district attorney. suzy loftus increased her lead with 51% of the vote. public defender, chesa boudin, has almost 49% of the vote. more than 2,200 votes separate the two. we should get another update on the vote count later today. another close race is for district 5 supervisor. brown is now ahead. she is just over 50.3% of the vote compared to dean preston's 49.7%. prop "d," a tax on rideshare rides also too close to call it needs a two-thirds majority to pass, right now yes barely has enough votes at 66.7%. the registrar of votes will release updated results today and we'll have the latest on abc7news.com. >> the time is 4:30. let's get a quick update on the

weather and traffic. let's start with mike. >> what you can see there is we're dealing with a lot of fog this morning. from south beach, the fog swallows the bay bridge. as you look to the east, towards treasure island, temperatures near 50 at the coast. let me show you this graphic quick. look at all of these reporting stations with less than a quarter mile visibility. santa rosa, petaluma, napa, hayward and a mile in oakland, and less than a quarter mile in concord. be careful out there this morning. >> thank you. this is a live look at the san mateo bridge. definitely foggy out there. low visibility. no fog advisory for the bridge yet. we're waiting to see if this will come down in the next hour or so. it does not look like it's clearing up. if you head over to the bay bridge, you can see that there's

a lot of fog across the top. obviously underneath the bridge as well. you can see better, but definitely the golden gate bridge this morning, be aware. really quickly here, tracy to dublin, antioch to concord, san rafael to san francisco, everything is green for the most part. >> thanks. happening today, the oakland raiders are honoring the b.a.r.t. employee who rescued a man from being hit from a train on sunday. >> amy hollyfield is in alameda with that and with what the man who was pulled from the tracks is now saying. amy? >> yeah. he is speaking out, reggie. he is a raiders fan. he was at the game on sunday. got separated from his group. he said he was at the b.a.r.t. station looking for his group when this happened. we have the incredible video of when he was rescued. you see him. he falls on to the track. that is 33-year-old rayshon

jackson. then a man grabs him and saves his life. it happens right before a train comes. jackson is now speaking out for the first time. he explained that moment. >> i knew i only had a couple seconds. i heard the train, i heard the vibration on the rails, and i could see the light. as soon as i seen the light, i jumped up, trying to get out of the way. i missed my first jump. i did it again. i actually felt like -- the man grabbed me in midair and took me out of the way. >> the man who saved him is a b.a.r.t. employee, john o'connor. he told jackson afterwards to pay it forward. jackson says he will. he said this entire experience has taught him how precious life is. reporting live from alameda, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you for that. pg&e wants to raise your utility bill and today the california public utilities

commission will take up the issue. pg&e filed an application to increase rates starting on january 1st. the official amount has not been determined yet. pg&e told our media partner that electricity may cost an additional 9 a month. the utility says that money would go towards wildfire prevention, risk monitoring and emergency response. >> at the live desk, i'm tracking a possible break through in the trade war between the united states and china. according to china's commerce ministry, the two countries have agreed to stop tariff hikes as trade negotiations progress. the u.s. and china are in talks to reach a first phase agreement. if the deal is reached they will also cancel some tariffs currently in effect. both sides have imposed taxes on billions of dollars of goods over the past year. >> thank you. developing news, two twitter employees have been charged with spying for saudi arabia. this is the first time the u.s. attorney accused the saudi government of spying in america.

kate larsen has more. >> twitter has been a successful platform for people critical of the saudi royal family. >> reporter: according to federal prosecutors two twitter prosecutors looked up personal information of twitter users. >> one of the twitter employees was paid directly by the saudi royal family for his services. some $300,000. another looked up 6,000 accounts or more all at the interest of the saudi royal family. >> reporter: the story was broke a day after the 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: this cybersecurity expert is 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. i'm kate larsen, back to you. >> thanks for that. california regulators are investigating facebook. the attorney general says he wants to know if the company violated laws involvinging privacy and third party access to private data. the investigation has been under way for more than a year now. he says facebook ignored subpoenas.

