fallout. the ceo responded to the whistleblower testimony. his message to employees that he later shared. >> we are past megxit -- metrics defined. kumasi: discussion about ditching masks, counties rethinking restrictions, but our counties ready for it? reggie: the free events planned for today. welcome to wednesday, october sixth. you are watching abc 7 mornings. kumasi: let us check with a start -- let us start with a check of our forecast. lisa: another cool start. we had our cool down yesterday. live doppler shows you all of the cloud cover reaching into the sacramento valley, right now it is 55, san mateo and pacifica. low 50's santa rosa and 58 in livermore. a deck of high clouds and low

clouds combine for apache drizzle, otherwise a gray day with temperatures mainly in the 60's in our far inland valleys looking at low to mid 70's. it will take throughout the morning hours to see any clearing at all and the wind will kick up as well. we will wov0urn s addio the cooling that we have a warm up in time for the weekend. kumasi: change could be coming to the bay area's indoor mask mandate. county leaders are rethinking restrictions and updates could come as soon as this week. amy hollyfield is joining us with more. good morning. amy: good morning. is it time to change the signs again? these have been up since early august when this mask mandate came back, now we are looking at making changes again.

yet ready to possibly get ready to choose whether you -- get ready to possibly choose whether you get to wear your mask. the number of cases is on the decline and the bay area has some of the highest vaccination rates. we talked to one doctor who says that we have passed the metrics to lift indoor mask mandates. when we ask people if they are ready, we heard hesitancy. t riants. vaccinated but io still feel nervous. amy: the san francisco mayor said that dropping the mask mandate is long overdue, it is not up to elected officials, county health officers make the decision. health department say they are looking at softening the rules in certain places in specific situations. they are finalizing those details.

the timing and the exact rules could vary from county to county. in contra costa county, case rates are down 35%. officials say an announcement could be coming by the end of this week. reggie: thank you. there is some frustration for people trying to get a booster shot. at some pharmacies, they ran out. at least two cvs pharmacies canceled appointments because they did not have boosters. we reached out to cvs and the company said the high demand exceeded the initial allocation. >> it is always frustrating for somebody to have an appointment for a vaccine and then find out it is not available. >> they were people who are pushed by their family and they have a negative thing and they just go it is not meant to be and i will not have a vaccine and that is the sad part. reggie: both alameda and contra costa counties have their own allocation from the state.

the county sites are open for booster appointments. you can ask your -- our vaccine team your questions, just go to abc7news.com/vaccine. kumasi: mark zuckerberg is rejecting claims by a whistleblower who testified before congress. the former employee said that they spoke spreads hate speech for profit and knew that the platforms could be harmful to teen girls. some lawmakers are threatening regulations. jobina: mark zuckerberg is denying claims. he posted a letter, this one you are seeing a portion of, to employees yesterday saying "many of the claims do not make sense. those claims made by frances haggins do not makeake sense." they say that facebook ignores the negative impact and how it could have a negative impact on teenagers. >> facebook knows that its

amplification algorithms, things like engagement ranked basing can lead to from healthy recipes to anorexia promoting content over a very short period of time. jobina: zuckerberg wrote "if we wanted to ignore research why would we create an industry-leading research program to understand these issues in the first place? in her closing statements she underscored the lack of transparency and encouraged others in the industry to speak up. senater richard blumenthal has promised congress will take action. reggie: a palo alto woman charged with starting the fawn flyer will be examined by psychiatrist to determine if she is competent to stand trial. the 30-year-old's attorneys raised questions about his -- her mental competency. a judge agreed to have her evaluated.

she claimed that she was trying to start a fire to boil water. one couple who lost their home is upset. >> she has to be crazy to do this. so they will probably wind up letting her go. >> i cannot stand what she has done to us and there is nothing we can do to let people know that we are mad and upset, we have nothing. reggie: 180 five buildings were destroyed in the fawn fire. she has pleaded not guilty. kumasi: pleasanton can -- declared a local drought emergency. they are being asked to reduce water by 15% that the city is not penalizing anyone. that could change if the drought get works. -- worse. reggie: in marin county, an effort to keep residents from running out of water. we spoke to the manager of an animal sanctuary, which is also where her family lives.

