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the stories that north bay wildfire victims shared with state lawmakers. the new hope no one else will go through the same ordeal. new laws will help wildfire survivors keep their insurance, but is that enough? i'm michael finney. ahead on "7 on your side", why you may need a lot more coverage than you have today. i'm spencer christian. warm, dry, gusty weather means high fire danger. i will have the latest on our red flag warning coming up live where you live, this is "abc 7 news". they underinsure on purpose. they do not want to payout. i asked the question, why do they underinsure. they don't want to payout. >> in napa today, a rare fact-finding meeting of north bay wildfire victims, the insurance industry and state legislators that regulate them. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm dion lim. it has been more than a year since the north bay fires wiped out 8900 homes, burned

200,000 acres and took the lives of 44 people. >> many of the survivors are still fighting their insurance companies and today they got a chance to share their stories with the legislators on our state's insurance committees. >> "abc 7 news" reporter wayne freedman is there and he is live from napa which is under a red flag warning even as we speak. wayne. >> reporter: good evening. dan, let's talk about the red flag warning first. it is a lot cooler here, the wind has gone away, it seems to be much better than it was earlier. the timing of this meeting quite interesting considering it took place under these conditions. the meeting was all about aftermath that goes on and on and on for these fire victims. how can they move past it when they're still dealing with it? an overflow crowd and overflowing tempers. >> i'm a former marine officer. i figure i'm in a battle, i'm stepping over the line of departure. >> reporter: by the time scott white spoke today he had already fired suit, one fire victim among many still seeking

satisfaction against insurance companies who left him short of money for a proper rebuild. he says by about a million dollars. >> right now my wife and i are refugees in the north bay. >> reporter: those words part of a strong message to members of california's senate and assembly insurance committees. looking to improve disaster insurance coverage in the state. >> i think it is buyer beware for consumers. we've got to be on our game when it comes to insurance, just like anything else. >> i think most people think the market value of their home is what they should insure to, but really they should insure to how much would it take to rebuild their home. >> reporter: more than a year after the fires delays and complaints continue. today the committee heard about california's new normal, how disasters like the firestorm become so large that they create their own economic climates. >> most insurance is actually built around the assumption of 3,0. >> repte vice mayor chr rogers of santa rosa cited rising costs of labors andayhen

giving victims 18 months to rebuild is no longer enough. many of those victims resent it. >> many of them are feeling as though that's being used as leverage to get them to take a low-ball settlement for their contents and for their home's reconstruction. >> reporter: it is the aftermath one year after the disaster and for victims fighting insurance companies, still no relief. >> they can't do anything until they figure out what they have to work with. so we're all on hold. >> reporter: that is a familiar refrain. in santa rosa, for instance, we learned that two-thirds of the homes that burned were underinsured by an average of $300,000. in napa county, wayne freedman, "abc 7 news." >> that's stunning, wayne. thank you. well, wayd othersan get insurance at all. >> yes, "7 on your side"'s michael finney has been following these stories for over a year and he is here now with a real dilemma and challenge for people. >> it really is. the north bay wildfires brought

the problem into clear focus. there are so many survivors who don't have enough insurance to rebuild what they lost. policies may not cover upgrades to current building codes and some insurers are not covering those living near a fire zone at all. i have been following the sherwoods since last october when their santa rosa house burned down. >> welcome back to the nighborhood. >> they're rebuilding now, but with a major hitch. they don't have enough insurance to cover the cost. >> you know, our big question is how can that be when it is four years old and we're $100,000 plus underinsured? >> reporter: annie balk of the consumer group, united policyholders, sees this type of thing all the time. >> insurance is a contract. it is written by lawyers. it has a lot of fine print. insurance is big business. there's a lot of money at stake. >> reporter: to protect herself, she says find a good appraiser to determine your true home value and demand a policy that will cover the full cost. also, your policy should have an add-on to include the cost of

bringing the house up to modern-day codes. >> everybody is on the watch for their letter of renewal. people are pretty nervous. >> reporter: many propery owners say their homes may have survived but their insurance did not. many carriers are reluctant to renew policies in disaster zones. >> i told them i felt they were heartless. >> reporter: there is no law mandating insurers write a policy, but starting next january a new law protects homeowners in a disaster area from cancellations for one year. homeowners who lost their insurance have been able to find companies that will write a policy, however, obviously, it is usually at much higher premiums than the old policies. the other option is california's fair policy plan. it is a high-cost, bare bones last resort. it is way expensive. >> wow. but you have to be really careful before you sign on to these policies. know what you are get evening. >> absolutely. it is up to you, the final, final. >> thanks, michael.

