>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. >> it will be big to see who comes out and thursday big punch. >> giants, dodgers, winter is one step closer to the world series. the first batch. ama: let us get to chris who is live on the field. chris: i am on they are about to kick me out. i was going to take the mound and they said absolutely not, chris. giants and dodgers, winter goes home. this is unbelievable. we cannot wait to see what happens in an hour tonight at

608. let us go to was going on. you can feel the energy. the dodgers will go with a different picture. a man who drinks all those red bills -- both will start for san francisco. the winner will take on the atlanta braves. the loser will go home for a long winter. they have traded wins and losses in the series and the winner moves on. they respect the history and excited for the moment in front of them tonight. >> i think we are all excited for the opportunity and challenge in front of us today. this is to to to to to that have played a tremendous series and i think we feel very confident and the guy we have on the mound tonight. >> they are really good. this has been a fun series to be a part of.

we gotta accept the fact that these are two of the best teams in baseball going at it and somebody has to go home. >> we have been so consistently caught up in the moment. to step right in front of us that it would not have made sense to visualize how this all might play out. now that we are here. we are now focused on winning tonight a small game. chris: what a game it is going to be. longtime legendary dodgers broadcaster said this is the biggest game in the history of this rivalry. that is saying a lot. seeing all these games and this rivalry goes back 100 plus years. 6:08 is the first pitch. after the game, hopefully a victorious win for the giants. ama: we hope for that. dan: let us continue our live coverage. kate is outside oracle part. rt it has been.

that rivalry that he was talking about is playing out we got dodgers fans, giants fans. everybody is in a fantastic mood. what better day than a ball game in san francisco? those bricks up there are looking a little extra orange today. i also spoke to some giants-dodgers couples. just a few minutes ago, i was on the field with their ceo and president talked about the rivalry and this do or die game. >> we have been here before. we have battle tested players. a lot can happen. it is one game. one of the magical parts of our season has been the mixture of veteran players and youth. anyway, people talk about bla. it is a good spirited revelry. reporter: what is it like in a th week.

inowe wincing -- we are going to win because it is happy. >> a lot of ups and downs but i think we are confident tonight. reporter: will we get along? >> we will do the best. reporter: there has been a lot of interesting conversations in some giants-dodgers households this week. a long-standing and hopefully, fun rivalry this evening in oracle. you can see fans are pouring into the park. 42,000 people expected here to be tonight for game five. we will go inside after we get off with you guys and a good luck to everybody. dan: revelry. ama: -- rivalry. ama: you can bring your own like it's and watch them on the giant screen. the event is free but space is limited.

party starts at 5:30. dan: what about gametime conditions? spencer: i was thinking thinking larry baer there. it will be great baseball weather. here are the conditions we expect. sunny skies, it will be cool. temperature at 61 degrees. as the sun goes down, temperatures will drop into the mid-50's. it will not be terribly windy out there. the winds are getting calmer and that is good news. speaking of, winds, you can see it is breezy. that is good news in terms of our fire danger. all around the region, are diminishing including solano county so we expect this morning to expire as scheduled at 8:00 tonight. dan: strong offshore winds i wis the forecasted not materialize, prompting this if it gas and

electric to cancel the public safety power shut off for today. they issued a alert yesterday saying they could begin cutting off power to 4900 customers in these counties but it was not necessary. ama: three different police agencies are investigating the richmond police chief. there are allegations that she and her husband may have broken the law in trying to rescue their daughter from an alleged sex trafficker. we have the story. >> the one thing we like to do is to know what is going on at city hall before we hear about it on the here -- evening news. reporter: he was blindsided by news that his police chief was put on paid administrative leave due to family and potential legal issues between the alleged sex trafficking of her daughter. >> having to go through something like this is unimaginable. she is a good person.

