is still a benefit. good evening. i'm dan ashley and good evening to you. >> i'm karina nova. thanks for joining us for this special edition of abc seven news. we are watching a storm moving across northern california because some of the moisture could hit the bay area. live doppler seven is tracking the movement, of course, the rain

has taken a long summer break. >> we're just a few days into fall now and any rain can help reduce the threat of wildfires as we head into the worst part of our fire season. >> we really look at it as a great opportunity to get the moisture into the vegetation a little bit to start that fall progression as we look out towards winter. >> i would say rain is always a welcome arrival for us. >> storm is also helping quell the fires burning near the oregon border. those fires caused our smoky skies, as you know, last week. >> and as we take a live look outside at san francisco, it's still dry here, but for how long? >> let's bring in abc seven news meteorologist sanjay patel for a look at the forecast. sandhya >> yeah, and dan and karina, this is beneficial rain that we are expecting. i want to show you live doppler seven right now because we did have some showers move through parts of lake and mendocino counties, just a short time ago. those showers have not been heavy, but as we just heard from the fire crews, definitely beneficial and welcome rain. any

rain that we get around crescent city, eureka, some places are picking up close to two inches of rain in the last 24 hours. it's an atmospheric river that's pounding the pacific northwest. we're just getting the back end of this cold front. and so it's not going to amount to a whole lot, but it will deposit much needed moisture into the vegetation. it's also prompted a high surf advisory, which is for tomorrow between 5 a.m. to 11 p.m, up to 20 footers for the steep sloped beaches means dangerous swimming and surfing conditions. watch from far as we go hour by hour, you will notice those scattered showers while you're sleeping at 3 a.m, moving through the bay area. the best opportunity for the wet weather to measure will be in the north bay. but we're going to continue to see those showers trying to make their way down into the south bay and parts of the east bay. certainly, winds have been picking up in the hills right now. mount diablo, 37 miles an hour on hood mountain, 25 miles an hour and 24 for big rock ridge. we're not expecting it to

get terribly windy, just breezy as that system comes through and dampens the roadways for parts of your morning commute. i'll be back with a full look at the forecast coming up. dan? >> all right, sandhya, thanks very much. >> and you can access the same weather tracking tools that sandhya uses. you'll find them in the weather section on our abc7 bay area app. >> all right. let's turn now to our effort to build a better bay area in oakland. more than 200 small business owners are ready to strike. they're planning to shut down for part of the day tomorrow to protest the rising level of crime. abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley spoke with some of those business owners tomorrow we will be closed until noon. >> restaurant tour. ryan dixon gets emotional about the crime happening in oakland. >> now and how it's threatening the small business ecosystem that makes oakland. oakland >> we are all dying literally and figuratively. um, so the business community has just gotten to the breaking point

where every day somebody else is having to choose to close their doors because they can no longer stay in business. whether they're getting broken into repeat plea, whether their staff is being held up or assaulted shootings in front of our businesses, just people are afraid to come to downtown oakland right now. >> so 200 small businesses, including restaurants, convenience stores, clothing stores and doctor's offices are staging a strike on tuesday from 10 a.m. to noon to draw attention to their desperation. they say they've gotten no response to a list of actionable items they presented to the city. things like safe parking lots with attendants to deter car break ins. >> you don't need to strike to get the city's attention. >> the mayor says they're working on it with 300 surveillance cameras to be installed by november and more assists from chp. but business

owners say they're tired of all the talk they need. immediate action. >> you know, our businesses are on the brink of closure due to safety and we've been broken into, as i said, six times in the last year. we've met with city and council officials, and their answer has been to hire private security. >> if we leave, there's nothing. and we're all ready to leave. so the strike is a final unified cry for help in oakland. >> i'm leslie brinkly, abc7 news. >> and oakland city council member noel gayo talked about the business strike earlier today on our 3 p.m. program getting answers. he told abc7 news anchor kristin xie that he thinks it's a real shame that conditions in oakland are what they are. >> too bad that we have to do that. there are some businesses that i've spoken with today that may be closed down for an hour or two. then there are some that will be closing all day. and certainly, i mean, right now, they need all businesses need all the help they can get and customers and they would like to stay open all day long. but they

