two former twitter employees charged with spying for saudi arabia. i'm kate larson in san francisco. how this affects your cyber security. i'm amanda del castillo in san jose. drivers say it's annoying and dangerous, tunnels hiding a deep pothole here on highway 101. i'm cornell bernard. >> and i'm mc hammer. >> we'll tell you why he's in richmond tonight supporting local entrepreneurs. >> abc 7 news starts now. and that breaking news is the kinkade wildfire, no longer a threat. 100% containment reported star ago scorching

sonoma county and 174 homes 174s lost. good evening, thank you for joining us. now to developing news. >> that's right. two twitter employees have been charged with spying for saudi arabia. this is the first time a u.s. attorney has accused government of spying on american. >> reporter: well, it's another example of a foreign power exploiting an american social media company. and while we don't know what the saudis did with the private information of thousands of twitter users, we do know that they targeted their critics. now, tonight i spoke to the reporter based here in san francisco who broke the story. >> twitter has just been a successful platform for people critical of the saudi royal family. >> reporter: according to prosecutors two twitter employees acting at the behest of saudi officials looked up personal information of twitter users.

>> one of it twitter employees was paid directly by the saudi family for his services. another looked up 6,000 accounts or more all at the interest of the saudi government. >> reporter: he broke the story a day after this criminal complaint was filed against the twitter employees. a u.s. citizen and former bay area resident, he was arrested on tuesday. in addition to money he allegedly accepted a designer watch from a saudi official. now a saudi citizen is presumably back in the middle east. one of the twitter accounts he allegedy hacked belonged to a prominent saudi dissident who was close to jamal khashoggi, "the washington post" columnist who was assassinated in istanbul last year. >> most of the hacking happens inside the companies rather than comes from outside. >> reporter: the cyber security expert and chair of the security science program. he thinks the u.s. government needs to regulate big tech. >> we have to question the

ability of the tech companies in the united states, how they are providing the privacy and security for their users' data. >> reporter: now, twitter put out a statement which says in part we recognize the lengths bad actors will go to try and undermine our service. we're committed to protecting those who use our service to advocate for equality, individual freedoms and human rights. new developments, airbnb is promising worldwide changes in the wake of that terrible shooting at a rental that left five people dead. among the changes announced today the company will verify 100% of listings and have a 24/7 neighbor hot line. the city council has also instructed staff to draft a temporary ban on unhosted short-term rentals. one of the men killed in the shooting, the mother of his

daughter says she also wished police had responded earlier to noise complaints at the house. >> i wish the party had more security or had security, you know. and i wish when the police first got the call it was too noisy they would have came. >> police say their officers were outside helping respond to a mutual aid call. more than 24 hours after the polls closed ballots are still being counted in san francisco, and some races are still too close to call. one of those is the race for district attorney. suzy loftus has increased her lead. more than 2,200 votes separate the two. another close race is for district 5 supervisor. incumbent brown, a mayor breed appointee is now ahead. that's a change from this morning. she has just overt overt overt r vote. prop d attacks on raid share

rides is also too close to call. right now yes is leeing with a little more 66.7% of the vote. we do have complete coverage of the election results on our website. the registrar of voters is expected to release updated vote totals tomorrow. some vote counts might not be done until next week. abc 7 news is focused on building a better bay area, and that includes efforts to nurture ideas and innovation with small business and tech entrepreneurs. now there' a new space in the east bay to foster that kind of creativity. abc 7 reporter cornell bernard has the story now from richmond. >> reporter: a celebration at the bnd new home of a 9,000 square foot state-of-the-art coworking space business incubator. ceo wesley alexander is calling for all entrepreneurs.

>> now people have a hub where they meet other like minded people. >> i'm not the star of the show tonight. wesley is and his community is. >> reporter: mc hammer is lending his support to the space. he says when it comes to innovation, you can't touch this. >> it can be a great, great place for entrepreneurs to come and be surrounded by an environment that nurtures ideas. >> reporter: author -- has a space to record podcasts and she also has a space here. the project funded by a grant from chevron. the mayor says this place is the first step to revitalizing downtown richmond. >> two, three years down the road, ten years somebody asks

you when did downtown richmond turn around? this is it right here. >> reporter: a new renaissance for the city and anyone with ideas. >> it's exciting. improving street safety is also part of building a better bay area and the focus tonight was a main artery in san francisco. it's a common route to get onto the freeway, the project is intended to decrease traffic, support bus access and create bike lanes. 20 parking spaces would be eliminate and a block of paved street would become one way westbound. >> we're working to see what we can do with these proposal to divert traffic while still making sure people can move around the neighborhood and we're not causing undo burden on other streets. >> a pilot program is set to begin next year. building a better bay area requires adequate infrastructure, of course.

in san jose some drivers say one stretch of 101 is causing concern. puddles are causing massive mase potholes. abc 7 news reporter amanda del c castillo live with the story tonight. >> reporter: my that, and we looked for the pothole and didn't see it until it was directly in front of us. most drivers are familiar with the standing water, but take the carpool lane heading south and you're sure to hit this sizable pothole. >> the problem is it's submerged in water so you can't even really see it. >> reporter: dozens chimed in about close call and potential dangerous, so we took a drive. this view is from the oakland road overpass.

