>> quite the dramatic scene inside a high-rise go, you can see the water everywhere cascading down the steps and flooding the entire building overnight. good afternoon. >> if it sounds familiar you may remember 33 tehama which had two massive water leaks and residents still have not been able to return home. larry: this one is different although the outcome is the same. tons of water everywhere. this one happened on vanness. kristen: we spoke with residents, she joins us live with the newsroom. luz: four months after hundreds of residents were evacuated from the luxury skyscraper, 33 tehama in san francisco, 5:00 it

happened again. residents from another luxury apartment were effect you waited -- evacuated but this time the flooding was intentional. this is a terrifying scene residents from 100 vanness in san francisco woke up to, it was 5:00 a.m. in the flooded highway was just the first sign of what awaited behind the doors. >> i open the stairwell and there was a running stream of high pressure water. a flood it multiple feet rushing down the stairs. luz: as water entered apartments in reaching four feet in some areas, this resident said there was a delay in the fire alarm. his dog woke him up. >> it was like a fire flight -- fight or flight reaction. my dog was barking and i went to the bathroom and i heard generator noise. there was a water falling from the ceiling. i was like, ok, something serious, i went outside and saw water puddled on the floor.

i got my dog and try to figure out how to get out. luz: as the elevator stopped working residents evacuated from another stairway, once outside finding out the flood was only impacting part of the 30 story building only residents from the 11th floor down knew there was a flood. brian lives on the 22nd floor. >> the fire alarm never went off on our floor. we had no indication. luz: san francisco firefighters arrived and found a person drenched in water next to a pipe. >> we were confronted with a person experiencing behavioral crises, during the flooded the person released several pipes during the floor they are common fire protection systems at high-rise buildings for life safety. we were able to, in collaboration with the building management, able to shut down the standpipes. luz: four hours after the listed, the property manager emailed residents categorizing

the incident as vandalism. in a statement, the police department confirmed the arrest of a 46-year-old male, michael meehan, who was booked into san francisco county jail for felony, vandalism and resisting/ delaying arrest. after this terrifying incident we met jason who lives on the tall floor. he was coming back home from the airport. you were probably spared from this? >> i am hoping so. i know the garages flooded. i will check on my car. luz: according to the fire department, residents from 16 units were displaced. those right is a dense wi -- residents will be replaced. it was located on the 11th floor of this building. as to why as more than half of the building did not hear the fire alarms, san francisco fire department confirmed that is how these high-rises work, the fire alarm goes out based on what is taking place on each floor.

kristen: how did that resident get access to the area where the water pipes were located? luz: that remains under investigation, those water pipes are located behind locked doors and residents to not have easy access to them. they are categorizing it as an act of felony vandalism, they believe this person broke into the area where the pipes are located. that remains under investigation. kristen: thank you so much. a chase involving a person wanted by oakland police ended in a crash. the short pursuit ended at 90 6th avenue in cherry street around 1:00 this afternoon. officers took one person into custody, another was taken to the hospital with an undisclosed injury. the patrol car was damaged. larry: a pedestrian has a died after clam -- car slammed into two people in saratoga around 10:30 near hill avenue. one woman died at the scene.

the other person was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. the woman's identity has not been released on the driver is cooperating with police. kristen: antioch police says progress is being made to recruit new officers in the wake of a criminal investigation of several members of his department. the chief says the departments recruiting and hiring drive includes $30,000 bonuses to entry and lateral offices -- officers. he called retaining officers a larger conversation. >> we instituted a leadership program for the entire organization for sworn in processional staff -- professional staff geared towards managing risk, providing better alignment with policing strategies. kristen: ford it took over as interim chief in april a month after the fbi and the das office began investigating members of the police departments. a federal grand jury was convened last month. larry: a chaotic scene at los

angeles city hall. a crowd refusing to allow today city council meeting to begin, until three members resign, after a racist conversation that was caught on tape. the chance -- chants and shouts stopped when mike bonin, came out to address the profanity laced remarks martin is made about his adopted son who is black. >> my husband and i are both angry and heartbroken and sick. these people stabbed us and shot us and cut the spirit of los angeles. larry: martinez did not attend today's council meeting. she issued an apology yesterday and resigned, but has refused. to step down entirely. two other councilmembers who attended the meeting have also apologized. they are refusing to resign. both did attend today's council meeting. coming up, on abc7news at 5:00,