he's gone to court to get a judge to enforce them. facebook said it provided investigators with thousands of pages of written responses and documents. major safety changes are in the works for one of san francisco's most traveled streets. pedestrians and cyclists are getting the edge. house democrats are mounting the pressure before rolling out their star witness in next week's televised impeachment hearings. i'll have details coming up. and young video game players now have more to worry about than just beating the game. millions of them could now face some harsh rules. taking the fun out of stuff. can't have anything. >> you're not wrong. that is all ahead. first, mike nicco. >> we have plenty of fog out there for you this morning. let's talk about temperatures. starting down in the south bay, 46 in lows altos hills. 40 in santa teresa, low 50s

elsewhere. let's look at other neighborhoods. it takes coffee 20 minutes to kick in. i should have started about 20 minutes ago. mid to upper 40s in the east bay valleys. up in the north bay valleys also. it is clear here as you head south on 680, the 24, you can see some of that fog develops. also fog in concord this is fog at sfo. we'll have some delays. caution out there, the fog is creating dangerously low visibility. it will be around there for the entire morning commute. you can see through 9:00 in the north bay, then breaking out in sunshine. we'll break out from the 40s to the mid 70s from 1:00 to 4:00. 56 at 7:00. east bay, we'll be in the fog through 9:00. sunshine this afternoon. we'll try to touch 70. 59 at 7:00. here's a look at san francisco. the fog will linger a little bit roh.er, so will the 50s. it will be kind of a fuzzy day

with that haze hanging around from the fog. yitonight. we'll talk about that coming up. >> very nice. >> that will be fun. >> i'm excited. hopefully they're going to, you know, pull a good one out for us. we'll move on from that. >> give us a parting gift. >> exactly. here's a look at the fog that mike has been talking about this morning. san rafael, 101, definitely foggy. low visibility all over the bay area. look down here in the south bay, this is san jose, 280, not clear at all. so, we're seeing this all over. east bay in san francisco, people coming down from the north bay, so please be careful. we don't want to see anyone get hurt. looking at our drive times here, we have albany to the maze, 4 minutes. fremont to san jose, 14 minutes. highway 101 to cupertino 10 minutes. nice and smooth this you know when you're at ross and your new fall look just keeps getting better? check this out! that's yes for less.

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springs. upper 70s to near 80 in the central valley. temperatures will run about 10 degrees warmer than average today through the weekend into tahoe. if you're thinking about getting into the water, it's 52 degrees. >> thank you. concord police are issuing a public safety alert involving children. it comes after police arrested a man on child porn charges. officers found child pornography in preston brumley's possession. they say brumley volunteers with kids. investigators are concerned there could be victims they're not aware of. the impeachment showdown is going public. house democrats say they will hold hearings with witnesses next year. korina mitchell has more. >> reporter: house democrats are promising am back did or bill taylor's televised testimony is just the beginning as the inquiry probe's president trump's alleged effort to pressure ukraine into investigating joe biden and his

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begin early next year. you have some extra incentive to hit up a starbucks today. >> the company is rolling out its signature red and green cups to mark the start of the holiday season. there are four different designs that you can get. you can get red, white and green patterns that look like holiday wrapping paper. starbucks is giving away free reusable cups until supplies run out. the limited edition cups feature block letters spelling merry coffee. >> you know when we came off the set today that's all we're talking about. why am i excited about a cup? it makes no sense. i've been looking forward to it since yesterday. >> it's a little something to get you in the spiritment. >> you need a little something to get you through the day. >> boost the spirits. hopefully tie you over for a month and a half until we get there. here's a 280 at 17 or barely a look as you can see the thick fog is across the south

bay. we have more widespread fog than we've had at any time this week and this season for that matter. it will lead to a milder afternoon with fuzzy sunshine. grab those sunglasses you will need them eventually. rinse and repeat tonight. more fog coming at us. that dry and mild pattern will persist. here's a look at the cloud cover, it goes all the way into the central valley. by noon it should fade faster than yesterday. some still lingering around over the bay water. not as much as yesterday. at the coast some sunshine will break out. let's look at what our temperatures will do today. we have near 80 yucaipa, 82. 78 in antioch and livermore and concord. san jose, 76. 60s for richmond. san francisco, 66. oakland and san mateo around 71 degrees. temperatures tonight back into the 40s for all of us.

my accuweather seven-day forecast, a bit warmer with a light offshore breeze tomorrow. that will taper saturday and sunday, so will our temperatures. we'll remain above average for veterans day and into early next week. have a good day. here's jobina. >> you see all of this fog over the traffic maps. this issue just came up in brentwood. a multi car crash here. we don't know how many involved yet, this is westbound 4 past lone tree way. all lanes are closed. that's that purple line on the screen. the chp is telling us there's heavy fog in the area. expect delays if you're headed that way. walnut creek to dublin, 13 minutes. santa rosa to san francisco, 48 minutes, highway 1 to los gatos. a clear ride there. now a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. it is a bit foggy there as well. you can see the cash lanes are starting to stack up.

