now at 5:00, short-term rental restrictions following orinda's airbnb shooting. the strong reaction to a plan from the city council. good morning on this wednesday, november 6th. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. here's mike with a look at the day. >> thank you. outside in the north bay, great news. the fog not nearly as widespread. it is thick around petaluma and santa rosa. one mile of visibility. we have more cloud cover out there. so the moisture is spread out, not so highly concentrated in places like san rafael. you don't see fog whatsoever. expect an easier commute. temperatures in the 30s and 40s. now it's going to be cooler today and a bit of a spread developing from the mid to upper

50s at the coast, mid to upper 60s from noon to 4:00 around the bay, low to mid 70s inland. let's talk more about that commute. >> thank you, mike. good morning. this is a live look at87 in san jose. looking very clear this morning. that's the best news i have for you. it's clear everywhere right now. we will see the same situation here in walnut creek moving. the road construction has wrapped up there. a quick peek at your drive times. i won't bled into the blue here. tracy to dublin, 45-minute ride. dublin to mission boulevard, 15 minutes. highway 101 to cupertino, 14 minutes. it appears the deadly mass shooting at an orinda house party will evict airbnb from the city. >> late last night the city council voiced to support an emergency ordinance. amy hollyfield is live in orinda with the details. good morning. >> reporter: good morning,

kumasi. the city council did not make a decision but it does look like the city council will be in favor of a temporary ban of air bn bs bnb short-term rentals until they come up with an ordinance. last night there was a moment of silence for the five victims killed in that shooting then they got to work on discussing what to do about short-term rentals like airbnb. it was standing room only. they had about 50 people speak, and the public speaking lasted for about three hours. >> it's terrible to be in a neighborhood where this is going on and people are not responding properly. the reality is we're overreacting to something that is an exception rather than the rule. >> the situation is not safe. it's not why we moved to orinda. one of the reasons was safety. the shootings that happened

halloween night in orinda took place at a party in a home rented on airbnb. five people were shot to death, no arrests have been made. the city council will vote in two weeks on this emergency ordinance, but the council unanimously said last night that they are all in favor of the idea. the city said last night there are 32 active short-term rentals in orinda. live in orinda, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. breaking news at the live desk right now, an arrest in mexico may be connected to the killing of an american family. we first told you about this story yesterday morning right here on abc7 news. the victims are all part of a promine prominent mormon family. a man caught yesterday had weapons and a stolen vehicle along with two kidnapping victims tied up. at least nine americans, three women and six children were killed in an ambush. they were traveling in three

vehicles in sonoma state near the arizona border when a gunman started shooting. the kidnapping victims they rescued yesterday during the arrest are not related to the mormon family. >> thanks for that. san francisco mayor london breed has cruised to re-election. >> with 100% of pree secinctstss reporting, breed received 68% of the vote. ellen zhou had 14% of the vote. >> it's exciting and i want to get the work done because i want them to be proud of the decision they made. i want them to see a difference and be happy about the conditions of san francisco and that's going to take a lot of work. >> so this will be her first

four-year term as mayor. up until now she had been filling the rest of the term for the late mayor ed lee. the san francisco district attorney's race is a different story. suzy loftus, who was picked to be the interim d.a. by mayor breed is narrowly in the lead, that's after rank choice voting kicked in. ches boudin is less than 250 votes behind. he was ahead before rank choice results were calculated. voters in sprae s is in san fra saying yes to proposition a. it calls for a 6$600 million bod to pay for construction for affordable housing in the city. the measure is leading 69% to 30%. turning to a major upset in kentucky. a democrat has claimed victory in the governor's race. andy bashir narrowly beat republican governor matt bevin by 5,000 votes.

bevin refused to concede last night saying the race is too close to call. today president trump is looking to rebound from the republican loss in kentucky. the president will travel to louisiana to support the state's republican candidate for governor. his name is eddie rispone and he is facing john bel edwards. louisiana will hold a runoff election next week. you can find complete election coverage on our website, abc7news.co abc7news.com. >> at the live desk, i'm following a manhunt in monterey county. authorities are still searching for two murder suspects who escaped from jail over the weekend. they escaped through a hole in a bathroom ceiling. there were reports that salazar had been spotted at a motel 6 just 13 miles away from the jail, but when authorities searched the motel, the room they thought he was staying in was empty. the suspects are considered armed and dangerous.