the battle between two city council members in daly city. kristen: in san francisco the board of supervisors government audit and oversight committee revealed a new findings related to mayor london breed's practice of requesting signed undated resignation letters from city officials, prior to their appointment. the committee says the practice raises concerns about the mayor's control and in lawrence -- and influence. >> firing a nominee to provide a resignation later at the time of appointment undermines charter protections for commissioners against at will removal by the appointing authority and raises significant concerns about the level of control the mayor has over commissioners. i think it is an abuse of power. had anyone other than the mayor done this, there would be because for that person to be removed from office. kristen: the supervisor says the

charter does not lay out consequences for situations like this but did mention there is legislation in the works to prevent it. mayor breed's office released a statement saying those resignation leaders were intended for dire situations and that none have been used over the last four years. the mayor's office says the practice will be discontinued and existing letters will be rescinded. larry: san francisco's voting center at city hall is officially open. the elections officials opened the voting center this morning, four weeks ahead of the november election. city hall is the universal polling place where you can drop in mail-in ballots, vote in person, get a replacement ballot or register to vote. they warned it is a good idea to study up, read up about the elections and all of the props that are on the ballot. >> even if you not voting early, at least engage with their ballot, and their voter information pamphlet early, it will put them in a better place when they cast their votes. larry: there's a big push being

moved to encourage people of color to get out and vote. zach fuentes has a look at the goals set and the efforts to increase voter turnout. zach: leaders in the api indigenous and latino communities came together at san jose tuesday all to encourage more within their community to get out and vote. >> we know we don't have to wait 30 days to vote. we can literally vote today. zach: despite mail-in ballots in early voting, these leaders say not enough people in communities of color were participating. >> voter turnout was dismal, for our latino community, it was at 15%. >> in this county we are over 30% api, but only 30% of us vote. so out of 250,000 api registered voters, we are not voting at the rate that we can and should be. zach: the work is underway to help change that. the volunteers at tuesday's

event and others are planning to taking to the phones and streets to encourage people to to exercise their vote -- exercise the right to vote. >> 12,000 voters, 1000 people could actually swing an election. zach: a large part of the efforts are focusing on increasing voter turnout, among the women in communities of color. >> as api women, we are not voting in the numbers that we could be come out of 250,000 api voters, less than half of us voted. j gabriela --zach: gabriella says the low turnout could be contributed to a variety of factors. >> it comes down to timing, priority, sometimes this is not the first thing a people's minds. we want to make sure we are speaking, community member to community member, termite them to vote. zach: a goal shared among cultures and groups. >> what you're are seeing here is unity, as black, brown, indigenous communities, there's a lot of intentional efforts to

divide us. what this campaign symbolizes is the unity that we have. kristen: defunding the police. the calls begin -- began in earnest two years ago. what is happened since then? digital license planes legal for everyone in california -- plates, legal for everyone in california. nasa's attempts to remove an asteroid, what happened? >> it look more like august than it did october, but our temperatures were comfortable today. the warm-up, a bit before the doors slam shut this weekend. i will

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larry: california's cracking down on illegal cannabis. >> in 2022 there was no excuse for any of this, with the largest illegal cannabis market in the world here in california, there no excuse for an illicit market that causes this widespread harm to our people and to our environment. larry: that was attorney general robert bonta announcing authorities have destroyed a million illegal plants and seized 200,000 pounds of processed marijuana. this program had been seasonal but will go all year long now. kristen: paper and metal license plates are so 2021. california now allows all

drivers the options of digital license plates. larry: they are safer, more convenient for drivers. dustin dorsey explains what you need to know about these new plates. dustin: california is driving into the 21st century. say goodbye to the loan choice of traditional license plates and hello to the opportunity to own digital license plates for your car. >> i'm all about giving people a choice here in the state of california. dustin: lori wilson, co-authored the bill said to become law, allowing all 40 million drivers to go digital with their vehicles adjoining michigan and arizona. it's all about making life easier for drivers. the plates from the california based company allow for customization and registration renewal, without even walking into the dmv. >> it's going to be much more beneficial for them and make our processing much more efficient. it's a big change. we are no longer your father's dmv. i think it is something tha and.

