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the 2018 midterm election. one, two, three. do you understand how ranked choice voting works? give us a minute tonight and you will. everyone should vote. it is your right. people die for the right to vote. >> it is a midterm but you wouldn't know that from watching the early turnout. ♪ live where you live, this is "abc 7 news." driving down this road i saw people living in tents. we can't continue to allow this. >> we have a lot of work to do on housing, homelessness, issues of affordability. >> last full day of campaigning brings both of the candidates for governor to the bay area, hoping to win your vote at the very last minute. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. tomorrow, as you know, is election day. democrat gavin newsom may be ahead of john cox in the race for california's governor but history is against him. >> since the year 1888,

california has only elected five democrats to lead the state. newsom has an 11 point lead according to the public policy institute. >> over the last seven months the lead has been shrinking. today most candidates made a last-ditch effort to gain fort. >> jobina fortson is live with a look at strategy in the 11th hour. >> reporter: some may have found it odd for john cox to stop in berkley, but he said much of what he is running on would impact the city positively. newsom was down south in the bay area but the bay area will see him tonight. john cox and gavin newsom are making a last-ditch effort to reach voters. >> people in california have a good way of, first of all, rejecting the conventional wisdom and deciding for themselves that they want change. >> reporter: that's john cox's response to being behind in the polls. he says you can't count him out, which is partially why he visited liberal berkley monday

morning, spending time in a small auto shop. >> berkley has a special place in my heart. my mom went to berkley. >> reporter: also affordability is a primary point of his platform, which berkley and the rest of the bay area struggle with. >> very refreshing what he's trying to say about our -- you know, our housing situation. >> reporter: eugene young owns this shop and was happy to host cox. >> i noticed a bunch of body shops on the street. >> reporter: during a round table, cox touched on all of the big issues. >> rent control is the opposite of what we should be doing because that will chase investment away. >> reporter: he's for proposition 6 and against needle exchanges. and as someone who builds opndn living, wants building in california to be cheaper. in los angeles, a different take. >> we have a lot of work to do on housing, homelessness, issues of affordability. those remain stubborn. governor, i hope it is me, we have to hit the ground running. >> reporter: lieutenant governor gavin newsom started south and is moving north as the day inches closer to mid terms.

he and senator kamala harris will host his last campaign event in san francisco tonight. he will cast his ballot in marin county tomorrow. outside of the alameda county courthouse there is a ballot box that anyone can drop off their ballots to at any point if you cannot make it to the polls tomorrow. reporting in oakland tonight, jobina fortson, "abc 7 news." a pair of tight races in california could lead to state democrats reclaiming their super majority in sacramento. senate democrats lost majority power in june with the recall of former state senator josh newman. if the party skews o secures on additional seat it will win back the super majority, allowing democrats to pass any initiative without republican support. >> it will make things easier for the governor if he is a democrat as expected. when you have one party controlling all levers of government with a super majority, it will make a significant difference in getting gavin newsom's agenda passed if he is elected. >> democratic political

strategist says he believes democrats can hang on to it will come down to an area with strong republican support. what is interesting and speaks to how people are interested in the election, voter participation looks to top turnout records set in previous midterms. "abc 7 news" reporter laura anthony is live in berkley with a look at how things are going in alameda county. laura. >> reporter: hi, dan. the pattern is holding here in berkley and alameda county as well. we are here at this drop-off box in berkley in front of city hall. this, they tell me, is one of the busiest in the county. in fact, so busy they've had to empty this box every hour. it may be the eve of the election, but it looks a lot like the day itself at the alameda county registrar of voters in downtownoakland where people were lined up all day to cast their ballots. >> we're prepared for a big turnout. >> reporter: registrar tim dupois says a turnout for

tuesday's midterm is expected to approach the 75% levels that came out for the presidential election in 2016. some of these folks are taking advantage of conditional voting, which allows someone to register and vote even if they missed the deadline. >> if you haven't registered to vote but you would qualify to vote, you can come down to our office and conditionally vote. we will put your vote into an envelope and we'll take a look at the information you give. we'll register you to vote and we'll count that vote. >> reporter: outside the registrar's office on fallon street, cars lined up at a mobile drop-off location with hardly a break in the action. and in berkley, the drop-off box in front of city hall was stuffed full for a short time on the weekend, but fully operational after election workers cleared it out this morning. it seems all over alameda county voters are all in on this election. >> i think they're finally realizing that this is a representative democracy, and maybe if they go and vote and

