good evening. i'm karina nova and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us abc 7 news 19 reporter. dan noyes has been tracking the money and joins us now with a story you will see only on seven dan. well, dan the concept was to install synthetic turf at this baseball and football field. so kids could use it year round even during the rainy months, but the politicians have not lived up to their promises. these young football players and cheerleaders are preparing for the playoffs not focused on the history of where they practice kurt flood field is named after oakland's native, son who sports illustrated called baseball's best center fielder in 1968, but his greatest accomplishment fighting the reserve clause that allowed teams to decide a player's future even after their contract expired. no one. i mean it's rare with an almost no exception. had challenged their right to own me floods battle took him to

the us supreme court and eventually led to higher salaries for professional athletes in all sports, but the field that honors him needs work. we have the potholes out here what i call those ankle killers. so yeah, we need we need a safe environment for our boys 100% potholes and ruts and bear spots. it wasn't supposed to be this way. years ago the city held a splashy ceremony a curt flood field with a big check from the oakland raiders $200,000 to replace the grass with absolutely it was exciting dan. they had the plans out there for the field what it was going to look like. it was a momentum and getting this project launched the mayor at the time jean quan told abc 7 about the benefits of installing artificial grass there. we have very small parks and rec

maintenance crew. we rely heavily on volunteers. so the artificial turf here will take some pressure off of that the oakland parks and recreation department predicted that artificial turf would allow the field to stay open during rainy months and serve an additional 2,500 young people but eight years later the grass remains. what do you think about that shelley? it's a holly it's disappointing. i'm sure the community there in oakland feels a little betrayed. we'll take orr's president of the oakland dynamite organization whose teams practice there with the city done with that ceremony and an empty province. that was like a slap in our face even after. that ceremony the city continued to raise money for artificial terrific hurt flood feel in 2015. they held a groundbreaking ceremony for what it become a 7.1 million dollar project for upgrading the turf field new

basketball courts and field lights current mayor libby chef touting a safer and environment for a local youth no more tripping over holes in the grass in 2016. the mercury news reported the artificial turf would be installed that summer. it's still hasn't happened. where the money that's why i want to know too because then they come to us and it come to our kids and and we would promise something that never, you know became true. i've been researching where the money went for a couple of the weeks now and none of the major players would cooperate with an interview not former. mayor, jean quan current mayor libby schaff or anyone from the raiders organization. i also followed a clue from that big check the raiders gave the two hundred thousand dollars for synthetic turf through lisd the nonprofit local initiative support corporation. they told me they agreed to match funds for the turf with the oakland parks and recreation department, but quote in 2016 for reasons. we were not party to the city

moved the local matching funding for kurt flood field to another recreation center as a result. we were unable to move forward with our grant for that project. where did oakland parks and recs send the money repeatedly called an emailed the director dana riley but never heard back. i even stopped by her office at franco gawa plaza the secretary told me riley works from home and confirms. she's been receiving my messages bottom line. the politicians got a photo op with a big check that turned out to be worth nothing. we need this way. we need to go. for this kind of a shame. it's a bad deal for these kids. i mean, this is eight years running it should have been done. at least seven years ago. and the outlook is not promising. i check the current list of oakland's unfunded capital improvement projects through next year and kurt flood field ranks 23rd in importance the parks foundation sent an email

late today saying fundraising for cut for kurt flood field fell short, so they had to scale back the plans. i'm posting their entire statement at abc 7. news.com dan awfully frustrating for those kids to absolutely. thank you so much. now if you have a story for the abc 7 news i-team go to abc 7 news com slash item or call 1888 40 i team. police say counselors are available to speak with students and staff at santa cruz high school after a false call about an active shooter on campus the call came in about 9:30 this morning police. say the caller claimed to shoot her was inside a classroom with multiple victims. the school immediately went into lockdown and other schools in the area sheltered in place within minutes hundreds of officers from different agencies in the county showed up in the air and on the ground there has been a national trend we were notified a couple weeks ago of a trend across the nation for people to call in false active shooter events, and i had shared that with my staff because it's

