we begin with a major announce 789. it was announced today sharon hillyard is retiring. her last day is december 31st. lawmakers accused her of failing the public after hearing from people that couldn't access benefits during the pandemic. inhilliard retire knowing edd is on a great path. they covered failures for months now. his report on thousands of valid claims that have been shut down in an effort to weed out fraud is ahead tonight after 6:30. with that, good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm dion lim. >> i'm dan ashley. our other major story, san francisco is pressing pause on reopening. >> the last thing we want to do is go backwards. >> the mayor saying the last thing we want to do is go backwards, today city leaders said they're slowing down and

covid-19 cases are claimingimbi across the country and worldwide. they are reopening and expanding operations on tuesday but not now, not anymore. stephanie sierra has details. disappointing for a lot of merchants. >> certainly so. san francisco is still doing remarkably well but dr. grant colfax explained two numbers triggering the decision to pull back are the city's case rate and hospitalizations, both have increased slightly. so here is what exactly is on pause. indoor pools, bowling alleys, locker rooms, and showers at fitness centers originally set to reopen november 3rd will now remain closed until further notice. restaurants indoor museums, zoos asquakwa aquariums and indoor worship centers will be required to capacity at 25%.

non-essential office space without concessions stay the same. also operating at 25% capacity. mayor breed and dr. colfax referenced the surge of covid cases across the world and country as reasons to take precautions before it's too late. >> france in particular is on lockdown again in germany which is a model in the rest of the world is actually looking at restrictions. not just what is happening here in the united states, it still challenging all over the world. >> we want to pause on increasing the capacity of riskier activities because we do not want the virus to get too far ahead of us because as we've seen across the country and around the world, when the virus gets too far ahead, you can't catch up. >> over the past two weeks, hospitals in san francisco went from caring for 23 patients per day to 37 patients per day.

while dr. colfax says hospital capacity remains good, the slight uptick could be an indicator what is to come. the mayor warned we'll see an uptick in cases after halloween and the upcoming holidays reinforcing the message to keep those gatherings to immediate family. the pause on reopening is a blow to some business owners. abc hassan. >> reporter: a lot of san francisco restaurants have been open to outdoor dining and many are gearing up for 50% indoor capacity seating next tuesday. that's not going to happen. a lot of business leaders say they are disappointed but not surprised. >> we're making vampire juice. >> reporter: this chef is heading into the weekend with a change of plans. >> it's pretty brutal having this come up again especially

now. >> reporter: the chef and owner at the san francisco ferry building says they have been lucky during the pandemic. they increased online catering and have outdoor dining but some can't open due to structural or financial issues such as no space for outdoor dining. those businesses are getting ready to open next week will have to stay closed. >> my heart goes out to everybody that needs to be open and have their doors open paying rent and for all the employees that are counting on work. >> reporter: businesses that are currently open won't face any rollbacks. many san francisco restaurants are operating at 25 percent indoor seating but we're getting ready to move to 50% next week. >> we understand why we're doing this and we feel this is the right move from a conservative perspective. >> reporter: laurie thomas is the executive director of the golden gate restaurant association. she also loaowns two restaurantn the city. she admits the pause on reopening is tough but important to play it safe.

>> there is a hardship dealing with that but more if we have to shut everybody do you remember that's open right now. >> reporter: the chef says everyone will likely take a hit but adds it's important for the city to work as a community. >> it's a smart thing for the city, rough for our businesses, smart for us as a community. >> reporter: if you made reservations for the next few weeks to check with the restaurant to see if they have been impacted. stephanie? >> yeah, an circle. i've been digging into the data of how the program is working here in san francisco. >> reporter: 250 contact tracers and case investigators working for the san francisco department of public health. his job is to call people who tested positive for covid-19 and

trace their close contacts. these contacts are people who the infected person was within six feet of for for than 15 minutes. >> anything we discuss with them is confidential. >> reporter: not only confidential but quick after a positive test result. >> the vast majority of our clients have always been reached within one day. >> reporter: this doctor leads the department's contact tracing program. >> we are very confident at this point in time we can handle any surge that m comes tore ward. >> reporter: currently in san francisco, 83% of covid cases and contacts are reached on a regular basis. that's right on par with santa clara county currently reaching more than 80% of cases and contacts. napa county is slightly higher with 85% and solano county 74% and alameda, the lowest reaching around 50%. >> there have been times when we've received so many case reports that we have not been able to reach out to everybody within that one day.

