another life-changing technology from abbott, so you don't wait for life. you live it. this is abc 7 news. strong winds and low humidity are making for a dangerous combination this weekend, the next few days are projected to be the strongest wind event of the year with thousands of people getting ready to have their power shut off. good morning, everybody, it's saturday, october 24th. i'm liz kreutz. thank you for joining us. we're going to start with a quick look at the weather, and what we can expect this weekend with those red flag warnings. lisa? >> hey, liz, good morning to you. today will be nice. we'll have some typical fall-like weather with temperatures on the cool side, and tomorrow things really get kind of serious, but as we look at live doppler 7 we're looking at the fog in the north bay, it is filling in along the coast.

and here comes our wind advisory tomorrow afternoon, at 4:00 for the lower elevations, lasting through monday, 11:00, in the red, indicating a red flag warning, 11:00 in the hills, and looking at 20 to 40 mile an hour wind gusts, gusts to 50. and we could see some of those gusts over 70 miles an hour, over the ridges, so the relative humidity drops anywhere from 5% to 15% and this could allow fires to ignite and spread rapidly. right now we're at 49 in mountain view, 54 in the los altos hills. 44 in napa. 24-hour temperature thing, anywhere from two to five degrees colder this morning. certainly feeling like fall and the fog has spread from napa to novato at a quarter mile visibility, three quarters of a mile in santa rosa. partly cloudy around the bay, along the coast, sunny inland. low 70s there.

bayside, upper 60s around fremont, only in the 50s at the coast and then things change rapidly by tomorrow. i'll be back with the timeline of the winds and the dry air in a few minutes. liz? >> lisa, thank you. this morning we are bracing for extreme fire danger with the strongest winds of the year so far, as lisa just mentioned. starting tomorrow night the entire bay area will be under the red flag warning and because of the dangerous conditions pg&e says nearly half a million customers will likely lose power in planned fire safety shutoffs tomorrow. now, nearly a third of those, about 144,000 homes and businesses in eight bay area counties could be impacted, only san francisco will not see outages. and the city of berkeley is out with a stark warning showing just how serious this situation is. in a tweet the city is urging anyone who lives in the berkeley hills to consider leaving before sunday afternoon. at least make sure you have your go bag ready.

at least 1,500 berkeley homeowners around claremont and panoramic hill could lose power in the planned shutoff. in east bay the outage will affect 64,000 customers, in alameda and contra costa countys. starting at 4:00 p.m. tomorrow, lights will go out from el cerrito to union city and fremont and across 680 to include dublin, pleasanton and livermore, expected restoration is tuesday night at 10:00. in the north bay shutoffs are scheduled in napa and sonoma counties. you can see so much orange there on the screen in sonoma, stretching along both sides of 101 from petaluma to clear lake, starting at 4:00 tomorrow afternoon and an estimated 16,000 customers in napa county then will also lose power along with more than 38,000 in sonoma county. pg&e hopes to have the lights back on for these counties by 10:00 p.m. on tuesday. also in marin county, people will be impacted. at least 19,000 customers there could lose power. the outage will start between 6:00 and 8:00 p.m. tomorrow night, it will stretch north of

the golden gate bridge up to novato, sausalito, kempfield, fair faction and several other cities. expected restoration is monday night at 10:00. and parts of the peninsula in south bay will have the lights turned out at 10:00 tomorrow night. more than 9,000 customers will be in the dark in san mateo, in santa clara counties, including half moon bay, and alum rock in san jose. pg&e plans to restore power there by noon on tuesday. cal fire kept crews overnight at the scene of a brush fire. in napa county. the pope fire broke out just yesterday afternoon near lower chilies valley road and pope valley road. it has burned 67 acres and it is 50% contained. cal fire says because of the dry brush and the steep terrain where the fire is burning crews are keeping an eye out for flare-ups. firefighters across the north bay are on high alert this morning.