the monterey county sheriff's office is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to their capture. oakland police now say the robbery of an armored truck this summer was an inside job. this morning the search continues for another suspect. two masked men with assault rifles confronted workers from loomis armored car company. th these three people are now facing charges. damian jackson was driving the truck. they believe his uncle, dwayne jackson was one of the robbers. mercadiez moore is accused of helping to hide the stolen cash. >> here's our temperatures in the east bay. a few clouds filtering in. mainly mid to upper 40s everywhere except danville at 50 and pittsburg at 52. blackhawk, 51. on top of mount diablo, 63 degrees. we have some microclimates. mid 40s up in the north bay.

mid to upper 40s in san carlos. pacifica, the rest of the bay in the low 50s. san jose at about 53 degrees. here's a look. you can see the flags on the ferry building unfurled and pointing to the east. that's the sea breeze once again. the marine layer is just a bit taller than yesterday. it doesn't have quite as much moisture out there. so it will still be hazy today. just not as foggy this morning. if you're out on the bay, visibility will be down, especially south of the bay bridge through the early afternoon hours. some extra smoke in the area as we talked about if you're exercising, no spare the air day and still dry if you're running errands. no need for the wind theeld wsh wipers or the umbrellas. north bay, 45 this morning. clouds lingering through 10:00. sunshine and low to mid 70s in the afternoon. east bay, clouds through at least 9:00. maybe even 11:00 around oakland and emeryville. touching near 70 at 3:00. san francisco, the clouds hang

around and never completely leave us until late in the afternoon hours. that's why we're in the low to mid 60s. >> thanks. coming up next, know to start your day. and express

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it's 5:11. breaking news from mexico. authorities arrested a man who they say might be linked to the killing of nine americans near the arizona border. antioch police are investigating a shooting that left a person dead and another injured. one victim was shot while in their car and they drove themselves to a local hospital. the second person was shot and expected to survive. the orinda scity council sas they will support a city ordinance to temporarily ban short-term rentals. the decision comes after a deadly shooting at a house party. san francisco's race for district attorney is too close to call. it's being decided now by ranked choice voting, with 100% of presents reporting, suzy loftus is leading with 50 opini.1 of t vote. the difference is just 240

votes. some obstacles in your morning commute with fog in windsor, santa rosa, rohnert park, pen grove and petaluma. and number six, i know mike mentioned that fog, but so far it's not compacting people that are driving yet. this is a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights are not on. number seven, jeopardy james is back. he will return to the show after his epic streak on the game show earlier this year. you can watch "jeopardy" at 7:00 p.m. on abc 7. there's a new proposal to save pg&e while giving customers safe and reliable service. 27 mayors asked the commission to make pg&e a customer-owned utility. the plan calls for buying out existing shareholders with bond money. customers would pay it off over time in their monthly utility bills. an estimated $50 billion in

bonds may have to be sold for this. san jose mayor sam liccardo says this will benefit customers in the long-wrong. >> a customer-owned utility is not required topay dividends from shareholders. it's exempt from principal taxati federal taxation and other taxes as well and they can focus on badly needed capital upgrades. >> pg&e says it is convinced a government or customer takeover is not the optimal solution that will address the challenges and serve the long-run interest of all customers into the communities we serve. governor newsom talked wildfires and power shutoffs with pg&e's top executives and attorneys in sacramento. he said he reiterated his frustration with pg&e. pg&e's ceo defended last month's blackouts as preventing more catastrophic fires. >> in ten years we'll be done

with psps and there will be fewer every year and we'll eventually get out of it. there will be fewer next year. we'll do things to sectionalize the system, build micro grids. >> the november ngovernor's off newsom spelled out what the negligent of safety investments costs californians. he also threatened the state will intervene if a resolution is not reached before the next fire season. california's dmv says a data breach allowed federal agencies including the u.s. department of homeland security to access private information on 3,200 people. the dmv just sent notices to people whose social security information including whether or not a license holder had a social security number was accessed during the past four years. the agencies include the irs, the small business administration, and district

attorneys in santa clara and san diego counties. wal-mart amountainnounced a unlimited delivery program. pay6 month for delivery service. the delivery service will be available in more than 50% of the country by the end of this year. starbucks opened its first mobile pick-up store in the u.s. the store is located near penn station in new york city. you order through your app before you get there and you look for your name on the board and grabista the scenes. >> i don't know about all that. >> no? >> i like a person being there. like seeing the person. >> you already do the mobile order. >> i know, but i still -- i still occasionally will not do the mobile order and get in line to see my people. >> that's good. i think it depends. sometimes you want to get in and out. the line can be long sometimes.