>> sure. the contra costa county fire protection district is responding to this week's red flag warning by calling in additional firefighters, equipment and dispatchers. the extra crews, trucks and dosers have been strategically positioned to rush to wildfires wherever they break out. the district says it is all about being proactive to keep fires from exploding out of control, that is especially critical in times of high fire danger. >> the logic behind prepositioning is that we can attack fire events, wildland fires sooner and prevent them from becoming the big disastrous fires we have all witnessed. >> some of the equipment brought out today includes this wildland dozer that can cut fire lines to help with containment. now, a red flag warning is in effect for the north bay mountains and east bay hills. here is a live look from our tower camera in east bay hills. >> at least a beautiful sunset there. "abc 7 news" weather anchor with more on the danger.g us spencer. >> reporter: di oon, and dan, tt

reg flag warning expires at 6:00 a.m. tomorrow morning but until then the concern about fire is high. here is a look at the red flag warning for the hills of the east bay and mountains of the north bay and higher elevations as well. in fact, in the higher el gagss we could see wind gusts up to 55 miles per hour overnight and low humidity 9% to 19%, dangerously low. the wind gusts right now are between 20 and 25 miles per hour in most of our higher elevations, and the forecast animation taking us into the overnight hours indicates we will see winds continuing to gust at that level through the early morning hours tomorrow, but the good news is the winds will taper off sharply tomorrow afternoon. i will have the full forecast for you including the halloween outlook a little later. >> sounds good. thank you. a red flag warning means fires can easily start and spread. make sure to download the "abc 7 news" app to get the breaking news alerts if it happens. make sure you customize the app to your neighborhood to get your local alerts. there is exactly one week

left to election day and we are looking at one ballot measure that could be a possible solution to homelessness in san francisco. some of the city's wealthiest businesspeople are at odds over it. proposition c would tax businesses with administrative offices in the city that make more than $50 million in revenue. supporters say the money would pay for things like permanent housing perhaps and mental health services. salesforce ceo marc benioff is a big proponent of prop c. he sat down with me on "abc 7 news" at 4:00 today. >> you look at these huge companies and the wealth that has been created on the back of san francisco, well, they haven't given a lot of money. they haven't given money to our public schools, public hospitals or homeless. this will be new for them, but proposition c means that the people who have made the most money in san francisco are going to pay the most. >> let me play devil's advocate on this, marc. as we discussed here today and as you have acknowledged, the homeless problem is worse than it has ever been, different than you have seen it. you have been here a long time,

i have been here for a quarter of a century, different than it has been in the last few years, yet we are spending more money than we ever had. what is to say throwing more money at the problem will solve it? >> i think we have seen a couple of really great pieces of evidence in what i call the indicate for optimism. number one, i told you about heading home we are getting every homeless child off the streets with this program. you all know about homeward bound. did you know the city has gone to 10,000 homeless individuals over a decade and said, do you want to go home, be recorrected wi -- rekelconnected with your family. 10,000 said yes, and 90% stayed home. isn't that amazing? that's an example. there's other examples of perhaps where we have seen tremendous effectiveness. we have some amazing ngos in the city, people like hamilton families, larkin street, clyde. we know these organizations, catholic charities, but they need more money to scale.

>> salesforce ceo marc benioff. i want you to know we reached out to people opposing proposition c and we will have them on "abc 7 news" in the next few days to get their perspective on this as well. you can find a guide to all of the measures and propositions on your ballot at abc7news.com/election. we have put together a local voter guide for you that we think will be a very helpful and informative. count on abc 7 for live election coverage one week from tonight. abc news network will have coverage of the biggest races around the country beginning at 5:00 p.m., and we will have live local election coverage throughout the evening including on "abc 7 news" at 9:00 on kofi tv 20 and at 11:00 here on abc 7. a lot at stake, so join us next tuesday. well, a young couple recently fell to their deaths while taking pictures at yosemite national park. we are learning more about their final moments from another photographer who just happened to captu go to abc7news.com/vote and let us know birthright citizenship in the united states, keep it or

end it. the president talked about this today. we will have the details of the president's proposal to change

