ke in the south bay overnight from this fire. it was in the lynn haven area of san jose. there was an intense amount of smoke because of the amount of content in the duplex. the fire started outside but spread into the duplex and caused were significant damage. nobody here was hurt. >> all right. time is 4:30. if you're just joining is us, get a quick update on weather and traffic where you live. hi, mike. >> hi, alexis. hi, everybody. visibility is less than an eighth of a mile in some of it trying to fill in to the thinner. it gives you an idea that the sea breeze we were dealing today. because of that, it will be

cooler along the coast. 68 to 74 around the bay. 74 to the sea breeze does not get to our inland neighborhoods. let's find out what else is going on. >> we had a couple earlier problems. we have been happy to say it has been cleared up. they overturned a couple of lanes southbound 680 before liv on orna. that has been cleared out. sensors good and green. an accident southbound 880 near a street. it too has been cleared. all is flowing at the limit. >> thank you, sue. no winning tickets had all numbers in last night's mega millions. >> however, somebody is very happy because they hit five of the six incomes. that is worth $1.9 million. and i would take it. >> that's all i need. >> me too. it's totally fine.

the winning numbers are 3-45-49-61-69-mega ball number 79. the jackpot has now grown to an estimated $868 million. that is a record. it is expected to grow even more as people buy more tickets. >> in the north bay, pg&e restored power to all 11,000 customers in napa, lake, and sonoma counties following an emergency shut-off to prevent wildfires. many people apart happy with the utility.e without power for 36 hours. pg&e took action sunday night because weather conditions increased the risk. some questioned pg&e's motives. >> i think it is a passive aggressive move. >> on whose part? >> giving it back to us since they were blamed for fires before. >> we don't take it lightly. we know what this means for customers. we will only initiate public

safety power shutoff to reduce risks. >> administrators met with pg&e representatives to express their displeasure. the way they rolled out the power cuts is not is acceptable. >> your voice, your vote. dianne feinstein will take part in a discussion at noon. feinstein calls the debate, deleon says it's not a debate because the two candidates won't actually be addressing each other. they will be answering questions from a moderator, who may allow the candidates to respond to each other's answers. a discussion will only be available on i live stream. for details on the senate race and issues on the ballot are you live, go to abc7news.com/election. you will find a local voter guide to everything you're going to be voting on. helping homeless people living in their cars.

oakland city council approved a safe parking program that will create spaces for people living in their vehicles. in san jose, the city council approved a deal to allow homeless families with young children to park overnight at seven trees community center. the program will be run by life moves aches homeless advocacy group. >> our ultimate mission is to return people to sustainable housing. that can be done with people in our sherlts, people that we work with directly on the streets and now taking their vehicles into a safe environment. >> that program could begin as soon as november 1st. a big change is coming to two of san francisco's busiest streets. transportation leaders voted to remove a southbound lane between market and howard streets. in addition, two northbound lanes between market and ellis and one between ellis and sutter will be removed. the aim is to create wider sidewalks and bigger curbs to protect pedestrians from traffic. some are worried the change will

make traffic worse. developing news in the case of a missing "washington post" n turkey to q cash hoguey's disappearance. >> the alleged hit squad i squai disappearance of cakhashoggi. one has been picked traveled with "the crown" prince. president trump warned against running to conclusions. he repeated multiple times that the king and crown prince permanently denied any knowledge of the attack. and mike pompeo left aer meeting with king salman.

he thanked them for a thorough, prance parent a transparent and timely investigation. he was last seen walking into the saudi consulate balance. according to the a.p., anonymous turkish officials say the forensics team found, quote, certain evidence, khashoggi was killed there. they may be ready to admit fault. >> you're never more than 7 minutes away from my accuweather forecast. the blanket of 55 in about

pro spresidio, 56. pretty quiet here. fog along the coast. the golden gate will get foggy. north bay along 101 during the morning commute will be foggy. sunny this afternoon. cool to warm your mass transit. here's a look at the east bay. starting at 47 degrees to 74 as we head towards the lunch hour. low 80s this afternoon. 66 at 8:00. north bay, starting off at 42. a little bit of sunshine in the napa valley. everywhere else cloudy. 70s. 62 at 8:00. our last stop the south bay. just about total sunshine. 52, warm to 72 at lunch, upper 70s as we head into the af pretty delightful weather once we get past the fog. are you seeing it cause any issues this morning? >> no, not so far. no fog on the golden gate yet. that will change, according to you, as the morning commute rolls on. right now it'str tff fwingom goe

