that had a. what one former employee is saying about the cutoffs affecting thousands of people. kumasi: the vote continuing in the mayoral race in san jose. the update on where the candidate stands. -- candidates stand. reggie: hurricane nicole hitting. kumasi: there are chilly conditions across the bay area this is walnut creek a few minutes ago. reggie: good morning on this thursday, november 10. kumasi: how cold are we talking? drew: in the 30's. a credit card works as well as an ice scraper. i've used it many times. jobina: if i'm at that level, i don't need to be outside. drew: we are clear out there. we have fog that is an issue in the north bay.

half a mile in nevada. temperatures this morning are well into the 30's in our coldest areas. 35 in santa rosa. in the 30's from san ramon to livermore. around the shoreline, a lot of 40's. palo alto coming in at 39 degrees. here is a live look. this is the east bay hills camera with tons of stars out there. it is a clear night. a lot of sunshine on the way. it is a bright looking day. take the sunglasses and winter coat with you out the door. temperatures slowly climbing through the 40's. later on today, we will top out in the mid 50 to low 60's. another frost advisory goes into effect. we will talk about this in eight minutes. kumasi: development on a story we first brought to you on abc seven. mass layoffs at metta. we are hearing from a forma metta employee who said she knew it was coming. the company announced it is letting go of 11,000 people. about 13% of its staff.

this is coming after a series of layoffs in the tech industry. the companies you see here are some of the other companies that have recently made cuts. lena howland is live with more on meta's layoffs. >> mark zuckerberg says he is working on a number of solutions to be a leaner and more efficient -- leader and more efficient company. mark zuckerberg, taking full responsibility for this. even apologizing to his employees. he says he will cut discretionary funding and continue the hiring freeze until quarter one. we talked to a software engineer who did not want to be identified by name who said many of her colleagues were up until 3:00 a.m., checking their personal email, hoping it would not be them. she says at least 10 of her close friends at work got the same notice. >> i woke up about 8:00 a.m. and

i checked my personal email. i found an email saying i am laid off. everybody is anxious because we knew it would happen but we don't know when it would happen. >> sources close to abc7news confirm that meta-is expected to into one of its san francisco office leases and consolidate its office in the city. meda says everyone being laid off will get 16 weeks of pay. plus an additional two weeks of pay per year of service. live, lena howland, abc 7 news. kumasi: we know a lot of you have been searching for information on which tech companies have had layoffs. you can find the tracker at abc 7 news.com. reggie: we are expecting an update on the san jose mayoral race. we are far from any final result.

amanda del castillo connected with both campaigns. >> too close to call. by wednesday evening, a little more than 4700 votes is all that separated san jose's two mayoral candidates. updated results show relative newcomer matt may hand narrowly leading the race against cindy chavez. >> however this plays out, i will be on city council. i want to be part of the process of bringing our city together going forward. >>nderstanout 50% of ballots hao be counted. it is a process that melinda jackson says could take up to a week to complete. >> we are down to a few hundred or a few thousand votes making the difference. we want to make sure that every vote is counted and we end up with the final result. >> a sentiment echoed by both

campaigns. shabbos will release a statement , telling abc 7 that while we don't know the outcome of this race, my focus represents on rep -- stays on representing the community on the board of supervisors. officials answered questions about what would trigger a recount. .02 5% separating the two candidates. or 25 votes. >> we are not close because we have a lot of balance to process. a lot of balance came in the mail and boat centers, from the post office. we are still processing a lot of balance. >> the city of san jose is set to see big changes in leadership come january of 2023. half of its councilmembers turn out the end of this year. >> this is a big transition. there will be quite a few new faces on the council.

whatever role i am in, i am looking forward to working with them. we have a lot of work ahead of us. our city has big challenges. >> i amanda del castillo you -- i am amanda del castillo. kumasi: we are expecting results today in the race for oakland mayor, which is too close to call. it is down to councilman loren taylor and council pro tem zhang tao. they are running to replace mayor schaaf. >> there are a lot more ballots to count. but taylor has a great lead and that lead even increases after the ranked choice roll up. so, i am feeling very optimistic. but still waiting for those ballots to count. >> taylor is leading with 34% of the vote compared to tao's 29%. reggie: brooke jenkins is claiming victory in the san

