ask your asthma specialist about dupixent. ♪ a sixth day of war between israel and hamas. both sides appear to be digging in for a long fight ahead. now at five, we're going to hear from survivors safely back in the united states after a music festival in israel came under attack last weekend, preparing for the big one. >> we are taking a look at a state of the art earthquake simulator this morning. the great california shakeout day is just around the corner now and more pushback on the portola music festival. >> the east bay area community demanding the event be restructured or are to never return to san francisco's bayview neighborhood. good morning. it is thursday, october 12th. >> yes, i'm going to start the check of our forecast with lisa. >> yeah, good morning, everybody

. we are starting out with clear sky. no fog out there at all. nice day on the way. a few high clouds will visit us later on today. the winds are still up there, still breezy in the upper elevations. so got to keep that in mind for elevated fire danger for the morning hours. 11 degrees cooler in oakland. it is 14 degrees cooler in half moon bay. and here's a look at those upper elevations, winds that are quite gusty. by the afternoon, they'll be more onshore and those upper elevation winds will dial back. so upper 40s in the north bay, otherwise 50s around the bay with clear sky. we'll get some higher clouds in by parts of the afternoon early on. and then later on again. but high temperatures will reach the 80s in our warmest inland valleys, dropping off through the upper 70s at about 4:00. so we'll see. pretty nice day today. a typical autumn day on the way. a cold front to timeout and talk about for your friday into saturday and that eclipse viewing. >> gloria good morning, lisa. we are continuing to follow a sig

alert this morning this is on the richmond-san rafael bridge. and you may remember that deadly crash that we were following the last few days. well, the three right lanes are still blocked right now and they're not allowing any wide load vehicles on the bridge. so you can take highway 37 to get into marin county. they're expecting it will reopen next thursday, october 19th. and here's a look at your drive time traffic right now it is slow on westbound 580 from tracy to dublin. that will take you 40 minutes. >> thank you, gloria. developing news now on the war in israel. right now the country is stepping up its offensive in gaza after this weekend's violent terrorist attacks by hamas militants. the united nations humanitarian office says more than 300,000 civilians have been displaced in gaza with little access to food or water. israel says military is says it's actively targeting hamas terror sites while amassing ground troops near the gaza strip. us secretary of state antony blinken is in israel.

he's meeting with officials there to see what kind of help the us can provide. it's estimated as many as 600 americans are currently in gaza. the white house says a total of 25 americans have died and at least 17 others are missing since the violence erupted over the weekend. when you add in the deaths being reported by israel and in gaza, the total is at least 2300, with thousands more injured. >> this attack was a campaign of pure cruelty, not just hate cruelty. my commitment is your security. and the safety of the jewish people is unshakable. the united states has israel's back , and i have yours as well, both at home and abroad. >> yesterday, israel formed a war cabinet which likely signals this could be a long conflict with hamas. >> we have an update from a san francisco businessman who's been in israel since the war started

on saturday. manny yekutiel owns manny's in san francisco, and he was visiting family when the fighting broke out. he spoke with abc seven news reporter tim johns. >> the people who are going into this war, i mean, there are parts of these communities. i was with my cousin yesterday who's my age. he was 34 years old, who's gay and who owns a coffee shop just like me. and he's getting ready to go into war for manny is currently in tel aviv, but was about 30 miles from the gaza border when hamas militants started the assault over the weekend. >> he ascribed he described he and his relatives as having to go from partying to hiding in a bomb shelter with young kids as the town was targeted by missiles. manny says he's not sure when he might be able to come back to san francisco, but he says while he's heard from some local san francisco politicians, he's heard nothing from the federal government and is trying to make plans on his own. the us state department says it is actively communicating with american citizens who are stuck in israel

and frantically trying to find ways to come home. major airlines are suspending flights to and from israel. gloria at the live desk now with one california man's story. >> good morning, kumasi. yes, we want to tell you about roy burstein. roy burstein was at the music festival in israel when the attacks started. at first, he and his cousins were all smiles. you can see the pictures right there. and then the photo shows smoke in the background. he had to run to survive. left everything behind yesterday day, he reunited with his father at lax. his father was on the phone with him when the attack started. and then all communication was cut off. >> if i was on the line with him and then the phone hang up. no signal. i didn't know where him like eight hours maybe. i didn't know where is my kids? i believe if the worst happened and i got separated from my family, you know, we went something like

