike. >> hi, jessica. good morning, reggie. we have showers overnight. you may run into showers.

downpours may cause slickness throughout the day. we have random showers. the system is the weakest that it is going to get. that's why it is a 1 once again. our best chance of rain right now, well up north of us and ukiah also. low to mid-60s again. this afternoon will top out in the 6 0s and 70s. back to alexis. let's find out more about the commute. >> good morning, mike. actually, i do have something weather related to pass along. nothing like the tuesday morning commute. yesterday we had slick spots. we have overnight showers. chp issuing an advisory for highway 17. a lot of fox are saying we have slick conditions between santa cruz and the summit. not an easy road on a dry yesterday morning we had a crash that tied things up. hopefully today we don't have the same thing. walnut creek, 680, north main

street. that is look okay. another area in contra costa county coming up next >> developing news on brett kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court. the fbi report is now out. >> senators will spend the day he reviewing the report. in an overnight tweet, the white house says it remains fully confident the senate will vote to confirm the supreme court nomin nominee. the focus is on this handful of senators who may still be on the fence. emily. >> reporter: exactly right. we are now counting down the hours until senators take their vote on kavanaugh's confirmation. this morning it is still unclear if republicans actually have what they need. officially kicking off the countdown to a crucial vote. >> we have closure on brett kavanaugh's nomination. >> reporter: with his nomination to the highest court on the line, the full senate could vote on his final confirmation this weekend. the decision could come down to

a handful of undecided senators. the white house is now debating the release of the findings of that fbi investigation as attorneys for kavanaugh's first accuser, christine blasey ford, attack its merit, releasing this statement saying a sum manial investigation that did not include an interview with her, neuer the witnesses who corroborate her testimony, cannot be called an investigation. we are profoundly disappointed. senators will get the chance to start reviewing that fbi report at 8:00 this morning. reggie, as you mentioned, the white house saying overnight they are fully confident that judge kavanaugh will be confirmed. back to you. >> we will see what the senators have to say about that. emily, thank you. activists opposed to the nomination held a rally at city hall last night. they say he is unfit for the high court based on the teim o christine blasey ford. there will be a similar rally tonight in palo alto.

it is planned for 7:00 p.m. at the corner of el camino real and embarcadero. on the peninsula, around 200 demonstrators are planning to protest today at google headquarters in mountain view. in august, many residents rallied at city hall against google's downtown development in san jose. they plan to march with a fair community benefits package for san jose. the march is scheduled to start at 3:00 p.m. >> in the south bay, tempers flare as were hundreds turned out to voice frustrations over an idea to turn two school campuses into affordable teacher housing.

their idea, build a brand-new high school and middle school down the road and turn the current sites into teacher house. it is an idea that generated plenty of fierce opposition from residents. >> it's not a good idea for this area. >> yeah! >> it is hurtful as a teacher because we are really nice neighbors, if you have ever met a teacher. >> the idea is one of several the district came up with an in effort to alleviate the affordability crisis facing many of its teachers. despite the high emotions, they plan to keep app likewising all their options. happening today, san francisco mayor london breed will review a plan to add 1,000 more beds in homeless shelters. breed wants to have half the new beds available by next summer and the rest by the year 2020. governor brown just signed a bill into law making it easier for local governments to move the homeless into shelters.

a young boy is back with his family thanks to quick action by police. he turned up alone at a gas station on railroad last night. all he could say was his name was sam. police posted a photo and alerted the media. someone recognized sam, and he was reunited with his dad. his grandparents learned he was lost by watching abc 7 news at 9:00. no world why he ended up at the gas station. you're never more than 7 minutes away from my accuweather forecast. temperature-wise, 57 in berkeley. that's clearly one of the cooler spots. 60 in san leandro and ori tna. here's the way the commute looks from south beach across the western span of the bay bridge. it is dry right now. spotty showers are possible. caution at times y. nksunefter.trant, you're not from thetyucrares

phaoeufpld all day. the north bay, you can see when the dryer air comes in. look at the cloudiness. 8:00, 10:00, noon. they start to break up at 2:00. mid-60s to upper 60s. in san francisco, it will take until 6:00 for try air to roll in. low to mid-60s today. south bay, you're going to be the last to see the sunshine. partly sunny conditions just about all the way through sunset. start off at 63, jump to 72 at 2:00. then back down to 63 at 8:00. so pretty quiet out there. i noticed my car had a lot of drops on it. my streets were wet. so there were showers overnight. hopefully people are being careful there. what are you seeing? >> we had the slick roadway warning -- that's kind the tongue. highway 17 through the santa cruz mountains. chp issued that earlier this