it's not just them. abc 7 news reporter lose pen with a is in sonoma where residents and businesses are racing to prepare for the potential power shutoffs. >> reporter: it's projected to be the strongest wind event of the year, bringing flashbacks of how some of the worst fires in our state began. >> this level, the last one we had was the kincade fire in '19 and the wine country fires in 2017. >> reporter: santa rosa firefighters began staging in areas, their biggest concern, sunday afternoon. >> they will be out patrolling those upper elevations. those areas that we're going to pay more special close attention to are primarily the wild land. >> reporter: here in sonoma county over 38,000 pg&e customers could lose power. this owner of this bar and grill says he's coming to terms with that possibility. >> either order really light or use my own home or basically have to give everything away, or take a complete loss, in a sense. >> reporter: their goal is to

keep this fridge closed as long as possible. >> we're trying to stay positive and make sure the freezer stays at a good temperature. >> reporter: next door they're also staying hopeful. >> i only have one little generator so i can keep one freezer full. other than that, i'll lose it. i'd rather support and help people out and give away to the community. >> reporter: in sonoma county, luz pena, abc 7 news. our coverage continues in the east bay where large parts of alameda and contra costa counties will be impacted as we mentioned and as abc 7 news reporter matt boone reports it means many east bay parks will also be closed. >> reporter: beth black and her dog osa walk around the oakland hills several times a week. she says she's not working forward to the closure. >> i think it's especially right now with covid, getting outside is important. >> reporter: starting sunday sibley park along with ten other popular east bay parks will be shut down. >> it's hard to live anxious,

all the time and i think sometimes you're like when's the power going to go out. >> reporter: the dry hills and overgrown vegetation on everybody's minds. >> it's cool so it's kind of deceptive now. but it's -- you know, we're on alert. >> reporter: in alameda county pg&e says 39,000 customers could lose power starting sunday. bracing for the shutoffs, this home in oakland had a solar system with a battery installed in august. >> this version of it is a tesla power wall. >> reporter: ann hoskins works with the company called sun run. their demand has doubled in northern california since last october. >> really, over the last two months, i think customers are all questioning how are they going to have a reliable source of electricity. >> reporter: she says sun run can install a system in a single day the demand for these systems faces other hurdles. even though this battery was installed in august, it's still not fully functional, the homeowner is waiting on permitting approval from pg&e and local agencies. >> we really need to all work better together on that to streamline that process. >> reporter: in oakland, matt

boone, abc 7 news. firefighters in the east bay will be using a powerful new tool during dangerous fire weather, conair 1 is an air bus helicopter that can drop water and fire retardant. it has room to transport medical patients if needed and it will be staffed with a nurse in flight. the chopper's debut has been a year in the making. contra costa county fire crews started training in it last september. right now you can use our interactive tool to see if your home is within pg&e's outage zone, head to our website and enter your address. from there it's right up there at abc7news.com. stay with abc 7 news and the abc 7 news app for the latest updates on the dangerous wind. we'll have a special early edition of abc 7 news starting monday morning at 4:30 a.m. today is national prescription drug takeback day and officials say it's important as drug overdose deaths have increased during the pandemic. california attorney general xavier becerra says that expired

or unused medications have become a greater problem than in previous years as families spend more time at home, forego care and struggle with stress. san francisco police chief bill scott joined becerra. to talk about it. >> we know medicine makes our lives better. when it's used properly it makes our lives more comfortable. oftentimes it's that misuse of that medicine and particularly when it gets in the wrong hands that endangers lives. >> there are collection sites all around the bay area and state and they will be open from 10:00 to 2:00 today, last year more than 56,000 pounds were collected. all right, lisa, we kept -- busy next few days for us, for sure. >> yes, the fire parameters getting off the charts for your sunday afternoon into early next week but right now it's quiet. live look outside. where temperatures are in the 40s and 50s. so even colder than yesterday morning, definitely feeling like fall.

very dry air getting dryer and checking out where all the advisories and warnings are in just a few minutes. also ahead, new pressure from san francisco leaders for public schools to reopen. details on the demand and the district's response. more trick than treat, covid-19 impacting candy collection in the south bay this halloween. i'm

it's rising. the pain is coming. but i can't say i expected this. because it was easy. to fight these fires, we need funding - plain and simple. for this crisis, and for the next one. prop 15 closes tax loopholes so rich corporations pay their fair share of taxes. so firefighters like me, have what we need to do the job, and to do it right. the big corporations want to keep their tax loopholes. it's what they do. well, i do what i do. if you'ld like to help, join me and vote yes on prop 15.

new developments with the scott peterson case, he could face the death penalty a second time. peterson appeared in a modesto courtroom remotely from san quentin. the district attorney's office plans to retry the penalty phase of his trial. peterson has been convicted of killing his pregnancy wife lacy and their unborn son connor. this summer the california supreme court overturned peterson's death sentence because of questions about the jury selection process. the conviction itself could also be thrown out in a separate challenge.