francisco da race even though it has not been official yet. she said i pledge that improving and promoting public safety will be my and our office's top priority. with so many races still outstanding, you can check any of the results as they come in. you can find every race and measure now on abc7news.com/election. kumasi: we are tracking the call, which is making landfall this morning as a hurricane in florida, before weakening to a tropical storm. i want to take you live, looking at the storm right now. it is packing heavy winds and potentially ewa stating storm surge. we have not seen a hurricane make landfall in the u.s. this late in the year in nearly 40 years. jobina is tracking the latest from the live desk. jobina: the storm is so large that it will affect most of the state throughout the day. this morning, hurricane nicole crashed its way onto florida's

east coast, making landfall on hutchinson island, lashing the coast with gusts at 75 miles per hour. the wave swallowed into higher backyards. nicole has been downgraded to a tropical storm. one of the biggest concerns is the storm surge seeping into areas hit hard by hurricane ian six weeks ago. reporters have been on the scene describing what they have seen. >> we do not know. carrie, come down here and take a look at this. it is starting to crumble, little by little, underneath this house. jobina: new drum video shows the beach erosion in volusia county, hours before nicole's landfall. the sheriff says a dozen condos and at least one house were in danger of collapsing. more than 200,000 customers are without power across florida.

officials say most trees can withstand a category 1 storm. because hurricane ian saturated the soil in florida weeks ago, that has left trees at a higher risk of falling and bringing down power lines with them. drew: it is a mess and parts of florida. back you at home, it is clear skies and frosty temperatures. a live look at sutro tower, showing you clear conditions. seeing clear skies, that cool air getting into the bay area. some frosty mornings right now. we will do it again tomorrow. it is a frost advisory in effect until 9:00 a.m. for a huge portion of the bay area, where temperatures are well into the 30's. we have pictures of frost on windshield and on plants. you may want to add a couple of extra minutes to your time as you warm up your car and get that frost off your windshield. already five in santa rosa. 38 in napa, 36 in nevada. 39 in palo alto.

low to mid 40's for the rest of us. by 10:00, warming into the mid-50's. upper 50's and lower 60's later. tonight, we will drop well into the 30's with another frost advisory away from the coast. it is a brisk morning and bright afternoon. upper to lower 60's. take the sunglasses with you. leave the raingear at home. you do not need that today. a frosty morning for veterans day tomorrow. showers return to the forecast to start the weekend. we will take a closer look at the rain in about nine minutes. that's check in with jobina and see how we are doing with traffic. jobina: we have a fog advisory between 280 and 92. things are looking nice. no blocking issues to report as we show you this like picture of the san mateo bridge, where everything is moving at the limit. the commute has certainly improved as the days have gone on this week. no more wet pavement to talk

about. tracy to dublin, 33 minutes. not even a delay for our super commuters. antioch to concord, 14 minutes. san rafael to san francisco, 16. all good news. reggie: if ordering and over might get you a ride in a cab -- ordering and hoover -- an uber might get you a ride in a cab. >> right through those deputies. look at this. kumasi: this chase went on for more than an hour with some dangerous twists and turns. reggie: and the holidays are here. it is a rough transition. but here we are. kumasi: a live look

reggie: we are hearing from a man who came face-to-face with a driver in a high-speed chase. it was called one of the most incredible chases they have

witnessed and that is saying something given that it is l.a.. don't know what started this whole thing but it was wild after that. j.r. stone takes you through a nerve-racking chase. >> he is going back and forth. he has created room. a head-on situation almost with that patrol car. >> even a patrol car could not stop a man from driving away in this van during a police pursuit wednesday night. >> wrong way on rosecrans. oh my goodness, look at this. >> the driver with a total disregard for the rules of the road. cruising on rims at one point through the streets of orange and los angeles counties. even an officer with a gun pointed at the v mic en. >> as he gets out of the vehicle, crawls out of the passenger window and is now running forward. >> the suspect kept running, seemingly hitting a dead end at one point. >> oh, no. he is now on private property. you saw a woman next to her home

and he is now in the backyard. >> hopping fences, avoiding dogs and walking right into a home. >> my first reaction was defense. i got the kitchen knife. >> here comes somebody running out the front. our confrontation inside the house. a family home. >> i started chasing him out. i kept putting pressure on him. i told him get out, right now. >> as fast as the man on the run got into the truck is about as fast as he drove off and took out the gate in the process. >> this is incredible. this is incredible. >> the driver, suspected of stealing at least three cars during the chase and taking police and helicopters on quite the ride. lasting well over an hour as it got dark. >> he is going out of the neighborhood where there is about a half of -- right through the deputies! >> as the driver crashed into more vehicles, the law caught up with him. ramming him from behind, sending him into a gas pump.

