mr. dorsey, who the hell elected you? >> oh, a contentious hearing today. twitter, facebook and google ceos grilled by a senate committee. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. >> i'm kristen sze. the ceos discussed how they moderate speech on the platforms. the four-hour hearing turned combative as senators went off topic and attacked the bay area tech companies. chris nguyen has the story from silicon valley. >> on capitol hill today, it didn't take long for the bickering to begin as republicans accused three of silicon valley's most influential tech executives of alleged bias against conservatives while democrats voiced concerns about how they handle violent extremists. both sides on the attack. >> mr. dorsey, who the hell elected you and put you in charge of what the media are allowed to report and what the american people are allowed to

hear and why do you persist in behaving as a democratic super pac. >> we're not doing that. and this is why i opened this hearing with calls for more transparency. we realize we need to earn trust more. rerealize more accountability is needed to show intentions and show the outcomes. >> one of your researchers warned senior executives our algorithms exploit the the brains, more decisivdecisivenes time on the platform, more time on the platform, the company makes more money. does that bother you what it's done to politics? >> senator, i respectfully disagree with how the systems work. we design our systems to show people the content that's going to be the most meaningful to them, which is not trying to be as divisive as possible. most of the content on the systems is not political, it's things like making sure that you can see when your cousin had her baby or --

>> okay. okay. i'm going to move on to google here but i'm telling you right now that's not what i'm talking about. the cousins and the babies here. i'm talking about conspiracy theorie theories. >> we approach work with political bias. to do otherwise would be contrary to our business interest and mission which makes information accessible to every type of person, no matter where they live or believe. >> reporter: lawmakers are split on ways to hold big tech accountable under section 230 of the communications decency act that protects companies over content posted by users. >> there is a lot of consternation about silicon valley and a lot of it comes from not understanding how it works and also seeing how poorly it handled. >> digital rights advocates say lawmakers need to be careful about the law and not only big tech but smaller startups and

businesses. >> i was quite disappointed to see that our congressional representatives only felt they needed to hear from three companies to evaluate this very, very important law. >> reporter: another step from the government towards possibly regulating the tech industry. in silicon valley, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. with less than a week to election day, many community groups, big and small are mobilizing the residents to try to get out the vote. abc 7 news reporter kris reyes tells us what is driving them to make sure as many ballots are cast as possible. >> gestures big and small are happening all over the bay area. grass roots organization bay rising action is reaching out to under served communities, especially new immigrants. >> everyone has face masks, gloves, sanitizing hands. there is texting, phone banking and door knocking. >> reporter: a bay area non-profit that helps girls get into tech and entrepreneurship started the online campaign

#vote for me encouraging members who can't vote yet to write adults in the circle and encourage them to represent values. >> empowering our young people to say just because you cannot work doesn't mean you cannot really inspire people to take action. >> reporter: san mateo county's republican party engaged 400 volunteers to distribute 5,000 door hangers. their hope is for more representation in the county made upmostly of independents and democrats. >> it's helpful to have, you know, basically a mixed view and a mixed opinion represented when certain decisions are being made that will impact the entire community. >> no matter the party, the community, many organizations and leaders say this is one election that cannot be taken for granted. >> i love it. in a nutshell, what is your rally call to get people out to vote? >> do it for your children. >> reporter: kris reyes, for abc 7 news. we have plenty of voting resources on our website.

head to abc7news.com/election. we posted an interactive map showing the early voting and ballot dropoff locations all across the bay area as well as a guide to the 12 state propositions. now to the latest on covid in the pandemic a new study by the mount signee health system says antibodies found in most people that recovered from covid-19 last up to five months. france and germany will go into a partial lockdown due to a surge in cases. the lockdowns are less harsh than those imposed in the spring that brought germany and france to a standstill. >> people between 18 and 24 have the highest incidents now of contracting covid-19. cases in that age range began increasing in june. dozens of employees and patients at ucsf are under quarantine after several positive covid-19 tests. at least two patients and three health care workers tested positive last week. ucsf said the patients sharing a