happened in other states and it looks like that's what's happened today. earlier this month multiple bay area schools had fake reports of an active shooter that was determined to be swatting and that's when someone calls in a fake threat to cause mass chaos. a slight backup at the bay bridge toll plaza right now as you can see behind me. here's a live picture, but we can tell you all toll lanes are open following a crash earlier today a tow truck hit a barrier at told booth nine just before 12:30 this afternoon abc 7 news was there when another tow truck arrived to pull the crashed one away the toll booth reopened shortly thereafter. this is at least the third crash this year at the bay bridge toll plaza. there were two crashes back in may alone, san jose police are asking for help to track down the driver responsible for a hit and run crash that injured a grandmother and her three-year-old grandson. this happened tuesday evening around 5:40 pm at sierra road and moana. kielo road lane and today the

upper right of your screen. you can see towards there. you can see a pedestrian pushing a stroller a car comes speeding through the intersection knocks the woman and the child to the ground and keeps going both victims injuries, but both are said, recovering the car is identified as a gray 2012 mazda 3 police are looking for the vehicle and the driver they say the car could possibly have damage on the front driver side from that collision. two men have been charged in the death of an antioch woman whose body was set on fire. it happened 10 days ago abc 7 news reporter. ryan curry was at the suspect's first court appearance this afternoon. the family of 25 year old michaela charlemen walks into the contra costa county courthouse for the first hearing for two men charged with arson and mutilation in her death. charlton was found dead on october 17th when firefighters discovered a burnt body near a trail in antioch. the fire's gonna be outfits as usual down here friday adp to respond.

this was a person antioch police say they were able to identify charlemen through dental records and the burnt jewelry. she was wearing i'll walk in there and it's important to me to show them that we take this case very seriously deputy district attorney derek -- says this case does involve some gruesome details. our cameras were not allowed in the courtroom the two men charged are ashton montalvo and d'angelo boone in the court judge decided to push back their arraignment their standard reason for seeking the postponement was because they haven't received any of the what we call discovery which are the police reports and recordings and images that supply the evidence so far in this case charles man had a large family contingency present for the hearing the family shared with us these photos of her and said she didn't deserve this. now they want justice. it's our job to make sure that victims in all cases get justice and where their deceased that their families get justice as swiftly as possible and that's what we're fighting for. the family also mentioned.

they hope this story tells others to choose wisely who they let in their circle of influence the next court date for the two individuals will be on november 1st in martinez ryan curry abc 7 news. president biden is trumpeting a new report showing the nation's economy grew at a faster rate than expected during the third quarter. great economic report today the gdp report things are looking good. the report chose the economy expanded by 2.6 percent from july through september the previous two quarters had been down analysts credits stronger exports and consumer spending for the gains backed by a healthy job market. the new report held drive the dow jones higher today while the nasdaq and the s&p dropped here are the numbers the dow climbed 194 points the nasdaq lost 178 and the s&p dropped 23. elon musk's twitter. take over appears to be complete

this evening bloomberg news reports several top executives are out tonight, including ceo parag agrawal investor investors will not be trading shares of twitter tomorrow. it's frozen on wall street the new york stock exchange has suspended the trading because of tomorrow's deadline for musk's 44 billion dollar deal to buy the san francisco company shares of twitter stock closed up about half a percent today. how can we build a better bay area and help fight climate change technology on display locally may be the answer. i'm meteorologist sandia patel start looking for the rain gear. we have wet windy weather in the forecast. forecast. i'll be back don't mind me. i'm just the flu. i'm quite harmless, really.

