for joining us. the horizon air flight left everett, washington, just north of seattle bound for sfo sunday evening. >> but the plane was diverted to portland where the off duty pilot was taken off the plane and arrested for trying to shut off the engines. >> the t-handle, which is what this individual tried to pull on each engine actually turns the engines off and prepares it for a fire extinguisher. but you can get them back on by pushing it in. but you've got to go through a relight procedure. the problem is at high altitude, you can get the engines restarted at low altitude and that could be a fatal result, potentially fatal result. >> very scary. obviously. abc seven news anchor karina nova is in the newsroom with a closer look at what happened in the cockpit last night karina, dan, kristen, that off duty pilot who's from pleasant hill, now faces 83 counts of attempted murder, among other charges, joseph emerson was on a horizon air flight headed to sfo when officials say he tried to shut off the engines by pulling the fire extinguisher handles. >> so how did this happen? well,

emerson works for alaska airlines, which owns horizon air, and he was authorized to sit in the cockpit in the flight deck seat. aviation experts say it's not unusual for a pilot commuting to another airport to sit there. we're still working to figure out exactly what happened next, but officials say emerson was overpowered and alaska airlines saying his attempt to shut off the engines was unsuccessful, adding that the captain and first officer quickly restored landed. the plane, was then able to safely land in portland with no one injured. here's a recording of the exchange on board between the pilot and air traffic controllers. this is shortly after emerson was subdued by the flight crew and handcuffed to a seat. okay i just give you a heads up. >> we've got the guy that tried to shut the engines down out of the cockpit. um, and he doesn't sound like he's causing any issue in the back right now. i think he's subdued. >> yeah, we want law enforcement as soon as we get on the ground and parked horizon 2059, turn right, heading 100.

>> when you have a moment, what is your gate that you're parking at? and do you need a local law enforcement to show up? >> yes, we need law enforcement 100. and we don't know the gate yet. >> 2059. roger, when you find out, let me know, please. yes, we do. 2059. what is the threat level? the threat the threat is now in the back of the airplane. >> so we're we're reduced on the threat level now. >> we're going to check in with the flight attendants and make sure everything is running smoothly. but it seems like he's settled down as soon as he, uh, after one moment of going a little bit overboard, we put him back. so 2059. roger, just because we can report this, what was the highest level that occurred escalated it to a409. >> but he's out of the cockpit now. >> when the plane landed in portland, emerson was arrested and booked into jail. he'll be arraigned in court tomorrow. karina nova, abc seven news. >> all right, karina, thanks very much. so many questions now about this alaska flight operated by horizon emerson.

that person riding in the jump seat, the cap off duty pilot, is facing 83 counts of attempt murder, 83 counts of recklessly endanger another person. those are one count for each person on the flightnd one count of endangering an aircraft. >> that flight was full. and we are hearing today from some passengers who say that the crew handled this emergency so calmly . they had no idea how serious things were, is reassuring for them. >> of course. abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn spoke with one couple who had two very different views of actually what happened. suzanne >> so, dan, kristen, a san francisco couple tells me they're just grateful to have made it home safely. >> the boyfriend was seated up at the front of the plane right by the pilots in seat one a his girlfriend and aubrey at the back of the plane. >> just happy to be home. happy to be safe. and i'm happy they handled it really well. >> alex wood is one of the passengers on alaska airlines flight 2059. so relieved to be safe. he and his girlfriend,

aubrey gavello, were returning home from a friend's wedding when police say an off duty pilot inside the cockpit attempted to disable the aircraft engines. neither wood or gavello ever saw or heard any commotion. did you hear anything at all that raised red flags? >> nothing. nothing. until the flight attendants announcement that said we had a situation we needed to prepare for landing. my boyfriend was up in the front, so we weren't sitting together and he slept through the whole thing. so that tells you how calm it was. >> gavello says the announcement was made about an hour into the flight. then she saw flight attendants walk the suspect past her. >> i saw zip ties during which was confusing because they had told us it was a medical emergency, gavello says. >> at the back of the plane, a flight attendant tried to calm the suspect, telling him you're going to be okay. what was his demeanor? >> yeah, he was tall. well, kempt had a lanyard well, like shirt tucked in, looked well put together. this is what it looked like after the emergency landing in portland. we landed and then about ten police officers armed came on, walked straight to the

