then this brazen snatch and grab. it happened in one of america's safest cities. how you can protect yourself from this kind of crime. uncertainty over the next presidential debate. the latest from both campaigns. plus president trump's plan to return to the campaign trail as soon as tomorrow. and let's look outside right now. you might need your wipers if you're traveling this morning. mike is tracking drizzle around the bay area and we're looking ahead to our weekend forecast. good morning. happy friday. >> yes. did you go to the museum yesterday? >> my goodness. it was wonderful. i saw frida, they had so many beautiful pieces, her clothing, her artwork. i'm full. >> oh. >> i like it. >> i'll tell you all about it. >> she's inspired today, mike. >> yes, they is. been on a roll all week for that matter. today, no exception. can't wait to hear about it. hi, everybody. as kumasi mentioned, there's

drizzle out there. it's something that jobina and i will be tracking throughout the morning commute. the marine layer is thicker this morning. it's touching all neighborhoods and infused with more moisture. no areas of organized rain you can see on live doppler 7. there's some drizzle. it's been measurable. in the east bay hills, up to 0.06 inches so far. here's a look at the exploratorium. we have another spare the air day, right now everybody is good, which is green or yellow, that is moderate. so we'll go from drizzle this morning to just a random light shower possible under a mostly cloudy sky this afternoon. if you liked yesterday's temperatures you should like today's. it will be a up more humid. 60s around the coast and bay with 70s inland. kumasi? >> thank you. so this is the top story on abc7news.com right now. this man caught on camera robbing a woman as she pushed a baby stroller in the middle of the day in sunnyvale.

abc7 news reporter julian glover is live with what neighbors are saying about this. juli julian? >> good morning. a disturbing crime of opportunity caught on camera in sunnyvale. this morning the person behind it is still out there. want to get to the video. two women walking midday on wednesday, one of the women you see there has a stroller. then you see a man in a hoodie walk up to the woman, pretends to trip. that's when he lunges to the woman in the pink jock ket, rips a necklace from her neck. the necklace snatcher runs off. residents are stunned by what happened in this city. >> she got attacked. literally, she got attacked. you're not prepared for something like that. this street is so busy with people walking all day every day, night and day. the little stroller was out in

the street. now the department of public safety is warning people to do their best to protect themselves from this terrifying crime. really common stuff, telling people to cover up bracelets with long sleeves and hide necklaces perhaps with a scarf if you're out and about, especially if you're on a walk by yourself. pricey possessions are not as visible then and don't attract robbers and make it easy for people to target people like this in an awful attack. julian glover, abc7 news. >> thank you. san francisco leaders are condemning attacks that have targeted asian americans. city officials calling for eart to prevent future violence. >> there is nothing that should be protected any stronger than the right of a person to walk safely down the street in their community. >> a man accused of the two assaults in the tenderloin

remains in jail pending trial. 34-year-old michael turner is charged with attacks on two women, a 71-year-old and a 78-year-old last month. it is still not clear whether president trump and joe biden will have another debate ahead of the election. with just a few weeks left to go, the president says he doesn't want to have a virtual event so he may be heading back on the campaign trail as soon as tomorrow. here's andrew dymburt. >> reporter: the fate of presidential faceoffs is not only up in the air but looking doubtful by the minute, this stems from president trump's positive coronavirus test from a week ago. the debate commission saying it's moving the next contest to an all-virtual platform setting off a domino effect that could end the debates altogether. one week after testing positive for covid-19, the president declaring himself cured last night telling fox news -- >> just saw the doctors today, they say i'm in great shape. >> reporter: he has not been seen in public other than white

house produced videos and said he is continuing with a powerful steroid to treat the virus. >> i think i'll try to do a rally saturday night. i feel so good. >> reporter: joe biden and kamala harris are back on the campaign trail in arizona. >> joe had a plan for covid since march. >> reporter: trump blasted harris calling her a monster. >> i couldn't be prouder. >> reporter: the surprise decision from the presidential debate commission next thursday's scheduled contest in miami would go all virtual. the commission saying the move was to protect the health and safety of all involved. after the announcement trump immediately shot it down. >> i'm not going to sit behind a computer and have somebody feed him answers. >> reporter: now trump's campaign manager says the president will be fully cleared by saturday and would be ready to debate in person. the trump team said they would be open to changing the date,