macarthur maze. we'll fol in the left-hand lanes. so far so good getting into san francisco. upper deck looking pretty good. also fog free. green, which is and the early morning commuters are slowing for about 35-minute run up and over the altamonte. >> thanks, sue. coming up next, sea lions in trouble. the deadly disease threatening them along the bay area coast and the effort to keep it from getting worse. >> americans are going to the polls in less than three weeks. the big push to get young people engaged. >> you really have to see this whole video. more proof the robot revolution is here. this

whatcha' been doing braydon? reading let's see pictures, pictures,pictures there's a boy riding on his bicycle you can read too grandpa! ♪yea it's always better when we're together♪ good news. quiet across the state. no watches, warnings, advisory. we have a little bit of rough surf from about mid mendocino to the coast today. that will work its way towards us this weekend, unform if you want to head to the 80s. low to mid-80s in los angeles, san diego, palm springs. 62, tahoe. the next seven days and what you are going to see. pretty close to average.

lows in the upper 20s. highs in the mid-60s with a whole lot of sunshine. the north pay now. vets at the ma reap mammal center are seeing the second largest outbreak of a potentially fatal bacterial bacc infecti infection. hrep toe speur rows his causes the kidneys to stop functioning. you have probably heard of it if you have dogs. the infection disappeared for several years. >> in the past when it circulated consistently through the population, there were animalssed.ri exposure were there resistant. >> antibiotics are being used to treat the infection. we are less than three weeks away from the older felw citizens. > aefl, a big push to get more 16 and 17-year-old's

part of the action. >> reporter: across the city of san jose, 13 high schools held lunchtime pep rallies to register to vote. when they turn 18, they will automatically will be able to go to the polls. >> we're making a wave. >> the millennials are creative, generous. they want to volunteer. and so in some respects, i think what they're telling us is the parties aren't speaking to them so they will speak for themselves. and i'm excite build that. >> reporter: volunteers from the league of william voters came to vote. >> it's wonderful to feel and hear from them their sense ofli. >> on social media there is a lot of calls for young people to vote, especially with "march for our lives". >> reporter: studies show more youth are turningoffl

political action. >> gun harassment and assault, climate change. these are issues that i think young voters are connecting to perhaps in a twhae way that we t seen. >> reporter: they are unified in their approach. >> the voice we have as a community is very powerful. and if we use it for positive change, we can make a huge impact. >> reporter: these kids making their voice heard. >> it is safaffecting us but we don't get a say in it. >> if you still need to register to vote, visit the museum of ice cream in stpraan francisco. registration events starting tomorrow through monday. the first 1,000 guests are registered to vote at the gift shop will get a free ice cream scooper. monday is the voter registration in california. suspects are he leased from the san francisco jail can now

get their cannabis back when released. police had refused to return seized marijuana even if charges were dropped. officers argued they could face federal distribution charges for handing over the pot. but california law enforcement are protected had they return less than an ounce of marijuana. >> okay, reggie, i have a challenge for you. >> okay. >> our viewers know how well you can dance but would you win a dance battle against this robot. ♪ oh, no way. >> i was fine until we got to the twerking. and the robot has got me on the twerking. this is boston dynamics posting this robot dance to over funk. it does the running man. it is called spot mini.

it will go on sale next year and become the first commercial product by boston dynamics. it can handle everything from security and inspections to research. >> to twerking. >> to twerking. someone had fun programming that. >> i think so. you know what this means. we're just getting is so many steps closer to robots being in control. >> now they're trying to lull us into a sense of, wow, that's pretty cute. >> that's the stage where i am right now, mike. i'm glad you see it. >> i'm with you. >> bottom line is it's terrifying. >> weather pretty nice, though, other than the fog this morning. we will go ahead and talk about that. we are never more than 7 minutes away. here's a look at san rafael. the fog not quite down to your neighborhoods yet. we're looking southbound 101. here's a look the a san jose, n. not expecting much fog, if any, tointo happen with mycodhe bay . just a little bit. not quite the dramatic drop we

had yesterday. sunny and warm inland. average highs through saturday. tracking the chance of rain late next week. just a chance. i'll show you that in less than 7 minutes. cloud cover through 7:00. doesn't quite get to the south bay, fill in to the east pay. back to the coast by noon. partly sunny conditions during the afternoon hours. temperatures in the south aroun. lowe's got tkpwat tos gatos, lo. everyone else, mid to upper 70s. near 70 in in downtown san francisco, sausalito. 80 to 82 in the north bay valleys. east bay shore, pleasant day, 75 to 78 degrees. degrees. tonight, good sleeping weather once again. mid-40s to mid-50s with cloud cover about the same as this morning. temperatures tomorrow a little bit of a climb. friday and saturday our warmest days.

