be building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. 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 are joining you now, instead of "good morning america" because we have college football on abc at 9:00 a.m. we have a busy weekend ahead, what we can expect with red flag warnings. it's a nice day today. we have a pretty good marine layer allowing for relative humidity along the coast, it's still dry, of course, and that's why we have a red flag warning going into effect tomorrow. this is the highlighted area and we also have our wind advisories, looking at the winds anywhere from 20 to 40 miles an hour.

the gusts could be to 50 at the lower elevations, from 4:00 p.m. sunday to really about 11:00 at night. and that upper elevations, they could be in excess of 60 miles an hour. there's the fog this morning, the golden gate bridge, 55 downtown. 49 in mountain view. 54 in half moon bay. from santa cruz, a cool day there with mid-60s. right now still in the upper 40s from santa rosa to napa. fog has been a problem from santa rosa at three quarters of a mile, getting better in novato. so we will look for the clouds to clear here in emeryville for a partly cloudy sky, temperatures in oakland upper 60s today. inland, low to mid-70s. it's a narrow range, and we'll have mostly sunny skies at times, but otherwise partly cloudy around the bay, and at the coast. and looking at that fog to be absent as we begin our sunday. we're going to talk about wind speeds and duration of this event coming up. liz? >> all right, lisa, thank you. this morning we are bracing

for that extreme fire danger with the strongest winds of the year so far as lisa just mentioned. starting tomorrow night the entire bay area is under a red flag warning. because of the dangerous conditions pg&e says nearly half a million customers will likely lose power in planned fire safety shutoffs tomorrow. 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 pg&e's planned shutoff. in east bay the outage will affect 64,000 customers, in alameda and contra costa counties. 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. stretching along both sides of 101 from petaluma to clear lake. starting at 4:00 tomorrow afternoon an estimated 16,000 customers in napa county will 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. >> and marin county also 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, including sausalito, kempfield, fairfax and several other cities. # 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. you can see here from sky 7 #. 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 any flare-ups. firefighters across the north bay are on high alert this morning. it's not just them. abc 7 news reporter luz pena 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 at fire prone 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 which 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 looking 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 dn. >> 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 solar company 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're also going to 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 an even 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 this. >> 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, it's a pretty busy next three days in the bay area. it is. we have a breather today with a nice fall day on the way, look at that, low clouds and fog from our east bay hills camera, can barely see anything out there but we're looking at numbers in the low 50s there. still chilly in the north bay with a little bit of fog, sunny, seasonal today. a beautiful fall afternoon. and then tomorrow the winds get going. by late morning. details and all the advisories next. >> thanks, lisa. 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.

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welcome back, here a live look from our pier 39 camera. you can see those adorable sea lions hanging out, one of them looking around. it is 55 degrees right now in san francisco. all right, 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 pregnant 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 thety city of berkeley is offering a $50,000 reward in the search for the killer of a

pregnant woman. leading to the death of 19-year-old serenity henderson, shot inside a car in south berkeley on print street near ellis wednesday night during what witnesses describe as a drive-by shooting. her mother, son and siblings were all in the car with her but were not injured. and thousand to covid-19 #. california saw its coronavirus cases spike in one day with more than 6,100 reported yesterday, that is 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 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 the district is unlikely to bring students back in 2020. mayor london breed blasted school officials last week for not focusing on reopening. and new developments, astrazeneca is working on its experimental coronavirus 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 on by the shot. late stage trials, including some here in the bay area, are expected later this year. halloween is just 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: resident shelly glenon rallied almost 300 of

her neighbors to purchase or donate 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 all 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 that gives back 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. the patch is open today and tomorrow from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. almost a week from halloween, get through these next few days. >> you know what, i mean, also through november we're not looking at any rain. our forecast models go out to about the 9th of november, still

dry and we're looking at this extended event beginning tomorrow with the wind advisory, then the red flag warning lasting through tuesday. and with no rain in sight, we are certainly looking at a critical time because not only did we have an awful season last year, with our rainfall, but we have just continued to dry out the atmosphere through the month of september and now we've got some very strong winds on the way that are going to last for 24 to 48 hours. here's live doppler 7 with what we like to see, our fog footprint across into the east bay. looking live from san jose, nice and sunny, 55 in the city. 49 in mountain view with 53 in san jose. so a nice day on the way for everyone with the fog. with us at the shoreline today. sfo, a little sun out there, 49 santa rosa, 48 in napa, with 53 in concord, 51 in livermore, another shot of san jose with this advisory coming into play.