and now to covid-19. california saw its coronavirus cases spike in one day with more than 6,100 reported yesterday, well above the daily average. over the past two weeks about 3,400 new diagnosed cases have been reported every day. the 14-day positivity rate also rose slightly. it is at 2.8% now. it had been at 2.5%. as we all work through this pandemic, education is just one of the handful of ways that abc 7 news is committed to working to build a better bay area. this morning there's now new pressure from san francisco county leaders from sfusd to reopen its schools. according to the examiner several county supervisors, some sfusd parents demanded the district set a reopening timeline at a joint meeting last night. sfusd cites logistical issues and costs for required safety measures as barriers to reopening. the district superintendent said tuesday that the district is unlikely to bring students back in 2020. and mayor london breed blasted

school officials last week for not focusing on reopening. and new astrazeneca is working on its vaccine. the drug maker paused its trials back in september after one of their volunteers developed a serious health condition. that caused the fda to review their safety precautions and make sure those symptoms weren't brought in by the shot. late stage trials, including some here in the bay area, are expected later this year. halloween is one week away and because of the pandemic many bay area trick or treating traditions are being put on hold. in the south bay some are cancelling candy collecting all together, others are finding creative ways around it. abc 7 news reporter amanda dell castillo shows us what's changing. >> reporter: feast your eyes on halloween fun from years past. downtown willow glen in san jose serving ghouls and goblins by the hundreds. this halloween, because of covid-19, a very clear message, a treasured tradition is

cancelled. >> unfortunately we will not be able to have the trick or treat event on lincoln avenue this year. >> reporter: people are getting behind a joint statement by bay area health officers calling trick or treating a high risk activity but many say the impacts don't have to be more trick than treat. >> in their guidance about halloween they were able to give us some, you know, alternate activity ideas. >> reporter: near downtown san jose an idea easy to see. 400 holiday hoops of lights signal one way they plan to celebrate. >> i started posting on our neighborhood group about the hoops of light and it went a little berzerk. >> reporter: she rallied 300 of her neighbors to purchase or de-nate the hoops. leaving kids with what she hopes is a lasting memory of this less than normal halloween. >> they'll tell their kids stories about that halloween when we didn't get candy but, you know what, there were these magical arches of light everywhere and there were houses

decorated and we came out to the street and talked to each other and laughed. that's what i love to see. >> reporter: in san jose, i'm amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. a pumpkin patch is now open in san francisco's fort mason. the guardsman pumpkin patch is all outdoors. organizers promise that there's plenty of room for social distancing. proceeds raise money for programs for at risk youth in the bay area. and the patch is open today and tomorrow from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. it took us a while to figure out halloween is a week from today. we'll have to get our costumes ready. >> i hope to get trick or treaters. but we always buy so much candy and eat it ourselves. it is going to be very cool through the overnight hours, we're feeling that already. the fall-like conditions. but unfortunately the atmosphere getting much, much dryer.

as a very powerful offshore wind event gets going. the next 24 to 48 hours. so you thought we were already dry with a very paltry last-season rainfall, which was about half of what we should get and then the dry fuels with the very hot august and september and then on top of that, very dry offshore winds, blowing fast, not only in the upper elevations but at the surface beginning about 11:00, upper elevations tomorrow. as we look at live doppler 7 right now. here is the fog. it's mainly in the north bay. a little bit along the coast. it's 54 in arin da. 58 in hayward. that doesn't sound too bad but 40s up in the north bay, napa, santa rosa with the fog, 50 in novato. pacifica is at 53 and a live look outside, you can see the clouds here in san francisco. and temperatures will be seasonal throughout the bay area today, but the winds getting stronger. by tomorrow afternoon they'll be getting quite gusty.

we're going to have two bursts of offshore winds as we get into tomorrow afternoon, tomorrow evening and then again monday afternoon so we could even extend the red flag warning. and looking at the cold mornings throughout next week and warmer afternoons with 80-degree temperatures returning. here's a look at that fog. as we go through the rest of your saturday, there it is along the marin county coast, a little bit the san mateo coast, in the afternoon we'll have a lot of sun in the east bay valleys and partly cloudy skies, closer to san mateo, redwood city, up in the north bay, point rays, looking at partly cloudy conditions. there's fog at the coast, that's important because of relative humidity that's higher there. we'll bring in the wind, come 1:00 tomorrow, starts in the upper elevations of the north bay, it spreads here to the diablo range and then across the entire bay, 11:00 sunday night into early monday, look at the winds, purples here into 6:00 they'll ease and then another burst of wind. you saw the winds there. relative humidity at 5:00 tomorrow, anywhere from 20 to

