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>> inching closer to authorizing a covid vaccine for 28 million children. the major move happening this morning. >> sunday's storm is still keeping pg&e crews very busy this morning. the progress crews have been making to get the lights back on overnight. >> and we are not the only ones dealing with extreme weather. the storm now hitting the east coast this morning. good morning, it is tuesday, october 26. you are watching abc seven mornings live wherever you stream. >> we want to start with a check of the forecast with you, mike. mike: i can promise you a much quieter day, but i can't promise you a completely dry day and one that is re-free. we still have some issues with green valley creek up in sonoma county. flood warning continues through 11:00 this morning, about the
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fifth time that warning has been extended as all that rain continues to flow through those tributaries. today, we've got a light storm. a few showers near the coast and up into the north bay. i think the impacts are going to be minimal. it was a nice drive in today, driving almost dry streets. it is a little bit cooler this morning. upper 40's to mid-50's through 7:00. you can see a little bit of sunshine this morning with increasing clouds and the best chance bill still be in the north bay as we head through the 4:00 hour. rounding at your day planner, mainly dry as the coverage of showers tapers by 7:00 and we start falling back into the 50's. i found a couple more chances coming up in the seven day forecast. kumasi: an fda advisory panel is set to meet to discuss whether to recommend the pfizer vaccine. if the fda gives emergency use
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authorization, which is expected, 28 million kids can start getting their doses by november 4. that means some of the first kids would be fully protected by christmas. we're hearing from dr. who had all caps love her kids in a pfizer trial -- all four of her kids in a pfizer trial. >> if it is something i can prevent with safe and effective, that's my job to the best of my ability. julian: the biden administration has already purchased the vaccine and is prepared to ship it around the country. moderna has also announced a low-dose vaccine for children ages 6-11. the company is still several weeks away from authorization. julian: $20 billion. that is how much money the state says it gave away in unemployment checks to people who shouldn't have qualified. officials claim almost all of it on congress'expansion of jobless benefits. the fraud was so widespread, 810
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million dollars in benefits went to inmates including convicted killers on death row. the newsom administration has hired an attorney to help prosecute. julian: kumasi: thousands in the bay area are still in the dark. you can see how widespread it still is. sunday's storm hit the bay area the hardest, leaving 68,000 customers without power at one point. holly is turning us live in morocco where people are hoping to have the lights on by dinnertime. amy: another long day of waiting for some people, kumas.: some sections are not expected to get power until 6:00 tonight, so another day in the dark. there are still outages all over the bay area. pg&e says all of the outages are tree-related because trees came crashing down in the storm, taking power lines with them.
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they say getting to the power poles and getting them next is taking a wild because there are so many, and because the fixed can be complicated. >> there's jus jus locations on one line, for example. if they fix one location, they still have a couple other locations where they need to fix the mid before they can re-energize that line so everyone can be served on that line. amy: pg&e did bring in workers from other parts of the state that were not hit as hard, like from san diego gas and electric to help them with these outages. they still have 16,000 customers in the bay area waiting for the lights to come back on. julian: in the east bay, a neighborhood in bay point was flooded during the storm and community members say it was entirely avoidable. water from a nearby canal flooded the street and at least
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three homes. neighbors are outraged, saying it was debris mixed with garbage that clogged the drain. but officials say the drainage ditch was overrun by the historic storm. they also tell of the area upstream was on private property. >> any debris that would have been collected on the trash route would have been coming from private property, which we don't have rights to maintain. >> that don't mean that we cannot be taken care of. that don't mean that we don't pay taxes. i mean, they should be taking care of this stuff. julian: the county says it will work at talking with those private property owners to make sure they are doing their part. kumasi: we aren't the only ones seeing extreme weather. a major nor'easter is slamming part of the east coast this morning. mona has that and some video from sacramento. >> the first nor'easter of the