the biden campaign said they're opposed to rearranging the dates. it's possible these two candidates will not take the stage again before the november election. andrew dymburt, abc news, washington. and also in washington, nancy pelosi will introduce a bill to create a panel to make sure the president is fit for office. pelosi questioned if the treatment including the use of a steroid impaired his judgment. the legislation would establish a process to give congress the say to remove a president from office under the 25th amendment. new developments in a vacaville barbershop's ability to stay open during the pandemic. the man reopened his shop in may in defiance of local health orders. on monday the state sent him a cease and desist order with photos documenting his defiance.

>> i'm not trying to make money by staying open. i'm trying to provide for my family. allow my barbers to provide for their families. show the american people an example of how not to live in fear and to stand your ground. >> he will go to court to contest the order and he says if he loses he'll go to his customers homes to cut hair. we made it easy for you to keep tabs on what's open where you live. this reopening tracker is on our website, abc7news.com. louisiana bracing for hurd whi hurricane delta which is expected to make landfall today. jobina fortson is tracking that. >> thank you. hurricane delta is a category 3 storm. it takes aim at xhun communitie still reeling from hurricane laura less than two months ago. this is new orleans. this is the riverfront there. definitely calm before the storm, you can notice slightly that the camera is shaking. southwest louisiana residents are under mandatory evacuation

orders again. faced with the poetential of hurricane-force winds and flooding, one couple decided to move up their wedding date. >> we were supposed to get married saturday with over 300 people. we knew about the storm we were like, eh, it wasn't supposed to come to us. then it was coming right to us. of course i got hysterical and my little superman here came in and swooped the day. >> when hurricane delta makes landfall it will break the record for most storms to make landfall in one season in the continental u.s. it will be the tenth hurricane or tropical storm to make landfall this season. the president approved emergency declarations in louisiana and mississippi and now i want to bring in our friend, mike. you are telling us just over and over and over the hurricanes keep coming. >> it's nonstop. drip, drip, drip, for the last several months. these poor folks in louisiana, you saw the blue tarps if you have been watching our news or

the news with david muir. most of these areas are damaged from laura and have not been fixed and they're fragile because of that and more susceptible to damage even more so with this storm which is t e taking almost a similar path. it did increase in strength overnight. it's up to a major category 3. 120 miles per hour to 150 miles per hour winds. it is moving rapidly which will help -- i won't minimize the damage, there will still be plenty of damage but it could be worse. gusts to 140 miles per hour, 11-foot coastal surge and the loss of life and property, there's an extreme risk. up to tennessee now we have the flooding potential. the cone of probability keeps shrinking. lake charles to lafayette is where the fastest winds and the most dangerous threat of tornadoes and storm surge will push through. back here we have drizzle at home. temperatures 54 to 57 across san francisco. pretty much mid 50s to near 60. a little milder and more humid

this morning. the it's going to be a great day if you're working from home. you have some free air conditioning there. comfortable conditions for the kids and if you're exercising just monitor the air quality. here's a look at future radar you can see green blips this morning. just some random green blips this afternoon. as you head towards the evening hours, quiet but drizzle will develop overnight and be heavier and more widespread tomorrow morning. you can see a better chance of random showers tomorrow before sunshine and warmer weather hits us on sunday. we'll show you how much wet weather to expect in the smoke forecast coming up. let's get back to jobina and talk about the morning commute. >> thank you. we have not seen too many problems due to the drizzle in the area, just a heads up to take your time out there this morning. we want to bring in a look at our map. overall we don't have too many slow spots in the bay area. just specifically coming out of tracy and then 880 you can see there in oakland. we'll bring in our live camera

so we can see the area between northbound 880 between 23rd and 29th avenues. just a little bit out of frame here. you are going to run into a bit of a slowdown due to roadwork and that should be picked up by 6:00 a.m. then lastly here before i send it back to reggie and kumasi, checking out the san mateo bridge, it looks a little off right now, but if you can see on the far right corner, we do have a lot of brake lights for people making their way westbound. >> thank you. coming up, when could we see a return to normal? dr. fauci, a sobering message during his virtual uc berkeley event. also what a wild story. plot foiled. the plan to kidnap the governor of michigan that ended in more than a dozen arrests. all right. how about this. a solution to trick or treating during the pandemic. the business owner turning trash say yes... to the best bargains ever at ross! yes!

