>> the tragic incident cost a man his life today. good evening. i'm karina nova and i'm julian glover. >> rescue workers were there for hours despite their efforts, ththis turned into a recovery operation. >> it all started around 1030 this morning at divisadero and oak k streets inin san francisca contractor working on a sewer project became trapped underneath about eight feet of dirt. >> abc seven news reporter melanie woodrow was at the site of the collapse all day with firefighters for close to two hours. >> firefighters attempted to rescue a contractor trapped under a trench collapse. everyone is shaken about this. around ten thursday morning. the call came in initially for a building collapse. first responders quickly discovered something else. this was a street side utility construction site that had a collapse within the footprint of their street side project. >> the fire department says one person was trapped under 8 to 10ft of dirt and concrete feet. >> firefighters used a street vacuum to suck the dirt up. it's

a very high powered vacuum that's able to facilitate removing debris quicker than if we had to do it by hand. >> they also used plywood to disperse weight and ensure the sides of the area within a confined space. >> rescuers were working by noon with the help of paramedics and cassie, a human search and rescue detection canine. it became clear it would be a recovery mission. >> this person was trapped under a lot of weight with no oxygen for over two hours. >> public works spokesperson rachel gordon says the project was a san francisco public utilities commission sewer upgrade project being managed by san francisco public works. the individual trapped was a private contractor. she did not know the name of the contracting company . >> we'll be here as long as we have to be here. we want to make sure that we know exactly what happened. we want to make sure that something like this doesn't happen again. we never want a construction accident. safety is our number one priority. >> the medical examiner arrived on scene to remove the contractor's body with the investigation into how this happened. ongoing including by cal osha. this afternoon, mayor

london breed visited the area to look at the trench collapse. >> family, of course, is clearly very distraught and sad, very tragic situation. >> mayor breed saying that she spoke to those family members personally also that the city had provided grief counselors here where the trench collapse happened and was doing all that it could to help in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc seven news and karina and melanie cover the rescue and recovery efforts live on the abc. >> seven news live stream. we let you know about it by sending out this push alert through the abc seven bay area app. download the app now so that you'll be in the know about what's going on as it happens in oakland. >> homicide suspect is in custody after a lengthy car chase and crash. the pursuit came to an end in san francisco at third and howard it began in oakland when police say officers spotted the suspect driving erratically. investigators say the suspect sped away when officers tried to pull over the vehicle. the pursuit ended when

the driver crashed near the mosconi center. police say after the crash, the driver tried to get away on foot but was quickly caught. >> oakland police say they arrested ten people and confiscated a dozen weapons during a sting operation earlier this week on grand avenue near qingtao praised the department for the crime crackdown. >> we're not waiting until we have a permanent police chief. we're not waiting until we have a permanent department of violence, violence prevention chief. we are moving forward so that we protect the citizens, the businesses and our communities here in our city. >> this particular group of individuals is have been involved in a series of carjackings, armed robberies, auto burglaries, and have a history of engaging in these crimes throughout the bay area. >> police say nine people are facing charges and charges are pending against a 10th person who is under the age of 18. a petition to recall alameda county district attorney pamela price has the go ahead to move forward. the registrar of voters

approved it today, which means the organizers have five months to collect nearly 75,000 valid signatures if they hit that number. the recall can then be put on the ballot. price took office in january after running as a progressive prosecutor seeking to reform the criminal justice system. her critics have accused her of being too soft on crime within just months of her taking office. >> the suspected killer in a cold case dating back to 1987 made his first appearance in court today in solano county. here's a look at the victim, six year old jeremy stoner. his family was in the courtroom as the suspect was brought in. abc7 news reporter ansar hassan has details on what happens next at this is hard for me. >> karen tabler came out of court thursday afternoon after seeing the man accused of killing her then six year old son in 1987. >> fred kane, who's in custody in solano county, was brought in for his arraignment. but instead of entering a plea, he was assigned a public defender with