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season taking aim and millions along the east coast with eight inches of rain, and wind up to 60 miles per hour. new york and new jersey calling states of emergency. new york city officials urging people living in paceman's to plan ahead after 11 people died in what it basements last night. the storm system, already wreaking havoc in the heartland. more than a dozen tornadoes reported in missouri and illinois. and in the west, the strongest storm ever in the pacific northwest turning deadly. wind downing trees, killing two people in washington. this man is grateful his son is alive after a tree came crashing down onto his car minutes before he was set to leave for work. >> i can't think what would have happened if he was walking up that pathway. >> this man rescuing a kitten from drowning in a flooded creek. julian: back at home, a high
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surf warning is in effect right now. powerful waves are battery part of the coastline. the national weather service is calling for hazards like large, breaking waves of 20-30 feet. it is also close because of sewage overflowing in the water. the city says the storm overwhelmed sewer system. that beach will remain closed until testing showes that water is safe again. of course, you can track the weather any with the mobile app. all you have to do is search abc 7 bay area. let's take a look at what the current waves are doing. high surf warning. what you want to do is stay away from the jetties. don't turn your back on the water and make sure you keep an eye on your pets. keep them on a leash, that would be the best. and keep an eye on your kids,
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also. it could take you out with those rip currents and may never let you come back in. that is the big danger. let's focus our attention on the next storm. at 6:00, seeing increasing clouds from north to south. definitely into the lunch hour, the northbay, we will have an umbrella handy and our mobile app just in case. by 5:00, the tapering of the coverage. during the evening hours, it starts to pick up overnight across the north they once again. by tomorrow morning, we see increasing sunshine. the rainfall amounts, minimal impact. looking up to 1/10 of an inch in cloverdale. west of us, a lot less than that. if you are heading out, mostly cloudy. about 52-56 across san francisco. about 56 in pittsburgh.
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your activity planner for today is going to be cooler than that all day today. if you are running errands, mainly dry outside. as far as the air quality, we can almost pass for some away for a while. it is going to be green and good for the next several days. i felt live chances of rain coming up. -- a couple changes of rain coming up. sue: a lot quieter this morning. early morning commuters are getting up pretty early for tracy into dublin. just about 45 minutes westbound on 580. across the golden gate into san francisco, the 101 is looking good as well. the san mateo bridge, about a 17 minute drive from 880 and up the high rise over toward 101. you can see the red for your central valley commute.
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looking pretty good way out in la honda. we do have one alert this morning because of a eucalyptus tree down in the road and power lines are down, so they have shut highway 84 near highway 35 out of la honda. you can see in the purple, you cannot get through. there is really no good alternate route at this time. julian: high school students now scrambling to rebuild a haunted house. kumasi: and movie set shooting investigation. more information about the man who handed the gun to alec baldwin. and taking the bennetts really know how to put their wifi to work. whether it's work work. works for me. school work it worked! or a workout.
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♪ that he needed reading glasses. ♪ ♪ healthier comes in all these ♪ ♪ different shapes and sizes. ♪ ♪ and ages and races and faces and eye-ses. ♪ ♪ and caring for them all means ♪ ♪ we're doing healthier right. ♪ ♪ so, let's do it all together people, ♪ ♪ 'cause this is what healthier looks like. ♪ julian: this morning, the community of boise, idaho is coming together to mourn victims of a deadly mall shooting. two people were killed and at least four others injured. there was a shootout between police and the suspect and that suspect. the motive is still unclear this morning. >> never should one have to or
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does one expect when they are saying goodbye to their loved one who is headed to work, who is headed out to shop, that they will get a call like they did today. julian: the suspect is in critical condition. the injured officer was released last night from a boise hospital. kumasi: there is new information emerging about the deadly shooting on the set of alec baldwin's new fee. the man who handed the gun to baldwin was fired from a previous movie because of an alleged mishap with a gun. police are expected to update the investigation tomorrow. andrew: new details about a second movie set shooting involving the assistant director who authorities say handed actor alec baldwin a prop gun and yelled " cold gun" to indicate it was not loaded before it went off. according to a producer for the movie "freedoms path," david was fired from that movie in 2019 after a crew member suffered a minor injury when a gun was
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unexpectedly discharged. the producer said he was removed from the set immediately, adding production did not resume roaming until dave was off-site. it comes as a prop gun maker claimed she filed a complaint against him the same year on the set of a different project, claiming he readily neglected safety protocols for weapons. >> those of us at the bottom were crying out, hey, bud, let's pump the brakes for a minute. andrew: back on the set of "rust," some crewmembers had walked off the job to protest working conditions amid reported safety concerns for the low-budget film. production is now on hold as investigators look into how the gun allman was holding discharged, kelly halyna hutchins and wounding the film director. new documents reveal authorities seized nearly 30 items from the movie set in new mexico, including three black revolvers, ammunition boxes, a faint hack with ammunition, and several spent casings. in the meantime, baldwin's wife
