presidential showdown. mike pence and kamala harris facing off in their first and only debate tonight. some of the coronavirus safety measures and the focus on enforcing the rules. will reopening schools create coronavirus hot spots? california's top health official weighs in. tracking hurricane delta. the monster storm now heading to cancun forcing resorts to turn ballrooms into shelter space. looking out for that. good morning. it's wednesday, october 7th. mike, we know you're tracking that but also tracking what's going on in our area today. >> yes. some changes on the way. good morning. nice to see you all. thanks for being with us. here's a look at the air quality. yesterday afternoon the bay area air quality management district extended the spare the air through thursday for the north bay. good to moderate air quality as you head outside now, but what

you'll notice is clouds are much more widespread covering more neighborhoods and getting thick along the coast and up into the north bay valleys. watch out for that during the morning commute. temperatures are in the 50s at 7:00. we'll stay in the 50s at the coast. 65 to 74 at noon with low sunshine and only 70 to 80 at 4:00. a little touch of fall in the forecast and more of it on the way with a slight chance of rain coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. >> thank you. it is your voice your vote. tonight the american people will witness a highly anticipated showdown between vice president mike pence and his democratic rival, senator kamala harris. the and this comes as president trump continues to be treated for covid-19. jobina fortson is at the live desk with the extra safety measures in place. jobina? >> yes. this will be the only debate between the candidates for vice president and here are just some of the safety measures both

candidates have agreed to. so this morning we're learning that the candidates will stand 12 feet apart between a plexiglass barrier. senator harris requested the plexiglass. the vice president agreed to it though his team says they do not believe it's necessary. we're told anyone without a mask will be escorted out of the building. here's a live look at the debate hall at the university of utah in salt lake city. dmc chair tom perez explains why they're adamant about enforcing the rules. >> what we saw in cleveland was the trump campaign recklessly disregarded the rules that were set forth that they agreed to. we were sitting in the debate hall with masks on. there wasn't one trump official with a mask on. you're putting people in harm's way. >> both pence and harris have been getting tested for coronavirus regularly. the latest results show both are negative. you can watch the debate between vice president mike pence and

senator kamala harris at 6:00 right here on abc7. developing news, the covid-19 outbreak continues to spread at the white house. as of this morning at least 24 people who have been at the white house in recent weeks have tested positive. the latest man is top aide to the president, steven miller. he is now self-isolating. president trump is still getting treated for covid-19 after he was discharged from walter reed medical center on monday. his doctor says his vitals are stable. president trump says he is open to restarting the negotiations on a second coronavirus relief package. on twitter late last night he said he will sign a bill that sends out another round of $1,200 checks. earlier in the day he said he was calling off the talks until after the election and that caused the stock market to tank. this morning students in several bay area school districts are getting ready for another day of in-person

learning. top state health officials say they are not seeing increased signs of spread of coronavirus. education is one area we're focused on as we work to building a better bay area during this pandemic. amy hollyfield has more on this. >> this is good news for the schools. there are ten schools in the east bay that have opened. some opened about a month ago. there are schools around the bay area that have been opened. in the north bay, larkspur opened this week, in the south bay, sunnyvale reopened. they are not seeing problems from these openings. the state's top health official say they are constantly looking at the data, checking to see if there is a connection between cases and schools reopening, and they have not found one. >> but so far it's encouraging to see the tremendous effort and

planning that communities and their schools and their staff have done to make sure that it's lower risk for students and staff alike. we're seeing those fruits early on. that's encouraging for all of california. >> 32 of california's 58 counties are cleared to open in-person learning but it's up to the county. there is also a waiver process schools can request a waiver to open. reporting live in danville, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. of course we are tracking the status of county reopenings on our website. you can find this interactive map at abc7news.com. hurricane delta just made landfall roughly halfway between the resort towns of cancun and playa del carmen. officials in cancun moved more than 30,000 people staying in