they get their family and friends to vote that we can make things better. >> everyone should vote. it is your right. people die for the right to vote. so, you know, it is important. >> reporter: and this has been the scene all day, folks coming up with their ballots. the turnout here is expected to be about 70%. we heard about the same in contra costa county. by comparison, here in alameda county the turnout for the 2014 midterm was just 45%. so up something like 25% in this election four years later. live in berkley, laura anthony, "abc 7 news." >> laura, thanks very much. now along the peninsula there's extra scrutiny in san mateo to make sure no ballots break the rules. >> that's right. "abc 7 news" reporter david louie continues our live team coverage to explain how the federal government is now getting involved. >> reporter: well, ama and dan,

there's a lot of interest here in san mateo county as well in tomorrow's election. the voter turnout is expected to be at least 10% higher than it was for the midterm elections back in 2014. now, ballots are being dropped off here at a drop-off box and the federal observers who will be here throughout the county are going to be here all day. postal bins are arriving non-stop at san mateo county's election center loaded with vote by mail ballots. a team of 150 is opening the envelopes, verifying the signatures and checking for stray markings that could be misread by the computers, but there will be an extra set of eyes on sight from the federal government. for example, compliance that all ballots and information material is available in chinese and spanish. san mateo county works with three citizen committees for input. >> through those committees we've established over 100 community partners that help us outreach into the community.

they review all of our voting materials, all of the brochures and information, our websites, and they make recommendations ad, quite frankly, our success really is due to their efforts. >> reporter: this is the first time federal monitors are coming to san mateo county. it is one of five counties in the state where there are no precinct polling places on election day. the more than 400,000 registered voters must vote by mail or they can cast ballots at early voting centers or drop off their ballots at the elections offices. still, officials are always vigilant for the potential of fraud. >> when two ballots are received by the elections official, we count the first ballot that was received and voted upon. we then invalidate any other ballot that comes in the mail after that. >> reporter: the justice department says it is going to increase just slightly the number of counties across the country that will be monitored tomorrow. in 2014 it was 28. tomorrow it will be 35. we're live in san mateo. david louie, "abc 7 news". >> okay.

david, thanks. now, this is the first general election where you can legally take and post a ballot selfie. governor brown signed a bill making it legal to post a picture as you cast your ballot, but it did not take effect until january of 2017. and we would love to see your pictures at the #abc7now to your facebook, twitter and instagram post. you can use that hashtag to get an attention if you run into issues while trying to exercise your right to vote. >> ballot selfies will be a first. i'm sure there will be creative ones tomorrow. coming up tomorrow on "abc 7 news" at 6:00. >> what would you do if someone waved a weapon around, you called 911 and they hung you? i i'm dion lim and i'll get you answers. >> get out your phone, go to abc7news.com/vote and take part in our live poll for the election. have you already voted? are you going tomorrow or not voting? >> go to abc7news.com/votenow

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and let's look at the latest result of our live poll at abc7news.com/vote. you can see now asking people if they voted already. >> 89%, 88%, vacillating back and forth, say they've voted. 11% say they will vti. t gd to >> yes. vinthroughout the newsc. did you know about a quarter of poll workers in san francisco are high school students? the department of elections has hired 600 of them, in fact.

"abc 7 news" reporter li an melendez has more on the program which has been around for years. >> reporter: nathan tam, a 17-year-old student at lincoln high in san francisco said it was his economics teacher who encouraged him to be one of 600 student poll workers. >> at least for me and my peers, we know it is something that is going to affect us in the future, and so that's why we're kind of interested in it and working the polls tomorrow. >> reporter: of the 600 high school students hired, 500 of them are from the san francisco unified school district. they begin their day at 6:00 in the morning and stay until 9:00 p.m. >> they're there serving voters, having voters sign in, issuing voters ballots, collecting the ballots voters vote it on, making sure to offer assistance to the voters. >> malik patel was introduced to the program when he was 16. he enjoyed it so much he decided to work for the department of elections. >> missed a day of school, learn about the elections process, your history teacher is so proud of you, and it is an awesome way to get out in the community and