a hearing to continue in two weeks. >> i don't know if it's relief or yeah, it's not feeling good, that's for sure. it's hard to be in that same room. yeah. >> yeah. after the hearing, the family met with the solano county district attorney's office. well i don't think you ever really get closure. >> i've been around a long time. haven't ever seen families get true closure. but i feel like it'll be some comfort that someone will be held responsible. in 1987, six year old jeremy stoner was abducted outside of his home in vallejo. >> sean melton was arrested and charged with the murder, but two jury trials ended with no verdict. the judge dismissed the case, but was recently reopened because of new dna evidence. prosecutors say that evidence links the murder to fred kane. >> they started looking into this case because, you know, i'd really never been solved. the person that was put on trial, there is no verdict reached. and they thought it was better to look into this case again. >> sean melton died in 2000 but

was exonerated by the dna evidence case. >> kane is also a suspect in the 1987 fatal stabbing of nine year old eric coy in martinez. kane is charged in the stoner case with murder, with special circumstances, with respect to kidnaping and a lewd act on a child. though the da's office admits challenges remain on witnesses, memories fade. >> you know, we hope we can still put together all the physical evidence, hopefully all the witnesses are available. >> but we've done our due diligence and we believe that we'll be able to proceed. >> and kane will be back in court in october in fairfield. on hassan abc seven news. the founder of ftx, a failed cryptocurrency company, will remain in jail throughout his trial. >> it's the third time attorneys for sam bankman-fried lost a request to have him released. once ranked among the richest people in the world, the son of two stanford professors was arrested on wire fraud securities fraud and money laundering. he pleaded not guilty in august. jury selection

begins on tuesday. >> now to the work to build a better bay area. public safety was one of the top issues discussed by city leaders this afternoon at san francisco. so from the drug overdose crisis to armed security guards and gun violence, abc7 news reporter tara campbell is been listening to the meeting throughout the afternoon. she joins us live in the newsroom with her takeaways. tara, what stood out to you? >> yeah, julian. >> well, traffic safety was among the many concerns this afternoon. a recent report showing citations dropping drastically over the past several years. this as the number of pedestrians being killed is on the rise. and today, supervisors wanted answers. san francisco supervisors want answers from the police traffic citations plummeting and pedestrian fatalities on the rise. the public safety committee taking up the issue thursday led by supervisor rafael mandelman, the supervisor sending a letter of inquiry to the police department after it reported a 97% drop in traffic citations in eight

years. >> i would like for us to get closer to a plan to actually have more traffic enforcement, the police department pointing to its staffing shortage as a key part of the problem because we have less people overall in the department. >> those resources at the traffic company are being pulled in different direction as police also pointing to policy, upping the amount of paperwork that comes along with a citation. >> also warning the citation count doesn't tell the whole story. there is this pool of stops that are happening that aren't resulting in citations, but they are in fact traffic stops and an effort for educational enforcement to change people's behavior, make the streets safer. the supervisor making a push for a plan. i think in the first quarter of next year, we should definitely have our feet underneath us and be able to have assessed the situation in enough to put measures into place in the form of a plan. and the drug overdose crisis

dominated a good part of today's meeting. district attorney brooke jenkins making an appearance calling out the court's case, saying of the more than 200 motions to detain drug dealers, only a fraction have been held in custody. >> we've only had 19 of those motions granted to date, which means we still have most of these drug dealers back out on the street selling the same poison. we have to, as a city, make that a focus. is that just like we wouldn't allow someone who shoots a gun to cycle back out onto the street immediately? we cannot allow those who are selling death to do so either. now the da also doubled down on investigator overdose deaths, saying her office is ready to charge drug dealers with murder. >> julian and karina, that would certainly be a big change. >> tara campbell live for us in the newsroom. thank you so much. and we want you to be able to get the true picture of public safety in your area. our abc7 news neighborhood safety tracker shows you a wide range of statistics for san francisco,

oakland and san jose. you'll find that on our website abc7 news.com. com >> this giant firefighting helicopter has been a big asset to cal fire this year. so why is it taking off for the season tonight? i'm cornell barnard. we'll explain. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. get ready to go from sunshine and warmth of today to showers for the weekend. i'll have the timeline coming up when abc7 news at 6:00

