announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. city workers preparing to strike. now, city leaders are meeting to discuss wage issues to stop the disruptive work stoppage from happening. reggie: and crucial vote for the use of robotaxis. there use getting mixed reaction. kumasi: in the calendar says august, but for some of you, it is already pumpkin spice season. starbucks, you see it here, is rolling out the fan favorite for you all, but is it too early? reggie: yes. drew: remember yesterday? we said summer is over, but it is not. kumasi: we should have said summer break. we have until at least september-ish, the end of september. drew: around here, it is until

october. reggie:reggie: i don't want to taste anything pumpkin. i don't want to see pumpkin. jobina: not even during the actual season. sweet potato or bust over here. no thank you, kindly. [laughter] reggie: that's true. drew: so no psl? all right. it is cooler compared to yesterday, getting rid of the warmth we had over the weekend and it feels a lot cooler this afternoon. mid-50's to lower 60's this morning and there is a look at pier 39, saying hello to the sea lions this morning as they wake up. our marine layer has returned, and later today we will find increasing sunshine and increasing wind. a breezy afternoon will keep temperatures average to below average later on today. you will see those numbers only in the 70's and 80's. for comparison, yesterday, we had a lot of spots in the 90's. you will feel cooler air

returning later on today. let's get a check of traffic with jobina. jobina: metering lights came on at 5:32 and not much of a backup at all at the bay bridge toll plaza. no fog advisory issued for the golden gate bridge, but we have over the fog rest -- a bit of fog resting over the area at the moment. we also have a stall on the san mateo bridge as you make your way into the city, the drivetime is around 25 minutes. not officially slow yet. it will be dry across the bridge after you make it through the metering lights. reggie: san jose leaders will meet today to discuss wage issues brought up by city workers who are preparing to strike unless a deal can be made. more than 4000 city employees are prepared to walk off the job a week from today. amanda del castillo is live in san jose. amanda? amanda: a call to action by the south bay labor council, asking

colleagues to voice their support for thousands of city workers who voted overwhelmingly to authorize that strike. the labor council is directing people to come out for public comment during today's scheduled council meeting. the group posting this to social media after 10:00 last night, saying they need all hands on deck to pack the chambers, saying this is the last chance to avert a strike. they are inviting people to share their experiences when it comes to san jose's vacancy crises and how it has impacted their work and services for residents. the city of san jose has nearly 800 job vacancies, a 12 percent vacancy rate. three days of striking will kick off if no deal is reached before then. the deals involved include airport workers, city librarians, and others. 4500 city workers in all. they want better wages and

better working conditions. >> they are leaving for neighboring cities that are willing to offer better wages and better working conditions. >> every matters, but everything we had over 5% this year requires a cut. amanda: the mayor s is prepared to use existing staff and contractors to fill any gaps open during the three-day strike. where those gaps are specifically, they are still to be determined with the labor board and at the state level. council members are expected to meet in closed session to discuss those wages. let me toss back to you guys. we are live in san jose this morning. kumasi: and city workers in los angeles are holding a one-day walk out today, saying city leaders have negotiated in bad faith. jobina is at the live desk with this when he for our action.

-- 24 hour action. jobina: workers are demanding better pay and benefits, marking the first strike action in more than ready years -- 40 years in l.a.. traffic officers and engineers in may voted to authorize an unfair labor practices strike if negotiations stalled. >> the employees are just fed up and tired of the disrespect. >> they negotiated in bad faith, meaning they brought folks to the table who did not even have the authority to settle certain agreements. jobina: the strike is the latest to impact l.a.. 11,000 writers are on strike with over 15,000 actors and hotel workers. the mayor are vital to angelenos

everywhere. the strike comes at a time when l.a. has hundreds of vacancies and union members have had to carry the weight of all of that. reggie? reggie: a critical vote this week could set off a new wave of robo-taxi fleets. this driverless cars in san francisco. we have seen these cars stopped in intersections and cause backups, leading to strong opposition. janine nicholson voiced her opposition to the expansion of self-driving services, saying the cars have blocked fire engines, ambulances, and fire stations. a carnegie mellon professor who specializes in self-driving car safety says the fire chief makes points. >> the big problem here, these cars are not good at dealing with the unexpected.

