we see flames. you can see they're putting a lot of water on this. it's so dark out here. you can see some flames flaring up. lots of fire, still smoke in the area. firefighters on high alert for sure out here. but that intense emergency that was here when they first arrived has passed. they feel like they've definitely got a better handle on the situation. we aren't going anywhere. we'll be watching this and bringing you updates throughout the newscast. let me toss it back to you. >> we appreciate the update. you can see it looked like another part of the building catching fire again. this is what it looked like before this morning's fire. this is from google earth. it was captured in april. you can see that three-story building under construction. you notice this is a wood frame building. we can only assume that is helping to fuel this morning's flames. ave become a trend in

oakland. there have been five major fires just builders put up $300,000 to help catch anyone responsible for burning down these projects. so far no word on the cause of this fire overnight. and abc7 news will stay on top of this fire all morning long. you can get updates on the go by downloading our abc7 news app. enable push alerts. >> i got the push alert when i saw the huge flames and smoke on my commute this morning. this morning an investigation is under way to find out what sparked another fire. this is a massive fire at a high-rise in san francisco's financial district. residents of 30 units are displaced. take a look at this video from yesterday evening. flames gutted five floors in the south tower of the gateway complex located at washington and davis. tenants on the floor above remained inside while the lower floors were evacuated. thankfully no one was hurt. matt keller is live at the scene

this morning and he'll join us with an update coming up at 5:00. a lot of bad news but it's now 4:31. we want to hopefully get good news weatherwise. >> i have good news, especially for the firefighters. almost ideal conditions for them. 56 degrees, 77% relative humidity. the fastest wind, unfortunately, is over oakland. it's at about 8 so the smoke should be moving along the east bay hills down into hayward. we have a few passing clouds from time to time. throughout the cuds and sunshin. re we're in the 50s through 9:00 and mid to upper 60s by 4:00. another cool day on the way. how about the roads? here's sue. >> a couple of problem spots. let's go to the golden gate bridge. no delays here grade. san mateo bridge, same thing, it's moving at the limit from

880 over to 21, about a-minute . we have a full freeway closure in oakland once again. southbound on 880. we'll update that in a couple of minutes. >> thank you, sue. developing news this morning, president trump is calling a group of central american migrants headed towards the u.s. a national emergency. >> right now there's an estimated 7,000 migrants making their way through mexico. abc news reporter kenneth. >> president trump's rhetoric and basis claims are continuing two weeks fromhe midterm election. calling that migrant caravan an assault to the and for a raucous rally for ted cruz where he made a declaratio nationalist, okay? >> reporter: the president promising to send u.s. troops to the border to stop a group of central american migrants.

he's also increasing his false statements about the caravan. >> i think the democrats are part of the migration. >> reporter: no truth to that or that criminals are mixed in. >> in that caravan you have some very bad people. and we can't let that happen to our country. >> reporter: the president urging the media to take a closer look inside the group of migrants. we've seen thousands of y ty're escapviolence. the trek started a week ago. shortest route, 1500 miles to brownsville, texas. mexican federal policeng watch as they are in the suffocating heat, waiting for medical help. matt gutman with more. >> what have you seen here tonight? >> hunger, despair. very, very sick people.

>> reporter: mexico's president is warning migrants that they won't be able to stay in his country or reach the u.s. if they don't follow the legal process. many migrants believe that's a deploy to deport them back home. >> we hear the president say he was going to, perhaps, cut foreign aid to countries represented in the caravan. does he even have the power to do that? >> reggie, there's already some back and forth about that. the white house wouldn't give exact details about how the president plans to cut that funding to central american countries, but we dow that demo capitol hill are already saying it's illegal for the president to withhold those funds to el salvador, honduras and guatemala because those funds have already been appropriated by congress. expect another looming fight for the president there. >> kenneth, thank you. university of california employees plan to go on strike today. >> the american federation of state, county and municipal

the state, including at ucs medical centers. the union says it's in response to the institution outsourcing problems. but the university of california tells us the union wants an 8% wage increase. the office of the president said, uc cannot justify to taxpayers or the rest of the university workforce this excessive wage increase. now union leaders are throwing a tantrum, putting their agenda above the needs of students, patients and the public. the strike is expected to last three days. san francisco's longest serving fire chief announced she's stepping down. >> very excited. very grateful for phenomenal near nine-year career. it will be 29 years when i retie in the spring. >> joanne hayes white publicly became san francisco's first female fire chief after for her retirement, she simply said, it's time. >> relationships between labor and management can be a little prickly, a little challenging.

