alert with a red flag warning in effect right now. we have team coverage tracking the dangerous fire conditions for you. kumasi: government shutdown averted but president biden's infrastructure agenda is still in jeopardy. the pushback from both sides. reggie: the mask mandate lifted in one county. the impact it could have another parts of the bay area. it is thursday, september 30. kumasi is you are watching abc seven mornings live on hulu live and wherever you stream. kumasi: i'm glad to be back. let's get a check on the forecast. >> can't wait to hear about it. glowing. share it. will set the table by looking at mount tam and the lack of marine layer clouds. we have the breezes in the north

bay. when you were with us yesterday we were talking about a fire weather watch. it was upgraded to a red flag warning but they cut the time down so it only goes through 11:00 this morning. we have critical fire conditions there. throughout the day we will start off in the 40's and 50's. mid-40's to mid-50's. notice the lack of clouds. in the lunch hour we are in the mid 70's to a few 80's showing up. the temperature in san francisco is a little underdone. the 4:00 hour, the marine layer tries to move back over the coast, keeping you from overheating. 80's to near 90 is prevalent elsewhere. 60's and mainly 70's by 7:00. a high fire danger, heat wave begins today, more coming up. reggie: a government shutdown has been averted. lawmakers on capitol hill have reached a last-minute deal and will vote on it this morning. president biden's agenda is

still in jeopardy. it looks like we are seeing pushback from both sides? jobina: we are. what we know is that it is an intense situation in washington. we will take a live look at capitol hill so that you can see what is happening. hours from now lawmakers will vote on the deal to avoid the shutdown and fund the government through december. what is in jeopardy? the president's $1 trillion infrastructure package. a vote on that today will likely fail because house progressives want a deal on a separate $3.5 trillion infrastructure package that includes funding to fight climate change and money for early childhood education. rep. pelosi: we take it one step at a time. jobina: it is not just progressives. the white house is struggling to get moderate democrats joe manchin and kyrsten sinema on board. if the government does not act to increase the debt limit by

october 18 the government will run out of money to pay its bills, and packets in the economy into a recession and cost thousands of jobs. kumasi: a vaccine deadline in california. all health-care workers have to be fully vaccinated or risk losing their jobs. that means if they are getting the j&j vaccine, they have to get the one shot by the end of today. moderna or pfizer, they have to get their second shot. the mandate applies to hospitals, clinics, doctors offices, and other facilities. mercury news is reporting several major hospital systems across the bay area and state say that vaccination rates have reached 90% among employees. in november the mandate expands to workers in adult and senior care facilities, nursing homes, hospice facilities, and state facilities that serve people with disabilities. it allows for religious and medical exemptions. reggie: you can get your covid-19 vaccine or booster shot at a clinic in napa county.

the st. helena hospital foundation will administer first and second doses of the pfizer vaccine for anyone 12 and up. they are offering booster shots for eligible people who got their second dose at least six month ago. you can get a flu shot. the vaccine clinic will be held at napa valley college's upper valley campus on college avenue in st. helena starting at 10 :00 a.m. masks are coming off in santa cruz county. they lifted the indoor mandate. the county has a moderate rate of covid-19 spread. now that 70% of people in santa cruz county are vaccinated, health officials say they don't see a problem with ending the mask policy. >> is it doing a lot of good for vaccinated people who have a good antibody response and are healthy to mask indoors if they are a symptomatically -- a symptomatic? it is probably not doing that much to be honest. reggie: they will closely monitor the transmission rate.

other counties may follow suit depending on how that goes. kumasi: governor newsom will sign legislation to return a manhattan beach property to its rightful owners. bruce beach catered to black people and was taken from the bruce family because white residents, including members of the kkk, resented its success. they will take a vote to make that transferred to the bruce family descendants. >> transfer, wrong way. reggie: police arrested three people after this wild chase in the east bay that started after a robbery at a starbucks in hercules. the suspect got into a waiting car and took off going the wrong way on a freeway in oakland. dan: there were two other people in the car along with the driver. a robbery suspect.