mike, what do you think? do you like human interaction or take it from a robot? >> depends on what day it is. >> see? >> that's fair. depends the mod i'od i'm in. i can see how that could be beneficial to some people. about 53 degrees in san jose. increasing clouds. more widespread clouds, but not quite as thick a fog this morning. that will turn to haze eventually. clouds will be fewer the next couple of nights. that will lead to more sunshine, dry pattern, and that warmer temperature is coming back and lingering through the extended. here's what we have or what we're watching this morning. high clouds and low clouds. that's what is retarding the sunshine early today. this time of the year you need all the sun you can get to get

some warm weather. look how widespread the clouds are at 7:00, touching all neighborhoods. not completely covering our east bay neighborhoods. by noon,s the san rafael bridge down to the dumbarton bridge, that's over the bay. then that clears up and then the clouds roll back in for 7:00. our warmest temperature, fairfield and morgan hill at 78 degrees. antioch and santa rosa at yucaipa at 77. mid to upper 60s for san francisco. 60 at half moon bay. tonight, most of us in the 40s. san francisco at 50. my accuweather seven-day forecast. temperatures climbing near 70 at the coast. mid 70s around the bay and a few mid 80s inland. starting off this wednesday nice and easy on our roads. this is san rafael 101, very smooth. the same thing in emeryville.

live look at 80 now, just breezing on through. those headlights were blocked by so much fog yesterday. look at our mass transit. b.a.r.t. has 20 trains running, no delays. ace 1 and 3, no delays. ferries looking good as well. a south bay father is recovering after crooks knocked him unconscious on halloween. this happened outside his san jose home. the suspects also took the man's keys and later came back to steal his car. what started as a text, a wife warning her husband of potential trespassers and concerns over his open car window ended in a brutal attack. halloween night he approached two people insisting they leave the premises. soon after everything went black. >> i don't remember too much after that because out of nowhere something hit me in the face. >> reporter: we're not revealing

their identity, though graphic photos reveal the violence, a concussion, broken nose, 16 stitches, injured ribs and at this point missing keys. >> my children saw their father this way and, you know, they were traumatized. >> they put me on a gurney, shoved me into the ambulance. that's a ride i never want to take again. >> reporter: after hours in the hospital the family finally returned home. >> we were only home about 10 minutes before the car was stolen. >> reporter: so she posted to facebook to alert neighbors. among the hundreds who reached out was a san jose police officer. >> this gentleman took a special interest in us, and he is the reason that they were found. >> reporter: the call came monday, the car located miles away. two people arrested. >> if this ever comes up again, i'm turning, going the other way, i've got a phone, hit 911, people that aren't supposed to be here. >> reporter: for now the family will focus on security and recovery. >> what a journey he's gone through. in today's "gma" first look,

a pennsylvania woman is facing charges after allegedly faking cancer and collecting moor than $10,000 from good samaritans. >> in this morning's "gma" first look, from podcast guest to under arrest. >> she took advantage of peoples generosity and everyone's worst fear of a cancer diagnosis to get money for herself. >> pennsylvania mom jessica ann smith is facing jail time accused by police of duping good samaritans out of more than $10,000 by claiming she had cancer. this morning the podcasters who helped expose the case are speaking out to "gma." >> she was kind of going through a cancer checklist, where she was, you know, shaving the head, so that it looks like she lost her hair during chemo. she was feeling sick. she was taking off of work because of her illness. it was almost too perfect. >> coming up at 7:00 a.m., they'll tell us about the moment

