dozen ucsf workers in quarantine. the cluster of coronavirus cases reported at the medical center. just six days until election day, president trump and joe biden making a key push in battleground states. the latest on the campaigns coming up. massive fires continue to burn in southern california. one woman in the path talks about the moment she started smelling smoke. and also this morning, some serious sparkle in golden state park. the massive light display opening up soon. good morning. it is wednesday, october 28th. >> that is actually something to look forward to. we'll get to that in a minute. first we'll check in with your accuweather forecast and mike nicco. >> hi, everybody. that was gorgeous. can't wait to hear more about that. let's look at the winds. overnight look at this, still a little gusty on st. helena, everyone else is less than 15 miles per hour. the humidity levels are climbing

just a bit. we definitely have a diminished fire threat. no red flag warning. no fire weather watch. nothing like that today. we can breathe easily today and enjoy some really comfortable weather. not only today but for the next several days. as you look from our roof camera, it is clear and kind of chilly. wait until i show you those temperatures in the next hit. here's what to expect this afternoon. 66 at half moon bay. low to mid 70s around the bay and upper 70s to a few low 80s inland. we'll have that accuweather seven-day forecast into november coming up. reggie? >> thanks. pg&e does expect everyone to get their power restored later today. this is the map showing the areas still in the dark. a lot fewer of those purple triangles this morning compared to last morning. about 10,000 customers. electricity has been restored to 335 toush 335,000 customers. we are still at risk of fires even if the red flag warning is over. a small wildfire broke out

before 8:00 last night. this is in napa and sonoma counties. crews were able to get that under control. in orange county, it's quite a different story. the race to contain two fast-moving wildfires being pushed by the santa ana winds, nearly 70,000 people are under a mandatory evacuation this morning. jobina is following the firefighters progress this morning. new questions about how at least one of these fires started. >> yes. good morning. the firefighters there say they could see a break later today when the winds start to die down. the fires started on monday. so far the silverado fire in the hills above irvine burne acres. the blue ridge fire is about 15 miles away. it burned 15,000 acres with no containment. >> all of a sudden i could smell smoke. i'm like, gosh, this is so strong. where is this coming from? i look out, the valley was

nothing but pure black. we lost a son 20 years ago, so this is not that suck you in the gut where you can't breathe feeling. you know what's important is here. >> ten homes have burned in the blue ridge fire. this morning new questions about what sparked the silverado fire. southern california edison is investigating if power lines are to blame for all of this. the utility is defending the decision to turn off power for just 30 customers monday morning. >> all right. thank you. this morning dozens of employees and patients at a ucsf medical center are under quarantine after several patients and health care workers tested positive for coronavirus. julian glover is live with more on this. good morning. >> good morning. the "san francisco chronicle" reporting at least five people, talking about two patients, three health care workers at

ucsf helen diller medical center tested positive for covid in the last week leaving 40 other people connected to the hospital either quarantining or isolating out of caution. abc7 news reached out to ucsf this morning. we have not confirmed the details in the chronicle article which said that two patients who shared a room tested negative for the virus when they arrived at the hospital. when one of the patients was set to be discharged, they then tested positive. that triggered contact tracing which turned up the second patient sharing the room with the first identified case then testing positive as well along with three workers who cared for those two patients. as a result, 28 additional employees were quarantined and 15 additional patients were placed in precautionary isolation. so far all of the additional employees and patients have tested negative for the virus. all five of the positive cases were identified in a three-day span in one unit of the hospital. we are currently working to confirm the details of this story. as soon as we hear back from

ucsf we'll let you know. reporting live, julian glover, abc7 news. in the north bay, sonoma county health officials say a dozen workers at healdsburg district hospital tested positive for covid-19 in the past ten days. they say contact tracing shows that the 12 workers were exposed to the virus outside of the hospital and no patients have been infected. we're expecting to get an update from the santa clara county health department today. they will hold a briefing about covid-19 at 10:00 this morning. you can stream it live at abc7news.com and on our abc7 news app. multiple bay area counties are now in the orange tier. so this means that contra costa, san mateo and marin counties are allowed to expand their reopenings. that includes nonessential offices, outdoor stadiums at 20% capacity and indoor gyms. theme parks, indoor bowling and card rooms at 25% capacity. washington, oregon and nevada are joining california in planning how vaccines will be