this happened primarily in midsummer when we experienced a massive surge of cases. >> reporter: that's not predicted to happen for the third wave. at least not in san francisco. she explains her team is focussing more time analyzing past cases to prevent future outbreaks. >> by looking backward, we believe that we will be better able to prevent clusters by tracing upstream and trying to understand if somebody had attended a large gathering where many more people need to be notified. >> reporter: the latest data indicates that strategy is working. in september, more than 1600 covid cases resulted in tracing more than 1700 contacts. close to 60% of those contacts then got tested. a big jump from four months ago. the only hurdle as hernandez explains is connecting with contacts in a latin x community disproportionately affected. >> the other case investigators have done is to assure them, none of the information gets reported to immigration.

san francisco is a sanctuary city to assure them we are only interested in helping them. >> reporter: the san francisco department of public health has expanded their network of contact tracers to be 40% bilingual spanish speakers and the goal is to reach 50% by the end of this year. stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. >> breaking down the language barrier, thank you. governor gavin newsom unveiled the state of the art covid testing lab this morning. the lab will be able to process 150,000 pcr tests a day. that represents a 75% increase in the state's total testing capacity. it promises to return results in as little as 24 hours. the governor, as you see here, was tested during a tour of the facility. it took two months to build the facility and it will take a few more months to get the operation up to full capacity. church in san jose is facing more than $300,000 in fines and possible jail time for its

senior pastor after refusing to compile with public health orders. that church has gathered a team of lawyers now and pastors to not only fight the fines but make the case that they'ir services are essential during the pandemic. kris reychris wr kris reyes has the story. >> happening now is cruel and unusual punishment. $330,000 in fines leveed against a pastor for simply opening up. >> reporter: dozens of pastors from all over california stood shoulder to shoulder, no masks and no social distancing to represent the church facing legal action for holding indoor gatherings in violation of public health orders. their attendance average about 700 in a space that can hold 1900 people. the county limits indoor gatherings to 100 people. the church has now retained its own lawyers to fight the fines and possible jail time for the

pastor. >> over the past five months, not one person in his congregation has contracted covid-19. they have contributed zero to the total infection rate in this county. >> reporter: pastor mcclure says there are signs in his church to social distance and people can wear masks if they want but none of it is enforced. santa clara county counsel james williams says that's the reason the county felt the need to go to court. >> we tried to work with them for a long time. the reality is almost every congregation regardless of faith tradition is safely operating in compliance with the public health directors. >> reporter: pastor mcclure says there have been no such conversations between his church and the county. >> i'd love to work with the health department but they got upset and yelled at us and left. they never wanted to talk to me or work with me. i'd love to. we're trying to help the

community. >> reporter: santa clara county's counsel says ten notices of violation were given to the church and with each notice, the county reached out with suggestions how to safely worship. at the press conference, the group was repeatedly asked why they were not social distancing or wearing masks. >> sure, we're outdoors. and if you read the warning label on a medical mask, it will not protect you against covid. >> we're not against wearing masks. we're not against not social distancing but what we're for is freedom. >> reporter: the church will continue to be fined $5,000 for each day it continues to defy the public health orders. a court date has been set for monday. in san jose, kris reyes for abc 7 news. >> with just days until the election, in person voting is underway, how local groups are making sure all stays calm at the polls. i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. i have a ghoulishly good forecast that wouldn't haunt you this halloween. >> how the halladays will look

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already voted or if they have returned their vote by mail ballot and we've counted it. so it's going to prevent fraud and also going to allow us to reduce the number of provisional ballots dramatically. >> anyone can go to any location because of the realtime connection. someone living in richmond can vote in alamo and someon in concord can vote in lafayette and have the correct ballot for local races. here in walnut creek, the line wound around a parking lot. >> i expected a lot longer line. i'm surprised it's such a small area for walnut creek, this is the only place to vote in person. >> of 17 early vote locations, 12 are outdoors like this one inside a tent from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. another location of key interest, this sports court. this is where 140 workers and volunteers are extracting, that is opening envelopes and taking the ballots out ready to be counted. besides the good weather and