sky sevens shows this car driving in circles, hitting two cars eventually getting off on macarthur boulevard in oakland and drove into emeryville. then all three hopped out and started running. the police caught one woman near the abandoned vehicle. the man believed to be the driver surrendered standing on someone's porch. the police arrested another woman. abc 7 news was there when police searched the abandoned car and recovered bags of cash. reggie: three others are under arrest and another chase that started as that one was ending. just before 2:00 yesterday afternoon, the police started chasing a car on highway 24 through the caldecott tunnel. the car was using three -- was used in three laptop and cell phone robberies the day before. he and his two passengers came up with their hands up. kumasi: if you live in livermore, mandatory water restrictions are in effect. the city council approved a stage to water shortage

emergency meaning all landscaping irrigation is limited to a maximum of three times a week and you cannot use sprinklers from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. the goal is to reduce water usage by 15%. here is a schedule. odd numbered addresses in livermore can only water on mondays, wednesdays, and fridays. even-numbered addresses on tuesdays, thursdays, and saturdays. mike: that is going to become more and more of the norm. let's look at what happened yesterday versus today. yesterday we were under a fire weather watch meaning we were nearing critical thresholds will stuff they could happen but were not guaranteed. later in the morning the weather service was like, i think we are going to get there or exceed them. this will happen. they jumped us to a red flag warning. october starts tomorrow. it is the height of the fire season. getting prepared in the north bay is a good drill for what could have been in the next 30 to 31 days. 27 is st. helena

will decrease into the aft -- the wind will decrease into the afternoon. humidity levels in the 20's will decrease. in the south bay we have temperatures in the upper 40's to mid-50's, 48 to 55 degrees. 48 in napa. look at half moon bay, the cool spot, 45. that is what happens when you lose the marine layer. the rest of us in the 50's. if you're going to be out, the beaches, errands, exercising, it could be a better day but warm in the bay with 80's and 90's. the air quality will be a little less than yesterday, but still healthy. good to moderate. we will see if that lasts as temperatures continue to climb coming up in the accuweather 7 day forecast. jobina: good morning. i want to give you an update. i'm getting word from chp we have a crash in oakland on

westbound 24 at college avenue. i will have an update in seven things in a few minutes. in the meantime, live pictures showing emeryville. this is 80, headlights are westbound. we have no advisories from theeh re' the san mateoridge, in are moving at in both directions. reggie: sixth century kids the health concern not related to covid. kumasi: a facebook feature a lot like something on instagram and tiktok. reggie: powerball fever. the lucky numbers and your chance to get in on the massive ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪

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reggie: the alameda county sheriff's office says it busted one of the largest illegal grow operations in the state. you are looking at photos of what they seized. more than 100,000 marijuana plants and upwards of $10 million in cash and more than a dozen sites across the county. the operation was so big that

the sheriffs office says they will be processing scenes for several days. kumasi: 600 oakland students are staying home for the rest of the week, not because of the covid outbreak. two schools are dealing with a fleet in space station -- with a flea infestation. >> a picture of flea bites on the back of an elementary school student provided by a parent. esperanza and korematsu discovery academy elementary schools are both dealing with flea infestations. >> then we start seeing kids -- like, what? there are literally little tiny fleas all over the kids, jumping around. oh my gosh, what is this? i've never seen this? they are picking them off of each other, they are biting, they are scratching. >> catherine wilson teaches fifth grade at esperanza.

students and teachers bit by the pests. >> by the time that we got home she had insect bites from the fleas. i was like what happened? >> the campus borders this part and wooded area. the district believes that wildlife brought the fleas to the school. >> we believe, with the expertise from the exterminators, that raccoons that we have been seeing from those areas may be bringing those fleas. >> the district has chosen to close them to deep clean the school and rip out any carpets that may have acted as breeding grounds for the fleas. good news to wilson, who is frustrated that teachers had to threaten to not show up to get help. >> the treatments have not had the desired effect at least as quickly as we would like at the schools. we decided we had to step up our

game. >> wilson is just hopeful this doesn't happen again. >> they were covered in fleas, from their shoulders to their ankle. more fleas than i had ever seen. i've never seen anything like that. it was like of apocalyptic proportions. >> j.r. stone, abc 7 news. reggie: a shakeup for student loan borrowers. navy and announced -- naviant will no longer work with any student loan accounts linked to the u.s. department of education. active accounts and 12 million borrowers will be transferred to a company called maximus. there's no need to worry. the process is pretty common for student loans. tiktok is no longer just for instagram. the company is rolling out this new feature on its main facebook app called reels. it creates short videos with music, audio, and effects to help creators to help creators