believe this is the only way that city government, from the mayor to the council and city employees, will understand and get the message that we need to do better when it comes to safety. >> you can watch interviews like that one every weekday getting answers airs at 3 p.m. here on abc7 and wherever you stream. >> the city of san francisco has received clarification on a legal matter that the mayor says will allow the city to resume efforts to get the unhoused off the streets. a lawsuit was filed a year ago that put the city shut down of homeless encampments on hold. one of the issues defining the term involuntary homeless. the ninth circuit of appeals has ruled individuals are not involved, truly homeless if they have declined a specific offer of available shelter or otherwise have access to such shelter or the means to obtain it. the mayor responded to the ruling, saying, quote, we now have a path forward to enforce these laws against voluntary homeless individuals, as we previously

had in the past. the fact that it took us nearly nine months to get this clarification is frustrating. but we have to focus on moving forward. >> a notorious bay area serial rapist and killer who eluded capture for decades has died in prison. john arthur guthrie was convicted of the murders of three people, a high school sophomore in germany who was raped and strangled and two women at stanford. guthrie served only six years for the murder of a high school girl at a us army base in germany. he was released in 1969 and came to california. once here, he killed at least two more times in the 70s to stanford students, including the daughter of the athletic director and hall of fame football coach chuck taylor . for more than 40 years, he escaped justice until police using dna evidence linked him to the murders at stanford. i spoke today with a reporter who has covered the case extensively for years. is grace and all of your years of reporting this story, you have long been convinced that getreu was responsible for

other killings as well. but we may never know with his death and that is incredibly vexing. >> but hopefully with the advances in dna and we have a dozen other cases that we believe that he's responsible for working hand in glove with the serial killer son who was a very moral guy. hopefully we will find an answer and we will close some of these cases. and we're very, very close. >> convicted killer john arthur guthrie died friday at the state prison in stockton at the age of 79. >> happening today, you can order free covid tests from the federal government once again today, the health and human services department relaunched the program. it suspended in may. covid hospitalizations have been on the rise since july, and you can get four free tests per household by placing your order at covid test.gov. the biden administered nation says it'll continue making the tests available to people without insurance through community outreach programs. two new studies could make diagnosing

long covid easier for doctors, researchers say they may have found potential biomarkers for the illness. one study compared 273 blood samples and found those with long covid had lower levels of cortisol. the other study found patients hospitalized with covid were more likely to have damage to their lungs, brain or kidneys. >> president biden returns to the bay area tomorrow. his first stop is here, the atherton home of philanthropists mark heising and liz simons. that's where he will there will be a democratic fundraiser to benefit the president's reelection campaign . sky seven flew over this massive property earlier today and we caught some of the set up for the party. biden has two more campaign fundraisers to attend on wednesday before he leaves town. and now to the indictment of one of the us senate's most powerful members. new jersey senator bob menendez and his wife are accused of taking cash and bars of gold owed in exchange for favorable business deals. according to the

indictment $100,000 in gold was found in menendez home, along with $480,000 in cash, some of it hidden in liners in his jackets at a luxury mercedes benz was also discovered. all of it prosecutors say, from menendez accepting bribes. he remains defiant, however, insisting he will not resign. >> he's where money's drawn from. my personal savings account based on the income that i have lawfully derived over those 30 years. >> it's the second time menendez has been indicted on criminal charges. the first case ended in a hung jury and prosecutors decided not to retry him. >> congress has until the end of the week to avert a government shutdown next, we look at how a shutdown could impact san francisco's fleet week scheduled to start next monday. >> and still to come, the deal that could get hollywood writers back to work. and your favorite shows back on t new chicken parm sauced & loaded sandos... imagine a chicken parm, but better!