prioritized. experts will help independently review and determine guidelines for allocating supplies. governor newsom does stress that this will not cause any delays. >> all of us are preparing for the distribution of these vaccines and building trust with you in making sure that they're done not just expeditiously, at least made available, but done safely. >> if you're hoping to travel to new york, new jersey, connecticut, will you have to self-quarantine for two weeks. california was just added back to the tri-state travel advisory after being removed in september. you can track the county where you live to see what tier it's in, what businesses are allowed to reopen. we're constantly updating this map as we get new information from the state. head to abc7news.com. less than a week to go before the voting season ends and early voting is breaking records. today the candidates are heading to key battleground states. the president and democratic vp

candidate kamala harris both head to arizona. vice president mike pence visits washington and michigan. and joe biden delivers remarks on covid-19 virtually. here's elizabeth schulze. >> reporter: good morning. the united states election project says more than 71 million americans have already cast their ballots, that's more than half of the total votes in 2016. just six days to go in the battle for the presidency, the candidates now making a final push in the states that will determine the outcome of the race. down in the polls and on defense, president trump on tuesday stumped in michigan, wisconsin and nebraska, states he won in 2016. >> now i've got to say, i'm working my -- off here. >> trump expected to hit nearly a dozen states this week with 11 rallies planned in the final 48 hours before election day. his closing argument, don't worry about the pandemic, despite the u.s. averaging more tan 73,000 cases a day, the highest weekly average during any seven-day stretch yet.

>> we're rounding that beautiful turn. it's going to be very good. >> reporter: joe biden with the opposite message. >> he says it's going to go away. we're learning to live with it. i told him we're not learning to live with it. you're asking people to learn to die with it. it's wrong! >> reporter: the former vice president trying to unify voters during a campaign stop in georgia, a state no democrat has won since bill clinton in 1992. >> we win georgia, we win everything. >> reporter: in another attempt to expand the electoral college map, biden will visit iowa this week. also on his agenda, florida, wisconsin and michigan. biden will keep focus on the pandemic today with a speech on health care and covid-19, while trump is set to hold who rallies in arizona. elizabeth schulze, abc news, washington. you have six days to cast your vote. for resources, head to abc7news.com/election. we posted this interactive map

showing all the early voting and drop box locations across the bay area. all right. let's talk about what's going on with your weather forecast. i want to bring you some good news, some different news. all in one shot. here we go. look at these temperatures. they are a bit cooler along the east bay shore. 40s in places like fremont, union city and castro valley. everyone else is in the low to mid 50s. alameda will stay a little bit milder, 57 degrees. look at those temperatures inland, almost in the 30s in santa rosa. 40s, widespread 40s in the north bay, east bay and around mountain view. the rest of us in the 50s this morning. here's a look at san jose. it's going to be chilly this morning. i know it's about 66 degrees in my house, i'm sure i will hear the complaints. it's cold in here. too bad. it's going to get warm this afternoon. we'll open the windows and enjoy the warmth. let the kids outside for remote

learning. it will be a bright and dry day if you're exercising. i want to show you the wind forecast. look at this, as we head throughout the day into the evening hours, no more than 10 miles per hour. as we head through thursday, looking at very calm conditions once again. so it's just the dry air that's out there that brings us any type of fire threat. when you mix that in with the other factors, look at our fire danger index. green to blue, which is low to moderate through today, and again as we head through tomorrow. we put that behind us for now. we'll talk about the weekend and warmer temperatures for halloween coming up in the accuweather 7-day forecast. first let's find out about the morning commute. let's talk to jobina. how are you? >> i'm doing well, mike, thank you. don't freeze barbara out like that. good morning. we're looking at the map. overall very clear. a slowdown out of tracy, which is our usual spot. bringing in our live cameras, showing you emeryville first, looking at 80, that is moving

smoothly for the most part. looks like a significant amount of people making their way westbound, but no slowdowns. lastly, a live look at 680 and walnut creek. no problems to report. thanks. this morning celebrations in l.a., the dodgers are the winners of the world series. it's the first time they've been champs since 1988. also at the game, a player tested positive for covid-19 in the middle of the world series. >> world series victory. >> you can see everyone was socially distanced until it came time to hand over the trophy. in the eighth inning, justin turner was pulled out of the game. sources tell espn his covid test from tuesday came back positive in the middle of the game. turner -- my goodness --