build a following across both apps, instagram and facebook. the company is introducing a bonus program for videos that perform well. facebook will pay u.s. creators when people view their reels. reggie: ok. kumasi: great. reggie: looking forward to it? mike: that is what i was thinking. with a question mark on the end. i am looking forward to a short window and a very localized area of fire danger. the sunshine and warmer weather that you love this time of year in san francisco, i have you covered. reggie: i'm excited. mike: hopefully you too, kumasi. probably not as nice as where you came from, but hopefully it will make you feel at home. from the east bay hills we have a picture-perfect morning developing with building heat through the bay and inland neighborhoods. a little will leak to the coast, and then we have the morning

fire threat. it is a small window until 11:00. calm her in the -- calmer in the hills. the heatwave for the bay and inland neighborhoods will continue through the weekend. it is this area of high pressure eor andriusxing its muscles asho look at this significant jump. yesterday, 70's in the south bay. today 81 is as cool as it gets. 84 in san jose and 88 in gilroy. san brno at 78. 79 in menlo park. check out the temperatures trying to reach near 70 along the coast. mid 70's for downtown and south san francisco. you jump into the valleys and we are looking at 84 to 89 degrees. for the east bay, a couple of areas hold onto the 70's. richmond and berkeley, 78.

our widespread warmth will be into the east bay valleys with upper 80's to low 90's. the good news is it cools off nicely at night since we get about 12 hours and five minutes of night time.we will be back in the 50's. a few high clouds and low clouds developing along the coast. a little fog and coastal valleys and some will try to slip into the bay during tomorrow's commute. it will be as clean as this morning's. a localized sea breeze while the rest of us hit the 80's and 90's. the woman stays at the coast will be sunday and monday. a sharp but dry cold front brings us back to reality tuesday and wednesday. kumasi: the powerball jackpot is skyrocketing again because nobody one last night -- won last night. here is a look at the numbers. at least one person in california matched all of them except for the powerball. they got about $1 million in

prize money. since no one matched all six the jackpot is $620 million. you get a cash prize if you win. the next drawing is 8:00 saturday night. reggie: you are not going to win. kumasi: don't steal my joy. i have a few days to believe. [laughter] coming up, the seven things to know this morning. reggie: post season excitement for the giants. the decked out plane you might see in the sky. kumasi: celebrations across the free britney movement. the victory in her ongoing conservatorship battle. reggie:

mike: if you are just joining us, here are seven things to know. the first, a red flag warning. the high fire danger in the higher elevations of the northbay mountains through 11:00. it is the interior sections of solano and napa that have the greatest threat from these critical fire conditions. kumasi: two, firefighters in the north bay taking this very

seriously. they have extra staffing readynd their homes. fire officials sayady. reggie: three, the deadline is today for california health care workers to get vaccinated or risk losing their jobs. the mercury news reports of several major hospital systems have reached a 90% vaccination rate among employees. kumasi: four lawmakers in washington are set to approve legislation that would keep the government running into early december, preventing a partial government shut down at midnight. reggie: five, facebook will testify before a senate subcommittee answering questions about instagram and its impact on teenagers and their mental health. jobina: six, a crash in oakland is blocking at least two lanes. no injuries are reported, but you will run into a slowdown on westbound 24 on college avenue. kumasi: seven, mandatory water restrictions in livermore. the city council approved a

stage to water shortage emergency meaning that all landscaping irrigation is limited to a maximum of three times per week. the goal is to reduce water use by 15%. reggie: in gma's first look, a victory for britney spears and her ongoing conservatorship battle. a judge suspended her father as the head of the conservatorship. as we are shown, it is not terminated entirely. >> and this morning's gma first look, celebrations from across the free britney movement. after more than 13 years, a los angeles judge ended jamie spears' control over his daughter's life, suspending him as her conservator effective immediately. >> britney spears has been faced with a decade-long nightmare orchestrated by her father and others, and she is so pleased and so thankful to all of you. >> the court did not go so far as to dissolve the conservatorship completely, at least not yet.

instead, pointing a temporary conservator recommended by britney's legal team to replace jamie. britney's attorney asking the judge for an orderly transition and then termination of the conservatorship entirely this fall. we will be live outside the courthouse at a.m. abc news, s angeles. kumasi: the mbas cracking down on players not vaccinated for covid-19. -- the nba is cracking down on players not vaccinated for covid-19. if they don't comply with local mandates they will not play. a loss could mean over $50 million. 90% of the league's players are vaccinated. some are doing their research. this is prompting this -- orlando center robin lopez whose brother brooke just won a championship with the bucks. >> i'm not sure that milwaukee actually won the championship.