see how things are done. >> reporter: the midterm elections will be a lasting memory for 18-year-old rebecca kavanaugh. it will be the first time she votes and, secondly, she will be spending the day as a poll worker at city hall. >> i'm working for my city and i get to be a part of that process that i always hear about and see it from a different perspective. >> reporter: students get a stipend of $142, $10 extra if polls open tomorrow at 7:00 in the morning. a reminder, please be kind to your student poll worker. in san francisco, lyanne melendez, "abc 7 news." >> thank you. tomorrow the polls are open 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. if you have a vote-by-mail ballot, you can drop it off at any polling place by 8:00 p.m. or mail. as long as it is postmarked tomorrow and received by friday, your ballot will be counted. most mail-in ballots need extra postage and don't forget to sign the back of the envelope. several companies are making

it easy for you to get to the polls. ford gobike will let you check out a bike for free tomorrow. they're docked in san francisco, san jose and in the east bay. rideshare provider lyft is giving 50% off rides to the polls. uber is giving a $10 discount on a single ride to your polling place. in san francisco, scooter riders on skip get a $5 credit for showing that they scooted to the polls. i you use scoot, you will get a free ride. li line -- lime scooters and bikes can be ridden for free to the polls. ranked choice voting is being used in several races. if you are confused about how it works, "abc 7 news" anchor kristen sze is here to explain it. >> let's go to the abc 7 cafe. i'm going to explain using sticky notes. we will keep it simple, four candidates. let's say purple is my top choice. if i can't have purple, i will

take blue. if blue doesn't win, i will go with orange. let's add up everyone's votes. there are 20 sticky notes for 20 voters. my candidate, purple, has the most first choice votes with seven. if it has over 50% as in 11 votes, it wins the election. but if it doesn't have the majority, then things get interesting. the bottom vote getter is now eliminated, that will be orange. orange voters, now we go to your second choice. two more for yellow, one more for purple. purple still doesn't have a majority, so now a new round. the new bottom, blue, gets eliminated. blue voters, second choice votes, are distributed. now we have a majority. you can see yellow is the winner, even though it started out with fewer first choice votes than purple. you may be wondering, what about my third choice? well, it only gets counted if your first and second choices are both eliminated, which did not happen this time. >> yeah, well, we have put

together a lot of explanations like this one about what is on your ballot, including a detailed list of all 11 state propositions. you will find it online at abc7news.com/election. make sure to watch abc 7 for live election coverage tomorrow. abc news 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 on abc 7. hope you join us tomorrow for what should be a fascinating night. nothing should slow you down weather wise getting to the polls tomorrow. >> that's true. spencer christian is here. no excuse there. >> that's for sure. we have great election day weather coming our way. looks like it will serve several terms. it will stick around for take while. here is a look at live doppler 7, we have clear skies right now and are in a pattern that is generally in the daytime sunny, mild and dry and at nighttime mainly clear skies, no hint of low clouds or fog near the

coastline. here is a nice have you from the roof top camera. it is currently 60 degrees in san francisco and oakland. mountain view, 61. san jose, 62. morgan hill, 63, and a cool 52 at pacifica. from the south beach camera, downtown san francisco, looking back at the skyline, we offer more temperature readings. 64 in santa rosa right now. only 59 in napa. 55, novato and vacaville. 67 at concord. 66 at livermore. here is the view from emeryville looking over the calm bay water. these are our forecast features. clear and cool overnight. election bay poll indicates sunny and mild will win the day tomorrow, and this dry pattern will persist for at least the next seven days. overnight, clear skies and continued cool conditions, especially up in the north bay valleys where low temperatures drop into the low 40s and down to 38 at ukiah. most other places will see lows in the mid to upper 40s. this big ridge of high pressure centered just offshore is the dominant feature in our weather pattern right now. storm track is moving to our north, so there's no rain headed

in our direction for quite some time. tomorrow will be another sunny and mild to warm day for this time of the year. 63 will be the high at half moon bay. 67 here in san francisco. upper 60s to low and mid 70s around the bay shoreline. mainly upper 70s in inland areas tomorrow. as a result of the dry and warm and breezy pattern, especially in the higher elevations, the fire weather watch is in effect from wednesday evening to friday morning for lake county and northern solano county. humidity will be around 10% to 15%, dangerously low, and gusts in the higher elevations may exceed 35 miles per hour. under those conditions, fires may spread rapidly. back to rainfall versus dryness, there will be a little rain up in the pacific northwest over the next seven days, maybe up to about a quarter of an inch in portland. here in northern california and along the coastline, central coast, no rain in sight for a while. zero inches of measurable rain. here is the accuweather seven day forecast. i vote for sunny weather