returned to the field to celebrate with the team after the win and took his mask off. i'm confused. things got wild in downtown l.a. after the game. fans flooded into the streets to celebrate, then it got out of hand when a cyclist got hit by a car. the cyclist is okay. yikes. somehow the bicyclist walked away, but the car took off. another scene from a passing airplane above showed the fireworks shooting over l.a. after the dodgers win. >> friend, that story was full of everything. >> how am i supposed to feel about that emotional journey i took you on? they won! took off the mask. he has covid. they won! >> how is the result coming back -- >> bicyclist hit by a car. >> why would the result come back in the middle of the world

series? like, really? >> tests don't wait. i don't know. >> un-huh. >> i'm done with that whole thing. i didn't even know they were playing last night. >> now, friend. >> that's how disconnected i am from that situation. coming up in the hot seat, the accusations that have the ceos of three big tech companies going before congress today. also an update on those pesky wild pigs in the

. all right. welcome back. about 5:15 this morning. let's look at what's going on from our east bay hills camera. you can see how significantly slower the winds are. only four to six miles per hour. here's a look at your day planner for today. 40s to barely some 50s. definitely cooler this morning. the air is still bone dry. we rapidly warm into the 60s and

near 70s by noon. upper 60s at the coast. bay and midland neighborhoods in the 70s. back to the 50s and 60s by 7:00. a few air quality issues in the san joaquin valley. smoke will be an issue in yosemite today, 62. 70s just about everywhere, until you get to palm springs at 84. reggie? >> thank you. three tech giants go before congress today. republicans accuse facebook, twitter and google of anti-conservative bias and election interference. all three ceos will be appearing remotely. they're expected to argue against repealing a key internet law called section 230 which protects online businesses from being punished for content users create. the senate commerce committee hearing gets under way at 7:00

this morning. in the south bay, this group of pigs terrorizing neighborhoods will not be hunted with bows and arrows. residents are frustrated and they were hopeful about a new plan to take out the animals. yesterday the city decided against bows and arrows, instead they'll get the county involved. >> i hope the county can restart their program, which was successful in maintaining the population for many years. now it's gotten out of control. >> i open my front door, i confronted some of them. one of them was kind of aggressive. >> oh, no. they're big. >> hum. >> they're like say something. currently licensed trappers are able to catch and kill the wild pigs within city limits. all right. in the north bay a daring rescue caught on camera. a man pulled to safety after falling off a cliff and into the

ocean near ft. ross. the sonoma county sheriff's office says the man got caught on fishing line and was stuck in the water for 30 minutes. a helicopter flew in with a rescue paramedic attached by a cable. the paramedic was flown into the water and was able to cut the man free and get him back to shore and despite going through all of that, he is expected to be okay. happening today in san francisco, the legion of honor will reopen for members only. it's been closed since mid-march because of the pandemic. members will be able to get their first look at alexander singh's a gothic tale which will run through november 6th. the museum opens to everyone on friday. and golden state park will transform into this winter wonderland. this display full of sculptured light trees and illuminated meadows is called "entwined." a san francisco-based artist designed this. it's part of the park's 150th anniversary celebration. you can check it out december 1st through february 28th.

though there's been talk that it's going to be expanded beyond that. it's nice, right? >> can i get up in there like she did? >> where is her mask? >> oh. >> that was obviously pre-covid art. i have a feeling the answer is no, kumasi. look at these two. that's pre-covid. un-huh. >> listen, they have so much going on for this anniversary between this and the ferris wheel. i just -- >> yeah. >> i'm ready. >> the museums are back open now. that's cool. you can't have pda or be a little girl pretending like you're going to fly into that thing. >> i can if i have on a mask. >> mm-hmm. >> don't steal my joy. >> are you going to get in trouble doing it for the gram? >> doing too much for the gram. >> don't do it. >> can you imagine how beautiful that would look from the top of the ferris wheel? >> now you're talking. >> that could be cool.