they rely on their property wells for all of their water. >> there are some days when if you are the last person to wakek flushing the toilet. it is not fun to think that you could be without water for, i do not know, a couple of weeks or a couple of months, who knows? reggie: if this is approved marin water will provide 50,000 gallons of water per person per day. kumasi: fleet week ship tours ts kickoff at two locations, pier 3 0-32 in south beach. this is video of the ship sailing in. the mayor is encouraging you to enjoy the week safely. >> make sure that you participate, attend, you follow the covid restrictions so you do not get in trouble, you make sure you do your part because we are still in a pandemic.

kumasi: the air runs friday through sunday and you can get in on all of the fun. we have a full list of events on our website. lisa: last weekend's more typical fleet week. we are going to warm up, but it will be pleasant. it is cool right now with a system to the north. we zoom in closer and this is where we have all of the cloud cover. looking at cool temperatures warmer than yesterday. upper 50's to near 60. the air quality is good. a look outside, we are looking at morning clouds and relatively cool numbers. breezy and cooler taking us through about friday. friday we could see a slight chance of showers in the santa cruz mountains, south bay, otherwise we warm up into the

weekend with saturday and sunday looking to be the warmest day. here is the cloud cover trying to break out. intoour wednesy and thursday with the wind 20 to 30 miles an hour off of the coast and late in the day today. still breezy to windy, and through thursday the cool onshore breeze is allowing for temperatures to be held down five to 10 degrees low average. 66, fremont. 70, san jose. in the seven day forecast, cooler tomorrow with a slight chance of a shower friday. milder on saturday and the warmest day is sunday. jobina: hello, we will start with a live look at the golden gate bridge. yesterday we had a fog advisory, that is not the case today. things are busy in emeryville. the headlights of traveling westbound.

this will be your busiest corridor at the moment and it reflects on the overall picture of the map. we have a typical coming out of tracy but we have an earlier issue, the northbound lanes of highway 17 are back open after this truck overturned. this happened after midnight and all lanes reopened around 445 and crews had to close down the northbound lanes it does appear that two cars got caught up in the mass. reggie: an itch that needed to be scratch. one animal had to be creative. kumasi: a school district's financial crisis. on the verge of stepping into trim the budget in san francisco. reggie: a thief stealing a car in a matter of seconds that it is not just about the car, an irreplaceable item that was still inside. kumasi: l

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between 2019 and 2020. that is according to new data from the cdc's national center for health statistics. the last time we saw a jump like that between 2000 and 2001 when it rose 20% because of the deaths recorded in the september 11 attacks. that is seven poi is se homicides per 100,000 people up from six homicides per 100,000 people in 2019. the homicide rate is lower than what we saw in the early 1980's when it topped 10 homicides per 100,000 people. kumasi: new help for people who are on housed to get off of the streets. the san jose city council approved six new housing units built at a police department overflow parking lot. the city is planning to break ground in november and have it up in six months. >> it is important for people to

see that these are communities part of our community, not just strange people moving in from a strange land. these are residents and committee members and that we should be very welcoming to them. kumasi: they are considered bridge housing. the total cost is estimated to be $13 million. reggie: a break-in at a facility that help seniors in need cost $20,000 in damage. it happened at the eldercare alliance's warehouse near 30 4th avenue and oakland. the damaged equipment included a pallet stacker. the nonprofit used it to load groceries onto delivery trucks to take -- to be taken to 8000 seniors. kumasi: a woman asking for help -- is asking for help after her car with her daughter's wedding veil was stolen. it happened early monday morning. she was staying at a hotel, hotel valencia. the car was with the valet.

sometime overnight the key was taken from the valet and the car was stolen. the woman says she hopes to recover the wedding veil. education is a focus and arc -- in our commitment to building a better bay area. the state superintendent may be forced to intervene to solve the dire financial crisis. the chronicle is reporting that san francisco unified has been spending $60 million a year beyond the revenue that it gets from the state. the school district blames declining enrollment and rising salaries. a financial consultant is expected to come into help them trim 13% of the budget. reggie: it brings so much relief but sometimes scratching an itch can be challenging and you have to improvise. >> there we go. you got a little scratching post. get that itch, buddy. good morning. reggie: cindy share this video at yellowstone national park.