60% to 90% along the coast. we're already dry in our inland valleys and the winds sweep across the bay area and even more dry air comes into play here with very little -- no recovery at all, overnight sunday into monday, about 8%, napa, fairfield, gets even lower. look at this, petaluma, 9%, 18% by the bay in hayward. it's going to stay that way, there's our other burst of wind monday afternoon, fire danger index exemplifies the fire risk in colors here, starting in the north bay again, and in through the afternoon, it gets stronger through the diablo range, and right even into the santa cruz mountains so really even san francisco the city will get some very gusty winds, 20 to 40 mile an hour winds later sunday. it's a strong wind event. you've heard the statistics, watching it kafl carefully, no

rain through next week into next weekend and even looks like through about november 8th or 9th, still staying dry. 71 in fremont today. 70 san rafael. 64 san francisco, 60 along the coast so it will feel very fall-like today. the accuweather seven-day forecast, dry and gusty winds throughout tomorrow in the upper elevations early, about 11:00. and then developing maybe 4:00 in the afternoon. i think the strongest winds are getting going 6:00, 7:00 on sunday afternoon, lasting until about 11:00 at night and then they'll ease up and then the second burst of wind, liz, and so the fires from 2017 and 2019, a lot of those started midnight, sunday night. so this is going to be hopefully not when people are sleeping, so we'll have a chance to not only prepare. >> yes. >> but be advised when those winds get going, be alert at that time. >> absolutely, preparation is so key. thank you, lisa. just ahead, some bay area musicians are making sure the pandemic doesn't silence their music.

welcome back, california's unemployment agency has been battling a wave of unemployment fraud by cutting payments to suspected scammers. however, legitimate claims are now getting swept into the crackdown. many people are coming to "7 on your side" for help and michael finney has been covering this issue for months. he has more on this latest problem. >> i'm hearing from unemployed workers about an edd problem. that seems to occur frequently. they go to use their debit card and it doesn't work. >> all of a sudden, literally just this weekend, the money got taken away. they froze my account and took my money. >> reporter: anthony lost his job at lucky strike bowling alley when the pandemic shut it down. he'd been collecting unemployment ever since, until the edd took it back again. >> and the really weird thing is i didn't get informed about any of this. >> reporter: anthony discovered something was wrong when he tried to pull $20 off his edd debit card. it was blocked.

>> then i talked to the bank, and they were like, oh, we can't help you, that's an edd card. you have to call edd services. >> reporter: but no one at the edd could explain why his account was frozen. >> i was like, okay, so how come my card's frozen, you know, bank of america says only edd can do that, and then they said no, bank of america can do that, actually, and it just went back and forth. >> reporter: eventually the bank did unfreeze his account. look what happened to his money. it went back to the edd, one payment at a time until all his money was gone. >> it was exactly $10,000, in different increments but it all added up to $10,000. >> reporter: anthony contacted edd and the bank. >> they both say there's no problem with my card. and so since there's no problem they couldn't help me but i was like clearly there's a problem if i'm missing $10,000. >> reporter: anthony believes his account was flagged by the edd for fraud because a scammer stole money off his card several months ago.

the bank did replace the fraudulent withdrawals and he thought the problem was fixed, until now. he wants his money back. >> i pay taxes and i work, and it's not fair to me at all. >> reporter: he contacted "7 on your side" and we reached out to the edd, and state senator scott wiener who represents his district. within days all that missing money popped back in to anthony's account. the edd did not explain what happened, but in a statement it said edd currently knows of 350,000 debit cards that have been frozen due to various fraud indicators. the department's top priority is to quickly verify the identity of any claimants that may have been impacted by scammer attacks. while we shut down potential fraudulent claims. >> it makes me think that, like, if i didn't reach out to you or i didn't speak to anyone else i would have never seen the money again. >> reporter: the edd is doing all it can to keep from shutting down legitimate accounts while fighting fraud.

if this happens to you, let me know about it here at abc 7. i'm michael finney, "7 on your side." a concord girl is singing her way into our hearts. valeria is 5 years old, battling a heart condition since she was born. but according to her mom she doesn't let anything stop her. >> it's joy and it's blessing to have her with us and to rejoice every single day that she's with us. >> valeria also has a passion for singing. her wish to perform in front of a big audience and now make a wish is helping with that. here's valeria rehearsing on the tamron hall show. ♪ i know everybody on this island ♪ ♪ seems so happy on this island ♪ ♪ everything is by design >> valeria will tape a performance this weekend at a bay area theater and she'll be singing as you heard there.