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consensus within their own party . the most conservative members are refusing to compromise on issues like border security and support for ukraine. house speaker kevin mccarthy is trying to put pressure on those republic fans standing in the way of a deal. >> i think kevin's going to continue to negotiate until the end, but, you know, the republicans need to vote for republican bills and we can avert this shutdown. >> democrats control the senate and the white house. so even if republicans in the house eventually agree on a bill, a government shutdown may not be averted. tense times in washington. among the many potential disruptions we could see from a government shutdown fleet week. it kicks off in san francisco on october 2nd, a week from today. and abc7 news reporter suzanne fawn takes a closer look at the potential impact. >> the fate of fleet week in san francisco may be up in the air

because of an impending federal government shutdown. for dina and jesse villareal, who are visiting from grass valley. that's hard to stomach and those are things you look forward to every year to see, especially as a local. we reached out to sf fleet week association to ask them what impact a government shutdown would have. the executive director responded saying, quote, san francisco fleet week is standing by to take guidance from the navy and our other military partners. currently, our staff are continuing planning, as usual, for the greatest fleet week ever . we'll make adjustments as needed as we receive guidance. with just days to go to pass a spending bill, congress remains at a standstill. the federal government has started to plan for the possibility of a shutdown. that could mean disruptions at our national parks. fort point muir woods, even trips to alcatraz could be impacted. jj ross is visiting from ireland. he watched the movie escape from alcatraz. >> i've seen the clint eastwood films like an that and quite interesting.

>> his heart is set on seeing the famous landmark. >> it would be very disappointing after coming all this way. it's one of the vineyards i've longed to see for quite a number of years. >> jane goddard, who's visiting san francisco from australia, is still trying to grasp the idea of a government shutdown. it seems crazy in australia. >> the government always manages to come to an agreement to get the budget through so people can get paid and public servants can go to work. >> i wish that they could all work together. that's why our elected officials are there to represent us as the people we should not have a breakdown in our our system. >> some say the federal government coming to a standstill would hurt san francisco and its bottom line. >> i think it's a shame if they do have a shutdown just because the tourist industry in san francisco, the local economy, they all count on tourist dollars. and if this is all shut down, then we're the people won't come. right? >> as many as 4 million us workers could lose pay as a result of a government shutdown in the newsroom. suzannephan

abc7 news. suzanne, thank you. the jewish holiday of yom kippur ended just a short time ago at sundown. in this tradition, it's customary for people to fast for a period of 25 hours to atone for their sins. it comes ten days after rosh hashanah, which marks the new year and spooky season is approaching and the winchester mystery house will send people back in time for an interactive halloween experi ence. unhinged house warming has returned for its 100th year in san jose. here's an inside peek at what you can expect. join us and experience the wonders of eternal salvation. >> the crimson harbinger or society awaits you. i going do you stay with me forever. >> this time. why did you leave

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>> halloween. already >> it's here. i don't know. i'm staying away from the haunted houses. i can't do it anymore. but if you want to go. tickets are limited and unhinged. will only be available on certain days. >> it runs through halloween. it's good fun, of course. >> love it. it's really already starting to feel like fall out there. we are in the fall season and it has gotten cooler. indeed. yeah. >> let's check in with sandhya patel right now to talk about the weather and what we can expect. and we're going to talk about the rain, of course. yes, of course. so if i were you, i would dan and karina, just make sure you have an umbrella first thing tomorrow morning by the door so you don't forget about it. it's going to be hit and miss showers. all right. good evening. all let's take a look at live doppler seven. there is some wet weather right now moving through yountville as we show you live. doppler seven right across highway 29, dry creek road. we're getting you down to street level here. and

as we widen the picture, the focus of the moisture so far has been the pacific northwest, northern california. this has been just bringing beneficial rain to this area. as you know, they've been dealing with those fires. cazadero in the far northwestern corner of sonoma county has picked up about a 10th of an inch here locally in the bay area. they do have flood watch for parts of oregon and also northern california because of the burn scar areas. potential is there for some mud slides and stuff like that. so golden gate bridge camera showing you still dry out there , but we are expecting some showers to move through this area as well. upper 60s, san francisco, oakland, mountain view, 70 in san jose, 64 degrees right now in palo alto. and from our east bay hills camera, you can see some clouds gathering i should say. oakland airport camera, some clouds gathering right now. upper 60s, santa rosa, napa, 64 in fairfield, still pretty mild. concord livermore mid to upper 60s. and a live view from our santa cruz camera. watch out for the waves as they are building as that