back of the plane where i was sitting and detained him. and walked the gentleman off the plane. he looked dead in the eyes, almost. it was almost like he had a psychotic breakdown and then the flight attendant got back on and told us he had a mental breakdown. >> when gavello both say this experience has raised some big concerns with all love and respect for people dealing with mental health issues, it's a scary moment for all of us and hope he gets the help he needs. >> but i also don't think it's acceptable for a pilot to do this and just be able to hop on the plane with this going on, wood says. >> he thanked one of the pilots flying the plane and he's grateful for what the crew did. >> props to them for being able to keep us safe. >> alex wood and aubrey gavello both got back here to sfo around midnight after an emergency landing in portland. now both of them never had any indication of what truly went on until they

got home and they read about it online. hours later live at sfo. suzanne vaughn, abc seven news. >> suzanne, thank you. >> we're learning more about the suspect now, joseph david emerson. we're not showing his photograph because he has not yet been formally charged. abc seven news i-team reporter dan noyes is here with more on emerson's background and what he's been able to find out today dan? >> well, dan and kristen, when i check into cases like this, sometimes what you don't find is most important. >> there are virtually no warning signs that lead to that close call in the cockpit. joseph david emerson is 44 years old. the jail booking sheet says he's six foot one, 210 pounds and that he was arrested by the port of portland police at 411 this morning. a comprehend live records search shows no criminal record, no tax liens, no divorce proceedings. he was born in washington state and moved to contra costa county in 2008. he became a pilot for alaska airlines in april 2016. he has a wife who teaches at peralta community college and two young

sons. he owns his home in pleasant hill today, neighbors were struggling to make sense of what happened. >> he's never had a negative statement about his job or anything like that. >> so yeah, he's very understanding and well of other people and, you know, we have a grandson with special needs and he's very good to him. >> so we just can't imagine him doing anything that would hurt anyone. >> he was active on twitter now ex during the pandemic discussing alaska airlines pilots being furloughed. he wrote in december 2020, the future of air travel remains highly depressed. immediate relief for the airline industry is critical, and one of his facebook posts, especially struck me. i tell my son every night, every day is another gift of this great adventure called life good and bad, happy, sad. all are equally important. if it is true that emerson tried to

crash that plane on sunday, you have to wonder how and why he lost that healthy outlook. i also called and texted his parents, his brothers and sisters, and did not reach any of them. >> dan kristen more likely as we go along here. >> exactly. >> thank you, dan, very much. >> the airline pilots association says pilots are continuously evaluated throughout their careers, adding while the investigation is just getting underway, it is important to remember that the airline pilot profession in north america is one of the most highly vetted and scrutinized careers. >> and with that in mind, we wanted to learn exactly how something like this could have happened. from a technical point of view. so abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey got inside a cockpit with an aviation expert with just a pull of a lever and a press of a button. >> power and fuel can be cut to a plane's engine by fire extinguishers. that's what was allegedly attempted by off duty pilot joe emerson in an embraer 175 cockpit during a flight from everett, washington, to san francisco. a look inside a similar plane could give us a

look at how this could have gone down. >> i'm in the captain's spot on the boeing 737. again, a slightly different aircraft, hiller aviation museum ceo john welty showed us how things look in this plane. >> these are the emergency controls for the number one and number two engines, only to be used in case of a fire. >> what i would do is i would pull this lever up, which is hard to do. i've got to push the safety button down first so it can't happen by accident. when i pull this up, this disconnects the fuel flow going to the engine. this also disconnects the hydraulics and the electrical power. >> turning the lever would start the fire extinguishers and if done for both engines, this would leave the plane with no way to fly. normally in the embraer 175 cockpit, these fire extinguisher controls are up top within easy access to engage for a pilot sitting in the jump seat of the cockpit right between the two pilots, exactly where emerson was said to be, the flight was full. >> so all the seats were occupied. but the jump seat was available. and there are a number of airline personnel who can sit up in the jump seats of the cockpit. >> that includes off duty