that's a fundamental limitation to the technology. reggie: one of the big supporters of the expansion is former mayor willie brown, who says he is tired of the emergency response argument. >> the police department and the fire department clearly know exactly how to access you or i if we are in need of them, no matter what the traffic situation is. they have to live with that. reggie: as for the sfmta, they are excited about automated driving, but do not support 24 hour service expansion across the city. changes are coming to the antioch marina after a car went careening into the water during a sideshow. the car got pulled from the water early sunday morning, then another driver lost control, crashing in the fire -- parking lot and shearing off a fire hydrant. the marina will be locked from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. and

barricade will be placed between the parking spots. kumasi: time to break out your best lucky superstitions again, because the mega millions jackpot drawing is now up to $1.55 billion, the largest and mega millions history. no one has gotten a correct ticket since april 18, 31 straight drawings. the odds of winning the jackpot are one in 302 million. coming up, the oakland airport could change its name. the reason behind the possible rebranding. reggie: and a car goes through the second story of a house. police say it may have been intentional. drew: an fog has returned this morning at 6:09, dense along parts of the coast and the north bay. here is the golden gate bridge, a foggy start for some today and a cooler afternoon

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kumasi: the time is 6:11, and you have to see these unbelievable images of how a car plowed into the second floor of the home in pennsylvania. first responders got there to find out that the driver was already out of the vehicle, they went to the hospital and are currently recovering. as for damage to the house, officials say they do not know what the extent is. police say the crash was not an accident, but did not elaborate. reggie: wow, that is incredible. drew: looking at the 24 hour temperature change it is cooler today compared to yesterday. here is future weather, going hour-by-hour and showing you how

to cover will remain along the coast. the marine layer is back today and we find increasing wind as the afternoon goes on, slowing the warming process. later today, our warmest spots in the upper 70's to low 80's, compared to widespread 90 degree readings in the daytime high. today is cooler out there -- napa only 70 degrees today in the middle of august? cool in the north a, 69 in oakland, 64 in the city, compared to what we hit yesterday. minor ebbs and flows in our temperatures, but a steady forecast the next couple of days. however, we turn warmer over the weekend and will have those details, coming up in about nine minute. kumasi: up next, the airline set to cut back on its flights out of sfo. and 1 community is trying to stop scheid -- sideshows.

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reggie: 6:15, and we will bring you ginger zee, live in arizona with a look at what is coming up on gma. kumasi: good morning, ginger. ginger: we did not drop from the mid-90's overnight and they will go for another warm day, but it is not just about the heat, but the heat that keeps accumulating season to season. arizona state university is using a mannequin robot that can help them simulate different demographics of people and study from -- study heat when it goes from uncomfortable to deadly. we also have a lot to do with the storms. so many cancellations on the east coast, millions without

power, but the damaging winds -- maryland has damaging winds, an faith abubey has the latest pictures there. also, passed away after a private health battle, more on that situation, and the fedex driver reunited with the man he pulled from a burning car. we also have deals and steals on the road and pickleball day. you can see the rain picking up. kumasi: but you are all good though. reggie: it's happening. ginger: it is. reggie: well we will let you go. ginger, we will see you at 7:00 and thank you so much for that. kumasi: police in santa rosa have a plan to stop sideshows by suing organizers for pollution.

police chief john cregan says the city attorney is going after 13 sideshow promoters in it will court. they are seeking fines of $25,000 from each defendant. the city is also impounding cars used in sideshows and have installed traffic delineators around where the sideshows have been happening. >> one thing we want to make very clear, we will not tolerate this dangerous and illegal behavior on the streets of santa rosa. kumasi: police believe enforcement is working, they have already seen an increase diminishing sideshow r this project generated controversy because some groups said it would negatively affect air quality and traffic. an environmental review found minimal impact to the neighborhood.

new developments, grading agency fitch has downgraded westfield san francisco centers mortgage, which means fitch is not confident investors will get their money back when the mall cells. it currently has 550 $8 million in outstanding mortgage debt and occupancy is at 46%. earlier, westfield announced would turn the property over to its lender do to diminishing sales and low foot traffic. reggie: a live look at sfo this morning. alaska airlines has confirmed it is preferring to cut service from sfo by early next year. they would not go into specifics, but dozens of flights at sfo are reported to be impacted. cuts are happening nationwide, but alaska is adding more warm weather destinations as well. oakland international airport is

considering changing its name. this is part of a rebranding effort to attract more travel better destinations. the key survey asked the question, how comfortable would you be with the airport changing its name to reflect its service area? the word oakland would not be taken out of the new name and the airports code remains the same, oak. kumasi: it is supposed to say summer is over, but i don't believe that. reggie: and it is not true. kumasi: it's not true. summer is still in full effect, but some people are already mentally in fall, because pumpkin spice is already back. but is it too early? 7-eleven is leading the way by rolling out its pumpkin spice latte before everybody else. the latte runs from now until