hotels along the coast to shelters. that includes thousands of americans. this is video out of playa del carmen mexico where guests are sheltering in a ballroom. the storm is heading to the u.s. we'll check in with meteorologist mike nicco to see how he's tracking it. >> all right. thank you very much. yeah. we'll look at live doppler 7, you can see it's sitting right on the tip of the yucatan peninsula, just raking can suc n plaza and and and and and and be extensive with a direct hit to cancun especially during the overnight and through the morning hours when it's dark. those people have to be scared at what they're dealing with now. as it heads towards us, we're going to get more than eight inches of rain, gusts up to 10 miles per hour and extreme risk to life and property along the

louisiana coast once again as we head into thursday and friday. something to keep an eye on. a seventh landfalling tropical system in the gulf this system. back here at home, low to mid 50s. watch out for the fog this morning. the possibility of drizzle along the coast. temperatures are coolest in the north bay. 45 in napa, 60 in san ramon. as we look at your activity planner today, watch out for the air quality no matter if you're working from home, remote learning or headin outside for activities. we have the north bay poor, that means it's for the sensitive groups. that's going to continue through at least thursday. most of us should be fine. a lot of this smoke will be elevated as the marine layer has increased up to about 1,200 feet. some of it could slip down to the neighborhoods. we'll keep an eye on that. you can, too, with our app and

our website. let's turn it over to jobina and look at traffic. >> yes, that's me. thank you, mike. good morning. so first off i want to let you know we have a couple of advisories to talk about from the chp. the first one benicia-martinben franklin brid be benicia-martinez bridge. let's check out-week and see how things are going on 680. i'm expecting things busier there. a good amount of brake lights as people make their way southbound. no major blocking issues to report. in the south bay, vta has a new tool. the transit app has realtime features so you know how full the next bus will be. they have had this on popular

routes. vta has been using the same information to deploy extra buses to stops most affected and the data is only available on buses right now. reggie and kumasi? >> the vallejo city council is talking about defunding the police department. one of them asked that the ciif city moved forward with this how it would work. the city attorney said it would be more difficult than it sounds. >> that would have to be something that would be done over a long period of time. i don't think it's something you could do overnight. it would be a largeunder undertaking it would require the expenditure of funds. >> he added there is also the potential that the city could face a lawsuit from the police union if it does move to defund the police department. coming up, a berkeley researcher just awarded the

nobel prize overnight. the work that secured the big win. >> there's no question with all the smoke and whatnot, it was time to leave. napa county newlyweds telling their story of survival from the glass fire. the priceless possessions they were able to round up before evacuating and the optimistic attitude about their future together. plus petco stopping sales of an item that brought in $10 million last year. before we get to those stories, let's go outside to see what it looks like as we start our day right now, taking a live look a

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all right. taking a live look from our golden gate bridge camera at 5:12 this morning. you can see the fog bypassing here for once. you can watch this live camera and others 24/7 on our new streaming app. it's available on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and android tv. along with the cameras you can

watch our newscast live and on demand. and we have information on air quality and the wildfires. let's look at the smoke forecast. you will see it's still healthy this morning. as we roll through time, it does thin out a little bit during the afternoon hours. for thursday it looks like it's hanging around. this will be elevated outside of the north bay. the marine layer keeps getting deeper and deeper. the entire column will be clear by friday. unfortunately our chance of rain is starting to dry, if you will. here's friday morning. you can see the system that was the most robust, the european, now kind of keeping this almost dry, just a bit of drizzle friday and saturday morning. rainfall totals near a third of an inch now less than inches. happening today, registered

nurses at alameda hospital and san leandro hospital will begin a five-day unfair labor practices strike. they'll start picketing at 7:00. the california nurses association says the nurses have concerns over patient safety during the covid-19 pandemic. hospital officials say quality care will continue during the strike. we're hearing incredible stories of survival from the glass fire including two newlyweds from st. helena. 100-year-old howard and his new bride, joanne, they evacuated with their two dogs. they took with them howard's priceless war medals from his career as a u.s. army air corps captain during world war ii. howard and joanne met two years ago when he hired her to compile a book about his military career. they eventually tied the knot but sadly their home burned in the class fire. >> the important thing is we have each other. the important thing is i have