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cloudy, drizzle and about 59 degrees. we'll use this as the back drop for our day planner. temperatures about 56 to 60 through 7:00. only low to mid60s at noon with barely sunshine. higher humidity is what you will notice this afternoon compared to yesterday afternoon as temperatures will be relatively the same. air quality, we are yellow to green just about everywhere. so we're starting off with much healthier air than yesterday where napa and santa rosa were poor or for the sensitive groups unhealthy. it looks like it will be the north bay through saturday that has a possibility of some of that unhealthy air. the smoke forecast, you can see it pushing away as we head throughout the day as that new air mass comes in. saturday looks quiet. again sunday behind that cold front those northerly winds develop we could see an increase in smoke sunday. reggie? >> thanks. in today's "gma" first look police arrested more than a dozen people accused of picking part in a plot to kidnap

michigan's governor. >> reporter: in this morning's "gma" first look, new details on the failed plot to kidnap a michigan governor, gretchen whitm whitmer. >> two militia groups who were preparing to kidnap and possibly kill me. >> reporter: the fbi and state police seen here raiding the home of one of the suspects took action after they say the men met this week to exchange tactical gear and to pool their money to allegedly buy explosives. the alleged mission, attack the governor before election day. tensions have been high in michigan with militia members some of them armed at one point descending on the state house this spring. coming up this morning, george stephanopoulos goes one-on-one with gretchen whitmer. i'm alex peres, abc news,

lansing, michigan. facebook removed hundreds of fake profiles tied to a pro trump group. the site says 276 accounts were posing as right-wing americans. accounts would flood news articles with comments in favor of the president. facebook permanently banned an arizona digital communications firm behind the accounts. the firm was making the accountses on behalf of a group called turning point action. the leading infectious disease expert is helping uc berkeley officials navigate the coronavirus. dr. anthony fauci was part of a fire side chat about the pandemic. katethe sobering prediction of when we might see a return to normal. >> well, we're involved with today is a divisiveness, the likes of which i've never seen.

>> reporter: that coming from dr. anthony fauci who has advised six presidents on serious u.s. and global health threats. >> the enemy is the virus. science knows no political party. >> reporter: director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases and member of the coronavirus task force, dr. fauci answered questions at a virtual u.c. berkeley event. how have conspiracy theories affected public health efforts? >> the examples of people not wanting to wear masks or if you do get infected it's going to be meaningless because it's a trivial outbreak. well, how can it be a trivial outbreak if it's already killed 210,000 people in the united states and a million people worldwide? >> reporter: how can governments decrease racial disparities when it comes to the pandemic? >> make sure there's testing there. make sure they get their testers back very quickly. but then the big problem is what morbidities?th that relates to the social determinants of health that minorities have had to deal with since the day they were born. >> reporter: what can colleges do to keep students safe? >> test all the students before they come onto the campus, then do surveillance testing every few days.

when a student gets infected, have the capability of isolating them. reporter: when and how wi? >> will peopleto wear i would imagine if we get a good vaccine now, that we could have some degree of normality in the third quarter to the fourth quarter of 2021. >> reporter: kate larsen, abc7 news. back to this year, what would halloween be without trick-or-treaters? as people try to figure out how to celebrate safely during the pandemic, this man in new jersey at a flooring company has an idea to keep the candy flowing all by social distancing. so, you know those cardboard tubes that they use to keep rolls of carpet standing. marshal fox is cutting them up and giving them out to customers so they can use them as candy

chutes. >> the installers would break them up in their van, put them in the dumpster. lately i've been asking the guys to bring back the tubes. >> what's your plan? >> i don't know. put it down and shoot it into their basket. >> so the foxes are giving away the tubes for free. they're also accepting donations for make a wish. >> i feel like this was one of your ideas. >> i'll never tell if it was. i like my candy launcher. that's my favorite idea. >> this one seems a little tame for reggie. it doesn't have explosives. things aren't flying through the air. >> what's in it for me? >> the joy of watching the candy safely arrive. >> no. i want to see it fired out of a cannon from my shoulder. >> what do you want? >> yeah. work for that candy.