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sending a note of support to hutchins' family. julian: headed to scotland next week for a united nations climate change conference. it will touch on numerous policies he has enacted since taking office and renew his push to end the world's dependency on oil. he is working to phase out gas- powered vehicles and eliminate all oil extraction by 2045. meanwhile, -- kumasi: new developments in the scandal involving richmond's police chief. "the that french and her husband agreed to stay away from a female relative years. both are accused of possibly breaking the law while trying to rescue the 18-year-old relative
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from an older man. that man has since been charged with human trafficking. french and her husband claimed that they manipulated her relative into becoming a prostitute. the relative claims the couple threatened her and that she fears for her life. julian: dave chapelle is taking his highly controversial show on the road. he will screen his new, untitled documentary in u.s. arenas. the documentary is under fire for trains phobic and homophobic remarks. the film studios in film festival have canceled showings,. last week, the film triggered an employee walkout at the streaming services offices the chase center showing is set for next week. chapelle has said he is open to meeting with those netflix employees who walked out, but maintains he is not bending to anyone's demands. south bay is friendly to rebuild
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its haunted house that got damaged in the form of the weekend. the students at the airport in san jose create a haunted house every october as a fundraiser. >> coming in this morning and seeing the level of devastation and whatnot, it was a little disheartening. but then seeing my students rallied behind me and getting them to help me clear out the debris safely, i'd want them near any walls that were still partially leaning or anything like that. kumasi: both the students and parents pitched in and thanks to their health, they are planning to reopen by thursday night. julian: the storm is giving ski resorts a big dose of winter weather right now. the resorts says it received as much as 39 inches in upper elevations. palisades is opening in about four weeks on november 24. two bear cubs took advantage of the fresh powder in south lake tahoe. you can see them wrestling around in the snow. alec ferguson took this video
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yesterday morning. who is going to win, the one on the left or the right? the guy who took the video says this is a pretty common for people who live in the tahoe area. hopefully you can always view them at that distance, too. you've got to give us an adorable alert before you do that. that was amazing. no truth to the room where there was a football in there and they were playing football. always love doing that during the first snow. of course, that is how i hurt my shoulder, that is a whole other story. several feet of snow in the sierra. it is just october. let's hope it keeps going. you see some fog along the coast trying to creep through. we will keep an eye on this. right now, pretty dry. we do have a light storm today with some scattered showers possible. sunny and mild starting tomorrow and some unsettled weather for the weekend.
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let's jump right into today's temperatures. 56 in san rafael. most of us right around 61-64 degrees. tonight, it will be milder than average, most of us in the 40's. a few low 50's around the bay. we will hang out around 50-56 degrees with a little less cloud cover off the south bay, a little more across the north bay. friday, 7:00 in the morning, increasing clams due to southerly onshore flow. as we head into the evening up in the north bay, some sprinkles will start. there is a chance we get sideswiped by a storm to the north that will bring us some light rain up until about noon on saturday. saturday afternoon, increasing sunshine. someday, increasing clouds. up to 6:00, and a lot of people start trick-or-treating. it would be dry all evening. when you wake up monday morning, that is a better chance of some wet weather. let's talk about preliminary
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rainfall totals. the first storm, a couple hundredths of an inch. the next storm, if it drops up to a quarter inch on that monday morning commute, could be a little dicey. let's take a look at what is going on with the forecast. around 60-66 degrees. try to reach the 70's inland tomorrow. they never quite make it to the coast. the breezes pick up and start to cool. that slight chance of showers will keep us in the 60's. saturday will be a little chilly for trick-or-treating in the 60's, dropping into the 50's with a chance of rain monday. right now, no storm impacts. kumasi: coming up, things to know this morning. julian: and the amount the average person plans to spend on halloween this year. kumasi: and amazon's plan to outsmart the supply chain trouble. julian: as you wake up with us on this tuesday morning, we take a look outside.