clean air, there was another reason to come out of pandemic isolation for this historic election. >> you feel comfortable seeing everyone else that's voting, also so you know that everyone is at least coming out to vote. >> turnout so far is above 54%. in contra costa county, i'm leslie brinkley. >> now if you still need to vote and plan to do it in person, what if this happens? you go to your polling place and find yourself being harassed before you even get inside? chris nguyen has what you should do next. >> reporter: with the general election days a i wway. santa clara county is expecting a historic turnout. >> we're committed to making this election safe so your vote counts and every vote is counted and that is going to happen were. >> reporter: with many planning to vote in earn many, the district attorney's office is working with local and federal law enforcement to ease fears about voter suppression or intimidation which is reported in other states.

>> you're not allowed to show up in the possession of firearms or in uniform and to try to intimidate voters. that's just not allowed in california. >> reporter: and a reminder election airing is not allowed within 100 feet. >> you're not supposed to be shouting slogans or persuading people how to vote within that range. you're not supposed to be intimidating them in any way or blocking them or hindering them or influencing them in any way. >> reporter: if anyone gives you a hard time, report it to the polling staff immediately who are trained to help deescalate the situation. they also have a direct line to the county. >> be very alert and atentative to anything happening around them during the process of stand income line to vote or actually voting. if you see something, say something. >> reporter: poll watchers will also be around to help ensure a smooth process. >> for voters who want to reduce the chances of hitting a line on

election day, go vote starting tomorrow. >> reporter: register of voters shannon and her team are hard at work preparing to open 100 full service vote centers throughout the county on halloween. >> maybe they need language assistance or they'd like to use the accessible touch screen voting machines or need a replacement ballot. they can do any of these at our full functioning vote centers that offer more services than the polling places did in the past. >> reporter: more than 500,000 ballots have already been received by the county. in san jose, chris nguyen, a brbabc 7 news. >> we'd like to know how voting is going for you. share your experience voting by mail, dropping off your ballot or voting in person through a forum we posted on our website. go to abc7news.com/election. all right. we have a lot going on. we have the election, halloween this weekend, daylight saving time ending.

dion? the weather is perfect for all of it. >> fortunately, sandhya has a lot of good halloween weather puns. i've enjoyed them thoroughly, sandhya. >> thank you, dion and dan. yes, it is going to be ghouli ghoulishly good is one of them. a post sunset view that belongs really on a postcard. patches of fog on live doppler 7. here is a look at the air quality. we have moderate pockets of air here in the bay area due to the fact that there are fires still burning in the state of california so it creating hazy skies you're looking at from the south beach camera. temperatures came down a little bit today as we expected. 58 in the city now, mid 60s oakland and 68 half moon bay is the cool spot. speaking of cool, look how nice that looks from the emeryville camera. mid 60s, milder spots,

fairfield, low to mid 70s. low 80s except fairfield. san jose, the sun going down. no tricks, all treats for halloween. sunny and warmer and looking at the time change so set your clocks back one hour sunday morning we go to standard time. here is a look at the halloween forecast and it's going to be absolutely gorgeous. sun goes down at 6:11. it's going to be mild low. 60s to mid 70s. a little cooler. it will be spooky cool by 9:00 p.m. low 50s to low 60s. it's a full blue moon. two full moons in the entire month of october. so it's called a blue moon. tomorrow morning low 40s to low 50s. we will see some patchy fog right around the bay and coastal fog, as well. tomorrow afternoon in the south bay, 85 morgan hill, 81 san jose looking for mild, sunny weather you got it. same thing for palo alto, 68 pacificia and downtown san

francisco 72. 67 in the sunset district. north bay temperatures 78 in san rafael, vallejo, 81 santa rosa. running above average. head inland and it is going to be warmer than today. 84 in fairfield, 82 livermore and concord. now, i do want to show you the beach hazard statement for sunday afternoon through monday evening. breakers bringing rip currents. west northwest facing beaches so rain chances. we're going to fast forward to election day. dry with a cold front coming through but a week from today, watching for rain, this model is bringing snow to the sierra as well. stay tuned models are not in complete agreement for next friday. the accuweather seven-day forecast. good to go for halloween. fabulous weather. remember, you gain that extra hour of sleep sunday as we fall back and then warm weather, dry conditions election day. so we head into next week watching for rain onriday.