>> no. >> reggie will have to freeze his candy because when he shoots it out it will come out so hot it will melt. >> stop giving me ideas. >> i could take someone's idea and take it up a notch. notcreative myself, though. 58 degrees. not a stout sea breeze, but definitely a different breeze today. it will be more humid this afternoon. that's why we still have a chance of a random shower after this morning's drizzle. better chance of drizzle tonight and measurable drizzle at that. and then we have a chance of a shower saturday afternoon before some sunshine sunday. here's the area of low pressure that we were counting on to bring us some rain. notice it's sinking more to the south. the models picked up on that the last couple of days. that's why our chances of rain today are limited. but you can see that storm system, a more typical one coming from the gulf of alaska and coming down our way.

more energy with that system. for today, 70 to 75 in the south bay. 62 to 63 along the coast, and mid to upper 60s for downtown, south san francisco and sausalito. 71 to about 76 through the north bay valleys. along the east bayshore, 66 in richmond to castro valley in fremont making it to 70. 73 to 78 in the east bay valleys. more green on the map tonight. that's that drizzle for tomorrow morning. temperatures in the mid 50s to low 60s. my accuweather seven-day forecast, increasing sunshine but possibly smoke sunday. offshore breezes and another heat wave monday through thursday. critical fire conditions remain low now. that is something we'll keep an eye on for next week. enjoy the weekend. >> all right. thank you. coming up next, 7 things to know this morning. also a perfect reason to stay home on christmas day. i'm excited about this. the movie that's not going to be going to the theaters. it will be right to your disney

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it's 5:23, here's 7 things to know this morning. number one, president trump says

he could resume campaigning as soon as tomorrow. but it's not clear if he's still covid-19 positive. the president says he will probably take a test today. number two, a san francisco task force has proposed a 41-point plan for reviving the city's economy during and after this pandemic. it includes aid for small businesses, more affordable housing and economic support for minority communities. number three, video shows a brazen snatch and grab robbery of a woman pushing a baby stroller in sunnyvale. this morning police say the person behind this attack is still out there. >> number four, southwest louisiana once again bracing for a hurricane. this time it's delta which is expected to make landfall as a category 3 storm later today. delta is taking aim at the same communities still recovering from hurricane laura that hit six weeks ago. can you imagine the stress and pressure those folks are under? feel for them. back at home, scattered drizzle this morning but a better chance of drizzle tonight and random showers as we head through

saturday. less than a tenth of an inch of rain possible. number six, good news on the traffic front. a live look at-week, 680 right now, a clear ride. the only spot is coming out of tracy this morning. things are moving as you head south. number seven, six people from an extremist militia group have been charged in federal court with plotting to kidnap the democratic governor of michigan. coming up on "good morning america," an exclusive interview with governor gretchen whitmer herself. disney's next pixar movie will skip the theaters. instead, "soul" will premiere on disney plus on christmas day. >> what's your name, honey? >> i'm joe. i teach middle school band. >> the release was pushed back a few times because of the pandemic. this is the first pixar film featuring a black lead.

jamie foxx is the voice of aspiring jazz musician joe gardener who rethinks his life after falling into a manhole. disney is the parent company of abc7. c with a full 90 minutes of news including the rise of the three-parent family. this new trend where couples are bringing in a third adult. and sounding the alarm on yelp. the new information you'll be able to find about businesses. new ideas are coming out of san francisco's city hall about how to stimulate this economy. i'm amy hollyfield, a full report coming up. i do have a right to be able to breathe o2 and not co2, i'm being discriminated against right now. >> here we go. a pet store employee stands his ground when a woman tries to come in without a mask. the 911 operator's response to all this. first a live look outside this morning on a friday, 5:26 as people are making their way across the golden gate bridge. we'll be right back.