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for kids ages 5-11. if it is authorized, kids could be getting the vaccine by november or and be fully vaccinated in time for rest miss. julian: a critical day future of the a's in oakland. the board of supervisors is expected to vote on the terminal proposal. the a's to agree to the plan to make a ballpark deal work. kumasi: pg&e is still responding to power outages from the storm over the weekend. right now, 16,000 customers in the bay area are still waiting for lights to come back on. julian: pacific estate beach is under a high surf warning, but it is also closed because of sewage overflow in the water. the city says sunday's storm overwhelmed the sewer system. mike: number five, we have a 1 on the storm impact scale. don't put the umbrellas away just yet. right now, seeing a few of those showers. kumasi: a much quieter commute
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for you on this tuesday morning. one issue we need to mention is in the honda, a road closure due to a tree down with power lines. 84 near highway 35. kumasi: number seven, all eyes on tesla stock this morning. the company is worth surged past $1 trillion yesterday after an announcement to buy 100,000 cars for its rental business. julian: hospitals are getting smarter. amazon bowling at alexa service in hospitals in senior community. the company says the devices will allow workers to interact with patients without using protective equipment. residents and patients will also be able to have more socially distanced contact with loved ones. today, amazon's plan to handle the pressure of holiday shopping the flight -- despite supply chain issues. geo tells of the company is hiring more people and looking to the skies.
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strategy outsmart those supply chain woes? >> we've added airplanes, we've added trailers, we've added trucks. >> now, amazon says it needs to hire hundred 50,000 seasonal workers, even offering sign-on bonuses of up to $3000. >> we spend a full year thinking about how to get ready for the holiday season. this year especially in with the pandemic, it has been more challenging than most. >> the company also looking to move more by air. amazon also says it will expand its fleet of cargo planes just like this one to 85 later this season. those planes expected in the air by christmas. and coming up at 7:00, we will have the expert tips for how to get those holiday gifts on time. kumasi: you are going to have to pay a little bit more to get into disneyland and california adventure. the park uses a tiered system that charges more for days that
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are higher in demand. tickets are rising to $164. those days, you can probably guess, are typically holidays, spring break, and the weekend. parking is also going up by 20% and is now going to cost $30. disney as a parent company of abc 7. americans are expected to spend a record $10 billion on halloween this year, more than last year by about $2 billion. according to the national retail federation, shoppers are expected to spend over 3.3 billion dollars on costumes, the highest since 2017. on average, every american is expected to spend a little more than $102 on halloween-related items. julian: that's a lot of money. kumasi: i don't think i am in that boat. julian: i definitely am not because i didn't realize until you started reading the script that halloween is this weekend. amazon same-day shipping? coming up here, a slowdown on
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the interstate over something that fell off a truck. we've got the video from right here at home that is going viral this morning. kumasi: and then extremely close call for a northbay family. responding in a moment of panic when trees fell on top of their rv. julian: taking a live look outside ethical the bridge plans are. -- plaza.