you know, we always highlight the north bay mountains but the diablo range and the santa cruz mountains coming into play. san francisco county will see gusty winds into sunday afternoon. the wind advisory will start, 4:00 in the afternoon, going through monday morning, that's the wind. and then the red flag warning going through tuesday. looking at those strong gusty winds and then after that as the winds subside. the afternoons will warm up but the atmosphere is so dry. we'll have very, very cold mornings with lows dropping into the 30s. here's a look at the fog. not only does it stay with us today, but into sunday morning. here is saturday night. it's still a little bit into the north bay. the san mateo coast, down around the south bay, and then look what happens as we get into early tomorrow. it's still with us, we're looking at a dramatic change once these winds start, not only does it sweep the fog off, but it dries out the atmosphere with dew points even below zero in some spots.

we're talking critically dry air out there with some very fast wind. so here's a look at that wind, beginning in the upper elevations, this is 1:00 on sunday. so usually highlight this area but look how quickly it moves down to the diablo range. this is 9:00 on sunday. 30 to 44 mile an hour winds. and then those winds shift, and they're going right across san francisco, into the santa cruz mountains. look at the wind gusts here. we've got the bright colors, and that is where you can pretty much project some of the critical areas for the fires, if they start, how they're going to spread so quickly because the winds continue to blow fast, and they get even stronger here. another burst into monday night into tuesday. so unfortunately we are going to be set up with the worst conditions as we get through the afternoon tomorrow. so enjoy today out there, 66 in richmond. partly cloudy for most of you, 68 over in oakland, and for palo alto today, 70. you get that afternoon sea breeze for you in san mateo.

72 in santa rosa. as well as san jose. cool at the beaches with the fog there, nice fall day today, the accuweather seven-day forecast, dry, gusty winds with a red flag warning, tomorrow afternoon. in the hills, by late in the morning, and it lasts through tuesday. so we're going to be looking at some critical weather here as this dry air is pretty much off the charts as we have just -- we know this historically for this time of year but, yeah, we're just going to have to be prepared and certainly stay vigilant for the next several days. >> absolutely, get your go bags ready now. thanks, lisa. just ahead, some bay area musician

welcome back, california's unemployment agency has been battling a wave of unemployment fraud by cutting payments to suspected scammers.

however, legitimate claims are 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 edd 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 had been 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 is 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 "how far i'll go" from the movie "moana." break a leg, valeria. 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 here they are playing for free. one musician says the performances, quote, come from their hearts. i'm sure it feels great to play again. they'll be back next friday night at 5:30, hopefully they'll take donations too. buena vista street in california adventure will open sometime next month, no exact date yet. three stores will open, plus three cafes and restaurants, including circle lounge. there will also be vending carts selling ice cream and churros. everyone 2 years and older must wear a face covering. disneyland and the rest of california adventure will remain closed. disney is the parent company of abc 7.

still to come on abc 7 mornings. as winter months are fast -- plus, the final stretch to election day. millions of americans have already cast their ballot for the next president. we'll have more on the record numbers in early voting. 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.

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featuring disney's mickey mouse and minnie mouse! building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. 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, liz, it all begins tomorrow. this is our red flag warning. we have a high wind watch by 4:00 in the afternoon tomorrow so we're going to get into these strong winds. not only in the upper elevations, but at the surface throughout your sunday afternoon so they will be out of the

north/northeast 20 to 40 miles an hour. down in san francisco wind gusts of 50 miles an hour. upper elevations we're talking 60 to 70 miles an hour over the ridges. it's already dry, relative humidity will be dropping in some areas below 5%. right now, look at the fog out there, with temperatures in the low 50s from san jose to mountain view, 60 in oakland. look at this dramatic shot, isn't that neat? this is from our walnut creek camera where you can see the low cloud deck reaching all the way to the east bay hills. 49 in santa rosa. the fog is reducing visibility from napa to santa rosa, half mile to three quarters of a mile, throughout the day today the fog tries to retreat to the coast but you notice we're going so see it along san mateo and by the afternoon temperatures are in a pretty narrow range, from mid and upper 60s to the low 70s and there's more fog tonight. it's going to be a rapid, about face tomorrow afternoon. we'll detail that for you coming