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and will not reopen until 5 a.m. on monday.altrs is replacing the cordilleras creek bridge, the northbound lanes of 101 will have their own weekend closure. that'll happen in mid-october. >> happening today, it's the last day on duty for two major fire fighting aircraft that are unlike any others. cal fire is ending its contract for two giant fire fighting choppers on the eve of what's traditionally a dangerous month for wildfires . october. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is in santa rosa to explain why. yeah this could be a real milestone for this year's fire season. >> it's almost departure time for this giant firefighting helicopter. you see here this sky crane is taking off for the season tonight along with another chopper in napa. cal fire says the contract is up and this year's fire season has not been that bad, but it's not over yet when it comes to battling

wildfires, no other firefighting helicopter can beat the sikorsky skycrane. >> it's a great asset, especially with the capacity and the turnaround times getting to the fire from the dip sites and where they can dip lots of lakes, rivers, streams, the mega chopper station at the santa rosa cal fire air base can carry more than 2000 gallons of water and replenish tanks in under a minute. >> equally impressive is this military grade chinook helitanker based in napa county . it can dump 2800 gallons of water on a wildfire. the cal fire says this summer the choppers responded to a combined 121 incidents, mostly vegetation fires. but now the state's lease contract on both aircraft is ending for the season. >> this specific aircraft is on a 90 day contract. today is the end of contract. >> we asked why, when october is historically a dangerous month for wildfires across the bay

area. >> it's been fairly slow, you know, with the late with the wet winter. it started off slow. so we're still not totally out of the woods, but it's been a slower season. >> the chief says there's been just one red flag fire warning this season. cal fire says it remains at peak staffing to fight wildfires with 16 air bases across northern california. >> we do have bases set up, so we have aerial resources able to respond anywhere within 20 minutes of the state. these mega choppers may be lifting off for the season, but cal fire says they'll return here if they're needed this fall. we absolutely have the option to bring them back onto contract. >> but for now, cal fire is confident it can do without the choppers. this season on this guy craig. behind me is heading back to its base in yuba city, then to the east coast to do some construction work. it is unclear if the choppers will return next fire season. we'll see in santa rosa, cornell, bernard, abc seven news. >> yeah, some good news there for this fire season and

hopefully it lasts, right? yeah. >> and there's even some raindrops in the forecast now. we're checking in with abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel. hey sandhya. >> hi there. yeah. and julian and karina, you know the good news about any rain that we get around this time of year, is it just adds moisture to the fuels, which helps to reduce our fire danger. so at this point, we'll take anything we can get. and we do have some rain coming. good evening to all of you. let's take a look at at live doppler seven right now. the storm track, you will notice, is in the pacific northwest and that's where it's going to stay for the time being. but that's going to change come this weekend. we're going to bring in the opportunity for some wet weather. a live view from our san jose camera. enjoy the sun while it lasts. here's a look at those temperatures. 76 in san jose, 66 in san francisco, oakland, you're at 69, mid 70s for palo alto and 61 in half moon bay. a lovely view from our oakland airport camera. you can see just clear conditions right now. temperatures in the mid to upper 70s from napa to santa