they suspected her story didn't add up and where the investigation stands today. >> well, some people might be excited about this, some people might say too soon. the holidays are here. we'll tell you where the u.s. capitol christmas tree will be cut down this morning. and we have good news for people who shop at forever 21. the company planned to close

check out the green across the north bay and green and yellow moderate air quality. healthy for all of us. bay area air quality management district is watching the ranch fire. there's some extra smoke in the air. it won't spark an air quality alert but we have an air quality advisory through saturday. >> thanks. another sign that we are

getting closer to the holidays. crews will cut down the u.s. capitol christmas tree in new mexico today. the department of agriculture is harvesting it from the carson national forest. the tree is a 60-foot blue spruce. it will be on display in red river, new mexico a little while before making its journey to d.c. all right. frozen 2 doesn't hit theaters for a few more weeks but it's proving to be a record setter. >> fandango says the movie had the best first day prevail numbers of any animated film beating out toy story 4 and incredibles 2. frozen 2 hits theaters in 2 1/2 weeks on november 22nd. it's a wrap on abc's first live musical production. >> the little mermaid live made a splash on prime time tv last night. ♪ >> shaggy said kiss her. kiss her.

he pointing. >> look at those frogs. so cute. disney fans on social media were praising the costumes, critics love ursula and the flying around. the production was a mix of live song and dance performed alongside the animated movie. basically every time they had a big song come up, they would transition from the film to the stage. >> i want to see queen latifah. i saw a bit of her performance, it looked epic. >> i had to go to sleep before she came on. i watched everything up until then. i was in it. i was enjoying it. i thought they did a great job. some people were dragging it last night. i don't know. social media drags everything. >> don't they? >> my friends and i were facetiming about it. we were living a good disney life last night. i was in. that's not a surprise, right? coming back with another full 90 minutes of news including the bay area teacher inspiring her students with a twist on a

popular song. it's a close call to see who will be san francisco's next district attorney. i'm lauren martinez, i'll have that coming up next. and a big honor for the b.a.r.t. worker who rescued a man from the tracks. where he's going to be recognized. >> first a live look outside at 5:

now at 5:30, taking action after a deadly shooting inside an airbnb. neighbors pack a meeting in orinda to debate short-term rentals. london breed celebrates four more years as san francisco mayor. the d.a.'s race is going down to the wire. oakland appears ready to play ball with the a's over ownership at the coliseum. and a bay area teacher is using a popular song to inspire students. the twist on the original

lyrics. oh. >> i can't wait to hear this. >> get it. get it. with the heels on. >> heels on a desk. >> i love when teachers do things like that. >> this is fun. >> 2019, modern education, differen different. >> she has the jean jacket on. >> yes. >> i like it. >> i didn't see my mom doing that in the '70s or '80s when she was teaching. >> no. >> they were dressed more conservative. i think that works. >> she wasn't dancing, popping and locking? >> and dropping. >> we didn't see her drop. we don't know that happened. >> she may have. >> didn't she drop? >> it was more of a bounce. >> she got it. >> we'll argue about that while mike does the weather. >> let's talk about what's going on. all right. we have some good news. visibility in santa rosa, one

mile, petaluma, three. the fog less thick this morning but the cloud cover is more widespread. it's just not hugging the ground. temperatures in the 40s this morning. 56 to 60. the coast never completely gets rid of the clouds. still some clouds around the bay at noon, 65. sunny at 4:00, 69. inland, sunny and warm. let's get over to jobina. >> good morning. so we are looking at san jose, this is 280. we heard mike talk about it. look at that. a little foggy, but nothing compared to all of the coverage we saw yesterday. heads up if you're heading out aroundhe pleasant hill area, on the treat on-ramp, there are on-ramp. this can derail your morning commute if you get a flat tire

on your way in. heads up and make sure you have a safe and smooth ride on the way to work. this morning in san francisco, by the slimmest of margins mayor london breed's hand picked candidate for district attorney is leading the race. suzy loftus is leading with 50.1% of the vote. and ches boudin has 49.8% of the vote. the difference is just 240 votes. lauren martinez is live in san francisco with so much more on this race. >> that's right. it's very close. i'm sure both camps are on edge. interim district attorney, suzy loftus, is only leading by 240 votes over ches boudin. loftus has a background in law enforcement. she promises to crack down on crime that effects quality of life like car break-ins. mayor london breed's appointment