i wasn't there, i didn't watch the game myself, so i guess i will go off of the basis of there has to be some kind of proof. i'm going to do my own research and figure out if they won it. kumasi: the warriors' first preseason game is wednesday. reggie: i caught that shade. that was a master class. i giants-themed plane signed by barry bonds. bonds was there for this review at sfo. alaska airlines donated $100,000 to the willie mays scholarship fund that supports college dreams for san francisco's black youth. >> it is a win-win. with the giants and our community partners, we are rooting for the giants and we cannot wait for a long postseason run. reggie: in the background, that was great. alaska announced a few we -- if

you wear giants and black this fall you will get priority boarding. >> i, charlotte north, take kevin campbell to be my committed partner. reggie: now to a love story in a time of struggle. this commitment ceremony in san jose united kevin campbell and charlotte north. they have been together for 30 years. they met when charlotte was visiting london and kevin was living there. 10 years later he moved to the u.s. and they reconnected. they were on the streets before finding shelter at a site run by home first. yesterday the nonprofit organized a ceremony for the couple. >> neither one of us had ever been married. since we have been through thick and thin, three

sicknesses and hospitalizations, going through that together i propose to him. >> it doesn't feel like anything changed. we are like best friends. reggie: kevin and charlotte are on a list for permanent housing meaning they could soon be celebrating in a home of their own. kumasi: congratulations. reggie: a music festival amid a pandemic. the extra health and safety precautions at outside lands. kumasi: red flag warning continuing this morning, neighbors on the lookout for dangerous fire conditions and ready to help others evacuate in minutes. reggie: this live look outside at 5:26.

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conditions. firefighters on high alert. mike is tracking a red flag warning. kumasi: a call for pregnant women to get the covid-19 vaccine. the message from the cdc and an unvaccinated mother who dealt with complications. reggie: the issue involving kids at the center of this conversation. it is thursday, september 30. abc 7 mornings is on abc, who live, and wherever you stream. kumasi: will start with mike . mike: in the north bay we have the red flag warning f thecrali5

hours of gusting wind abe 10 hidy level ning around 20 to 30%. that's not around 32 at st. hel4 in diablo, that is not too extreme. this is not an extreme event. it is kind of a lighter one, but you still need to be vigilant for the next five and half hours.the other big story is the heat wave begins. we start comfortable and cloud free with temperatures in the 50's and will stay in the 60's to near 70 at the coast as we jump from the middle to upper 70's from the bay and inland neighborhoods to the low and upper 80's and even 90's possible. 60's and 70's at 7:00. day one of a heat wave that could stretch five days. reggie: our team coverage of the red flag warning continues in the north bay where the folks are well-versed in what october

can bring. amy hollyfield is in -- amy: towns like this are very calm and cool, but officials are worried about the forecast of gusting wind in the higher elevations of the marin hills and how it could impact towns like this one. they are keeping a close eye on napa county, worried about that area. firefighters in the north they are taking the red flag warning very seriously. departments that can have brought in extra staffing. in some cases, firefighters are away on other fires, like the fawn fire. the battalion chief in marin county says it is time for all of us to be doing our part. >> i that now is a good time to talk about in prepared, having your go bag. each county has their own specific evacuation notification process. going to that agency that you are going to be notified by and

making sure that you are signed up for the notification program so that when an evacuation occurs you are notified early and are able to get out while it is a warning before it becomes an order and you have to go. amy: here are the winds they are worried about. here's the brush fire and sonoma county. the wind pushed it close to a barn.firefighters were able to stop it before it reached the structure. the good news is the red flag warning is short.it started at 11:00 last night and is exposed to extend until 11:00 this morning. in fairfax, amy hollyfield. kumasi: in the east bay, a group of neighbors is taking a washable approach to fire safety. more than a dozen volunteers in kensignton are part of wildcat watch. on red flag warning days they sign up for ships to monitor the alert wildfire website that features live public wildfire feeds. >> you do everything you can to