the memories that will never go away. and couldn't ask for more than that. >> it's time for a new adventure. i'm lucky to have howard. he's a rock. >> i love how they're looking at this. the couple says they are looking forward to rebuilding a new home on the same lot. new this morning, the nobel prize in chemistry goes to two women, one of them is a uc berkeley scientist. jobina has the details. we are doing well at the noble awards this week. >> right? the prizes keep coming in. i'm happy for everyone involved here. cal professor, jennifer doudna teaches at uc san francisco. she won the nobel prize in chemistry for developing a method of genome editing. here's stockholm where the announcement was made this morning. the technology is called crispr and it can be used to change the dna of animals, plants and

microorganisms with extremely high precision with the promise of one day curing inherited diseases and even cancer. doudna is sharing the prize with emmanuelle charpentier. ucfs is working on a new test kit that can diagnose infection in less than an hour by using gene targeting technology. it's also been controversial. a couple years ago a chinese scientist said he used the technology to make the world's first edited babies. prince harry was spotted wearing a mask made by a black-owned business in oakland. this picture shows the prince with some runners in los angeles and he was wearing the company's champagne and honey face cover mask. i profiled this oakland clothing store last month. taylor j. talked about how she signed a lease for this space before covid hit and had to

transition from making clothes to making masks and turning her shop into an e-commerce space. now the prince is out here wearing her mask. >> i mean, i can see the prince. i wish i could see the mask better. >> can you see my mask? i got excited when i went there and i bought a mask. the prince didn't have this one on. he wore the champagne and honey one. >> can i see that? is that -- what am i looking at here? >> this is my mask that i got. i like the little print. >> i like it. that's good. >> yeah. >> they have a lot of cute ones. i feel like his would go with the champagne and honey ones. i'm trying to step my game up, friend. you got a mask for every hour. >> i got more this weekend. >> i know. >> look, if that is what -- i just like getting mail to be

really honest with you. i like getting mail. so i keep ordering masks. they're not expensive. and it brings me a little bit joy. >> it's like getting a present. every day you go out to the mailbox, it's christmas, it's my birthday. it's a present. i still look forward to getting the mail even though it's mainly bills nowadays. >> we don't want that. >> un-huh. you are correct. let's show you how it's cloudy across san francisco, maybe misty from time to time. you can't see the top of the salesforce tower there. unhealthy air is possible across the north bay. the chance of rain and storms are fading, until they completely go away we'll keep them on the storm impact scale. still a chance of measurable wet weather. warming winds begin sunday. enjoy today, tomorrow, friday, saturday. our coolest days in this forecast. we have mid to upper 70s through

most of the south bay. 81 the warm spot in morgan hill. 66 in millbrae. 67 in san mateo, low to mid 70s for the rest of the peninsula. upper 50s to near 60 along the coast today. low to mid 60s downtown south san francisco and sausalito. it's going to be a slow go to see some sunshine around the bay and the coast today. that's going to help aid the cooling. mid to upper 70s through most of the north bay. along the east bayshore, mainly mid to upper 60s. hercules, castro valley, fremont, 70 to 73. check out this refreshing change in the east bay valleys. 77 in san ramon to mid 80s for antioch and brentwood. some spotty drizzle possible and fog for the morning commute. 80s today, sa saturday. the offshore breeze develops. the offshore breeze is not enough to heighten our fire