storm is approaching scattered showers tonight through early morning. sunny and milder weather midweek and we do have a cooler pattern coming our way towards the end of the week. so we're going to go hour by hour time. this out for you, 10:00 tonight. we have those showers in the north bay as we head towards the wee hours of the morning. those showers start to slide south and east at two, three in the morning, 5:00, you will notice a few showers just coming right through the bay area, but they don't hold together very well. so some of you may not get any measurable rain in the far southern and eastern part of our viewing area , the northern part of the viewing area, we're picking up up to 10th of an inch of rain at least that's what the computer model projections are showing tomorrow morning. temperatures will start out pretty comfortable because of the fact that we have a south wind and all this cloud cover. some scattered showers for the morning commute. 5060s. you might want to give yourself a little more time to get to work or get your kids off to school tomorrow afternoon. excuse me. you're looking at low 80s inland. there's going to be plenty of sun for the afternoon

hours, mid 60s, coast side and breezy, 66 in half. moon bay, 78 degrees in san jose, 77. san rafael, 75 in napa, mid 70s. oakland, fremont and low 80s right around fairfield, concord, livermore one thing you may have noticed today is how nice our air quality is. we've got rid of all that smoke. good air quality right now, all in the green. and a live view from our kgo roof camera as we take a look at the air quality the next three days, we are talking about good air quality. so we'll all be able to breathe a little easier and not have to worry about smoke from fires for the time being. the accuweather seven day forecast, early morning showers tomorrow and then we're going to go with a dry and warmer pattern for the middle of the workweek before those temperatures drop off towards the end of the workweek going into the weekend, but still very pleasant. i mean, we're talking low 60s coast side, mid to upper 70s inland. yes, it's below average. but the thing that we are obviously around this time of year concerned about is offshore

winds and fire danger. so karina and dan, it's nice that we get even a little bit of moisture because it just adds to the, you know, the dry fuels that are out there just adds a little moisture so that it lessens our fire danger. every little bit helps. absolutely sandhya, thank you. okay. >> coming up next, the south bay agency cleaning up and dressing up how artists are stepping in to help build a better bay area. stay with we handcraft every batch of our delicious popcorn. like our cretors cheese and caramel mix. great on their own, even better together. try cretors, handcrafted small-batch popcorn.

worst month of the year for wall street. the dow edged up 43 points. the nasdaq added 59 points and the s&p 500 managed a gain of 17 points. amazon is making a big bet on a san francisco based artificial intelligence company. amazon announced today that it's investing $4 billion to become a minority stakeholder in anthropic. under the agreement, anthropic will make amazon its

primary cloud computing service and use the online retail giant's custom chips as part of the work to train and deploy its generative ai systems. >> lego says it will abandon its plan to use recycled plastic to make its famous toy bricks. the reason, lego says, repurpose missing old water and soda bottles into colorful bricks actually harms the environment more than the current process. it would need to invest in new equipment and lengthen the manufacturing process. plus, the company says it found the bricks made from recycled pet materials lack the sticking power of the current material. so the quality just wasn't there. a new project is in the works that aims to use the art that used art rather to improve public spaces and turn help the environment at the same time. abc seven news south bay reporter zac fuentes spoke with the people behind this project who are hoping to build a better bay area. >> thousands of volunteers across the state came together over the weekend on coastal

cleanup day. the efforts focused not just on beaches but local creeks and waterways like here in the south bay. >> 1100 volunteers picked up almost 25,000 pounds worth of trash at about 52 sites here. countywide >> and the weekend was a success . but valley water's work continues on long term efforts to preserve our waterways and public spaces. one project in the works is the public art strategic plan, a plan to bring more art to santa clara county. like this mural. >> for us, this is the perfect example of engaging the public and the community on our public art program. and this is what we want to build from going forward. >> the mural was part of a pilot program that saw the local youth commission come together in its creation. though still in its early stages, the new plan hopes to bring in even more artwork like it. >> it's been known that when you have public spaces like this, there's less impact on the environment as well. we have creeks and waterways that we're trying to keep litter and graffiti out of, so there's just a lot of public benefit in that valley water says it also wants the project to be a platform for local talent. we want to partner with local artists and that's a