>> i don't want to see you get in trouble. i want to see that. let's look at what's going on from sutro tower. it's 56 as we look across clear conditions. let's go with the accuweather highlights. an outdoor day. calmer, sunny, warm conditions. tonight it will be clear and cool once again with a few clouds trying to near the coast as the marine layer tries to come back. a new month this weekend and even warmer temperatures. we're supposed to be getting cooler, not warmer. here's the upper level pattern. you can see that area of high pressure, and notice the flow around it. it makes a greek letter omega, we call that an omega block high. it's a stubborn high that will not move for days. that's why we don't have any real rain in the forecast until possibly -- i say possibly next tuesday on election day. i'll show you that in the next weather coming up. 75 to 81 down in the south bay today. 74 to 77 on the peninsula.

about 66 to 68 along the peninsula coast with low to mid 70s downtown, sausalito. 77 to 82 through most of the north bay valleys. 72 to 76 along the east bay shore. as you head into the east bay valleys, about 78 to about 80 degrees there. tonight look at those temperatures. 30s in the deepest valleys. most of us in the 40s once again, except around san francisco, san mateo and oakland around 50. pretty steady through halloween. when they set the clocks back, flip the calendar to november sunday, it gets warmer before a chance of increasing clouds and cooler weather tuesday. >> all right. thank you. coming up next, the 7 things to know this morning. also testing trouble in paradise. we're hearing from a couple who went to hawaii and then had

if you're just joining us, here's the 7 things to know this morning. number one, this morning san mateo county joins contra costa and marin counties in moving into the orange tier.

this means restaurants can reopen indoor dining. nonessential offices, indoor gyms and bowling alleys can reopen. two north bay counties could go into more restrictive tiers. they're going the opposite way because of surging covid-19 cases. red for napa, purple for solano. number three, a second night of protests in philadelphia after monday's deadly police shooting of walter wallace. his family says he was bipolar and having a mental health crisis during his confrontation with police officers. number four, winds will ease up today to help firefighters battling two wildfires in orange county. the southern california edison utility tells state regulators one of its power lines may have sparked the silverado fire. number five, it's going to be a warm autumn afternoon with temperatures anywhere from 3 to 8 degrees above average. in the 70s and 80s. number six, great news on the traffic front.

no blocking issues, no major crashes, hardly any road construction as we look outside right now showing off the san mateo bridge. number seven, san jose will not allow bows and arrows to be used to control these wild pigs. it is becoming an issue because they are destroying peoples lawns. currently licensed trappers are able to catch and kill the wild pigs within city limits. in today's "gma" first look, it's not been fun in the sun for some visitors to hawaii. the state launched that big effort to welcome visitors back. but there are some challenges. >> reporter: in this morning's "gma" first look, testing trouble in paradise. >> we have three generations going. >> reporter: rom and pam alexander celebrating their 46th wedding anniversary in hawaii after the state made a big push to welcome visitors back to the

islands. when they arrived on friday, they were not allowed to enter without quarantining. their negative tests were not recognized by the state. frustrated and disappointed they returned home. >> don't assume anything. double check, triple check, make sure you're doing it exactly the way the state or the country is asking when you go there. it's an expensive lesson to learn. >> reporter: coming up at 7:00 a.m., we'll tell you about other travelers whose high heawaiian ended with testing heartbreak. >> the rules are out there. you need to read it before you go. >> friend. >> as larry says, aloha means hello but it also means good-bye. >> it meant good-bye that time. >> keep my people safe. we're coming back with another full 90 minutes of news including a warning about the use of backup generators. we'll tell you how you can make sure you're staying safe if you're using one during a power

outage. and dining in the street canceled this weekend in one town in the east bay. and a new way to holiday at school. even with distance learning, one district is making sure students can continue some of the special things that they would be doing in person. but first a live look outside. it's 5:27. good morning, reggie. wake up. [what's this?] oh, are we kicking karly out? we live with at&t. it was a lapse in judgment. at&t, we called this house meeting because you advertise gig-speed internet, but we can't sign up for that here. yeah, but i'm just like warming up to those speeds. you've lived here two years. the personal attacks aren't helping, karly. don't you have like a hot pilates class to get to or something?