rosa, low 80s. fairfield, concord, 76 in livermore by the way, while most areas were between 60s to 80s fairfield hit 90 degrees today. so most areas in the bay area were about seasonal, but fairfield above average golden gate bridge camera showing you a gentle breeze and bright skies increase in clouds, windy and cooler. tomorrow much cooler for your saturday. we're going to bring in some scattered showers and sunny and much warmer weather is coming your way next week. tomorrow morning, only a few patches of fog. temperatures in the 50s, a few high clouds as well. it'll be breezy to gusty along the coastline. and then you will notice those temperatures coming down. not quite as warm as today. mid 60s to low 80s. still pleasant for your friday, but the cloud cover will be pretty much increasing throughout the day. can't rule out a couple of sprinkles later on at night, but the winds will be picking up tomorrow, getting gustier by the afternoon hours. those onshore winds will continue in the evening and that's going to bring us the cooler air level one storm system. on our exclusive abc

seven news storm impact scale comes in saturday. it brings us scattered showers which will certainly create slick roadways for any of your weekend plans. so be aware of that, those gusty winds and a slight possibility of thunder. here's the system that's going to drop down. that trough is going to deepen over california. and as it does, it'll drive some moisture into the region, bring much cooler air, that's for sure. so let's start your animation saturday morning, 3 a.m. you will notice some pockets of heavier showers there in the northern part of our viewing area, scattered lighter showers elsewhere. those showers will continue to be scattered in nature. at 7 a.m. in the afternoon and evening, we have another batch coming right through here. and then by the early morning hours, wee hours of sunday, it's all gone and the clouds start to clear from north to south. rainfall estimates will be anywhere from a few hundredths of an inch to about a quarter of an inch. but there will be some spots such as clear lake, possibly fairfield, that may pick up more than that. so stay tuned. i do want to show you the snowfall potential in the sierra above 8000ft. so not

at lake level. lake level, you're getting rain. there's a possibility of a few inches of snow this weekend. here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast it and it's a cooler windier day tomorrow but still nice dropping those temperatures look at inland highs going from low 80s to low 70 at best. so saturday is one of those sweater weather days. need the umbrellas level one system with those showers and then we'll turn those temperatures around on sunday. but it will be a windy one. warmth starts to enter the picture we bring in almost summer like warmth, even though it's autumn warmth midweek. carina and julian, we're talking about low 90s inland, mid 70s coast side. i mean, it's just going to be warm to hot. okay. >> yeah. sea salt out here big time. >> yes. yeah yeah. it's like swinging in both directions as sandia. thank you. a trailblazing ballerinas film project debut is set in oakland and shines a light on the housing crisis in the bay area. the short film flower features misty copeland, who in 2015 became the first ever african american woman principal dancer

at the prestigious american ballet theater. copeland joined us today on getting answers at 3 p.m. to talk about flower. and she says it was created with artists from the bay area. >> raphael saadiq composed the music who's from oakland. rich and tony, who are in credible, you know, world renowned choreographers from richmond, babatunji johnson, who is, you know, dances with alonzo king's lines and has lived in the bay for a long time. and then the turf dancers that, you know, are really, i think, bringing the oakland vibe and, you know, and helping to tell the story of what oakland is going through. >> flower uses dance and movement to convey the story with the only voices in the film. those of three unhoused people, all the oakland ballet company is helping present a special screening of the film. it's tomorrow at 7 p.m. at oakland's paramount theater. tickets are still available and can be found at oakland ballet

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prices came down from recent highs. markets are still rocky amid threats of a government shutdown and fears of rising interest rates. the dow closed at 33,666, up 116 points. the nasdaq gained 108. the s&p 500 added 25. a victory for fast food workers in california. they will soon be paid at least $20 an hour under a law just signed by governor gavin newsom. the pay bump goes into effect on april 1st. california's current minimum wage is $15.50 an hour on january first, that will go up another $0.50. there are more than half a million fast food workers in california. >> if you are waiting to fill up that gas tank, do not do it because prices are jumping in san francisco, triple a says it went from 581 yesterday to 603 today. that's an increase of $0.22 overnight. california gas averages 603 per gallon nationwide. the average is 383