danger but it's sill we'll watch. look at tuesday next week. most of us back into the 80s. have a good one. >> mike, thank you. you won't be able to find shock collars at petco anymore. the company is pulling them from stores and online. shock collars made up roughly 0 $10 million of petco's sales last year. animal rights activist s the collars are harmful. this might be depressing. if you think your dog is excited when it sees your face, you're probably wrong. researchers found that wihile dogs are excited to see you, their brains are not hard wired to focus on faces. they can't distinguish between the front or the back of a head. so dogs brains instead are focused on determining whether

they're seeing another dog or human. and then signals like scent are important or more important than faces. does that make you sad? >> that's true. no, not really. i know that my dog sees with his nose. that's the only sense he cares about. you can take away the eyes and the taste. he doesn't taste food any way. you give him a treat, boom. >> it's gone. >> didn't he have some ice cream the other day? he seemed to like that. >> he had a pupacinno. >> what is that? >> whipped cream from starbucks. we're coming up next with 7 things to know. >> a closer look at covid-19 long haulers. these are people including this woman who are still feeling the effects six months after

traffic and air pollution will be even worse after the pandemic. that's why we support measure rr to keep caltrain running. which is at risk of shutdown because of the crisis. to keep millions of cars off our roads, to reduce air pollution and fight climate change. and measure rr helps essential workers like me get to work and keep our communities healthy. relieve traffic. reduce pollution. rescue caltrain. [all] yes on measure rr.

it's 5:23. here's 7 things to know this morning. number one, the covid-19 outbreak is spreading in washington. at least 24 people who visited the white house in recent weeks have tested positive for coronavirus. number two, vice president mike pence and senator kamala

harris will meet face-to-face for the vp debate. it will be their only showdown ahead of the election. you can watch it at 6:00 on abc7. crews are gaining ground on the massive glass fire burning in napa and sonoma counties. the fire is 54% contained. 20,000 structures are threatened. expect that to increase considerably with the cooler and more humid air moving in. you can see the marine layer making it into the south bay. temperatures yeed we s yesterda average to above. today average to below. 8 degrees cooler with a 62 in san francisco. >> number five, 3,000 nurses and employees at alameda hospital and san leandro hospital will begin a five-day unfair labor practices strike. the picketing starts at 7:00 this morning. the hospital officials say that quality care will continue during the strike. number six, bringing you good news on the traffic front. we don't have major blocking

issues to report. no crashes. looking live showing off the richmond-san rafael bridge. and here's an update. stan the t-rex has sold for 3 8 $31.8 million. that is actually four times what the auction nears thought he would go for. stan is considered the world's most complete t-rex skelton. no word on who the new owner is. in today's "gma" first look as we learn more about coronavirus doctors are taking a closer look at so-called long haulers. these are people who have recovered from the virus but still have symptoms sometimes months later. here's eva pilgrim. > reporter: in this morning's "gma" first look, a closer look at covid-19 long-haulers. >> we call it the corona coaster, one day could be okay the next day i'm on the floor having convulsions thinking i'm having a heart attack.

>> reporter: in march caitlin a dietitian working at a nursing home was diagnosed with covid-19. she recovered at home and thought that would be the end of it. she had repeated negative covid tests, the virus gone from her body but now the symptoms are even worse. >> are you worried about is your life going back to normal? >> i don't know what my future holds. >> reporter: at 7:00 a.m., we'll take you inside the world of covid long-hauler patients and talk about why some people can't escape the virus's grip. with your "gma first look" i'm eva pilgrim. we are coming back with another full 90 minutes of news including the tiny survivor found in the glass fire. and the memorials popping up for legendary guitarist eddie van halen. as more and more counties across the bay area are beginning to reopen more businesses, we're learning more about the new equity metric.

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the glass fire. and our spare the air alert got extended. mike is tracking our air quality once again. good morning to you. it's wednesday, october 7th. >> we are checking in with mike to see why it got extended and what we should expect for today. mike? >> it got extended because the fires are pumping out too much smoke across the north bay. some of that may make it to the ground. here's a look at the marine layer. we talk about that would expand and keep us clean as long as it doesn't get polluted. we're all moderate right now, which means we're on the good side of the air quality. look how much thicker the clouds are this morning and the fog we're dealing with along the coast and into the coastal valleys where it slips into p petalu petaluma, rohnert park, windsor, sebastopol. you'll be dealing with fog throughout the morning until noon. look at these temperatures. what a difference a day makes from the 50s along the coast, 60s around the bay.