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which sanofi flu vaccine francisco's fastest growing neighborhood will finally get the school. long been fighting for today was the groundbreaking ceremony for an elementary school in mission bay. it will be ready for enrollment by 2025. the school will be built near nelson rising lane and sixth street close to 280 is made possible by a 750 million dollar bond measure that sf usd

announced in 2016 our intention is to get these projects delivered and ready. so the voters can hopefully support us again in making more investments in our schools, which are really needed from that bond measure 110 million dollars will go to build the school in mission bay the rest of the money has been used to renovate and modernize existing schools. the district says 85% of those projects have now been completed. in the south bay for himself sorting recycling bins to water made out of the air incredible innovations have been at the forefront of the verge climate event abc 7 news reporter dustin dorsey explains how the bay area could benefit from solutions to some of our biggest problems. how can we solve the climate crisis our world is facing a question experts are always asked and many of them have had some of those solutions on display this week at the verge climate technology event in san jose here. we have the energy systems the transportation systems the food systems carbon markets. we look at the whole system and

bring everybody together. so you've got ecosystem. you've got the innovation ecosystem the entrepreneurs big corporates municipalities all coming together to really figure out the solutions in the heart of silicon valley innovations tackling some of the biggest issues. we're facing from waste with a robot trash. can that sorts recyclables on its own to energy with this microgrid on site that's literally powering the main stage for the big event. we've been doing is actually you can see here between the battery and the gasifier. we are generating this energy storing in the battery and then not using any power from the grid while the main stage is running this can help reduce energy bills and limit the usage on the power grid during hours a problem. we saw the bay area face during our big heat wave in september our other localized climate issue the drought and we saw solution for that is well on display with source water. our company is the only off-grid sustainable renewable drinking water system in the world. you can see it looks like a

solar panel, but instead of making electricity. it makes clean pure premium drinking water. it takes the atmospheric ocean above our heads and turns it into water and even the driest locations and it tastes really good really good made from sun and air. wow, we know there's no easy answer to climate change, but we do know experts are on the verge of worldwide solutions. it's all about moving this technology forward in san jose dustin dorsey abc 7 news. long time east bay congressman pete stark was honored today in the renaming of eden landing ecological reserve in hayward. i know dad would have been thrilled beyond words. with this naming state senator bob wikowski got approval to rename the land after the late political icon stark fought against efforts to build a horse racing track on the native land. he also helped get millions in federal restoration funds for that area stark was one of the longest serving california

representatives with 40 years in congress. well, we are this close to the weekend dan and i know some people might be making plans to go to a park or something like that over the weekend, but i know there's rain in the forecast, which is nice and halloween is coming up. don't forget that meteorologist. sandy patel is here with the forecast. that's right, and i know that there are festivities going on this weekend before halloween begins, dan and karina. you're good to go. okay for all outdoor plans including halloween after that much needed rain is going to enter the picture. i do want to show you an update on our drought situation. this is not good extreme drought which is the second worst category from exceptional to extreme all the way at the bottom and red. it has expanded now into bay area as you can see parts of the north bay and the east bay dealing with that extreme drought, but i think we're going to turn things around even though the drought is not going to be erased. we will get some help from other nature. so right now while the storm track is aimed at the pacific northwest that's going to shift down towards the bay area come

the middle of next week. let's get right to it. everybody's been waiting or i should say many people have been waiting for this rain. it comes in tuesday. you will notice it will bring snow to the sierra initially snow levels will be high but by wednesday, they'll be dropping down. so tuesday night into wednesday. we're looking at snow levels coming down to about 4,000 feet in the mountains scattered cold showers for wednesday. it's looking like this will be winding down but one computer model wants to hang on to showers into thursday. so we shall see rainfall projections. most of you will be in that quarter of an inch to a half an inch, but there will be some water spots. these are early estimates. so keep that in mind as we go towards next week. we'll have a better idea well, moving the camera around to show you a beautiful post sunset view from our emeryville camera right now 60 in the city 64 oakland palo alto 67 in san jose and look at this stunning view from our santa cruz camera good day to be out sailing 69 in santa rosa was a little warmer today 66 in napa 73 degrees in

fairfield 68 in livermore by the way half moon bay drop down to 37 degrees this morning. that was a record low temperature. look at this shot from our east bay hills camera of the sun getting ready to go down increasing high clouds chilly in the morning drying a little warmer this weekend through halloween and we're looking at looking at wet weather come your way next week the middle of next week. here's your halloween forecast sun goes down at 6:11 temperatures will still be in the comfort zone. happy haunting between seven and eight. it's a beautiful evening with chili conditions by nightfall tomorrow morning frost advisory for lake and mendocino counties numbers down to about 33 degrees bring in those sensitive. chance they could get damaged upper 30s to the upper 40s first thing in the morning. we will have some patchy fog near the coast tomorrow afternoon. you're looking at low to mid 70s inland upper 50s to low 60s coast side and breezy. so it's a cooler friday and as we check out saturday's forecast for the walk to end alzheimer's in san ramon.

