♪ >> honk for a way of life that's been upended by apps. tonight we are focusing on building a better bay area by looking at how the ride hair industry disrupted the livelihood of long-time taxi drivers. one fence is not always enough to keep people from getting two close, so it is a good thing the zoo has two between visitors and tigers. live where you live, this is "abc 7 news". tonight's stories from behind the wheel. hear two perspectives, an uber driver and taxi driver as both try to make a living on the streets of san francisco. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. "abc 7 news" is committed to building a better bay area, and what it means is that we spend more time and resources on specific issues that have a big impact on our quality of life. tonight we're talking traffic. >> that's right. here is a live look at drivers in san jose on highway 101, along 680 in walnut creek and headed towards san francisco on i-80 at the bay bridge toll

plays a plaza. we are sure you have been stuck in traffic many, many times. today reare learning more about why it is the case. >> a new study names a big culprit, transportation network companies. you know them as uber and lyft. they got their start in san francisco less than a decade ago. their ride-sharing apps make it easy to get around but made life harder for taxi drivers. >> today cabbies honked in protest outside san francisco city hall as the city tries to decide what to do about taxi medallions. once sold for six figures, they're now essentially worthless. no one has bought or sold a medallion is more than two years. >> inside city hall right now transportation officials are hearing from taxi drivers about the hardships they're enduring, the burden of those medallions is part of it. you are looking live now. a long line of drivers just waiting to talk about what they're going through and what the city's responsibility is in all of this.

all of this is happening right now. >> now, to begin "abc 7 news" reporter melanie woodrow talked with long-time drivers. she joins us live with their stories and, melanie, their struggles. >> reporter: yeah, dan and ama, one of those taxi cab drivers we actually rode along with today says that he recently defaulted on the payments for his medallion and the bank took it back, and that's one of the reasons that the sfmta is proposing anyone who purchased a medallion for $250,000 be the only cab drivers that are then allowed to make drop-offs and pickups at san francisco international airport. those are the single-most lucrative rides for a cab driver in san francisco, but the hundreds of other cab drivers who didn't purchase their medallions, who waited for years on a wait list and got theirs for free say that proposal destroy them. >> and i put 40 years into here and now they're throwing us all

out. hundreds of us. >> reporter: long-time cab drivers like stewart rosen held signs and protested outside city hall while cab drivers honked in solidarity, all ahead of a vote on the proposal to add value to a medallion, a $250,000 investment many cab drivers are defaulting on. the most hotly contested proposal, that only cab drivers who purchased their medallions be able to drop off and pick up from san francisco international airport. other cab drivers obtained their medallions for free years ago by waiting on a wait list. >> so mta came up with a brilliant idea, well, we will throw all of the rest of the cab drivers out and just you can go to the airport and work. >> reporter:verson ttree of san. >> people can continue to make a livelihood, make a living operating in san francisco. >> run around for hours and never get a fare. if we don't have the airport to go to, we don't have any money. >> reporter: perhaps no one knows that better than me medi derudian.

the bank recently took back his medallion. >> i couldn't pay my medallion fee every month. i had to pay the bank $800 and i got behind the payment. >> reporter: he estimates business is down by 60%. >> i don't like it anymore. i'm too old for this. >> reporter: back outside city hall, cab drivers questioned the sfmta logic that giving cab drivers who purchased their medallions for $250,000 the lucrative rides will benefit the industry has a whole. >> i'm not against change, but don't throw us under the bus. please, san francisco, the city i love and gave my life to. i feel like they're killing us. it is not fair. >> reporter: and the public comment period here is expected to last a total of three hours, if not more. a photographer of ours who was just inside tells me that there's still 30 more people who are signed up to speak, and that's all before a vote on the

sfmta's proposals. in san francisco, melanie woodrow, "abc 7 news." >> a lot of people have a lot to say on this, melanie. thank you so much. and, of course, those medallions can be a burden. joining us is kqed reporter sam harnett who profiled one taxi driver who died, leaving his family with a debt of his medallion loan. >> it is expensive obviously and it is a heart-wrenching story, an immigrant who loved to drive and used the skill to support his family. >> he thought of it as a heritage. he was so stressed driving, his aorta ruptured while he was at the airport. this turns into an emotional and physical burden. >> they essentially decided not to pay. >> right. >> and other families have done the same. >> over 150 drivers have defaulted on loans for the medallions. >> and they're being taken back? >> they're sitting there idle and useless. this is the flip side of