70s in the south bay and the north bay, just a few 80s holding on in the inland east bay neighborhoods. reggie? >> thank you. as california reopens its economy, state health officials are implementing a new health equity requirement. the goal is to bring down covid-19 rates in disadvantaged communities that are being hardest hit during the pandemic. abc7 news reporter julian glover has reaction leaders in one county that is failing. >> yes. this new equity metric or equity requirement added to the state's reopening framework as a way to incentivize dedicating more resources to help the communities most impacted by covid-19. but this could also affect some reopening plans. the goal is to get counties to focus on zip codes disproportionately affected by the virus including black, latino and pacific islander communities and provide contact tracing and community outreach to get test positivity rates

down in those areas. some counties like sonoma are falling behind in this equity metric not doing enough to help those communities and that could prevent the county from moving to less restrictive tiers, which could prevent reopening the county and getting people back to work. >> we want all our businesses and communities to come together and realize it's important to address the disparities and interrupt disease transmission. >> santa clara county is in the bay area and they are meeting the new equity metric investing time and money into outreach. in east san jose, a santa clara outreach team spent tuesday going door to door educating the public to educate how they could stop the spread of the coronavirus. counties cannot slide backwards into a more restrictive tier because of that equity metric but they could be held in one place for quite some time meaningless businesses would be

able to open which is bad news in sonoma county in particular still in the most restrictive purple tier this morning. reporting live, julian glover, abc7 news. >> thank you. vice president mike pence and senator kamala harris face off tonight in the first and only vp debate. here's a live look at the ven yew venue in salt lake city. ahead of this there have been separate debates over safety protocols after the coronavirus outbreak in the white house. here's andrew dymburt. >> reporter: this morning final preparations are under way for the first and only debate between senator kamala harris and vice president mike pence. the biden campaign is making safety a top priority insisting that harris be more than 12 feet away from pence with a plexiglass barrier. but pence, the head of the white house coronavirus task force doesn't think it's necessary. his spokeswoman saying in a statement if senator harris wants to use a fortress around herself have at it. harris arrived in salt lake city

on friday night. pete buttigieg was spotted in her hotel. he was playing the role of vp pence. harris telling hillary clinton on her podcast where her focus will be tonight. >> i guess, the biggest thing, just to be candid with you, is to be prepared for what i think is very likely to be a series of untruths. >> reporter: pence says he is ready and welcoming the challenge. >> we're looking very much forward to the vice presidential debate. stakes in this election have never been higher. >> reporter: harris and pence are expected to clash over the coronavirus much like president trump and joe biden. in a pair of late-night tweets trump suddenly reversing course on coronavirus relief talks after first suggesting negotiations should be called off until after the election. trump tweeting overnight that the house and senate should immediately approve while biden says trump's overall handling of

t the pandemic has been an abject failure. >> enough, no more. let's set partisanship aside. end the politics and follow the science. >> reporter: those stimulus talks have been dragging on for months, all the while the labor market is trying to dig itself out of this hole caused by the pandemic. in the airline industry, 30,000 workers were furloughed last week holding out hope they would be able to return to their jobs if lawmakers strike a deal. andrew dymburt, abc news, washington. you can watch the debate between vice president pence and senator harris on abc7 news. it starts at 6:00 tonight. with the election less than four weeks away, california is seeing a surge in voter registrati registration. 3 million more people are registered to vote compare ed d 2016. there are more than 21 million voters in california. nearly 85% of eligible people