in the south bay a vigil to honor the victims of saturday's synagogue shooting in pennsylvania. 11 people were killed, making it the deadliest attack on jews in american history. "abc 7 news" reporter chris wynn joins us live from san jose with more. chris. >> reporter: hi, dion. hundreds of people came out to city hall plaza tonight to honor the victims in that tragic shooting. i want to show you some video from earlier, the vigil wrapped up just moments ago. the jewish federation of silicon

valley hosting this interfaith vigil tonight. dozens of religious leaders stopped by to pay their respects. community members of all ages, ethnicities and religious backgrounds coming together. every member of the san jose city council was here and earlier we spoke to a san jose resident who brought his daughter to city hall plaza for the event. >> i wanted to bring my daughter out today to show love for other communities, to show her that we need to support other communities. we're not jewish, but we're christians and we want to show god's light in this world and god's love in this world. >> reporter: mayor sam liccardo was one of the speakers tonight. he said to the crowd, let us pray and let us hope that this is our moment to demonstrate our growth as an american community, and it was certainly a message that really resonated with a lot of people out here in the crowd. back here live, a constant theme of love and solidarity, and that

theme has been felt by members of our local jewish community who say that they have felt that support and they cannot appreciate the well-wishes from the community. they are just going through a very difficult time right now, but, again, saying that the support of this community has meant the world to them. we're live in san jose tonight, i'm chris wynn, "abc 7 news." >> what a tremendous show of support, chris. thank you. now, mixed reaction today to a tribute to the victims as president trump and members of the first family visited the synagogue where the shooting happened. some gathered to protest the visit. the governor of pennsylvania and pittsburgh's mayor declined the meet with mr. trump while others welcomed him. >> the president of the united states is always welcome. i'm a citizen. he is my president. he is certainly welcome. >> it is not about you! let the families grieve. this is our neighborhood! you're not welcome here! >> the first funerals were held

today for three of the victims, including brothers cecil and dave rosenthal. their sister once worked for the pittsburgh steelers and in a show of strength nearly 100 members of the team came to pay their respects. "abc 7 news" is on a mission called building a better bay area, which means that we're focused on finding solutions to the major issues that we see everyday in our neighborhoods and we're not alone. weeks ago we introduced you to some video vigilantes using their phones and social media to spotlight problems in san francisco's tenderloin neighborhood. they documented trash, drugs and crime, and they want to see the city do something about it, and so do we. >> about two weeks ago san francisco police announced they had arrested 63 drug suspects in just seven days. "abc 7 news" reporter vic lee reported on those arrests and wanted to find out if they made a difference. >> he joins us live. vic, what is the story here? >> reporter: well, dion, a lot of people are not surprised about the follow-up.

police did make a lot of arrests here in the tenderloin during that operation, but "abc 7 news" has learned that most of them are now out of custody, many most likely back on the streets here. for six days from october 10th-16 undercover officers arrested 63 people in the tenderloin and charged them with multiple drug offenses. most were accused of selling narcotics to undercover officers during buy busts. among them darwin potanko. police say he was caught with 124 bind wills of cocaine. it was his third arrest in the tenderloin this year. carlos contreras, arrested for allegedly selling cocaine, violated a stayaway order. it was also his third arrest this year. also arrested for selling drugs, jaslen delao who police say had 22 baggies of crack cocaine, 25 baggies of powdered cocaine, 92 baggies of heroin and 25 baggies

of meth. delao also violated multiple stay-away orders from the tenderloin. >> the officers are out there doing their job. >> reporter: tony montoya heads the police union. >> it is literally like a catch and release program where there's no incentive for these people to stop doing what they're doing. >> reporter: "abc 7 news" has learned that 80% of the 63 suspects were out of custody one week after their arrests. documents reveal that the da charged three-quarters of the cases, considered a good charge rate. judges dismissed 15 of those charged. those out of custody made bail, were put on probation, had their cases dismissed or reduced or they're awaiting court dates. >> the people who probation, you will see them add a second or third probation already or they'll extend the current one they have. >> reporter: adam mesnick lives downtown and monitors the drug dealing in his neighborhood. he posts what he sees on his twitter account. >> the other challenge is, again, trying to request or take