it's gonna be chilly to start but milder for the afternoon when the walk begins michael. finney will be the mc of this event the accuweather 7-day forecast breezy and cooler as we head towards your friday a little warmer for the weekend and it's going to be a treat for halloween before we bring in what windy storm level one for tuesday cold showers, wednesday and breezy, so get ready to pull out the winter clothes and the umbrellas karina and dan you're gonna need them next week. good thing. my halloween costume is waterproof. oh smart. what is it? helen that's all curious. okay, but it's good timing on the it'll hold up. okay. thanks andy. well it seemed like everyone wanted a pet during the pandemic and a lot of people got one years later. years later. see what an impact that's having

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upended routines and not just for people but for pets too abc 7 news reporter tara campbell shows you what a difference that's making now to animal shelters. from cats to dogs birds to bunnies there's an overflow of abandoned animals at san francisco animal care and control. these are usually our longest tremors. ariana lucinger is the operations manager all across the country rescue groups are full other shelters are full. so we're all just kind of playing tetris at this point and part of the reason is the pandemic it kept millions of pets from being spayed and neutered a recent study out of the university of florida found more than two and a half a million fewer surgeries were performed in 2021 and 2022, you know, it was very difficult to get spay and neutered done during the pandemic a lot of veterinary hospitals didn't have capacity and now capacity is running out here the number of

small animals like guinea pigs and rabbits exploding equipped to handle 24. they're finding ways to hold 80 instead of seeing people coming in with one guinea pig or one rabbit. we're seeing them come in with eight 10 12. how many dogs do you hold at one time? um, ideally about 60, but we have been overcapacity for that for months. so it's been closer to 90 for several months. it typically takes about 10 days to move these dogs to other shelters. now that's taking upwards of a month. so, this is nancy. she's a lovely lady and has been on the floor for i think about two months, which is a long time for dog. and then this is pink. she has the same issue. we're just looking for a loving home for both of them and until they can find more foster and forever homes. they're asking people to please not surrender pets instead, you

know, ask your aunt. that's always loved your dog if she would be willing to help network within your community before you bring them here tara campbell abc 7 news. or to come here. we are less than two weeks away from election day and tonight it typically on eventful race is heating up. they don't have the same values that the parents have. because they've been in public school and they've been taught that socialism is good and you know america is bad. school boards are becoming the new battleground

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>> building a better bay area. moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7 news. >> with less than two weeks until the november election now, tonight we are taking a deeper look at local scoreboard races. >> terrence who are frustrated by how schools handle the pandemic are now running for these boards. abc7 news anchor liz kreutz is here with a look at how this is impacting the bay area. liz: when most of us go to our ballots, we really don't do a deep dive on who is running for school board, but that was

before politics became so divisive. now republicans who feel shut out from public office in the bay area have set their sights on these races. across the country, many of the most fiery political debates have been happening in a place that used to be considered pretty sleepy, local school board races. as bay area voters fill out their balance, some are surprised to learn the natural -- their ballots, some are surprised to see the wars are playing out here. this doctor is a professor of political science and menlo college. she said there is a candidate on her ballot who is against teaching critical race theory, or crt. >> anti-crt in her statements, like whoa. liz: that candidate is running in the palo alto unified school district, one of 16 candidates backed by the silicon valley association of republican women. >> i took it out of my yard.