are registered. because of the pandemic all voters will receive a mail-in ballot but you can still vote in person if you want to early voting is under way currently. people in san francisco say they're taking this responsibility seriously. >> we did a trial run with the ones the state and city sent us. we made sure we did it right. we took out our driver's license to make sure our signatures matched. here we are. >> love to see that. at the alameda county courthouse voters check in as part of health precautions everybody votes one at a time. you can still register to vote through the mail until october 19th or do it in person through election day. abc news has comprehensive information for voters. you can find out how to register to vote and get a breakdown of the statewide propositions at abc7news.com. new details on the blackouts that hit california in the middle of august. a joint report from three

agencies says bad planning and the extremely hot weather triggered these. there was no single cause blamed for leaving humds hundreds of thousands of people without power. poor planning has made california's power grid vulnerable. the glass fire in napa and sonoma counties is over 50% contained. cal fire reports more than 67,000 acres have been destroyed. more than 600 homes are gone. 20,000 structures are still threatened. a santa rosa rancher is being called a hero after he saved at least 40 homes from burning in the glass fire. >> i'm not a hero. i'm just a guy -- just a bulldozer operator doing my job. >> vinny martin created a line of defense with his bulldozer between the flames and his neighborhood. he and his friends carved out a 12-foot fire break around his

ranch as flames expanded along the ridge, his goal also grew. he kept going creating a defense line that stretched two miles long saving dozens of homes from the flames. >> part of the reason i stayed is because i knew he would be more cautious if he had to worry about me, too, rather than just himself. >> vinny says he learned to fight fires as a teenager working for cal fire when he was 17 years old. >> thank you for that. coming up, remembering eddie van halen. the memorials h s popping up in southern california. >> it became very personal when my son came down with covid. >> the story of 2020. the new exhibit featuring more than 700 artists now on display at a local museum. first we check in with meteorologist mike nicco. >> i want to circle back to the

fires and show you the conditions up there. humidity at 6%. barely any moisture up there. still above the marine layer, 73 degrees. that's why it's so warm. the winds are a nonfactor. let's look at what will happen over the next week. temperatures are tanking. they'll be around 70 starting tomorrow through at least saturday. when that offshore breeze develops they climb back into the 80s month and tuesday. humidity levels drop down to dangerous levels once again. we'll get a break for a couple days before conditions get challenging once again. if you're heading out in the east bay. right now pretty much mid to upper 50s under mostly cloudy conditions. maybe a little myth in the air also. 51 in castro valley is the cool spot. elsewhere, 47 in napa. a few 60s. antioch at 63. livermore 60. most of us in the mid to upper 50s. here's south beach, not a ton of fog out there.

not around san francisco right now. 54 degrees there. watch out for the widespread low clouds and the spare the air if you're commuting today. let's look at the potential rain out of our two systems. those numbers are considerably smaller and this is the european model which was the most robust about the wet weather. most of that will stay to our north. we'll look at these depressing events coming up. really wanted some rain, jobina. >> yes, we did. crossing our fingers maybe it will turn around again. as far as traffic is concerned, things are looking good. you can see that we really don't have a lot of slow spots. the issue in fremont, that's due to roadwork. and the slow spot out of tracy,

that's not so bad. looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, it does not appear metering lights are on. looking very clear there. and i want to move of to the san mateo bridge. i believe it's busier there. let's check it out for people making their way westbound, a few brake lights, not too much. the bay area has been g

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. all right. welcome back. about 5:43 on this wednesday. here's a look from our roof camera. notice the flags on the ferry building, they're unfurled as that see breea breeze takes ove. we are in the 50s. 65 to 74 with limited sunshine outside our inland neighborhoods at noon. more sunshine at 4:00 away from the coast. that will push us to 70 to near 80, which is below average.