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announcer: ling a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news julian: some scattered showers kicking off your morning commute. but nothing like what we saw this weekend. he's gotten like tracking the next chance of rain for you. >> and i'm -- we've got mike tracking the next chance of rain for you. >> and i'm running around in my socks through the glass trying to find any life. kumasi: a family close to being crushed. talking about the moments of panic and the guardian angel they believed was watching over them. julian: and we have new information about the plan to add a drain stop in downtown san jose. the rising cost of that project. kumasi: good morning, everybody. abc 7 morning live right now on abc 7, hulu live, and wherever you stream. julian: we are waking up so much better than sunday and monday, but we do have a chance of rain to talk about. let's bring it back in with mike. mike: this is just a 1 on your
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storm impact scale compared to the 4 we saw sunday. we are starting to slowly taper our way out of this and not jump into it like we jumped out of it. some light, scattered showers. best chance near the coast and northbay. just about no impact about -- outside those areas. let's put the storm track on it. could get a few drops in the bottle here. right now, 5:31, san rafael. over in berkeley, about the: 09. that is about the only activity out there. we will take a look at the temperatures. we got the wind, cloud cover, and future radar. you can see all the green swatches up across the northbay as the temperatures are nearing 60 by lunch. a few do slip down, but they will be few and far between.
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you can see most of the wet weather will be up around mendocino county toward 70 7:00. julian: as he is telling us about more rain on the way, thousands of people in the bay area are still without power following sunday's storm. at one point, 60 8000 customerss were in the dark. amy is live for us with the latest timeline for ending the lights back on. amy: it is going to be another long day of waiting a, it looks like. they have got that number down to 16,000 customers who are still in the dark. making progress across the bay area, and they are being told it will be until about 6:00 tonight before they get power back on. it has been a long week. pg&e says all of the outages are
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from power lines. they brought in workers from other utilities around the state. pg&e says they have 3000 workers on the case and they have all been very busy. >> crews have been out there at all these locations where event damage across the bay area, making repairs. replacing conductors and transformers as the damage from the wind and the rain. andrew: officials -- amy: officials say the workers in many cases are dealing with access issues. all of that, blocking their way to the poles that they need to get you. then, they start the repair, which they say can be complicated. they are working around the clock and they say they are making by rest. they've gone from 68,000 customers in the dark down to 16,000. kumasi: thank you. listen to this story, because
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close call does not even begin to describe this narrow escape for a family. three redwood trees crashed onto their rv during a storm on sunday and it crushed a bed where a husband and mother were asleep. >> glass went flying. the whole rv was shaking back and forth and i looked over and i was -- i was panic. >> i heard her screaming for the dogs and i noticed this tree. i saw a little bit of an opening so i reached out and said i'm ok. if i was over another six inches, the whole tree would have crushed me. kumasi: oh my goodness. this happened in canfield just before 6:00 sunday night. this family has been living in the rv for the past year they are working on building a house on the property. so when the trees fell, one daughter was in the construction tent. the other was in the rv next to
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mom and took the dogs. the third dog had just died. >> our dog had passed the night before and i think that he was our guardian angel in saving his life. kumasi: oh, my goodness. so dad had a black eye and a concussion. everybody else is fine. the family says an arborist recently inspected the trees and said they were safe. julian: wow. this historic storm left its mark all around the bay area. from a wind knocking over trees to flooding, it was a messy monday for many people. >> through the air as the bay area cleaned up in san francisco, well over 700 branches and trees were reported. volunteers certainly have their work cut out for them.
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>> i am doing one block at a time and i have an orange trash bin that the city gives you, and it is something about the giants. we will give you that we will give you this if you take one block. >> crews also cleaned out about 200 tech spaces. >> all of the sudden, it felt like an earthquake. the house just moved. >> awakening this morning, a huge hawthorn tree crashing down at about 3:00 a.m., hitting his home in the berkeley hills. in santa rosa, they are cleaning up after the creek audit, sending water rushing into houses. it rose quickly, swapping everything a matter of minutes. -- swamping everything in a matter of minutes. >> trying to grab thick towels, thick blankets. >> a boat would have been your best option this morning and remarked. the freeway flooded and turned into a lake.