up. liz? >> lisa, thank you. the bay area, certainly on high alert, all weekend, firefighters are putting their best teams and tactics in place to get ready for those gusting winds and low humidity. in the north bay we toured one cal fire air base. their crews say their air tankers are ready, stocked up with 1,200 pounds of fire retardant. another 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 is worried for the worst. >> it seems like we're the only community in napa that hasn't burned. that makes me very nervous. there's a lot of fuel in our neighborhood. once the fire comes through here nothing is really stopping it. again, pg&e is warning a public safety power shutoff is likely 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. setting a new record in the u.s., a daily high of more than 83,000 confirmed cases, which beats the previous highs seen in the summer surge. abc news reporter trevor ult is in new york. >> reporter: this morning doctors and medical officials warning a fall coronavirus surge is blanketing the united states. >> it is frustrating to me to see all these people that are really suffering through this disease. >> reporter: this week 39 states reporting rising hospitalizations, with 14 hitting record highs, illinois's director of the department of public health breaking down, announcing her state's staggering case load. >> for a total of 36433 confirmed cases since the start of this pandemic. excuse me, please. >> sorry. >> it's okay.

>> reporter: chicago trying to cut off the damage with a curfew, ordering nonessential businesses to close at 10:00 p.m. >> my biggest fear is that we won't get a control on this thing. i mean, this is spiraling, again, out of control. >> reporter: in montana cases have jumped more than 500% in the past five weeks, sandra sanderson says she and all six of her children became infected. >> i would not want anybody's kids to go through the pain and suffering that we all went through together. >> reporter: across the midwest big ten football is back. >> he's going for the end zone, touchdown. >> reporter: but the virus is ravaging states like ohio, setting record highs three days in a row, the university of dayton announcing one of their students died from covid-19 on thursday, at just 18 years old. this cincinnati doctor trying to put her community's 25 weekly deaths in perspective. >> imagine if a bus, we had a

fatal bus crash every week, would we act? yes, we would act. >> reporter: overseas protesters in italy clashing with police in naples overnight, throwing rocks and snowflake bombs, over strict new coronavirus measures and in poland the president testing positive as the virus surges. the world health organization warning the entire planet, and particularly the northern hemisphere are at a critical juncture. >> the next few months are going to be very tough, and some countries are on a dangerous track. >> reporter: in the race for a vascular johnson & johnson both announcing late stage trials have resumed in the u.s. and dr. anthony fauci shedding light on the president's ongoing pandemic response, saying trump hasn't attended a coronavirus task force briefing in several months. and is instead listening to science adviser scott atlas who recently tweeted masks don't work against the virus. >> i definitely don't have -- as

much as scott atlas right now. that has been a changing situation. >> reporter: trevor alt abc news, new york. covid-19 is wreaking havoc on college campuses across the country. 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 refused to provide on campus case data or have stopped giving updates. costco is selling covid-19 saliva test kits but available only online. listed about $130 and results are available within 24 to 72 hours once the lab receives it. it uses what's called a pcr test. the cdc calls it the gold standard when it comes to covid-19 testing. the results are provided online

through an app made by the company zoba. the app is touted as being hipaa secure, which would mean your privacy is protected. election day is just ten days away. more than 52 million votes have been cast across the country. 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. >> who did you vote for today sh. >> i voted for a guy named trump. thank you very much, everybody. and president trump has just made his vote official for president of the united states. he cast his ballot a couple of hours ago in west palm beach, florida, he had wanted to turn in his ballot early, and in person. president trump has two campaign rallies scheduled for the day, one in ohio, and later in wisconsin before heading back to washington, d.c. for more information on the 2020 election, go to abc7news.com. we also have mail-in ballots versus in-person voting information, and key dates and deadlines. still ahead on abc 7 mornings, secretly awesome, the tortilla created by a southern california family that you can enjoy without the guilt. and here is a live look

outside there, from our santa cruz camera, a little bit gray this morning across the bay area. we'll check in with lisa and what we can expect in the days ahead coming up.

