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rise in anti asian violence. in a statement, uni said, looking forward to the next six months. it is our goal to restore more if we can tackle the long term funding, while money has suffered losses, the transit system has also received millions of dollars in federal assistance are we going to take an austerity approach we don't spend the money that we are getting from the federal government because we are saving it for a future rainy day, or do we spend aggressively right now to make sure we store bus service so that folks have their buses and the economy can recover. >> some routes have been cut because of operator shortages due to the mandate that only vaccinated employees can work after november 1. leanne melendez, abc 7 hands. >> the last time

underground back grounds were open for the public, george bush was president but there is a timeline for reopening those at the busy stations. >> since september 11, 2001 have the underground backgrounds -- bathrooms at bay area bart stations been open to the public. they were closed due to security threats but now they are going to reopen. >> the writers want -- writers want us to reopen this, if you have children they don't understand restaurants are closed -- restrooms are closed. >> plan is to reopen them over the next five days. they will look much like these at the del norte station. they are in the process of remodeled at oakland 19 street station and powell street in san francisco. >> i cannot hide my excitement about this. it has taken years and years to

get to this point. as shown in these photos, the sink will be outside the main bathroom and to enhance security and cleanliness, there will be a full-time attendant. >> this won't be the where people are visiting bart to see our restaurants but we are doing the right thing. >> with ridership still still sl hope is this will lure some people back to the system. >> want to make sure we are providing amenities that you need to use part in needing to use the restroom is something that everyone faces. >> weekday ridership is 27% of what it was pre-pandemic. in the east bay, laura anthony, abc 7 news. kristen: bathrooms were not the only topic of discussion at the board meeting today, the trees petition company talked about other parts of the project that

helps to improve the customer experience at all 50 stations. although they recognize the necessary updates needed for facilities, a lack of funding is making it hard to get it done. >> we have so many needs, so many basic needs that i do not cs going to this grand scale station modernization unless we can get structural deficits under control. >> the board provided an update on ridership which is improving. bart has seen an average of 110,000 daily trips, 25 percent of 2019 levels. larry: the latest coronavirus headlines, california's positivity rate is inching up, 2.5% pair to 2.2% a couple weeks ago. 57.6% of the u.s. population is fully vaccinated while 66.7% has at least one dose. a new survey from the kaiser

family foundation shows a 5% of unvaccinated adults say they have left a job because of a covid vaccine requirement and that represents 1% of all adults. last night, the oakland unified school district voted that eligible kids age 12 and up must be vaccinated to attend a school starting generate first. the district spoke with parents about enforcement and exemptions. >> there will be a medical exemption, a personal belief exemption and if students have already gotten their first shot in a two shot series of pfizer or moderna, they still are exempt because it will be in the path of getting a second shot and being fully vaccinated. larry: will have the option of independent study or leaving the district. they will have free vaccine clinics for students. kristen: starting monday and alameda county, certain fully vaccinated people will have the option to unmask indoors.

the county and the city of berkeley which has its own part -- the apartment of public health or updating requirements. this is only for businesses with no more than 100 people not open to the general public. which gatherings, offices, gyms and fitness facilities are included. everyone must verify they are fully vaccinated and not experiencing symptoms, a lot like san francisco. more rallies tonight planning -- planned to support internet refusal to enforce max -- vaccine mandates. contra costa county down in-n-out for enforce the vaccine mandate. there is no outdoor dining but they are reopen. other locations have received citations. larry: a water company is holding a virtual meeting as it

plans to introduce the toughest water restrictions in the state. customers will be required to cut their water use from 15% by -- or pay surcharges. that will be will be will be wie added which is 740 gallons. >> once they have reviewed the program and given us the upper -- option to move forward, we will proceed. larry: if it is approved the rules will take effect monday. san jose water is a private company serving one million come -- customers in several cities. the rain over the weekend barely made a dent in the drought. most of the state is in the exceptional drought category. there has been some improvement, parts of the north bay have moved to the extreme drought category which is less severe. as respect -- check in with spencer christian to see if there's any rain coming, we are

talking about extreme drought is a good thing because it is extreme and not exceptional? that is where we are. spencer: here is the improvement since last sunday, the areas of the state in extreme and exceptional drought have gotten slightly smaller. even though there has been minimal improvement, we are in a dire situation statewide and in the bay area. let me give you a look at our chances for rain next week they are looking good. midnight sunday night going into sunday morning, we expect a wave of fairly substantial, measurable rain on monday and maybe a break tuesday, another wave of rain coming in based on what we are observing now in the forecast models on wednesday and into thursday. next week could be a fairly wet week, not enough rain to put a big dent in the situation, but any rain will be some improvement. kristen: thank you. goodbye facebook, hello meta. mark zuckerberg says the company