disruption. lyft and uber, customers love it, they're cheap, but the flip side is that the industry is being crushed into paste. >> i think what is fascinating is that it was not too long ago, sam, you and i were talking, medallions was like a bar of gold. >> it was considered one of the best investments in america. >> absolutely. they were hard to get and they were precious, and none have been bought or sold in two years. they're worthless. >> they call it a worthless piece of tin. again, you know, uber and lyft aren't using medallions and they can put as many cars as they want on the road. taxi drivers are saying it is supply and demand, of course they can't compete with that. >> for the people who have medallions and their families like the one driver, what do they want the city to do? what do they think the city can do? >> what they want is very clear. they want the city to buy back the medallions. remember, the city made about $63 million selling the medallions after the financial crisis. they were slinghe to get th tportation budget balanced after the financial crisis, and the drivers now are

on the hook. so the city made money. they're saying, you made money from this, help us out. >> what does your reporting tell us what the end game is? where is this going to go? >> uber and lyft have been running a strategy, saying, we're not in the transportation business, we're tech companies, we're connect drivers and riders and that argument served them very well. it allowed them to get and a lot of taxi regulations in the beginning and they will keep using that argument. it will be up to the city to decide if they want to think of these companies as taxis. so i don't -- i don't have hopes they're going to really resolve this in a perfect way for all of the drivers. >> it is not going to get better for taxi drivers any time soon. >> no. and the proposals discussed today are taking some medallions away from older drivers and only letting certain drivers go to the airport, and that's to try to fix the supply and demand problem. you are talking about a couple of hundred cabs, getting them off the streets, while you have

many uber and lyfts which are congesting the bay area. >> thank you very much. >> great reporting. the san francisco county transportation authority say ride-sharing companies or tncs bear the brunt of the responsibility for making traffic worse. even when considering there are more people living and working in the city. uber and lyft are the red portion of this pie chart, taking up 51%. this map shows where the biggest differences are. they're the roads highlighted in the darkest colors. the ride hailing activity is concentrated in the downtown area, and on major streets like the embarcadero, along the waterfront and third street which goes to at&t park. in 2010 you could go about 24 miles per hour along city streets, now it is down to 20. uber and lyft responded to the report. lyft telling "the examiner" the study is a, quote, flawed and incomplete picture of the transit challenges san francisco faces. uber is saying, quote, this study fails to consider critical factors like the spike in tourism or the growth of freight deliveries. >> as you might imagine, right

share drivers feel unfairly blamed for the traffic congestion. >> "abc 7 news" anchor kristen sze went in search of their perspectives. kristen. >> yeah, dan and ama we hit the streets to get a count on the rideshares. we staked out this area and found nearly half of the vehicles passing by had uber or lyft stickers, about half. we also spotted a few traffic infractions such as driving in the red bus lanes or stopping in the pedestrian crosswalks. we took a few rides to talk with drivers about their experiences in the city. alexandra johnson was born and raised here in san francisco. she lives in sacramento now. she tells us she comes here to drive because she makes more money in less time. as for the criticism that rideshare drivers often stop wherever they want and block traffic -- >> there's really nothing we can do about that because it is so overpopulated here that most of the spaces for us to pull over safely are already taken with someone that's parked there.

>> alexandra says the company does not train drivers on traffic laws, other than rideshare rules at the airport. she would welcome that. she also welcomes the recent increase in traffic control officers on market street to kind of help prevent jay walking and usher more cars through the intersection. i was struck by what the taxi drivers' perspective was about wanting the medallions to pay-off, but here you have the other side saying we deserve to make a living as well, and the barrier to entry was so high with the me ddallions. >> use the #better dli bayarea to share ideas about how to share ideas on how to build a better bay area. at 6:30 you will meet a woman who pays taxes and works two jobs and can only afford to live in her car. >> i'm the cooling fog. i will show you a closer look at

fog in the forecast coming up. . it is the warriors last home opener at oracle. will the

the golden state warriors champions once again. >> the champions return. tonight the warriors play their first game of the regular season and start what could be another championship run. of course, we hope so. >> yes. "abc 7 news" reporter katie utehs is live outside oracle arena, the last season opener the warriors will hold there. katie. >> reporter: well, dub nation is