of loftus to d.a. so close to an election has proven to be controversial. some see it as a positive others feel it is eelectioneering. we heard from loftus last night. >> let me tell you, i was on the street up until the polls closed talking to people who are making their decisions. you guys, they want what we want. they want a city safe and just. let's keep hitting refresh. cautiously optimistic. thank you all. >> ches boudin had a strong showing last night. his camp was predicting they would catch up to loftus because more conservative voters tend to vote early and loftus is a conservative candidate. more mail-in ballots still need to be counted. reporting live in front of san francisco's city hall, lauren martinez, abc7 news. >> thanks. san francisco mayor london breed has successfully won her

re-election bid but it wasn't much of a contest. with 100% of precincts reporting, breed received 68% of the vote. ellen zhou had 14% of the vote. ventresca had 7% of the vote. san francisco voters overwhelmingly rejected prop c, 81% voting no, 19% yes. prop c would have overturned the city's ban on the sale and distribution of some e-cigarettes and vaping products. e-cigarette maker juul originally sponsored this bill and then later dropped its support. your uber or lyft rides could get more expensive. voters approved san francisco's prop d, 67% to 33%. but it's too close to call because the measure needs two-thirds approval to pass and there's still mail-in ballots to count. prop d will levee a tax on rideshares. the tax money would go to public transportation, pedestrian and bicycle projects. voters also approved prop e, 74% to 26%.

prop e will allow for 100% affordable housing projects and housing for educators. it would also speed up approval for those projects. you can find the complete election results on our website, abc7news.com. new this morning the orinda city council is moving forward with an emergency ban of some short-term rentals. >> the action is in response to that halloween night shooting at an airbnb that left five people dead. the council heard from 50 people during a standing room only meeting last night. many urged the council not to ban all short-term rentals. the emergency ordinance will prohibit unhosted short-term rentals for 45 days, while the city works on updating existing regulations. the council is expected to formally approve the ordinance at its november 19th meeting. >> the brother of shooting victim -- >> looking forward to take care of his baby and stepping up to the plate. we down right now. this will make us stronger as a family. >> that is the brother of the

shooting victim in that house party, he stopped by and said tyon was expecting a baby in march. orinda's police chief says the department is getting assistance from other bay area agencies as well as the fbi. there are now 24 investigators on this case. at the live desk, antioch police are investigating a shooting that left one person dead and another injured. east bay today reports that officers responded to calls that shots were fired at hillcrest and bellflower drive just after 7:00 last night. one victim was shot while in their car and drove themselves to a local hospital. at the same time police received calls of shots being fired at lahoya and morrow drive where two men were seen jumping and running over fences in peoples backyards. no one has been arrested. the hospital pronounced one of those victims dead. the second person was shot but is expected to survive. the search for two friends whose plane vanished off the mendocino coast has been suspended.

justen winfrey and kayla rodriguez took off from novato on october 24th. they ate dinner at a restaurant in shelter cove. the plane disappeared from radar north of ft. bragg as they returned to san francisco. searchers have found no sign of that plane. in the impeachment showdown, the state department's undersecretary for political affairs is expected to provide a deposition. >> meanwhile a critical witness is now changing his testimony confirming there was quid pro quo. the u.s. ambassador to the eu says his memory was refreshed by other witnesses who contradicted his statements and he's now admitting that president trump wanted ukraine to announce a public investigation into political rivals in exchange for 4$400 million in military aid. in his initial testimony he denied any quid pro quo but says he was just repeating what the president told him on a phone call. >> in the east bay, the city of oakland is now negotiating with the a's to sell its half ownership of the coliseum to the

team. that is according to the east bay times. the decision by the oakland city council comes weeks after the a's proposed buying it for $85 million, but only if the city drops its lawsuit against alameda county, which has the other half ownership. the a's want to convert the coliseum complex into a mixed use development to pay for a new waterfront ballpark. we are back in business. that's the message in the north bay as life gets back to normal after the kincade fire. a surprising sighting on b.a.r.t. we get to the bottom of this adorable commuter. >> and a live look outside at the bay bridge and the embarcadero. mike has a look at the forecast. >> looks better than yesterday. the fog is not as widespread this morning. flags pointing off to the east. with he have some sea breeze, higher humidity and temperatures running from 49 in sunny side, financial, to about 51 in the