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now at 5:30, expanding reopenings at three bay area counties where you can expect changes as soon as today. don't shoot my son. >> black lives still matter. >> unrest in philadelphia following the police shooting of a black man. this morning we're hearing from the family of walter wallace jr. including his mother and one of his young sons.

it would have been enormous. >> a warning about the use of backup generators during power outages. how one nearly caused a disaster in the east bay. good morning. welcome to weapodnesday, octobe 28th. >> we want to check in with meteorologist mike nicco for a look at the day ahead. good morning, mike. >> good morning. yeah. with the fastest winds in the east bay hills were yesterday during that generator fire. we did get off lucky. winds are very light, except for st. helena. look at mount diablo, the fire threat has diminished. it's dry out there, so fire could start easily but the fact the winds are not there means it won't spread rapidly. if anything does start we should be able to contain it quickly. let's talk about enjoying an afternoon without a fire threat, not a red flag warning, without a wind advisory, but just with warm sunshine from a few near 80

degree highs in the south bay, morgan hills to fairfield, ukiah, the rest of us in the 70s until we get near the coast where a slight sea breeze keeps you in the mid to upper 60s. warmer weather coming up in the accuweather 7-day forecast. reggie? >> just in time for halloween, three counties go orange, marin, contra costa and san mateo counties graduate to a new covid reopening tier. amy hollyfield is live in downtown san mateo with what you'll be allowed to do. hi, amy. >> hi, reggie. one big winner is restaurants. people who don't want to sit outside on the sidewalk or on the street anymore, they would like go inside, so restaurants will be allowed to let more people inside and city leaders are applauding everyone in the area saying this has been a great team effort to get to this point. here is what the orange tier looks like. nonessential offices and outdoor

stadiums can hold 20% of their capacity now. indoor gyms, theme parks, indoor bowling and cardrooms can hold 25% of their capacity. restaurant owners are the big winners here. they can now fill up half of their restaurant with customers. really good timing as we head into the colder months. >> with the number of people being able to come in is great for the fridays and saturdays. i'm wondering how many people will actually want to come in. >> the county was able to move into the orange tier because of the slower rate of spread here. san mateo county is now seeing a rate of three positive covid tests per 100,000 people. that's a test positivity rate of 1.6%. city officials say residents have done a great job and they want everyone to keep it up. keep wearing masks and staying six feet apart. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you.

those three counties advance but two counties in the bay area will go backward. napa and solano counties could get bumped into more restrictive tiers. for napa that means going red and for solano going purple. so starting from the beginning again. both of those counties reporting higher covid-19 case rates. >> the county of our size, if you get a few dozen cases, that's enough to push you up to the next tier. so it's really important for us to stay on our guard pretty much continuously. >> solano county's health officer says the increase there is traced to a recent funeral, wedding and a party. a week ago the county was reporting about 28 cases a day. that's jumped to about 40 a day over the past two weeks. nine more a day than what the state allows. dining in the street, not going to be happening this weekend in the heart of danville. the town council voted to cancel a section of hartz avenue for

outdoor dining. it's due to a fight on the street earlier this month. this map tracks the reopening status of each county in california. you can find it on our website, abc7news.com. a second night of unrest in philadelphia as new details emerge in the deadly police shooting of walter wallace jr. jobina is tracking this story as we hear from wallace's family. >> thank you. protests and vigils are popping up all over the country from portland to brooklyn, new york. overnight we learned from police there was violence in philadelphia including bricks being thrown at officers and looting. police shot and killed 27-year-old wallace on monday after they say he refused to drop a knife. that shooting was captured on video. moments before the shots were fired, you could see wallace's mother attempt to hold her son back. wallace's family says he suffered from bipolar disorder and was in crisis during the

incident. >> i was telling the police to stop, don't shoot my son. please don't shoot my >> black lives still matter. >> that was wallace's son. wallace's wife is pregnant. she is scheduled to be induced into labor today to give birth to their daughter. wallace's family says they called police twice on monday asking for help, but philadelphia's police commissioner says it is unclear if responding officers knew about his mental situation. >> that's tough. thank you. happening now, pg&e is working to get the power back on to everybody in the bay area. there's still just a few areas without electricity. some pockets of the north bay will be the last to be fully restored. one area in the oakland hills will have power back at 10:00