save yourself and not your things, necessarily. >> we have a lot of older folks up here and it's estimated that if a fire starts in the canyon we have anywhere from seven minutes to 15 minutes to evacuate. we are looking out for each other. kumasi: if they spot anything that indicates a nearby fire, they call fire dispatch. you can keep track of real-time weather conditions where you live anytime. this tool shows air quality plus the seven day forecast plus live doppler 7. you can find it by downloading the abc 7 bay area news app for your streaming device. reggie: democrats and republicans have agreed on the stopgap till to keep the government funding through -- funded through early december. that word from chuck schumer. a vote on the bill and president biden's infrastructure measure is scheduled today come hours from midnight when federal government funding is set to expire. schumer says that the stopgap bill will be signed into law likely before the deadline. hours earlier, president biden gave new meaning to the term closure with an appearance at the congressional baseball game to put pressure on congress to

pass the stopgap spending bill. >> the date for the game was set along time ago. no one imagined that it would collide with this big milestone. i think that the game does need to go on. it is a really important bipartisan tradition.one of the few things that we do on a bipartisan basis anymore. reggie: yesterday a mid-day live we talked to jared huffman who defended holding the game despite the possible government shutdown. democrats and republicans paused play while the president took selfies and signed baseballs. you can see nancy pelosi was also at the game. republicans won 13-12. kumasi: facebook will be facing tough questions on capitol hill. the global head of safety is expected to talk about instagram's impact on teenagers. how mental health is at the center of this conversation. jobina: it's a battle between facebook and the wall street

journal. the journal published an article saying facebook data showed instagram is bad for teenager's mental health. it claims about one third of teenage girls deal with body image and other issues because they compare themselves to others on the app. facebook says that the wall street journal misinterpreted the data. ineahe mntcoanopts instagram fods project. that brings us ttoday. facebook appear before a senate subcommittee at 7:30 our time this morning. the global head of safety is set to testify as they address the wall street journal's concerns had on. -- head on. the journals article is based on a study published by facebook. they have republished the study with annotations to provide more context. urging pregnant women and nursing moms to get the covid-19 vaccine. >> we absolutely have the data that demonstrates the

overwhelming benefit of vaccine and very little safety concerns at all. kumasi: data shows 22 pregnant women died of covid last month. samantha kelly was pregnant when she got sick and went into a coma. she was unvaccinated. >> it is a lot of decisions being thrown at you. you try as a mom to make the best one, but i, unfortunately, think i made the wrong one, and i should have gotten the vaccine. patients, pregnant women are twice as likely to need intensive care and 70% more likely to die from covid. require vaccines or covid testing before you can board a plane. california senator feinstein tweeted "we cannot allow upcoming holiday air travel to contribute to another surge in covid cases. today i introduce legislation requiring passengers on domestic flights to be vaccinated, test negative, or be fully recovered

from a previous covid illness." travel experts that we spoke with endorse the idea. >> if it were to become law it would be adding restrictions in the u.s. that exist elsewhere in the world and are working pretty well to contain covid. >> anything that we can do to continue to encourage travel in the most comfortable, safe way is important for everybody. reggie: the tsa only requires passengers to wear a mask in airports and on airplanes. kumasi: you can expect extra health and safety precautions at this year's outside lands music festival. the san francisco golden gate park is returning for the first time in two years. attendees have to have proof of vaccination or a negative covid test to get in. this is the first time that the festival will be held on halloween weekend. organizers are taking extra steps to mitigate traffic and noise knowing that the first day of school is that day for local kids. snail mail is taking on a new meaning. u.s. postal service is

deliberately slowing services. reggie: holiday hiring. the promise of perks, pay, and flex ability amid the pandemic. first, a check on your weather. mike: coming up on 5:38 on this friday eve. here's the western span of the bay bridge from south beach. a couple of things i want to not show you. fog and cloud cover and not much in the way of the wind. we will talk to jobina about the traffic. on the roads we are lacking clouds. on the water we are lacking wins. it is comfortable this morning. if not a little cool, 40's and 50's. it will be pretty warm, up to 30 degrees or 40 degrees warmer this afternoon then this morning. places like this and wrote -- san ramon valley are around 47 to 49. you will be flirting with 90's. you will be looking at a 45 degrees jump in temperatures. pittsburgh is the warm spot, 61. 52 in lafayette. 44 in santa rosa.