she is a professional. reporter: she and her husband are on leave after allegations made by their 18-year-old daughter that they became physical and threatened both she and the man that she called her partner. a 34-year-old man. he is now in an alameda county jail charged with human trafficking. >> the allegations result from the chief and her husband's attempt to get her daughter safe again, who was student and straight a student. had unfortunate meeting with somebody many years older. reporter: convictions for sex trafficking and that he had her working as a prostitute in motels and on the streets of oakland. she told investigators that he

taught her how to move and make money. according to court filings, they try to get their daughter away from him and an interaction they described in a court document. my mother and father yelled at me and threaten me. i tried to run out but my father grabs me. she alleged her parents threatened to kill her and goldman. a separate police report says they went to the vallejo home of his mother where they claimed she was threatened. while they investigate, the chief will remain on paid leave. in the meantime, a hearing is set for later this month on her daughter's effort to get a restraining order against her parents. dan: unanimously to recommend emergency use authorization of a booster dose of the moderna vaccine. they agreed to the request to authorize a half dose of its

vaccine for certain people. this includes american 65 and older, anybody 18 and older with underlying conditions and those who frequently are exposed through the virus from work or home life. recommendation is in line with the authorization for pfizer booster shots that happened last month. those agencies must approve this recommendation as well. bart will require employees and contractors to be vaccinated. they must prove their full vaccination status by december 13 or provide a valid medical or religious exemption. about 22-20 5% of its employees are not vaccinated. the general manager will bargain with labor unions on employees who declined to be vaccinated will handle it. ama: they are lifting masked requirements in certain settings where everybody is fully vaccinated. daughter takes effect it many

locations. -- it takes effect. it requires participating businesses, organizations to host and verify that everybody is fully vaccinate. similar effects decimal rules take place in san francisco and marin county. dan: the company finding solutions thanks to vacant storefronts. ama: southbay basketball coach fighting through adversity. how his every day in business brings something new. so get the flexibility of the new mobile service

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dan: ama: dan: this map shows this spot at bay point where a car full of people used a bb gun to shoot a 12 euros girl as she walked home from school tuesday afternoon. sheriff's office tells us there were two other similar attacks that they tied to a silver four-door kia optima with four passengers inside.

investigators say people were hurt in each of the incidents. they are wanted for assault with a deadly weapon. the sheriffs office is asking anybody with information on this to get in touch immediately. ama: aclu filed shoot -- a suit against a sheriff in marion county for endangering the safety of community spread he broke to state laws by showing license plate numbers and location data taken from readers like these from shares agencies. it has alarming implications for immigrants and people of color who are traditionally targets of excessive policing and surveillance. we reached out to the sheriff's office but not heard back. dan: you've heard about supply chain issues. southern california ports are backed up. experts say it could take two years before the bottleneck is fixed. there are efforts to provide some solutions that require a new approach.

we explain how vacant storefronts in malls are part of that. reporter: one way to prevent shortages when shipments are delayed our building more way houses and distribution centers to stockpile inventory. that will take years and doesn't fix the obvious problems. >> they all have to work in concert but nothing is working in concert right now. reporter: his company is taking advantage of the vacant storefronts at malls, resulting from businesses closing from the pandemic. reporter: we are -- >> we are realizing all this space and creating smaller format distribution centers. reporter: they can process in-store and online orders and arrange liveries for multiple retailers large and small. lands are underway to open 2-3 of them in the south bay and san francisco next year. they promised to speed up the processing of customer returns. another transformation will wean

us off of overseas manufacturing and producing goods locally. that is what they are working on. >> we gotta take advantage of data, technology to design smarter supply chains to put goods where they need to be at the right time. so they can be manufactured and delivered to consumers. reporter: they can be produced on the men with new technology, getting around delays and warehousing needs. while this solution could lead to current supply chain job losses, it addresses a labor shortage. >> people don't want to work in a warehouse is 8-10 hours a day for rough pay. >> these can be supply chain game changers. dan: there are -- ama: there are reports that it has been sold. an offer has been accepted from a mystery buyer. the winning bidder has a

background in hospitality, asking price for the property was $3.4 million. the mystery buyer beat out offers from cinema county in a local entrepreneur. it includes a campground, a four-bedroom bedroom launch and vintage cabins from the 1920's. the national park services will bart -- back out of a plan of charging for parking. this move came after a lot of negative feedback from the public in a joint letter from two them a credit congress members. they proposed charging three dollars an hour for parking with a maximum of $10 a day. it would have included rodeo, baker and stinson beach is among others. dan: the pandemic him such that he would've never imagined. his players are helping them get through it. how is ports bond goes beyond

the court. reporter: a good mentor is somebody that can change your life forever. for former player, that person was his coach. >> he saw talent that wasn't uncovered yet and was willing to work with me, be patient and not just on the court at off the court, mentor me. i would not be why am today without him. reporter: as a former pro player, he created a program to help them succeed on and off the court. many of his athletes did not have to pay for his coaching. little did he know, the lessons he taught would need to be applied to his own life. last year, he suffered some of the worst losses of his life with sports shut down and no income, he lost his home, program and his jim. >> it was difficult. i started to see the challenges that our was facing that i was helping everybody else with. really with mental health