nationwide. again, in california , we're looking at $632.20 less. the difference got governor gavin newsom fired up on national tv reporter leo stallworth from our sister station in los angeles shows you what the governor wants to do about it. >> they're screwing us. >> governor gavin newsom ripping oil companies for skyrocketing gas prices. >> when you add the gas tax, you add cap and trade and you add the low carbon fuel standards and then periodically add. and i'm i'm being as transparent as i can be. and you add our unique blend, you get a differential around $0.85 that you can justify, not $2.06. the governor's office issuing this letter calling for refineries to pump out the more cost effective winter blend of gasoline a few weeks ahead of schedule to lower prices at the pump. >> the governor's office did the same thing last year in the face of absurdly high gas prices, we expect to see those prices begin to decline over the course of

the next few weeks. >> it was a process that unfolded last year in prior years it was more acute, but the bottom line is what we're trying to understand is this delta between the national average and what you're paying at the pump here on average in the state as of yesterday, i haven't gotten this morning's numbers $2.06 and there's no justification for that. >> they use the shortage of summer blend as an excuse to raise prices. >> the consumer watchdog agency saying california lawmakers should work to prevent refineries from selling the expensive summer blend of gasoline overseas, depleting supply. >> they're shipping our gas to guatemala and el salvador, where they don't need our environmentally sensitive fuel. and they're getting less for it. they're and when they do that, that drives up the gas available for california. they do that because they know they can charge more if there's less gas here for the 91, it's six, $6 and 70. >> gas prices increasing more

than a dime since yesterday, driving a dagger into the wallets of drivers. >> it's ridiculous to me. >> leo stallworth, abc7 news. >> coming up, we show you a project that's about building a better bay area. it's part of a plan to end homeless camps in the bay area's biggest city. >> plus, i'm liz landers on capitol hill with details on this looming government shutdown

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there are just three days to the deadline to pass a bill to fund the government without a deal. a shutdown could start on sunday. so far, republicans who control the house have not passed any sort of funding bills to keep the federal government afloat. >> reporter liz landers is in washington, d.c. with a look at what's holding up. negotiate >> congress barreling towards a government shutdown as time continues to run out to strike a deal. house speaker kevin mccarthy is now negotiating with senate republicans and democrats . that's to add border provisions to the senate's own stopgap funding measure to keep the government open.

>> i've talked this morning to some democratic senators over there that are more aligned with what we want to do. they want to do something about the border. >> one of the loudest voices blocking mccarthy from passing a short term spending bill is far right. florida congressman matt gaetz. and those tensions reportedly boiled over in a closed door meeting with the speaker. >> my frustration is that we're a $33 trillion in debt running $2 trillion annual deficits with no real end in sight. that's my frustration. >> congressional democrats on the offense criticizing the gop for holding an impeachment inquiry on joe biden just two days before the government shuts down, pointing out the financial pain a closure would cost republican constituents and chairman komer's district republicans shut down will cost 8937 of his constituents their paychecks. >> in jim jordan's district, republicans shut down will cost 3939 of his constituents their paychecks and millions of federal workers could potentially lose pay, a prospect

that is already worrying military families like the kerridges, who have a daughter with health issues. >> the question has really become what can we get rid of? >> who can we borrow money from in order to do what we need to keep her alive? >> we are american workers and we want to do our job. it's congress that's locking us out of our job. we want to go do our job. >> speaker mccarthy telling reporters that he has still not spoken with president biden about funding the government. the white house says that house republicans will get full blame for a government shutdown on capitol hill. liz landers, abc news house republicans are making the case for pursuing an impeachment inquiry against president biden. >> they launched their first hearing today with testimony from outside experts and tax law , criminal investigations and constituted final legal theory. republican leaders admit they don't have any hard evidence right now, but they have accused president biden of being