grab a jacket this evening, back into the 50s and 60s. poor air quality possible in the north bay the next two days. that's why the spare the air was extended. there will be elevated smoke over top of us. hazy sunshine through at least thursday, then you can see friday everything is gone. the all right. we'll turn it over to reggie. i was devastated when i heard this news yesterday. >> yeah. i think a lot of people were. memorials for rock star eddie van halen popping up in southern california. mourners have placed flowers at the rock walk outside the hollywood guitar center where van halen's guitar and handprints were on display. van halen died of cancer yesterday. many considered him one of the greatest and most influential rock guitarists of all time. he was 65. san jose has a big problem with wild pigs. the city council approved a solution. it involves a bow and arrow.

city leaders voted unanimously to allow trappers to hunt the pigs on private property after years of damaged lawns and golf courses. coyote creek golf club and silver creek valley golf club sent letters estimating they spent tens of thousands of dollars to repair the damage and trap some of the pigs. >> there are certain pigs that are trap-wise or trap smart and are outsmarting the traps and it's been hard to catch them. they are still causing damage to private property. >> of course there are people not happy about this change. some residents argue that shooting the pigs with an arrow amounts to torture. peta will be holding a protest outside of two stores near san francisco's union square today. activists plan on blocking the entrance to the urban outfitter store on powell street starting at noon and then they'll make their way down to the

anthropology store on market street. peta says they are protesting all of urban outfitters brands because of animal cruelty towards alpacas. they want the brand to stop selling clotheses made from a alpaca fleet. one of the worn-out fire hoses was donated to the alameda county zoo. they made them into swings. one of the cats enjoying this hammock made from a recycled fire hose. from the pandemic to the black lives matter movement, 2020 is a year we will never forgot. artists are telling the story of this moment in history in an exhibit at the deyoung museum. for the fourth time ever, they are having what they're calling an open featuring blind submissions by mostly unknown

artists. andrea mccoy harvey teaches art at an elementary school and her piece called the afro goddess was inspired by the strong black women in her life. >> if you go to a museum and you're seeing representation of yourself, that will strive -- that will allow you to be who you want to be in that situation. >> museum officials say they thought they would get a few hundred submissions, but get this, they got more than 11,000. the exhibit featuring 760 regional artists runs through january. now i'm even more excited because i'm going tomorrow. i'll bring you -- >> that's tomorrow? >> mm-hmm. >> i'll see that and freida. >> that will be a day. >> it will be a whole day. >> i love that people who are not professional artists are getting a chance to show off what's going on in their lives. >> yeah.

>> i love how busy you are. you are always doing something. >> i try to stay busy. we have limited options. what we can do i try to do. >> you're always exploring. i appreciate that. we should turn that into a segment but then that would put pressure on you to do it. >> i'm ninfine. >> okay. i didn't want to make you work. that's the last thing i wanted to do. let's look at what's going on in the south bay. welcome to wednesday. it's cloudy and about 58 degrees. we'll use this as the back drop to talk about cooler highs today. you'll need the sunshine eventually away from the coast but well after the lunch hour. low clouds and patchy drizzle tonight. offshore winds develop with a warming trend on saturday and heading into sunday and monday. enjoy this fall flavor while we have it. 73 in sunnyvale and cupertino. san jose, 75.

morgan hill the warm spot. 66 around millbrae and san mateo, 67. your neighbors there will be cooler than the rest of the peninsula which will be in the low to mid 70s. check out the upper 50s to near 60 along the coast. low to mid 60s for downtown, south san francisco and sausalito. near 60 along the north bay coast, 15 to 20 degrees cooler with mid to upper 70s in the valleys. along the east bayshore, 66 in oakland. as you head into the east bay, 77 in san ramon. the cool spot, brentwood. the gray and the green you see is drizzle along the coast and the east bay hills. 40s in the north bay valleys, 50s for the rest of us. high pressure dominating two-thirds of the country and weakening those storms as they head near us. the chances of rain are looking less but still chances for friday and saturday. kumasi? >> all right. thank you.