five cousins. >> we came all back. so we're happy for that. and it was an emotional reunion. >> roy says he is still in shock and confused by everything that happened, but he says he is thankful to be back in los angeles. and now safe. >> kumasi thank you, gloria and make sure you stay with abc7 news for the latest on the conflict in the middle east. we're posting live updates along with deeper coverage on the types of shockwaves being felt here at home. just search abc7 news bay area. >> mayor london breed is asking her administrate ation to propose mid-year budget cuts of at least 3% from san francisco's general fund. in a statement she said city hall, quote, simply cannot wait until next year's budget process to begin to address our growing structural deficit. officials estimate the deficit could reach at least $500 million by the 2025 2026 fiscal year. the city continues to struggle to fully recover from the pandemic, according to the chronicle. the mayor told

departments to submit cost saving ideas by the end of the month. >> san francisco and alameda officials met to possibly keep the portola music festival alive despite noise complaints. after the recent festival at pier 80. the city of alameda asked for the event to be stopped or for new measures to be taken to reduce noise. but after the meeting yesterday in alameda, spokesperson told our media partners at the san francisco standard quote, our staff will continue to work in partnership with festival organizers and the san francisco entertainment commission to understand what happened and what additional steps can be taken to mitigate this ambient sound in the future . >> happening today, getting ready before the next big one, the state's office of emergency services is setting up an earthquake simulator in the bay area today. it comes ahead of next week's great california shakeout preparedness drill. abc7 news reporter lena howland live at san francisco state where the simulator is available for people to try today. lena >> hey, ritchie, good morning to you. and that's right. we are

live right now at san francisco state university where cal oes has set up an earthquake simulator specific for students to test out today. so right now, we are joined by john goodell. he's a spokesperson for cal oes and john, just set the scene for us. tell us a little bit about what's going on today and why this earthquake simulator is so important. >> yeah, so this is a second stop on a seven city statewide tour that we're doing. we're going up and down the state and making sure everybody gets prepared for the next big earthquake. they can come out here, ride the earthquake simulator, get some earthquake preparedness materials, some giveaways. we'll be out here till 1:00 today. okay >> and i think our newsroom might show a little bit of video of this of what this earthquake simulator actually looks like. i know we're going to be testing this out ourselves with you in the next half hour. but tell me a little bit about what students will feel and see when they get in this. >> yeah, so it's significant shaking. it's a magnitude 7.0. so to equate that, it was a 6.9 and loma prieta in 1989. in san francisco. so it's significant shaking. this simulator itself,

you can sit down, there's handles. so it is safe. and all the students should come out and try it out. >> and what is the one lesson you would like students to take away from this? i know there's three things that you should do if you feel an earthquake drop, cover and hold on. >> so this all leads up to the great california shakeout. so if you feel significant shaking, make sure you drop underneath something sturdy. cover your head and hold on tight. >> okay? and then why come to san francisco state university? why is it important for our students to hear this message and to actually feel it themselves? >> yeah, well, the students really, you know, i don't think they really comprehend that, you know, earthquakes are challenging thing. and sometimes the recovery is difficult. so come out here, try out the simulator, get prepared for the next earthquake. >> okay. all right. well, john, thank you so much for joining us. in the next half hour, we're going to test out this earthquake simulator for ourselves so you can see it happening live right now here at san francisco state university. that's coming up in the next half hour. for now, reporting live in san francisco, i'm lena howland, abc seven news. >> lena, thank you. and make

sure that you have a kit. have a plan. make sure that you're informed about what to do in case of an earthquake. if you need help, check out abc7 news.com slash prepare nor-cal. >> all right, good morning to you. there's a look at live doppler seven where the clouds are going up and over a ridge of high pressure. we will have a few high clouds today. but right now, kurt, look at the temperatures. look at all those 40s standing up 49 in fremont as well as gilroy, 46 in santa rosa , 47. san ramon, 54, san francisco. it is a cooler start this morning. we have some gusty upper level winds that you can see are out of the north over 20 miles an hour in the north bay, even the east foothills. so elevated fire danger for the next few hours before these subside. and we see an onshore flow that sea breeze coming back into play. here's a look at we can expect today. you can see some higher clouds throughout the morning hours. and then mostly sunny, a band of more high clouds throughout the afternoon. but overall, we'll keep it mostly sunny. partly