the san francisco zoo is also sharing some good news. mocky, the ringtailed lemur is back at home with his primate pals after being abducted from his exhibit. zoo shared photos of 21-year-old mocky relaxing in the lemur forest. zoo keepers tell us mocky is getting stronger. a 5-year-old boy spotted him at a preschool in daly city. san francisco police arrested the man they believe broke into the zoo and stole mocky. we are so happy that he's doing well, lisa. look how cute. >> oh, yeah, definitely good news. and, boy, this looks scary, doesn't it? kind of appropriate for halloween. it's our wall net creek camera, and just fog, nothing to fear,

we wish it would stick around through your sunday but we're looking at high elevation wind moving through the valley floor for the second half of your weekend. today, a nice fall day, 60s and 70s straight ahead and your accuweather forecast as outlined of what to expect coming up. >> thanks, lisa. also next, the 49ers will be celebrating a special holiday tomorrow in foxborough against the patriots. we'll have the details coming up traffic and air pollution will be even worse

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wealthy trust fund heirs get their own tax loophole. these tax cheats avoid millions in taxes on vacation homes and coastal mansions depriving our schools. prop 19 closes this unfair loophole that's been exploited by an elite few and helps our schools, firefighters, and seniors. vote 'yes' on prop 19. tell them [record scratch] the party's over. college football returns to the bay area tonight. san jose state hosts air force. at cefcu stadium. 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. he's 5-0 in the postseason since joining the rays. rays thad this one in the bag, right? think again. justin turner turns on that one. 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 a hit through the first four innings. 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. it's national tight end day.

>> hear ye, sunday is the second annual national tight ends day. and believe it or not 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. so you won't see him on the field against the raiders this sunday. 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. let's get a check of the weather now with lisa argen. it's going to be a concerning next few days here. >> yeah, definitely, liz. we're welcoming the fog this morning, and it's going to be with us at the coast throughout the day. even through the overnight hours and then an abrupt change tomorrow, as we get into a very, very dry air mass, the driest we have seen, with the strongest winds we've seen all year. and they are going to be on par with what we saw in 2017, up in the north bay, as well as 2019, so we really want you to have a plan out there, and stay tuned to the forecast as we look at san jose right now, it is sunny out there, just a little bit of haze, going to be a nice day today, though, enjoy it with temperatures right now on the cool side, 55 san francisco, 56

in mountain view, and good morning to you, half moon bay, in the mid-50s, here's a look at that fox from mt. tam. can't see it now, but we are looking at this fog pulling back to the coast throughout the day today but we won't lose it all together and that's the good news, i'll show you how dry that air mass is going to get in the next 24 hours, 57 in concord, it is 53 in livermore, and here are the clouds in emeryville right now where it is gray, breaking out to partly to mostly sunny conditions throughout the day. the winds getting strong by tomorrow afternoon. we have our wind advisory, 4:00 for the lower elevations, and that red flag warning, 11:00 tomorrow morning, upper elevations, strong and gusty winds through tuesday so that red flag warning lasting through tuesday, and looking at cold mornings, probably in the 30s, and warm afternoons, 80s arriving by the middle of next week. so here's a look at that fog, go throughout the day today and by 7:30, it's moving back across the bay. so the good news is, waking up to it, on sunday morning, that

brings the relative humidity up, wait till you see what those winds do. the winds start out in napa county by tomorrow morning, getting stronger by 1:00, over 30 miles an hour and then they're going to spread down to the east bay, the diablo range gusting to 40 to 50 miles an hour. this is just getting going and then we'll see the winds continuing into the santa cruz mountains and the purple indicate that these wind gusts could be well over 60 miles an hour. so this is 1:00 monday morning, still very windy out there. it lasts throughout the day on monday and that's why our red flag warning takes us into tuesday. so look what happens tomorrow. relative humidity, anywhere from about 58% petaluma. 91% half moon bay. of course it's dry and our inland east bay. but as those winds start, check out how that dry air sweeps across the bay area. now we're down to 29% of moisture in the atmosphere around hayward. look at san jose at 42%. goes down to 9% by 10:00 monday