in traffic cars are carefully driving through the dip. but at full speed she believes the pothole has the potential to be dead lee. >> cal trans is very aware of the problem, they say this area is under constant observation. below the surface, a water table. they've even had to install ten pumps to direct water away to nearby creeks and rivers. around 10.5 million gallons are being pumped out per day. >> the water seeks through any cracks or obstructions in the surface and comes up to the top. that's what we're working with. >> reporter: a challenge creating these hidden potholes and a wet surface creating safety. >> the area does have to be dry, and we'll go ahead and do just our normal maintenance if we have to go and shutdown a lane. >> it's a band-aid and they've continued patching it up multiple times so i appreciate the effort but it's clearly not

a solution. >> reporter: cal trans says it is working on scheduling patchwork for that specific pothole. meanwhile drivers will have to be careful in standing water. a man opened fire at a southern california fast food restaurant. what police say may have sparked this deadly shooting. it's a move that might not sit well with kids. why senator kamala harris wants to extend the school day. putting a creative spin on a hit song, meet the east bay elementary schoolteacher behind this viral lesson. i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. sales force towers surrounded by

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. new at 11:00, one person is dead and two more are hurt after a shooting at a church's chicken in san diego county. witnesses told police the shooter was a customer today at the store in otay mesa. local media reports he tried to pay with a counterfeit $100 bill and was denied. he left and came back a few minutes later and opened fired on the workers. officers are still searching for the man. two escaped inmates are back where they belong in custody after three days on the run. they were caught at the u.s.-mexico border overnight, tried to come back into the united states. the murder suspects escaped sunday morning. the pair had cut a hole in the facility's ceiling before crawling to freedom. should a school day be as

long as the workday? senator kamala harris is proposing a bill to make that reality. to be clear, this would not impact every school. in the proposal for a pilot program 500 schools serving mainly low income families would get up to $5 mill wherein over five years to keep their doors open until 6:00 p.m. her argument is the current school day ends hours before 70% of parents and their workday. while we're talking about teachers and schools, a pittsburgh second grade teacher has taken a groaned up song and reworked it into an up lifting rap about friendship, learning and achievement. people are going crazy about this. abc 7 anchor eric thomas shows you what the teacher has done with her version. >> reporter: the original hit by lizzo is about a romance gone bad and features adult lyrics. >> i heard this song over the summer, loved it.

it's been my jam. >> reporter: each year the second grade teacher dorothy chooses a song to start each day. this day she wanted "truth hurts." >> i knew when i heard this song that it's definitely not, you know, appropriate for school. >> reporter: so she wrote new kid friendly lyrics and taught them to the students which spawned this video which was posted on the school's facebook page. it has since gone viral with viewers attracted to the energy and positive messaging about education, learning and having each other's backs. the kids like it, too. >> it makes us feel happy in the morning and makes us feel loved. >> when we sing this song we forget about all the bad things that happened. >> sometimes personal life gets

crazy and as soon as we sing that song it's like it's time for us to exhale, be in that moment, feed off each other's energy. >> reporter: these kids will leave today with the energy they've compiled from singing the song and they'll come back tomorrow morn [do it all again. >> yeah, i love this class. >> in pittsburgh, eric thomas, abc 7 news. >> isn't that fantastic? this afternoon lizzo tweeted about the video. she wrote this is the best thing i've watched today followed by a heart eye emoji. she responded after a user tweeted the video to her. >> it's so much fun and inspiring. >> not just kids in that class, kids everywhere. >> it's true. all right let's check on our weather. >> meteorologist sandhya patel tracking the forecast. we are going to be seeing some changes as we approach the weekend.

that was a great video, by the way. let me show you exploratorium camera time lapse from earlier tonight emphasis this was a short time ago watching that fog rolling in. notice how low it is close to the ground just like the last couple of mornings. we're going to be seeing this which is reduced visibility. so your morning commute planner, use caution. foggy areas if you're driving, light chop if you're taking the ferry across the bay. it is going to be cool so grab a jacket before you go. that fog has pushed into the north bay, into the east bay. petaluma you've now gone to zero so it is pretty thick already. definitely watch out. temperatures right now anywhere from the 40s to the 50s. lot gatos, a little bit milder. and as we take a look at what's ahead, first let's start with tomorrow. temperatures will be changing. we'll be looking at warmer conditions. concord going from 73 today to 78 tomorrow, 5 degrees warmer.

santa rosa up 12 degrees, up to 80 and in san jose 9 degrees warmer from 67 today to 76 tomorrow. so it is definitely going to be a change. so much because as you're looking from our golden gate bridge camera, it's socked in. the fog is going to stick around. emeriville visibility is not so great. warming trend begins tomorrow afternoon with above average temperatures through the weekend. here's a look at your weekend. numbers will be in the 30s and 40s, and definitely watch out for that fog as it will be thick across parts of the bay area. for the afternoon, pretty mild inland. 79 in fairfield, 78 in livermore. concord, 76 in san jose. low 70s from oakland, san mateo, palo alto. 74 in san rafael, up to 80 in santa rosa and 77 degrees in napa. as we check out something that is encouraging, november 15th, watching this system that is going to be developing, watch

what happens. we will be seeing the possibility of some rain friday night on the 15th going into saturday the 16th. it's still weeks away, but at least it's encouraging. accuweather seven day forecast morning fog giving way to a milder afternoon. temperatures will be above average for the weekend with 60s to 80s. still a dry pattern for veterans day and then the temperatures will flip a few degrees tuesday and wednesday. ama and dan? >> thank you, sandhya. well, tomorrow on good morning deal talk! my new $4.99 blt cheeseburger combo, comes with... 100% beef and hickory smoked bacon, plus fries and a drink all for just the change in your couch. i found the remote! try my new $4.99 blt cheeseburger combo.

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the court? not for at least another two weeks. the warriors hope he will be healthy in what they say is the near future, whatever that is. tonight clippers, and yes management is back. and with authority, might want to guard him a little bit. working on his jumper, he had four threes in this game. 38 points, 16 points, nine assists. the bucks win. college hoop, stamford tipping off a new season and desean davis, steal, slam, stanford a winner in their opener. linebacker evan weaver leads the entire nation, 126 tackles this season. and if it moves, weaver hits it.

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