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several drivers got stranded in the high water. it was shut down for several hours so crews could clean out the drains. kumasi: so mukumasi: so mukumas: you can track the weather where you live anytime and see it on the bay area streaming app, which is available on roku, amazon fire tv, and apple tv. julian: a leading fda advisory panel is getting underway right now to authorize the eyes are covid vaccine for younger children, ages 5-11 the panel should vote by early afternoon and it will be a step in the process. faith has the story. faith: this morning, the white house ready to ship out 65 million pediatric doses of the pfizer covid-19 vaccine across the country, anticipating federal regulators will approve the shots for kids ages 5-11 starting with the fda advisory panel today. >> i'm looking for a good
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outcome from the fda meeting today. faith: medical experts also urging parents to begin requesting vaccination appointments for their kids. >> i don't think it is too soon to call and get in line. faith: moms homebound eager to get his shots. >> he has not played with his friends there february of 2020. faith: if the fda green lights the decision, the cdc will also need to sign off before the shots are rolled out. pfizer says trial data shows one third of its adult doses is nearly 91% effective against cinematic illness in children. barring any hiccups, both federal agencies are expected to approve a small dose vaccine. >> as pediatrician to care for these kids, we want to find a solution and it is a new report that we potentially have one. faith: but a family survey finds that about one third of parents
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with potentially eligible children are hesitant about letting them get the shots. >> i'm hoping that this meeting with the fda will really help to provide the evidence that it is safe. >> meanwhile, pushed back vaccine requirements continues. in new york city, thousands of city workers marching across the brooklyn bridge in protest of the cities covid vaccine mandate. and moderna says it's pediatric shot is also highly effective in kids, but the company is still weeks away from authorization. kumasi: the federal government now says the plan to build a subway to downtown san jose costs a jaw-dropping $9.1 billion, twice the original estimate. that figure was revealed as a federal transit administration announced it was sent $2.3 billion in on day to the company in charge of the project. the extension would include quadra stations and would bring arch into downtown san jose from
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its current terminal by 2030.three years ago , they estimated the project would cost $4.7 billion. in a statement to abc 7 news, the transit authority says "do not get ahead of ourselves with a new price tag, focus on the fact that the project is getting federal funding." new revelations from the so-called facebook papers. the companies pushback against allegations about its role in the january 6 insurrection. julian: stranded in the fridge sierra for two days. a woman reveals one thing she did to survive. first, we check back in with mike for a look at the forecast on this tuesday. mike: it is not too much, thankfully. 49 right now in san ramon. everybody else around 50 to 55 degrees under mostly cloudy skies. we have some upper 40's around mountain view, san jose. everybody else around 50-56 degrees.
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watch out for some fog coast. let's jump ahead into the future radar and show you the cloud cover that increases from north to south mainly, even though they are increasing, they are staying up in the north bay through the lunch hour. a few try to slip south as we head into the evening hours. overall, the coverage really decreases this afternoon through the early evening. it picks up again in the north bay during the overnight hours. wake up tomorrow morning is pretty quiet. increasing sunshine wednesday as we transition to high-pressure sunshine, and over conditions. up to 1/10 of an inch of rain is possible, so the effects of these showers are going to be minimal at rest. let's talk about your commute. other than the spotty showers, mass transit, there is a little bit of a chill this morning. now, with this rush of clean air, we still have a little fleet hollowed out there. everything else is pretty low. the uv index is going to be
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moderate the next three days. i'm tracking another chance of wet weather as we head into and out of the weekend. hopefully, we can get halloween to end dry. let's get over to sue to find out more about that commute. sue: we do have some slick roads out there but other than that, the flooding has pretty much been a nonissue this morning. that is good news. take a look at the east shore freeway. headlights streaming past golden gate fields and on into the nick carter they. if your drive takes you from highway 4, hercules into the city, looking at less than 25 minutes we just got word about 10 minutes ago that the metering lights are on at the bay bridge toll plaza. the power is back on. it was out yesterday. you can see very minor backup on your tuesday morning. a little sluggish on the upper deck heading into san francisco. overall, we have just got your slowing out of the central valley.