i've definitely had my share of that. but really glad to have sort of weathered that storm and moved forward and really proud of all the accomplishments we've made. >> hayes white dealt with a number of controversies as chief, including longer ambulance response times. supporters say she was an last may 5th. the midterm election is exactly two weeks away. new data shows more of you are voting early. more than 500,000 californians have already voted. at this point, that's about 100,000 more than in the 2014 elections. a total of 12.5 million californians received mail-in ballots this year up from 9 million. with days to go, california's proposition 10 is getting a big punish, allowing cities to expand rent control. rent control activists say it would give local communities greater power over which types of units can be included in rent control. at in san frais yestda serviso hary ronan addre

proposed change. >> if proposition 10 passes, what that means is we as local legislators will have the ability to craft those targeted local solutions to protect renters from eviction and from displacement from our city. >> the group says they're trying to balance what they call a flood of spanish language ads placed by the anti-prop 10 campaign. real estate brokers say the measure strips away the rights of property owners. if you want to learn more about exactly what's on the ballot, we have a full voter guide. go to abc7news.com/election. tonight is your chance to wane -- we keep saying this, but they upped the ante. a world recor jackpot. >> mega millions is at $1.6 billion. more than $2 billion is up for grabs if you combine the mega

millions and powerball jackpot. we spotted a man spending $1300 on an office pool. one person spent 3 grand at 7-eleven. many are already dreaming of what they'll do with the money. >> i'll act like i'm still broke at work and then just go take a nice vacation. >> i like the way she thinks. >> she's a smart lady. >> that's not a bad plan. here's the breakdown. the mega millions jackpot is now at $1.6 million. the drawing tonight is at 8:00. the powerball jackpot is at $620 million. that drawing is tomorrow night at 8:00. >> going to act like i'm still broke will be my new tag line. hi, mike. >> sounz like we need to up our pool compared to all those other businesses. oh, my. here's a look at our temperatures. how to dress when you step outside. upper 40s to low 50s through most of the east bay valleys. concord, 53. pittsburg, 54.

some of the warmers spots. let's take a look at other neighborhoods and 55 in oakland, hayward. san jose, 55. our coolest weather, napa, vallejo a vallejo. here's a look at the commute. pretty quiet around the span but we'll call for isolated fog in the north bay valleys. light breezes on the bay. mass transit. look at the north bay. 46 this morning. about 62 at noon. upper 60s this afternoon. back down to 55 degrees by .'ll. there's a lot of high clouds in the sky this afternoon. once again in the south bay, 63. 60 at noon. a cool 57 under the stars at 8:00. we'll take a look at the warming trend that will get us near 90.

coming up next, here's sue with a look at the traffic. >> so far so good, just a couple cars delayed at the cash lanes otherwise you're getting through onto the span and into san francisco with little delay. we have a full freeway closure for construction work on the overpass. this is southbound 880 at 23rd. there's a detour in place. traffic is very, very slow in the area. backed up now well into oakland. so, give yourself a little extra time. you can take 580. that's a great alternate for you, but not for truck drivers, unfortunately. you have to stay on 880 and follow that detour. due to be picked up at 5:00 a.m. and we' fol>> ale nirsy, techyreleas y and the golden state warriors make good on a promise. a political twist. the big news

it's the second leading cancer killer in the u.s. but, it is almost entirely preventable. most colon cancers start as polyps. and screening finds polyps, so they can be removed, before they even turn into cancer. if you're over 50, get screened for colorectal cancer. screening saves lives. let's take a look around the state. the around palm springs at 93. low to mid-70s for san diego and los angeles. mid to upper 70s be around the

central valley. we'll have a mixture of sunshine and clouds. a little rain in you reeureka. the rain will stay well to our north. tahoe, average high of 60. we'll be in the low 70s friday and saturday. we're staying on top of breaking news in oakland. crews are still on the scene of a construction fire. eastrand andfilbertwoozeoe h em. there are about 2,000 power outages. back out live, the flames have calmed fire started but abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is there and she'll join us live with another update at 5:00. a recall we first told you about yesterday on abc7 mornings

about frozed thaquitos is bigge than we thought. the usda recalled salads, burritos wraps and pizzas due to listeria and salmonella contamination. some of the products are sold at whole foods, 7-lesson, trader joe's and walmart. you can find a complete list of all the recalled products on our website, abc7news.com. happening today, it is game one of the world series between the red sox and the dodgers. it's the first time the two teams have met in the series since 1916 when the dodgers were not yet in l.a. or even called the dodgers. they were the brooklyn robins back then. this postseason the dodgers knocked off two teams who won 100 games in the regular season. for the dodgers, it's been 30 years since they won a world series. this is their 12th postseason trip since then. first pitch at 5:09 at fenway in

boston. that's all the trivial pursuit about baseball i have for you. the warriors made good on a promise to a popular nba halftime prepa halftime performer. >> the team presented red panda a brand-new unicycle after hers was stolen this year. >> the president gave it to her. she performed at halftime. all systems go because she was perfect in her routine. >> a man stole red panda's custom made unicycle at sfo. the team gave her a new one at the game last night. she tells the bay area news group she's very appreciative of the gesture. >> this has con founded me because what do you do with a custom made unicycle. >> i guess you're just an evil person. >> is is there a market -- >> must be overseas. you couldn't ride it through the town here. >> right.