dustin: no more long lines at the dmv, it's just the start. the other benefits are the safety features. the license plates will display different messages, for different emergencies, like if a car stolen. >> i am driving behind a vehicle and i see it, it will give me a cause for concern be on alert. of what i could potentially seej the plates have a built-in tracking technology to locate the stolen cars. that brings up questions of privacy. could they be wrongfully tracked and hacked into. tracking features can be disabled on the bill will allow for regular review. >> anytime that our c3 -- chp, or if we feel that safety is concerned, they can pull that back and make sure that that is taking care of. dustin: the wired or battery plates can be purchased with monthly rates starting at $19.95

a month, or $215 a month -- annually. kristen: huh. larry: the whole world is going digital. kristen: indeed. but we are still happy. we have mike nicco here to give us the weather. larry: a live human. mike: am i? larry: change his batteries out. mike: not hardwired. lexical look at what is going on with the weather -- let's take a look at what is going on with the weather. can see hades out there in moisture and some clouds lurking. this fogtober cloud pattern will continue all week. it's more like august than it is october, especially the coast where we expect or sunshine. we will have wide range of afternoon temperatures because of that. the cooling, below average this weekend.

take a look at our temperatures. some warm spots are out there, also in fairfield, brentwood, livermore, 70's for inland neighborhoods including the south bay. low temper 60's from san francisco, to hayward at 67. san mateo at 64. 59 along the coast. we've got an area of high-pressure sitting on top of an area of low pressure. when this happens, it does not move for several days. we are caught right between that. that is why we are seeing fluctuations in our cloud that are and our our temperatures. let's take a look at what it will do as far as our winds. they're not too aggressive, less than 20 miles per hour. the weather service issued a small craft advisory from the golden gate to the delta until 9:00 for gusts up to about 30 miles per hour. they will pick up in the areas shaded in yellow. it will feel little cooler

because of the breeze this evening it may move some stuff around. at 6:00 the 80's are gone. still 60's and 70's out there and then mainly 60's and 70's at 7:00. we see the clouds creep into the bay, some -- and some of our coastal values. by 8:00, antioch is at 70. by 10:00 we are dropping into the 50's and 60's. on our way to cloudy conditions, some fog and mist in the areas we had this morning. upper 70's through most of the south bay with santa clara at 76. peninsula at 68. 70 to 74 elsewhere. look at the cloud cover at the coast, low to maybe even 63. mid to upper 60's were downtown, south san francisco and sausalito. temperatures in the mid to upper 70's for the east bay. 60's in low 70's as you head into the east bay and 80 to 85 inland. next week, we will talk more about how dry it is going to be. you can see it doesn't look very

promising. this week doesn't look very promising for what whether either. temperatures will fluctuate a bit wednesday, thursday and friday. cooler weather will come in a saturday and sunday. it doesn't bring any rain. kristen: thank you, mike. larry: angela lansbury, who acted for 70 years has passed away. in a statement released by her family, the actors died in her's -- sleep. she was known for her -- for the tv sleuth, murder she wrote. she had a long career before that. the tv show became popular, she was nominated for an oscar for gaslight when she was 19 years old, finally getting an honorary oscar in 2013. she won five tonys and received 11 m -- emmy nominations but never actually won. angela lansbury was 96 years old. her 97th birthday is sunday.

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kristen: it is fire prevention week and the open fire department is celebrated with a fire safety day at the lake merrick garden center. they were joined by elementary school kids, excited to learn about fire prevention. >> we have smokey the bear was the biggest attraction of all, because he is telling the kids about wildfire safety, living in the city of oakland, that is something that they even have to learn of an early age, so we can prevent these fires. kristen: smokey is covid safe. the kids got to learn what firefighters do. officials say they hope it will spark interest in a future career in firefighting. larry: thousands of fire alarms were donated, as part of a partnership known as operation save a life. kristen: karina nova help kick off the event and shares the life-saving message from various bay area fire departments.

karina: fires happen unexpectedly and spread quickly, the san francisco bar department battled this battle in the silver terrace neighborhood last weekend. >> i spoke with one of the fire members, they heard a sounding smoke alarm. that save that person's life. karina: the spokesman said that smoke alarm save the lives of 12 adults, three kids and a cat. >> it was also very apparent that every single person from three different homes had a plan. karina: to help more people escape house fires agencies across the bay area participated in operation save a life event. the fire marshal says in oakland they are educating adults and kids on fire safety. >> a lot of people are still using older smoke alarms, where they are installing a battery. in the state of california, that is no longer a requirement. you have to have a 10 year smoke alarm. if you have that you cannot disengage the smoke alarm. you cannot disconnect it.

we need those smoke alarms to always stay in working form. if they're not working we cannot say for life. karina: in oakland, san jose and santa clara, free smoke alarms are available. thanks with partnerships with home depot and kida, thousands of fire alarms have been distributed. this week, they donated another 2000 smoke alarms and 1000 co detectors. >> we feel our mission is to protect every moment for everyone and we don't feel that family should have to choose between wooding food on the table and worrying about fire safety -- putting food on the table and fire safety. karina: the national fire protection association confirms the alarms doubles the chance of how survival -- fire house survival. >> it will save lives. the life could potentially be yours. larry: always check those batteries, right?