the driver hitting reverse. >> they are shooting at him. >> despite the shots that went into the car and a close call with a fire, the driver was still able to walk and be taken into custody minutes later. >> wow. stepping out of the vehicle. whoa, whoa. >> j.r. stone, abc7news. reggie: what did i just watch? kumasi: i don't know. this was a lot. reggie: wow. how come he was able to steer the -- steal these cars? why did they ram him into a gas pump? kumasi: and then he survived the shootout? reggie: he survived it. as all of this was happening, we are streaming the dramatic moments on the abc 7 bay area streaming app. you can be updated when news breaks. kumasi: next time you order an hoover, -- uber, you could be

writing a taxicab. the majority of drivers have opted into accepting rides. they will be able to see the cost of the fair before ordering the cab ride. uber is charging the same fees. yellow cab will be added in the future. holiday celebrations, getting underway across the bay area. reggie: macy's held its 33rd annual tree lighting ceremony at union square in san francisco. >> 3, 2, 1. [applause] reggie: i was looking affect coat. it is nice. the mayor and others joined in the colorful tradition. for the first time since 2019, the animals are back. adoptable cats and dogs from the spca will return in the windows. that starts next friday.

it goes through january 1. i was so happy when that email came into my box yesterday. i love that tradition. they had the tv's with them in it and that just didn't do it. kumasi: i'm happy. reggie: drew did the weather from fort baker earlier. drew: he was preparing for a very -- kumasi: he was preparing for a special episode of "live with kelly and ryan." drew: there are no sharks behind me. ryan, i thought we would give you a memory of your commute on the golden behind me. kumasi: he is joining kelly ripa and ryan seacrest during virtual road trip week. you can see drew's episode today. he will be live at 9:00 a.m. on live with kelly and ryan, right here on abc 7. drew: ryan was up for a job in the city. he lived in sausalito for six months to eight months.

i was like when was the last time you were in sausalito? he was like two weeks ago. and i was like you are familiar with the bridge behind me. and he said yes, that told. and then kelly was like that water behind you, sharks, are there? i was like not right now. and she was like what does that mean? and i said there have been. this show went off the rails real fast. reggie: yesterday i was watching, they have a meteorologist from a cleveland station on and they gave her ample time. this better be at least two seconds over her time. drew: the intro was talking about have any times you wash your hair a week and we transitioned to are there sharks in the water? and then we have to talk about san francisco and how beautiful it is. and then we got to why we love living here. you can do things outside, hiking, biking, beaches. they are very familiar with the

bay area. kelly likes napa. who wouldn't? reggie: wine country, i know kelly is all over that. drew: i don't know how it will turn out. you film something and you're like thank you. we will fix it in post. you will see it today at 9:00 a.m.. this morning, it is quite cold out there. we have frost advisories in effect with clear skies. it is a good recipe for what we call radiation or cooling. that is when we have clear skies allowing any heat we obtain close to the surface, it can escape and we get chilly out there. it is cold. we have frost in areas. patchy valley fog as well. we do that again tomorrow morning too. a lot of sunshine. we will track showers trying to come back on saturday. much of the week next week is dry and mild. the fog has zero miles in nevada. the issues are in the north bay this morning. no wet weather to talk about. you don't need the rain gear today with these clear skies.

we will see a lot of sunshine. snow has ended in the sierra. we picked up three feet to four feet of fresh snow in a lot of hours out -- our resorts. if you are trying to get up to tahoe, it is looking good. at home, 30's and 40's with the frost advisory. on the lip with the coat, scarf, hat and gloves first thing. after that brisk morning, we get a lot of sunshine and go into the 50's and 60's. overnight tonight, we will do that again as a cold night with 30's and 40's under mainly clear skies. late friday, there is a chance of a late shower in the north bay. what we are watching is some fronts moving through on saturday morning and saturday evening. it is the rain saturday afternoon, working into the north bay and sinking south through the evening. it's not a lot of rain. a level 1 light storm. a bit of wet weather for the first part of the weekend. here is the accuweather 7 day forecast. frosty mornings today and tomorrow. sunday, the brighter and nicer