is rebranding as meta to encompass its virtual reality vision for the future. dustin dorsey explains what the meta verse is and how soon experts predict it will be mainstream. dustin: if there's anything we can be sure of, change is inevitable, even facebook, the tech giant that revolutionized social media announced today that their company is going beyond. >> to reflect who we are and what we hope to build, i am proud to announce that starting today, our company is now met. -- meta. >> it dives into the world of the meta verse with the use of tools like vr headsets and augmented reality glasses they plan to bring the internet to life in a virtual world where people can meet, work and play. >> we can finally put people at the center of our technology. >> is is worth changing. it could make the planet a much

better place, could make the planet a much worse lace like anything else, acknowledging can be applied in both directions. dustin: the announcement comes as the company is facing backlash from the leaked facebook papers that reveal that the company ignored harm social media could create. >> with all the scrutiny, some of you may worry -- wonder why we are doing this. the answer is i believe we are put on this work to create. technology can create our life better just make our life better in the future will not be billed on its own. >> he ajit pai the risk and is doing structural change to limit the amount of damage that regulation is likely to do. >> but tech expert rob says just because the timing works for them does not mean it will lead to success. >> facebook is trying to do a hard pipit on the dutch pipit on the meta verse before it's ready. -- pivot on the meta verse

before it's ready. about three years early for facebook to make this move. dustin: still he sees this virtual world becoming mainstream within the next decade. dustin dorsey, abc 7 news. larry: did you see the whole video that zuckerberg and facebook or creepy. it's where they are sitting around the board room and nobody wants to tell zuckerberg you are freaking people out. kristen: big brother. larry: all of this is coming, i wish it was any other company aside from facebook doing it. kristen: i am concerned with the information that they can collect with those goggles. in based on what we have seen about privacy in the past, it opens the question of how will they handle the data have. larry: it will be interesting to

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larry: michael finney with the headlines. i believe there is an app for that. michael: there is. which apps are tracking you and when are they doing their dirty business. it is all but impossible to track now but that is about to change. apple have launched a beta version of app privacy report. users can see what their apps are up to including tracking your internet usage, your location, which contacts and coat -- photos you are picking at, just in test version now. there is no word when the feature may be available. u.s. economic growth slowed in the past quarter. a resurgence of covid and brought the rate to 2%, a far cry from the quarter before when the economic growth neared 7%. there is hope. analysts are optimistic, the holiday season will make up for lost gains.

if that occurs, the current economic expansion will be the largest since the mid-1980's. sales of halloween candy are surging this year. total sales are up 48% versus the same time as 2020. that comes to $324 million in retail sales, more than 80% of adults surveyed planned to celebrate halloween. 93% of millennials, who are parents, say they plan to dissipate. they have no choice. --to participate. there are no choice. larry: by the way, would you like some chocolate? will power. very impressive. michael: i am becoming you. larry: you don't want that. thank you. nobody wants two of us. one is plenty. kristen: sounds all right.

halloween is making a comeback and so is outside lands. a returns tomorrow. it was canceled due to the pandemic. tens of expected to pack the gold and that should gate park, the strokes, lizzo, others are expected to perform. we will have more at 5:00. larry: there was a young thug line. spencer: i was young once. i saved being a thug for my later years. for my hip hop videos. let's look at the weather. the second day in a row have seen temperatures rising from the previous day. do for our temperature change right now shows everybody, most locations 2, 3, four degrees warmer than yesterday.

a view from mount tam looking onto the bay, mainly sunny skies, 73 at san francisco, 72 in oakland. upper 70's, morgan hill, looking at the golden gate we have blue skies other we have -- expect an increase in clouds tonight. fairfield all at 75 and 76 apiece at concord and livermore. for the golden gate, a haze in the distance but no clouds yet. forecast features, areas of fog tonight and high clouds. we are talking widespread. dry on sunday for halloween but chances of rain early next week. rough surf beach hazard statement in effect until 6:00 this evening. with heights elevated, still a chance of recurrence developing but -- wave heights limited, a chance of rip curnotice the pash