october 31. the website says "we are taking a lead and manifesting cooler days, sorry about it. " and two new fall doughnuts at krispy kreme, pumpkin spice cheesecake swirl and a maple pecan doughnut can try right now. drew: veria tell -- very autumnal. reggie: but i am still in the coke and slurpee arer as taylor swift -- era, swift might write. kumasi: but who is inching towards fall? drew: everybody. all the ads i'm getting right now. kumasi: but across the country? drew: nobody. it's hot. reggie: it did not drip out of

the 90's in arizona overnight. someone here is obsessed with summer and the call is coming from inside the house. drew: as the climate warms, how will the schedule be affected? do we say whatever, 95 degrees? you want pumpkin, take it. reggie: pumpkin spice latte isn't good. kumasi: oh. drew: i wouldn't go that far. jobina: all i'm going to say is, sweet potato. reggie: i will try that. jobina: and you know red bay coffee has the candy dm latte -- candied yam latte. reggie: so natural. but nothing that came from the earth. jobina: how do i say something positive? kumasi: i don't want to say anything negative about pumpkin. so i am not going to talk about it. reggie: you could just say it's

an alternative. drew: i like it. i stan it and will get it. reggie: you like chemicals? drew: like that is what i am really worried about. reggie: you guys have the exact same outfit. drew: we are twinning this morning. look at this. it's like america! all we need is read. -- red. oh man, we really have the same brain sometimes. it is breezy in spots, we expect the wind to pick up even more as the rain goes on. they will dust over 30 miles per hour, but the temperatures are only in the 60's to 70's for the most part. you will feel the cool down us today.

overnight tonight, overcast with coastal drizzle and temperatures in the 50's and low 60's. here is your accuweather forecast, a steady pattern of average temperatures through the end of the week and then we have a warm up coming our way this weekend, hot inland sunday and monday, triple digits will return. i will send it over to my twin this morning. jobina: we don't have any injuries involved, but there is a sig alert on the san mateo bridge, traveling in the westbound direction on the incline. this is the eastern side of the bridge we are looking at, but bringing in the drive times on the westbound side, it will take you an hour and one minute to get across the san mateo bridge in one direction. typically it is around 28 minutes. tracking the speeds for you, five miles per hour right now. we do not have an estimated time is to win all lanes will reopen.

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reggie: a san jose martial arts instructor is going viral on tiktok after sharing a major health scare. >> this is the story of how i lost half of my skull. [laughter] reggie: she is laughing, but this is incredibly serious. she explained how anabiotic's that were supposed to help her fight six sinus infections did not work. that led to surgery, where doctors had to remove half of her skull because of brain swelling. >> it was getting caught up here, swelling on top of my eyebrows and swelling to a big huge mass that was about 12, 14 centimeters appear that they had to remove. reggie: in april, she underwent a cranial plasty where her skull was replaced.

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drought has been for farmers along the peninsula. reggie: and it is national pickleball day. how you can learn to bay area. you're getting good comps. kumasi: or people really like it. reggie: it can be in the middle. how's it going, drew? drew: going great. prepared to wipe away all the warm weather we had yesterday. coastal clouds and temperatures running cooler compared to this time yesterday. pier 39 and the sea lions resting this morning. fog has returned overnight in spots, creating a cooler afternoon as the wind picks up. it is a breezy day and look at those numbers -- a far cry from the far 90's we had in our warmest cities yesterday. today is average to below average. you will need that light layer a lot longer this morning.

70's and 80's away from the coast. hi, jobina. jobina: hi, drew. check out this picture from the san mateo bridge. traffic basically stopped in the westbound direction. we have a sig alert due to a crash on the incline lanes blocked. when we tracked the drivetime to get across the bridge in the westbound direction, it is one hour 15 minutes right now. usually, if you take the san mateo bridge traveling westbound, you are looking at 28 minutes or so. speeds resting around five miles per hour, and a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, where metering lights came on at 5:32. kumasi: a last ditch effort to avoid a strike by san jose city workers. the city leaders are discussing issues that are prompting workers to walk off the job next week.