a drug dealer off the street that has easy money coming into his pocket every day. >> reporter: he says he has heard out on the streets they are making at much as $1,000 a day, and it is all tax free. hard to give up. vic lee, "abc 7 news." >> all right, vic. thank you so much. . get involved here. join our project on building a better bay area. share your ideas online by using the #betterbayarea. we would really appreciate hearing from you. all right. shifting to the weather now. a warm-up in store. >> big time actually this late in october. spencer christian is here tracking it for us, just in time for halloween. >> that's right. even as the high fire danger recedes, temperatures continue to rise. here is a look at live doppler 7. we have mainly clear skies right now, some thin and high cloudwe beautiful sunset. from the east bay hills camera it is stunning. in oakland we have 65mounin m0s

jose and morgan hill and 58 at pacifica. here is another perspective on the setting sun from our sutro tower camera. mid 70s in vacaville. concord, 68 and in livermore. one more view of the western sky from emeryville. forecast features are the dry, dusty winds in the hills. fire danger elevated through 6:00 tomorrow morning and it will be dry and mild for halloween. here is a look at the red flag warning until 6:00 tomorrow morning. dangerously low humidity persists until then and we may see wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour or higher in the higher elevations. overnight lows under clear skies mainly in the upper 40s to low 50s, and tomorrow's high temperatures on the mild side or warm side for this time of year. once again, look for upper 60s in coastal locations, mid to upper 70s around the bay shoreline, and low 80s in inland areas, and that's on

october 31st. here is the accuweather seven day forecast. tomorrow is halloween. looks like it will be a great day or evening for trick or treating with mild conditions. the wind will diminish quite a bit by tomorrow afternoon. going into thursday and friday and saturday, high temperatures remaining in the mid 80s in our inland areas, up to about 80 on thursday right around the bay shoreline, on november 1st no less. high temperature about 70 degrees in coastal locations on thursday. as we get into the weekend, don't forget we fall back to standard time overnight saturday night into sunday. we lose daylight but we may gain an hour of sleep. >> that's always good. >> i'll take that for sure. >> exactly. >> let's set it back even more. up next, the bay area building fbi investigators say accused

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all of the turmoil on wall street recently too a day off today. the dow soared more than 400 points on president trump's comments he is willing to negotiate with china on a trade packet. the dow closed at 24,874. the nasdaq grew 111 points and the s&p jumped 41. some experts feel the bull market is peaking with big tech stocks down in last few weeks. >> new details about the man accused of mailing over a dozen explosives to prominent owe

elected officials and news organizations. fbi investigators found that cesar sayoc had performed an internet search using the term "uc berkley library." uc berkley police say there's no reason to believe any explosives have been sent to the school. uc says they've had sploexplo detection dogs checking mail since last week and officers are making extra checks of the library. a longstanding american tradition under fierce debate. >> president trump is toying with the idea of ending the automatic of granting of citizenship to people who are born here. next, see how our current policy compares to other countries. and we certainly want to know what you think when it comes to birthrights citizenship. should the u.s. keep it or end go tobc7news.com/voom of yr scr. 57% say keep

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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. "abc 7 new definitely do it

with an act of congress, but now they're saying i can do it just with an executive order. >> president trump says he wants

to end birthright citizenship for babies born to non-citizens and immigrants, and it is a controversial claim. >> yes, one he made during an interview on the hbo program axios. >> we are the only country in the world where a person comes in, has a baby and the baby is essentially a citizen of the united states for 85 years with all of those benefits. it is ridiculous. >> birthright citizenship is guaranteed in about 30 countries according to the center for immigration studies. all by fiji are in the western hemisphere. >> we should point out it is a constitutional right. the 14th amendment states babies born on u.s. soil are citizens despite the immigration status of their parents. the president says he can end all of that with an executive order. many experts say it would take an act of congress and ratification by three-fourths of the state. >> in a statement the aclu called the proposal an blatantly unconstitutional attempt to sew

division and fan the flames of anti-immigration hatred in the days ahead. >> we want to know what you think. should we keep it or end it? >> we want to hear from you. go to abc7news.com/vote and pick one choice or the other. the results are on the bottom of the screen and they update live as votes come in. >> we will keep the poll open as "abc 7 news" reporter davie louie gives you insight on issue. >> reporter: pria mercury is policy director at siren, standing for services, immigration rights and education network. >> this is nothing short of a political move trump is trying to do to gen up the white nationalists in the country. >> they believe it will up hold the 14th amendment. >> there is no doubt when this is in front of a federal trial court it will immediately be