cloudy at times. there's a look at a cold front that's going to move through friday night and it may obscure our eclipse viewing partial eclipse begins at 805 and the maximum eclipse is at 920. but with those clouds around, it's going to be kind of tricky out there. so you can check it out. always a great time to check that out. but we will have some of the mid-level clouds. there's a look at the high clouds, 75 in oakland today, 80 a touch warmer today with a few 80s in the north bay. and into the east bay. and then a bit of a cooldown with that cold front tomorrow. reggie >> thank you, lisa. a new attraction at google's mountain view campus still ahead, a look inside of the new visitor experience center. >> and sky seven was overhead. a high speed chase that took a dramatic turn when the getaway car crashed on the highway. what happened when the suspects took off on foot and a chance to weigh in on the name for the bay

i lost control just past the rockridge bart station hit a median, skidded across the freeway. police were closing in. three people got out of the vehicle and tried to run. officers immediately caught one of them, but two escaped by jumping off the freeway. there was an extensive search, but afterward they were tracked down and arrested in a nearby neighborhood. oakland police say the vehicle was wanted in connection with a shooting in old oakland. a longtime business is set to close cafe 817 posted on its instagram page that after 30 years, it is planning to shut down next month. the post says the decision is a combination of factors from the pandemic to crime and rising costs and fewer customers. as the cafe's last day will be. saturday, november 11th. >> across the bay in san francisco, linkedin is trying to make use of its vacant office space. the company put its top

five stories of its 26 story building on the sublease market. according to our media partners at the san francisco standard, the 63,000 square foot space is available through december of 2027. sunny vale based linkedin is one of many tech employers. subleased office space in the city as workers continue to stay at home. another iconic san francisco restaurant has announced it is closing its doors for good. the north beach restaurant, aptly named for its neighborhood location on the corner of columbus and stockton , blames the city's drop in tourism and conventions for its declining business. the italian eatery has served as a gathering place for locals, politicians, artists and executor lives for more than 50 years. the north beach restaurant will officially close in december. laurie thomas, who's the executive director of the golden gate restaurant association, says making ends meet has been tough for restaurants across the city , especially since the pandemic . >> with all of the costs going up for utilities, the garbage

charge, the electricity, the water going up 9% across the board for all of these vendors, each each at the start of this year, combined with the food costs, the wine costs, the gas costs for deliveries. when you continue to lose money, you can't operate a business to help give restaurants a boost. >> the golden gate restaurant association has extended restaurant week next month to hopefully draw in visitors in town for san francisco's apec conference. restaurant week will run november third through the seventh. gray will also hold special ticketed dining events during that time. >> the newly announced w nba expansion team coming to the bay area will start to play in 2025 at chase center and there has been a lot of hype. but the question remains what is the team going to be called? so now you can weigh in on that at the chronicle is collecting suggestions from the public and it's going to round up the most common responses. now one thing to think about is keeping the golden state branding or including something more

regional, like in bay area. >> we've already done it, say it, bay area baddies, that's the name. >> y'all got the suggestions already? you're okay with it? you came up with that. >> that's a really good name, but i've been looking on like the comments on social media on abc7, bay area. >> people really have good names . this is a good. yeah. really like people have like lists. they make sense. they have thought it through. do we have a lot of creativity here and don't ask us right. >> just read the comments. >> i mean honestly. >> yeah. >> people have put lists. i'm like, oh yeah, that's good too. >> and bay area baddies is at the top. >> bay area baddies was on that list too. >> it was. i'm gonna put it on, put that on there. >> oh good. so there support right there listening. >> where's that bad boy this morning. you're not here. good morning everybody. >> he's being a baddie. >> yeah we are going to enjoy another day where we'll have a good deal of sun. >> slightly warmer temperatures mixed in with some higher clouds . and as we look at live doppler

seven cloud cover offshore until late tomorrow when we get a cold front that's going to visit us, temperatures down to the mid 40s up in ukiah, 55, san francisco, 45 half moon bay. you can see some of the 40s here from napa, vallejo, san ramon and livermore. so certainly cooling off kind of typical for mid-october. looking at breezy winds in the hills this morning they'll dial back. we'll get that onshore flow and that fire danger becomes less of a concern but still quite gusty up in the hills, mostly sunny, some high clouds today. the shower chances really confined to the north bay as we get into late friday night. here is a look at what you can expect tomorrow where with some of that cloud cover, temperatures coming down a few degrees in our inland valleys. as we get into your saturday, this is the cooler day, 60 to 70. but by sunday, warming back up into the 80s. so if you're planning your weekend, sunday is the warmer day. waking up to maybe some clouds on saturday. this is friday night into early saturday. we're just a few