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions this is abc7 news. larry: after years of widespread calls to defund the police, the i-team's dekeing into the data to expose the reality of the situation. police funding is increasing in the majority the cities across the country including san jose. kristen: i stephanie sierra found out, questions are being raised about how the funds are being spent. she is here with the investigation. stephanie: the san jose police department saw one of the largest increases in funding across the bay area. what exactly has changed tonight we are following the money in the fallout from the defund movement. rubber bullets, to teargas. the murder of george floyd from more than just outrage to the streets of san jose.

specific calls for change. the reality is, that never happened. data analyzed by the abc 7 news i-team found funding for the san jose police department increased 17.6% from people and i'm -- from pre-pandemic to 2022. oakland rose 17.9%. police funding jumped 4.4%. >> it doesn't surprise me that the police budget has increased. it's disappointing. stephanie: this is criminal justice advocate and founder. >> what is in the phrase, defund the police, what they're calling for was an end to the killings. there calling on an end to use of force. san jose will has one of the highest rates of hospitalization of use of force. stephanie: according to the analysis, as jpd, saw the

largest funding. police record showed during that year, there were 514 officers who used force more than 1300 times. 77 of those officers used force up to 15 times repeatedly. this video obtained exclusively from the i-team, became part of a federal civil rights lawsuit filed against the department in july, 2020, accusing officers of excessive force during the five days of tests, follow -- protests. people like this woman hit with a temple, by a police projectile. sjdp found a quarter of a sworn assent as a police officers received one complaint in 2020. nearly a quarter of the complaints contain allegations about use of force. the independent police auditor's report found those figures got worse in 2021. nearly one third of sj pd officers faced complaints. >> the cycle of violence was not

interrupted after the killing of george floyd. stephanie: a year later, protesters filled guadalupe a free rate -- freeway in san jose after someone was shot and killed. >> and have even gone promotions after they have killed. an example of that is sergeant mike pena, who was -- was held liable in federal civil court a few weeks ago for the murder of jacob dominquez. stephanie: that case settled, costing taxpayers $1 million. in 2019, pena was a defendant in another use of force case where this couple was tased, shot with a wired gun -- wired -- right gun. that costed taxpayers another $400,000. the abc7news i-team tried to speak directly with the police chief, but we were told he was unavailable. >> last, thank you colleagues. reporter: the santa clara

supervisor says more needs to be done to ensure the right people are responding to calls for service. >> we are doing that, limiting the number of conflicts that officers have with people who are mentally ill. stephanie: since widea und e police, th e county has funded programs like teams, offering resources who need mental health services. chavez says those programs are understaffed, just like the police department. she says over the last 16 years. >> we've lost 200 officers and we have 100,000 more people living in san jose. reporter: abc 7's analysis of census data shows san jose the 10th largest city in the country. but fbi data shows it is close to the 50th largest. response times are suffering because of it. according to an audit on city services, on average police are taking 22 minutes to respond to

calls that were -- are related to assault or burglaries. >> it's not acceptable. reporter: chavez says the department needs the higher in additional what he five officers to meet the demand. budget records record revealed they have funding to meet half the goal for the upcoming fiscal year. a sure fall even amongst a funding spike. that spike is more than $26.5 million, that is how much sjpd's budget increase this year. the department is only adding 20 officers to the force, half of what some elected officials are calling for. where is this money going? the supervisor says the city spent between $42 million on overtime just over the last two years. salary increases in overtime were the two big factors. larry: interesting. we have established the majority of budgets for police around the country.

they are going up. who is going down? how many cities actually had a decrease? stephanie: very small percentages. we looked at more than 100 apartments as a sample size across the country and found only eight police departments had a budget that fell by more than 2%. that puts it into perspective when you think about 90%, saw increases in cities and counties across the country, only eight less than 2%. kristen: thank you so much. larry: new developments out of russia, where officials have declared meta a terrorist organization. the parent company of instagram and facebook, called for violence against the u.s. military during the invasion. meta has been banned in russia, and requires banks to freeze funds and account services. kristen: nasa reveals the results of its planetary defense test . and halloween canceled?