declared unconstitutional. it will go to a federal appeals court and they will quickly also find this unconstitutional. >> reporter: the wild card could be at the supreme court which is tipped conservative with justices neil gorsuch and brett kavanaugh after president trump nominated and the senate confirmed them. the concept of birthright was the focus of a landmark supreme court decision in 1898 that remains in effect 120 years later. that case involved a 24-year-old chinese cook named wong king park whose u.s. citizenship was decided. however, the court majority decided because he was born in san francisco, the 14th amendment made him a citizen even though his parents were barred from being citizens during an era of anti-asian sentiment. the president has to accept a certain amount of risk with rittichs pointing out he is playing to his base of anti-immigrant supporters. here in the bay area immigrants are aware of their political power and how their vote can derail the president and his policies. in san jose, david louie, "abc 7 news." >> again, let us hear from you on this. here is a look at our poll

results from abc7news.com/vote. 56% say keep it, 44% say end it. it was running about two-thirds to one third in favor of keeping it a while ago so the vote changed. >> make sure to keep voting. in other news now tonight in the north bay a marin county teacher was hit by a car and killed while riding her bicycle. the driver appears to have been under the influence of alcohol. that crash happened on sir francis drake boulevard near railroad avenue in wood acre around 5:30 in the afternoon yesterday. abc 7 reporter lyanne melendez tells us more. >> reporter: alison is a parent of a student at this school. she shared this picture of her child and the teacher who was killed while riding a bicycle. >> it is a shock. it is hard for our community, especially for the little ones who don't understand what is going on. >> reporter: investigators say

she was on sir francis drake boulevard near railroad avenue in wood acre when she was struck by a 2006 explorer. the driver, 24-year-old paula drake of fairfax, was apparently under the influence of alcohol. >> as the officers were speaking with the driver, they did notice some signs of impairment and decided to initiate that dui evaluation. so after they did that, she was placed under arrest at that time for felony dui. >> reporter: counsellors from the school district came to the school to help the kids process the news. dibenetto was known for sharing with the students her love of nature. >> tremendous sadness, tremendous loss. the dea she was a big part of the community for the last 20 years. everybody was shocked and stunned. it is not something anybody expected to happen. >> reporter: california highway patrol officers were told by witnesses that di bennetto was not wearing a

we ran into these men who say distracted drivers are a concern. >> i myself try to be aware and looking forward and to the sides for vehicles, and there are pedestrians we have to watch for. >> reporter: meanwhile, the driver involvd in the teacher's death will be charged with felony dui and gross negligence manslaughter. in san saf yelrafael. a father was arrested after his three-year-old son suffered a gunshot wound at their home last night. the boy is in critical condition. it happened in sabronte the mayor tells us it happened inside the house. federal investigators are on their way to siblings were crossing the street. an 11-year-old boy was walking

with him. he had surgery at a hospital. the driver of a truck has been arrested. >> james whitey bulger was found dead in his cell at a federal penitentiary in west virginia this morning. the 89-year-old boston mobster was serving two life sentences for 11 murders. "the new york times" says he was beaten to death by fellow inmates. he and his girlfriend were arrested at their santa monica apartment building in 2011 after spending 16 years on the run. before that, in 1959 bulger served time on alcatraz island for armed robbery. later in life he visited the island as a tourist. has what in the '90s. 2d a historian if he could choose the epitaph on his tombstone he would want it to read, i would rather be in alcatraz. well, a couple visiting yosemite recently fell to their deaths while taking pictures. >> they were not the only ones there with a camera as it turns out. we tracked down a woman who captured the victims shortly

before their fatal fall. coming up later, find out what happened to the mountain lion

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semity national park with "abc 7 news" after realizing her selfies included a woman park officials say fell to her death. >> the victim's husband also fell an died. "abc 7 news" reporter melanie woodrow has the story. >> reporter: she shared these photos she took with her boyfriend last week at yosemite national park. it was only later that she realized there in the background the woman with the pink hair was the same woman park officials say fell to her death. 30-year-old menak sh her husband fell on a granite ledge. she was a software engineer at brr t s a pod near the ledge last tuesday night. in messages he exchanged over facebook, she says she didn't see morethi taking pictures but noticed her enjoying the view. she said most people had been

watching the slack liner in the video. she believes maybe the couple was waiting to take sunset photos. she says there were less than a dozen people at taft point at the time. she calls the accident tragic and says going to viewpoints her family deems dangerous is what makes her feel the most alive, a quality that the couple may have shared, too. morethi wrote a blog called holidays and happily ever afters filled with pictures of exotic locations. in one instagram post at the edge of the grand canyon she wrote, quote, a lot of us including yours truly is a fan of dare devil reattempts of standing at the edge of cliffs and skyscrapers, but did you know that wind gusts can be fatal. is that life worth one photo? melanie woodrow, "abc 7 news." a new $6 million system to upgrade parking lots was just approved in san jose, ar >> se to stick around for spencer's halloween forecast. we'll leave you with a live look