tomorrow, and that's what we're going to have, sunny and warm for november, for the next two days with inland highs near 80 degrees. we will get slightly cooler weather on thursday and friday by only by a few degrees. it will remain sunny, mild and dry and the beat goes on. >> whether you vote for it or not. >> exactly, right. >> thanks, spencer. all right. churning through the water in san francisco. >> yeah, what this mecha here are the facts.leading attacks against prop c. the city's chief economist says prop c will "reduce homelessness" by creating affordable housing,

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fan. if you are a non-native species in golden gate park, beware. the aquatic backhoe was hard at work at the park's north lake today where rangers say a non-nati non-native specied called the water prime rose has taken over, spreading across much of the lake and threatening wildlife habitat but now its days are numbered. >> it just picks it up, hopefully with a lot of the rooting mass as well because, of course, if you clip a plant and leave the roots in place it will grow back. the idea is that the aqua mog can hopefully get a lot of the roots out of the substrate of the lake. >> crews say they hope to be done mogging the lake by end of the month. when you call 911 you expect help, right? what you don't expect is to be hung up on. >> no. tonight hear the emergency one woman was in the middle of when that happened to her. >> and get out your phone and go to abc7news.com/vote and let us know how you are taking part in

the midterm election. did you already vote? are you voting tomorrow? are you skipping it? you don't have to log in, sign up or register, nothing. it is very easy.

live where you live, this is "abc 7 news." what is very disheartening is that it is not the first time i called 911 and had an issue. >> she says it is not the firs i time so we want to know what is going on. >> "abc 7 news" is committed to building a better bay area, which means we are spending more time looking into the issues that affect your quality of life and trying to find ways to make things better. >> tonight, "abc 7 news" anchor dion lim brings us the story of two women who called 911 for help and were left feeling helpless. >> i can't take it anymore. >> reporter: pacific heights sident shauna matland has had her share of unpleasant run-ins with a homeless woman. >> a homeless woman with a twin size mattress on the street started yelling and had a syringe in her hand. in april of this year i called

911 because a man homeless without pants on inside my garage sitting in my convertible. >> reporter: while the circumstances are different, she felt threatned each time. her response from 911 dispatchers she alleges was nothing short of unhelpful. >> he told me it was not an emergency, it was not life or death and hung up on me. >> reporter: laurie mathews lives in pacific heights and encountered a seemingly homeless person inside her building, possibly wielding a weapon. >> i told 911 this was a robbery in progress and it still didn't register to them as being critical. >> reporter: we asked 911 to pull call logs from each instance and were told the calls needed to be reviewed by a quality assurance manager first. they sent me a statement which did not address the hangups but says in part, is there a danger to life, property or the environment? is there a crime happening now? if the answer is yes to any of these questions, immediately call 911. it is not enough for matthews, who says she is tired of feeling helpless.

>> you think, you know, you have these services in place, your taxes pay for these services and they're not delivering. >> reporter: if it weren't formatla for matland's job as an attorney, she said she is fed up with san francisco. >> i hate the fact i have to put booties on my dog because she could step in poop. if i could leave i would. >> we will stay on top of the story as the department of emergency management reviews each woman's call. we have a link at our website on how to do it, abc7news.com. in the newsroom i'm dion lim back to you. thanks, dion. in case you didn't know there are so-called n-1-1 lines from 2:00 to 9:00. 211 is for community services and information. 311 is a non-emergency line allowing people to report or complain about problems in their neighborhood, anything from trash collection to graffiti. 411 is directory assistance.