big part of the effort that we're doing. we're talking to educational institutions, we're talking to art institutions and we're also talking to other public agencies who do this as well and how they're engaging not just the community, but the local public artists as well. >> the next step now is hearing from the community about the specific areas. neighbors would like to see the artwork at a public meeting is scheduled for wednesday evening in person and via zoom. more info on that can be found at valley water .org. >> and that time forward we're going to work on putting that draft plan together and put that in front of our board for their comments. and they're hopeful consideration and approval if all goes well, we'll see more things like this around our communities. i think everybody would like to see that in the south bay. >> zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> it's a sign of the times in downtown san francisco, another longtime restaurant, close its doors. so are closure was a citywide concern or is it just something happening downtown? also ahead. i was i've been crying for the last 15 minutes, probably longer than that. >> my phone has been blowing up left and right.

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happening in the us right now while autoworkers and actors are still striking, there is a tentative deal for hollywood writers. >> as you know, they've been off the job for months. it is the second longest strike in the writers guild history. reporter anabel munoz from our sister station in los angeles has a look. >> for more than four months, the writers guild picket line became business as usual. now a tentative agreement has been reached with major hollywood studios. >> no one is authorized to return to work yet, but we're a big step closer to people returning. >> this means some shows could soon be back on air if the agreement is ratified by next

week, we could start seeing late night shows and daytime talk shows preparing to come back onto the air. the months long labor strike is one prominent example of the sweeping impact of labor movements across socal. this summer. >> the hollywood summer we saw workers from the different industries. they were on strike or they were engaging in protesting for better conditions . they were supporting one another. you saw the writers showing up for the hotel workers , for the workers, for the sag-aftra workers. and we saw the same with utla, professor of labor studies at the ucla labor center, victor narro says this wga victory could build momentum for sag-aftra and stresses union members made a major investment. >> over 146 days. so far. >> these are industries where the ceos are raking in billions and billions of dollars and the fact that they were not willing to engage with the workers for such a long time is an outrage. but in the end, the workers prevail because they stay strong

and then we all supported them. >> the impact of the strikes has had a large ripple effect beyond union members. >> as you have dry cleaners, you have car washes, you have restaurants that rely on shows that are in production near them, or writers rooms that are going on near them to order takeout for lunch. and all of that has been on hold for the last four months because of these strikes. and that's impacting everyone. >> anabel munoz, abc7 news. >> and no end in sight for the united workers strike auto worker strike which has reached day ten. the strike now affects 38 locations in 20 states, including california. tomorrow president biden is planning to join workers on the picket lines in detroit. abc news reporter melissa don has the latest. we are the union. >> we're now in day ten of the united auto worker union strike against the big three us car manufacturers, which is impacting plants across the country. tomorrow, president joe biden expected to join some of the union workers on the picket line, believed to be a first for

a sitting president in recent memory. >> he has made it very, very clear that he supports union workers. he believes that corporate profits should lead to record uaw, a record uaw contract and donald trump, the republican frontrunner, will also be in detroit this week, planning to give a speech to about 500 auto workers and supporters on wednesday. >> this as the united auto workers union remains steadfast in their strike. members want 40% increase in wages and stronger benefits like cost of living adjusts, wants more paid time off pensions and increase in retirement pay. >> nobody wants to be out here. we want to be in there working. we want to be, you know, getting parts to our customers and to the dealers. but it comes to a point where you had to draw a line in the sand. >> on friday, president sinn fein announcing the union expanded their job action to 38 plants in 20 states. the new picket lines going up at general motors and stellantis locations. but not ford fein saying ford is showing that they're serious about reaching a deal, though, adding they're not done negotiating yet. in a statement