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kumasi: we have the seven things to know this morning. the balance of power in congress, still undecided this morning. republicans are confident they will take control of the house. control of the senate hinges on three races right now. reggie: two local mayors races are still too close to call. matt may hand is leading in san jose. in oakland, the latest results show lauren taylor widening his lead with 34% of the vote. kumasi: the man accused of attacking nancy pelosi's husband last month has been indicted by a federal grand jury. david depape could face 50 years in prison if convicted. reggie: nicole has been downgraded to a tropical storm as it lashes the florida coast. it made landfall as a category one hurricane, becoming the

second hurricane -- second latest hurricane in the season to make landfall in u.s. history. drew: we have a frosty morning right now. frost advisories until 9:00 a.m. with temperatures in the 30's. we will bounce back this afternoon after a brisk morning. we will get into the upper 50's and lower 60's by 4:00. jobina: we have a very clear commute for you this morning as we bring you a live picture from emeryville. headlights are traveling westbound. this is our busy stretch this morning. kumasi: meta stock has jumped about 5% since mark zuckerberg announced the company was laying off more than 11,000 people. employees tell abc7news they found out if they were being laid off yesterday morning by email. reggie: four americans were found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning at two different vacation rentals in mexico. here is matt rivers. >> in this morning's gma first look, vacation tragedy. families of four tourists killed

by carbon monoxide poisoning in two different mexico city vacation rentals, demanding answers. >> this can't happen anymore. >> candace florence, jordan marshall and cortez hall were found dead at their airbnb rental on october 4. another tourist was found dead in her vacation rental. their family saying all four died of carbon monoxide poisoning. detectors are not mandatory in mexico city. but given how cheap and simple they are, the families who lost loved ones are asking why. >> we will fight to make sure that mandates are implemented so no other family has to deal with this. >> at 7:00, we will have the potentially life saving tips to keep you safe on vacation. with your gma first look, i am matt rivers, abc news, mexico city. kumasi: elon musk is revealing toward his plan to get into the payment market. he told advertisers twitter users will be able to send money

to others on the platform. he also plans to offer users a high-yield money marketing account to encourage them to move their cash to the site. he did not give a timeline for when this could roll out. in 1999, you on musk co-funded what has become paypal. reggie: if you don't know what to make for dinner, why not let the press of a button decide for you? when you press it, it picks a recipe to help you decide what to eat. then, a delivery person drops off the ingredients in just 10 minutes. the company says a limited number of users have the actual button as part of a pilot program. they also have an app for you can order a random meal kit. i like this. i don't understand how we could possibly work. -- it could possibly work. kumasi: it is packaged, close by in dispatch. reggie: how can it be close by to everyone? within 10 minutes? kumasi: strategic. reggie: santa?

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announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. reggie: now at 5:30, watching the country closest racist. -- races. president biden reacting to the election. >> my hope is she will come see for herself, rather than what she sees in the video. kumasi: san francisco's mayor responding to the governor of new york over her comments on the city by the bay. reggie: frost and freezing temperatures. this is downtown walnut creek. you will need to on the love. drew strack of the forecast and how cold it will be. -- drew's track of the forecast and how cold it will be. kumasi: good morning.

drew: you saw frost on the windshields. it is chilly in a lot of spots. we have clear skies. a bit of thought to talk about. in nevada, we have zero miles of visibility. we have thick fog in the north bay right now. elsewhere, we see the number 10. that is good. you want to see that number for visibility purposes. look at the temperatures. we are well into the 30's in our coldest spots. low 40's for a lot of us around the bay shoreline. a live look outside, clear skies from our east bay hills camera. a ton of sunshine on the way. you do not need the rain gear. we are totally dry. 50's and 60's this afternoon. we will look at the frost advisory and tracking a chance for rain. reggie: we are tracking developments on the massive cuts at meta. bay area leaders reacting to the layoffs that are affecting 11,000 people. lena howland is live with

details of these cuts. lena: sources close to abc7news confirmed that with yesterday's shakeup, meta is also shrinking their massive real estate footprint in order to help cut down on costs. our sources say that tech giant is expected to end one of its san francisco office leases and consolidate its two main offices in the city into one space on howard street. meta says that means desk sharing for people who already spent most of their time working away from the office. mayor london breed says she thinks it will be a challenging business climate for the next couple of years. >> it's going to be a rough patch. we came out of a global pandemic. it will take us some time to get to a better place. we are working on our economic recovery, changes of use downtown. we will get there. it will take a little time. >> i don't know what happened.