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larry: time for the four at 4:00 with ama and mike. an asteroid, and moving it out of its path to earth, nasa did it. dart successfully change the trajectory of an asteroid making it the first time humanity has intentionally change the motion of a celestial object. the space craft changes the orbit around a larger asteroid, by 32 minutes which is significant, because they were hoping for 10 minutes. this is being called a watershed moment for planetary defense. kristen: thank goodness. larry: they did it. kristen: you also don't look up with leonardo dicaprio. oh my goodness. larry: we also saw armageddon, with bruce willis. unfortunately, mike, he had to blow himself up to save the planet. mike: he had to leave himself behind.

what a sacrifice he made. kristen: with this you don't need to. mike: now, movies become reality. larry: yeah. are you surprised as a man, who studies the stars? mike: and my surprise there's people smarter than me that can figure this out? not at all. no i am very much amazed. we were able to do that and hopefully the greater good that is going to come from it in the years ahead of it. kristen: it is physics, right? it's a ping-pong ball -- noah paul waul. so -- no a pool ball. some school districts are canceling halloween. the reason?ce ced about inclusivity for kids who do not want to participate, others concerned about safety. in seattle and michigan, there canceling halloween because it excludes some students. the district is doing good because of safety concerns and others say it is a distraction. take it away, ama.

ama: as a parent, a kind of want to see my kid in acute costume. but also as a parent, yeah, the extra props that can be coming. you hope it is a with -- is a prop, both everything happening in the world it is scary. it's one of those where i don't know, what do you do? mike: i am shocked. honestly. that our society has dug redated, whatever the word is, fallen this far, that we have to take away something that is so innocent and fun from our kids. i can understand you want inclusivity. but, if the people who do not want to be included, can you find them another activity that they'll want to do, that would be just as fun? kristen: we're not canceling halloween altogether. the kids can still go out and trick-or-treat just not in school. there so many school functions designed to build community like

prom, homecoming, spirit week. there may be a few kids who do not feel comfortable. you cancel them all? mike: what about us who do not have a date to prom? kristen: oh. ama: that's another conversation. larry: that's another issue. mike: keep your own feelings out of it. [laughter] larry: let's focus on the topics here. kristen: i want to talk about this. why mike didn't have a date to the prom? ama: we have an open-door session coming up with him later. [laughter] larry: if you want to track your luggage with an apple air tag, you may want to check in with the airline first. a german airline is banning people from activating their air tags. there tags are like cell phones. they are both allowed by the faa tsa. i looked this up. there's a small lithium battery in the air tags.

but i am told that they work by bluetooth. obviously, the situation, you don't want an air tag in a cargo been and it explodes and you've got problems. but i'm not sure that that is a likely outcome? i don't know. anybody have any thoughts? kristen: even if it is not likely, you know me with airplanes. kristen: i am with youama -- i am with you ama. larry: if you had a date to the prom -- mike: would you put a tag on the person? larry: so they don't run off. [laughter] so you can find them. mike: i find them talking to some other person. [laughter] ama: oh boy. larry: poor therapy here. mike: this has turned really weird. kristen: i'm going to move on. meta introduced a new virtual reality headset. the medic west pro displays tiny texts and can track your eyes

and facial features, meaning your avatar can match your expressions. the new headset retails for $1500. larry: whoa! kristen: yes. it is another step facebook is taking towards the metaverse, which the company is banking on to be huge in the near future. ama: is that more expensive than the ones now? i don't know how much the cost. kristen: i don't know. when you put these words in the same sentence for me and i'm scared. facebook, track. ama: i was saying the same thing. i should put out there i don't know if they are recording but my mind goes to what if they are recording, tracking and put me somewhere else? weird things happen. larry: our producer says it sells for $400. it will be a price bump. when i see this, all i think is of google glass. remember when that was going to be the next big thing? i don't know, whether people want it. mike: i think it's fun for

videogames, but for everything else? kristen: where they have dance things you can do? ama: oh right. mike: like the prom. [laughter] ama: he got his dance moves from that and that is why he didn't have a prom date? kristen: you could have been mike's date. [laughter] taught him how to dance, all that stuff. larry: let's leave it there. [laughter] that's it for the four at 4:00. sorry, mike. the next one will be

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larry: this week wraps up hispanic heritage month. over the last few weeks of brutal hurricane season has thrust puerto rico into the spotlight, once again. locally one group is working to support the people who are suffering, while also championing the local puerto rican culture in the bay area. zach fuentes has more. zach: maria has been hard at work for weeks now leading local efforts, sending relief to those suffering from the devastation caused by hurricane fiona in puerto rico. more devastation has since been caused in other areas by hurricane ian, many puerto ricans are suffering. these images showcasing some of the work her team have been able to coordinate in weeks in south bay. >> we were able to bring food. we brought water, generators, lights. we brought gifts for the children. zach: the work only continues.

