and sound off after the final home game of the season as the team's future remains uncertain. plus, the latest offer to get hollywood writers off the picket line. a final offer now on the table. and the nasa spacecraft back on earth with a souvenir that could unlock quite a few mysteries. abc7 news at five starts right now. >> building a better bay area moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc. seven

news. silva de silva team. >> it's the final home game of the season for the a's and looks to be the beginning of the end of their time in oakland. >> frustrated fans delivering a now familiar message to ownership as the team's future remains firmly up in the air. thank you all for joining us. i'm stephanie sierra. we begin in the east bay as oakland a's fans soaked in the last home game of the season, many hoped to be back next year, but with a move to las vegas in the works, fans remain unsettled about next season. that was felt in the crowd today as fans urged a's owner john fisher not to move the team. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has the details . so the team sell the team. >> oakland a's fans had a pre-game march to the coliseum sunday with a loud message for team owner john fisher in oakland. i guess our feeling is, is anger and fight. george leon

is from the oakland 68. one group trying to keep the team from moving to las vegas. they even hired a plane with a banner urging fishers mom doris to make her son sell. >> we're calling on john fisher's mom to come and do something about this horrible situation in that they claim they're stewards of the bay area. but technically they're not if they're moving a team from our community. >> on the last a's home game of the season, fans were feeling sad and uneasy about the future. >> to think about like this may be the last time that i'm saying goodbye is pretty hard, but i'm still trying to be optimist that next year that will we'll have a season here. >> the team's lease, the coliseum is set to expire after the 2024 season. >> i try not to think about it, but it is in the back of my mind because they you know, they have it. they have the lease through next year. but but with everything that has happened so far, i'm almost convinced that they won't be here next year if it gets built. >> the team's new stadium in

vegas likely won't be done until 2028. and where the team plays in the interim is unknown. some oakland fans say they should find a different ballpark now. >> it's like when you break up with a significant other and they still living in the house with you like get them out uh. so but once until there's a shovel in the ground, then the fight isn't over. >> a message made clear by a's fans in the outfield unfurling this banner on the last game of the season in oakland will never quit in oakland, cornell bernard, abc seven news. >> well, there is a lot that still needs to happen before the a's are officially gone from oakland. their coliseum lease expires in 2024. team owners are awaiting a vote from major league baseball owners approving the move to las vegas. 75% of owners would need to vote yes. the las vegas review-journal says that vote is expected by mid-november. now the team has purchased land and secured public funding from the state of nevada for a brand new baseball stadium along the vegas strip. but it's not projected to open

until 2028. it's not clear where the team would play until then as well. to weather now and a cold front moving in. that's bringing a chance of rain and cleaner air to the bay area over the next few days. here's a live look at conditions outside right now across the region. the air quality looking better than it has in several days. spencer is tracking the latest, including more on that chance of moisture. >> this is a pretty good chance, steph, as a matter of fact, the wet weather system approaching us is pushing out the haze that was associated with yesterday's spare the air alert. so it's definitely improving our air quality right now. the larger system up in the pacific northwest associated with the rain coming our way is having a beneficial effect on the wildfires in western oregon and washington and northwestern california. now, let's watch the timeline here on the forecast animation for the bay area. we'll see increasing clouds tonight and into the morning hours. morning commuters will see cloudy skies, but it'll be dry for the commute. but see that system swinging down into

the ukiah cloverdale area? well, later in the day, afternoon and evening, tomorrow, we'll see that system producing rainfall for much of the north bay. it'll be mainly light rain and going into early tuesday morning, a few showers may reach south and east of the golden gate, but not much as to not much is expected from this system except maybe 1 or 2 hundredths of an inch of rainfall. however for santa rosa, cloverdale may get up to about 707 inch and ukiah, just under 2/10 of an inch of rain. and of course, cleaner air along with the rainfall. i'll have more on the accuweather seven day forecast which is looking pretty good a little bit later steph. >> we look forward to that. thank you spencer. well, the potential rain in the north bay is welcome news to cal fire's sonoma lake napa unit. they say october is the most destructive month in california for fire and they're still hard at work to prevent them from spreading. we're still doing fuel modification work. >> we're not resting on our laurels at all. those fires can start. and with the winds that we get in, the north bay can escalate very quickly. and we

want to avoid that if we can. so we need our community. your viewership, to maintain that vigilance until we really get into some really wetting rain. >> a good reminder, it was wildfires in southern oregon, in far northern california that led to this poor air quality here in the bay area this week. so they're reminding people the threat still exists. for more information on fireproofing, your home and property, you can head to, ready for wildfire .org in the south bay now a fire underneath highway 87in san jose burned up a large part of a homeless encampment this morning . the fire department was able to get a handle on the situation and put out the flames. but tents shade structures, beds and all sorts of belongings were destroyed. a huge smoke cloud, slightly impacted the section of highway 87, above it near willow street. nearby light rail trains were temporarily halted as a precaution after after five months on strike, the writers guild of america could finally