lena: restaurant owners like mikell sanchez said business was already down with meta employees working from home. after yesterday, that concern intensifies. the meta office space on fremont street, which are sources believed the company will be vacating is 430,000 square feet. for reference, that is about one third of the size of salesforce tower. live in menlo park, lena howland. kumasi: now to the latest on the midterm elections at this hour. ballots across the country are still being counted and the final results will decide the balance of power on capitol hill. democrats are outperforming expectations while many republicans are wondering what happened to the predicted red wave. checking in with jobina with the latest including reaction from president joe biden. jobina: president biden is giving his read on the midterms and democrats surprised

successes. some think it is a surprise and some people think they got it wrong as far as the pundits. regardless, the president says the results are good. this is a good day for democracy and he says voters nationwide sent a clear message. >> we lost few receipts in -- fewer seats in the house of representatives than any democrat in the first two years. the american people have made clear, i think, they expect republicans to be prepared to work with me as well. jobina: across the aisle, many are wondering why the republican red wave some predict it never appeared. donald trump insisted candidates he backed doing great despite many of them being projected to lose. republicans who stood up to trump found success, including reelected florida governor ron desantis. the results are crucial to determining control of the house and senate.

georgia's dead heat senate race between incumbent democrat raphael warnock and herschel walker heads to a december 6 runoff election. kumasi: governor newsom heads to fresno county today after securing another term in tuesday's election. it was a win for him but also for california democrats. voters passed prop one which has a right to abortions and contraceptives. it has been -- months since the supreme court overturned roe v. wade. california has pushed back with votes that brought the new law into the election. reggie: new development in the attack against paul pelosi. the husband of nancy pelosi. david depape has been indicted on federal charges. he is charged with kidnapping a federal officer employee and one count of assault of an immediate family member of an official.

that is separate from the state charges he is facing. the attacks prompt questions about pelosi's future in politics. >> in the last couple of years, we have not seen a lot of this publicly. behind the scenes, a number of congressional people wanted her out as speaker. they said it was time for a generational change. they wanted younger people to step up. >> it was a close call. >> it was a close call. in that time, she was at war with trump. they said we want you to stay on as minority and fight for us to win in two years. >> do you think she would take that? >> i don't know. reggie: speaker pelosi won her reelection. her alleged attacker has a court hearing scheduled for december 14. kumasi: governor kathy hochul

was asked about climate issues in new york city and she said things would never be as bad as the city by the bay. tim johns has a response from local leaders. >> shots fired by kathy hochul during a recent interview on msnbc. her target, the city of san francisco. >> we are worried we could be san francisco. >> we will never be san francisco. >> why? >> we are all wordy making -- already making a difference. >> her comments were pointing toward crime. jim is calling on kathy hochul to apologize. it is not just the bay area council that took issue with her statement. mayor london breed said she is disappointed. >> at the end of the day, to take what you see online and to use that to try and develop some sort of opinion about san francisco, when that is just seconds of the time, versus every single day, is not a

pharisee cement -- a fair assessment. if you look at the data, we probably pale in comparison to new york. >> the bay area council acknowledges the problems in san francisco, including crime and homelessness but argue new york faces similar challenges and should be working together with places like san francisco to combat that. >> if it came from governor abbott or desantis, we would take it more in stride. but coming from governor hochul in new york, that was really shocking and uncalled for. >> despite the shade, mayor breed said there is no hard feelings. >> my hope is she will come see for herself. reggie: today, president biden is heading to egypt for the 27 summit. he will call for other leaders to join in the fight against

climate change. john kerry announced a plan to stop worldwide carbon emissions. the biden administration plans to quadruple the effort in u.s. climate change by 2024. the president will travel to cambodia and indonesia for the g20 summit. kumasi: the event the warriors have planned for hundreds of east bay teams. >> i feel proud to be on board the space station and to represent native americans and indigenous people. reggie: celebrating the first native american woman in space who happens to be from the bay area. what we know about the mission she's leading on board the international space station. drew: 5:39. we are taking a u of the golden gate bridge where we have clear skies and chilly temperatures. quite a different picture from the last couple of days. our storm is out of here. the snow is gone from the sierra. there is a little bit of trouble in florida. we talked about this all morning. it is tropical storm nicole.