she spotted a bison to get to a -- using a post to get to nh. she visits the park all the time and she loves it when the bison find something to scratch on. we all have things we like. that is cindy's. lisa: it is cute. reggie: are you ok, cindy? lisa: we are set for some weather that will feel even cooler than the season. a little bit cooler than october and earlyloral standard cld see f sprinkles in the south y. td ont puin in wl notice fromercafoia where we have a little bit of light rain all the way down to san francisco where the cloud cover will be stubborn, so with mostly cloudy skies to start we will get a few peeks of sun but overall oral -- overall, the

cloud cover brings in freezing temperatures. 56, san francisco. 52, santa rosa. we are a few degrees warmer around hayward and napa. 46 degrees warmer. we are not gonna get there on thursday, highs in the 60's and 70's, widespread 60's, so another cool day on tap into friday. it'll change and we could see a few sprinkles around san jose and the santa cruz mountains. into the weekend, numbers in the 70's closer to oakland and richmond with red -- mid and upper 70's. this is the system we are watching. until thursday and friday, this misses the bay area and brings mountain showers and a few sprinkles. highs on the cool side. we are getting for the warm up for fleet week with upper 60's downtown.

today, 63. 66, fremont with low 70's in the north bay. reggie: the giants are getting ready for the playoffs. the team held an optional workout yesterday and even injured first baseman attended. this will be the first postseason as a manager for gabe. he says he is not nervous now but he hopes to be when the game gets underway. >> whenever i do feel nerves or whatever or however you want to classify those i really appreciate those, and i feel like i am a better support system to our players and staff when i do have some of those feelings. reggie: the giants have yet to name their starting pageer. -- pitcher. it is tonight against the winner of the cardinal-dodgers game. kumasi: the orioles host the nuggets.

andrew higgins will be able to play after being vaccinated. it was get shot or miss out on pay because of the city's mandate. when asked about his reluctance he said he had an allergic reaction to some medicine a couple of years ago. >> it was a scary moment and i carry an epipen now. i know a lot of people get reactions and were getting reactions or injuries from getting the vaccination, also just i do not know what it will do to me in 10 years. kumasi: he admitted that he needed surgery he would take whatever the doctors prescribed. here is something new, chase center unveiled its new wine bar featuring featuring a rotation of premium lines. if you want to turn out the heat check out the spicy pineapple margarita and the arena is ushering in food options like

toasted sandwiches. all of this available starting tonight. let spicy margarita kinda looks cool. reggie: i am interested. kumasi: coming up seven things to know. reggie: adele's comeback and a preview of her new video. kumasi: $137 million verdict against tesla. we are hearing from the employee who filed the lawsuit. reggie:

kumasi: 5:22 and here are the seven things you need to know. the indoor mask mandate?o drop some health officials are thinking about it. they say the number of covid cases are on the decline in the bay area has some of the highest vaccination rates. reggie: the city of oakland is requiring employees to be fully vaccinated. workers have until november 29 to get their shots. kumasi: mark zuckerberg is responding to a scathing testimony by a former manager who told congress that the social media giant puts profit ahead of safety. he said that many of the claims do not make sense. reggie: more than 144,000

gallons of oil has spilled off of the coast of huntington beach. the pipeline was due for an inspection at the end of the month. lisa: waking up to plenty of cloud cover, stubborn to leave with cool highs and low 60's downtown with low to mid 70's and linda. jobina: a new crash in hayward, southbound 880. injuries have been reported and we are seeing a slowdown. kumasi: fleet wheat ship towards kickoff at 10:00. they will be at pure 3032 -- pier 3032 and 35. reggie: we are hearing from the former tesla employee awarded 130 million dollars in a racial bias lawsuit. here is rebecca jarvis. rebecca: the man at the center of a $137 million verdict against tesla speaking out. >> you cannot keep treating workers like this.