"how far i'll go" from the movie "moana." a group of musicians in san francisco is providing people with a sound track for friday evenings in hayes valley. the performers that you see belong to the orchestra of the san francisco ballet but because of the pandemic they can't perform inside the war memorial opera house. so they are playing for free. one musician says the performances, quote, come from their hearts, they'll be back next friday night at 5:30, beautiful. still to come on abc 7 mornings. as winter months are fast approaching health experts are warning the u.s. is headed in the wrong direction in covid-19 cases. the final stretch to e

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good morning again, the bay area is bracing for those power shutoffs this weekend. we are going to get right back to meteorologist lisa argen with a look at the forecast and high winds and fire danger, lisa. that's right, that all arrives tomorrow, liz, today it's a quiet day out there. we have a little bit of fog forming in the north bay, also along the shoreline and it is cool with 40s and 50s. here are our advisories, it's a wind advisory, sunday 4:00 through monday 11:00 a.m. that's the beige color for the lower elevations, and then for the entire bay area we have more fire danger with our red flag warning, 11:00 in the hills to 11:00 tuesday morning. we're talking winds up to 60 and 70 mile an hour gusts in the hills and the gusts down at the surface could be about 50 miles an hour with even dryer conditions arriving. 49 in pleasant hill right now. 55 in danville. there's the fog from napa to santa rosa, upper 40s there, 50 in pacifica, and we will look for chilly morning numbers to translate into sunshine and an seasonal fall-like afternoon.

so 9:00 we still have fog, but by 12:00 we're in the low 60s from hayward, mid-60s, snoez, and looking at your 2:00 temperatures, low 70s towards antioch and livermore with mid-60s in petaluma. the winds will be on shore, typical throughout the day today. enjoy it, it's quiet and we'll look for all things to change dramatically tomorrow. a detailed look at the advisories and how long the wind event will last in a few minutes. >> lisa, thank you. the bay area is on high alert all weekend, as lisa mentioned. firefighters are putting teams and tactics in place to get ready for the gusting winds and low humidity. in the north bay we toured one cal fire air base, their crews say their air tankers are ready, stock up with 1,200 pounds of fire retardant. another new tanker is loaded with 3,000 gallons of water standing by to go on any sign of fire. even with all the heavy artillery one homeowner told us

he's worried for the worst. >> it seems like we're the only community in napa that hasn't burned and that makes me very nervous because there's a lot of area, a lot of fuel in our neighborhood. once the fire comes through here, there's not really nothing stopping it. >> again, pg&e is warning a public safety power shutoff is likely, even as early as tomorrow morning, for about 143,000 customers in the bay area. and you can check to see if your neighborhood will be affected, and ways to prepare right on the front page of our website right now. abc7news.com. let's get back for now to the latest in the pandemic. health experts warning we're headed in wrong direction as winter approaches. much of the country is seeing a rise in cases and hospitalizations. some hospitals are overwhelmed and some areas are reimposing adviser related restrictions. hoo here's christine sloan. >> reporter: chicago cracking

down once again as cases surge. a curfew implemented for non-essential businesses, illinois's top doctor breaking down friday while announcing the state's rising covid-19 numbers at a press conference. >> we are reporting 3,874 new cases. for a total of 36,433 confirmed cases since the start of this pandemic. excuse me, please. >> reporter: patients pouring into northwestern memorial hospital. >> people are fatigued, they're tired of covid. they're letting their guards down with people they feel comfortable with. >> reporter: the troubling trend seen across much of the nation, more than 83,000 new covid-19 cases in the last day alone. according to the covid tracking project. the highest numbers since july. deaths topped 1,000 for the last two days straight. in utah health care workers overworked and overwhelmed. >> some days you go to work and you really hope that someone doesn't pass away on your shift. >> reporter: 14 states have hit record hospitalizations this week, including oklahoma.