511 is traffic information. you can call 611 for phone company questions and repairs. 711 is used for the telecommunications relay service to translate from tdd or telecommunication devices for the deaf to speech and speak and vice versa. 811 helps you locate underground public utility lines. lastly, of course, 911 for police, fire and medical emergencies only. >> good breakdown of what is available. we are getting our first look at the man sheriff's deputies say shot three people at a detox center in san rafael this morning. this is deadvance lamar reid. he is in custody after being arrested for unrelated charges. investigators say he made statements that tied him to the crime scene at helen vine recovery center. deputies have not yet identified the man who died in the shooting. they say the two recovering victims are anthony mansapett and brittany mccann. mccann dated reid apparently.

mansapett worked at the detox center but it is not known if the other victims did as well. >> the midterm election is tomorrow and this could be a critical one for our country. >> you can vote right now in our live poll at abc7news.com/vote. have you already voted? are you going to the polls tomorrow? or maybe you are setting this one out? >> you can see the results that have come in on the bottom of your screen. 81% are saying they voted, 13% say they are voting tomorrow. now not voting is on the board at 6%. >> we will leave voting up as "abc 7 news" reporter janai norman gives you a look at details of how the most hotly-contested midterm elections are making history. >> you want to talk about victories for the people of texas right here. >> reporter: a final push before voters head to the polls across the country and across the aisle, much of the message today is so similar. from republicans in >> what you do is going to determine the future direction of this country and the stakes could not be higher.

>> reporter: to democrats in texas, echos about what could turn out to be one of the most consequential midterm elections in history. >> we are going to help this country lead on the challenges before us. >> we hope to see a blue wave tomorrow night in virginia and elsewhere. >> reporter: virginia senator tim cane remaining optimistic at his headquarters where former president barack obama made a surprise appearance. the mid terms are often seen as a referendum on the president, with the president's party often losing seats in congress. that's not stopping president trump from being optimistic about a favorable turnout for republicans as he has been blitzing across the country for candidates. on the campaign trail again today in indiana, missouri and ohio. >> democrats are inviting caravan after caravan. isn't that nice? of illegal aliens to flood into our country. >> reporter: still stoking fears of immigrants to rouse his republican base even as facebook is now rejecting a trump ad that's been called racist.

the tech company saying it violates facebook policy. >> a lot of things are offensive. your questions are offensive a lot of times. >> reporter: we knew these midterm elections would be high stakes and highly consequential and it is being reflected in the early voting numbers. about 34 million americans already casting ballots, even before polls open tomorrow. janai norman, abc news, capitol hill. let's look at the results from our live poll. 78% saying they already voted. 16%, voting tomorrow. 6% say they're not voting. you can go to abc7news.com/vote and vote. >> we would love to hear from you. the fbi and homeland security say they're ready to protect the integrity of tomorrow's election. >> while there is no indication of any compromise, officials do say, quote, americans should be aware that foreign actors, and russia in particular, continue to try to influence public sentiment and voter perceptions through actions intended to sew discord. tomorrow night, stay with "abc 7 news" for complete

election results from coast to coast. network coverage begins at 5:00. we have local results throughout the evening and on "abc 7 news" at 9:00 on kofi tv 20 as well as "abc 7 news" at 11:00. hope you join us. what is in a picture? >> how investigators figured out dozens of properties listed on airbnb were not as advertised and the hefty price the landlords will have to pay. a scam wipes out an 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.

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san francisco's city attorney is fining two landlords for operating what he calls an illegal airbnb hotel chain. city officials say the landlords operate or manage property goes all over the city, including pacific heights, eureka value and knob hill. "abc 7 news" reporter melanie woodrow explains what is going on. >> reporter: these are staging photos provided to "abc 7 news" from the san francisco city attorney's office. food, garbage, even damp towels all carefully placed, making it look to city investigators as though 2001 wsomeone was living all the time. in the images off airbnb advertising as short-term rentals, the food and garbage

are gone, towels are dry. >> vast amounts of deception and conduct to hide what the defendants, the lees, were actually doing here. >> reporter: san francisco city attorney dennis hererra says his office caught landlords darryn and valerie lee illegally renting these units in 2014. they paid $276,000 in fines but did it again, violating a court injunction. >> unfortunately, they violated the terms of that injunction before the ink was dry on the paper. >> reporter: hererra says the lees booked more than $900,000 in short-term rentals and pocketed more than $700,000 in illicit profits from 14 units. >> a lot of evil that we see when people are violating the law, it is all about the money, nd that's what it appears is happening here. >> reporter: the units in question were never registered with the office of short-term rentals. as part of the new settlement, the couple is now paying $2.25 million in penalties and investigation costs. >> we have to make sure that we have adequate amount of housing

