supervisor aaron peskin represents north beach, home to many italian-americans, he says he appreciates history but calls the paint an act of hatred against the community that is celebrating right now. >> there are surveillance cameras up at coit tower. the cops will see what they can find off of those videos. if somebody can be apprehended and charged, they will be. >> the san francisco police department has confirmed they're investigating the vandalism. jobina fortson, abc7 news. you probably recall the other controversy over a columbus statue that sat inside san jose city hall for years. in 2017 an online petition demanded that it be removed. the city council agreed and it was moved to the

italian-american heritage foundation. all right. the time is 4:30. if you're just joining us, a quick look at our weather and traffic where you live. >> good morning. starting out with some fog. we're talking about a quarter mile visibility as you head up towards sand ta rosa. it's cold, upper 30s to low 40s by the time we get to 7:00. looking at 50s to mid 60s throughout the midmorning hours. going for a high in the 70s. in the south bay, another day where numbers will be comfortable in the 70s. starting out with clear skies. once again we're talking about that 20, 25 degree spread from those chilly mornings to the mild afternoons. san francisco you do have some fog and highs will be cooler today, just in the low 60s. already monday morning, sue is talking problems. good morning. >> yes. we do not have a problem at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see a little bit ofe the

we had for a time all lanes closed westbound 80 near richards. they have reopened the left lane, but you are still looking at very slow traffic back towards mesa and in between richards and mesa. a 15-minute delay there. we had an earlier problem clear now eastbound 80 cutting off-ramp. it was a fatal, but now all lanes are reopened in richmond. we're getting new details about a crash near alamo square in san francisco. >> five people are hurt after a driver suspected to be under the influence slammed head on into another car. it happened before 8:00 last night at the intersection of divisadero and grove street. police say a driver was involved in the fender bender, when the suspect tried to get away, they ran a red light hitting a car. >> the suspect vehicle ue c p over the

northbound vehicle head on causing the driver of the northbound vehicle to sustain critical life threatening injuries and is in grave condition right now. >> four other people have nonlife threatening injuries. police say alcohol and drugs are suspected in the cash. people who live near lombard street have long complained about the constant flow of tourists and traffic in their neighborhood. but governor newsom put the brakes on a plan to reduce the congestion. kate larsen explains. >> reporter: almost 1 million cars and 2 million tourists visit lombard street every a free attraction that many in san francisco want to change, but not goff, who vetoed a bill that would have charged cars $5 to $10 for a drive down the world famous crooked stretch.

>> i thought i was actually in place and i thought we were going to be charged toll or some sort. >> reporter: she lives in san jose and was prepared to pay. >> for the residents here, great for them it's probably going to discourage all this crazy stuff. >> reporter: but acosta agrees that the pricing program would create social equity issues. >> it would keep people who couldn't afford it away. >> the issue is not the fee. the issue is limiting the number of permits sold to the capacity of the street. >> reporter: steve tabor is transportation chair of the russian hill neighbors association. he's disappointed to the governor rejected the bill since he views the reservations, not the fees, as the real solution to reducing congestion in his neighborhood. >> you could give them away and you would still have a viable program because you would limit them. >> reporter: san francisco assemblyman phil ting introduced the now vetoed bill but says he will be sitting down with officials next week to discuss plan b. >> we will have go back into the drawing board going into next year and hope that we can all

find a solution that works not just for the city but also for the state. >> reporter: in a statement the district supervisor catherine stephanie also said that she's not giving up. she said i will keep working with our state representatives in san francisco to address the governor's concerns in new revised legislation to alleviate the safety and environmental issues posed by congestion on lombard street. steve tabor also tells me that the neighborhood association is trying to come up with traffic enforcement alternatives to try to make the area around lombard street more liveable and drivable for all of the residents here. the city of san francisco is getting closer to finalizing plans to close market street to all cars. sfmta board of directors is expected to vote on the better market street project tomorrow. city officials say closing the street to private vehicles would make it safer for everybody. the idea is to transform the two-mile stretch of market street. cars would be able to drive

across market street but not turn on it. in the south bay we're watching and waiting for official word from san jose police on the identity of a body found inside a parked car. the family of missing tech executive erin valenti say they believe it is her. her body was found on saturday. she heads a utah company. she was in the bay area on a business trip. her parents tell the "mercury news" they still don't know how she died. a former neurosurgeon facing sexual assault charges involving children is dead. santa cruz officials said that they found james kohut dead in his jail cell yesterday morning. kohut is accused of reigniap ra children. survivors of sexual abuse will have more time to file lawsuits against school districts and churches. under current law victims can sue until they reach the age of 26. a bill just signed by governor newsom extends that limit to age