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typical early commute with seeds down around 20 miles per hour. let's leave it at that. we i drop off and pick up my kids from school so, i can't work early. or late. and i need to make enough to make it worthwhile. i can only work two days a week. and it can't interfere with my other job. i can do full-time. just not daytime. and i need benefits. good ones. and you know, it would be nice if you paid for my tuition. like all of it. ♪ ♪ ♪ when you hear the word healthy, it always feels a little out of reach. that's 'cause the way we're thinking about it
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is all wrong. so we made a healthier song. for some folks it's like baby steps. maybe it's a jump or eating something green. or taking mom to get that vaccine. ♪ healthier means bringing stuff to the folks ♪ ♪ that really need it. ♪ ♪ like millie's meds straight to her door or care at home. ♪ ♪ believe it. ♪ ♪ sometimes it's healthier to laugh. ♪ ♪ other times it's healthier to cry. ♪ ♪ we'll work through it together. ♪ ♪ when it works for you, drop on by. ♪ ♪ 'cause healthier happens easy ♪ ♪ when you just give people access. ♪ ♪ for bob it meant admitting ♪ ♪ that he needed reading glasses. ♪ ♪ healthier comes in all these ♪ ♪ different shapes and sizes. ♪ ♪ and ages and races and faces and eye-ses. ♪ ♪ and caring for them all means ♪ ♪ we're doing healthier right. ♪ ♪ so, let's do it all together people, ♪ ♪ 'cause this is what healthier looks like. ♪
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julian: a palo alto woman is talking about how she survived in the urgent sierra with only a little water and a single tinge of rain. she was hiking in fresno county with some friends on october 17 when they got separated and she got lost. she sheltered in a small bathroom to stay warm as the temperature dropped to just 40 degrees. she relied on meditation to survive. imagining herself eating more food than she actually had, and drinking water even though she ran out. >> the moment i got lost, my goal was to stay alive because i knew that they would be calling
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911. i didn't have any fear, and i never lost any hope. >> it shows how powerful the mind is, to keep that drive alive. julian: incredible. rescuers found for two days later, she is doing i now. she says she is ready to hit the trail again soon. kumasi: in the south bay, this is not a prank. strong wind from sunday's storm moved port o potty's across the parking lot. in the background, you can see some tailgaters looking on. julian: inside when that happened now to this downpour that brought an iconic spot in yosemite roaring back to life. water now gushing at yosemite falls. last week, the falls was listed as dry on the website. here is a picture before and after the rain. kumasi: that's nice to see.
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julian: nature is healing. kumasi: in the east bay, the alameda county fair is back on. severe weather forced to close on sunday. the storm caused some damage, but not enough to stop the fun for the rest of the week. you can see the riots, games, and all the traditional food is back. >> you're looking for food. we are hungry. >> eating a lot of food, gathering a lot of rides. we've just been enjoying the experience. so, the fair run through this sunday, which is halloween. that looks like fun. julian: it does, it does. that kid looks like he is going to sleep good. it has been a day. that does look like a lot of fun. mike: and it is not in july like normal where it is blistering hot at times, so you can really
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enjoy it more so this time of year. maybe they'll change it, who knows. it is going to be pretty quiet weather-wise the next couple of days. we do have some cloud cover out there. it is going to be mostly cloudy all day today with some spotty showers possible. it is a 1 on the storm impact shower scale. some showers possible if you heading to the north bay. we are talking about moving even further north. this weekend, we will be in and out of a chance of showers. we go into the weekend with a chance and come out with a chain. let's take a look at the high temperatures today. 59 in napa, 59 in new kia. tonight, milder than average with around if e-56 degrees spread. you can see less cloud cover the further south you go. more cloud cover across the north.