liz: jan is the group's president. she said she started an effort last year to recruit candidates to run for school boards this november. >> it started with my manicurist. she is vietnamese. i talked to her about her kids. she said, oh, but they don't have the same values. that the parents have. and go, why is that? because they have been in public school and they have been taught that socialism is good and america is bad. >> we are going to have other trainees -- liz: they provided us this video from the first recruitment meeting she held in a friend's backyard. she said 50 people showed up. >> father god, i thank you for these wonderful people who have said i'm not willing to stand by and see our children indoctrinated. liz: she now has candidates

running in 10 different school board races across the south bay, including in san jose, los altos, and morgan hill. >> he is running in cambridge. liz: many of them are parents. for all of them it is the first time ever running for office. she showed us some of the candidates' campaign flyers. >> they are not hiding what they believe. liz: many explicitly say they don't believe in discussing gender identities in schools and are against teaching critical race theory. one uses a photo of dr. martin luther king jr. to make their case about how to talk about race. >> if we talked about slavery being bad, which we all agree is bad, right? but now they turn it around so the white people, white children and asians have to apologize for their whiteness. apologize. and that really is totally wrong. >> we are not teaching critical race theory in k-12.

that is a misunderstanding of what critical race theory is. liz: a political science professor at cal state fullerton. >> how are we going to talk about race in the classroom? how are we going to talk about things like lgbtq people? should books be banned? we are seeing those as hot topics playing out across the basis. liz: hill points out the school board positions are nonpartisan, meaning no party affiliation is listed on the ballot, but she said in california where democrats make up the majority of registered voters, the effort to mobilize candidates to run for school boards has been led predominantly by republicans. the california gop even started this program called parent revolt to recruit and train school board candidates. >> in california there is a lot of frustration for republican because state offices are held by democrats. where can you make a difference? at the local level. so school boards are those local

races where the battle between republicans and democrats is still really playing out. >> that has always been the strategy of the santa clara county republican party, the republican party for years. we can run people for nonpartisan positions. liz: but even she acknowledges this he or she never had this many candidates run for office. given the area's political leanings, the doctor is most surprised the candidates are being so upfront. >> that does make me wonder, is that a winning message in palo alto? i would be surprised, but again, if you are more conservative in this town, you don't tend to advertise it. liz: she says being upfront is part of their strategy. >> if a voter really wants to look, they can make a decision. liz: she believes these issues are galvanizing voters, especially fed up parents. she says just look at the school

board recall in san francisco. did that give you momentum? did that make you think you should do what you are doing? >> oh yeah. i'm like, okay, people are waking up. that's good. if it can happen in san francisco it can happen almost anywhere, correct? liz: this effort is not just happening in the south bay, it is happening across the bay area. coming up, i will look at the different way it is unfolding in marin. >> you are either a boy or a girl. liz: you don't believe the transgender -- >> no. >> it is horrifying. karina: we go one-on-one with the candidate for school boards. her critics say she is not being

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>> we just showed you an effort by a republican group in the south they to target local school board races. a less organized effort is happening in marin county. the candidates there are not

talking as opening -- are not open about talking about those social issues. we did ask those questions and we got some answers. in a crowded election field the biggest sign on this drive in marin county is for one of the smallest races. >> give everybody one of these cards. > she is a candidate running for school board in the novato school board district. she is a mom of two recent novato graduates and a local business owner. we met up her -- up with her while doorknocking. >> i have walked my entire district at least once and now i'm on my second go around again. the number one thing that people are concerned about is the financial well-being of the district. that is where we need to keep our focus. >> on her camp lane -- her campaign flyers she talks about accountability, back to basics, and children first. what is not obvious is that she is one of the most vocal

conservative activists in marin county. she actively campaigned to recall governor newsom. has organized protests against the covid mandates. >> it's discriminatory. >> and threatened to boycott businesses in novato that required showing proof of vaccination. >> i am on record as being against the covid vaccine, okay? i don't believe -- >> are you vaccinated? >> no, i'm not. i don't believe kids should be forced to get it. no young people have gotten covid in marin county. >> she says her campaign is not about state or national politics, but her candidacy is part of a larger trend happening across the country, including the bay area. conservative candidates running for small down ballot races. >> local election are nonpartisan. officially they are not running as a democrat or republican. >> a political science professor at cal state fullerton. >> if you can make it not about party, folks might have a better