dan? >> okay. sandhya, thanks so much. word tonight about change. one of our dearest friends and colleagues decided now is the right time to start a new chapter in life. after 38 years, jennifer only is retiring. >> too early to tell yet whether she's be a champion herself but she's certainly friendly. [ laughter ] >> maybe not. >> great moment. for years jennifer was on the air as a reporter before moving behind the camera. her job is segment producer putting together many special reports you see regularly on our newscast. i've been privileged to work with jennifer on literally hundreds of stories. she's a proask and one of the v best in our business. from all of us, jennifer, you have our love and admiration, congratulations on a truly amazing career. she is one of the best, dion. >> indeed. i didn't work with her quite as long as you, but her

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him. zoo officials have lots of goodies including a lifelong membership to the zoo. maki we're happy to report is back in his habitat tonight. >> great news. after dealing with the pandemic, crime and race sis p over the past several months, business owners in china town are gearing up for the holiday season, how they're remaining optimistic it will be successful. also bay area restaurants are beginning weatherproof their outdoor dining. we'll tak official ballot drop box near need to fiyou?he closest

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this week we have been looking at the new way to holiday and today we're exploring content related to race and social justice, one of the pillars supporting our mission to build a better bay area. in the early days of the pandemic, much fear and hate directed at the small business owners of san francisco's china town. >> that's right, and usually those businesses would be gearing up for a busy holiday season capped by lunar new year but this year it looks very different but i found one of m

optimist who is confident china town will bounce back he's opening business now. small business owner steven lee doesn't need a reminder how difficult it is to operate a restaurant during a pandemic. >> we're probably down 80%. >> he's still willing to risk investor cash to open lion's den in the heart of china town in time for the holidays. how long have you been working on the renovation? >> we actually got permission to start in january. >> during november and december, china town becomes a bustling hub for shoppers and diners that made their chinese food their go-to meal over the turkey. >> a lot of tourists come here for the holidays. a lot of europeans in the fa. >> business was suffering down 35% before the start of the pandemic. once covid broke out, many took a 90% hit or more.

>> there was only 25 stores open including the banks. and originally, we have 200 stores. >> that decline is directly related to the xenophobia toward asian americans. >> i want you to know our nation is going to defeat this terrible china virus as we call it. >> with more than 3,000 reported incidents across the country in a six-month period as gathered by the stop api hate online portal because of the drastic decline, a group formed out of necessity. the china town merchants united out of son fraan francisco. they believe doubling down will bring customers back. >> the reason is since the pandemic, we close since march 17th and we have a lot of people doing graffiti. >> this wall is a china town

mark. the goal is to bring it back in december the year of the ox where guests can safely gather outdoors and even take a selfie or two for social media. >> it has a lot of history. we want to see the people come back for the culture. >> and while the future of the lunar new year parade and festivals are still up in the air, this are plans to make the celebrations and history available online. so when it is safe to return, tourists and locals will. steven lee reflects on the past. >> having an entertainment place like they did back in the '40s and '50s. people used to come dressed up in tuxedos and movie stars would come. >> for him and china town to survive and flourish in the future. this is such a resilient community. there is more outdoor seating in recent weeks and plans for paired down celebrations and festivals all socially distanced. well, in the east bay, halloween isn't the only

tradition being sell brittceleb differently. oakland's day of the dead festival has found a way to celebrate the mexican tradition virtually. our east bay community journalist melissa pixcar has the story. >> it started 25 years ago. a day that celebrates culture and traditions and bring that into the community in a very, very visible way. this year with covid, instead of you coming we'll bring it to you. we'll make it fun and more intimate because you'll be at your home. this week is restaurant week to highlight businesses and restaurants to have a diy idea to go and build an alter in your house. >> this is my alter honoring my family members we've since lost and friends. i've done different themes every ye

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>> scammers began using his family's address to file phony unemployment claims and now the edd has blocked all benefits to that address including his. >> they put a block on this address. >> i had all of my money on that card. i can't even go get food. >> the same thing happened to brittany. scammers were using her address and now edd has blocked all benefits to her house including brittany's. >> i was like this can't happen. i don't know what i'm going to do. >> i haven't been able to pay october's rent because of that and we're almost in november. >> legitimate workers can easily restore their benefits by submitting valid identification. dan and brittany say they provided all required documents and still can't get their money. >> i gave them basically six identifying documents to prove who i am. >> and who knows what it's going to be resolved. >> the bank was like, nope, your account hasn't bnlt cleeen clea.