25-year-old bethany walters says after a week in this oklahoma city hospital breathing is still difficult. >> it's hard to -- i hope nobody else gets this sick. but hang in there if you do. >> reporter: new research from the university of washington says universal mask wearing could save nearly 130,000 american lives through the end of february. saying face masks can reduce transmission of covid-19 by roughly 40%. christine sloan, abc news, new york. and covid-19 is also wreaking havoc on college campuses across the country. a "new york times" survey shows universities are struggling to control major outbreaks. there are more than 35,000 cases just this month. more than 75 people have died on u.s. campuses, including one 18-year-old student yesterday at the university of dayton. the 214,000 total cases on campuses is regarded as an

undercount. some colleges have stopped giving updates. disneyland fans can get excited, you'll soon be able to enjoy more shopping at the park. buena vista street in california adventure opens next month. an exact date has not been announced. three stores will open plus three cafes and restaurants, vending carts will be selling ice cream and churros, and all guests will have their temperature taken before entering the park. everyone 2 years and older must wear a face covering. disneyland and the rest of california adventure will remain closed. disney, of course, is the parent company of abc 7. election day, just ten days away now, more than 52 million votes have been cast across the country. that's 5 million more than all of the early votes four years ago. abc news white house correspondent rachel scott has more. >> reporter: record shattering turnout across the country.

more than 52 million americans have already voted. voters of virginia trying to stay cool. in south carolina, this man waiting an hour and a half to vote. >> i'm fine. i'm fine with the wait. i'm retired. so what the hell, i have time. >> reporter: in california, election officials unsealing thousands of ballots, preparing them to be counted on election day. six states already surpassing 1 million in-person votes. texas topping the early voting list with more than 6 million cast by mail and in person. across the state, curbside voting, cars packing into parking lots. here in the battleground state of florida the president touching down to rally senior citizens. >> tomorrow morning i'm voting here, as opposed to sending it in. you know, those mail-ins. i like being able to vote. i'm old-fashioned, i guess. >> reporter: as residents headed to the polls with their minds made up. >> i voted for president donald trump. >> i voted on the biden/harris ticket. >> reporter: older voters are more likely to turn out and have leaned republican in every presidential election since

2004. in the final stretch seniors appear to be shifting towards biden. in the nation's largest retirement community these registered republicans tell me they're backing the former vice president and that last night's debate did little to move the needle. >> he's done too much damage to this country. >> how would you rate the president's handling of the pandemic? >> is there a number less than zero? >> reporter: the trump campaign knows if they lose florida they're likely to lose the entire election, but the president is spending the final days of his campaign on defense, campaigning in states that he won back in 2016, but democrats think they could have a shot at winning here too. in fact, president obama will be on the ground here in florida campaigning for joe biden. rachel scott, abc news, the villages. and here in california nearly 6 million ballots have already been returned. according to political data ink, they report that's 27% of all california ballots. happening right now, president trump is casting that vote for his choice for

president of the united states. assuming he's voting for himself. we want to get you a live look right now from west palm beach, florida where any minute now we will see president trump arrive. he is scheduled to turn in his ballot early, in person. you can see some people appear to be waiting around to greet him. president trump will be holding two campaign rallies later today, one in ohio, and later in wisconsin before heading back to washington, d.c. and since today is early voting day in the u.s., facebook is putting together a bipartisan chat on how to vote safely and securely. two secretaries of state, democrat alex padilla from here in california and republican brad raffensperger of georgia will join the conversation. the company has been ramping up links on its site and instagram, getting americans aware how to vote early by mail or in person. we have a complete voter guide for you to do that on the front page of our website. still ahead on abc 7 mornings, dozens of san jose residents have somewhere to ride

out the pandemic. we'll take you inside the new transitional housing community. and here is a live look from our roof camera, looking out over the embarcadero in san francisco. it's 52 degrees right now in the city. we are tracking red flag warnings all across the bay area and those power safety who's supporting prop 15? governor gavin newsom. the governor says prop 15 is, "fair, phased-in, and long overdue reform", that "will exempt small businesses and residential property owners." join governor newsom. vote yes on 15.

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annika's parents say she inspires them with her perseverance with something that's challenging for anyone. the camp called surfing goats runs three to five times a year. love her energy. the san francisco zoo is also sharing gooe ing good news. mocky the ringtailed lemur is back at home with his primate pals after being abducted. here's photos of him relaxing in the lemur forest. zoo keepers tell us mocky is getting stronger after vanishing from his home last a 5-year-old boy then spotted mocky at a preschool in daly city. san francisco police arrested a man they believe broke into the zoo and stole mocky. we are so happy, lisa, that is mocky is doing well and back home. >> oh, yes, very happy about that. the initial sunrise not until 7:27.

it's 55 degrees on top of mt. tam with that onshore flow. and relative humidity is up. the winds are light. just the way we like it. a nice afternoon in store but not so nice tomorrow. as the entire bay area goes under red flag warning, gusty winds, dryer weather, any accuweather seven-day forecast is next. also next, the 49ers will be celebrating a special holiday tomorrow in foxborough. we'll talk about it coming up.