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survived a shark attack in florida. what he's now saying about returning to the water. and a live look outside on this friday morning. as you can see, it's cloudy up there. the top of the skyscrapers there. you may see drizzle and mike has the weekend forecast. welcome to friday, october 9th. >> let's check in with mike about that weekend weather. >> all right. going to be a changeable weekend that's for sure. fwo good morning. let's look at what's going on with our air quality which is much better than this time yesterday in napa where it was poor or for sensitive groups unhealthy. for all of us it's green and yellow, which is good to moderate. let's move on and talk about a bit of drizzle out there this morning. windshield wipers needed traveling through higher elevations but no fog to contend with. here's a look at sfo, we had a bit of drizzle on the peninsula, about 59 degrees. a random shower is possible under a mostly cloudy skies. temperatures barely warming out

of the 50s into the low to mid 60s by noon. staying in the 60s at the coast. we'll try to reach 70 at 4:00. you may notice extra humidity in the air. dropping down into the 60s if you're heading out this evening grab a jacket. we'll talk more about tomorrow's wet weather and fire conditions coming up. here's reggie. >> thank you. san francisco is in trouble and the city is providing the receipts. we already knew things like hotel occupancy and office space occupancy were total disasters, now we're hearing during this pandemic that grocery and drugstore sales are down 8%. in our effort to building a better bay area we're looking at the economy and the things the city is promising to do to try to fix it. amy hollyfield is live at city hall. >> reggie, city hall put together a task force to study this. that task force put out 41 recommendations, some of them are immediate like freeing up

cash for artists to help them out. others are more long-term. so for instance, how do you like those parklets, those little areas of sidewalks and parking spaces that have been converted into restaurant seating? this report calls for keeping those and expanding them to more marking spaces and having the city issue permits for these through at least 2023. the report also focuses on the construction industry and new businesses, calling for an easier permit process and flexibility in retail spaces. and all those empty office spaces and hotels, the task force calls for studying the possibility of turning those buildings into housing. this task force is made up of 100 people. it was created back in april. it doesn't paint a pretty picture saying the road to recovery is going to be a long one. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. in the south bay, a mayor is threatening to sue over governor

newsom's project home key, a program that is helping the homeless find housing during this pandemic. santa clara county decided to use its fund to convert an extended stay hotel in milpitas, but residents say they didn't get the input they wanted. county officials told the newspaper city staff was involved. milpitas city council will discuss their next steps later this month. president trump says he hopes to hold a rally this weekend in florida, and this as it appear there's may not be more presidential debates before election day. here's jobina fortson with the latest developments. tomorrow marks ten days since president trump says he tested positive for covid-19. last night he declared himself cured telling fox news the doctors think he's in great shape. the trump has refused to say if he has been tested again, only that he'll probably be tested

today. he said he's thinking of doing a rally tomorrow night. meanwhile joe biden and senator kamala harris are on the campaign trail in arizona. the next presidential debate is in doubt. yesterday the presidential debate commission announced next thursday's debate in miami would go all virtual. trump immediately said he would not take part. trump's campaign manager says the president would be ready to debate in person despite cdc guidelines recommending he still be in isolation. now abc news has announced it will hold a town hall with joe biden next thursday allowing voters to ask him questions directly. kumasi? >> thank you. oakland mayor libby schaaf is optimistic about reopening schools as the number of covid-19 cases drops in alameda county. oakland public schools could open as early as october 13th, but as of yet there's no memorandum of understanding with the teachers union.