a.m. that's where we saw this small fire break out yesterday. in total pg&e says about 10,000 customers still do not have power and many have been without it since sunday. a warning about the use of backup generators during power outages. one nearly caused a disaster in the oakland hills. kate larsen has what you need to know to use a generator safely. >> we really dodged a bullet today. >> reporter: oakland firefighter zach unger was in the first engine to arrive in the fire that destroyed two houses in the oakland hills tuesday morning. >> we had crews pre-positioned in oakland because it was a red flag event. it could have been enormous. had we been there a minute or two later, it would have started a block's worth and could have gone incredibly far. >> reporter: the oakland fire department says the preliminary cause was an overloaded generator. it was running outside between the two houses because pg&e cut power to the neighborhood during this week's dangerous fire

weather. >> we're in a bit of a no-win situation. we turn the power off in order to stop wildfires, people use generators which have their own set of dangers and those tend to start wildfires. >> reporter: on monday in mill valley, a new professionally installed generator started a fire at this restaurant. the owner said it was too close to his outside wall and heat from the exhaust ignited a fire. this is a typical generator that a homeowner might they cost about 500 bucks. i spoke to a firefighter about how to safely use one. keep your generator outside with several feet of clearance away from grass or anything flammable. have it inspected by an electrician if need be and do not overload it with too many appliances. >> pick the thing that's most important to you and just run that. maybe a refrigerator and one light. >> kate larsen, abc7 news. coming up, the investigation into graffiti found on an east bay garage and now the fbi is

investigating. also -- >> everybody get in position. ♪ >> abc7 is looking at the new way to holiday. the impressive way one local district is working to make sure students can celebrate together even though they're apart. >> the holidays will be different for everyone this year. what a quarter of americans are already saying about their gift giving plans. first we'll check on traffic. hi, jobina. >> hi, guys. good morning. so we are going to start with a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza where things are beginning to pick up. no metering lights yet. it's been quiet across the bay area this morning in terms of traffic. here we are. you can see nice ride there making your way into san francisco from the east bay this morning. over to the south bay, i want to check in on our 101 san jose camera there. clear if you're making your way south. looking good this morning. let's check in with mike. hi, mike.

>> thank you very much, jobina. hope you're having a good morning. let's look at what's going on with our 24-hour temperature change. it is significant in our inland valleys with those calm conditions and that ext extraordinarily dry air. 21 degrees cooler in napa. double digits in the inland east bay neighborhoods where everybody is in the 40s. even highway 4, which is always warmer, in the 40s. yesterday we had a large spread across san ramon, where we had the mid 40s at bishop ranch. if you went up to the golf course, up in the hills, maybe the bridges, it was in the 60s. we don't have that this morning. check it out. 34 in novato? i'll have to double check that. 44 in mountain view. a lot of low to mid 50s around the bay. san jose about 49 as we look at your commute planner today. it's all good. calmer conditions out there. it's chilly this morning. you'll need a heavier coat. don't forget it this afternoon when you head back home with the 70s and 80s.

you'll need the sunglasses for sure. here's a look at our humidity now. it's up considerably. no single digits out there. we're in the 40s to 70s. it's going to be fun to watch the marine layer try to come back. it gets dry again this afternoon. watch the push of more humid weather making it into the east bay, makes it almost into solano county tomorrow morning. look at that, friday morning into saturday morning, yep, expect some clouds. we'll wake up to that. we do have some warm temperatures coming this weekend. i'll have that coming up. first let's talk about working out. you know it could be tough especially when you try do it at the same time as someone else. but we found a couple on tiktok showing how to do the same exercise the hard way and a little bit easier way for not as rededady. check out your daily clip from our sponsors attic to s from ti.