rebecca: owen diaz as an elevator operator told the court that he faced a hostile work environment where employees drew swastikas and racist graffiti on bathroom stalls and coworkers told him to go back to africa. >> they decided not to follow through and kill investigations. rebecca: now tesla ordered to ming up we will have much more of our interview with owen diaz and the change he hopes his verdict will make in workplaces everywhere. with your gma first look, rebecca jarvis. kumasi: if you own a volvo the company issued a voluntary recall of 460,000 callers -- cars because of an airbag defect. the recall impacts older sedans.

applies to your car and the dealership will of replace the airbag for free. reggie: amazon is working on a smart refrigerator. it can predict your food preferences and order groceries on your behalf. it uses similar technology found in amazon go stores. it can also track grocery expiration dates and suggest recipes based on what is inside your fridge. on top of all of that they can provide health and nutrition advice. mind your own business, refrigerator. leave me alone. kumasi: let us talk about adele, because she is giving us a glimpse of her new song and music video. ♪ reggie::::::: kumasi: that is all we got?

we did not get one note? the grammy winner released a short snippet, real short, of the upcoming song called easy on me. the full song will be released on october 15th. her last album, 25 came out in 2015. fans have been speculating that her next album will be called 30. reggie: i am into it. did you see the nails? kumasi: that is all we needed. i am here for it. reggie: if you do not like adele , something is wrong. you could have a smart refrigerator telling you what to make. a new sweet treat at one of our favorite doughnut shops. kumasi: a signal that more people are returning to work in person. reggie: on vaccinated employees suspended. kaiser revealed on -- county workers are on unpaid leave because i have not gotten the shot. kumasi: let us take a live look

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. reggie: covid-19 restrictions. bay area counties are talking about a major chan. a vaccine md slow the commute in san francisco. hundreds of workers at risk of being fired. reggie: krispy kreme out with something new on the breakfast menu for the first time ever. good morning on this wednesday, abc 7 mornings is live right now on abc 7, hulu live and wherever you stream. lisa: hello there. looking at cloudy skies and cool temperatures. 52 santa rosa. down towards hayward, 60. the cloud cover with us throughout most of the day. we will look at 7:00 where we

are all in the 50's. 10:00, low 60's and mostly cloudy by the afternoon. 3: trein thed rtearing. lh coer thathe wind will kick up ae shoreline and then we will look at the cooling trend continuing until the weekend. we will talk about that coming up. reggie: california and the bay area is no longer in the cdc recommended range to have indoor mask mandate and that has county health leaders working on a plan that could see mandates though away. amy hollyfield is live at walnut creek with this on and off again mask situation. amy: that is right, the signs have been greeting you for the past two months and you might have gotten used to seeing them they could be going away.

he is have been in place since the beginning of august but they are talking about changing the rules on us. bay area and county health officials are in conversations considering softening the rules in certain places and in certain conditions, especially in the office for the vaccinated. many people are working from home where they do not have to wear a mask so some people are calling for a left to the rule in -- a lift to the rule in the office place. we heard some hesitancy when we ask people but a infectious disease dissolve -- dr. said it is time to lift the mandate. >> we have low translation -- transmission and high vaccination so that loses the mandate into a recommendation. amy: the mayor says that she thinks a change is long overdue. she points to the high vaccination rates and declining covid cases.

health officials will make the decision and they are working on new rules and there could be an announcement by the end of this week. reporting live, amy hollyfield. reggie: developing news, oakland is requiring city employees to be fully vaccinated. the city council just approved the mandate last night. it takes effect now workers have until november 29 to get their shots. employees will be allowed to request a medical or religious exemption. kumasi: if you rely on public transit in san francisco a vaccine mandate debate could slow your commute with double or triple current wait times. at yesterday's meeting we learned that six hundred 40 employees are not vaccinated and more than 300 of those are muni operators, 13% of the total bus drivers. less than 50 are asking for exemptions. transit workers union of

america, the president of the organization said that on vaccinated union bus officers could be fired for not getting the vaccine by november 1. >> it is a scary situation because it is like the city and county chopping off their own leg when you do not need to. kumasi: the mandate could also lead to terminations for unvaccinated parking control officers if covid tests are not accepted and employees do not give into the vaccine mandate. reggie: 1% of kaiser employees are on unpaid leave after deciding not to get the vaccine. those 2200 employees are all over the country including in california. a lot of workers did wait until the last minute to align with the vaccine mandate. kaiser said close to 5000 employees had not responded yet. kumasi: we are getting a better sense of when the pfizer vaccine might become available to young kids. jobina: the fda has set a