teachers want to see two safety components met. >> one is that we have the data for the city of oakland and all zip codes and that we have near zero rates. the second piece is the appropriate ppe. >> oakland unified has been working on a reopening plan since last spring. the district says they will follow the science but worries that outcomes are constantly changing. a santa rosa man lived to tell the tale of a shark attack. this happened while he was vacations with his girlfriend in miami beach. >> luckily it didn't hurt at all. i heard shark teeth are like surgeon's scrapal blades, so sharp. >> that didn't hurt? whoa. 31-year-old mark bonnen was bitten in the leg while body surfing in south beach on wednesday. he said there were so many fish in the water he felt he was one

with nature before the attack. after the bite his girlfriend held his leg up as paramedics worked to stop the bleeding. bodde what says he has not ruled outgoing back into the water. >> i think at some point i'll be going back in. i'm thinking what are the chances of getting -- having two shark attacks? it's got to be zero. >> don't try it. >> oh. he did have to have surgery and stayed overnight at the hospital, he's now out and expected to make a full recovery. >> i told you about my family and sharks, right? >> what happened? >> oh. my dad says that sharks are like a part of our hawaiian spiritual family, so they won't touch us. but they still won't say shark, they'll say man in the gray suit. they feel like if they say shark that's bad luck. >> whatever keeps them away. it has worked thus far. >> i need to put some of that energy on this man. >> you do.

he's talking about getting back in the water. >> mm-hmm. well, coming up, a woman called 911 on a pet store because she didn't want to wear a mask. we'll tell you how the employee handled this confrontation. and yelp rolling out a new racism feature. what you can expect to see there. first we will check on the weather with meteorologist mike nicco. >> all right. hi, everybody. welcome to friday. let's talk about fire conditions. everybody keeps asking when is the air quality going to improve? well, until the fires stop burning and pumping out those pollutants we'll have unhealthy air. we have to see what the conditions are. 50 degrees, 98% relative humidity. a light wind. it's faster up to 10, that's bringing in the cooler air and the moisture increase. those are good looking numbers there. unfortunately look what happens starting monday. we get a drier offshore breeze, the temperatures climb and

inversely proportional to that is the drop in the humidity. unfortunately it will be a few days where those firefighters will continue battling. in the east bay valleys, temperatures in the upper 50s. heading into the higher elevations like on 580 or 24 or 4, don't be surprised if you need your windshield wipers. we had measurable drizzle. almost a tenth of an inch in the east bay hills. temperatures in the mid 50s to low 60s. here's san jose, let's talk about your commute and the area of drizzle and then the air quality are my major issues for your commute as you head through the morning hours. here's a look at future radar, you can see a random shower possible. some drizzle develops this evening. widespread drizzle tomorrow morning and then a few random showers on the light side tomorrow afternoon. use our app with live doppler 7 to track them. they're not a game changer for the weekend. let's talk about the traffic and turn it over to jobina once

again. >> thank you, mike. good morning, everyone. happy friday to you. we are going to begin with a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, no metering lights on yet this morning. it's been pretty quiet around the bay area so far. things are moving there as you can see. then good morning to san jose. a live look showing you 101 now. very clear and moving quickly in the south bay right now. before we head to break, bringing in the overall look at our maps, you can see we don't have a lot of slow spots. just coming out of tracy where we have a high wind advisory through the altamont pass this morning. zooming in quickly here to -- oh, we will not zoom in where i thought. there we go. to oakland. northbound 880 between 23rd and 29th avenues, we do have roadwork in the area. slight slowdown there and

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welcome back. 6:41 on a friday. looking at sfo where it's

cloudy, a bit of drizzle right now. let's use that as the back drop to talk about a cool autumn-like flavor to our forecast. an uptick in humidity this morning and the afternoon hours. we go from a chance of drizzle and 50s this morning to a random shower and 70s this afternoon. back into the 60s by 7:00 this evening. the air quality out there today is clean for everyone this morning. that's a better start than yesterday. the potential for unhealthy air for those sensitive is still possible through tomorrow especially through the north bay. here's a look at your smoke forecast, today through tonight it's pretty clean according to this forecast. same thing for saturday, but look what happens sunday when the winds start coming out of the northwest. if you live southeast of those fires the smoke is coming back. reggie? >> thank you. the investigation continues into the death of san francisco firefighter jason cortez. the 13-year veteran died wednesday after he fell three stories during training. cal osha requires safety