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comes to the coliseum. it's a 5:20 kickoff in oakland under a clear sky. 64 degrees down to 56. if you're doing tailgating, the high today in oakland is around 70 degrees. enjoy that. a heads up if you're flying out of san francisco international airport. here's a live look at sfo. it's feeling the impact of a to-day strike against lufthan lufthansa. this is over a pay dispute. 1,300 flights are canceled including flights between sfo, frankfurt and munich. the strike is affecting 4,000 passengers today. so far flights tomorrw are not impacted. lufthansa warns the strike could have a ripple effect for a few days. air quality regulators say they're re-evaluating their response procedures after a storage tank fire last month in crockett. >> during this event i got a lot of emails from the board, why aren't you out there. you know. so, you know, we were too busy

trying to communicate to the public and coordinate activities to explain roles. >> officials say smoke from nustar did not contain unusually high levels of toxins. air quality leaders say the incident is an opportunity to review their role and response during emergencies. the fire's cause is unknown. visa is planning to move its global headquarters toleased a 13-story building. visa will redesign offices also in foster city. the campuses will be completed by 2024. let's look at what's going only wi on with your temperatures the next couple of days. we'll see more of the same on friday. we may be a bit warmer in some areas like san francisco than this model is saying. we'll have a light offshore breeze. a lot of 70s and 80s out there

all the way through the weekend away from the coast where we'll be in the 60s. specifically at the coast, here's sat. one of the warmer days we'll have. we'll start with maybe a touch of fog in the morning. partly cloudy in the afternoon. we'll flirt with 70 around bodega bee. 72 at half moon bay. mid to upper 70s around the monterey bay. that water temperature a wonderful refreshing 55 degrees. >> good morning. so we have a sigalert now in brentwood because of that issue i was talking about earlier. so the chp is trying to work out and see how many cars are actually involved here. at least one is stalled right now. not all lanes are blocked now. just the left lane is open. this is westbound 4 past lone tree way. it is very foggy according to the chp. that's causing some difficulty for them to get this cleared up. expect delays if you're headed towards that area. in san jose, 87 is clear.

foggy this morning. we want to check in on our drive times. tracy to dublin, 41 minutes. dublin to mission boulevard, 15 minutes. highway 101 to cupertino, 15-minute ride. >> all right. thanks. the nfl's salute to service campaign is leaving its mark on the area. >> members of the 49ers, the military and other community groups got their hands dirty yesterday at alameda farm. it provides free organic produce to those who need it. they spent the day weeding and clearing debris. >> i'm an offensive line man. i love to eat. being able to give the gift of food to someone who is hungry is an incredible blessing. you are talking this organic home grown food that's good for you. giving it out to fee. they do over 20,000 pounds a year. how incredible is that? >> the nfl's salute to service is a year-round initiative that

since 2011 has doe manated moren $34 million to non-profit partners. coming up, the smell of the holiday season. there's something new coming to a classic disney ride soon. a problem pothole hiding under a bunch of puddles. the concern for drivers, and why the solution is not just a simple patch. and see those feet dangling from the ceiling? the restaurant break-in that could have ended with broken bones. >> oh, no. ouch. >> why are criminals acting so foolish? >> here's a look outside at 4:57.

now at 5:00, a big hidden pothole that could be a pain. why caltrans says this is not a simple fix. >> it is a foggy start to our thursday. check out this live look outside. mike nicco has our full forecast in a few minutes. good morning on this thursday, november 7th. >> of course you're never more than 7 minutes away from the accuweather forecast. mike is here talking about that fog. >> it's the big story. hi, everybody. looking north on 87 near the shark tank. the fog is getting thicker. as we head up the east bayshore, spilling across 24, lafayette, walnut creek, concord. we have dangerously low visibility. less than a quarter mile in santa rosa, petaluma, napa and san martin. right now you can see the fog swallowing the western span of