room tested negative for the virus when they first arrived at the hospital. but one of them later tested positive before they were set to be discharged and that triggered contact tracing. that's when three workers showed up positive, as well. more than 40 other people connected to the hospital are now quarantining out of caution. that includes 28 employees and 15 additional patients who have been placed in precautionary isolation. so far, all of those people have tested negative. just shows you how quickly this can spread. now that alameda county moved into the orange tier, more schools will be allowed to reopen for in person instruction. starting november 9th, middle and high schools that complete a covid-19 reopening plan will be allowed to reopen if they're ready. county says the final decision will be up to each school and school district. two weeks ago, elementary schools in the county were alloweded to reopen after they got permission. as of today, 58 schools either have opened or have made a plan

to do so. parents should contact their kids' schools for more information. this week we're looking at the new way to holiday and how activities are changing because of the pandemic. today's focus is education coming up at 4:30, how some bay area teachers are getting even more creative with their celebrations. and starting today, three more bay area counties rely on businesses to expand indoor capacities. marin, contra costa and san mateo are moving into the more lenient orange tier. restaurants can double the number of people allowed inside so they'll be going from 25% to 50% capacity. >> i think it's time. i do. i think it's been done responsibly in a measured way and i think it's hard for these restaurants to, you know, operate if they don't have additional capacity inside. >> in addition, gyms can fill up to 25% of their capacity before it was only 10%. san mateo county officials say residents are doing things the right way and the county is

seeing a rate of three positive covid tests per 100,000 people in a test positivity rate of 1.6%. a big milestone in the rebuilding and healing process for santa rosa's coffee park. usually, there will be a reopening ceremony but because of covid the city released this video. the park and neighborhood surrounding it was destroyed in the tubs fire in october of 2017. 1422 homes were lost in the flames. the five-acre park is completely redesigned and rebuilt with the help of the community and federal state and local governments at a cost of $3.8 million. pg&e is working to get the power back out to everyone in the bay area following public safety power shut offs there are a couple areas without electricity in the north bay. this pg&e map shows them indicated with a purple triangle. its early data shows 76 instances of weather related

damage and has sazards like dow power lines. the preventive outages began on sunday. hurricane zeta, the warning to residents at this point feeling storm fatigue and new technology to detect guns in security video. ♪ with triple cheese and bacon or chili cheese. try my sauced and loaded fries. it's pretty delicious.

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security dam cameras are valuable tools to prevent violence. there is artificial intelligence to detect guns in surveillance video. the technology could help to provide earlier warnings of a mass casualty event before a shot is fired. >> security cameras alert first responders of a potential gun violence or other threats. artificial intelligence of a.i. is adding a new dimension with the potential to prevent a mass casualty event. >> we need to move away from the thinking that emergency mass notification system is about notification. >> his company demonstrated the gun detect technology it claims to be an industry first utilizing existing camera networks in a large scale setting like a school or airport or large business and al gla rhytri -- algorithms can identify a gun and goes to orange as suspicious and red in seconds.

>> it can make a high resolution determination of whether this is a real threat or not. >> in this demonstration, a suspect walks into view of a security camera briefly casing out the room and pulling out a gun. artificial intelligence identifies it as a threat. >> after that it's a single click to be able to initiate a predefined set of actions. >> a popup notifies a security officer. software provide as still photo to get details of the gun and a description of the suspect and a decision can be made to dispatch first responders of dismiss as a false alarm. a.i. knows a sprinkler head is not a gun. low light or impaired field of vision can impact the aboutty to recognize a threat but a.i. is showing promise of early warning before shots are fired. mike is an analyst at enterprise strategy group. >> over time and as we continue to collect video and as we better train some of these algorithms and models to best detect those images or objects, i think it's only going to get

better. >> david louie, abc 7 news. >> really interesting technology there. another bad day on wall street. the dow dropping 950 points. the worst performance since june. the nasdaq lost and the s&p 500 had the worst day since june in the third straight loss down nearly 120 points. the s&p on track for the biggest weekly fall since march. at abc 7, we're committed to helping build a better bay area including the impact that the pandemic is having on our economy and health. abc 7 news anchor found a job that actually covers both topics. once a company gets a vaccine approved, that vaccine will have to be administered and that's partially why cvs is actively >> by now, you may be familiar with the determine twin demic. >> the flu season when you have the covid-19.