officers in certain cases involving dangerous hazards. it's unclear if one was required or present. abc7 news i-team reporter stephanie sierra talked to the founder of an organization that studies safety protocols for first responders. >> what hazards would have to be present to require having a safety officer be in a reasonable proximity to the scene of the accident? >> we're producing an atmosphere due to smoke and fire that meets that requirement then we are at that time having a safety officer on scene. >> we asked cal osha if a safety officer was required but the agency would only confirm that a comprehensive investigation is underway. from bad luck to blessings in less than 24 hours. an east bay youth and community group focused on building a better bay area has become the victim of thieves, but the community stepped up to help. this box truck used to help gather and give out donations

but it was stolen wednesday night. yesterday morning an oakland resident familiar with the group's efforts spotted the truck near the 81st avenue library but the truck was stripped of its catalytic converter. the cofounder caesar cruz has a message for the people who took the truck and pulled the parts. >> would you reach out to you? we could feed you. we hold no grunldges. >> that theft caused $1200 in damage but that money that been already raised to fix that truck. a woman calling 911 on a pet store for not wearing a mask is getting a lot of attention online. >> i'm not allowed into the score. >> you're not wearing a mask. >> so aidan an employee at bones and scones recorded this video. the woman claimed she had a medical exemption but told the

dispatcher it was a religious exemption. she claimed he was violating the civil rights act of 1964. it was not a violation, and the dispatcher agreed. >> the point is he's not allowing you in. he is the owner of the store they have the right to refuse service to anybody. >> he's not the owner. >> they have the right to refuse service if he's an employee the there. >> the woman ended up leaving. after the video went viral, police showed up at the store the next day. they say they were sent because of this same woman. >> all right. yelp is getting ready to launch a consumer alert that flags businesses accused of racist behavior. the move is meant to give patrons reliable and actionable information. it is taking fake reviews into account. yelp says business without a significant spike in reviews surrounding racism won't be

flagged. "sesame street" coming together to teach children how to stand up against racism in a new tv special. the power of we, a "sesame street" special is going to feature gabrielle and her cousin tamir. it urges kids who encounter racism or hear someone else be the victim of it to call it out. the special will stream on hbo max and pbs kids on thursday. for many hamovie fan halloween means the movie hocus-pocus. it is the most streamed halloween movie ever, and for the first time ever it will be available in 4k. you can rent it for 3 bucks or buy it for 10. guess what came in second? the nightmare before christmas, beet beetlejuice, casper and a quiet place. i don't do scary movies at all.

what's your favorite? >> i'm sad to say i have never seen hocus-pocus. >> let's watch it. >> okay. we can do that. that doesn't actually look scary, right? >> i hope not. >> it's a bette midler movie. >> is it scary, mike? >> i have never seen it. no. >> no? >> no. >> group text. >> what about "children of the corn?" >> i'm not watching "children of the corncorn." >> no? >> no. >> i don't want to speak the name. i don't want to go there. >> "beetlejuice," >> all fun movies this time of year. exploratorium camera shows just how much moisture is infused into the marine layer this morning. can't see the top of the

salesforce tower so expect areas of drizzle, a random shower and a better chance of this tomorrow. the moderate offshore wind develops which will bring drier conditions, hotter temperatures and another extended autumn heat wave, especially inland for next week. here's the area of low pressure sinking to our south. the models before had it coming over top of us. that's why we had a better chance of rain earlier in the week. saturday storms looking about the same as yesterdy. sliding southward tomorrow with a better chance of drizzle in the morning and rain in the afternoon. temperatures will be consistent. 70 to 76 down in the south bay. 68 to 71 on the peninsula. 62 to 63, not much of a difference along the peninsula coast. 66 to about 68 degrees in san francisco, south san francisco and sausalito. 71 to about 77 through the north bay valleys. along the east bayshore, everybody mainly in the mid to upper 60s. 70 in castro valley and fremont.

mid to upper 70s for the east bay neighborhoods. look at the green tonight, that's the more widespread and measurable drizzle that will reach some lower elevations. temperatures cooler than average through saturday. back to average on sunday. string of 80s and 90s for tuesday, wednesday and thursday. critical fire conditions now low, but that could change during that timeframe. new at 6:00, the nobel peace prize announced this morning. the organization recognized for its humanitarian efforts. and a promising new study on remdesivir. a closer look at how the company says it is helping people with covid-19. and one family, three parent