stock available for our tenants. >> reporter: the lees are barred from short-term rentals on any of the 17 properties they own or manage until may 2025. the money from the settlement will go to fund the investigation cost, some will go to the planning department and some will fund future consumer protection work. in san francisco, melanie woodrow, "abc 7 news." in the east bay amazon's newest store opened today in berkley. amazon four stars on fourth and delaware street, it sells items sold on amazon.com with at least a four-star consumer rating or above. the store targets customers that might consider buying a product online but instead they buy it at the store because they want it immediately. who wants to wait for it to be shipped? >> two days, my goodness. starting today, amazon is waiving its purchase minimum and offering free shipping through the holiday season. it is first time it has done this. last year amazon shoppers without prime membership had to spend at least $25 to earn free

shipping. while talking about the holidays, the san francisco, marin is gearing up for thanksgiving. today foster farms delivered 800 turkeys. some will go to large families, others will go to community dinners. >> even in an economy like this where so many people are working, we still have people who are disconnected from the economy. seniors, children, people without the skills. so we don't seem to ever have enough to feed everyone. >> the food bank is hoping to get an additional 1,000 turkeys, and you can help by either dropping off a turkey at the food bank or by giving money to the food bank so they can go out and buy one. it is hard to believe, but it is true, we are counting down to christmas. even though we're having this hot weather. >> i know. it doesn't feel like it, does

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the markets were pretty steady the day before the mid terms, although apple continued its month-long slide, dropping nearly 3%. the dow gained 190 points. the nasdaq fell 28 points, the s&p closed up 15 points. all right. well, in consumer news, one of the oldest scams around is rearing its ugly head again, this time targeting a viewer from vallejo. >> she was trying to raise money

from special needs children when she lost everything to a ruthless scam. >> she tells the story to "7 on your side's" michael finney. something we can all learn from. >> that's what it is about, a cautionary tale. this woman is hoping to support a struggling school for learning disabled kids where she taught for years. so when she got a call saying she had won millions of dollars, she fell into the trap. instead of winning, she lost all of her savings. now she wants me to warn you, don't fall for it. >> he said he would be here. >> thelma welch stares out her front window. >> i thought he would come before you got here. >> still hoping to see a man with a bouquet of balloons and a check for $2 million. >> they said i had won the publishing clearing house. >> thelma received the call in august. >> we will come to your door and we will have your check for $2.5 million. there will be a new car sitting out front, you know, and i went, oh, my gosh. >> then the caller said she would have to pay the taxes first. >> i went, oh, okay, okay. i got all excited, you know.

>> so she wired $500 to the man on the phone. he called back to say she had to send more. >> and it was $300 and then it was $100 and then it went to $500 again. >> every time she paid callers demanded more. >> every time they would say, your car is coming, it is coming, and they never come. i finally got wise to the whole idea and you guys are never going to deliver. >> yet somehow she kept hoping it was real. >> i hear a truck or something come by, i was always, oh, this is it. >> and kept wiring more money. >> i just thought, oh, well, next time they will definitely give it to me. i'm so close, i have given them so much. >> a zipper bag stuffed with receipts for money she wired, 500 here, 200 there, $20,000 in all. her savings wiped out. >> i'm broken hearted because i could have given that to the school, and new shoes. i have holes in my shoes. >> hello. >> "7 on your side" was there when the crooks called again. >> when will i be able to come up with the money so it can be

finalized, is that what you said? >> thelma still waits at the window for her prize, though deep down she knows -- it is a scam. >> when i was talking to him, i said, if it is my last breath on earth i will catch you. >> whew. thelma says she may never get that money back, but wanted me to warn all of you. scammers target trusting seniors. if someone says you won a prize but you have to wire money in order to get it, it is a scam. definitely. so don't fall for it. call me instead and i will get to the bot many on of things. i want to hear from you, especially if you think you are being scammed. "7 on your side" hotline is open weekdays, 10:00 a.m. till 2:00 p.m. that number is 415-954-8151. you can reach me at my facebook page and through abc7news.com. because older people are super generous, they're almost also trying to get the money to give it to someone else. >> it makes you so mad. >> breaks your heart. >> it is unbelievable. >> thanks, michael. time for one last check on our forecast.