>> jeffrey lackey says cvs' job is to look around the corner to see what is next. that means filling jobs. 15,000 new and existing positions to help during flu season and administer the much anticipated coronavirus vaccine. >> the need for that to be disbursed quickly is going to be absolutely critical. so we knew first and foremost, we need to handle the here and now and let's ramp up to get in front of the flu. >> reporter: more than 10,000 of the new roles that by the way are open in the bay area are for full and part time licensed pharmacy technicians. >> i noticed in anyplace that has an appointment of pharm techs. >> reporter: people in these rules are vital to administering covid-19 tests at the drive-through cvs sites. moderna, astrazeneca, johnson & johnson and pfizer are in

three trials. we still don't know when a vaccine would be available to th public, but cvs health isn't waiting around to find out. >> we're talking, you know, millions, tens of millions, hundreds of millions of people in short order even to an organization as big as cvs, you know, that's still going to be a daunting task and we need to make sure we're ready for it. hurricane zeta made landfall along louisiana just over two hours ago. take a look. it's a category two storm. people living in the new orleans area are being urged to stay inside. abc news report er has >> this is not a drill. we've had many of them. it's not a drill. we do expect city of new orleans. there is confidence all around that aspect. >> reporter: forecasters say we

could see life threatening storm surge along low lying areas. president trump approving louisiana governor john bell edwards' request for federal assistance. >> zeta is literally on our doorstep. the weather is degrading quickly as we speak. >> reporter: from louisiana to alabama, hundreds of thousands could be left without power for days. in zeta's moving fast, packing damaging winds. >> it's going to be quick, but it's going to be brutal. so these winds are damaging and potentially life threatening. >> reporter: officials here in new orleans are telling people to not let their guard down on this one. warning against this hurricane season fatigue. now, zeta will be moving out of here by tonight but could do some damage before heading northeast. while their wrestling with zeta there, here we have pleasant weather. let's check in with drew.

>> the east coast will get soaked with zeta's rain and the west coast is really going to experience autumn warmth. out side now, we'll show you sutro tower. you can see nothing but sunshine out there. calm conditions. i love to show you another video of a rooftop camera equally as beautiful out there. we're enjoying the sunshine on this wednesday afternoon. love showing you this map, too. look at the winds in our hills. we seen wind gusts in previous days well over 30, 40 miles per hour, quite a different story today. the offshore winds left us and winds generally are less than ten miles per hour. the fire threat has certainly lessoned substantially today. right now, it is a warm afternoon experiencing warm days. 72 in san francisco, 76 oakland and 78 in san jose, 77 concord, some warmer spots in the north bay. santa rosa right now coming in at 81 degrees so certainly above

average. tonight with the combination of light winds, cool skies, some areas like santa rosa awill dro into the 30s. chilly mornings tomorrow morning. around the bay shoreline in the mid 40s to low 50s over the next 12 hours. so satellite and radar, the story over the next 24 hours, high pressure is strengthening right now just off the coastline and what that will do is bring warm weather tomorrow but also keep the storm track well to our north especially on the boarder of canada and the u.s. so tomorrow it's nothing but sunshine and clear skies on the 12-hour planner. we have a chilly morning first thing but under calm winds, another warm afternoon with 70s and low 80s for afternoon highs. very similar story tomorrow to where we are right now. 72 in the city. 78 in san jose. 81 concord. 84 in clover dale and oakland up

to 76 degrees. those numbers just stay pretty warm for this time of the year even into friday. a lot of wide spread 70s and 80s and by halloween on saturday, i mean, it really a treat out there. we're seeing temperatures well above average for this time of the year. the halloween planner on saturday evening showing you some limited fog along the coast but otherwise, we'll start out in the 60s and 70s by 6:00 before cooling into the 50s and 60s by 9:00. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. we have a chilly morning on the way both tomorrow and friday. the fog returns on friday. halloween certainly looks like a treat this time of the year. we'll fall back on sunday but we're going to keep that november warmth even sbee electi -- into election day on tuesday. a stress free day after several weeks of red flag warnings. nice to see calm conditions as we round out october. >> nice break. drew, how did you get that picture of me dancing to put in your graphic? i didn't see you shooting that.