47 in napa. nevada 46. same thing in hayward. 49 in mountain view. 56 in san jose. a clean look at the exploratory him, no marine layer. there is a slight chance that it could come back during the latter part of the afternoon. for the most part you are going to enjoy some sunshine. air quality any time that we get heat this time of year and an offshore breeze, we are not venting that pollution into the central valley like we normally do. we will build up a little bit, but we are looking good to moderate today, tomorrow, and saturday, which is healthy. here's the smoke forecast. problem really not -- probably not quite as blue of the sky with a twinge in the central valley. you can see some of that rules over top of us so tomorrow's sky will be even murkier than today. the air quality where we are will be pretty good. heat wave begins today, we will show you how long it lasts. let's get to jobina.

jobina: we are getting some brand-new video into our newsroom of the crash we have been following in oakland. this is it on westbound 24 at college avenue. according to chp, multiple cars were involved. one is completely totaled off to the side. they have one lane blocked and the traffic backup is the real issue. thankfully there were no injuries involved, which is why i want to bring you to the graphic so that we can see the speeds. traffic is backing up past of 13. speeds are 24 miles per hour on 24, so that is easy to remember. further up on westbound 24 before the caldecott tunnel we have a tractor-trailer on fire. i like pictured oakland showing the coliseum camera things are moving at the limit. also,

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reggie: initial unemployment claims increased for a third straight week. the u.s. labor department released a jobs claims report. 360 2000 unemployment claims were filed last week, an increase of 11,000 from the prior week. continuing claims went down slightly from more than 2.8 million, about 18,000 less then the prior week. snail mail will get slower starting tomorrow. the postal service adopted a policy expected to delay delivery times. one to three day delivery will take up to five days. this impacts first-class mail and not package deliveries. some post offices will see reduced hours. critics say that dealing with this on top of pandemic-related delays is frustrating. >> medical shipments have gone missing. many small businesses cannot get

products to customers. people are getting hit with late fees for bill payments that did not arrive on time because of mail delivery delays. kumasi: more changes are coming starting on sunday. it will cost more to send commercial and retail packages. the postmaster general says that changes will save billions of dollars. reggie: in the south bay, stores are staffing for the holiday season, the second under the pandemic. the economy is a key pillar of building a better bay area. the challenges ahead for applicants and employers and what is different from last year. >> now hiring signs hang like holiday decorations around westfield valley fair mall. >> whether it is part-time, full-time, seasonal, if you are a student, we are open seven days a week and many hours beyond 9:00 to 5:00. >> for the retailers recruiting at the indoor job fair, it is that flexibility, pay, and perks

attracting applicants. >> i would not consider this if i was not vaccinated. >> steve was one of several searching for new employmt. il theandemic is keeping him on guard, he is keeping his options open. >> working from home would be my ideal situation, but i wanted to put out feelers to see if there would be something both interesting and safe. >> valley fair added 90 new new retailers, including the virtual science center. the tour manager says that since covid-19 vaccines became widely available she has noticed more people are willing to leave their homes. >> we have done everything we can to put health and safety first. >> virtual is looking for up to four holiday hires. at the restaurant between 35 85 employees are needed in line with what is called a worker

shortage as they raced to return to normal. >> everywhere from the host to the busser, runner, server. and that is the front of the house. >> the busy holiday season. >> that is when spikes happen for coronavirus. it makes you think twice. should i be doing this for this amount of money? >> hiring managers hope so. kumasi: your next purchase at the dollar tree may cost more than $1. according to the wall street journal prices are going up so you can expect to see things for one dollar 25 or one dollar 50. dollar tree says that it has no choice but to raise prices because of higher wages and freight costs. a new kind of store in san francisco.

pickup only. the new stories on drum street in the financial district and there is no seating. starbucks encourages mobile ordering, but you can also order inside. starbucks is opening 300 of these in the next year and a half. kumasi: how are you supposed to talk to your friends and say good morning and pick up your stuff? reggie: right now there is no seating in the starbucks in the cities anyway. it is all outdoor seating. mike: i think they kind of like that. reggie: you think they like that? kumasi: no, my people like me. we have moments. mike: you can still have a moment. kumasi: through the window? mike: is that how it is, through a window? no. kumasi: you can still go inside, but don't linger. mike: you have to have moments with other people, too. but that is great that they make you feel special.