riding aming outside of oracle and the fans will get to show off their team pride. let me show you the tee shirts that all of the fans who come to the game will receive. of course, those have the long list of championships. the first 10,000 people inside will get this commemorative banner. so some exciting swag here at oracle. let me show you the large crowd behind me. folks are pumped. many will be hitting up the team store to stock up on the championship gear, people who are chase credit or debit card holders receive 25% off their purchases. that's because, of course, the chase center, which is the warriors new state of the art arena being built in san francisco. fans we spoke with say this season will be bittersweet ashe >> lots of good memories here at oracle, and when they move to my city i know i won't be able to attend as many games. >> reporter: how come? >> because i know it is going to be much more expensive. and, you know, there are less seats. >> i already have tickets for

next year. i already picked out my seats over there at the new stadium, so i'm excited. >> reporter: did you have to give away your first born to get those tickets? >> two of them, i gave away two kids, but you can always get more. >> reporter: two kids may be worth it. tickets are substantially more expensive at chase arena, but we are told some 80% of the season ticket holders here at oracle have already purchased for the chase center and next year's season. both coach steve kerr and klay thompson talked ahead of tonight's game about bringing home another championship. of course, the fans would love that and they would love for the team to care their momentum across the bay to san francisco in subsequent years. but first, tonight's game they're asking fans to be in their seat by 7:15 when the championship ring ceremony will take place. we're heading into oracle for now. live in oakland, katie utehs, "abc 7 news." >> that is so much fun. katie, thanks. their your warriors pride online and the hashtag dubs on 7 like these people did.

it was another day of gains on wall street as stocks soared today, making up for some of last week's big losses. investors gained confidence from upbeat earnings reports and robust economic data. the dow gained 547 points, closing at 25,798. the nasdaq jumped 214 points to 7,645. the s&p jumped 59 points to 2,809. a federal judge will approve a settlement between elon musk and securities and exchange commission regulators. he will pay $40 million in fines and give up his seat as tesla chairman for at least three years. the sec argued a tweet he sent about taking the company private was misleading and harmed investors. it calls for tesla to clamp down musk's communication with investors. the fairway operator serving alcatraz agreed to pay a fine for violating san francisco law by denying health care insurance to its employees. horn blower yacht operates

alcatraz cruises. the san francisco city attorney accrued them of creating complex insurance policies to deny employees benefits. horn blower will pay $2.75 million in fines, nearly a million dollars will go to its 421 employees. all right. it is time now to check on our forecast. i mean it looks like fall, some leaves are changing. >> it does, right? spencer is here with the forecast. >> it looks like fall. during the overnight hours it will feel more like fall, but today it was more like summer. here is a look at live doppler 7. we have cooling fog at the coast. sunny inland with fog advancing over the bay. here is a view from emeryville. you can see the fog rolling in over the hills of marin county. we had a high today of 71. so the temperature has dropped 15 degrees from this afternoon to now. oakland, 61. 66 in mountain view. 73 in san jose. morgan his, 74. 57 at pacifica. here is another view of the fog rolling in over san francisco, or at least beginning to roll in

over san francisco, looking from the east bay hills camera. 64 greens in santa rosa, which was in the 80s today. napa, 72. low 80s in vacaville and concord and 75 at livermore. this is the view from above the fog looking towards sue troe tower towards mount tam. the fog will continue to expand overnight into the morning hours. the warm, dry pattern we have right now continuing through saturday, but cooling begins on sunday. overnight, look for a fog not only at the coast but locally over the bay and a few patches moving inland. overnight lows mainly in the mid to upper 40s in the inland valleys. lows in the low 40s here, and mid to upper 30s further north in mendocino county where a frost advisory will be in effect from 1:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. l ten some lagocations will drop into the mid 30s, so you might want to bring in pets and protect your pets.

fog filling in along the coastline overnight. there wouldn't be dense enough fog to have a major impact on the commute, and sunny skies over the bay and inland. high temperatures in the 70s and 80s. on the peninsula, highs in the mid to upper 70s. 76, redwood city. 77, mountain view. mid 60s on the coast, even with the presence of fog. downtown san francisco will top out at 69 tomorrow, after a high of 71 today. so it will still be a mild day, at least for a few hours here in the city. in the north bay, look for highs around or above 80 degrees on the east bay. oakland topping out at 75. san leandro, 76. the inland east bay warm again tomorrow for this time of the year with highs in the low 80s. 81 at livermore. here is the accuweather seven day forecast. it will get a little warmer towards the end of the week.