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cu -- security cameras. it can provide peace of mind and social distancing. michael finney now has consumer reports recommendations on video doorbells. >> brandon murphy's video doorbell was a car saver when it captured his neighbor's vehicle being stolen in the middle of the night. >> the neighbor said his car got stolen so the first thing i thought, we saved five days worth of camera feeds off the smart doorbell. sure enough, it was on there. >> because they could confirm the sccar was stolen, the polic were able to retrieve the car with no damages found. and brandon is not the only homeowner benefitting from video doorbells. in fact, video doorbell global sells are predicted to grow to $1.5 billion by 2023. not only can video doorbells help with the security and peace of mind of homeowners but when synced to a smart speaker like

amazon echo or google home you can answer the door while keeping a safe distance using just your voice. how do you set up a hands free front door experience? consumer reports show the best thing to do is keep it in the family. >> there are video doorbells that claim they work with digital assistance but might not offer all the features to ensure compatibility, stay within the same product ecosystem. >> if you're a google home user, the nest, hello video doorbell. paired with the google nest hub max smart speaker. as for amazon smart speaker owners, consumer reports say a perfect pairing is the ring video doorbell 3 and the amazon echo show. once you're set up, you'll be able to talk to visitors from the farthest point of your home. how is that for social distance? >> michael finney reporting

there. one thing to keep in mind with any connected device on your wi-fi video doorbells can be hacked. consumer reports say one way to protect yourself, set up two-factor authentication. that's a critical security feature they look at in the security tests. it's a big day for patrons of one of san francisco's most renowned art museums. it opened for the first time since it closed in march because of the pandemic. members will be able to tour the museum today and tomorrow and opens to the general public on fiday. visitors will be able to get the first look at a gothic tale that will run through december 6th. the upcoming holidays look very different. how local teachers are getting creative and we are the thrivers. women with metastatic breast cancer,... ...standing in the struggle. hustling through the hurt. asking for science, not sorrys. our time...

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all week, we're looking at the new way to holiday. exploring how the things you might normally do at this time of year are changing because of the pandemic. today, we're focused on education. bay area schools are getting creative when it comes to celebrating the holidays. abc 7 news reporter kate larson found out how two teachers in pittsburgh are keeping the culture alive in their virtual classrooms. >> this is my frankenstein and his name is mr. malari. yeah. don't tell him i told you that. >> reporter: from classroom to computer screen, the distance between mrs. malari and her students brought them closer in unexpected ways. >> there you go. out of bed, buddy. >> i look at them on the screen and my heartbreaks. i'm like gosh, i never met these

kids in person and i'm so connected to them. >> reporter: even though she's working from home, mrs. malari is the queen bee of her classroom and she's keeping her hive of second grade students busy this holiday season. >> i just have like certain traditions i do in my classroom that i look forward to excites me as a teacher. >> reporter: but now that virtual is the new reality, mrs. malari learned to use the holidays like halloween to keep short lived zoom attention spans focused. >> pencil, please. and we're going to write in a complete sentence because we're in second grade now. >> what makes you guys cranky? >> i'm cranky when i'm hungry. to culture. >> day of the dead and what language do they speak in mexico? >> spanish. >> spanish. okay. >> reporter: is part of lesson plan in the pittsburgh unified school district where 65% of the students are latino. >> this is my dad's dad.

>> reporter: learning from home has allowed 7-year-old lowry to show the home alter. >> this is our family and we find stuff they like. >> every day is a good day because we have so much fun in our class. >> reporter: at pittsburgh unified, learning and holiday celebrations don't end with the school day. mrs. rodriguez is here at home working hard on after school activities. >> exact. >> reporter: by school day she teaches spanish at pittsburgh high school but once the zoom day ends. >> everybody get in position. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: mrs. rodriguez advices the school's latinos and folk clubs. >> i was not planning to have it this year but they reach out to me and they say we need to have it. we need to have something fun. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: so instead of performing on stage together, the students dance from their

backyards and bedrooms via zoom. the phs ballet folk was chosen to perform at disneyland this thanksgiving break. but the pandemic shut down the theme park and that dream. >> so the dance group refocused on day of the dead and has a celebration planned for october 30th in front of the school. >> we are going to three alters and four groups dancing. but it is a drive-through event due to the pandemic. >> it's sthamg briomething that people's spirits up. >> reporter: she's a senior and has high hopes for this year's performance. >> to be able to have these celebrations to celebrate the day of the dead, it's something to look forward to and something that you can at least enjoy that one day. >> reporter: she is still working on a way to reinvent the christmas fundraising dance but if the students in pittsburgh learned anything this year, it's