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if there is an earthquake. our house has a better chance of surviving in. college football returns to the bay area tonight. san jose state hosts air force. no fans in attendance. kickoff at 7:30. cal and stanford's first games are scheduled for november 7th. also tonight game four of the world series, the tampa bay rays will try to even the series against the los angeles dodgers after dropping game three last night. here's casey pratt with the highlights in this morning's sports. the rays and dodgers entered game three tied at one game apiece.

but tampa bay had charlie morton on the mound. 5-0 in the post southbound -- postseason since joining the rays. rays thad this one in the bag, right? think again. solo home run to left and dodgers are going to jump out to an early 1-0 lead. the dugout is loving it. third inning, morton versus maxim. two outs, two on, smokes the ball to center. the dodgers with a 3-0 lead now. dodgers starter walker buehler and his magnificent leg kick wait for it. didn't allow any hits -- one run, three hits. sixth inning, morton out of the game. austin barnes with a two out homer to center, the 50th rbi with two outs for the dodgers this postseason. that's a new record. the dodgers win it 6-2 and take a 2-1 series lead. >> i know you guys have a lot on your minds these days so you might have forgotten about a certain major holiday that happens the last sunday of every october. >> it's national tight end day.

>> hear ye, sunday is the second annual national tight ends day. george kittle didn't come up with this, it was actually jimmy garoppolo. >> i was trying to get the guys fired up. declaring it national tight end day and now it's a holiday. congrats for those guys. >> i'm pretty sure it was a day that all the tight ends were active and so jimmy g. was like, what is it, national tight end day, it's a holiday, man, national tight end day, rolled with it and that was our first annual 9ers national tight end day but in my opinion every day is national tight ends day. >> former raiders wide receiver antonio brown has found yet another new home. reuniting with tom brady who he briefly played with in new england. brown and the bucks have agreed to a one-year deal. he isn't eligible to play until week nine. i know halloween is the next

holiday but christmas my actually come early for warriors fans, according to reports the nba is considering a pre-christmas start. they're eyeing a 72-game season, of course the nba has played indoors and arenas, no fans will be expected at first. and san jose state is bringing college football back to the bay area today. i hope you have a great weekend. i'm casey pratt. and we are tracking those red flag warnings so we're going to get back over to lisa. starting tomorrow night, lisa, is that right? >> yeah, in the hills it's 11:00 tomorrow morning and those winds will get going at about 4:00 in the afternoon. on sunday. right now, live doppler 7, there is fog here up in the north bay, also a little bit along the coast. but we're going to look outside right now. into the east bay where you see the clear sky, and temperatures are mainly in the 50s. some upper 40s, though, look at that mountain view. 48, good morning, san francisco, 54, 56 in oakland, it is 49 in gilroy. 50 at the coast. our exploratorium camera, clouds in the city with upper 40s, santa rosa, 52 in novato, 47 in napa. that's where the fog has been,

the three cities in the north bay, 52 in concord, and from our east bay hills camera, pretty neat view here, there's some of the fog and also right over the city. so looking at the winds, ramping up for your sunday afternoon, they'll be strong and gusty through tuesday, two bursts of winds coming in, first tomorrow, and then monday afternoon into monday night. and looking at those colder mornings after that. but the temperatures are going to warm back up into the 80s, into that last final week of october. here's our fog this morning, throughout the day today. it begins to pull back to the coast. so we're in to a partly cloudy sky along the shoreline. and then mostly sunny throughout the afternoon. and then notice by about 7:00, the fog moving back in. increasing our relative humidity. that's good because by 10:00 tomorrow, the winds are going to start getting going, up in the north bay hills. those north easterly winds first and sliding down to the diablo range, and pushing across the entire bay area, even the santa

cruz mountains. strong winds 6:00, 7:00 sunday evening, but continue through about 11:00. then they're going to get a little bit weaker. and then they're going to get stronger again. so as we look at 6:00 monday morning, look at the purples here, some of those very gusty winds initiating the driest air that we have seen. we've been dry. we have had the hot weather, and as the winds come into play, it sweeps off any available coastal moisture that we've had, due to the low clouds and fog. so we're at 1:00 monday morning, single digit relative humidity here, and dropping to about 19 #, 20% over in oakland. the winds will continue to push through the bay area, offshore. monday night. so that means we could see a red flag warning continuing for some areas through tuesday. so it's about a two, three-day event, and today, hopefully you're preparing for that. with certainly checking things out, outdoors. and a lot of you won't have any