, ford saying there are still significant gaps to close on the key economic issues. stellantis also issued a statement saying that it questions if the union's leadership wants to reach an agreement in a timely manner. the targeted strikes impacting gm and stellantis right in their pocketbooks because this plant here supplies auto parts, which is one of the most profitable sectors in the automotive industry. and it's soon going to make it difficult for dealerships or car customers to find certain parts. melissa don, abc news, rockland county, new york. >> an emotional day on maui. a handful of lahaina residents got the chance today to see their properties for the first time since they burned down. tomorrow, it will be seven weeks since those deadly wildfires. for many, the visit wasn't easy, especially since they believe the tragedy was preventable. it's possible power lines sparked the fire. maui county has filed a lawsuit against hawaiian electric company. a lot of us are sad and a lot of us

like myself, you know, we're angry and we're trying to process the best way and we're trying to be positive. the wildfire killed at least 97 people and destroyed more than 2000 buildings. most of them homes. 31 people are still listed as missing. >> police in san francisco are looking for a driver who ran into a man and a woman riding a motorcycle in the marina district earlier this month. these are stills from surveillance video that captured the car involved. the driver did not stop after plowing into the motorcycle at richardson avenue and lyons street just after 10 p.m. this was on september eighth. both the man and the woman who were riding the motorcycle were badly hurt and are still recovering in the south bay. san jose police are investigating a deadly crash involving a pedestrian, the second in four days. a honda sedan reportedly hit a man crossing the street just before dawn this morning at willow street. and meridian avenue. police say the driver had a green light and stayed on the

scene. the pedestrian died at the hospital. his name hasn't been made public yet in the east bay. >> oakland is hoping lower speed limits could help businesses by bringing back foot traffic. abc7 news was in the fruitvale district when one of the new signs was unveiled earlier today. it's one of 11 business corridors where the speed limit is dropping to 20 or 25 miles an hour. >> you see the cars speeding half of them don't even have a driver's license and we need to be able to enforce the rules that we have. and in yes, there's a certain communities, individuals that may get cited. but the bottom line is about safety for my children. and over the next two years, more than 50 business districts will have their speed limits lowered on the peninsula. >> one elected official says he wants his county to start handing out money to local police agencies to help with staffing crises. a san mateo county supervisor, david canepa, says he's asking the county executive to send three quarters

of $1 million of sales tax revenue to local police. the goal is to help recruit and hire officers. canepa made the announcement at the broadmoor police department, which is in danger of dissolving because of staffing and financial hardship. >> my biggest concern and worry you can see daly city surrounds us is that there will be a donut hole. well, let me say that again. there will be a donut hole of no police service. what so ever the broadmoor police force is down to just six sworn officers. >> is another one of san francisco's longtime restaurants is closing. >> barber arco will be shutting its doors after 14 years. the owner says the level of business is unsustainable, since there's currently not enough people to serve in the financial district. city leaders say the business climate has improved since the pandemic, but admit there's a lot of work to be done. laurie thomas, executive director of the golden gate restaurant association, joined us for our 3

p.m. show today and discussed what it will take to close that gap. >> you know, i think downtown and areas near the moscone center are certainly the most impacted. we know that right from from some of the drops in the convention business and the business travel and also to the out of the office. if there's not office workers, there's just not that foot traffic that that's looking for a place to dine. we are still seeing restaurants like perbacco that are more like destination with expense accounts and things that are that are still hanging in there and doing pretty well. but the more casual dining know and then across the neighborhoods, 2022 was a good year for a lot of us, but many of us are struggling this year. we're seeing sales, for example, of roses cafe and terzo over in the cow hollow area that are down about 10% from the same sales last year. year to date, the summer was super slow for a lot of people, she says. >> san francisco's fine dining restaurants are seeing a stronger resurgence after the pandemic compared to fast casual