that the holidays are not cancelled. they're just a lot closer to home and the computer screen. in contra costa county, kate larson, abc 7 news. >> the creativity of those teachers is amazing. obviously, the holidays in 2020 are going to be a lot different than what we've enjoyed in previous years. a b abc 7 dr. patel joins us now. hey, doc, let's start with school holiday performances. even if they are drive-through events and kids are spaced out, in your opinion, is that still too risky? >> not necessarily, larry. you know, you have to look at the situation, you have to look at local transmission. i your drive-through, you're in control of your environment in a car. if the kids are spaced out and possibly outdoors, those are factors taken into consideration, as well. i could trust schools are keeping this in mind when it comes to holiday celebrations. >> is there any way to really do halloween safely? you can try to do a

drive-through thing to look at lights and stuff, but door to door, what's your feeling? >> my feeling, you know, since march when you and i first talked about this, i feel like i'm always the fun police. if you really want to have zero risk, that's staying at home and doing everything virtually. what you can do and have a great time, any time you really step out outside and interact with people, even if you're going to exchange candy, you're increasing your risk a little bit and that comes down to mitigating risks. as far as ideas, shooting candy down a giant tube or massive spider webs where the candy is hanging in the front yard to maintain distance, those are things to take into account. you know, just because things are weird this year doesn't mean you still can't have a pretty cool halloween. >> yeah. the candy for the most part are going to be wrapped so you can spray them down or do whatever you want to do and wash them

off. let's get to the big one because it's thanksgiving. traditionally, we have big family get togethers and around the kitchen wondering who brought asparagus to a turkey dinner it's green beans. college kids are coming back home to hug grandpa and grandma and hopefully, not give them covid-19. how do we begin to manage this? >> you just threw out so many variables. i was imaging people in a crowded kitchen, sharing of utensi utensils, multiple guests traveling. i would give everyone a three phase process how to approach it. think about preparation. you're thinking about where you're coming from in transmission rates to where you're going. you want to have really good communication with any relative you may be seeing, you may come in contact with, what's their exposure? think about chronic diseases underlying conditions. you want to talk about getting people tested if you're planning on being close together. travel is another big one.

driving is the safest option. larry, you have a private jet but if you travel any time, you're not in control of your environment. there is points of risk in flying. you want to think about when you're actually getting together. are you going to be indoors? are you planning on having a lot of people together? that might be riskier. there is a lot to take into account. >> yeah, we're just a bit away from thesalary. anyway, this gets tricky. if people are isolating and taking covid tests, and then they get everyone together, if everybody is negative, is that a safe thanksgiving? >> you are right. that is tricky. the reason why and we saw this play out in realtime at the white house in negative tests doesn't necessarily mean that you do not have the virus. it could be incubating. you could be positive later. you might take a negative test and then take a flight for example and catch it in transit. people should look at covid

tests as just one part of a tool kit. you want to take that covid test if you can depending on your situation, you also want to factor in masks, physical distancing, staying away, everything we've been doing for eight months now and think about asking relatives or anyone you might be traveling with or going to see to shelter in place for a little bit to try to quarantine where you know if you're exposed, that seven to ten-day window is when you see symptoms. put that together and you can reduce your risk. at the end of the day, the safest thing to do is limit the gatherings right now. it sucks. i understand. gulsgul guessed we would be here talking in march but here we are, we got to make the best of it. >> you're right. you are the fun police. unfortunately. that's your job these days. >> it has to be. someone has to do it. >> i know. i know. i know. it's not fun. thanks so much. you can weigh the risks yourself of various holiday activities with abc 7's

exclusive holiday risk calculator. click on an activity on a common holiday scenario. the doc was talking about everyone around the kitchen. you guess the risk and see what the medical experts have to say. find it on abc7news.com as well as the abc 7 news app. we're talking about the new way to holiday all week here on abc 7 including education today. the changing workplace tomorrow, race and social justice on friday. you can watch these stories. you can watch them on the air and our website as well as our new tv apps available on apple tv, android tv, fire tv and roku. search abc 7 bay area and download our app for free. all right. a halloween tradition that's become part of the fabric of san francisco won't be happen thing year. today a plea went out urging people not to come to the castro on halloween looking for a party. >> if folks are idiots and come to the castro in large numbers, there is only so much the police can do but that's a terrible