is there a clown somewhere who's, like, on a mysteriously large unicycle? >> ponder that thought for a while. >> these are things i think about, mike. >> it's with the missing big hammer. >> they're together. >> ifarea, lose unique things, s for sure. it's our unique personalities. we're looking at almost a full moon, starting to get covered by the low clouds rolling in. this is from the east bay hills camera. partly cloudy. slightly cooler this afternoon. and a warming trend through saturday and then breezy and cool next week. here's what's going on with our temperatures. 67 in milpitas and santa clara. mid to upper 60s for cupertino. sunnyvale, 65 to 68 degrees. it will be coolest along the coast. barely into the 60-degree range.

mid-60s for downtown and south san francisco and sausalito. near 60 along the north bay coast. we'll go from about 67 to about 72 in the north bay. 67 in petaluma. vallejo, you'll have 66. 66 is the coolest temperature, richmond and berkeley. the rest around 67 to 68. not much warmer. how about low to mid-70s in inland and east bay neighborhoods. tonight you can see cloud cover. it will be spooky with the full moon and clouds rolling through. much like you wish halloween would look. send us a picture. here's my accuweather seven-day forecast. mid to upper 80s inland. mid to upper 70s at the bay. could be a busy time trying to get to the beaches this weekend. sue? >> we're taking a look at at att

traffic maps. into dublin/pleasanton for a 40-minute drive. full freeway closure in effect for another ten minutes. we'll be checking back with chp and caltrans. it's to partially remove one of the overcrossings there. there is a detour in place. 580 is also a great alternate. we'll zoom in and take a look at the slow traffic volume as you make your way southbound. it's bumper to bumper on the 3-d camera. we have open world, that's oracle open world in -- south of market moscone center. ipodsea at ne of t fst groups to have one. i'm never that person. >> i remember my roommate's boyfriend had one and we were like, what is this? >> it was amazing. plus, the social media platform teens are using the

most. >> more teens flocking to instagram. >> it's the most used social media platform for teenagers moving ahead of snapchat. fewer teens use facebook. uber may be delivering food by drone. >> "the wall street journal" spotted a job posting on uber's job postings to make food delivery drones. the job would be under the company's uber eats division. today we celebrate the gadget that celebrates >> $400 17 years ago. >> have a good one. new this morning, comedienne/actress amy schumer is pregnant with her first

child. >> she made the announcement through her friend jessica yellen on instagram. it showed her picks for the midterm elections. >> these are the recommendations of amy schumer, one of the most consistent of news, not noise. now, read all the way to the bottom. you'll see there's some news down there. congratulations, amy. >> and the very bottom of the list reads, i'm pregnant, amy schumer. she married her husband, chris fischer, earlier this year. >> congratulations to them. unconvent

people living in san francisco's neighborhood. >> especially the elderly and handicap community is saying they have a hard time getting around them because the dog's leash is in the way or the group ofs d eyet mo pavg ahme. of requesting nehbodrowns hertuents call poli complain. the newest vehiclisce cream truck for

patrol. kids in silicon valley were the first in line. they are using the ice cream truck to strengthen their relationship with the community. officers will give out free ice cream at different locations like parks, schools and community events. let's get an update on willa. you can see it churning just to the north of purt t it's category 4. it's going to go right through mexico. look where it ends up. dumping more rain in those areas flooded last week in texas. not good news there. sue? >> we're taking a look at your morning commute in the south bay this morning. we're headed towards 101. those headlights in the northbound direction directly under the 880 overcrossing. you can see everybody is moving quite well. no problems there. we'll hop over to 280 on the other side of town. those headlights headed northbound over the 17

overcrossing and it is light conditions with an eight-minute drive from downtown san jose to cupertino. coming up next at 5:00, our coverage of the residential construction fire continues. this is a live picture from the scene. amy hollyfield is there with an update. new at 5:00. it's here. confirmation over amazon's cashierless stores. the push to

so, this is downtown oakland right now. it's about 2:30 in the morning. >> a construction housing project goes up in flames in the

east bay and people tell us they ul fire afar away daly city. >> it broke out around 2:00 this morning. let's show you where the scene is. it's happening at west grand and filbert and embers have caused he evacuations in the area. let's get to our reporter live on the scene, amy hollyfield. >> reporter: good morning. you can see spots are still on fire and it's very smokey. firefighters are putting water on this building but the situation is much better now. look at the fire they faced when it was really going. they called five alarms for this fire so oakland sent about