amanda, some of these workers make it vocal support from members at the city council meeting today. amanda: we are expected to see growing support for the thousands of unionized city workers who voted overwhelmingly in support of proving that strike. next tuesday for three days, as many as 4500 city workers could walk off the job if no deal is reached before then. overnight, the south bay labor council voted on a strike sanction. they then posted to social media, asking colleagues to pack social -- pack council chambers this weekend. lots of members of off either rising -- authorizing the strike. hundreds of city workers, including airport workers, city

libraries, and the city is prepared to use existing staff and contractors to help will any gaps open during the three-day strike. however, where those job gaps will be specifically has to be determined with the labor board at the state level. >> we are going through the process now to strike with the bargaining unit, but my overarching message is, let's get back to mediation. >> we know our demands are fair and the city can afford them. amanda: the city is offering a 5% raise this year raise next quarter or after. although every dollar matters, the city says they have to be honest about the math. a 5% raise next year will require a cut, meaning layoffs

and cutting core services, like library hours and police and fire staffing. reporting live outside san jose city hall, amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. reggie: councilwoman to misha walker shared these photos of joseph mayhill on her facebook page, he was hired by police in 2020 and takes over stephen ford, who announces his retirement last month as antioch continues to deal with a scandal over racist police text messages. the civil-rights division of the justice department has been written to, requesting that they examine the practices of the department. the attorneys represent 13 plaintiffs who have filed lawsuits against antioch police,

alleging civil rights violations. kumasi: former president -mike pence- has reached -- the first debate is that for later this month in milwaukee. reggie: florida governor ron desantis is saying what many republicans have been reluctant to say -- that donald trump did lose the 2020 election. he said of course he lost, and joe biden is the president. that is desantis' most direct comment in three years. the florida governor trails behind the former president by 37 points. kumasi: in the reciting federal judge is giving both sides until 3:00 p.m. eastern time to submit dates and times for a pretrial

hearing. jobina has more on the request from jack smith. jobina: former president trump's attorney has accused jack smith of trying to stifle trump's freedom of speech. the d.c. federal judge is giving both sides until noon our time to propose dates and times for a pretrial hearing about smith's protective order filing, and that includes requests for calling for a court imposed limit to what trump can share about the 2020 in -- election interference case. if trump were to share grand jury information, it could have harmful effects on witnesses. he also said it would adversely affect on the very administration of justice. he cited trump's recent social media post, that said "if you come after me, i am coming after you." trump's campaign team defended the post as political speech.

the judge plans to hold a protective motion by friday, but trump will not have to attend. . reggie: more than 50 million americans are under a severe weather alert across the south and east coast. the main threats are tornadoes and destructive winds. two people have been killed and more than one million people are without power. across the country from the midwest. >> you can see the house and the shed is destroyed, you know? we were just lucky we were not home. reggie: more than 15,000 flights have been delayed across the country since sunday. the weather being fueled by extreme heat gripping much of the country. kumasi: a group of uc scientists are working on a way to harvest water anywhere, including the desert. this is a portable water harvester that uses a compound

to find water in the air at a molecular level, capture it and turn her into water. -- turn it into water. the molecules are porous with the surface area roughly the size of a football field and a small amount. >> so when you combine gases like hydrogen, for hydrogen storage, carbon dioxide, carbon from the air, or in this case, water kumasi: the berkeley team is hoping the water harvester can impact populations in drought stricken corners of the planet. reggie: and san mateo shows how real the drought is for farmers. february 2022 was the third driest february since 1895. for 60% of the production in the county, followed by veggies.

the two commodities were the hardest hit. >> you have reservoirs, and it's like your bank account. you don't want to spend more than you have to. reggie: the historic rain at the beginning of this year gives farmers hope, but they also say it was a wake-up call to keep innovating ahead of climate change. kumasi: stanford and cal athletics will have to find a new home, it seems, as the pac-12 will dissolve. an east bay could involve the cardinals and the bears. this will discuss adding stanford and cal. discussions are preliminary and do not mean an invitation is on the table. the sticking point will be finances. the tv deal is worth less than other conferences, like the big ten and the sec. the cost of travel would have to be discussed as well, since most of the conference members are on the east coast. reggie: happe

ribbon-cutting ceremony for chinatown's new lanterns. the heavy rains largely destroyed them but after months of fundraising, 100 80 new lanterns are up, a welcome sight for tourists and businesses. >> this has been a tough time for us in my lifetime, besides the devastation of the pandemic and chinatown being like a ghost town, practically, this is to show you we can come back. reggie: 43,000 dollars was crowd funded for the lanterns on a community organized gofundme page. x, formerly known as twitter, has paid a fine for its short-lived sign. that was put up on its san francisco headquarters last month. x paid for