thing to do to your neighbors and a terrible thing to do to the community. small businesses are trying to open up and we're not going to be able to do that if our numbers go in the wrong direction. >> people who want to come to the neighborhood to shop or eat are asked to come early. city leaders say restaurants in the castro will closerly saturday night at 9:00 p.m. the dodgers are celebrating the first title in decades but one star player is under

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all right, time for the four at 4:00 as drew and ama join us and the shadow being cast over the los angeles dodgers' first world series title in 32 years. major league baseball plans to launch an investigation of dodge dodgers' third baseman justin turner. he was celebrating with teammates and removing his mask for a team photo here despite being pulled in the seventh inning after he received word he tested positive and initially going into a quarantined area. major league baseball says the security personnel tried to get him to leave the field but he emphatically refused. a writer for "usa today" called his behavior selfish and a large mucher symptom in the country. i can understand him wanting to celebrate with teammates after a very weird season but clearly, that was not the right message to send and here is the bigger thing few people are talking

about, imagine if the dodgers did not win and he's positive and a bunch of dodger players are positive and supposed to play game seven. baseball avoided a huge grenade right there but give me your take on what you saw from justin turner? >> well, i mean, first of all, yes, i do think it irresponsible. you need to be a good role model. there are guidelines and rules you need to ocabide by. i'm guessing everyone was already and posed but still, totally wrong. once you find out you're positive, you really got to follow the rules. we got to set better standards. selfish. i like the world selfish. >> kristen, as a well-known giants' fan, i'm sure you have the opinion on the dodgers. >> i didn't like that victory for other reasons. go giants. they are saying, oh, people were probably already exposed on the team but is that actually true? in that celebration situation, you're on top of each other

whereas you play a game in baseball you don't get that close. it's a false argument to say he probably already exposed everybody. i mean, he's probably still infectious. >> well, they didn't do the usual dog pile and crazy champagne, it was more restrained but he's in the dugout and everybody is next to each other. we don't -- i mean, you know what? we're going to know in the next three or four days when the dodgers' test come back and we find whatever we find and either they are positive or luck out and they're all negative. we'll see. >> is there any way this could overturn their world series win? just asking. [ laughter ] >> yeah, no. asking for a friend. asking for a friend. yeah. no. >> me. >> not going to happen. >> all right. the results of a poll are giving us an idea what holiday spending will look like. 59% of americans plan to spend the same amount as last year. 28% say they will spend less. while only 12% plan to spend more. when asked how much they plan to spend, responding $805 on giftsn

significantly below their estimate last year when they said they spent about $940. gallop says that's the lowest october holiday spending projection it has measured since 2016. well, reading the story, drew, i realized i'm quite cheap. what do you think? how much will you spend? >> i'm with you, kristen. >> that's what i was going to say. i'm with you guys. who is spending this much money? i got to get better friends. >> we know it's not larry. >> second -- >> oh! >> i'm still waiting for larry's gift. >> i don't think anyone is surprised that everyone's income for a lot of people i should say kind of fluctuated throughout this year. we had people that lost their jobs or lost part of their income because of covid-19. so i'm not shocked that some people are scaling back or that most people aren't going to spend more money than previous years but larry, i'm still waiting for my gift.

covid is not an excuse. >> we've been waiting awhile. >> what do you want? i mean, these unprovoked attacks. text me, drew. text me. i'll try to accommodate. >> hang on one second. >> a very small request. very small. >> that's not going to happen. >> i want to ask ama, do you almost feel like you want to spoil your daughter a little bit, maybe a little extra this year because of, you know, all that she had gone through that we've all gone through, as a parent, do you think? >> am i horrible for saying no? i don't know. >> being honest. >> no. >> i mean, she has a lot of toys and family, they always want to get her stuff so it's not like she's really missing out, you know. she's provided for and i don't necessarily feel the need to be lavish because again, for us, it's more about family time spent together. it's not even about the gifts. that's just how our family kind of operates. >> you're a good mom. >> mommy dearest, ama daetz.