most of the day tomorrow will bring us right skies although there will be high clouds so we will call it filtered sunshine. tonight, low temperatures mainly in the low to mid 50's for most locations, chili and some of the north valleys, upper 60's to about 70 around the bay shoreline, inland areas warm to the mid-70's and that is as far as it goes. what's look to halloween, our trick-or-treat forecast shows we can expect a pleasant start to the evening on sunday. clouds will be lingering but we don't expect any rainfall. the sun will set at 6:11 p.m. sunday and into the early evening hours, beautiful weather developing for trick-or-treaters. our forecast animation looking ahead to early monday morning, we expect a wave of rain to sweep through on monday and widen to say, but it will be

followed by a second wave of rain coming in wednesday and continuing to thursday. we will have what weather next week and that is good news. here is the seven-day forecast, a cooling over the weekend as clouds increase in the approaching ra systems moving in our direction. we won't see much of an increase in temperatures until later in the week as it starts to become partly sunny x thursday. larry:--next thursday. larry: thank you. 455 words in the dictionary added by merriam-webster. tbh, to be honest, two the win. also what aboutism. flow for -- fl

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larry: october is domestic violence awareness month and experts say this year it is important to shed light on this. there's been an increase in domestic violence during the pandemic. kristen: our reporter spoke with a survivor who is hoping to inspire others to escape injury situations. >> sarah, who asked we were her face and not use her real name, says it began as a whirlwind romance but became a matter of life and death. >> had you not gotten out where you did, where do you think you would be? >> i thing i would be dead or permanently injured. >> she started dating a man in

2018 and they married a year later. things seemed perfect. >> i thought we were supposed to be together, i thought it was magic. >> she said red flags and his allegedly abusive behavior became apparent during the covid lockdowns. >> one minute things are going well in the next it is a different person. >> studies show to messick violence jumped 8% in the pandemic. -- domestic violence jumped 8% in the pandemic. >> on average, domestic violence increased during lockdown periods. >> she says the verbal, financial and physical abuse was hard to ignore. >> he was angry, more abusive, it was scary. he choked me and said if i did not stop i was going to die. >>

abuse have all gone up over covid. they have persisted. >> the aftereffect will go on and on. >> researchers say on average more than 10 million adults around the country space -- faces domestic violence but there is help. >trained professionals can help with housing, food insecurity, mental and physical health and safety plans. >> when they come to our emergencies alter -- emergency shelter, they see a warm environment my welcoming. >> sarah says it took her a long time to believe she deserved better but she went to a local shelter for safety. >> i'm not doing this anymore. >> she filed for divorce but her pup -- husband regionally passed away. she hopes others will follow her advice. >> save some -- save yourself,

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$1.75 trillion bill back better act the number keeps changing. it includes money for affordable housing, clean energy, health care premium inductions and universal pre-k. the plan continues middle-class tax cuts while raising taxes for wealthy americans and corporations. larry: it has been six weeks since the recall election of governor gavin newsom. the results have been certified but one thing that has not been resolved is whether or not reforms should be made to the process. liz kreutz with a new look at a look at the new proposal. liz: there were many proposals suggested today but none resolved all of the potential concerns around the recall process. many of those in favor of reforms say it is too easy to have a recall election. does a good state say it is not easy, only two governors have faced a recall since the process began in california 110 years

ago. at the state capitol today, a hearing on how and if california should reform the process to recall a governor. >> there are concerns of the process. liz: this comes six weeks after the recall election of governor newsom which cost the state millions of dollars and did not change anything. the majority of californians now support some kind of reform. the question is what should that be. >> performing the recall should not be a partisan issue. >> one is to get rid of the part of the ballot, the lieutenant governor would automatically replace the governor if he or she is recall. the other is to create a malfeasance standard where a recall would only happen if the official lee violated the law or committed -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - a crime. >> seven states have that among

the 19 that have it for governor. >> the third office -- liz: the third option is raise the threshold for what triggers a recall, but some say that is high enough. >> anyone who says it is easy has not tried to gather 2 million wet signatures from anyone. liz: he spoke to us outside the capital and is fighting to keep the recall as it is. >> it would not have been as expensive as it was at it not been the governor mandate that we utilize an old mail-in ballot system. liz: the only thing lawmakers agree on is if there is a decision to be reached, it won't be easy. >> it is a herculean effort to get it right. liz: if lawmakers agree on reform, it will be done as an amendment to the state constitution, which means it will be up to california voters

to decide if they want this reform to pass. joining me is abc 7 insider matier. it does not seem there is a perfect solution to please everybody. >> that is the nature of politics. everybody was not happy with us to begin with and everybody is not happy right now. but going forward, people i have talked to in sacramento and the political business, because a lot of this is a business, as is a multi-hundred million dollar job here, it has got to be simple and you have to explain it to voters in an easy manner, not with a lot of if this than that, say we are going to raise a number of signatures it takes to qualify, that would be simple. raise the signatures and have the lieutenant governor coming, that is not going to work and the voters will say no. the second and most important