without proper permits and for the permit to take the sign down. they received dozens of complaints for lights that flashed into apartments across the street. still to come, concerns over tsa security. a passenger able to pass thr security after pulling a random boarding pass after the trash -- out of the trash. kumasi: and another update on the markets, next. reggie: and this benches clearing brawl on the diamond. stick with us at 7:00 for abc 7 at 7:00. we are live every from 7:00 to 8:00 a.m.. download the app wherever you stream. drew: the winds are light in most spots, but in fairfield, wind gusting to 21 right now. we are in for a cooler day compared to yesterday, so look at the wind. hour-by-hour by 1:00 p.m., ramping up in some spots.

wind 20g20 five miles per hour and stronger by 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. this will bring in this afternoon, and here is future weather. the cloud cover this morning is staying along the coast the entire day, the warming process is a lot slower than yesterday. closer to the coast, keep the light layer on all morning and early afternoon. look at highs today, numbers are back if not below average for this time of year. for reference, we were well into the 90's yesterday the bay shoreline, we are in the 60's and 70's. feel the cooler air later on today. the three day forecast, ebbs and flows in our daytime highs through thursday, but by the upcoming weekend, another warm spell will move in here.

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reggie: a fight over the weekend at a chicago white sox-cleveland guardians claim has some players in major-league trouble. tim anderson is suspended for six games according to the mlb. the guardians third baseman jose ramirez is out for three games. two coaches and another player got one-game suspensions. trash talk between the two teams was reported throughout july, leading up to this incident on saturday. southwest airlines is facing a lawsuit accusing it of racial profiling. mary mccarthy and her 10-year-old daughter were flying from let

apparently, a flight found the actions suspicious. the flight attend authorities to report trafficking. mccarthy is white and her daughter is biracial. >> i want them to reconsider how they train their flight attendants. reggie: southwest is planning to reach out to mccarty to address her concerns. they say their employees receive robust training on human trafficking. kumasi: clear is facing heavy criticism after two previously unreported security incidents. clear is a membership required to speed through tsa at airports. both incidents involve passengers who did not show id through checkpoints. someone was able to go through

security using a boarding they found in the trash. lawmakers are calling for changes in the way tsa handles your passengers -- clear passengers. reggie: and the days of remote work might be numbered -- is this a sign? videoconferencing company zoom asked their workers to go back to the office. it is ironic. according to business insider, employees living within 50 miles of a headquarters must go in two days a week. we relied on this and many people still do. the policy is set to be rolled out during august and september. and now we take a live look at the new york stock exchange -- considerably down today, 330 points. kumasi: jeopardy fans, listen up. season 40 will go on despite the wga writers strike.

the plans on a podcast were revealed. the plan includes recycled questions and returning contestants. he felt it did -- it was not fair for new contestants to compete with recycled questions. you can watch jeopardy weeknights at 7:00 p.m. on abc 7. reggie: today is national pickleball day, and a special celebration is being held at the palace of fine arts in san francisco. lena howland is here to tell us about this now. lena: happy national pickleball day to you. for those who have not tried pickleball, the paddle sport is a lot like if tennis and ping-pong had a baby. everyone has the opportunity today to play for free and maybe learn something new. dink sf is

event for national pickleball day. there will be paddle demos and opportunities for people to test their skills on the courts at no cost to players, including raffles, refreshments, and discounts on equipment. dink sf's co-founder says pickleball is sport, due to its aspect of inclusivity. >> it's a lot easier for anyone, whether it's age, disability, or skill, to pick up and have higher success than something like tennis. reggie: pickleball -- lena: pickleball was founded in 1965 in washington state, but many folks discovered it during covid as a way to stay active and be outside. the event starts at 11:00 this morning at the palace of fine arts in san francisco and is expected to go until five: 30

tonight. there is no age limit. live in the studio, lena howland, abc7news. reggie: i played pickleball in sixth grade, and left it behind like i did cystic acne and writing my name on a uniform, but it is super popular. [laughter] drew: i'm not very good at tennis, so i feel like i would not be very good at this either. kumasi: that and ping-pong. i am not strong. drew: i can play ping-pong. kumasi: i know you can. reggie: you can play ping-pong? drew: yes. jobina: we should try it. isn't it. isn't for four people? kumasi: i've never played before. it looks fun. reggie: but i will have to put on my sixth grade pe uniform and write my last name across. drew: did you have to do that? kumasi: yeah, across the back. reggie: it was giving prison. drew: and if you forgot your