bed bath and beyond has something here. mailbox for years with these coupons promising 15 to 20% discounts. that may come to an end. r the retailer found young customers are less likely to use them. 40% of the promotions were ineffective and unnecessarily. bed, bath and beyond closed stores and cut thosusands of jobs. scaling back the coupons is part of an effort to boost sales and profits. i'm stunned when i go to the mailbox and find people sending mailers continuallcontinually. is this 1990? going in the recycle bin. drew, you're probably not a coupon person. you're looking on your phone. send me something with an app, here is my discount right here. >> but i also like bed like bede beyond. i went to buy sheets last year and now they send them to your cell phone.

every day there is a text message asking you if you want to use that coupon or that. maybe they are smart in their strategy and kind of restricting the coupons then you get them, you feel kind of special and you're like oh, i got to go use this now. they come fast and furious if you sign up for them. >> you're so special, yes, drew. kristen, how about you? >> i use those bed, bath and beyond coupons because they're made of pretty heavy card stock. i use them to swat flies and stuff like that. [ laughter ] >> what? isn't that what everyone does with them? >> that's very creative. >> nobody does that. [ laughter ] >> okay. >> oh, boy. a lobster fisherman in maine is showing off a ghostly catch in time for halloween. bennett gray posted these photos of a rare albino lobster. the odds of catching a ghost lobster are 1 in 100 million.

he plans to return the lobster to the ocean but not before notching the tail, a process that lets other lobster fishers know they cannot hold onto the crustacean. >> whoa. >> ama, what do you think? notching the tale? >> i'm glad it gets to live. i hope notching it's tail is nos bad. that's really cool to see. >> 1 in 100 million. >> unusual. >> do you think other lobsters are jealous of the albino lobster? do they include him in their activities or do they like -- >> he gets left out. >> ostracized. >> that's what i'm worried about for him. [ laughter ] >> drew is thinking of ways to bully that crustacean right now if -- [ laughter ] >> if he was a special lobster like me and my bed, bath and

beyond coupon. >> yeah, exactly. [ laughter ] >> oh my goodness. >> everything has a purpose. >> that was the most off the rail four at 4:00 ever. >> yes, yeah.

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pairs dubbed ghost smashers in classic leather. they sell for $150. rebook is also launching shirts and jump suits like the ones you see in the ghost busters movies. >> one thing that hasn't changed during the pandemic is an art display in livermore. who is behind the sweater forest and what happens when the sweaters come down? dan is here with a look at what is coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00. >> new at 5:00 a controversial strategy of deliberately infecting with coronavirus. >> the computer season sonsors first pass, if they don't like it, they kick it out. >> ballots thrown out for signature problems. what does it take to verify them? we'll answer that question and 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.

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who's supkamala harris.5? harris says, "a corporate tax loophole has allowed billions to be drained from our public schools and local communities. no more. i'm proud to support prop 15." vote yes. schools and communities first is responsible for the content of this ad. if you take a walk around downtown livermore this time of year you probably notice a number of trees covered in sweaters. artists hope to bring joy and art into the town. abc 7 news east bay community journalist melissa pixcar has the story. ♪ >> they call it the tree sweater forest. to beautify livermore. i know it's something people look forward to because when i'm putting them up people are like oh, my gosh, they're back? oh, my gosh, this is great. or some people are like why are you putting a sweater on a tree? they don't get cold. >> our downtown livermore tree sweater forest is created to

both the art appreciation and an opportunity to share back some joy with our community. >> so when the tree sweaters come up we know fall's coming. it kind of seg nalz stuff we like to do in the fall because of what's going on. at least this got to go up this year. so i think it just helps people realize everything's going to be okay. >> after the sweaters are taken down we're going to make sure it goes to local animal shelters, where pups and kittens waiting for homes will have something to lay on, something cushy, something comfortable while they wait for their new family. >> right now is a really good time for this. people, they're happy when they see the trees go up. it's supposed to represent the love that we have for our arts. when we're recognized it makes us want to do it again next year. which we will. and who knows what we'll come up with next year? >> and that's what all of these tree sweaters help us do in our community.

>> the tree sweater forest will be up until november 15. so check it out. thank you for joining us for abc

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