sprinkles are anticipated in the north bay 75 today. oakland, san mateo, 79 in san jose. look for 80 in san rafael and morgan hill and the accuweather seven day forecast a cooldown friday saturday maybe a few raindrops to the north. good morning gloria. >> good morning lisa. let's get started with a look at your traffic right now. we're getting a live look at our bay bridge toll plaza cam and traffic is moving smoothly across the span into the city right now. you can see on westbound 80 from the toll plaza to san francisco. it'll only take you 12 minutes. right now. and let's get a look at your maps. transit, we don't have any delays this morning. so that is some good news. kumasi. >> reggie, thanks, gloria. coming up, the seven things to know this morning, saving the monarch butterfly. >> the community in the hollywood hills is doing its part to help bring back the specie

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expected to take action to elect a speaker today. >> steve scalise has been chosen by house republicans but will need to garner the majority vote that needs to win the gavel. skeptical, skeptical gop colleagues are reluctant to give their support. >> number four, the $1.73 billion powerball jackpot. somebody won. it was not us. the winning ticket was sold in frazier park, california, and it is the second largest prize in lottery history. >> number four, the sierra got its first dusting of snow this season. this video is from yesterday at palisades tahoe. the resort officially opens for skiing november 22nd. that's beautiful. >> number five, we have some gusty upper elevation winds, then mostly sunny, a few high clouds in the afternoon. 71 san francisco look for about 79in san jose. and number six, we're continuing to follow a similar on the richmond-san rafael bridge. >> the three right lanes are still blocked this morning after that deadly crash. they're not allowing any wide load vehicles on the bridge. you can take

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two weeks ago, a southern california community is doing its part to help save endangered monarch butterflies. >> the species was near extinction in 2020, but their numbers are improving. neighbors in hollywood hills created a garden club to get people to find milkweed to help keep the butterflies alive. one resident got to small plants and ended up with two dozen caterpillars. milkweed is the only plant the monarch caterpillar will eat. >> it looks like an alien takeover there. at one point, when you had all of them just going to town on our plants, they literally chewed them to the nubs of the stalks. >> it's shocking that they've hit the endangered species list last year. we all need to take that additional step to support their populations by dedicating some of our real estate to them . >> us fish and wildlife says most breeding adult butterflies live about 2 to 5 weeks, but overwintering butterflies can live 6 to 9 months. new this morning, google is giving you a

chance to hang out on its mountain view campus like never before. >> the company just opened at 10,000 square foot visitor experience. abc7 news south bay. reporter dustin dorsey shows us everything it has to offer. google's campus was developed to re-envision the office experience for workers and now there's an all new way for visitors to interact with the tech giant. >> you really wanted to make a space where we can be together, where it s the mixture of the people who work at google as well as people who are our neighbors and people who inspire us. >> welcome to the google visitor experience. it's designed for the community to enjoy all google has to offer. so let's go on a tour beginning with the huddle space where you can network with others or take free workshops. >> the spaces the over here is available for local guests, faculty, local communities, all kinds of organizations can book the space as well. for local events. >> and after the event, you can stop by their cafe. google says it runs on coffee. you could sit

down and enjoy a cup or a treat. >> we have a variety of options that are designed to be very approachable, something that you could come in and if you're a part of the community, this this could become your local everyday breakfast stop. or you could meet friends here for lunch. >> but perhaps the most important piece of the google visitor experience is their first west coast brick and mortar store. in this room, you could learn to use and try out the latest google products from the new phones to watches to earbuds to have this space s for people to explore and touch and feel. >> all of our latest products is super exciting. >> ivy ross is google's vice president for design ux and research for hardware. she had a large hand in creating everything in this room and says this full experience concept really sets this space apart from anything google has done before. >> i think it will be an amazing experience for people to understand what google makes. they'll be able to actually see put things on your body, hold it in your hand, feel it, and to get all your questions answered

at the same time. i think it's a huge advantage and you could see it for yourself as the google visitor experience is now open in mountain view. >> dustin dorsey, abc7 news. >> as israel and hamas intensify their fighting, civilians on both sides of the border are scrambling for cover. i'm abc's justin finch with more on that and what the us is saying about hostages held captive by hamas. >> travis kelce and taylor swift are back in the headlines today, but this time for nothing to do with football or their alleged time to win is running out in our prize packed kick off the savings monopoly game! hurry in to play for your chance at over $25 million in prizes