chance of winning a seat and influencing policy. >> this is a dramatic year for this kind of activity. >> the chair of the marin democratic party says she's never seen anything like it. >> the republican party in marin county has a registration of about 18%. we are pretty blue county. -- are a pretty blue county. it is often that republicans don't even run. >> she says jensen is one of nine candidates across marin county supported by an anti-vaccine group. also on the list, a candidate running for school board in san rafael. >> like jensen, she is running for office for the first time. she said she wants to focus on learning loss during the pandemic. >> basic skills. that is my main issue. >> when it comes to hot topics before the school board, like discussing lgbtq+ issues and gender identity issues in school and covid vaccines, she did not give clear answers on where she

stands. do you believe in vaccinations? >> i'm not going to answer that question because that is -- i think that is private medical information. >> do you believe kids should get the covid vaccine? >> it is up to their parents. >> she believes this is strategic. >> in their campaign materials they are being sweetness and light about building the committee. it's hard to know what their full agenda is. >> i'm not try to cover anything up. i'm certainly not trying to obfuscate anything. >> jensen says fiscal concerns and learning loss is what is motivating her to run, not social issues. but those are the issues that are firing up school boards across the country, particularly issues around lgbtq plus students. school boards and states have been enacting legislation to restrict students from talking about these issues, removing protections for transgender students, even closing student newspapers for publishing pride issues. jensen says she opposes the

district flying the lgbtq+ flag during pride month, which of the current board approved in may. >> what the district is setting itself up for is if someone wants to fly a flag, they will have to let them. it can be the satanic flag, it can be the don't tread on me like. >> are you comparing lgbtq+ issues to the satanic flag? >> how about the don't tread on me flag? how about a trump flag? how about the russian flag? >> jensen went on to say books about transgender people should not be allowed in elementary schools. >> the transgender thing is a much greater issue. those kids are seriously mentally -- they have mental problems, okay? they are having very, very tough time present -- time processing their sexual identity. my daughter had a friend in high school who decided she was a boy. i discussed that with her. i said i am not going to call

her by her boy name. i understand you think that is disrespectful, but i'm not going to do that. when kids are younger than 18, the school should not be involved in any way about their sexuality. it should be between the parents and the kids. >> do you believe the school should allow that child to go by their preferred name? >> [sighs] i don't know. that is a really tough question. >> what is so scary to you about a young person deciding that they want to transition? >> because i don't think it's biologically possible. i think you are lying to kids. kids are -- you're either a boy or girl. >> you don't believe in transgender? >> no. >> among those living in the district jensen hopes to win a -- to win is a trans woman, the director of san francisco pride.

she was hurt and outraged when we showed her jensen's comments. >> that she could equate lgbtq with mental illness in children is insane. >> ford feels jensen has not been upfront about these beliefs during her campaign. >> they don't want everyone to know what her real views are. that is why it is in portland that we do these -- it is important that we do these interviews with politicians. we need to know what they believe at the beginning of their careers. hopefully we can make it a real referendum on those beliefs. >> dr. hill says it is hard to predict how well candidates like jensen will do in the november election. >> in some areas these are strong candidates who are doing really well and they have backing, but it is probably a more conservative area. you get surprises all the time, though. you get your friends to door knock and put up the signs and write the postcards, you have a chance there. >> do you think messaging like this is going to resonate in

marin county? >> in terms of teaching something or pushing something on other people or pushing them to accept something, i don't think that is a good thing. i think the community does not want that either. >> with the pandemic, folks felt like school boards were making decisions but parents did not feel like they were part of it. it woke folks up to, oh, school boards are important. >> some people will find the viewpoints expressed by jensen in our interview to be upsetting, but these are candidates for public office and we feel voters deserve to know where they stand. big picture, the number one thing i'm hearing from people on both sides of this issue is that voters more than ever this year really need to do their research on who is running. checked their ballots and see where those candidates stand. dan: really understand. karina: your piece was eye-opening as to why we need to do that. dan: it is interesting to see different ways this is playing out in different parts of the bay area. liz: that is what we hope to

show with two pieces, some candidates running openly on these issues, some not. dan: it is important to reveal all this and let people express their opinion and let voters decide. karina: great reporting, liz. rain, wind, and colder temperatures, they are all part of the seven-day forecast.