>> i have bills due that are piling up. >> they uploaded driver's license, utility bills, passports. >> the supervisor said she had spoken with about 100 people that day. >> i get through to the first person and send me off to the second person. >> i tried to log on to my account online. >> the second person has to send me off to the risk and development department. >> it's hard for us to figure out what to do. >> that's when they ask me the questions, what street address did you live on ten years ago? they will actually go into google maps and ask you like cross streets. >> ben said bank of america won't tell him anything about his edd account. >> they're taking a stance of like i potentially am a fraud. i can't even look at my account balance. they're trained to tell me -- give me absolutely zero information. >> we've been asking the edd why it's taking so long to validate these claims. the spokesperson said only that

edd would look into the cases. >> it's completely like causing a lot of stress. >> i'm super beyond frustrated right now. it's not even funny. >> stress and frustration, if you're feeling that with the edd, please let me know about it. go to our f finney page. >> useful information, thank you. since covid-19 came our way, we've done so many stories on struggling restaurants. outdoor dines has helped but the rainy season is coming. wayne freedman explains how some restaurants are preparing. >> you can see. >> the progress contained much of her attention. that is life in the restaurant business where success depends on advanced planning and not only about food. >> winter is coming. rain is coming. and cold is coming.

so we knew we'd have to -- >> covid. >> and covid was not going away. >> here at bistro v, county limits ensiinside dining 50% capacity. he's not comfortable about having people inside at all. >> we're in our 50s. we don't want to be inside and we'll be there for four hours at a time breathing the air that 40 other people are exhaling. >> and so this construction job above their outside patio, a tent. it is the latest covid-19 adaptation and certainly a boon for people like haun who owns an awning company. many restaurants are doing this. >> have you been busy? yes, sir. >> this leads to an obvious question, what is the difference between having a tent in your head and roof inside? according to the state of california, it has to do with the number of walls. on one is allowed from floor to ceiling and the air has to be able to blow through.

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>> reporter: a one-man team taking after this group in maryland featured recently on world news tonight. the idea is to provide free desks to low income students during the pandemic. >> when david mauer aired this, my wife said to me, you can build anything. you should do this. >> reporter: he's already familiar with wood working and serving others. he designed and made these toy dogs donating them to children's hospitals in northern california. >> that program had to be stopped for a short period of time until covid is over with because hospitals aren't accepting outside gifts. >> reporter: his focus now finishing these desks, each costs about $65 in materials. his first delivery is scheduled monday meeting the requests of students in need within 40 miles. >> pittsburgh, bay point, concord and enthis the next delivery would probably be as far away as san jose.

>> reporter: he's not on social media but his family helped spread the word creating this go fund me campaign as he continues to build a better bay area. i'm amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. >> you can find the go fund me link on our website, abc7news.com. but now on to sandhya patel and the weekend forecast. sandhya? >> yeah, the weekend forecast looks fabulous, dan. let's take a look at halloween first. tomorrow afternoon will be nice and mild. temperatures in the 70s and 80s. look at what happens as the sun begins to set. temperatures drop but it's still comfortable. low 60s to the low to mid 70s and then by 9:00 p.m. it does get a little cool out there. temperatures will be in the 50s, 60s. live doppler 7 patchy fog. tomorrow afternoon is going to be sunshine and mild weather. warmer than today anywhere from the mid and upper 60s coast side to the low to mid 80s inland. accuweather seven-day forecast just a reminder don't forget to