presidio, crissy field, not much of a change there in san francisco. we have mid 40s to low 50s everywhere this morning. san mateo bridge, remember how foggy it was yesterday? not so much today. we will call this fair instead of cautious. cool to mild your temperatures on mass transit. cloudy and hazy on the bay. it will be dicey over the bay longer than over land as far as the cloud cover goes. east bay valleys, 47. then 57. so a bit of a jump from 7:00 to 9:00. still some clouds hanging around. total sunshine, 11:00, 66. low to mid 70s from noon to 5:00. you can see the clouds hanging around through 10:00. the further north you go, clouds will hang around until 1:00. temperatures in the upper 60s this afternoon. in the south bay, clouds hanging around to 10:00. sunshine this afternoon, low to mid 70s.

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and what to wear today. we have temperatures in the mid 40s to around 50. bus stops will be easier to see

this morning. 56 at the coast. 60 to 67 at 11:00. at 3:00, temperatures in the 60s and 70s. a little more comfort there. dense fog around san diego and all the way up to oceanside and santa ana. there may be some delays because of that. you can see the clouds hugging the coast. monterey, 67. 55 in eureka. mid 60s today through the weekend. ten degrees warmer than average in tahoe. new development in the dramatic rescue at the coliseum b.a.r.t. station in oakland. b.a.r.t. supervisor john o'connor pulled a man to safety after he fell on the tracks sunday and a train was barrelling into the station. the platform was packed with people after the raiders game. now the team is honoring o'connor at tomorrow night's game against the chargers. he will be this week's hometown hero.

the kincade fire is nearly 85% contained this morning. the smoke is mostly gone but the economic recovery will take much longer. here is video from downtown healdsburg a week ago sunday night. there's nobody out there. it was evacuated. this happened during the peak of harvest tourist season. vineyards suffer the severe losses. we first met ellen johnson as she stood in line outside outsie healdsburg community center. it claimed a quarter of a million dollars worth of her grapes. >> definitely not what it should look like. it should be purple, not brown. and if you taste it it tastes very smoky and burnt. >> so she is trying to move on and named her new puppy sadie kincade after the fire. a sure sign that the holidays are around the corner. >> the safe way holiday ice rink at union scare opens this morning. the ceremony will feature a special performance

by cast members of harry potter and the cursed child. tickets are $18 for adults, $13 for children 8 and under. the rink is open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 at night. also opening today the holiday rink at the embarcadero. this is located in embarcadero plaza. skaters can enjoy it sunday through thursday 10:00 to 9:30 at night and then 11:00 p.m. friday and saturdays. the rink has been in operation every holiday season for 30 years. a bay area teacher is using a popular song to inspire her students. it's a lizzo hit with new lyrics. ♪ let's hurry we don't want to be late ♪ >> she is getting it. >> let's take turns. it's what in the class you'll never catch us -- >> times up we need to start our

writing ♪ ♪ smart spots makes learning more exciting ♪ >> hey. he hey. >> i love it. why is she getting it? i love it. >> this is going too fast for me. ♪ i took an ela test, turns out i'm 100%, that's smart ♪ >> i was waiting for that part. okay. this is mallory's second grade class performing their take of "truth hurts." the video has more than 55,000 views on facebook. i don't think i mentioned it's the pittsburg unified school district. way to go. >> we love that. >> i think it works. i did a story once in louisville of a teacher who developed a hip-hop lyricy program. the scores soared. learning is fun. i love it. >> bounce a bit.