40. the california association of school districts opposed the law. they claim tir houses because of the saddle ridge fire in l.a. are slowly being allowed to come back home. all evacuation orders have been lifted. favorable weather conditions helped the firefighters make progress battling this 7,900 acre blaze. the fire blacked hillsides from sylmar to porter ranch. it's 41% contained. 21 structures were destroyed. another 11 were damaged. the native american occasion of alcatraz island 50 years ago will be honored on indigenous peoples day. the canoe journey sets out at 6:00 a.m. this morning. canoes representing tribes from the west coast will circle the island to celebrate the anniversary of the 1969 occupation. organizers say that's when nativetude activists occupied alcatraz launching the current era of indigenous rights. the desperate search continues for a man still

missing in the rubble of a collapsed hotel in new orleans. the danger rescuers are facing. dramatic video captured a wrong-way driver barrelling down the freeway. the explanation given by the person behind the wheel. u' nerore than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. lisa is here with that this morning. good morning. >> good morning to you. we have a bit of patchy fog from the peninsula to the north bay. so if you're riding along the coast, you may run into that. up in santa rosa, visibility about a quarter mile. it's 40 in vallejo. 53 in san francisco. it is 50 in san jose. so once again, numbers in the 40s, 50s, and little change as you get going this monday morning. cooler from our east bay, hayward and san jose. a live look outside. you can see that we've got pa sesnher. ma bay. the peninsula, it does pull

back. once again the routine continues for your tuesday. so planning on a sunny afternoon today in our east bay v at temperatures coming down by the middle to the end of the week. feeling more and more like fall. did you see the full moon out there? >> i did. yeah. i guess last night was totally full. >> yeah. >> very nice. so far so good for your commute except we have one problem spot, i'll get to that. coming up to the san mateo and richmond-san rafael bridge, both moving nicely. hardly any cars coming through your screen here headed westbound on the richmond-san rafael bridge. let's look at davis. a big rig and a pickup truck. for a time they had all lanes blocked westbound near richards. they reopened the left lane. you're stacked up between road. you have a solid line of brake lights until they get this cleared out.

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good morning to you. waking up to low clouds and fog locally. elsewhere a nice afternoon. we'll keep it quiet for your monday going into sunshine and a sunny afternoon in monterey. in the upper 60s. sacramento, low 80s, mid 70s in

lung cance los angeles. it's quiet for the first couple of days. we have a weather system coming in from the north that will cool us off by midweek. new developments this morning, hunter biden plans to step down from a chinese-owned company and he pledges not to work for foreign firms if his father is elected president. joe biden said if elected members of his family will not be allowed to have offices in the white house. president trump asked both ukraine and china to investigate the biden family's link to both nations while joe biden served as vice president. one body has been recovered and one person is missing following a collapse at a hard rock hotel under construction in new orleans. investigators think the missing person may be buried in a section of the building that is unstable. marcus moore tells us the area remains off limbs. >> reporter: the neighborhood around the hard rock hotel is

inaccessible and dangerous. >> it's not safe right now. it's not stable. the area is unstable right now. safety is top priority. >> reporter: buildings have been evacuated over concerns the remaining structure could collapse completely. construction cranes at the sight n site down dangerously unstable. >> we have large cranes moving into place to stabilize that crane attached to the building. >> reporter: residents forced out of their homes left in limbo. >> we don't know when we can go back. >> reporter: first responders continuing their search and rescue efforts. the city's french quarter rocked by the tragedy. >> there is a reported building collapse at the hard rock cafe. >> the incident right here, looks like the top four floors are hanging down. >> reporter: this terrifying video showing people running for their lives. >> look at those guys>> dear go. >> a menacing cloud of depre surrounding this trolley. more than two dozen people taken

to the hospital for treatment. >> we are thankful the major of those people that went to the hospital, all but one were discharged. >> reporter: officials promising a thorough investigation into the cause of the collapse once all the victims have been recovered. marcus moore, abc news, new orleans. a driver claims he blacked out while driving the wrong way and when hitting a highway patrol vehicle. this happened in southern california. you're about to see the video that shows those terrifying moments. >> whoa! he's coming! he's coming! he's coming! >> this high-speed drama unfolded yesterday morning along interstate 5 in orange county. >> he crashed into chp! he's into a unit. >> whoa! >> oh, my gosh. this crash sent three people to

the hospital. chp officers did arrest the driver, he's suspected of being drunk. ♪ the archbishop high school crusader band, you can see them there, they provided part of the soundtrack for the italian heritage parade in san francisco over the weekend. yesterday's parade featured many groups and community leaders. it traveled through north beach and fisherman's wharf. the italian-american community has been making the columbus day holiday since 1869. any excuse to get pizza and pasta is good. >> it was such a gorgeous day. >> it was. >> a gorgeous weekend. how long will that last? >> it's a little cool this morning. we have a return to the onshore flow. you may have noticed that yesterday with temperatures cooling off and the breeze picking up. here's live doppler 7. we can see the north day, some very dense fog here, also on the peninsula. the rest of you not dealing with

issues. petaluma, santa rosa, zero zizibilitzi visibility. three miles in napa. we have been cooler in the 30s. the 53 in the city, feels pretty good. 49 in hayward. it's 50 in san jose. here's a look from our roof camera, our forecast highlights partly cloudy this morning, areas of dense fog, sunny, a bit cooler this afternoon. looking at a cool and breezier midweek as this system to the urs, we're sunny in them arriv wednesday night, northern sonoma county could see a few sprinkles. this is monday through thursday. 70 in oakland today. fog at the coast, 75 in san jose. it is 77 in napa. the accuweather seven-day forecast, looking at a couple of similar days before we begin to