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apple announced changes to its ipads and mac models at an event in brooklyn. they will be similar to the

newest iphones and will not have a home button on the screen. the ipad pro will use facial recognition technology to unlock the device and authorize apple pay purchases. macbook air is made out of recycled aluminum and does not have the touch bar featured. they unveiled a mac minnie as well as improvements to the computer screens. in the south bay the city council approved a multi-million dollar project to upgrade the access and payment systems at parking lots owned by the city. >> but as "abc 7 news" reporter chris wynn explains, one part of the project is raising rorte i avel to downtown san jose during a big event, you are likely familiar with the crowds as well as the ongoing traffic that comes as drivers go in and out of one of the eight parking garages owned by the city. officials here say the outdated equipment could be to blame. >> the equipment up time and reliability is an issue for us. >> reporter: this afternoon the

san jose city council approved a $6.3 million project to upgrade the garages. on t on. >> people have expectations and they want to get in and out of a parking facility quickly and effortlessly and really don't want to be hung up. >> reporter: but the new technology will come with concerns from some. the project calls for automated license plate recognition software similar to what is used at san jose international airport. >> are you taking a picture of my license plate and none of my other information is out there? what is attaching to it is the biggest thing. how much information do you need for it? >> airport representatives say the system is a stand-alone that is not connected to an outside source. the cameras photograph license plates and convert the numbers and letters into machine-readable text tagging them with time and location. >> when there's a lost ticket situation, we are able to capably identify when our customer entered our lot and is

attempting to exit our lot. >> reporter: the city hopes to begin first phase of installation downtown in february or march of next year. the airport should also see upgrades down the road. in san jose, chris wynn, a"abc news." in the east bay a mountain lion found in pleasanton has been released into the wild. take a look at the picture of its release from the state department of fish and wildlife. yesterday evening the department and pleasanton police spent hours looking for the lion near hopier road. it took four doses to fully sedate and capture the cat. we learned it is a male weighing about 80 pounds. fish and wildlife will not say exactly where the cat was released just it was a very remote area of the regional wilderness. this halloween will be a big treat for pumpkin growers in california. our state is the top grower of decorative pumpkins and second only to illinois for total pumpkin crop grown in the u.s.. now, agriculture exp $25 millio

in california and this year it is a healthy crop. for pumpkin growers, halloween is critical to their success. >> once october 31st passes there's not much of a market for them. so those farmers really try to get those pumpkins ready to go for october 31st. after that they're not much value to them. >> ag experts say most pumpkins sold whole sell in california come from the central valley area. >> a big crop this year. i never thought of it. pumpkins, very seasonal like can candy canes. not much year after christmas. >> though tasty year around. >> let's update the forecast. spencer christian with the spooky or sweet forecast? >> yes. here is a look at live doppler 7. we have mainly clear skies with a few thin high clouds. a red flag warning in effect until 6:00 tomorrow morning for high fire danger mainly for the higher elevations. we could have wind gusts up to 50 miles per hour or higher. here is a look at current guests

taking us into the late night hours. by 1:00 a.m., gusts mainly in the higher elevations again, between 20, 25 miles per hour. pretty much the same picture at 3:00 a.m., but notice how the wind diminishes significantly as the sun rises going into 7:00 tomorrow morning. by mid date tomorrow, the wind will be light to moderate just about everywhere. that's an improvement that will reduce the fire danger. overnight lows will be mainly in the upper 40s to low 50s. tomorrow's highs range from upper 60s at coast to upper 70s around the bay. 77, oakland. 78, free month. low 80s at concord and livermore. 83, santa rosa. 82, cloverdale. south bay highs mainly in upper 70s, although morgan hill, farther south, 81 degrees. our halloween trick or treat forecast shows a bright and sunny day and warm one for this time of the year throughout the day. for the young ones who want to do early trick or treating, weather will be great. for the bigger kids like us, after the sun goes down it will