uniform, they were like well, you can go into the shared been. reggie: the whole thing was a punishment. drew: until the one day you got to play dodgeball. kumasi: dodgeball was awful. jobina: and you don't like foursquare? kumasi: people get too competitive. they play too much. reggie: they being you. drew: i will check that ball right in your corner. -- chuck that ball right in your corner. [laughter] [crosstalk] drew: kumasi would wind up the arm and be like, no! i love foursquare. jobina: me too! kumasi: it's fun if you play with the right people, but all is -- all it is as it takes one person to go too far. drew: here's a live look outside of the exploratorium camera. partly cloudy conditions from

this vantage point, but fog has returned across the coast, spotty right now. it will be a much cooler afternoon and a breezy afternoon , then we are going back to the heat. a roller coaster ride of temperatures, but by the weekend, summer heat returns. it is all about the cooler air with temperatures back to average, if not below average. napa, 70 degrees today in the middle of august. 69 in oakland. yesterday in the city we hit 77, today, 64. you needed the jacket yesterday and will need the light layer today. half moon bay is quite foggy, 61 degrees. we will track coastal drizzle and have the marine layer coming back, mid 50's to the low 60's. yeutter tracker temperatures showing there is little change to the numbers wednesday, thursday, and close to average for this time of the year. as we head into the weekend, warmer weather moving in.

outside lands is coming here starting friday, we will have a cloudy start to the festival. friday is also the coolest of the three days, but temperatures will rise by sunday. it is a brighter and warmer forecast, near 70 in the city for the latter half of the weekend. a steady pattern of average temperatures through the end of the week, then we warm up on sunday, then it gets even hotter for the early part of next week. jobina: you are in for a rough ride if you are traveling westbound on san mateo bridge as part of your commute. depending on where you are going for coming from -- or coming from, it might be worth exploring the dumbarton bridge as an alternate. a sig alert is underway due to a crash on the decline in the westbound direction. the drivers bridge, an hour and 20 minutes westbound.

eastbound, you are in good shape. it is five miles per hour, so it has not changed. kumasi: coming up next, your seven things to know this morning. reggie: and you can watch all of our newscast live on apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv and roku.download the app now and you can start streaming. kumasi: and we are taking a live look outside right now -- oh, look at the sea lions excavation -- sea lions! reggie: please spell lots of money -- spend lots of money and tell your friends you had a good time.

david: i'm david goldberg, a bilingual elementary school teacher and president of the california teachers association. as we start a new school year, there's something new happening in california's public schools. jessie: they're called community schools. david: where parents and families, students and educators are making decisions as one. damien: it's a real sense of community. leslie: we saw double-digit gains in math, in english, and reading scores. david: it's an innovation that's transforming our public schools. narrator: california's community schools: reimagining public education.

reggie: 6:57. kumasi: here are the seven things to know this morning. number one, san jose workers have authorized a three-day strike next week. reggie: number two, n developments in the 2020 election interference case against donald trump. a judge has given from's lawyers at special counsel jack smith until this afternoon to submit dates and times on a hearing for smith's request to restrict the information from can release in the case. kumasi:x, formerly known twitter, has paid thousands of dollars to take down the large flashing sign that went up on their head orders last month -- san francisco headquarters last

month. reggie: people have been killed after powerful storm slammed to the east coast. a tornado watch span seven states, from north carolina to new jersey. home. the fog has returned, we are in store for a bright afternoon but a breezy afternoon and a cooler afternoon. those temperatures closer to average if not below average in the 70's and low 80's, away from the coast by 4:00 p.m. jobina: and we have a sig alert underway on the san mateo bridge, which is why you see the traffic we stacked off to the white hand side -- right hand side. the average drive time will be one hour and 20 minutes across the bridge in the westbound direction. kumasi: and paramore fans got quite this if eyes when steph curry -- d surprise when steph curry joined the band to

sing-along to "misery business." this was their reunion. reggie: look at him. kumasi: he was really feeling it. he going to sing it, sing it. jobina: who would you sing on stage with if you could pay? reggie: right now, i am beyoncé obsessed. kumasi: same. [laughter] good morning america. overnight deadly storms slam the east as millions brace for a new severe weather threat across the country. at least two people killed in violent storms, damaging winds downing trees and power lines trapping people on highways for hours. more than 1 million homes and businesses without power.