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. welcome back. 5:43. let's look outside from our east bay hills camera. you can see it's 60 degrees. notice those winds, only 3 miles per hour to 7 miles per hour. still an offshore breeze, that's why we don't have cloud cover this morning. and temperatures in the 40s and 50s. as we go through your 12-hour planner, you can see mid 60s to 70 at noon. mid 60s stay at the coast. 75 to 77 comfortable conditions if not a touch warm, especially for this time of year. 58 to 66 at 7:00. still have some issues if you're traveling south through the san

joaquin valley with smoke there. in fact, we'll have smoky conditions in tahoe today and to a greater extent in yosemite. all right. let's get over to reggie and talk more about the news today. in the east bay, police contacted the fbi to help investigate after a swastika and the word trump were spray painted on someone's garage. this happened at a family's home in lafayette. they have a joe biden flag flying outside their house. they also have an anti-president trump sign. yesterday community members showed up with flowers and a new biden/harris sign. neighbors say they're on edge. >> i was horrified. i was scared. the thought that those people are walking around, that white supremacists are walking around here. >> several miles down the road, you can see there was more vandalism including more swastikas. that has since been painted over and a sign put up that says love trumps hate into all week here

on abc7 news we're looking at the new way to holiday. exploring how things we might normally do this time of year are changing because of the pandemic. so every day we're diving into one of the areas we're focused on in our effort to building a better bay area, today it's education. abc7 news reporter kate larsen looked at how pittsburg unified school district are making sure students are connected to one another and the holidays even though they can't be in the same room. >> learning from home has allowed 7-year-old alana lowery to show and tell her home altar. >> this is a picture of our family. every day is a different day because we have so much fun in our class. >> reporter: at pittsburg unified, learning and holiday celebrations don't end with the school day. mrs. rodriguez is here at home working hard on after-school activities. by school day this woman

teaching spanish at pittsburg high school. once the zoom day ends -- >> everybody get in position. ♪ >> reporter: she advises the school's dance club. > i was not planning to have that this year, but they reached out to me and said we need to have it. we need to have something fun. ♪ >> reporter: instead of performing on stage together -- the students dance from their backyards and bedrooms via zoom. the phs ballet was chosen to perform at disneyland this thanksgiving break but the pandemic shut down the theme park and that dream. >> this is the other. >> reporter: so the dance group refocused on day of the dead and has a celebration planned for october 30th in front of the school. >> we will have three altars, then we will have the groups dancing. it is a drive-through event due to the pandemic.

>> i love this. okay. you can watch kate's full report on abc7news.com. it's at 4:00 this afternoon. we are talking about the new way to holiday all week. that includes education today. tomorrow we'll talk about the changing workplace. and then race and social justice on friday. you can watch these stories on air, on our website, on our new tv app, you can download that for free on roku, amazon fire tv, android tv and apple tv. just search abc7 bay abc7 bay ay download it for free. i love that. >> that's great. >> they found a way to keep people connected and having a good time. >> i love how some of the students brought their zoom -- their laptop or whatever they're working on down to a different angle so we could see the feet move. >> yes, all that footwork. >> that's important. >> that was neat. >> the dancing doesn't happen here. >> it's the feet.

>> feet. >> have to have good feet. bruno is always yelling about feet on "dancing with the stars." any way -- >> sure is. >> let's talk about what is going on weather-wise. here we go. all right. kind of excited for this forecast. we finally put the fire threat behind us. good morning, everybody. here's a look from sutro tower. about 56 degrees as we look over clear conditions. in fact, it will be an outdoorible day. it will be calmer today, sunny, slightly warmer but not hot. it will be comforable after a chilly autumn morning. we'll do the same thing tomorrow morning with a few more clouds near the coast as the marine layer tries to come back. warmer afternoons are on the way especially starting sunday, november 1st. 75 to 81 down in the south bay from sunnyvale to gilroy. let's see the extremes on the peninsula. millbrae, 74. redwood city, 77. half moon bay, 66. 68 at pacifica, daly city about

66. 77 in san rafael to about 82 in calistoga. along the east bay shore, 72. 78 in san ramon. pleasanton and pittsburg to about 81 in fairfield in the east bay. look at tonight, 30s in our deepest valleys. most of us in the 40s again. san francisco, oakland and san mateo around 50. zeta increased to a category 1 hurricane. you can see over the next 50 hours it will hook up and bring heavy rain and snow to the northeast and new england. but immediately we're looking at possibly 100-mile-per-hour winds when it comes ashore late their evening and possibly goes right over top of new orleans. looking for a lot of tree damage there. our temperatures are well above average and they get warmer sunday, monday. there's a slight chance of cooling tuesday. a minimal chance of rain. i'll show you that coming up next. reggie? >> well, it looks like it's going to be a smaller christmas for a lot of us.