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being taken to the e.r. this 52 year old was intubated and on a vent time in the middle of the night. >> they already knew he was septic and really struggling just to live. >> roses survived, but tissue in his lower legs and parts of his arms did not. he was told those limbs would have to be amputated, including the arm he uses to play the sport he's loved for decades. roses was part of the 1992 notre dame tennis team that played for a national championship. he says his quality of life after limb loss depended on his tennis arm. >> having that joint was essential. >> instead of rushing into surgery, roses found doctor david souza with ohio state's wexner medical center. >> without any sort of hesitation, he said, my goal is to play tennis. >> souza has a history of helping veterans with limb loss and believed he could help roses. it involved nearly 70 hours of surgeries over several weeks with his right arm. >> we not only added healthy tissue, but we brought three

small muscles from his chest wall and then plugged in the nerves that used to control the hand. >> they were able to reconstruct the entire arm, he actually has the muscle function to be able to control his prosthetics himself. >> rosas hopes others facing limb loss will seek out their options. >> as i can truly say that, you know, i am experiencing very little pain for health minute. >> i'm mandy gaither. >> it's so difficult and so many people in america are dealing with limb loss. that's right. >> and the surgeon says he hopes anyone confronted with limb loss will think about life afterwards and to think of amputation as a reconstructive surgery. good way to think. >> well, coming up next on covering the mysteries of outer space, see how the bay area is playing a big part. thanks to a very small rock for just 6 bucks means your day is off to a good start. ♪

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life size sculpture was lifted today into its new home at the palo alto junior museum and zoo. the duck billed dinosaur who never flew when it roamed the earth about 66 million years ago. museum staff hopes its presence will spark interest in science for young visitors. >> dinosaurs are really an entryway point for children. it's a way for them to get excited about science and then we can teach them the more complex topics like evolution or climate change. >> and look at the attention to detail here. the sculpture was put together using custom made tools is a real labor intensive process to make it look as realistic as possible. it is impressive. here's impressive as well. a sample from an asteroid 200 million miles away is finally here on earth. it weighs only nine ounces, but scientists believe that it may tell us something about the creation of earth and the solar system. abc's seven news south bay

reporter dustin dorsey looks at the bay area's role in this historic research. >> more than seven years of research worth more than a billion dollars came to an exciting conclusion sunday when osiris-rex safely dropped off nasa's first asteroid sample back on earth. the capsule traveled billions of miles to retrieve samples from the asteroid. bennu in hopes to understand the origins of life. >> this is the beginning of that , you know, space being a frontier that we are starting to now uncover the mysteries and we may learn so much all smiles at lockheed martin, mission control in colorado after osiris-rex successfully returned with the 4.5 billion year old asteroid sample hundreds of miles away at the landing site in utah. >> the sample was taken for further testing. >> it was a once in a lifetime kind of a thing for me personally. mountain view's nasa ames research center entry systems technology lead. >> raj venkatapathy was there for the landing. his team's pica heat shield technology for the capsule helped lead to the safe

return of the asteroid sample. >> it was one of those things where, you know, it's you're bringing back something that was created at the time of this this solar system was created. >> and for that reason, the sample is incredibly important, not only will it allow scientists to understand more about this asteroid that has the potential for impact with earth in 159 years, but the sample will be shared across the world in order to learn about our creation. so this is what we think contribute to the creation of earth. >> what other chemicals are there with this? this samples that we have. so they may tell us a lot more about about how we all began. >> osiris-rex will remain in space for its next asteroid mission. and it's the start of more exploration to come. they're going to go to neptune, to uranus, to saturn, and all of these to titan. >> i already mentioned, which is a mission in preparation. so these places, these each one of these missions adds so much so that we can do those missions.

>> dustin dorsey, abc7 news it's just so utterly fascinating that they can bring something back from 200 million miles away. >> it's seven years to go there and back and i can't wait to see what we learn. >> right. exactly. let s talk about the weather because there is rain in the forecast. >> there is, which is nice to see this time of year. >> meteorologist sandy patel is here a little early than usual. >> yeah, i mean, it's not unheard of. but dan and karina, we do get a few showers in september. our first raindrops of fall already beginning to accumulate. vornado has picked up a few hundredths of an inch. let's get you into live doppler seven and i'll show you where we are seeing a few showers around napa. the main street really light stuff as we take a look at the animation here, you will notice that the showers will move through the north bay and start to slide south and east at 3 a.m. not all of it will hold together, but at 5 a.m. during the commute, there will be some drizzle or spotty showers. so plan accordingly as we take a look at your afternoon highs.