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gaza. plus i mean, this is just chaos under the republican mismanagement at house lawmaker is set to choose a new speaker today. >> but does anyone have the votes to make it happen? small faction of resistance within the house republicans could keep congress at a standstill. good morning, everybody. it's thursday, october 12th. let's check in with the weather. >> hi, lisa. hey there, reggie kumasi. >> good morning to you. waking up to some chilly conditions. we've got temperatures in the 40s, upper 40s, fremont, oakland, 47 in napa, 54 in nevada with 55. downtown, 45 at half moon bay. so we are certainly anywhere from 11 to 14 degrees cooler from oakland to half moon bay everywhere. certainly a chill out there. i felt it. so grab the extra jacket. the heavier jacket, upper elevations still having some pretty gusty north winds. so we're highlighting this area . if you're headed out for a morning run, morning bike ride still elevated fire danger for

the morning hours and then we'll get back into some lighter winds as we go through the next couple of hours. it's sunny. then we'll see some higher clouds mid afternoon. we're in the low 70s downtown, mid 70s, inland and then throughout the afternoon a mixture of some sunshine, some high clouds, slightly warmer today with a few low 80s inland. good morning, gloria. >> good morning, lisa. let's get a check of your traffic right now. one of our busier spots right now is in emeryville. we're getting a live look right now at our highway 80 camera in emeryville ville. and if you look at our drive time here, if you take westbound 80 from highway four to the toll plaza, that will take you 22 minutes. and let's get a look at your drive times this morning. so far mostly looking pretty good except westbound 580 from tracy to dublin. that's usually one of our slower spots it is this morning as well. that will take you 40 minutes. >> developing news on the war in the middle east. civilians are scrambling for cover from the unrelenting airstrike fired from

israel and hamas. at least 2300 people have died, including at least 22 americans. the us has pledging military resources as families are waiting for any kind of word from their loved ones held in hamas custody. abc news reporter justin finch has that this morning. >> day six of israel's war with islamist militant group hamas. new israeli defense forces video showing its airstrikes shattering structures across gaza, it says are connected to terrorists and are striking what the idf calls a terrorist target in the sea. meantime in gaza, civilians struggling with an israeli imposed siege is blocking food and fuel into the hamas led territory. hospitals are at full capacity for families facing uncertainty. >> there is nothing that we can do even the place that i'm in right now is already almost out of water, almost out of food.

>> the idf accusing hamas of hiding its operations in civilian infrastructure as it mobilized more than 300,000 reservists and prepares for a ground incursion into gaza. though military officials say political leaders have not yet given them orders to proceed. the idf still uncovering death and destruction. they massacred everybody here, 112 residents of this kibbutz were were murdered . many families have now gone days without knowing where their loved ones are. this mother says her two teenagers are in hamas custody and she can't bear watching videos showing her son held hostage. >> my baby's like like like nothing holds by terrorists. it's not possible. can you imagine your child like that? >> president biden saying the us is working to help secure the

hostages release. >> folks, there's a lot we're doing a lot. we're doing. i have not given up hope. these folks home. >> national security spokesman john kirby says the administration is still gathering new information and hasn't yet made any decision on whether to send us troops into gaza to recover hostages. justin finch, abc news, washington. >> there are major concerns about misinformation being spread on social media about what's happening in the middle east. nearly all platforms are coping with misleading or unconfirmed reports. experts say recent layoffs at x, formerly known as twitter, could be playing a role in this. ceo elon musk laid off thousands of employees last year, including many who were responsible for detecting and addressing false claims. abc seven spoke with the san jose state tech expert who says it is critical to look at multiple sources before coming to a conclusion that something is true. >> and that source has to be something a source that is

trusted, trustworthy, you know, you know, a win known name that they know that they're going to be liable. there will be some issues if they start spreading bad news, whether it is, you know, you know that one about the war in the middle east or somewhere else. >> and it's not just x catching heat, the european union warned meta ceo mark zuckerberg about taking down misinformation in a timely manner. the war in israel has people concerned about rising racial tensions, even outside of the middle east. >> this is video from walnut creek on tuesday where a crowd was rallying in support of israel. it turned tense when a small group calling for the end of the israeli occupation of gaza showed up. abc7 news spoke with mark levine with the anti-defamation league. he says oftentimes after an attack in israel there is an uptick in anti-semitism. >> we've seen right now highest levels of anti-semitism that we've ever had in this nation globally, 1000 anti-semitic incidents occurred just over the