>> a bounce, too. you going to bounce to the weather, mike? >> hey. >> go, mike. go, mike. go. go. go. >> okay. i'm feeling it. >> yeah. >> that will be the best forecast we've seen ever. >> yes. because i'm going to stay out of the picture. i'll let jobina dance her way over there. i was thinking about the holidays, i think of giradelli. >> see that picture? >> that's cool. don't often see that. >> i like that. like to do some shopping. hot chocolate. a nice sundae or something. clouds linger longer and the hazy afternoon. cooler. fewer clouds and fog the next few nights. that will spring us to more sunshine. here's the cloud cover. more widespread but not clinging to the ground like it did yesterday.

by noon, a lot of cloud cover bay bridge southward. as we head towards 7:00, the clouds make a return back to the east. highs today, at the coast, 60. san francisco, richmond, oakland, san mateo, 65 to 69. 70 to 76 for our inland neighborhoods. santa rosa, antioch, 77 to 78. you can see the cloud cover tonight. not quite as widespread as it was and is this morning. temperatures in the 40s for most of us. san francisco about 50. here's my accuweather seven-day forecast. that extra sunshine will push us near 70 at the coast. mid 70s around the bay. low to mid 80s inland. here is jobina. >> thank you. we do want to let you know now has what we were following in vallejo has turned into a sigalert. this is westbound 80 past tennessee street. motorcycle versus car. we know at this point one lane is blocked.

the backup is extending at least two miles now, 2 1/2 miles is the latest update there. emergency crews are on the way and an ambulance for the people involved in that crash. still want to hit this again, southbound 680 on treat, the on-ramp there at pleasant hill, there are nails all over the road. so far no flat tires but this could not be good for the morning commute. we have the golden gate bridge, live look there. things are moving smoothly. we will continue to follow that sigalert in vallejo for you. now i want to take you to this interesting story. we have all seen all sorts of things on b.a.r.t. over the years, but this may be a first. a miniature horse went for a ride yesterday afternoon. it was completely legal. b.a.r.t. says a passenger showed

up at the station with paperwork stating the horse is a service animal. the law permits service animals to accompany people with disabilities. so the horse made for a nice extra plus one on that train. i don't know. i don't know what the limits are on service animals, but i like the horse. what do you think of the horse? >> yeah. >> tweet at us. >> i was mostly concerned about the horse making a mess. apparently you can house train -- i looked it up. mike was 100% right. you can horse train a miniature horse. >> yes. i -- who knew. >> reggie, that's not important. you will not be able to train that. >> you won't be on the train that long. enjoy the horse, pet it, get out. step over, get off the train. >> kumasi, i usually agree with you on most things. that is a hard no. >> thank you. >> he would probably just scoop it up and go on. >> no. have you not -- no. we're not going there this

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look at the drought monitor. absolutely absent here. the rest of the state is abnormally dry in the sierra. we're doing well as far as that goes. let's look at what's going on. we have an air quality advisory. that's below and at an alert level. all those scales are showing moderate. we're watching extra smoke from the ranch fire. you can see it penned between chico and reading. a northerly breeze, some of that extra smoke will fly into the sky the next couple of days. >> okay. i want to bring everybody to the sigalert we're following in vallejo. we have new information which is that a medic is on scene. this is a crash between a motorcyclist and one car. the motorcyclist does have a broken leg. he is being helped right now. this is westbound 80 past tennessee street. the backup is extending about two and a half miles to highway 36. it is past the solano county

fairgrounds for anyone familiar with that area. speeds are down to about 11 miles per hour. you can see there, 10 miles per hour right there in the section closest to the crash. also now just want to take you to the san mateo bridge. things are moving smoothly across the rest of the bay area. >> thanks. more forever 21 stores are stay open than initially thought. when the retail chain filed for bankruptcy in september it estimated it would close about 180 stores. now forever 21 says it will close 88 locations in the u.s. there's no word on which bay area stores might be affected. sheriffs deputies freed a local celebrity after it got stuck in a dumpster. t-shirt the bear, named that paw of the white patch on his chest. he is 400 pounds and a dumpster diver. he struggled a bit.

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ban some short-term rentals after a deadly shooting at airbnb. and good morning. it is now 6:00 a.m. on wednesday, november 6th. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. hi, mike. >> good morning. hi, everybody. fog was not an issue until a few moments ago. santa rosa went down to less than an eighth of a mile visibility. it's the only place dealing with thick fog. there's plenty of cloud cover out there. your commute should be easier. 30s and 40s out there under a mostly cloudy sky. 50s holding on to the coast today. we'll get near 60 during the afternoon hours. 65 to 72 around noon. 68 to 74 at 4:00. everybody needs a coat at 7: