foster admitted to yelling obscenities and homophobic slurs. the cop cuffed him but he was late he r released. we have a protest planned for this saturday. organizers are calling for people to eat sandwiches on b.a.r.t. we'll get a reaction from commuters and hopefully a reaction from b.a.r.t. to this lawsuit. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> it is a story that is not going away. time is 4:30. if you're just joining us, good morning. we'll get a quick update on weather and traffic where you live. let's look at our day planner. temperatures through the mid 50s through 7:00. staying in the mid to upper 50s at the coast. low 60s with increasing clouds and a chance of sprinkles. more likely a lot of verga

today, that's rain that evap r bra evaporates before it reaches the ground. you can see some returns of moisture. right now they're not making it to the ground. our better chance of sprinkles as the afternoon unfolds. jobina? >> thank you. good morning. things are looking smooth on our roadways here. this is the golden gate bridge. for most of the week we've been seeing a fog advisory here. that's not the case this morning. no fog advisories for our bridges and traffic is looking smooth. the public impeachment hearings are just getting started. former ambassador to ukraine, marie yav yav, ovanovitch is exo testify tomorrow. >> yesterday's hearing revealed a new call allegedly to president trump. elizabeth hur is live with details. good morning.

>> good morning. democrats say that newly revealed phone call is important because it shows that president trump was personally involved in the scandal. this morning, new questions after that surprising new testimony in the impeachment investigation. >> could not be explained. it was crazy. >> reporter: then came that unexpected revelation from taylor, that in recent days, he learned about a phone call allegedly involving the president. taylor says on july 26th, one day after the president's controversial call with ukraine's president, his staffer overheard trump asking u.s. ambassador to the eu gordon sondland over the phone about, quote, the investigations. >> ambassador sondland told my associate that president trump cares more about the investigations of biden. >> reporter: president trump says he doesn't remember the

conversation. >> i know nothing about that. first time i've heard it. >> republicans at the hearing defended the president calling the new evidence as more hearsay. i'm elizabeth hur for abc7 at the live desk, deval patrick is officially entering the presidential race. he released new video overnight. >> if the character of the candidates is an issue in every election, this time it's about the character of the country. this time it's about whether the day after the election america will keep her promises. this time is about more than removing an unpopular and divisive leader, as important as that is, but about delivering to you. >> patrick will file paperwork to get on the primary ballots in new hampshire. his next stop will be california. patrick was a popular governor and a close ally of former

president obama. patrick admits he faces a big challenge but says he has gotten encouragement from other democrats. more chaos the a tat the oad unified school board meeting. >> protesters disrupted and then took over the meeting. >> no more closures! >> oakland is not for sale! >> many parents and teachers are upset about the closure and consolidation of several schools due to declining enrollments. the board president tried to keep order but then the entire room turned its back on the school board while chanting loudly. at the october 23rd meeting protesters clashed with police inside the meeting room after protest jumped over a barricade separating them from the school board. at that meeting arrests were made. one parent was hurt that night. she wants the district to stop spending money on its police force. >> that could be used to save our public schools and keep them open, which is all we're asking

for, let our children have their public education. >> the board were forced to leave the meeting room and continue upstairs, no public allowed. then students took their places at the meeting. protest say they will be back for the next school board meeting in december. growing outrage over a deadly shooting in vallejo involving an off-duty police officer. today the victim's family is expected to speak. they want body camera to be released. eric reason died sunday night. virgil thomas shot him over an argument about a parking space. reason confronted the sergeant with a gun he said. the attorney for the victim's family questions whether the responding officers followed protocol. she shared this photo which appears to show the sergeant taking photos or video the at crime scene. oakland is dropping a lawsuit against alameda county

over the oakland coliseum complex. the city has been trying to prevent the county from selling its half ownership to the oakland a's. the team wants to redevelop that laid. oakland can now consider selling its half of the coliseum complex to the a's. public transit is an integral part of building a better bay area. vrt planned to open late next month but there's aem wh unmarked underground obstacles. the aim of the service is to run buses every seven minutes from downtown oakland to san leandro. we are just days away from building our building a better bay area fremont week. we'll be holding a town hall and looking at issues that impact the bay area's fourth largest city including housing, job creation, diversity and much more. the bay area goes all out on world kindness day. we find out how people are

building a better bay area through good deeds and police release new surveillance video and hope it leads them to whoever kidnapped and killed a tech ceo. and sonoma county is sleening up after the kincade fire. was time is it? >> 4:37. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. mike? >> the extra humidity. it's just thick clouds, that's why we're up to 8 about ten degrees warmer than this to mid lafayette at 49. low to mid 50s around the bayshore. the exception is san carlos, los gatos and pacifica, 48 to 46. 47 in napa. here's what's going on from south beach, that's our exploratorium camera. morning drizzle expected for the morning drive.

here's a look at the north bay, 49. we're stuck in the upper 50s to low 60s with mostly cloudy conditions today. as far as the east bay, we're stuck in the 50s through 7:00. then some low 60s during the afternoon hours. down to 55 at 7:00. and san francisco we never escape the 50s. we will be in the upper 50s with mostly cloudy conditions. just a sprinkle possible. that's it. people say is there any rain in the forecast? no, not really rain. just a sprinkle. the cooler cooler cooler of that. >> i'll take anything. at least it feels good. the cash lanes are stacking up here on the bay bridge toll plaza. it's about eight minutes to get over the bay bridge now. good time to get out there and

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whole lot of cloud cover across the state. dropping our temperatures in the low to mid 60s in monterey and sacramento they're still making snow in tahoe for the night. but in the mid 50s to 60s for the afternoon. i'm following new developments in the college admission scandal. lori loughlin is contemplating changing her plea to guilty before her pretrial hearing set for january. if she judge, prosecutors may recommend that she be sentenced into ten years in prison, but she would have to testify against her husband and co-defendant if they goes to trial and is found guilty she could face 50 years in prison. she and her husband are accused of paying $50,000 to get their daughters into usc. they're charged with fraud, money laundering and bribery. new developments in the murder of a tech millionaire. we're getting a first look at

the suspects. the santa cruz county sheriff's office showed this video of the three suspects. one of the men is carrying a duffel bag. another has a rifle. they're seen walking near a house in struanta cruz. atra was kidnapped and killed last month. hazardous waste has money removed from 370 buildings or homes destroyed by the kincade fire. hazardous materials can include paint. >> it's important to get the home owners to move forward with their lives and get everything else behind them. the fire itself is devastating. so you want to get these people going back on their feet. >> the hazardous waste clean up process is expected to take

three weeks. in our effort to building a better bay area, we cannot overlook the simple act of being kind to one another. yesterday in the south bay and around the globe many celebrated world kindness day. >> for our story on world kindness day, we knew we needed the right equipment. and then we needed takers. people to answer the question what is one kind thing you've done today. >> i held the elevator door. saying good morning to everybody who came in. >> for me i recently lost my dad within the past year so whenever i smile i extend that. >> reporter: what is it, how would you define it? >> something that brings a smile to someone's face whether you're bringing joy to someone or if you're helping them out. just making them happy in a certain way.

>> reporter: and in some cases the thing some need to be reminded about. one of our producers was recently at a local bakery and ran across this sign. it asked for customers to be kind to employees. >> fundamentally or baseline should always be nice. and you shouldn't have to ask this at all. >> reporter: you heard it from the expert himself. back to the photo, a few weeks later the sign had to be removed. the manager told us it had caused too many complaints. so here's today's reminder, be kind, you hve it in you. >> kindness, caring for another person is what defines us as a species actually. that is our default mode. >> what did you do in honor of world kindness day? share facebook page. >> you are kind. >> thank you. >> you are, friend. >> kumasi is always nice.

appreciate that about her. >> she is. let's talk about what is going on. sutro tower, not quite as foggy a little hazy out there. temperatures are up this morning. a system will bring us a mainly cloudy and cooler day with verga sprinkles possible. drizzle tonight, that's it building warmth saturday through monday with near record high temperatures during those days. here's a look at our satellite and radar. you can see the radar returns there. i haven't heard of anything reaching the ground. it's way too dry in the middle parts of the atmosphere. down around 3,000 feet, it's more saturated. that's why drizzle is possible the next couple of nights.in in. th drizzle. ont passes, high pressure builds back in and the0s a 70s in the forecast.