by friday and saturday, inland highs in the mid to upper 80s. upper 70s to about 80 around the bay shoreline, and upper 60s to near 70 on the coast and the warmth eases on sunday when the cooling begins in a minor fashion. it will be more in a major fashion on monday and tuesday as temperatures settle back down into a more seasonal range. >> great period during the year. >> i love it. >> thanks, spencer. sometimes there's a really good reason for a fence. >> like when you are at the zoo, say, and there's a tiger just a say, and there's a tiger just a few feet california's public schools rank 44th in the nation. 44th. i'm marshall tuck, i'm a public-school parent, and i know we can do better. in the public schools i led, we got more funding into our classrooms, supported our teachers, and we raised graduation rates by 60%. that's why president obama's education secretary endorses me. we've done it before. now, let's do it for every public-school student in california. i'm marshall tuck. i'm running for state superintendent.

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. in the east bay one man's trip to the zoo was a little more exciting than usual. as you can see, he climbed over a fence separating people from a tiger enclosure. >> there was a second fence so he never came into contact with the animal. "abc 7 news" reporter laura anthony has the story. >> he jumped that fence, like the little railing. >> reporter: a witness tolabc 7 news" this man claimed he dropped his sunglasses. tat's why he was climbing over a four-foot railing that separates people from the park's fenced-in tiger enclosure. >> he was on a viewing deck and it has a 42-inch rail. >> reporter: while the man was never in mortal danger thanks to a 25-foot chain link fence, zoo officials say his actions were

irresponsible. >> the public barrier is there to keep people behaving themselves at a safe distance away from the animal enclosure. when they breach that, they put themselves at risk. >> reporter: in 2007 at the san francisco zoo, a visitor who breached a fence was killed by a female tiger named tatiana that escaped its enclosure. today we found parents and kids at the oakland zoo on the lower viewing deck of the tiger exhibit, the same spot where the man climbed over the railing sunday. would you ever climb over that fence? >> nope. >> reporter: why not? >> because i'm too scared. >> other than life or death, there's no way i'm going down there. there's no reason to. it is kind of wn nxtsonnel in mataheall exceeds established safety guidelines. can you design for stupid? >> no, you know, you cannot design for irresponsible and

stupid behavior. >> reporter: the fence here at the oakland zoo is 25-feet tall. that's nearly ten-feet taller than the guidelines recommended by the association of zoos and aquariums. in oakland, laura anthony, "abc 7 news." well, repair work on the bay bridge tonight that could shut down almost all of the lanes. >> yeah, and it is just the second night of several, and we have the details that could help you avoid a huge delay. plus -- >> i'm a single, white, 54-year-old woman. you know what they tell me? they can't help me because i make too much money. >> she pays taxes and works two jobs and too much is still not enough. we'll explain in

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live where you live, this is "abc 7 news." somebody put their hands-on me. >> all i was doing was trying to sleep. it is a scary thing. >> fear and loathing after a swift slide into homelessness. the issue is under scrutiny tonight, what some people call solutions others are calling crackdowns. we are taking a closer look at the topic of homelessness as part of our initiative called

building a better bay area. >> tonight walnut creek is poised to delay a homeless shelter crisis. that would enable the city to get a grant to fight the problem. >> berkley is expected to vote to limit the amount of space homeless people can occupy on sidewalks, a restriction that would ban tents. >> both oakland and san jose want to launch safe parking perhaps for people who live in their cars. >> "abc 7 news" is committed to building a better bay area by devoting more time to issues that affect your quality of life, and one of them is being priced out of the american dream. >> it happens a lot around here, it is so expensive. if you think those that live on the street or shelters or in their cars are sitting around doing nothing, you will be surprised to hear that the city of oakland is reporting 48% of the homeless there have an earned income, meaning they go to work. >> we know because we recently got an e-mail from a woman with two jobs who still can't afford to live anywhere but her cars. "abc 7 news" reporter lyanne melendez replied to her e-mail

and met her and you're here with her story. >> reporter: that's right. this could be your neighbor, a friend who suddenly becomes homeless. in this case, she found us. she has lived in a car for a year and wanted her story to be told. and this is home? >> this is home. this is my home. this is it. >> reporter: jane perisi's story shouldn't surprise anyone, ending up homeless in the bay area is not uncommon, especially when wages have not kept up with the price of housing. all it took was for her to lose her job as a cook after developing a medical condition. >> i lost a and then i wasn't able to fulfill my end of the bargain and, of course, then unemployment, you know, doesn't pay, and wenhen i nt bad, it went rlly bad. >> she is 54, working two jobs. she starts early in the morning delivering paint and supplies for janko corporation in berkley. when she finishes there, parisi takes fresh clothes out of her