thing is it has to be fair or perceived as fair. it can appear like the democrats or republicans have their thumb on the scales and are going to tilted in their direction. we had charges of that during the recall. you bring this back up and people will say no. liz: something that can't get lost in this is that californians like the recall process. it's not like they want to get rid of this complete lee. >> -- completely. >> no, in fact even after this one, a poll found that three quarters of california voters still support the recall concept and not necessarily for the governor, but let's understand also that state legislators can be recalled and have been. boards of education in san francisco are facing a recall. dish attorneys around the state may be facing recalls. the people still want to have the say and they don't necessarily want politicians

reworking the rules right now. we may not be happy with it, but that is also politics. it's not a game of making people happy all of the time, it's just that most people are happy part of the time and interesting enough, one of the key things is the cost. this election costs just for the voting. and a lot of that is becauseau vote by mail was mandated by the governor. that is politicians getting involved. how many of those votes were returned and how much did it cost per ballot? liz: did learn that in the hearing. this edit is three dollars per ballot for mail and -- they said it is three dollars per ballot and those that were not returned were unused. people who are for the recall so that was wasted money. thank you so much, i know we could go on, it's good to be talking about recall, we appreciate it.

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prices top out at $27,000 a month for a two bedroom unit. starting at $8,000. it includes meals prepared by michelin chefs which residents can eat in the restaurant or in their room 20 47. there are also health care facilities, a fitness center, heated pools and movie theater, hair salon and more. what you guys think? that is taking senior living to another level, but they have been going up in price. ama: if you can afford it it sounds nice, i would move and in now spencer: how many seniors can afford that? larry: if all four of us chipping -- no, it is crazy. if you are family members of the

richest people in the bay area, their parents would be able to afford it, the rest of us -- i don't know if we can get in the restaurant. kristen: we were talking about how much silly money there is around here. i guess this market. larry: new uniforms for team usa have been revealed for the 2022 winter games in beijing, china. olympians will be wearing ralph lauren designed outfits during the opening and closing ceremonies, they will rock the buffalo plaid puffer jacket. men will get fleece pants, women fleece leggings. sustainability as part of it, jackets are stuffed with recycled polyester, the sweaters and hats woven from u.s. grown will and the winter olympics -- wool and the winter olympics will start. spencer: i like this is inability. ama: what if the ladies want to wear pants?

kristen: why can maria wear pants? spencer: we know who wears the pants in this family. larry: it's the right side of the screen. i'm sure they can make accommodations if you prefer one or the other. but they look good -- kristen: tropicana has come up with toothpaste that will not ruin the taste of orange juice. they announced they have made a limited-edition toothpaste because quote, toothpaste ruins oj. it will be released number first on national brush day. fans can enter for a chance to win a tube by leaving a comment in its instagram page or on it. i don't get this concept. with a spencer was money to do research and development into a toothpaste and then not offered for sale but you can only win it? larry: is this a gag or real

product? ama: i'm curious what they changed. they get permanent. -- make it permanent. kristen: which is why does not seem real. larry: more questions than answers on that. let's get to something we have just answers for. tasty thursday. also national chocolate day in case you were not aware as if we needed and excuse to celebrate chocolate. the love of chocolate goes back more than five millennia, a long time. all kinds of chocolates, some of these goodies are from godiva. we have examples to try. we have chocolate pretzels, bars and chocolates from the diver. kristen, you admitted you are a chocolate snob. can you explain without means and how these might fit in? kristen: i'm not touching the

diver --go have local chocolatiers doing smallbatch stuff with a larger cookout content. --acaoonontent. larry: dandelion chocolate, a maker in san francisco been around for 10 years, all about smallbatch chocolate and joining us from dandelion is the ceo and cofounder, todd, think it. -- thank you. we have a snob, i hope you're not intimidated. >> no problem, thanks for having me. larry: tell us about dandelion while she samples and gives a one to 10. kristen: from ecuador.