weekend in the uk, three times increase in france. >> muslim americans are also dealing with the rise in hate crimes and harassment. and the council on american islamic relations has pointed to vandalism of islamic centers and harassment of muslim students across the country. stay with abc seven news for live updates on the war in israel, including on social media. just search for abc seven news bay area developing news from capitol hill. >> republicans have nominated majority leader steve scalise to be speaker of the house, but will he have the 217 votes he needs to become speaker? gloria is at the live desk with an update on this. gloria. >> good morning, kumasi. here's the latest on this majority leader steve scalise received 113 votes. judicial chairman jim jordan, who was endorsed by donald trump, came up short with just 99. but until he wins, a majority of the votes in the full house, scalise will not become speaker. he can only afford to lose four republican votes. but at least one

congressman told reporters he will not back scalise and still supports jim jordan without a speaker. no new legislation can be introduced, no new bills can be voted on. the clock is ticking as another government shutdown deadline is looming at midnight on november 18th. scalise says the war between israel and hamas is giving urgency for the need for republicans to elect a speaker. >> the first order of business under speaker steve scalise is going to be bring a strong resolution expressing support for israel. abc news has learned that jim jordan is urging his colleagues to back scalise, but it still appears that he is short of the 217 votes needed to become speaker. >> reggie. thanks, gloria. >> happening today, getting ready for the next big earthquake. the state's office of emergency services is kicking off its annual earthquake awareness tour. so they have one of those simulators at san francisco state this morning. and guess who's in it? abc7 news

reporter lena howland. good morning, lena. >> hey, reggie. good morning. that's right, we are inside of the earthquake simulator set up right now at san francisco state university where all day long students will have the opportunity to try this out for themselves. i'm joined now by john goodell. he's a spokesperson with cal oes. john we are just about to test this out. can you tell us what we're about to experience here in a moment? >> yeah, this is going to be equivalent to a 7.0 magnitude earthquake. so it's going to be significant shaking. it's again, this is more like a universal studios ride, but if this were real life, you know, we're not going to have the ability to sit in a chair and hold on to the handle here. you're going to need a drop cover and hold on to protect yourself. so it's very important that people come out today and get earthquake prepared and try out the simulator. >> okay. all right, john, let's test it out. here we go. 7.0. i was told to hold on. here we go . so you can start to feel it.

move we're actually watching a little bit of a video inside of the earthquake simulator right now. little bit like an amusement park ride or like a universal studios type of ride. , how are you feeling in the middle of this? >> well, you can tell you have to imagine if this was your house right now, stuff would be falling off the walls. it's very unsafe. and so it's important that you protect yourself in the best way to do that is to get underneath a table, something sturdy and drop cover your head and then hold on until the shaking ends, which now it just did. but you have to assume also there's going to be aftershocks. so continue to stay under there until the shaking has completely ended. >> so in case you did not hear what he just said, that main lesson that he wants people to take away from this is if you do experience an earthquake, you're going to want to drop cover and

hold on. if in the event that you are in an earthquake. so we'll have more coming up in the next half hour. but for now, reporting live in san francisco, i'm lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you, lena. >> and in case you want some tips about how to get ready for the next earthquake, we have a tutorial for you on how to prepare a kit. just go to abc7 news.com slash prepare nor-cal. >> coming up, it is opening night for a play celebrating mexican tradition of dia de los muertos. we're going to give you a sneak peek behind the scenes. >> the halloween party in the castro making a return after nearly two decades. we have the details. but first to check on the weather with lisa. >> good morning to you. thursday morning, warm up today. mini one. we're going to mix in some high clouds. and as you look at live doppler seven, there, clouds are offshore and we've got some cooler temperatures. how about that 47 in san ramon as well as napa, 46. santa rosa, it is 49. oakland 55, san francisco. and we are looking at some of the high clouds, but a mostly sunny start to the day.

there's a band by mid afternoon and then you'll see a few more in the east bay. but as we widen the view first, cold front will impact parts of the north bay. this is about five, 6:00 tomorrow night. the second cold front coming in late friday and saturday. that will obscure our view for the eclipse. unfortunately, it's really going to favor the north bay. there's a weaker one for monday. so things getting pretty active to the north of us, but it translates to just maybe a few drops late friday into saturday in the north bay. we have a cooler saturday, a warmer sunday or a warmer thursday with 74 in richmond, 80 in santa rosa, as well as livermore and the accuweather seven day forecast that weak cold front favoring the north bay cooling us down tomorrow into saturday and the warmer day on sunday. looking like a nice week nex