set your clocks back one hour saturday night before you go to bed. daylight saving time ends so sunday we fall back and election day is looking dry for voting. watching for rain a week from today. we'll see if it materializes, dan and dion. >> thank you. larry joining us with a preview of what a heart warming sports segment. >> i'll tell you what, this is awesome. the perfect way to end the week. a young giants fan lost her baseball cards in a wildfire. she got a lot of new cards plus a surprise visit from her hero, bust 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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that "will exempt small businesses and residential property owners." join governor newsom. vote yes on 15. you may have heard about a young giants' fan, reese, her family lost their home in the fire and her baseball cards went up in flames so we planned a special surprise with an assist from buster posey. reese got a new buster card and more as cal fire put out the word about what happened. kevin ash ford decided to donate his collection of 25,000 cards to reese. she received it today in fresno. she's going to give a bunch of cards to other kids but now for the moment this young girl will talk about forever as her hero buster posey zooms in to say hi. >> so many people are coming to try to help and to see everybody at the fire station with those baseball cards, what kind of

emotions are you going through right now? >> hey, reese, reese, i'll hop in here. i was just wondering who is your favorite baseball player? >> you. >> me? i thought i saw a picture of you picking -- i thought you were a pitcher. i thought i saw a picture of you being a pitcher. >> i'm a pitcher and first baseman. >> there you go. all right. i heard you got this huge collection of cards coming your way, like 25,000 or something? wow. i think what's cool about that is it seems like you're going to be able to share the game with so many different people now, right? >> yeah. >> that's going -- >> are you speechless? >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> i've never seen you like this. >> is that the stuff did the giants send that? oh, good, you got -- good.

all right. good. >> she doesn't know what to say. >> i think she's either going to cry or laugh. she's not sure. >> cards. >> all right. >> yeah, the posey card reese was so choked up. she could hardly talk and afterwards, she was just in tears after talking with buster. overcome with emotion. special thanks to buster posey, the giants, cal fire, our producer casey pratt and reese's parents for making all of this possible. really special moment. the old saying in sports, the best ability is availability and that could be a factor in sunday's 49ers seahawks game. seattle might be down to the fourth strange. they have their own concerns, jeffrey wilson junior out but colema could be back to help bolster the decimated core of running backs and cornerback williams may be back, as well.

look out defensive coordinators. there is another one coming your way. tool started the first game sunday. younger brother starts at maryland of course hailing from the great state of hawaii. 39 yards. he ran for two -- ran for one, threw for two but mohammed four touchdowns as the golden gophers lead in the third quarter. some kids celebrated halloween socially distant par in livermore. that's our own producer casey pratt in his inflatable toy story alien costume and leading the parade of kids. they all got candy and toys at the end so the neighbors could see them. wonderful afternoon and evening for all the families in the neighborhood. i think casey is still wearing that costume right now, which is a little disturbing, actually. dion and dan. >> thanks very much. cute. >> be sure to join us tonight

for abc 7 news at 11:00. with my high schools hesitant to let high school students back on campus. we're talking to one that is doing that and making it safe for students and even letting them sing. san francisco is discouraging partying in the castro on halloween. but are people heeding the warnings? well, finally tonight, a few thoughts what really matters. all week we focus attention how the pandemic is changing the way we holiday to build a better bay area from the economic impact to the effeaffect on our health an more. after 9/11 muslim americans faced appalling and unjustified backlash and that's happening again to asian americans because of the pandemic. the misguided wrongly blaming them for the virus not just as a group but an individual level. many believe president trump repeatedly referring to covid-19 as the china virus is only fanning those flames. i'm not sure what it is about

human nature that compels some to lash out in times of stress and uncertainty. it an ugly side of ourseles born of ignorance, fear and racism, a pattern repeated since human history began and will be perhaps until it ends. either way what matters is we sound the alarm every time and never look the other way. i always love to hear from you. let me know what you think on twitter and facebook at dan ashley, abc 7. >>

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we're made for. ♪ this is "jeopardy!" introducing today's contestants-- a speechwriter originally from new york, new york... a medical student and marine officer from elk grove, california... and our returning champion-- a biotech researcher from san diego, california... ...whose 1-day cash winnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- alex trebek! [ applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome. now, a few of you looking in at this moment are saying, "why is trebek wearing an orange tie?"

because tomorrow is halloween. all right. i'm happy to welcome back carmela. we've had a lot of $24,000 winners on recent shows on "jeopardy!" chris and jon, good luck to you also. here we go into the jeopardy! round. let's see how the three of you fare with these categories... followed by... and finally... there's a lot of that going on these days. carmela, start. science for $200. - chris. - what is deoxyribonucleic acid? correct. science terms for $400, please. - jon. - what are meteor showers?