morning. othe weather-wise. a truck fire in the contra costa area, eve bound 80. the ramp is skyway is fully blocked due to the fire. truck brakes caught fire. emergency crews are on the scene. if you're continuing on east bound 80, road work between the bridge and redwood parkway. that is scheduled to wrap at 5:00 this morning. that's already starting to change from red into yellow. they may be picking that up ahead of schedule. drive times coming up next. alexis, thank you. a san francisco blocks a plan to deport 300,000 immigrants. and he uses president trump's own words against him. relief could be on the way for people living near sfo. how technology could replace the play

traveling around the state, i wanted to show you the doppler. in the mountains, whether to our east or north, that's where we are seeing the greatest concentrationeror tahoe northward in this area shaded in sea foam green. tomorrow, nobody has a chance of thunderstorms as quieter weather will roll in. 69, chico. low to mid-70s in sacramento.

in my 7-day forecast for tahoe, thunderstorms today. one last chance sunday. highs in the 50s and lows in the 20s starting sunday. >> mike, thank you. new details in a shooting that left a sheriffs deputy dead and six others hurt in south carolina. a man opened fire on officers trying to serve a search warant. three were wounded. four others shot while trying to rescue the hurt deputies. authorities eventually took the suspect into custody. investigators say he was holding children hostage. none of the kids were harmed. the officer who was killed just celebrated 30 years in law enforcement. a judge in san francisco is blocking the trump administration from deporting 300,000 immigrants. the judge said the administration may have been motivated by racism and trying to remove immigrants from haiti, sudan, nicaragua and el salvador, who are protected

under a federal program. this is a video for an event earlier this year. his profane reference to haiti and african nations in january were cited. officials say they will use a satellite system to alter arrivals to sfo to slightly mitigate noise. it is called a ground-based augmentation system. the the airport will test 13 landing adjustments and submit them to the faa for approval. academic leaders to take a look to see whether they should use standardized test scores. some found sf.a.t. and a.c.t. put low-incomeccurate

students at a competitive disadvantage because they can't afford costly test presence. happening today, a familiar roar will be heard over parts of the bay area. >> pwhraoup angels set to practice over the skies of san francisco from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. tomorrow, saturday, and sunday there will be shows from noon to 4:00 p.m. fleet week is already under way. visitors are taking advantage of the opportunity to store state-of-the-art combat ships. kristen zee shows us >> reporter: this is the uss manchester. it was commissioned only five months ago. it is the newest combatant. you can tour at pier 35 through saturday. you can also tour the uss bonham rashard. this is the second largest ship in the navy behind an aircraft

carrier. visitors can walk on the enormous flight deck and chat with service members. it carries an additional 2,000 marines when deployed. and their helicopters and combat weapons. >> my father was in world war ii, and he was in the navy. he was a dead gunner. so i wanted to see the inside of a ship. >> the people, while they're visiting, had the opportunity to climb aboard an aircraft or learn about the different type of equipment that the marines use on board. so they really get that hands-on experience while touring the ship. >> of course the biggest crowd policer is the precision flying team, blue angels. practice begins friday afternoon with a full airshow saturday and sunday. to get all the details, including pulling schedule and explanation of how it all got started, go to abc7news.com. i'm excited for them to start practicing tonight. >> yeah.

>> it's loud. >> it is very loud. you can't miss it. i've been seeing a lot of those ships too along the embarcadero. there are a lot of them. it's massive. it's very cool. >> they're huge. >> it's amazing what they can do and the stealth technology they are building with the irregular shapes. i can't wait to see that. and the blue angels. clouds will part a little bit for them today. more sunshine on the way for fleet week. more warm weather. san jose, just cloudy this morning and 64. no light showers for you yet. but we're unsettled today. so there is still that possibility. now, the dry air arrives for all of us tonight with temperatures back in the 40s and 50s. no more lows in the 60s. it will be a warm weekend during the afternoon hours. i will cool off during t hos. bin a weak cold front. as it comes through, it could lift this moisture enough to bring us a random shower or two.