involved in improper foreign business dealings with his son, hunter. >> the house oversight committee will examine over two dozen pieces of evidence revealing joe biden's corruption and abuse of public office. >> if the republicans had a smoking gun or even a dripping water pistol, they would be presenting it today. but they've got nothing on joe biden since the gop took control of the house in january, several key committees have subpoenaed and investigated hunter biden's foreign business dealings deals. >> now a story about building a better bay area. hotel just steps away from the sap center. the aptly named the arena hotel will now house 89 formerly homeless residents of san jose. abc7 news south bay reporter dustin dorsey talked with one resident who's benefiting from having a stable place to call home. the city of san jose and mayor matt mehan say they are inching closer to ending the era of encampments. >> thursday, a celebration of 89 more units of safe and dignified

emergency interim housing in the form of the converted arena hotel. >> these immediate solutions have proven their effectiveness this year, year over year. we have seen more than a 10% drop in unsheltered homelessness in the city of san jose. >> to further build on that goal, this site was funded by voter approved measure e dollars as well as more than $20 million from california's project homekey. other converted hotels in san jose, including the surestay, have seen a host of issues under their non profit operators. but b ramos, with arena's on site operator home first, says they have seen success for residents at their other locations, thanks to on site staff and case managers. >> they're all trained in crisis . de-escalation, harm reduction , housing first. and they also offer workshops that are tailored towards individuals becoming self sufficient and making that next journey to permanent housing. >> a look inside the property shows what residents can expect upon move in hot meals provided daily private rooms with

bathrooms and showers, a mini fridge and most importantly, a place to lay their head at night in a safe environment, residents are able to get a room through a referral system and as of reopening day, all 89 units are at capacity. where would you be without a place like this? >> i really, really been like homeless, like shifting from place to place. like i was like not having any stable environment, no meals, nothing like literally fending for myself every day. so a place like this is a lifesaver. >> yeah, it is. mayor mehan says this is what it's all about. providing residents with a home that's stable, safe and gets people connected to services. >> arena hotel represents that for 89 more people in our community, 50 of whom we just helped move out of the guadalupe creek area into this site where they have that that sense of security and privacy tsay and stability in san jose. >> dustin dorsey, abc7 news. >> coming up, meet people in the bay area working to destigmatize stuttering. >> i think as a stuttering

movement we just have such a big opportunity to ride this wave of disability pride. >> next we'll show you the work they're doing. it's a first look at our newest abc seven originals documentary

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million people worldwide live with a stutter. president biden has been open about his lifelong struggle as well. >> and for many, it can be isolating and also debilitating . but for some, they are speaking up. we highlight these amazing people on our new abc seven originals documentary, more than my stutter. when i talk in accents, i don't really stutter. >> there would be some times when i was studying abroad where i pretended i was from, um, england. and i spoke with a british accent because i wouldn't stutter. policy. i've policy most of my job is actually facilitate eating and organizing

around coalitions.. when hear me stutter, i don't shy away from it as much as i did before. i was out about it growing up with a stutter, i felt very alone in my experience . it was a very lonely childhood in that way. i was very outgoing , like inside myself. i like always wanted to contribute in class and speak up and share my voice. but there was always that thought in my head of like, you want to say something? but but you stutter. there was always that. but the way i kind of battled with my stutter is i would just pretend it didn't exist. it i think i was so desperate to have for friends

growing up as anyone would as a child going to college. i went to uc santa barbara. it was just a change. i really needed to really expand my wings in ways i wasn't given the opportunity. be . there was one time that i stuttered on the phone. >> i was working at a school and i called someone's grandparent that i was working with a student, and i stuttered on the phone and i was trying really hard to hide it. and he was like making fun of me and how i was talking. i hung up the phone and i was like, i think i need support for this part of my life . the idea of hiding it so that i wouldn't be judged, so that i wouldn't be teased or bullied was the goal. and i just wanted to kind of slip into the crowd and be like everybody else. yes i got older and in my mid 20s i decided that i needed to change my relationship to it and find