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karina: let's get another check of the forecast and talk about that rain that is coming. dan: sandhya patel is tracking what we hope will be a decent amount of rain. sandhya: that is next week. i want to show you a live picture, a spectacular view from our emeryville camera as the sun has set. we are looking back toward san francisco. like doppler 7, we don't have fog get. there will be patchy fog in the morning. it will be not as cold as this morning. upper 50's to mid 70's tomorrow afternoon. mix of sun, high clouds. a little cooler than today.

saturday those temperatures bounceback. sunday is looking pleasant as well. if you have outdoor plans this weekend, you are good to go. looking at the accuweather seven-day forecast, it is not only a milder weekend, but as we head towards halloween it is looking just right. it is a treat for halloween. a level 1 storm coming in. wet, windy weather tuesday into wednesday. certainly much colder. thursday we will get a chance to dry out. one model wants to hang onto some wet weather. we shall see what happens. karina: getting the heavier jacket ready. dan: just in case. on to sports. larry: we know exactly what an nba championship is worth. dan: a number. larry: we have big numbers. the warriors cash in. plus, christian mccaffrey on his mindset heading into the

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>> abc7 sports with larry beil. larry: the 49ers should have the

full christian mccaffrey experience this sunday when they face the rams in l.a. mccaffrey was limited to only a handful of plays last week after being acquired by the 49ers from carolina one week ago today. the all-pro tailback highly motivated to show what he can do for the red and gold. >> i want to win it for this team, for these guys and for the whole bay area. they gave up a lot to get me. i know that. it's not extra pressure, but there is definitely a sense of urgency on my part. i want to win. i got traded. i've got a chip on my shoulder. larry: turns out those crazy expensive championship rings the warriors got, just a drop in the ocean, in the bucket. forbes ranks the warriors now worth $7 billion, tops int -- in the nba. it usually has the knicks or the lakers on top. the championship worth an extra

$1.75 billion. when on great -- when adre -- iguodala was asked about that, he said this. >> warriors got it for the first time. >> steph got a piece of that? i would hope so. larry: steph is making about $47 million a year. he's doing all right. he's got like a $1 billion deal comping -- deal upcoming with under armour. i thing he's going to be ok. andre had an interesting comment. the warriors 2-2, off to a sluggish start. the defense is pretty bad. he said they are still championship drunk. [laughter] they had a short off-season, training camp was tight. dan: soaking it in. larry: once they sober up they will play some d. karina: coming up tonight on abc7 at itaconic, station -- at

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♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy!" here is this week's group of second chance finalists-- an interpreter from columbia, maryland... a law student originally from san diego, california... and a chart caller, writer, and editor from chicago, illinois... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- ken jennings. [applause] thank you, everyone. thank you, johnny. and welcome to the second of our "jeopardy!" second chance finals. our finalists-- rowan, jack, and sadie-- are competing for a $35,000 prize as winner of the week. but more importantly, they're also vying for that last coveted spot in the tournament of champions

that begins monday. we know who 20 of the players in that tournament will be, but the 21st spot is still up for grabs. it's gonna be somebody on stage with me right now. let me remind you this is a two-game final, which means the scores our players accumulate today will be added to their scores from tomorrow to determine a champion. good luck to all three of you. this is exciting. and we're off into the jeopardy! round. here are your categories. first up... how appropriate... and finally... rowan, start us off. another shot for $1,000. rowan. who are the montreal canadiens? - you got it. - animal kingdom, $1,000. a factor in human blood is named for this monkey seen here.

rowan. what is rhesus?