it made landfall just north of vero beach. moving to the north, it will be a rainmaker as it weakens over the next 12 hours. we are finding cold temperatures. 30's and 40's out there. picked as frost on windshields. likely finding frost on your vegetation outdoors. here is the frost advisory. this lasting until 9:00 for a big portion of the bay area. for the temperatures well into the 30's, it is a brisk morning out there. take the winter gear with you. you can leave the umbrella at home. it is a dry day. we are going into the upper 50's and low 60's later today with bright conditions. the next three days will have brought -- frosty mornings today and tomorrow for veterans day. we are tracking a front that will move through here and not temperatures down and bring a chance for rain for part of our saturday. we will plan out your weekend, coming up in nine minutes. let's say hi to jobina and see how our roads are doing during this thursday morning commute. jobina: we will start in

hillsboro because we have a fog advisory in the circled area. it will impact everyone traveling along 280 to 92. just a heads up. you might have some low visibility. pittsburgh, we have a new crash coming in on eastbound four at bailey's. a heads up to you. thankfully it is in the counter commute direction. the lights just came on at 5:30. a little earlier than normal. we will see if that continues to fill in, the traffic at that spot. oakland 880 at the coliseum, headlights are traveling southbound. last week i stepped in a bear trap. i should really get rid of it. but... i'll make do. just like i make do without home internet. besides, my phone gets the job done.

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september. inflation is still very high. the fed is expected to raise interest rates one more time in order to cool inflation. kumasi: chocolate is having a moment right now. sorry. reggie: no, say it. kumasi: i don't know why i thought it was my turn. [laughter] reggie: you were excited about chocolate. kumasi: and then it said it reggie. with election and inflation, it appears stressed out people are turning to chocolate. sales are booming. reggie: not this close-up. kumasi: chocolate got a boost during the pandemic and sales have just kept growing. all right. november is native american indian heritage month. today, we are highlighting the first native american woman that nasa has ever launched into space. her name is nicole man and she is from petaluma. faith abubey has more on her story. >> the spacex dragon endurance

blasted off into space with four astronauts and the hopes and dreams of countless people. at the helm of the crew five mission, nicole mann. the nasa astronaut has become somewhat of a celebrity. >> it is so incredible. i have received a lot of letters. >> humbled as she is not only the first woman to serve as mission commander but the first indigenous woman from nasa to be launched into space. she is a registered member of a tribe. >> i feel proud to be on board of the space station and to represent native americans and indigenous people on board. i think it is important that we recognize that there are all different types of people on board the international space station. not only from different countries but from different backgrounds and nationalities. >> she holds a bachelors degree

and masters degree in mechanical engineering. she has been deployed twice, flying jets in the marine corps. space and the stars have always fascinated her. she never thought she could be ed pastor not until later in life. -- and asked her not -- an astronaut until later in life. >> i never understood what they did and what it took to become an astronaut. it was not in the realm of possibilities. >> she is leading a team conducting numerous space experiments in a lab. her son and husband, back here on earth. the only personal item is this dream catcher. >> it is amazing in microgravity because it just floats and the feathers go every which way. >> a sacred native american symbol that is believed to catch bad dreams and release good spirits. a constant reminder of where she came from. >> i think that the strength i find in that is a gift from my mother. it is the strength to know that

i have the support of my family and community back home. and that when things are difficult or things are getting hard or i am getting burnt out or frustrated, that is something i will draw on to continue. >> faith abubey, abc news. kumasi: i love that. hundreds of bay area teenagers will be at an advanced screening of -- screening of black panther, will call -- wakonda forever. reggie: organizers of the event say it is a way to acknowledge the movies significance as a cultural phenomenon. black panther, wakonda forever, will be in theaters tonight.

kumasi: and we will be at the theater tonight. jobina: i think the students come after us or before us. kumasi: it better be before us because they need to go to bed. jobina: we need to go to bed! we should join the kids showing. reggie: they are not up yet. kumasi: it's a whole thing with the city of oakland and i am excited to be part of it. reggie: i didn't realize there were so many days of this. that is cool. jobina: there is music. the first album, from the first movie and now this one. there are so many connections which is cool. they're supposed to be 650 people. it will be really big. kumasi: i'm excited to see if it will pick up and what ties will be made to the movie this time. jobina: there is a parking lot

behind the tribune tower right there, which is where the first movie ends. all of the kids are like whoa, they see the spaceship. we will see. hopefully, also so much to come. kumasi: lupita, hey girl. >> that's what i'm wondering, who's going to pop up? >> it's not too late. >> it's a 45 minute flight. come on up. kumasi: i saw lupita once. i went to new york and i stopped her down a little bit because she was doing an interview. i was like i have to find lupita. i walked by her in the hallway and i was like hi and she was like hi. she is stunning. >> she saw you. jobina: i love it.