meeting for october 26. a committee will decide whether to authorize the covid-19 vaccine for kids ages five to 11. it will review data. the fda says it will make a decision soon after the meeting. >> how many days it will take, i cannot tell you exactly, but i can promise you that no one will be sitting at home playing solitaire during that time. kumasi: as more cities and states implement vaccine mandates the department of homeland security issued a warning tracking potential domestic extremists might target health care worker facilities and public officials. fewer cases and hospitalizations and deaths in the coming weeks as more people get vaccinated and get their booster shots. kumasi: you can ask our vaccine team about covid-19 vaccines by going to abc7news.com/vaccine. reggie: scott peterson is set to be back in court appearing

remotely. he has been on death row for more than 15 years for killing his wife and their unborn son. today a judge plans to set a date to re-sentence him to life in prison with no chance of parole. the state supreme court previously throughout his death sentence because jurors who personally disagreed with the death penalty but were willing to impose it where improperly dismissed. kumasi: now for the former trot -- the trial against elizabeth holmes. in court and attorney claimed incompetence by the former at national former lab director behind the problems at the blood testing start off -- start up. the attorney questioned him about faulty lab test results at his current employer. he claims that he quit because the blood tests did not work. holmes is charged with making false and misleading statements to investors, doctors and patients. abc news reported rebecca jarvis

jose podcast about the trial called the dropout and a new episode comes out every tuesday. mt. view based facebook is in the national spotlight over allegations that it shows profit over public safety. a former employee just testified on capitol hill. amanda spoke with local experts about the ethical cost of around-the-clock online content and how social sites can better protect users. amanda: ethics, algorithms, mental health, and money all covered before a hearing in front of a senate subcommittee. details allege that facebook knew about the toxic effects that the platforms had on young users and still put money over morality. >> facebook failed to live up to its moral responsibility by prioritizing profit over the safety of its users. there has also been in terminal -- internal pressure for facebook to live up to its responsibility but leadership refuses to do that.

amanda: it is pressure professor brown says could make it different. pieces that loot -- users need to demand congressional oversight. >> it is never too late to enact laws to make facebook accountable and to share their data. an the research results that they have been conducting with the public. amanda: a study conducted in late tuesday uncovered 13.5 percent of teen girls say that instagram worsen suicidal thoughts. 17% said the same platform contributed to their eating disorders. >> while we cannot know if it it due to platforms like facebook, the research suggests that it is not helping. amanda: dr. thomas plant says that facebook could reach into deep rockets to address platforms for this society, perhaps to use this for quality research.

>> to get quality professionals who can help them including ethicists to help them create safe platforms that do not hurt anybody. reggie: pipeline leak in southern california which has spewed 140 4000 gallons of oil off of the coast of huntington beach. governor newsom was in orange county yesterday. many are speculating that the anger of the ship could've caused the oil spill investigators are collecting more information from inspections done in the past two years. >> we are going back to the details but there are no issues in those reports when they were last inspected, but it might be academic if this does turn out to be the cause that some have speculated. reggie: investigators are working on the idea that investigators ignored alarms.

governor newsom has declared a state of emergency to free up funds for cleanup. investigators say a criminal investigation is likely. kumasi: pg&e is telling customers about a new safety measure. they held a webinar last night to explain the new system intended to help reduce the risk of wildfires. crews are adjusted -- adjusting the sensitivity to automatically turn off power anytime there is an issue we detected. then say launched this in july it has seen a 60% decrease in potential fire high zones. 45% of powerline -- of powerline's have had their settings adjusted. several developments in the gabby petito case. the new clarification from his parent's attorney. reggie: the change you will see with instagram videos. but first, a check on the weather. lisa: good morning to you.