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hilarious and heartwarming journey through the afterlife. abc seven news south bay reporter lauren martinez got us a sneak peek of what to expect. i cannot believe you're stuck in a mexican tradition is coming to life and death on stage. >> the play la muerte baila is a musical by san jose's teatro vision. wednesday night was their final dress rehearsal before opening night inside the mexican heritage plaza theater. >> this is really fun. so we've got a pachuco which, if you don't know, is a 3040s zoot suit. >> costume designer sharon pang said her work starts with research she felt honored to create looks from different regions of mexico and integrate that into a play about the holiday day of the dead. >> the time when you honor in public with everyone, it's

celebratory, right? it's a celebration of life. and that was a big, big thing for me is that i wanted color for everywhere artistic director rodrigo garcia said. >> with humor, they're able to talk about a heavy topic. >> one thing that happens in our society is that we are afraid to talk about death in the latinx culture, we do celebrate death as much as we celebrate life. >> one actor said. being part of this production connects him to his roots. >> because i grew up here in the states, i'm from oakland and i always wanted to keep my mother spirit alive. you know, and her costumes and culture and stuff. the show is described as a heartwarming story about remembrance. >> you know, like we all have someone in and that's that gets really emotional because we bring up the memories of those who departed it back into the space. >> yes, in a very respectful

way. and with with a lot of joy in the lobby, you'll get to see an exhibit of ofrenda, otherwise called altars. >> the first performance starts thursday and runs until october 22nd in san jose. lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> crocs is making sure your feet have the perfect fit for halloween with chocolate themed crocs. there are two different pairs selling for 60 bucks each. one is based on hershey's classic chocolate bar. its solid brown, and the other is based on reese's peanut butter cups. and it's orange. if crocs aren't your thing, starbucks is helping you spice up your seasonal wardrobe. uh- you just got on board with pumpkin spice. i got on board with the spice. i'm not trying to wear a varsity jacket, okay, but if you want to wear one, you can. it's going to cost you. i think it's like $300. oh so wow, you got money to burn. go for it. they look good,

though. >> they look very fall a little spice is always nice with psl on the back. >> i mean, you got to really love that drink. you know what i mean? like, really love it. >> not just the essence. like you taught me. >> know the essence is one pump, and that's all you mean one pump? >> okay, let's talk about this. the castro is preparing to revive its famed halloween party after 17 years. so the neighborhood has banned the celebration because nine people got shot back in 2006. thankfully no one was killed. but this time, the castro wants to ditch the rowdy street party in exchange for more family friendly events. so this new halloween is going to take place on october 28th. it's going to feature vibrant storefronts, face painting, pumpkin carving and pop up drag performances. >> ooh, that sounds fun. and we should emphasize, this is a day party, so don't show up at night thinking it's going to be like it was. >> it's not.

>> it's a danger. >> i love day parties. it's like, start early and then i can still get to sleep early. yeah. i love it. yeah. >> not lisa with it's a major. it's a major danger. >> lisa it is what it is. >> thank you. >> you came up with that too fast. you have been to 1 or 10 movies? >> yeah. maybe. been different. dangerous. more time. good morning, everybody. we're starting out with a clear sky for most four mile visibility, though for you along the peninsula where there is a little bit of fog. there it is 52 in pacifica, 45 in half moon bay. so it's not a lot of fog, but enough there that may slow you down. 50 foster city. look at all the 40s though. 48 in palo alto as well as napa and dublin with 49 in livermore. so certainly a pretty cool october standards though this is what we do breezy in the hills this morning so a bit of elevated fire danger. mount diablo, mount tam, the upper elevations

certainly in the north bay and then those will dial back throughout the late morning hours. sunshine, a few high clouds today, chance of showers , we'll call it just a few sprinkles in the north bay. late tomorrow. there's a look at the wind. so there's still up. check it out. mount diablo, 33 mile an hour gust. you can see up in the north bay near mount tam healdsburg, saint helena, pretty breezy out there. so conditions are not as dry as they could be due to the couple of rains that we got. the past couple of days. look for the increase in clouds, we'll call it partly cloudy cooler for your friday 60s back to the mid 70s. maybe a few upper 70s saturday. as the front moves through, we'll be left with partly cloudy skies 60s and 70s. the warmer day is sunday where we have some low to mid 80s and we'll see a little bit more in the way of sunshine. as for today, we're calling it mostly sunny, partly cloudy, 80 san rafael, 81 and concord. so we're warmer. and then we will look for those breezy winds to dial back just that typical onshore flow. with us later on