>> we are a local chocolate factory. a chocolate maker, which means that we go and get the beans from origin, we bring them to san francisco and we roast them into them into chocolate. other chocolate companies who start with chocolate and make it, we get the beans, we add sugar, there is no pure expression of a chocolate bar than what we have and we send samples of bars that are 70% with only two ingredients and the different origins, ecuador, india, at a gas card all have their unique flavor. kristen: you give a story of where it comes from and what the properties are. spencer is a wine connoisseur so he is telling us about what to look for, whether it is not enough -- 90, blueberry, tells of the flavors. >> you can think of our chocolate like wine.

chocolate can have more flavor complexity than wine or coffee, but for the last 50 years those were considered to be mistakes. traditional commodity chocolate you get beans, you essentially burn them and you get one monotone flavor. it is a miracle of industrialization that hershey's bar taste the same any part of the world, but we do it differently. get beans with amazing genetics, we work with the farms with good labor practices, we source the beans, we do taste tests today -- to figure out how to get the flavor out, and ecuadorian art might be chocolatey, madagascar might be nutty, you might get muddy -- fruity or floral. larry: i have friends in the chocolate business in their observation was however much money you think it's going to take to launch this chocolate business, you don't have enough.

because it is complicated. what made you want to launch dandelion? >> we consider ourse a american chocolate movement now worldwide. when we started, there were only 10 other copies in america making chocolate from the bean and now there's over 200 if you look at craft beer, there were a few people and it exploded, craft chocolate is exploding in america, going back to europe. europe has always had a monopoly on good chocolate, the american style has gone to europe and we wanted to see if it was possible to make great chocolate. started in a garage for fun and then we started winning awards and now we consider what happened to coffee, i remember when starbucks came to my town it was a revelation, all of the wristers. in the chocolate world we are in the dutch roasters. in the chocolate world we are early, we are pushing forward.

as the most exciting time for chocolate in the last 100 years and differences go has always been a chocolate city. we have had all of the great chocolate factories and we are trying to bring those back. kristen: this is amazing and i love your education component and that you educate us about how it is made in the different properties. thank you so much. what a great way to celebrate national chocolate day. dandelion chocolates. larry: your heart is at the heart of everything you do. and if you have heart failure, there's entresto. entresto was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant, it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto.

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larry: day events are coming back to life this year after going virtual but celebrations are not entirely normal. we in melinda's tells us how -- leanne melendez tells us how one event is changing because of covid. >> preparations underway for day of the dead in san francisco's mission district. arts and craft shops have customers coming in by supplies for family altars. >> we are are are marigolds and skull related crafts. shops liqueurs see a jump in sales since -- shops like see a jump in sales around day of the dead, celebrated for years to remember loved ones who have passed away. san francisco has held a position and this year it won't

happen but there will be an in person alter exhibition at mission cultural center on november 2. in oakland, decorations are already up in the fruitvale district sundaes festival. in the past, the event drew up to 100,000 people. it went dark and 2020 but is back this year. instead of music stages, organizers at the unity council restructured it as a health fair and vaccination clinic. >> a lot of folks in our community have not been able to get vaccinated due to the schedules of the clinics or vaccination sites, there are digital barriers, when which barriers. cracks fruitvale has a high latino population with many front-line workers who could not work from home during the height of the pandemic. the area had one of the highest infection rates in oakland and it still has one of the lowest vaccination rates. this year's event will also

focus on healing. organizers are partnering to offer a drumming healing circle. >> these drums a everyone tuness with him, you connected to the vibrations so that gives us an opportunity to tap in to that energy and offers an opportunity to balance our minds, our emotions, our body and spirit. we have this collective healing that happens. >> abc 7 news. larry: check out for a list of all of the day of the day of the dead events taking place in the area. kristen: the spirit of halloween came early at george mark children's house. animals from safari encounters visited pediatric patients to help celebrate halloween. the kids got into the mood, dressing up.

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this is by no means the first time the hosts have made fun of tv shows. >> squid game, the queen gambit, ted lasso, bridgerton >> trick or treat treat treat only the executive producer knows for sure. in a recent trip by civilians into space has inspired them to call the halloween show out of this world. how does the title fitted? >> we have always been space cadets around here and now it is cool. >> there is so much civilian space travel, how difficult can it be to go up there? we tried and you will see that expiration on the show. >> cindy kenyon, that sandy kenyon, abc 7 news. kristen: the specialist tomorrow and live with kelly and ryan ayres tomorrow at 9:00 and the

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moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news a mentoring program pairing young african-american men in the east bayithakndw being reinstated inh hour. estimated clarification at a school board meeting is what saved it at least for the time being good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley and i'm a dates. you're watching abc 7 news at five live here on abc 7 hulu live and wherever you stream the oakland school board decided to reverse this decision to eliminate the mentoring program as abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow explains at least one school board member now says he originally misunderstood the program's purpose the okay program mentors young students, but recently the oakland award decided to eliminate the program as part of the board's george floyd resolution meant to remove po