here's a look at live doppler 7 where there is a cold front to the north of us bringing in some high clouds that will stay with us throughout the day. what about the rain? the system will brush the coast and perhaps friday the south bay and sierra nevada could see a chance of showers. unfortunately we remain dry, but behind a warm-up. current numbers near 60. the warmer locations this morning with the cool numbers and fog up in santa rosa. 52 there. 56 in los gatos. here's a look outside of san francisco, morning clouds and cooler today. tomorrow, and then even into friday wt bay we are well below average. 70's today out towards fairfield and antioch. low 70's tomorrow and friday looks to be the coolest day. here's a look at the wind, 20 to

30 miles an hour towards the afternoon. breezy in the inland valleys. thursday, we do it again temperature is five to 10 degrees below average. a cool day today, 67, san mateo. 66, fremont. 70, san jose with low 70's in livermore. jobina: hello, we are following an unfortunate situati ichp is r hit a pedestrian on northbound 680 at jackson avenue and they are diverting traffic right now and that is all the information we have. we will continue to follow that. heyward on sth80, that injuries. speeds around 70 miles an hour and then we have a car that crashed into a pg&e big rig on northbound 680 before stoneridge drive.

a number of crashes right now so please be careful. if you commute on the bay bridge and you already know this information, traffic on the bay bridge is just about back to pre-pandemic levels. it is a signal that people are returning to work in person. the transportation commission spokesperson told the gate that traffic is topping 90% of pre-pandemic limbo -- levels in the antioch bridge has already returned to full 2019 levels, so returned to full 2019 levels, so we will see what times the it's time for “operation: get kids to think learning is fun.” any ideas? replace their teachers with clowns? textbooks made of candy? submarine school bus? these ideas are terrible. we can give them all osmo. it's technology that turns a tablet into a super-fun, learning device. they won't even realize they're learning... ...until it's too late. -muahahahahahahaha! -muahahahahahahhahaha... -muahahahahahahhahaha... -muahahahahahahahaha! muahahahahahahahaha!

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the senate was looking into claims that the fbi failed to investigate hundreds of sex abuse allegations. the former dr. has been in prison since 2017. kumasi: there have been several developments in the gabby petito case as the fbi searches for brian laundrie. megan: a new twist in in in in n for brian laundrie, a person of interest in the murder of his fiancee. the attorney for his parents telling abc news that brian left home to go for a hike at the carlton reserve on september 13. that was one day earlier than his parents told investigators. the attorney said the clarification came after further communication. he confirms that he flew home to florida for five days in august during the middle of his road term -- road trip, flying from utah august 17 and then back to utah august 23. the family attorney said that brian flew home to obtain an

empty and close the storage unit. his flight came five days after her ald oufit with dr. phil. >> the police video. >> i think it is a blessing that we got to see that she was a real human being. megan: they said that laundrie stole gabby's credit card. >> do you believe he is hiding somewhere? >> i do. >> why do you believe that? >> he has a coward. megan: his sister is urging her brother to cooperate sending a similar message to her own parents saying that she has not spoken to them in two weeks. >> i do not know if my parents are involved, if they are then they should come clean. megan: his parents say they do not know where he is. their attorney says any speculation that they are helping brian is just wrong.

reggie: a new environmental report is shedding light on a problem affecting virtually every californian, air pollution. the environment california research and policy center found that wildfires were the leading cause of poor air quality last ar more than 38 million californians or 98% of us breathe polluted air for at least 30 days. this increases the risk for premature death, asthma attacks and cancer. air pollution is a public health emergency and one single group is especially vulnerable. >> we always like to highlight essential workers and farmworkers who are mostly undocumented and work every single day to put food on our tables do not have any labor rights or access to medical care but are expected to work every day. reggie: the greater los angeles area had the worst air pollution with seven months of unhealthy air. kumasi: this is happier.