issues, dealing with emotional stress. dealing with depression. i had never knew what it was actually like. reporter: after seeing him at such a low point, former code -- players and parents credit a gofundme account. $9,000 raise so far. >> it says a lot about how he is and that the community is gathering around to help him. i am not surprised by that. >> it mean it mean it mean it mn reporter: grateful for the help, he did not want historic be one of sadness. he strives to fight through adversity every day just like how he taught his athletes. >> if i gave up and somebody found out and i gave this message, i couldn't live with myself. that is what drove me to keep pushing and driving towards my goal and my gifts. reporter: the heart of a champion no matter the loss.

dan: if you would like to help l the coach, we provided the gofundme account information on our website. ama: let us take a live look outside. we will have summerlike warmth next couple days. dan: spencer [ sneeze ] are you ok? oh, it's just a cold. if you have high blood pressure, a cold is not just a cold. unlike other cold medicines, coricidin provides powerful cold relief without raising your blood pressure be there for life's best moments with coricidin. now in sugar free liquid.

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ask your doctor about once-weekly trulicity. ama: vta is expanding its service with a new route from gilroy to downtown san jose that is cheaper and faster. then announced the new rapid route that has 19 stops that will make it faster than other routes. if you want to ride, it will cost two dollars and $.50. this replaces the xpress 168 route. dan: let us turn back to the weather. october is usually so spectacular. ama: here's what is coming our way.

spencer: it's also more amazing when their plane postseason basketball. if you hang out with is. our baseball forecast. six: 07 p.m.. it will be clear all the way through the game. first pages 61 degrees and it will drop later in the game. we don't have those powerful gusts we had earlier in the week so 50 mile-per-hour winds in san francisco. despite the diminishing wins, we have a red flag warning for high fire danger. we are expire. back to 24 hour temperature change. they are over 10 degrees warmer than they were this time yesterday. here is a view looking over san francisco where it is sunny and

70 across the bay in oakland. 73 at morgan hill at pacifica. at the golden gate, we got blue skies and a gentle breeze. camera looking across the embarcadero. these are the forecast features. we'll be clear overnight with lighter winds than we have that in previous nights. near summerlike warmth will be with us tomorrow and who have a much cooler and more settled pattern on sunday. they will mainly be in the upper 40's and 50's. perhaps 54. that will be up in antioch by the way. 44 will be the low in santa rosa . tomorrow's highs will range from 73.

80 in oakland. we will see low to mid 80's. mid-80's in some locations like these as well. it is deafly warming up and that will continue on saturday as we look at the forecast. moving into the operating spirit we will see highs in the bay around 80 degrees. conditions turned sharply cooler on sunday. breezy as well. we will have an unsettled pattern. by midweek next week, they will be a slight chance but a chance nonetheless of light rain. dan: experience the best of san francisco dining how you can give local restaurants a much-needed boost

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our ongoing investigations from the award-winning team. it is all on demand on your bay area app. download it today. dan: san francisco restaurant week is coming back for a second go around. ama: they are hoping it will give local eateries a boost during this difficult year. this event usually comes once a year but this year it happened in the spring and fall. 160 restaurants participated. they will offer a prefix menu for lunch and dinner at a discount. >> we have represent -- restaurants represented from the chinatown, embarcadero, everywhere across the city. it is a great opportunity to experience the best of our dining scene. dan: it starts tomorrow and runs through october 24. great idea. great idea to do it a second time. ama: world news tonight is up

next. for all of us here, we appreciate our time and

tonight, breaking news as we tonight, breaking news as we come on the air on booster shots. a key fda panel voting unanimously in favor of moderna booster shots for americans 65 and older, 18 and older if you have a medical condition or a job that puts you at higher risk. how soon before the official green light, when will they roll out? next up, johnson & johnson, their booster. what happens on that tomorrow. and what we're learning tonight about mixing and matching the shots. dr. jha standing by to answer your questions. also, the breaking news here in new york city late today in a case that made national headlines. the college student murdered in a city park, the violent attack on the stairs. tonight, the sentence for one of the teenagers who pleaded guilty. 14 at the time of the attack. and the new and difficult images of tessa majors' final moments. her father leaving t