plenty of sun. it's going to be in the mid 60s to low 80s for your tuesday and we're going to fast forward that atmospheric river will continue to affect the pacific northwest as we head into the weekend. the sierra has an inside slider coming in which will bring the opportunity for some precip. we're talking rain and snow there. so stay tuned. accuweather seven day forecast could she offshore winds after that system passes over the weekend that is obviously concerning from a fire danger perspective but for now we're getting beneficial rain which helps. accuweather seven day showing you that warm up midweek karina sandia thank you you'll want to check the schedule if you take caltrain some changes took effect today weekday service from gilroy and morgan hill to san francisco is expanding. the agency has added a fourth train for the morning and evening commutes. caltrain has also made schedule changes across the board to better match up with bart's new schedule for transfers at the millbrae station. a repaving, a repaving project that shut down highway 87in san jose all weekend, finished a little earlier than

expected. >> caltrans tweeted that it reopened the lanes at 430 this morning. a little bit ahead of schedule. there are pictures the agency shared on social media showing the repaving work as it happened. this affected all northbound lanes of 87 between highway 85 and intersta. now the southbound side of t highway will be closed for a similar resurfacing project that in about a month. over the weekend of october 20th. coming up next, a story about following what you love, even if that means 23,623. >> winnie the pooh collectibles thousands of women with metastatic breast cancer, are living in the moment and taking ibrance. ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor is for adults with hr+/her2- metastatic breast cancer as the first hormonal based therapy. ibrance plus letrozole significantly delayed

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>> i'll kind of kind of think, geez, it'd be kind of fun to see if i can break my own record. >> and that she did. as of february, hoffman broke her own guinness world record. >> so my last record was 20,000. in 2020, and this year in february it was 23,623, a collection that she says is worth $1 million when people actually come into the room, they're like, oh my gosh. and they just look around and they're so awestruck with how many they are. >> and one that has grown tremendously since she was first recognized by the guinness world record in 2008. the collection back then claiming over 3000 items. hoffman says she believes she has a collection gene. the item that started it off was this winnie the pooh phone. when hoffman was in her 20s. >> and i think, oh, look at that winnie the pooh phone. i love winnie the pooh as a kid. and then one day i went into the store and it was gone. now for six months, i didn't need that phone. now i had to find that phone and the rest was history. >> her collection is displayed in her home. the collection so big they had to build an addition for the rest of her

items. hoffman says she finds items at thrift stores through the internet, and some are even donated. her biggest motivation is the experience this hobby brings. >> you know, it used to be, oh, there's another one. i want to get that. and what we have found over the years is everything that we've done to be part of the collection. we've gone different places. we've met different people. and i think to myself, why would i want to give that up? it is so much fun that people we meet, the things that we do and we probably wouldn't do those if it weren't for the collection. >> winnie the pooh's name was inspired by a real life bear named winnie from canada during the first world war. canadian soldier bought a bear for $20, and then he brought that bear to the london zoo. >> christopher, robin milne and aa milne went to the zoo and they fell in love with the bear. and the bear's name was winnie. so the lieutenant's hometown and the lieutenant who purchased winnie his hometown was winnipeg . >> because of her love and fascination for the bear, hoffman and her husband emcee the winnie the pooh festival in

winnipeg, canada. she's also written a book about her over 20 year collection and where it's taken her and all she hopes she inspires others to continue to follow their passions and their hobbies. >> if you have a passion and follow it, you don't know what tomorrow is going to bring. so if there's something that you like to do, do you like to collect? do you like to drink coffee? do you like visiting museums? do you like a sport? whatever it is, follow it and have fun. >> a fun bother is pooh would say, you know, just walking into that room, probably just makes her so happy. >> i'll bet it makes me happy looking at that love. >> winnie the pooh as a kid. >> yes. and you can stream winnie the pooh on disney. plus, disney is the parent company of abc seven. that's fun. and that does it for this edition of abc seven news. i'm karina nova. >> and i'm dan ashley for sandy patel. all of us here, we appreciate your time.

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