we'll start at 7:00 in the morning. you can see green. no yellows, no orangings. random in nature. tphpts t notice the white is still out there. you will need sunglasses from time to time today. at noon, cold front moving into mendocino counties. increasing sunshine for you during the afternoon hours. the rest of us still dealing with partly sunny conditions, humidity and a stray shoufrpwer. by 7:00, you can see the clearing taking place. stars coming out. a chance of the wet weather over by midnight. high temperatures, low to mid-70s away from san francisco and the coast where we will be in the low to mid-60s. lows don't, upper 40s, mid-50s. a little bit of fog also. my accuweather 7-day forecast, a little bit warmer tomorrow. 80s return inland. three-day engagement, saturday,

sunday, monday. 60s at the coast. alexis? >> not a whole lot to talk about traffic-wise. we don't have any major incidents. that is certainly good nice. we're looking live at the bay bridge toll plaza. if you are paying cash, you will have a little bit of a wait. no carpool lanes open yet. no metering lights yet either. that will happen 5:15, 5:20. check that out, tracy to dublin actually in the green. 27 minutes. we'll take it. dublin to mission boulevard, pls in t also in the green at 19. and 101 to cupertino, 15 minutes. amazon made a big announcement but there's a catch. the simplies are no longer going to get stock.yayerin am ssoney

elimination of the bonus and stock programs. not as great as it seemed. >> do you have an extra $15,000 to spend? >> no. >> if you do, there is a tv just for you. >> and a machine that can pour 1500 beers a year. honda and general motors teaming up. >> honda will invest $2 billion in self-driving unit called cruz. it will take place the next dozen years. the aim is to develop a completely new autonomous vehicle which won't have any controls for human operation. very cool. samsung unveiled its price for its massive 8k television. >> you can preorder the 85 inch tv right now for $15,000. yeah. deliveries do start at the end of this month, so you will get it in time for the holidays. fans at milwaukee bucs games

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you're never more than 7 minutes away from my accuweather forecast. you can see the exploratorium. look a at the temperatures, how mild they are. we should be in the 70s and 80s. we'll be in the 60s and 70s. but the 80s are coming back. a new study links eating processed meat with an increased risk of breast cancer. researchers reviewed 16 studies connecting hot dogs, bacon, ham, and salami with disease. women who ate 30 grams a day, had a 9% increase for developing

breast cancer. there was no significant link with other red meats. the results are published in the international journal of cancer >> walmart is recalling a quarter million camping axes. listen to this. the company says the axe head can detach and fall off the handle. it involves ozark trail axe with a black rubber handle. they were sold from january of 2017 through july of 2018. at least two people were cut when the axe heads detached. if you have one, take it back to the store and get a refund. yikes. work officially under way to build an epic new trail in california. >> this is a once in a hroeufplt opportunity. there are very few times where you can advance a project that is good for the environment and our economy. >> and that project is called the great redwood trail.

the it will run from lark spur to humboldt. >> eventually, you will have a contiguous trail where folks will be able to hike, bike, or ride their horse all the way from marin county in the south to humboldt county in the north. this is going to be the equivalent of a john mere trail or appalachia trail. start seeing a portion in six months in marin and sonoma. the whole trail could be finished in two years. is today a good day for hike something. >> yeah, i think so. in the north bay, it could be muddy in spots. the dewpoints are still in the muggy to humid threshold. not as muggy as the next several days. we will be in the upper 50s through 7:00 this morning. and this will last through noon tpf if you're heading out, it will be sticky. dry air moving into the north

bay. during the evening hours, all of us feel that refreshing change. here's alexis. now, no major issues to talk b. a live look at the san matteo bridge. slowly starting to fill in. that is about all we're dealing with in the entire bay area. 33 bart trains in service with no delays. ace 1 is on on time. we talked to ace and they're saying, yes, they're having gps issues. that should be fixed in two weeks with a new system. normal service, no delays for gold especially gate transit. >> alexis, thank you. i love the next story. check out the celebrity chef inspired celebration. natalie sign always thought her 1-year-old looked just like guy fieri. look at this elaborate birthday party complete with flavor town cookies. she featured some of the

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the senate judiciary committee has the fbi's background report into brett kavanaugh. so what happens now? >> kavanaugh's college roommate said no one interviewed him. he talked with abc 7 news last night describing in detail about why the supreme court nominee's drinking was, quote, unusual. good morning on this thursday, october 4th. it is 5:00 a.m. thanks for joining us. you're never more than 7 minutes away from your accuweather forecast. meteorologist mike nicco is here. >> let's talk about unsettled weather. humid air mass. weak cold front could spark random showers with brief downpours and cause slick streets. we will keep it at a 1 for the remainder of today, into the afternoon hours. showers dancing all around us. quiet weather out there. you can see it is a little muggy and mold. upper 50s to mid-60s. we'll hang out 70 everywhere at noon. yeah, pretty much low 70s in the