trunk, washes up and a few minutes later heads to her second job where she earns minimum wage working at this dollar store at gillman and san pablo avenues. her take-home pay is there $2,700 a month. >> if i had a place where my first and my last was paid, i would be able to sustain a rent of at least $1,000 a month. >> reporter: but lately she has had to pay for new tires and have some work done on the engine, on top of the cost of her car insurance and food. she pays a local gym $30 a month so she can use the showers. >> it is a different lifestyle. you don't wake up in the morning and run into the bathroom and wan't d that.you have a water b. you get up, you swish, you do what you can. >> reporter: for the past year, her bed has been the front seat of her car. her body has somehow learned to adjust. >> when i go to sleep in a real bed is when it gets

uncomfortable, because i'm used to the angle, and if i go like spend the night out of town or something i wake up, i'm crippled. >> reporter: at night she spends time searching for a safe place to sleep. she showed us copies of all of the applications she has submitted to the city and county, requesting help and affordable housing. even oakland officials admit single people living in cars are not a priority. >> people with minor children are going to get the highest priority to get moved off the street the fastest. veterans, obviously there's a huge federal initiative under obama to see that vets had access to housing quickly as well, and then it kind of goes down from there. >> reporter: that's where she ev f in, in the down from there place. i'm going to find a place. someone is going to rent me an apartment. someone is going to help me. >> reporter: i have to say already people are e-mailing us

to ask how they can help jane. in the meantime, tonight there's a $300,000 proposal before the oakland city council to allow churches to use their parking lots for safe parking for homeless people who live in their cars like jane. that money would be used to hire security, have porta-potties. they would have washing up areas, garbage pickup and get people into a safe area. i know it is not what she wants right now, she wants an apartment, but it is a step in the right direction. >> it is a solution potentially. lyanne, keep us posted on what happens with jane. >> will do. all right. a small plane crashed in livermore this afternoon. both people on board though were able to escape unharmed. sky 7 flew above livermore municipal airport right after m training aircraft ran into a fence. you see that there. that fence separates the airport from the golf. it wasn't enough to stop one golfer's game on the 6th hole. you see it there. he's in the circle, teeing off

as the fire department rolled up to check on the people in that plane. happening to night, plan for traffic delays on the san francisco side of the bay bridge. caltrans is replacing joint seals on the upper and lower decks of the bridge during the night and early morning hours through october 27th. they will be working on the eastbound lanes, the lower deck, starting at 9:00 tonight until 4:00 in the morning. caltrans says up to four of the five lanes could be closed. so be warned. in just a few hours canadians will be able to start buying cannabis legally for recreational use. sales begin at midnight local time in all of canada's provinces, new finland and labrador will be the first. canada is the world's second country and the largest to legalize recreational sale of cannabis for adult users. uruguay was the first. recreational cannabis became legal here in california at the start of this year. well, today we are only three weeks away from election

day, and the deadlines are coming up quickly to be able to vote. tonight you will see what action they're taking in the south bay with kids who aren't even 18. and next, why is ama smiling all day today? because she has the tickets. she knows she does. $667 million up for grabs. we will head to one lucky spot in the bay area where people are flocking to get their tickets for

we have a record, and in just a few hours we may have a winner. >> yeah, the mega millions jackpot stands at $667 million. that's the highest-ever, and the next drawing is at 8:00 p.m. >> that's right, "abc 7 news" reporter carlos saucedo reports from ernie's liquor stars where crowds have been lining up. >> reporter: no one has won the mega millions jackpot since july when an office pool of 11 workers at this wells fargo branch in san jose matched all numbers to claim the 500-plus million dollar price. no word on whether the employees are still working. but liquor store owner is still hustling. >> since we opened the store, it has been really crowded. >> reporter: that winning ticket sold at ernie's liquors in south san jose.