more acceptance. and so i've been on that journey ever since i started stuttering at the age of about four. as a young person , i felt that stuttering was going to get in the way of what i wanted to do, who i wanted to be, what i wanted to be. i wanted to be a filmmaker since i was about 14. so i started making films when i was in high school, like shorts and music videos, little documentaries and the type of filmmaking that i do currently is narrative and currently i'm making a documentary for my friend nina g. the stand up comedian. i'm doing a concert film slash documentary of her show stutter interrupted. >> i'm really happy to be here in pleasanton with all of you. give it up for yourself, please. yes. pleasant ten. >> what i always say is you should never pity me for having dyslexia or for stuttering or for having a disability. >> but you can pity me for going to catholic school with those things. in the 1980s, it wasn't so fun.

stand up is i introduce it, i talk about it. what i tell people is i stutter and you're just going to have to wait for all my brilliant ideas and i find the audience, it takes them a while at first. sometimes they think i'm faking it and i have some jokes about that. people think that i'm fake stuttering like it's for the comedic effect , but because what helps comedy timing more than a stutter? yeah, that's i wanted to be a stand up comic ever since i was 11 years old, when i was around 70. i mean, the dream died because i was like, i'm not fluent. you got to be fluent to do this. i started to stutter when i was eight years old, and that was about the same time that i was first identified as having a learning dis ability. so kind of both of those identities are kind of intertwined. and the combination of the dyslexia and the stutter

had a really big impact on me and you can hear more about her story in our abc7 originals documentary, more than my stutter. >> it's available on abc7 news .com and wherever you stream abc7 news, we may see some wet weather this weekend and sandhya has the details in her seven day forecast. >> that's i'm quite harmless, really. and when people ask, “but aren't you linked to dangerous flu complications, like pneumonia, heart attack, and hospitalizations?” i just say, “but, i'm just the flu.” it's him!

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and the first ever a golden bachelor. this has a lot of people talking. 71 year old gary turner is the golden bachelor. the widower from indiana decided to take his search for love to national tv at the urging of his daughters and granddaughters. you see here, he talked about how he handled what's often one of the more intimate times during the bachelor and bachelorette series. >> all too often, people think of the fantasy suites as the boom boom room, at least for me, it was the time when i developed connections on an intellectual and emotional level. >> 22 women ages 60 to 75, will compete to win gary's heart. the

long awaited bachelor in paradise premieres tonight. >> also, fans will get a chance to follow former bachelors as they explore another attempt to find love. >> expect the unexpected per usual. you don't know who's showing up. you don't know who's going to end up together. you don't know where the drama is coming from. any advice on bachelor nation alums or someone close to you? >> any guys from our season going on the beach? oh i have. from one guy and he. and you know what? it's tough. we already really know. it's just be honest and communicate. why did you decide to go to paradise after everything that happened on your season? >> i know. i think it was definitely a decision i didn't take lightly, but i do know that it does work. >> the cast will enjoy a secluded, dreamy paradise in mexico. the golden bachelor premieres at 8 p.m. bachelor in paradise comes on at 9:00. and stay with us for abc seven news at 11. >> okay. so get into the bachelor cinematic universe tonight there. yeah. >> bachelor doubt, right?

>> let's get a check on the forecast now with sandhya to see what the weather is looking like for the next few days. yeah, and karina and julian, it is going to be changing as we head into the next couple of days. let's look at a live picture. beautiful view as we look from emeryville camera right now. good air quality the next three days for any outdoor plans live doppler seven showing you the absence of rain but that's going to be changing come this weekend . tomorrow afternoon, it's windier, it's cloudier and it's cooler. mid 60s to low 80s as we head into saturday. big drop off in those temperatures. forget about 80s. i mean, it's going to be 60s 70s and then sunday, those temperatures recover. so we do have some showers in the forecast. it's a light level one for saturday, very scattered in nature. you're good to go for any outdoor plans. it'll be dry on sunday and then warming trend gets underway in a big way, middle of next week. so julian and karina get ready for some changes. that's pretty hot for october. yeah it's going to be warmer than average, that's for sure. okay. yeah, we'll take it. >> all right. turning our

attention now to j.r. stone, who has a look at sports tonight, just warming it up. >> who says thursdays aren't a big sports day? not this guy. we are in countdown mode for the 40 niners showdown with the cardinals on sunday. we'll hear what george kittle had to say after practice today. that is up next in sports you got two jacks. and then my grand slam. i signed a ball for you. okay. and it says papa i love you. why did you do that? because you've taught me everything about baseball. oh hunny bunny, that's so sweet. (♪) (♪)