>> spencer is back with us. >> if you have put away your summer wardrobe, you may want to rethink that. we have very mild weather, especially in the daytime. right now it is clear across the entire region and overnight we will see cool weathers. lows will be in the mid 40s overnight. tomorrow will be sunny and mild or a warm day for this time of the year actually. look for mid 60s on the coast, upper 60s to mid 70s around the bay shoreline, upper 70s to near 80 inland tomorrow. this is really mild november weather. great election day weather, so get out and vote. under bright and mild conditions tomorrow, with pretty much the same pattern on wednesday. thursday will be the beginning of a slightly cooler pattern but only by a few degrees. sunny and dry for the seven days ahead or perhaps even longer. we have been looking for an indication of rain in the bay area and we don't see it for the next two weeks. >> thank you, spencer. >> okay. a lot going on in sports, particularly for the warriors tonight. >> larry is here with that. >> we have a bunch of warriors news. they had a special visitor at practice today and damian jones

informing us it is national doughnut day. >> look at that. >> size matters! do you think you could eat that whole thing in two minutes? >> oh, yes.

now abc 7 spoorts sports about larry beil. >> the warriors put their seven-game-winning streak on the line tonight with memphis. he is now with the grislies and is getting his championship ring

at oracle. kevin durant is thinking about his ballot, election day tomorrow. yes, the warriors have been active, encouraging people to vote. durant says he is voting by absentee ballot, but he would really like to do it in person. >> i would love to go in and touch the people a little bit, see what is going on out there. that would be cool, too. >> it is exciting because it is just -- you see so many people just through social media, on the news, just out in public, just excited about having the opportunity to kind of change the course of where our country is going through voting. just young people, a lot of young people are really involved as well. it is pretty cool. it is good to see us unite. >> special guest at warriors practice today, the u.s. open championship trophy. steph is like, it is mine, i want it so badly. the u.s. open will be played at pebble beach next year. he is looking at the thing and he has to put on the gloves. as you know, he is an avid golfer.

steve kerr loves to golf as well. they know a thing or two about trophies. look at them staring it down. wow, it is a moon rock. after one of the most disappointing effort of the season, the raiders back to work, getting ready for sunday's home game against the chargers. not san diego, l.a.. they're playing very well. at this point the raiders are 1-7. all they can do is use the next couple of months to evaluate the young players on the roster, figure out who will still bewaring silver and black next year. defensive end key has had good flashes this season. he said coach jon gruden had a meeting with the rookies on friday. >> he wanted us to do better than what we're doing. i feel as a rookie class we're playing good, but he doesn't want us to think of rookies. he wants us to play like vets, play like we've been in the league five-plus years. that's a challenge to us basically. i took it as a challenge. >> the patriots, they havegn e was a second round pick in 2017

and was released by oakland earlier in the season. we don't have a lot of footage in an nfl game because he hardly played. he was plagued by injuries during his time with the raiders. today their manager was named a finalist for manager of the year. bob melvin, finalist for the baseball writers of association of america, al manager of the year award. his competition is alex cora. it was a regular season thing, they won a world series, but 108 yards in the regular season. melvin led the a's to the best record. the winner will be announced next week. in case you did not know it, today is national doughnut day. the warriors celebrated by tweeting this video of seven-footer damian jones eating a giant doughnut. it is so big even he can't palm it. he was trying to get it done in two minutes so we speeded up the

video. by the way, there are two national doughnut days each year. the other is june 5th. we can only assume that's the case because everybody loves doughnuts. damian did it in 1:59. >> whoa! >> he needed every second. he's like joey chestnut junior. >> yeah, why do doughnuts get two? >> because they're that great. >> because they're that amazing. >> you don't have to tell me. you don't even eat them. >> i don't, i don't. >> the hawaiian kind. >> malasada's, i'm down for that. >> thanks, larry. >> join us tonight on kofy tv 20, cable channel 13. supporters of the gas tax repeal are holding drawings to win $50 gas cards. you will find out why an attorney says it may be illegal at 9:00. we are committed to building a better bay area at a time. a major update on the woman working two jobs but living in her car. >> at 8:00, "dancing with the stars", followed at 10:00 by

"the good doctor" and then abc news at 11:00. on jimmy kimmel, taraji jenson guesting tonight. >> i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. for all of us on the "abc 7 news" team, thank you for joining us. >> have a doughnut for dinner. >> good for the diet, dan. here's to the stair takers, breakfast makers, step counters, outdoor explorers, faith restorers, appointment keepers, fantastic creatures. farmer's market goers, cholesterol lowerers cell phone silencers. the new lease on lifers, and the positive thinkers. here's to you all that see every day as an opportunity to thrive your way.

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