but not for today. fremont, palo alto, san rafael at 63. everybody else in the mid to upper 60s in the east bay valleys. another mild night on the way thanks to the cloud cover and extra humidity in the air. mid 40s to mid 50s. here's my accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll try to break out to the 70s inland tomorrow. we have a much better chance, they spread to the bay on saturday. there's a slight chance some areas could get that sunday and monday. it's a light breeze, so no hire fire danger there. next week, a pattern change, a longer duration of cooler weather. we'll see if there's any rain in the forecast. here's jobina. >> good thursday morning. starting off with a live look at san jose. this is 87 looking clear this morning. good news for our friends in the south bay. seeing the same story in walnut creek. looking very clear. moving. but beginning to fill in people

are headed out early this morning and wanting to get in to work. looking good on 680. a quick peek at our drive times here. we have tracy to dublin, 38 minutes. dublin to mission boulevard, 14-minute ride and highway 101 to cupertino, nice and green at 15 minutes. >> thanks. facebook is revealing the staggering number of fake accounts it removed before the 2020 election. >> and disney plus is turning out to be a big hit. >> in today's tech wyeths, facebook is shutting down fake accounts. >> they far. >> disney plus has more than 10 million subscribers since launching on tuesday. that's compared to 158 million sub skrin scribers for netflix. costco confirmed a $75

coupon making the rounds on social media is too good to be true. >> costco posted a warning to customers alerting them it's a scam. to get the coupon, people are asked to provide personal details like name, address and phone number. >> too good to be true. >> have a great day. >> can we go back to disney plus? >> yes. you didn't give me the log in. >> i did not. >> tell us all. >> she has to get her own, just like you do. there's a good show called encore. it's about people who are now like in their 30s or 40s going back to high school and reprising their roles in their high school musical. it's so good. >> really? >> it's so touching. >> and can they still sing? do they still have it? >> they couldn't sing then, so they can't now. it's really fun to watch. the first episode they go back to do "annie." but you're 40 and "annie." it's great. >> okay.

>> you still don't get a log-in. >> oh. >> it's kindness day. >> you're right.

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today with the cloud kcover and verga we will be a bit cooler. chesa boudin will not take over as san francisco's next district attorney until january 8th. boudin requested that suzy loftus stay in office until then. boudin plans to get married before the week is out. abc7 news is committed to finding and fixing issues to building a better bay area. nearly 1 in 4 homeless people in santa clara county is a college student. the san jose mayor's office is launching a first of its kind pilot program with airbnb. it will offer temporary short-term housing for homeless students attending san jose state or a local community college. a $250,000 grant from the state will cover the cost of housing. it's all a part of santa clara county's ongoing commitment to house 100 students in 100 days.

a mural that honors the leelee heroes of latin music is up. >> this is carlos santana on the mural. this graces a home in the mission district. he started this project as a way to honor latin rock born in the mission decades awho. the house at 25th and york is amazing to look at. long-time santana percussionist carl perrazo's image graces the mural as well. >> i love this so much. it's neat to see it from the drone. hi, mike. >> hi. let's look at our chances of rain. we've been watching next wednesday intently. here's the gfs model from aboutt midnight. you can see there's a chance of rain, mainly in the northern part of the state. it's still holding on. it's looking more impressive that we may get snow in the

sierra next week. in the european model, that's starting to show the same. when they merge and come to a consensus, that's when we feel more comfortable about our forecast. you can see the blue across the lower elevations, up in the north bay and in the foothills. also that pink is a wintry mix. that gray to white is some snow. there is a bit of rain around the santa cruz mountains and the diablo range. that would be the exception. so there's our next chance of any real good rain. we need it. it's still more than a week away. jobina? >> thank you. good morning. we'll start off right now with an issue that we're seeing in san carlos. we know the chp is on the way. it looks like someone rode off the roadway and down an embankment about 10, 15 feet. this is southbound e holly street. not blocking but you'll see some emergency crews in the area. checking in our drive times. we have walnut creek to dublin,

13 minutes. santa rosa to san francisco, 51-minute ride and highway l los gatos, 21. if you want to shop on thanksgiving, you will have several stores to choose from. >> a long list of stores plans to have black friday specials the day before. among them are walmart, target, best buy, jcpenney, macy's, kohl's, game stop and bed bath and beyond. 57% of shoppers say they plan to hit the stores. other companies including nordm'lub plan to stay closed on thanksgiving. >> you going out there? you don't need anything that bad? >> no. i don't need to shop on thanksgiving. that's when my family goes to see a movie or something, right? >> yeah. >> think of all the excitement.

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good morning. >> good morning. it's a mild morning thanks to this cloud cover, extra humidity in the air this morning. let me get rid of the cloud cover and put the radar up. there's a few blips of green. that's verga. that's what we're dealing with today. just like water evaporating off your skin, that helps to cool the air. that will keep our temperatures average if not below average. low to mid 50s at 7:00. we'll stay in the 50s mainly at the coast. 61 to 62. same thing at 4:00 for our bay and inland neighborhoods. there's not much warming today as the clouds get thicker and the verga sprinkles happen. 7:00, low to mid 50s. hi, jobina. >> hi, mike. starting off with an alert for people traveling through and