morning. so this is how dry that air is going to be. all because of those dry north easterly fast winds. it's going to last r through tuesday, in fact another burst late monday into tuesday but as for today it's going to be all about the on shore component, seeing 64 san francisco, 72 on the north end of the bay for you in santa rosa, as well as san jose. pretty nice fall day out there in the accuweather seven-day forecast as the winds pick up in the upper elevations tomorrow. red flag warning goes into effect throughout the day on sunday, lasts all day monday into tuesday and then we have warmer afternoons and colder mornings the middle of next week. liz? >> lisa, thank you. and we have a fun story now to talk about, a good tortilla as we all know is hard to pass up especially when it only has 1 carb and 15 calories. yeah, almost sounds too good to be true. a family in l.a. created a tortilla that you can enjoy without the guilt. >> i told my brother, i was

like, hey, wouldn't it be great if we could make tacos healthy for everybody? we get tons of calls and emails from people saying hey, listen, i'm diabetic. i couldn't eat tacos, thanks to you guys, i can eat them and my blood sugar doesn't go up. we were born and raised in l.a. so is our brand. you have the taco deal, you have to have a few and we brought my father on board who had years of manufacturing experience in the tortilla industry. we wanted to create a really high quality delicious tortilla that even kids would love. with the street taco you need two corn tortillas, with ours you only need one and that took years and years of practice and trial and error until we finally got it. we've been trying to penetrate the market for over eight years. we needed something different. we went to social media, instagram in particular to build a community around our product. which is necessary because how are people going to know about me if the big guys don't let me in the stores? that's been our key to success.

we've actually got more followers, the biggest competitors in the industry. once we launched the 1 carb and saw the demand and how great it was doing, we said, this would be a great way to have them come help us put the labels on all the bags. they've been doing great and amazing. so blessed to have them as part of our team. >> i like the guy, thank you, mr. tortilla, job over here better. >> something my father taught us, always value the humanities. what we want to do, no matter how we work, the larger we get, we want to invest, into our shared humanity so that we can be a positive force in this world. our dream was to be a world that a company can give back to the community, be good to their employees and still be successful. >> and you can watch more stories like this on localish.com and on all of the localish social media pages. next, halloween one week

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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 check out the animals with some halloween themed 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. happening today marin county is hosting a drive-through halloween spooktacular, family friendly, haunted surprises, and activities. you'll have to stay in your car as you drive through a series of lands, dinosaurs, skeletons, and much more.

marin shared this picture. there's halloween themed fair food like pumpkin and ghost candy apples. this runs through halloween weekend and the cost is $10 per car. guess we've got to get our costumes, lisa, ready for next saturday? >> that's right, i know, just a week away, october is fading fast. >> yeah. >> and unfortunately no rain out there to speak of through the end of the month. there's a spooky looking shot of walnut creek with the low cloud deck over the east bay. we're looking at the winds ramping up tomorrow for the high wind watch and a red flag warning. we'll look for this to last through tuesday and then we're geting into warmer weather. today, though, it will be nice with an onshore flow and temperatures in the 60s and 70s. so 64 downtown with that sea breeze, 70 palo alto, 72 in san jose, as well as santa rosa. the accuweather seven-day forecast shows a 24 to 48 hour event with a red flag warning starting tomorrow, in fact the winds will kick up by about

4:00, and by dinnertime tomorrow, things really getting going through tuesday. liz? >> all right, lisa, thank you, thank you all for joining us here on abc 7 mornings, i'm liz kreutz with lisa argen. a packed day at espn college football is ahead here on abc. next at 9:00 a.m., oklahoma takes on tcu in fort worth, texas, at 12:30 notre dame at heinz field, and at 4:30, michigan battles minnesota in minneapolis. abc 7 news continues at 8:00. have a great day. who's supporting prop 15? joe biden. biden says, "every kid deserves a quality education and every family deserves to live in a safe, healthy community. that's why i support prop. 15." vote yes. schools and communities first is responsible for the contents of this ad.

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