the nonprofit behind this, san jose's printer reagan civic club, a local force behind -- puerto rican civics club. >> this was the work in hurricane maria. we were recognized by the government, the actual governor of puerto rico. zach: the lessons learned are still serving them now. >> when this happened we were organized and prepared, and mobilized, all the units we had in puerto rico. since we made a coalition with other nonprofits, we have been able to touch the heart of puerto rico. zach: founded in 1951 the club has a rich history in the south they. -- bay. she is now the president, she moved in her teens discovering the san jose, puerto rico civics club. >> i was excited because i did not fit anywhere. i did not understand the mexican or south american lingo. there spanish was different. i didn't fit in with the

american people because my english was broken. there was no place for me. zach: she explain the challenges that has led to many in the community to be as tightknit as they are. >> we part of the community and the essence of california. the problem with fred arrigo -- pardo -- puerto ricans is because we have a united states citizenship and we are discriminated on both ends. zach: the club has made a mark on the bay area and further. >> one person can make a difference, it is a matter of knowing the right people and being in the right time and thinking about the future and what the future holds for our island. zach: the nonprofits says any gift goes a long way. you can find ways to help in the efforts on the website. this hispanic and latin heritage month, she shares this reminder. >> we make a difference in the united states. we are the condiments and we

bring a lot to this country. we should be included in everything. everyone should be treated equally. kristen: we want to turn our attention to the weather. larry: mike has her covered from the four at 4:00. he has it really but he is going to forge ahead. mike: it's a long drive home. [laughter] all right, we talked about, we are in the height. this is as bad as it gets for our fire season. it's been quiet for the most part. look at what we talked about, what will happen next week. we show that at the end of the last weather how it will be so dry. this is possibly two weeks from now. there could be a pattern change where rain comes in. we are two weeks out trying to find wet weather, not in this forecast but temperatures are average, if not a little bit above through friday. larry: thank you, mike. kristen: friends may have been

off the air for 20 years, but the show's are going strong. larry: this week there is a new way for friends fans to relive the show. naomi: every year the wildfires, the smoke seems to get worse. jessica: there is actual particles on every single surface. dr. cooke: california has the worst air pollution in the country. the top 2 causes are vehicles and wildfires. prop 30 helps clean our air. it will reduce the tailpipe emissions that poison our air kevin: and helps prevent the wildfires that create toxic smoke that's why calfire firefighters, the american lung association, and the coalition for clean air support prop 30. naomi: i'm voting yes on 30.

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kristen: coming up tonight on abc 7 at 8:00, catch bachelor in paradise, followed by 10:00 with the rookie feds and stay with us for abc7news at 11:00. friends fans get excited because there's a new episode coming, sort of. it's the friends experience, the one in san francisco. an immersive experience. on midday live we spoke with stacy the copresident of super fly, about what it entails. >> we wanted it to be the kind of thing you can sit down and sit at monica's table. we are here in their kitchen. it's pretty much monica's kitchen. she was a cook in the group. you can see we have re-created the set, on the nose, everything from what is on the shelves, on

the counters to the curtains at the sink. this is a great opportunity for fans to come in, check out the apartment. they can take their picture in front of the iconic purple door. we have the hallway between the guys and girls apartment, which this is something we added to the experience because fans asked for it. it's a popular spot to grab a photo. this is the dating wall. this is where we document who dated who throughout the entire series and when they traded off between each other. so, this is a really fun area to spend some time in. what resonates with the show is it's a time in your life or your friends or your family and that unique period between childhood and becoming an adult. i think it's a cool opportunity, if you have been true that to revisit it. if you have not been through it, it's something you can look forward to. kristen: the show opens thursday.

tickets start at $3350 per person. that will do it for abc 7's at 4:00. building a better bay area

moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. four weeks from today is election day and tonight. we're hearing from the republican state senator for lassen county who is hoping to unseat governor gavin newsom. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley and i'm a dates state senator. brian dalley is confident. he has a shot to beat governor newsom who is seeking his second term abc 7 news anchor at liz kroyd spoke with dolly today and is in the newsroom with the latest on what he had to say list. hi, dan and alma. yes dally is trailing newsome by 20 points according to a new poll, but that's what happens in the state that so largely dominated by democrats. still republicans. say senator. brian dalley says, it's time to change that. he says he's the