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officially eliminated yesterday . so we go to the next best thing, the san francisco 49 ers. we are now just three days away from 40 niners cardinals at levi's stadium. and believe it or not but niners tight end george kittle has yet to score a touchdown. that is a fact that even though the team has scored 30 points in each game kittle talked about that saying the best is yet to come with this offense. they are still grinding better on third downs. >> i think is the number one thing that we were looking at. i think the last two weeks were like one of 6 or 1 of seven in the red zone or on their side of the 50 on third downs. and to win a lot of games in this league, it scored touchdowns. so we're going to try to be better at that. i think we had a really good practice today on third downs. everybody was, you know, getting their depth, attacking the ball purdy was on. so we're just going to continue continually try to get better at that. >> as for the raiders, jimmy garoppolo, the former 40 niners qb, turned raider, may not be able to play sunday in la. he remains in concussion protocol

after taking some big hits in last week's loss to the steelers . if jimmy g. can't go, no fear, though, because former niner brian hoyer, who has played for eight teams and has not won an nfl start since 2016, could be the man in that. or rookie aidan o'connell from purdue, who has yet to be activated for an actual regular season game. but good luck to him. the warriors media day is monday as the nba season starts in less than a month time. sure does fly. and besides the finals, we hope another big event could be coming soon on the athletic is reporting that the nba is nearing plans to have the all star game at chase center in 2025. i've got to words bout time team. the warriors hosted the all star game in 2000 in oakland but in that time los angeles has been a host three times. finally what appears to be some bay area love. speaking of chase center oakland native devin haney will headline the first ever boxing event there on december 9th. haney will attempt

to take the wbc light heavyweight title. tickets go on sale next week. haney is trying to become a two time weight champion, moving up from 135 pounds to 140, putting his undefeated 32 zero record on the line and is looking forward to being part of boxing in the bay . >> i'm happy that i'm able to bring, you know, big boxing back to where i'm from and, you know, give the people something. you know, we have the warriors, you know, the warriors are doing well. but i mean, the bay area is doing great in the boxing world as well. so you know, i want to show them that. and i want to, you know, give, give, give back to my people. the a's up in minnesota. >> is that you, larry? i'm kidding. tied at one in the seventh. twins with bases loaded, loses lucas erceg said, nope. gets former giant donovan solano to end the inning top of the eighth. ryan noda. oh my lord that ball is gone. the 16th homer of the year. he is a very

strong man. the a's win 2 to 1 and will finish the season in l.a. against the angels. the giants were off that is sports. can you believe it? baseball coming to a close. love it or hate it. it is almost all about football and almost basketball. >> basketball hockey. too soon, right? yeah >> guess we got that too. i just can't believe we're already at the end of baseball. >> i know, but a lot of football coming right here to abc7 news. a lot of monday night football monday. good >> good promo. >> there we go. a lot to look forward to. we appreciate it. thank you. j.r. well, coming up tonight on abc seven at eight catch the premiere as we told you of the golden bachelor that at nine it's bachelor in paradise. so you'll want to stick with us after that for abc seven news at 11. and remember abc seven news is streaming 24 over seven. >> you can get the abc seven bay area app and join us whenever you want, wherever you are. and that's it for this edition of abc seven news. i'm karina nova. >> and i'm julian glover for sandy patel, j.r. stone and the entire abc seven news team. make it a great night. we'll see you

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