reach a deal with major film and tv studios. this after four consecutive days of talks directly between the wga and the ceos. of the four major studios . the studios delivered what they say is the best and final offer to writers last night. the wga, representing 11,000 writers, could sign off on the agreement as soon as today. but to get hollywood moving again, the studios must settle a deal with the actors of sag-aftra next. well, nasa is celebrating the return of a spacecraft that may have brought home the answers to some of earth's oldest mysteries. as the 4 billion year old piece of cargo brought back from space is bringing with it a valuable gift . we'll explain. also, covid tests. the federal government is ready to start giving them away for free once again. we'll tell you how

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cyrus rex mission. a mission complete osiris-rex from the edge of space. >> 63,000 miles away, releasing a capsule containing some precious cargo. a piece of an asteroid, 4.5 billion years old. four hours later, that capsule, the size of a car tire. landing in the dugway proving grounds in utah. recovered teams and a carefully rehearsed effort bag the capsule quickly to lower the risk of contamination, then delivering it to a hangar on the military base where it will be flown to the johnson space center in houston on monday for further study. >> we'll be able to start evaluating those samples and providing them to the scientific community. >> the seven year long mission, which cost over $1 billion, captured samples of the asteroid bennu, which scientists hope will help them understand the origins of life on earth. >> bringing these samples back here on earth gives us so much

more capability to analyze them and truly understand and hopefully the origins of our solar system. >> studying asteroids is critical for scientists around the world, in part for the fear that one could collide with our planet. nasa scientists predict a slim 1 in 2700 chance that the asteroid bennu said to be as big as the empire state building could strike earth far, far into the future. in the year 2000, 182. if there's something like 30,000 asteroids that we know of just in the near earth environment and while none of them have a target on the earth yet, someday we probably will. >> so let's get to know these things as best as we can. >> osiris-rex is now headed back into space for its next mission, retrieving a sample from another asteroid, apophis. morgan norwood, abc news, new york. >> well, it's that time again prepping for covid. starting tomorrow, you will be able to get free at home covid tests once again. the department of

health and human services says you can order for free tests per household from covid tests. dot gov. the program was suspended in may after the end of the covid 19 public health emergency . there has since been an uptick in cases in recent weeks. also, keep in mind new covid shots are also available at some local pharmacy, including walgreens and cvs. well, it's still too soon to say if the niners are super bowl ready, but we know one performer who is coming up. the big reveal from the nfl about who will be the halftime time headliner. >> i'm spencer christian. first month of may is headed for the bay area. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up when abc7 news a victory that is there for the taking. grab it. now that was a great halftime speech. let's go win. [jim valvano] don't give up. don't ever give up®

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is a great description. here's a look at our live doppler seven looping image showing that there's some wet weather up to our northwest right now, which is bringing relief to the firefighting effort in western washington and oregon and northwest in california. and some of that rainfall is moving in our direction right now. we've got breezy conditions with gusts up to 23mph at san mateo

right now. and over in the delta area, 20 mile per hour winds at rio vista. here is a look at mainly sunny sky over san francisco from our sutro tower, canada camera. current temperature readings are in the upper 60s at san francisco and oakland. we've got 70 degrees at mountain view mid 70s at san jose and palo alto and 64 at half moon bay. beautiful view at the golden gate. just a few clouds in the sky right now. mainly blue sky. for the moment we have temperature readings right now in the low 70s at santa rosa, novato and napa, 76 at fairfield and 72 apiece at concord and livermore. and a stunning view from emeryville looking westward toward the golden gate. these are our forecast headlines. we'll see clouds increasing overnight. north bay showers late tomorrow into early tuesday morning and then sunny and mild autumn days will follow for the remainder of the week. now for tonight, under those increasingly cloudy skies, look for low temperatures mainly in the mid or mid to upper 50s and then highs tomorrow with cloudy skies mainly in the low to mid 70s right around the bay

shoreline. we'll see some mid 60s on the coast. so fairly mild on the coast tomorrow and inland areas will see highs in the mid to upper 70s. now let's take a look at the forecast animation starting at noon tomorrow. notice this line of rain and showers sweeping southward by late afternoon, early evening, it'll be raining up around ukiah , maybe even in cloverdale and then into the later evening and nighttime hours. we'll see further expansion extension of the rain through the north bay. this will be mainly light rainfall at places like santa rosa point razed much of sonoma , marin and napa counties. not much rain will fall south or east of the golden gate until the wee hours of tuesday morning. and then it'll all wind down. we expect rainfall totals to be no more, no more than a couple of hundredths of an inch, except farther north, a little bit wetter in places like santa rosa and cloverdale and a beach hazard statement will be in effect late monday night into tuesday evening for large breakers up to 14 to 16ft, elevated wave heights, obviously, and possibly dangerous rip currents. here's