in the day. and the accuweather seven day forecast, maybe a few sprinkles in the north bay for your cooler friday a warmer thursday and then the warmer day of the weekend will be sunday. good morning gloria. >> good morning, lisa. when it comes to traffic, we are still following this sigalert on the richmond-san rafael bridge. and this could impact you if you're driving in or out of marin county. so you could see right now this live look, the three right lanes are still closed right now because of that deadly crash. they are not allowing any wide load vehicles on the bridge. so wide load vehicles are being asked to use highway 37 to get into marin county and they're expecting this will reopen in on thursday, october 19th. and now let's get a live look right now at our bay bridge toll plaza camera. the metering lights flipped on at 535 this morning and you could see right now traffic is starting to fill in. >> thanks, gloria. ahead at six, san francisco detailing new information about arrests related to car break ins in the

city. the reaction from the da, did you immediately say, i'm going to go forward? >> no, no, no. >> i really had to think about it. >> wheel of fortune's vanna white opening up about her decision to stay after long time host pat sajak announced his retirement and the extra special guest who joined taylor swift on the red carpet last night for >> this is abc seven 2407 livelm in san francisco, live in the south bay in san jose. >> in concord. >> live in oakland. yes. you're watching abc seven news live anytime, anywhere. we are. we are. we are. we are. we are. >> we are where you are. >> never miss a moment of the news that matters to you. download our abc seven bay area streaming app join us a start watching

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here's abc news reporter stephanie ramos in this morning's gma first look. >> police in vermont releasing this sketch of a person of interest as they search for the killer of a beloved former vermont state university professor. >> we'd like to have anybody that recognizes or thinks they recognize this person in this sketch to reach out this single sketch of a man in his 20s with red hair is now the most important lead in a murder mystery that has gripped this vermont community. >> there was a female laying on the ground. she's in bad shape. >> it's been a week since andre flemming was gunned down on a hiking trail found by hikers who also saw the man in the sketch. >> there was more than one witness that observed this individual just prior to coming across miss fleming's body.

>> and we'll have much more on this rapidly developing investigation coming up at 7 a.m. with your gma. first look, i'm stephanie ramos, abc news, new york. >> aaron rodgers wants to take on travis kelce, but not on the field. rodgers challenged kelce to a debate out about covid vaccines. he also wants dr. anthony fauci and 2024 independent presidential candidate robert f kennedy to join in on the discussion. rodgers calls kelce mr. pfizer because he is a spokesperson for the company. today thousands of swifties will be taking over theaters across the world. last night. taylor swift shut down one of los angeles most upscale shopping centers. the pop superstar attended the premiere of her eras tour concert film at the grove swiss film will showcase highlights and behind the scenes footage of her recent sold out tour. she also announced on social media that they'll be added showtimes and

there will be extra screenings of the film starting on friday and going throughout the weekend. taylor swift got some love from beyonce, who was also at last night's premiere. >> the two superstars posed together on the red carpet and they later posed in the front seats of the theater. swift posted this boomerang video to instagram team beyonce is also gearing up for her renaissance concert film, which is set to be released in theaters december first. >> not throwing the popcorn on the floor. >> the new era of wheel of fortune will include a longtime favorite, vanna white. she decided to extend her contract for two more years and will co-host the show with new addition. ryan seacrest. but she says that decision didn't come easy. >> did you immediately say, i'm going to go forward? no, no. >> i really had to think about it because it seems like we're a team and it's like breaking up ken and barbie or something. it took me a long time to make the decision to stay on. >> white is famously known for

co-hosting the game show alongside pat sajak, who announced that he is retiring. she's been on the wheel for more than 40 years. and you can watch vanna on wheel of fortune weeknights at 730 right here on abc7. >> all right. good morning to you. thursday morning. waking up to some cooler temperatures, much cooler and some really gusty winds in the upper elevations. so you're probably not noticing that because winds at the surface are calm and look at all the 40s 46, santa rosa is 49. vallejo good morning san ramon and livermore at 47 and fremont is at 49 and we have a few 50 sprinkled in there anywhere from a couple degrees to 13 degrees cooler on the coast. hayward concord significantly cooler this morning. there's a look at those breezy winds over 30 miles an hour. mount diablo. so we're still concerned with the gusty winds for the next several hours. in the upper elevations. they will subside and we'll get into that usual sea breeze that will bring us a pretty nice day . a mixture of high clouds, sunshine. we'll talk about our

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