kewal walked away with $1 million himself for selling the ticket. >> i'm trying to pay my student loans for my kids. >> reporter: now the store is trying to spread the luck and make more millionaires. >> i don't play often, but unless you play you can't win. >> reporter: lisa carr came out of her way to purchase $200 worth of tickets at this location. she believes she has the lucky numbers. >> a vacation would be kind of nice, paying off the house, taking care of my parents. but doing something good in this world. >> let's go, let's get it. >> reporter: not everyone is here for increasing their odds. the store just happens to be close to where he lives. >> i got as good a chance here as i do in santa rosa, as i do in kansas city. so, you know, it is just the luck of the draw. >> reporter: the chances of winning higher than 302 million to one. the odds of being struck by lightning in your lifetime is one in 3,000. either way, if you are the lucky winner, he has some advice. >> they should take care of

their family and friends. share it with other people. >> reporter: and all it takes is one winning ticket. the, $380 million. so, still, a sizable chunk. tonight's drawing at 8:00. in san jose, carlos saucedo, "abc 7 news." >> good luck to us all! you can get the winning lottery numbers with the "abc 7 news" app. we will send a push alert just after the 8:00 p.m. drawing so download the app now. well, here is a view worth a few million dollars. a live look at the sea lyons at san francisco's pier 39, just hanging out. spencer has california's public schools rank 44th in the nation. 44th. i'm marshall tuck, i'm a public-school parent, and i know we can do better. in the public schools i led,

we got more funding into our classrooms, supported our teachers, and we raised graduation rates by 60%. that's why president obama's education secretary endorses me. we've done it before. now, let's do it for every public-school student in california. i'm marshall tuck. i'm running for state superintendent.

well, today we are three weeks away from the november election. >> yes. younger americans have traditionally voted at lower rates than their older fellow citizens, but in california there's a big push to get more 16 and 17-year olds actively engaged ahead of the general election. >> that's right. "abc 7 news" reporter chris wynn has the story. >> reporter: across the city of san jose today,ng w t 18 they vois going to be heard, and i like that, you know?

we're making a wave. >> reporter: a new effort by santa clara county supervisor to get more people engaged in our elections. >> these millennials are creative, they are generous. they want to volunteer, and so in some respects i think what they're telling us is that the parties aren't speaking for them and they're going to speak for themselves. i'm excited about that. >> your voice matters. vote. >> reporter: at this high school, volunteers from the league of women voters came to help. >> it is wonderful to feel and hear from them, their sense of wanting to be engaged, their sense of wanting to take part. >> reporter: more students wanting to amplify their voices. >> on social media there's a lot of calls for young people to vote. we -- especially with recent movements like march for our lives. >> reporter: studies show more than ever before more youth are turning online engagement into off line political action. >> gun violence, sexual harassment and assault, climate change, these are issues that i think young voters are connecting to, perhaps in a way that we haven't seen.

>> reporter: students at evergreen valley high school are unified in their approach. >> the voice we have as a community is very powerful, and if we use that for positive change we can make a huge impact. >> reporter: these kids, hoping to make their mark. >> it is really important for us to vote because a lot of the policies that are made right now are affecting us, but we don't get a say in it. >> reporter: in san jose, chris wynn, "abc 7 news." and a big push in san francisco to help residents register to vote. lawmakers led by assessor carmen choo and supervi sandra lee rallied on the steps of city hall. they were reminding potential voters october 22nd is the deadline to register for the upcoming november election. >> your voices now are needed more than ever. you cannot be a silent voice. when we see what is happening nationwide, you must absolutely now vote. this is not only your civic duty, it is your responsibility to all of the future

generations. >> voter registration forms must be postmarked, submitted online or delivered to the department of elections by monday to be valid for november. >> and if you want to vote my mail you can request that ballot up until halloween. the election is on november 6th. to learn what is on your ballot go to abc7news.com/election for a local voter guide to the people and propositions you will be voting on. >> we have a ton of information on there for you. i am voting for this weather. >> yes, spencer is here with the latest. >> it gets my vote, too. this warm weather is the incumbent. looks like it will be around for a while. here is a look at live doppler 7. sunny skies over inland areas right now but the fog is advancing over the bay from the coast, and during the overnight hours it will be pretty chilly in the north bay where lows will be in the upper 30s to low 40s. the remainder of the area will see lows in the mid to upper 40s. tomorrow, another sunny day. highs range from mid 60s at the coast to around 70s around the

shoreline. here is the accuweather seven day forecast. it will get warmer toward the end of the week. mid to upper 80s. around the bay, mid to upper tor 80s. we will have more of a significant koog down cool down tuesday. >> i love what we're having now. >> thanks, spencer. larry beil has a great seat tonight. >> the best seat in the house. the warriors' home opener tonight at oracle. hi, larry. >> reporter: how you doing, dam? hi, ama. this will be fun, opening night for the warriors, the ring ceremony, the banner drop, the great reveal. i will go one-on-one with warriors gm bob meyers who was