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a new study far pharmaceutical company gilead sciences says remdesivir speeds up recovery time from covid-19. >> that's right. major development there. what we're learning is the study which had 1,062 patients was published in the new england journal of medicine. the drug did better for those on oxygen, it reduced recovery time by seven days compared to a placebo. it can also reduce the risk of death. for those on oxygen it reduced the risk of death by 72% at day 15, and 70% at day 29.

gilead's drug was among the first to be used against the novel coronavirus and was one of those drugs used to treat president trump. >> that makes me feel very hopeful. that's good news. sometimes parenting makes moms and dads feel like they need six arms to get everything done. well, now one san francisco family has it. they decided to break the traditional family mold and legally bring more than two people into the busy process of raising a child. "good morning america's" becky worley spoke to this family. s they include a married couple and their friend, david. they have formed a three-parent family. david is not romantically involved with this couple. he says he always wanted kids. >> what made you think this was the right choice for you? >> i definitely have thought about the single parent route and it's so much easier to not be doing it alone. >> okay. three-parent adoption is

recognized in five states including in california. you'll hear from all three parents coming up at 7:00 on "gma" after abc7 mornings. there's a new option for dinner and a movie in the south bay. a new rooftop setup has been launched so groups of two, three or four will be placed in their own area. they will be at least six feet apart from other people. the tickets are $25 per person and that includes $10 in concession stand food. >> after seven or eight months of being closed, give the community an opportunity to come out and enjoy entertainment. >> the movies range from favorites like cocoa and star trek and social justice themed films. for now it's only for four weeks. friends, we need to get tickets.

where is the four so all four of us can get into one row. >> i'm seeing a lot of rows of three. that's interesting to me because unless you're a family we just talked about, the three seats seams s seems unusual. >> we can pull the two over there and have extra space. you have to put the two and two together. math. >> hi, mike. >> we have random drizzle, and a better chance of drizzle tomorrow morning and a better chance of random showers tomorrow afternoon. you can see less than 0.05 inches of rain if you see anything. a lot of people have been asking what do you think about the rain season? here's a look from the climate prediction center. we're in brown. that usually means below average. this is for november, december, january and for february, march

and april it's not looking promising to make up for last year's 50% snow pack that we ended up with. that's sad. spacex's tesla roadster made its first close approach with mars. the company tweeted that the vehicle came within 5 million miles of the red planet. the roadster which belongs to elon musk was attached to the second stage of a spacex falcon heavy rocket that launched in 2018. it traveled 1 billion miles since launching. this looks fake, doesn't it? >> that is fake. that has to be fake. but it's just going to give us a visual of the -- what is it called? spacex? the roadster? >> that's real, isn't it? >> no. >> i'm looking at real images? it's real. >> it's real? >> that's for real.

it is real. >> okay. we're going. >> things are wild. t family, now we're talking about this man in the space suit who is not a real man but that's a real picture. >> driving by mars, waving. >> driving by mars, launching candy in the air. okay. next at 6:00, wildfire smoke not only tainting grapes. the other crash crop feeling the impact in the north bay. the top story this morning on abc7news.com, the video of this brazen robby in the middle of a street in one of the cities

now at 6:00, the search for the man responsible for this brazen robbery. he tackles a woman who was pushing a stroller to the

ground. what neighbors are doing now to protect themselveses. and a live look outside from our roof camera at the embarcadero. we're waking up to some drizzle across the bay area. the way. mike nicco is tracking everything for us. good morning. it is october 9th and it's friday. happy friday. >> yes. >> receive it, enjoy it, and hopefully get ready for a great day weather-wise? >> it will be different. it will be enjoyable because the temperatures will be like yesterday. sunshine is more likely on sunday. we have a chance of drizzle this morning. measurable in the higher elevations. you can see on live doppler 7 some steadier rain to our southwest. unfortunately that will head south. so we're stuck with a little bit of drizzle this morning