turns out we won't be spending as much as we usually do. a new gallop poll shows shoppers are planning to pull back on buying this year for their family and friends. 28% say they will spend less on presents this year compared to last. that is the highest percentage we've seen since 2012. last year people spent about $950 on holiday presents. this year they plan to spend closer to $800 total. for those of you who are spending, toys "r" us is bringing back an old favorite to help you find the perfect present for your kid. the company relaunched its annual list of toys. it names the top 20 hottest toys of the year. toys "r" us said it scoured through 2020's biggest toy trends and play patterns to come up with geoffrey's hot toy list. that includes baby yoda from "star wars." le legos, hot wheels and the barbie dream house is also on the list. that's remarkable because that's

the same toys that are always there. they're just classics. >> yes, but they are spicing it up, like with the lego set that you like, "sesame street." >> the "sesame street" lego set. it cost $1 million, but you get to see the count's apartment. >> worth it. new at 6:00, high schoolers could soon be heading back to the classroom. the san francisco schools that just passed inspection. but first, more movie theaters getting ready to reopen. what you can expect there. and wfh, taking on a whole new meaning.

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county. sin mark theaters are back open and more local theater reopenings are a couple days away. >> we opened 85% of our theaters around the country. we've had no problem, no reported case of covid anywhere around the country. >> cinemark plans to reopen in san francisco and santa clara counties on friday. concession stands will remain closed in those counties, and you are not allowed to bring in your own food, that's per county regulations. cinemark's ceo says there will be capacity limits but that the company has safety protocols in place and has provided extensive health and safety training to employees. originally they said they would stay out if they couldn't sell concessions. same thing for amc. they are set to reopen eight theaters across the bay area on friday. the chain says it is limiting capacity to 40% or less dpending on local guidelines. masks are required.

amc says strict cleaning protocols will be in place at every theater. it's partnering with clorox to help execute those plans. in san francisco, sorry, no popcorn. >> i mean, you can't even bring it in the purse. >> no. don't try to sneak that in. san francisco-based reddit is the latest bay area tech company to give its staff the option of working from home or remotely going forward. so yesterday reddit made the announcement in a blog post. the company says they will not lower the pay of employees who choose to work from home. they join other tech companies like twitter who made similar moves during the pandemic. marriott hopes that wfh will soon mean working from hotel. it is offering members a change of scenery for customers who work remotely. responders in a survey said working from a hotel room breaks

the daily monotony and ease claustrophobic conditions in tiny apartments. among the cities offering the service are atlanta, dallas, new york, london and hong kong. let's talk about our temperatures. they'll be steady in the afternoon, if not just a bit cooler the closer you are to the coast as the marine layer tries to come back. you can see the 60s friday. then look at saturday, everybodyeverybod everybody70s and 80s. a warmer november 1st. this is the wettest of our medium range models, as it draws near for election day, the chance of rainfalls apart. it won't be as warm over the weekend. new at 6:00, governor newsom putting his foot down on reopening theme parks. the risk he says they pose to public health during this pandemic. at least two patients and three health care workers

testing positive for covid-19 at the ucsf helen diller medical center. i'm julian glover with what we're learning and how that led to 40 others connected to the hospital having to quarantine. chrissy teigen's emotional

now at 6:00, covid-19 spreads at ucsf. dozens of workers and patients now self-isolating or in quaranti quarantine. what the hospital is saying about the outbreak. all of a sudden i could smell smoke. i look out and the valley was nothing but pure black. the wildfire emergency in southern california. two major fires still burning out of control. firefighters stepping up to save homes and wildlife. and nearing the end of the

race for the white house. with less than a week to go, president trump and joe biden out on the campaign trail. the curveball hackers threw at the trump campaign. good morning. it's wednesday, october 28th. before we get to those stories we want to check in with mike for a look at the forecast. >> good morning. hi, everybody. thanks for joining us on this wednesday morning. we have one lone hot spot, that's mount st. helena. the humidity is up a little bit. so there's a slight heightened fire danger in that one area. for the most part, we'll be doing okay. typical fall day with calmer conditions and warmer than normal afternoons. low to mid 70s around the bay. upper 70s to near 80 inland. it will get warmer in the accuweather 7-day forecast. i'll have that coming up. >> thanks. pg&e does expect everyone to get their power st