see some changes with cooler days, breezy afternoons, highs below average by the middle of the week. looks like perhaps into the beginning of next weekend. hopefully quiet monday morning. >> we are quiet in san rafael. looking outside, 101 past the north gate mall and the civic center, looking good. i don't see fog visible issues for the golden gate bridge. golden gate bridge looks clear. you can see on our traffic maps, the yellow, yellow/orange is fog that could affect your commute, mostly up in the north bay. let's go back to davis. they have shut down all lanes westbound near richards. it's a big rig accident. this is the second time they stopped all lanes. they had to get a fire truck to go the wrong way down the freeway, so that's why they have all lanes blocked to get the fire in there. apparently part of the big rig tire is on fire. westbound 80 near richards, they

issued a sigalert. stacked up bumper to bumper on the brakes. we'll check on this and more in a couple of minutes. thanks. fortnite players still cannot play the game after an epic ending of the game's season ten. and facebook's cryptocurrency libra may be doomed after key partners pull out. here's this morning's tech bites. fortnite goes down a black hole. >> the wildly popular online game became unplayable sunday after an explosive event that ended with a black hole on the screen. fortnite's twitter account was wiped clean. a statement from playstation assures fans the game will be back. facebook's cryptocurrency libra seems to be on life support. >> the world's leading economy says libra must not go ahead until facebook proves it's safe, secure and doesn't pose a risk to the global financial system. mastercard, visa and pay pal backed out

and pope francis apparently didn't know #saints was part of the football team saints. >> what. >> whatever it takes. a little blessing never hurt anybody. abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area. one of the issues we're looking for solutions to is recycling. coming up next, the help on the way from the state as recycling centers close. to tax or not to tax. the decision voters in the north bay may face to g

good monday morning. areas of low cloud and fog in the north bay and the peninsula. a sunny afternoon on the way. in concord, upper 70s. tomorrow a bit of a bump. then the trend for cooler weather midweek. the breeze kicks up, extra cloud cover. but pretty nice all in all. liz? >> sounds good. thanks. berkeley police are looking for the man who robbed a customer at cafe strada. it happened 11:00 p.m. last night. the thief grabbed a laptop from someone sitting out in front on the cafe. this is across the street from uc berkeley on college avenue. in the north bay, people may be asked to vote on extending a

quarter cent sales fax for 30 years to fund the smart system. it is reported that it could free up more than $1 millio$12 year. the board is expected to take up the issue on wednesday. if it moves forward it would end up in the march 2020 ballot for marin. we are focusing on a variety of issues that affect our way of life. we've seen a number of centers in the bay area close recently, recycling centers, but help could be on the way. governor newsom has signed a bill to start a mobile recycling pilot program. $5 million will go towards cal recycle which will be run by the state. one of the largest operators replanet shut down its operations in august and let go of hundreds of employees. additional funding in the bill will help recycling centers around the state stay open.

abc dedicated a week of coverage to recycling. you will find all of our stories on our website, abc7news.com/betterbayarea. good morning to you. waking up to patchy fog in the north bay. petaluma, napa. otherwise we have 40s and 50s throughout the afternoon. that went by quick. i was going to show you that we are looking at sunshine. 70s and 80s throughout the afternoon. but it's going to take until about 8:00, 9:00 for that fog to dissipate. after sunrise we get sunnier in the north bay. and these 50s turn into 60s. very little change temperature-wise. that onshore flow with us again throughout the afternoon keeping san francisco cool in the low 60s. 75 for you in san jose. look for upper 70s in santa rosa. also in our inland valleys. so we'll keep it comfortable with a few 80s in the inland valleys. then the changes arrive. hi, sue. >> good morning, lisa. good morning to you at home. if you're just getting up, 280

in san jose going directly under the 17/880 overcrossing. a few headlights snaking their way from san jose downtown towards cupertino for about an eight-minute drive northbound on 280. checking the problem spot this morning, according to our abc 7 traffic maps, it's in davis. all lanes remain shut down. goo a big rig that got into it with a pickup truck. it was blocking the left lane. they had to get a fire truck in there. they had to put it the wrong way going eastbound in the westbound lanes to get the fryire truck i there. you are just at a standstill back to mase. no estimated time of opening. chp issued a sigalert. we'll check back. the joker is no one-hit wonder at the box office. controversy what? people want to see what it's all about. the film detailing the origin of

the batman villain dominated theaters over the weekend. it took in $55 million this weekend following its record-setting debut. it is garnering critical acclaim mainly because of joaquin phoenix's betrayal of the lead character. "the addams family" opened in second, then gemini abominable and then "downton abbey." there are pumpkins and then there's the annual contest in half moon a bay. the huge prize someone could take home today if their gourd sets a record. the planned pg&e power outages are over. the company gives another apology an warning to customers. the crisis in syria getting worse by the hour. good morning, we'll have the details coming up.

. good morning, everyone. happy monday. it is october 14t wee so glad yo th t morning. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. good morning, lisa. >> good morning liz and kumasi. we have some fog out there. you can see it up in the north