power. so hopefully you have a plan for that as well. today, 60s and 70s out there. with partly cloudy to mostly sunny conditions. near average, 73 for you in concord. look for 70 in palo alto with onshore winds. the dry and gusty winds tomorrow, across the entire bay area. the city of san francisco will see winds gusting to perhaps near 50 miles an hour. into monday it continues. our ex-time fire danger by tuesday the winds subside and we're looking at very cold morningings and warmer afternoons. liz? >> lisa, thank you. as the pandemic continues to worsen, the economy, many are struggling to make ends meet. governor newsom announced $200 million in few funding for his project home key initiative which aims to convert motels, hotels and other buildings into housing for the homeless. another solution is finding more ways to build emergency transitional housing which he was able to check how the in san jose. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen

has the story. >> in san jose governor gavin newsom got a firsthand look at the area's newest emergency interim housing site for the homeless. >> we are not walking away. from our commitment. not taking our eye off the ball. at all. and we are weathering the current economic storm and we're doing more than we've ever done in the history of the state. >> near the intersection of a monterey and bernell, more than 70 supportive housing units are now open. a project made possible by state and local funding. >> when i came here i was so amazed -- >> reporter: sandy a former teacher with a masters degree has been homeless for nearly six years and says she was sexually assaulted while staying in a shelter. she's hopeful she'll be able to transition from here to a permanent home. >> we were being treated like people, okay, not a statistic. >> reporter: the project built in just four months is one of three citywide that will bring more than 300 units online

coming months. >> we're trying to think differently about this challenge and these three projects offer us an alternative. we're going to need a lot of tools in this tool box to combat homelessness. >> reporter: this site is being operated by home first and connecting residents with the services they need to be successful. >> reporter: 24/7 security, 24/7 staffing and a host of staff, clinicians, certified counselors, drug and alcohol, as well as case managers, who around the clock are able to support individuals living here and finding permanent housing. >> reporter: these steps, just starting point in a long road ahead. >> i'm not naive about the magnitude of the challenge that preexisted this crisis and nor am i naive about the magnitude of the challenge that's in front of us as relates to a recession. >> reporter: in san jose, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. next, halloween is just one week away. we know it will look very different because of the pandemic. so we'll have more on the bay area events happening this weekend, and how you can join in on the fun.

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today is the return of two family favorites in the bay area this time of year, slothoween and boo at the zoo are back at san francisco and oakland zoos, dress up in full costume, and enjoy treats and toys. reservations are required for both events. san francisco is doing a new socially distanced slothoween event with self-guided walks and sloth themed haunted houses. oakland boo at the zoo is sold out this weekend but tickets for the upcoming week. let's go back over to lisa, a final check of the weather, a busy two days ahead, lisa. >> let's say three days because this arrives tomorrow, the wind event and then it's really going to last through monday into tuesday. there's a look at mt. tam and we are getting ready for this critical fire weather event that starts tomorrow with gusty winds. we have a red flag warning and a high wind advisory that's going

to arrive by sunday, 4:00. right now we're looking at temperatures in the 50s. a few 40s out there, fog in the north bay. then 69 today over into the east bay. 71 in hayward. looking at 70 palo alto with low 70s in the inland valleys. partly cloudy to mostly sunny afternoon today and then the red flag warning going into effect, 11:00 in the hills tomorrow and then two bursts of very gusty, dry offshore winds, this is tomorrow afternoon into tomorrow evening and then again monday afternoon into monday evening. liz? >> all right, thank you, lisa. we will be on it. of course on abc7news.com as well as here on air. thank you all for joining us here on abc 7 mornings. i'm liz kreutz. along with lisa argen. back at 8:00 a.m. this morning. see you then. "good morning america" is next. have a great saturday.

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good morning, america. it's the final stretch in the presidential campaign, just 10 days before election day and it's coming as the u.s. hits a record number of coronavirus cases. fall surge. soaring coronavirus cases. the u.s. reaching a new record daily high. the top doctor in illinois brought to tears. >> excuse me please. >> a chicago curfew and the new development in the race of a vaccine. a top vie roll gist joins us live. the candidates campaigning trying to get their message across. president trump predicting victory as both candidates present starkly different takes on the pandemic. >> i'll go to every governor and urge them to mandate mask wearing in their states. >> we're not locking down anything. we're not going to lock down anything.