hopefully we have a forecast that you enjoy, because we will bring you summer warmth that a lot of us look forward to as we get rid of the marine layer for a couple of days. unfortunately what is causing that is this offshore breeze that is not extreme. a north wind nine to 16 on mount dr abouteg. another five hours and 12 minutes and then the heatwave will become the big story moving forward for the bay and inland neighborhoods. the hottest days are friday through at least monday. we will slam the door on the heatwave with an unfortunately dry cold front on tuesday.here is the red flag warning, not an extreme event, but we are so dry and the fuel so easily ignites, that humidity levels even in the 20% range you could see fire start quickly and spread rapidly. that is why you have to be prepared to act. that is what i warning means, be prepared to act, because it

could be imminent. much-needed wet weather continues to fall in vancouver, portland, and that storm track is staying well north of us as high pressure drops anger on us and stays around for several days as we transition from september to october, transitioning from one high fire danger month to the highest fire danger month. that is something to think about this week when we are dealing with the warm temperatures.in the south bay, 81 in sunnyvale and cupertino. gilroy, 88. gorgeous in santa cruz. we will hold onto the 70's in san bruno and menlo park. 80 to 85 for the rest of us. upper 60's to mid 70's in downtown in south. going to the game? can you believe we have won so many games and we are still only two up on the dodgers?

64 dropping to 57. mid to upper 50's on the coast and mid to upper 80's, 20 degrees warmer, inland. as we move inland, we really build the heat. 87-91 degrees. tonight we are in the 50's with low clouds along the coast. the coastal valleys and a few high clouds. definitely more mild than this morning. my seven day forecast, temperatures take off tomorrow and saturday for the bay and the inland, but cool at the coast. the localized sea breeze goes away so your best beach days will be sunday and monday and then tuesday and wednesday. we are back to autumn levels. kumasi: scientist found a new dinosaur species in brazil. the flesh i've been eating animal lived there 70 million years ago. it had -- the flesh-eating animal lived there 70 million years ago. reggie: alright.

we are learning new old things all the time. the recovery of california's job market. the leading economic forecast predicting the speed of the golden state's rebound compared to the rest of the country. kumasi: youtube crackdown. the video she won't see on the platform. reggie:

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at&t store where he bought a cell phone three days after returning home without gabby petito. the fbi's in possession of the phone which he left at home. yesterday dog the bounty hunter joint search crews on an island near where brian laundrie went camping. >> we found nothing to suggest he was out there recently. but this is how you hunt. kumasi: authority say brian laundrie visited the campsite with his parents. protests have been gathering outside his family's home, demanding answers from his parents. reggie: you may notice a change on youtube. they banned videos that spread misinformation about vaccines. hopefully you were not watching them in the first place. posts that claim vaccines cause health issues like cancer, autism, or infertility. those posts or any with conspiracy theories are being wiped from the platform. they have removed more than 130,000 videos. kumasi: san jose wants to make

it easier for low income residents to access the internet and it won't cost taxpayers extra. a first of its kind partnership was just announced with hotspots fueled through cryptocurrency. volunteers will host helium hotspots. the hotspots will generate cryptocurrency that will be converted to prepaid cards to help 1300 low income residents pay for the internet. >> this is a novel approach where we take a very creative business model that the team put together in partnership with an emerging technology that helium brings to the table and create social good that is sustainable. kumasi: the effort is part of san jose' is goal of building out the largest, long-range, wide area network in the world. mike: i have been riding the refresh button waiting for the latest drought monitor information to drop, and nothing has changed. let's talk about the reservoirs.

as far as our average, notice that there's not much change. i think this has to do with our evaporation rates getting lower as the sun angle gets lower and the days get shorter.we are not losing water as much. when you're looking at the percent compared to capacity, ie using a lot of water. if you're outside dining, 60's to 70's and 80's at 5:00. same at 6:00. the 80's could hold inland through about 7:00. then we'll drop into the 60's and 70's everywhere 8:00 with the clouds gathering near the coast.we will see if they have an effect on our weather coming up in the seven day forecast. kumasi: preparing for a new policy for san francisco's nonvaccinated police. what could happen for the nearly 300 officers who still do not have the shot. reggie: governor newsom's

decision deadlines. hundreds of his bills waiting to be signed or vetoed. we know too that will be signed today. kumasi: moving away from the mask mandate. santa cruz moving away because of data. of data. reggie:

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building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. kumasi: a red flag warning in effect indicating dangerous fire conditions. our team coverage on the trouble spots and the timeline for this alert. >> government shutdown averted for now. at the live desk following the pushback we are hearing from both sides. reggie: another major vaccine mandate taking place in california today. it comes as the bay area considers its mask mandate. it is thursday, september 30. you are abc 7 news. kumasi: a little sprinkle, little sunshine. reggie: welcome back. happening, red flag warning and warmer weather, which is really kicking off.

mike: those are the two big highlights. good news, shorter duration. we are fire weather