>> i was on my way home and she was on her way from london and she was flying to the avengers premier. i was like i'm going to let you sleep. and i'm just going to observe you from afar. drew: that is a nice fan. i would have been like -- while she is sleeping. and got it. we have some improvements to the drop monitor. where those improvements are, it is basically around eureka this morning. the drop monitor, we can find that we went from severe drought right here along the northern california coast to a moderate drought. locally here, we have not seen any changes. it does not take into account all of the rain we have seen yesterday and a lot on tuesday. we will see next week if this changes. you can see we are under severe or extreme drought in the bay

area. back here outside live, we have clear skies. it is a cold morning. frost advisories in effect until 9:00 a.m. 37 40's out there. bundle up. as we head toward the afternoon, there is a lot of sunshine. it is a nice-looking day. upper 50's and lower 60's. the raingear is not needed today or tomorrow. another frost advisory starting at midnight tonight for the same areas for those cold temperatures. on friday, we will find increasing clouds. saturday in the morning, could have some coastal drizzle. later on in the day, another front works into the north bay and sinks south throughout the evening. likely some lights, scattered showers. not a washout by any means. you could see rainfall totals at less than a quarter of an inch. the accuweather 7 day forecast, there are the showers on saturday. sunday is the nicer of the two days. it is bright with temperatures in the 50's and 60's. next week looks calm. temperatures close to average

for this time of year. reggie: why congress and labor unions have a few more weeks to avoid a potentially crippling rail strike. rail strike. kumasi: congratulations the magic of the train is more than how it takes us away. it's how it brings us together.

reggie: amy schneider has returned to jeopardy for the tournament of champions. kumasi: she knocked it out of the park and is advancing to the finals. >> did she know it was cormac mccarthy? she did. what did she wager? $64. 19,664. you are our first tournament champions -- tournament of champions finalist. congratulations. reggie: p she was like of cours.

the finals for the tournament of champions start next week. you can watch the semifinals continue all this week. jeopardy every week night at 7:00 p.m. on abc seven. new this morning, the california michelin guy is out and seven bay area restaurants have new bragging rights. kumasi: the announcement comes less then a month before the awarding of the michelin stars. here are the new additions. hi felicia in oakland. yuji in san francisco. 37 restaurants in the l.a. area have been added to the god. reggie: jobina did a whole thing on high phylicia in oakland. which is probably on our website? jobina: it sure is. reggie: or you can go to google and put jobina fortson, hi felicia. jobina: that's the way to find

it. reggie: no shade to our search engine. drew: it tries its best. you will get there. reggie: do a google. drew: here is a look from our rooftop camera. the sun is starting to get up. sunrise after 6:30 this morning. it is a cold morning for a lot of us. here is the frost advisory. we've been talking about this all morning long. we will do this later on tonight. areas shaded in blue are a big portion of the bay area. we are talking temperatures well into the 30's, where frost is forming on our windshield and outdoor plants. 35 in santa rosa. 38 in san ramon. 48 in the city. 42 in the city. palo alto is coming in at 39 degrees. outside, you can see the rooftop camera. here is how the day shapes up.

tons of sunshine. i would take several layers. you will need them with the frosty temperatures. later on today, we will go into the 50's and low 60's. your sunset coming in at 5:02, later on this evening. kumasi: a ucsf doctor helping a child with a potentially deadly disease. reggie: gas prices on the upswing. kumasi: what health experts are advising if you have eaten at a

>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. kumasi: now at 6:00. a very cool start to our thursday morning. a frost advisory is in effect for parts of the area. drew will tell us how long the temperatures will last. reggie: thousands of workers laid off at meta. the company will end its lease at a san francisco office. kumasi: making landfall. nicole smashes into the florida coast overnight as a rare late-season hurricane. reggie: good morning. it is thursday, november 10. kumasi: we have to check in with drew about this chilly weather. drew: you might see some frost on your windshield or your plants. a frost advisory until 9:00 this morning.