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now abc 7 sports with larry beil. good even, everybody. larry beil live at oracle arena, getting set for the warriors in their home opener against oklahoma city. for the third time in four years, the dubs have a wonderful problem. that is see the championship banner unfurl. get their enjoy the moment. and then get ready to play a game! a game that counts in the standings. such allas to happen in a matter of minutes. they've been through this before. they have some experience with it. i spoke with gm bob meyers a few minutes ago about opening night.

>> so this year shows you how big you are. you get your own microphone this year. >> so excited about that. i'm thrilled. so cool. >> yeah, i know. you don't get to keep it. so, tell me, are you more excited about ring night and another banner going up there or seeing your team on the court in a game that counts for the first time this season? >> we'll have plenty of games that count. there will be only one of these nights where we get to see the banner, so that's the story of tonight. i hope we play well, but getting another ring, seeing the banner up there, my family is coming, my wife, my daughter, so it should be fun. you have to enjoy these nights. >> speaking of enjoying the nights, so much of last season seemed like a necessary evil. i'm just talking about our inte. w aonean guys w were just worn out by the end. how do you remove the evil, the necessary evil and replace it with the joy that you guys have all talked about during training

camp? >> i hope we got that out of our system, but it is true. it was difficult. it was arduous and there was part of it that felt, you know, felt like an obligation more than a game. >> right. >> so i think steve hit it well in media day. he said, let's try to enjoy this, let's try to have fun. for a variety of reasons, last year was a marathon. so hopefully we can come out and celebrate each game, each moment. certainly tonight as well. >> just your thoughts heading into the season after all that you guys have accomplished and just making sure that everybody knows how special -- i talked to steve a few minutes ago. there's magic with this team right now, and keeping it going and everybody recognizing what a unique opportunity this is. >> yeah, i mean every year is different, larry. just because it is. it is a brand-new season, a lot of new people. some of the same, but the western conference is better i think, and the league is coming to get us. i mean we still have that target on our backs, so we have to be ready for that. we've got to find motivation. we're trying to be a team that

goes to the finals for the fifth year in the row. i don't think it has happened since the '60s, is that right? you were how old then? >> i was born, i was born, which is sad. thanks, is that the way we're going out, making old man jokes? >> i'm laughing too hard. >> going to make old man jokes, okay. >> in any event, that's a lot to try to go to the finals. if we can make it, that's hard five years in a row. that's the test. it will be difficult. >> guy, i want this back. you're done, you're finished! you're done. >> thank you. >> bob meyers. . no more interviews with bob meyers. >> no. >> he's mean to me. i'm going to talk to his boss about that. i'm joined by abc 7's mindi bach. we've been spoiled by how good the team yes, he shared a story. in 2010 he said he was sitting on his coach and joe lake of the

motor stood on the court and said, i'm going to put several more up, pointing at the banner. he said, yeah, right. look how far they've come. there are only two teams that have more titles, the lakers ooand the celtics, it is really rare company. the warriors are in the position to do more. >> mindi should work for the cia. she has been doing digging about the unique ring reveal, the delivery system for the rings tonight. it will be different than anything we have seen. >> the one thing we know is a holl hologram is involved and things dropping from the y ssetion to ceiling, that's where the rings supposedly are coming from. >> diamonds from the ceiling, what could be better a 11:00. mindi, thanks. back to dan and ama. >> could we get some diamonds from our ceiling? >> i know, right.

i wouldn't hold our breath. >> yeah, yeah. >> join us tonight at 9:00 on kofi tv channel. for the first time a nasa astronaut is describing in his own words when the russian capsule he was in plummeted back to earth. >> following tonight's premiere of "the rookie" meet bay area's own rookie officer who is shakings things up. see what it is like to be the new kid on the force at age 41. >> warriors home opener and premiere open starting at 8:00. the season premiere of "the conners," followed by the kids are all right, "black-ish" and the premiere of "the roomy" followed by "abc 7 news" at 11:00. >> that will do it. look for breaking news at any time on the "abc 7 news" app. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. for suspense christian, larry beil and mind ai bach, we appreciate your time. see you again at 9:00 and 11:00.

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