if you're over 2020 maybe you're looking for a new planet to live on. scientists have discovered two dozen planets outside of our solar system that may be better for life. they call the planets super habitable. the planets are older, slightly larger, warmer and wetter than earth. some orbit stars that change slowly and have longer life spans than our sun. researchers say because of those conditions life could thrive more easily on those planets. the 24 top contenders are located more than 100 light ligs away. >> so there's that. >> that part. getting there. >> yeah. new at 6:00, new covid-19 detection coming to schools this morning. we're showing you what the new tech is looking like and how it works. speaking of new tech, rumors swirling about the new iphone. the day apple may be unveiling its newest device. and a story of survival

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google and oracle are taking their copyright dispute to the supreme court. today the justices are expected to hear their case. the lawsuit involves the creation of the android operating system. google used part of oracle's java platform to build android, so oracle sued for copyright. google says they could use it because of fair use. the supreme court ruling will impact the future of software development. facebook is cracking down on all forms of content that is related to qanon. the social media giant says they're removing the pages and groups related to the conspiracy theory whether they promote violence or not from facebook

and instagram. it marks the company's most dramatic escalation in the fight against misinformation. facebook's critics say the new effort may be too little too late to make a difference. apple's next iphone could be revealed as soon as tuesday. october 13th is the date that the cupertino event. this comes weeks after apple announced the release of a new apple watch and ipad. do you recognize this cat? it was rescued from the glass fire. a cal fire damage inspector found the kitten taking shelter under a truck. from these photos it sure looks like they bonded, but they just want to know does this belong to someone? are they looking for it? the cat is at a shelter. it will be put up for adoption if no family claims it. though they do seem to make a good pair. i don't know if she already has a cat, but the cat looks

comfortable. >> very happy. you know somebody will adopt it if we can't find its owners. let's look at what's going on. unfortunately the drying trend from our next two storms continues. here's our most robust model at 12:00. midnight friday, you can see the storm system is further to the west and it kind of falls apart. there's a chance of some light rain, maybe some drizzle in the morning. our next system looks like it's going to stay further to the north, it will head to the sierra on saturday so we could wake up with light rain and drizzle saturday morning. we know for sure highs in the 60s and 70s. we hope this flip-flops back to a more robust forecast for rain next time. we'll keep an eye on it. >> thank you. new at 6:00, a little extra incentive to get out the vote what uber eats is dishing out in cities across the country. plus debate night drama in utah tonight.

vice president pence and senator kamala harris square off after arguing over the need for plexiglass barriers. what both campaigns are saying this morning. and covid-19 continues to infiltrate the white house. we have the latest on how president trump is handling the outbreak from the oval office. some schools in the bay area have been open for about a month, so is it leading to more cases of covid-19? i'm amy hollyfield. we'll have answers for you up next.

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now at 6:00. stopping the spread of coronavirus in our schools. what the state says seems to be working to keep your kids safe in the classroom, at least so far. plus it all goes down tonight. the vp debate. many americans hoping something more sonubstantive on stage. good morning. it is wednesday october 7th. so much to get to this morning. happy you're waking up with us. let's start with mike. >> thanks for joining us. i have some good news. air quality is moderate across the board. it's yellow all the way from the north bay down to the south bay and into the monterey bay. places that were unhealthy yesterday will be healthier today. a little more humid air is here

as the clouds are more widespread. you can see the thick fog across the north bay with the most dangerous visibility around n a napa, american canyon and vallejo right now. it will be a slow go for sunshine today. look at the flags on the ferry building. there is a stronger sea breeze. we start off in the 50s, that's no different. we stay in the 50s at the coast. cloud cover at noon, 54 to 74. 70 to 80 around 4:00. it is your voice your vote tonight the american people will witness a highly anticipated showdown between vice president mike pence and his democratic rival kamala harris. this comes as president trump continues to be treated for covid-19. jobina is at the live desk with the extra safety measures in place. >> reporter: a lot of people are looking forward to tonight. this will be the only debate between the