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let's jump ahead. we are going into the weekend. friday at 7:00, increasing clouds. by 10:00, some light rain breaking across the north bay. in :00 in the morning, seeing light rain over all of us. as the afternoon unfolds, a little more sunshine and drier weather. here we are at 6:00. just increasing clouds. into monday morning and the afternoon, a pretty healthy chance of rain. could probably put a 1 on the storm impact scale for that. the next chance, maybe up to 2/10 of an inch of rain. our warmest days are starting tomorrow when we start to break out the sunshine. it will continue that way through at least friday. saturday, you can see we are back in the 50's and 60's. dry for halloween, but still pretty chilly for highs. mid to upper 60's with a better chance of rain monday. julian: look at this right here. toilet paper caused quite a slow
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down on interstate 880. over the northbound side of the freeway, just after 5:00 last night. it got cleaned up within an hour or so. the officers told us they think the toilet paper fell off a truck, but they didn't have any more information. i was saying earlier, just imagine if this happened april of last year at the height of the pandemic when there were runs on toilet paper. kumasi: people in the street. julian: it would have been a fight on the freeway. and no one even thought about it this time. how far we've come. all new at 6:00, unheard of savings at six flags. the way one man is peg next to nothing for food for a year, and what he did with the money saved. kumasi:
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julian: welcome back. a san francisco bay shoe company is getting ready to go public with valuations high as $2.2 billion. they make eco-friendly sneakers but has not announced an official date for the ipo. a pre-filing reveals they will offered more than 19 million shares rest between $12 and $40 each. it is expected to list on the nasdaq exchange. kumasi: mark zuckerberg is responding to a massive leak of internal documents that paint a dark picture of the social media company. zuckerberg claimed it was a coordinated effort to paint a false picture of the company. chris: facebook under fire, facing what the biggest crisis of the social media giant's 17 year history. >> the research and studies that revealed facebook putting profits over people are from
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facebook's own files, revealed to them long before it was revealed to us. chris: the fallout started friday when a group of media outlets including cnn started reporting on hundreds of internal company documents dubbed "the facebook papers." frances haugen provided the papers as evidence to support discloser's she made to the securities and exchange commission and hurt legal counsel provided congress with redacted copies. >> facebook never set out to prioritize polarizing divisive content. it happened to be a side effect of choices they did make. chris: monday, the former employee appeared before u.k. parliament to call for more government regulation of the social media platform. >> faced active in a nontransparent, unaccountable way will lead to more tragedies. chris:chris: the papers address how the company moderated hate speech and they paint a tanning picture of facebook's role -- damning picture of facebook's role in the insurrection. >> it is clear that the january
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6 insurrection youth and as an organizing tool to the extent that we can identify if it will happen. chris: a facebook spokesperson told cnn friday that the responsibility for the violent occurred on january 6 last those who attacked the capitol and those who encouraged them. kumasi: kellogg's is facing a $5 million lawsuit over the fruit filling in their pop tarts. this into this. the lawsuit claims the advertising on axis of strawberry pop art is sleeping because the filling uses fewer strawberries than expected. now, come on. the person complaining says that the pastry contains more pears and apples then strawberries and so the class-action lawsuit is: for a jury trial. yes. kellogg's has not commented. julian: how do you get into the class? is it everyone who has ever eaten a pop tart? kumasi: i was really looking
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forward to that strawberry. julian: the golden gate bridge is singing again. [whistling noise] julian: did you hear that? this video was shared online. you can hear that really ear he sound. -- eerie sound. to bridge has been making noise like this on windy days following the wind retrofit project last year. kumasi: sue was telling us yesterday that she heard it when she was coming over. julian: a little scary. kumasi: the social media burnout even being felt by some of the biggest online sensations. some big-name influencers are sitting down for you, sharing their detox advice to limit stress. julian: this is a conversation i want to have. plus, billion-dollar failures by the edd. how much unemployment money was wrongfully given away. the department is dishing out almost all the blame on something else. kumasi: taking a live look
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>> my neighbor across the street called me, screaming, come outside. you will not believe what's going on julian:. the bay area drying off from a mega storm but some areas still feeling the effects. one area is outraged. kumasi: are you waking up without power? you are not alone. thousands caught stuck in the dark. the reason and the timeline for when people may get the power back. julian: feel for those people. it is tuesday, october 26. you are watching abc seven mornings live on hulu live and wherever you stream. kumasi: let's check the forecast with mike. mike: good morning. we have some left over side effects if you are around green valley creek or mark west creek, we still have flooding happening that could continue through at least 11:00 this morning. that is something we will keep
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