for the first time krispy kreme added cinnamon rolls to the menu. select locations are selling them until this sunday. there is the original glazed cinnamon roll and a cinnamon toast crunch cinnamon roll. because the cinnamon toast crunch version has bits of the cereal at the top. reggie: i do not need that. kumasi: i get krispy kreme emails so i was aware. reggie: i see. kumasi: and i was like, what will that taste like? reggie: that is too crunchy for me. kumasi: but you do not want the regular one? reggie: the regular one is fine. my mind is still on bob's doughnuts because we got that yesterday. it was really good. lisa, i am sorry you were not here. a shout out to bob's doughnuts because they watch as every morning and sure enough she walked the walk and i turned around i saw the tv in the back

and it was on our station. good morning. dghnut woul bgo thima headausee are aoo start to the a cool afternoon. several days with this pattern as a cold front all poised to bring rain to northern california, maybe even the south bay and usher in cooler air, continuing the trend with gusty onshore wind until we get behind it on friday, later friday and saturday. cloudy skies with temperatures anywhere from the low 50's with fog up into the north bay with about 60 in fremont. 55, palo alto. look at the cloud, lower and high clouds and we get to about 11:00molylo a feweks of sun.

by wednesday, more clo fray, just a little area. here is a look at later on today and into late thursday. into friday we have showers east of us and south of us. very light precipitation in the mountains but any is good news. we will be looking at cool temperatures into thursday and cooler today. friday should be the cooler day with widespread 60's, 10 degrees below average. saturday, we are warming up in the mid and upper 70's. by the weekend, near 70 downtown on sunday, parts of the city anyway. plan on warmer weather over the weekend. today, 63, san francisco. the seven day forecast, cool and breezy through tomorrow. writer and milder over the weekend, and then we start all

over again with a cooling trend kumang coming to instagram. the app is saying so long to ig tv. it is confining its longform video and instagram feed videos into a new format and it will be called instagram video. the change is part of the larger goal of making video a more central part of instagram and to help it compete with tiktok. reggie: video surfacing of a big-time plane problem. the must-see aircraft accidents in the middle of a highway. kumasi: the holidays are coming up quickly. a near

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reggie: san francisco state university celebrating the opening of its first academic building in 25 years.

george and judy marc gasol is the new home to the broad -- marcus hall is of the new home to the broadcast and arts department. it was named after the two alums that donated to it. >> i want to thank the marcus's further commitment first supporting this institute and they are so proud of what they are able to do and the students that they continue to support. >> the new building will advanced media technologies for future generations, notable alum include peter casey, the cocreator of "frazier" and so many of our coworkers. kumasi: we are getting an inside look at the new art exhibit at san francisco city hall honoring the resilience of the city during the pandemic. care in the time of covid-19 features a collection of photographs and illustrations that documents the response efforts in daily living in san francisco's neighborhoods.

the display highlights important contributions that artists have made to the city adapting to life during the pandemic. >> people did things they never had to do, they applied their skills, people in the arts applied their skills to other areas and made connections, really helped the city make its way through the worst of the pandemic. kumasi: the public exhibition will be on display in the lobby of city hall until next april. if you are planning to head back to the store this year for holiday shopping you are not going to be alone. the economy is a key part of building a better bay area. >> a lot of people are saying that black friday is a sport and i am looking forward to getting into the stores to do shopping on that day. kumasi: so, here is background. a consulting firm found that 67% of people say that their income

has returned or exceeded pre-pandemic levels and nearly one in three say they plan to shop in person. on black friday, twice as many as last year. online shopping is expected to remain strong. experts say you need to prepare for shortages of popular items and longer shipping times, and for that reason, six and 10 say they will start their shopping this month. kumasi: sorting out your symptoms with fall allergy season, here are some easy ways to know the difference between common allergies and covid-19. reggie: the new law just signed that will make sure that unemployment money goes to those who actually need it. kumasi: that massive multimillion dollar judge it -- judgment to a former tesla worker. he is taking them through the racism that he experienced. reggie: 5:56

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like this. >> the man at the center of tesla's $137 million lawsuit sharing his story. his alarming testimony of racial abuse inside the fremont factory. >> a clean-air day in california. you may have seen the signs posted on the freeways and there are some free public transit deals to give our earth extra fresh air. >> good morning, you are watching abc seven mornings live on abc seven, hulu live in wherever you are streaming. lisa: it is chilly out there. we are a few degrees warmer towards hayward. otherwise there's fog with numbers around 50 up in the north bay around santa rosa. it's a cloudy start. temperatures are in the mid-50's. 59 in san jose. another view here or we can make out the clouds. it's 52 in the north bay in nevada.

another cool and breezy day with