the accuweather seven day forecast after tomorrow night's rain. we'll have mainly sunny skies starting on tuesday and for the remainder of the week we'll have sunny skies all the way through next weekend. high temperatures inland low to mid 80s. high temperatures around the bay, mid 70s. so it's going to be a beautiful week of fine fall weather. >> all right. and that chance of moisture, as you pointed out, mainly for the north bay, mainly for the north bay. >> a few light showers may reach south and east of the golden gate, but pretty much a north bay event. okay >> thank you, spencer. well, we'll get to chris in just a moment. but first, we have some nfl entertainment news. the nfl has revealed uh- usher will be the next super bowl halftime show performer. he will take to the field at las vegas allegiant stadium on february 11th. usher has been one of the hottest acts in las vegas for the last few years. he's actually had a residency at the mgm park theater since 2019. and chris, i hear you're an usher big usher fan. >> yeah, i saw him in march at the residency. and if you

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parents and they've exactly. excuse me. they've exactly scored 30 points in each of their three games. that's more than enough points for this very, very good defense. look at this. look from giants quarterback daniel jones. i'd be scared, too, going up against that defense. nick bosa, he's scary. he picked up his first sack of the season as nearly a safety watch out. daniel jones and then javon hargrave, the new guy. he's looking pretty good in red and gold. he joined the sack party. he's already got two on this young season safety talanoa

hufanga in the back side. safety grabbed his second interception of the season, picking jones late in the ball game sealed the deal in a dominant 30 to 12 win. >> yeah, i know we got a lot of talent on this team and coach coach just preached start fast everybody being ready to go and that's kind of the approach we've been taking all around as a unit was as one of the best performers. >> well, the best performance we've had together, just winning rushes, everybody. we really fast. we're winning the turnover battle, we're stopping the run. >> and you know, those two components to the game as a defense is a key. and we've been doing a great job of that. and got to keep it going. you know, nobody's satisfied, though. >> i wouldn't say that. i think there's so much room for improvement. you can watch the tape and there's little things all over the place that every single guy can get better at. we got a long ways to go from the team that we want to be going forward. >> former niners offensive coordinator that's mike mcdaniel making history with the dolphins today against the broncos former niner raheem mostert. remember him four touchdowns in that nfc

championship game against the packers another four for today miami led 3513 at the break they were on pace for 70 points and they got there watch mostert into the end zone and his famous surfing celebration. he's one of the good guys in the league and devon. a chain, a chain, a also had four touchdowns and 203 yards for the dolphins. i mean, this guy didn't even play in week one, didn't suit up. there he goes. miami becomes the first team to score 70 points since 1966. the dolphins missed the nfl's all time single scoring record by three points, 70, sometimes like an nba score at halftime for the warriors. also, a great day for former niners defensive coordinator demeco ryans and the texans in jacksonville. he's always fired up. texans up 17 contents. the fullback andrew beck on the kickoff return gets the outside and he's got some wheels. 85 yards later, the texans are up 24 to 10. he's breaking tackles at 255 pounds. officially, the heaviest player to score on a kickoff return in history. and

then rookie quarterback c.j. stroud to tank dell 68 yards to the house. the texans win 37 to 17. damico earns his first nfl win as head coach, and he got the game ball. good for him. a boisterous crowd of about 13,000 coliseum for the a's home finale against the tigers top the third scoreless bases loaded for petaluma native spencer torkelson an a little flair in the right center. one run scores, the throw gets away and it's two nothing tigers on that play bottom four two on nobody out the all star brant rooker ground ball to short javy baez throws home and he gets the speedster estuary ruiz for the out oakland and failed to score in the inning in the ninth two out a's had the tying run at the plate but the groundout ends at the a's lose two nothing. they tie oakland's record for 108 losses in a season. fans still showing support, chanting sell the team. afterwards, they'll hit the road for their final six games. a good showing of the fans always supporting oakland all year long. wait and see what happens with them and steph, the reason i don't play football,

i've been on the sidelines so many times. i watch him in pregame. those dudes are big, they're tough. i'd be scared like daniel jones too. i don't want to get hit. >> oh, exactly. no, i don't blame you. tough loss for the a's, though, with so much uncertainty looming. >> yeah, it's been a long season. casey pratt's all over it, so if you ever get confused, follow casey. he knows what's up. >> no, exactly. good tip. thanks, chris. well, still ahead, the boat that made a stop on the bay as it sails this long to get put on the shelf like a porcelain doll. if you have

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