you can see the coolest trend sunday bringing this back to average monday and tuesday. a look at the rain coming up next. a look at the traffic with sue. >> headed to san jose. highway 87, tail lights towards the san jose airport. no delays here. a few cars on the road this early morning coming up at 4:49. headlights headed northbound under the 880 overcrossing. everybody is moving at the limit here as well. overall general traffic map is green. pretty good. a half hour, 35 minutes from tracy up and over the altamonte pass. no major stalls or accidents. knock on wood. we hope that is the key for the morning. >> hopefully we're not jinxing anything, sue. youtube back up and running after an outage. >> this morning's "tech bites". >> in today's "tech bites", it wasn't you. it was youtube. >> the site stayed down for an

hour. pages loaded halfway, then stalled. viewers got an internal server error message. >> so many people flocked to youtube it became number five on its ownrein list. and apple cooked up a new bagel emoji. >> they remade the outside and added a sizable smear on the inside. >> people are serious about their bagels. >> absolutely. those are your "tech bites". >> have a nice day. >> no one wants a dry, boring bagel. >> everybody is doing way too much. cld set seats are put to the test. results should concern parents. >> he they don't just fight fires. the heart warming reasons these firefighters were spotted doing laundry. >>

you are never more than 7 minutes away from my accuweather forecast. waves through friday. our first strong northwest swell. breakers up to 8 feet. breaking every 13 to 18 seconds. just a little bit of caution needed if you're headed to the beaches. here's reggie with more news two people shaken but otherwise fine after a plane they were in crash indeed livermore. sky 7 flew over after the vintage military training aircraft went into a fence. that fence separates the airport from the golf course.

it wasn't enough to stop one golfer's game. 6th just kept on going. you see him in the circle teeing off. from the 7 on your side team, a warning about popular children's car seats. "consumer reports" tested toddler booster seats and found the pioneer, cost co finale and harmony defender 360 all broke. "consumer reports" say the brands do meet a basic margin of safety. but in serious crashes it could increase the risk of head injury. even if you have a booster seat, keep using it until you have a replacement. any car seat is better than no car seat stkphraofplt republicans received a fund-raising boost from one of the tycoons who helped launch pay pal. peter thiel donated to the trump victory fund. it finances the gop's efforts to

win next month's midterm elections. he gave the campaign more than a million dollars in 2016. he has more tan a million don donors for his 2020 re-election campaign. here it is. jumping all the way to a week from now. wednesday a at 5:00 in the morning, you can see green behind me. that is slight chance of light rain wednesday morning, into the afternoon, north bay. scattered light showers in the same area possible thursday. you can see from 1:00 until a bigger storm at 7:00 during the evening hours. this is next week. and friday this model pans out, it's the only one showing us a chance of rain. we could get a pretty good soaking. something to keep an eye on. we desperately need some rain. we are already falling behind our average. it just started at the beginning of this month. we'll keep an eye on this, traffic. let me accepted it over to sue.

>> if you are spurr golden gate, 7:30 will be a slow boat. 45 minute ride across the bay instead of 30 minutes. the sausalito is canceled. a pus will be in place. and 7:55 tiburon will arrive later because it will be going villa sausalito. a little bit later arrival for those ferries. san rafael, it's looking pretty good southbound 101 past north gate mall. moving at the limit for a 22-minute ride. richmond-san rafael bridge, no marin candy topia opened in early september and quickly sold out. you can begin buying tickets for december 1st and january 6th. tickets run $34 for adults and

$26 for children. kids 3 and under get in free. >> that's because they're too young to have instagram. >> that's true. paddle boarding can be relaxing or it can be an intense wave crushing thrill. >> i don't think a lot of people realize this. this was ocean beach during a training session for the upcoming red bull heavy water competition. oh, these shots are cool. organizers say it is the most intense stand up paddling in the world. 36 of the world's best compe compete. >> we will race from crissy inndut tou ean plus surf. extreme waterman race. >> so cool. the weather window through november 2nd. this is two fremont firefighters folding laundry at a laundromat. that's not their laundry.

the person who it belongs to had been taken to the hospital with a medical emergency. firefighters said they couldn't just leave it there. they folded it and delivered it later to the patient. >> very nice. at 5:00, a spike in an illness that the cdc is calling mysterious. new calls for investigation into pg&e and preemptive power outages in the north bay.

you did not win the mega millions jackpot. but good news, the sun will still rise this morning. >> also good news, dublin and

the -- someone in the bay area qut they're smart.on.eepi good morning on this wednesday, october 17th. >> you don't want the relatives coming out of the woodwork, right? you're never more than 7 minutes away from the accuweather forecast. mike nicco, i'm guessing it wasn't you. >> no, it wasn't. i would be a little snarkier than normal. not too obnoxious. in all seriousness, we have some issues on the roads this morning as far as the visibility being low because of the fog. in fact, it's down to an eighth of a mile around the charles scholes airport in santa rosa, charles m. scholes. you can see is the clouds are going back to the