be nice and mild. here is the accuweather seven day forecast. speaking of mild, how about the 1st of november, thursday. high temperatures inland, mid to upper 80s. 80 degrees around the bay, shoreline, and 70 degrees around the coast. november 1st. then on the weekend, temperatures start to drop-off slightly. by the way, we need to set our clocks back one hour saturday night or sunday morning as we fall back to standard time. going into early next week temperatures moderate a bit, but at the beginning of the week as the temperatures moderate next week it still will be much, much warmer than average for this time of year. >> it was funny. when he mentioned us big kids, i imagined you trick or treating and knocking on someone's door. >> i might do that. >> spencer will show up. >> have some treats for me. >> thanks, spencer. on to sports. a lot going on. sharks to talk about. >> yeah. mindi bach in for sports. >> sharks going on and there's a big rivalry game coming up but the sharks get a jumbo return tonight as they face the rangers. the 49ers have a quarterback

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proposition 11 "a common sense solution" to protect public safety. it ensures the closest ambulance remains on-call during paid breaks "so that they can respond immediately when needed." vote yes on 11. now abc 7 sports with bach. >> c.j. bev forwawas held out ol for a sprained wrist. with a short week, it is likely he may not play thursday night when the 49ers host the bay area rivals. he hurt himself in the second quarter against arizona when his

hand struck a heel melt. -- helmet. if he can't go on monday, that puts nick mullens in for his first start. now, oakland's derek carr was a full participant in raiders' practices this week and is good to go. >> i know it means a lot to our fans. i know it means a lot to everybody, and so of course we want to go out and win this game. that's every week. but we know how much it means to our fans and how excited they get for it, so we are aware of that but it doesn't change anything for us. we have to go out and just play well. >> as you notice, nfl trade deadline passed today and carr is still with oak loond. neither the one-win raiders or one-win 49ers made any last minute moves, makes sense, but other teams did. broncos traded thomas to the houston texans. green bay sent ty montgomery packing to the ravens followed a costly fumble in their loss to the rams. superbowl champion eagles acquired receiver golden tate

from the lions for a third round pick. the first college football playoff rankings of the season came out today and there are no surprises. alabama holds the top spot followed by sec rivals clemson and lsu. notre dame holds the fourth and final position in the playoff. that's a bit of a departure from the ap poll which has undefeated fighting irish ranked third nationally with one-loss tigers fourth. washington state is highest-ranked pac-12 team, currently sitting at eight. this year's championship game will be played at levi stadium on january 7th. jumbo joe is back with team teal. the sharks activated joe thornton from injured reserve in time to face new york rangers tonight. know, joe thornton played the first two games of the season before missing the next nine. that was the result of a knee infection. he missed 35 games last year after tearing his acl and mcl in that same knee. doctors removed the pic line that was feeding antibiotics to

the joint just yesterday. >> they were going back and forth, if i could play or if i can't. i guess they decided to take it up, so it was a good day. i've been watching a lot of hockey lately, so to play it is going to be fun. >> also good to have jumbo joe back. >> yeah. >> we will bring you the highlights tonight against the rangers. >> good stuff. mindi, thanks. join us tonight at 9:00 on kofi tv channel 20. the new pharmacy makes drugs for patients and pets. on news at 11:00, making sure you get to your car at night. san francisco's new program to keep you safe. now, tonight on abc 7 at 8:00, catch "the connors" followed by "the kids are already." "black-ish" and splitting up together. >> at 10:00 it is "the rookie" and stay tuned for "abc 7 news" at 11:00. >> good line-up tonight. hope you will tune in. look for breaking news whenever you wish on the "abc 7 news"

app. we appreciate your type. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm dion lim. for all of us here, we appreciate your time. >> have a good night. we will see again at 11:00.

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this is "jeopardy!" here are today's contestants. a professor from swarthmore, pennsylvania... a writer-editor from bangor, maine... and our returning champion-- an attorney from chicago, illinois... whose 2-day cash winnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, all. thank you, johnny. it's amazing, isn't it, folks, how things change quickly on "jeopardy!"? tori became champion on friday, won $2,200. she defended successfully yesterday, winning $19,000. what's going to happen today with emily and allen here?

let's start finding out. good luck. ♪ here are the categories for the jeopardy! round... ooh. it's all about words... and finally... yeah, we create things. tori. etymology for $200. allen. - what is "sic"? - "sic" or "sic 'em," yeah. etymology for $400. tori. - what is a butterfly? - butterfly, yes.