pilots, often flying to destinations where they will board a plane. they will pilot themselves. emerson was scheduled to be on a flight crew in san francisco monday. thankfully, the control of the aircraft was never lost and the crew was able to divert to portland. the mental health of emerson has been brought into question and welty says airline pilots are required to undergo medical exams every six months. a very important part of that examination is reviewing any mental illness issues, any medications that might affect cognitive functioning, any psychological issues that may have arisen in the six month interval since the last first class medical exam. questions we may learn answers to in the future. as emerson now faces 83 counts of attempted murder in san carlos. dustin dawsey, abc seven news. >> i spoke with abc news aviation analyst john nance during getting answers this afternoon when he put things into perspective about how rare these incidents are and how the crew managed the threat. >> the captain and the first officer took care of the problem and there were no weapons involved. thank thanks to our ability with tsa to screen them

out. so i think you have to look at it from that point of view. 32 000 flights a day, this sort of thing has never happened except in the last probably 30 years. one time. >> and that last time it was a fedex cargo flight in 1994, which was also flying to the bay area, san jose airport, a jump seating fedex flight engineer who was facing termination tried to bludgeon the crew of three to death with a hammer after taking off auburn calloway wanted to crash the plane so his family could cash in on a life insurance policy. well, calloway failed and the crew survived and landed the jet safely back in memphis. but with life threatening injuries. calloway is now serving a life sentence in a federal prison. >> more to come. here is shooting at a house party, takes the life of a teenager heir and injures several others. the investigation and how students are coping today. a winery shut down for years after it was damaged in the 2020 glass fire ready to reopen and the changes that could help prevent another fire. and we're counting down to monday night football. less than

an hour to go now and we're live in minnesota with a preview. all of that's coming up. >> i'm spencer christian. this new week starts on a sunny note, but it may end with some changing patterns. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up in just a moment when abc s

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free. the women, ages 79 and 85, were among those kidnaped on october 7th, the day the hamas attacks began. but some 200 people are still being held. >> some humanitarian aid is now flowing into gaza, 28 more trucks from egypt today. close to 90in the past few days. however doctors in the gaza strip say dwindling fuel supplies are putting some 130 premature babies hooked up to incubators at risk of death. israel is barring fuel into gaza out of fear it will end up in the hands of hamas. >> and secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin say the us is ready to protect american forces or personnel should the israel-hamas war escalate. >> back here in the bay area, san francisco police sealed off a section of 16th and mission street. bart plaza due to a shooting this morning. we've learned that one person was wounded. this was about 11:00. no word yet on their condition. officers closed one entrance into the station, but bart service was not affected.

>> new details just in now about a shooting at a teenage house party in oakley that left a 16 year old high school student dead and three others injured. we just learned a 17 year old girl was released from the hospital today and that the two others surviving victims are 15 year a 16 year old boy. >> yeah, now it happened on saturday night, abc seven news reporter leslienky has more on a tragedy that is reverberating thro three high schools with a suspect still out on the loose. >> a house party on this peaceful street in this suburban neighborhood erupted into gunfire for around 1115 saturday night. basically because we could hear a bunch of noise and some loud screaming, like a fight was kind of going on outside. >> so i came out and at that point, there was already people running down the street. so scared wasn't shortly after that i heard six shots ring off this neighbor called 911. >> as chaos ensued, it was at least 100 to 150 kids at the minimum that were running out of

here. >> it could have been 200. it was so many. their innocents were lost. you could see the terror in their face, in their eyes. so many of them running out of here and having to experience that. >> oakley's police chief released a statement saying they found five nine millimeter shell casings in front of the house. a 16 year old died on the front lawn. three others were injured and taken to john muir medical center in walnut creek with non-life threatening injuries. witnesses described gunshot wounds to arms and legs. police say officers came to the house based on a noise complaint 30 minutes before the shooting, but left when an 18 year old assured them she would break up the party. but 20 to 30 teenagers showed up a short time later and a fight broke out. the shooter escaped. most of the students in this neighborhood go to freedom high school, where there was a heavy police presence. today, parents clustered around the outside doors as rumors circulated and some students left class. >> they said that there was a rumor that the person from the party was going to come and

shoot up the school. and we felt very unsafe being here. and we just wanted to get away. >> you've walked off campus because your parents were worried? >> yes, and i was worried for my own safety being here. >> witnesses i spoke to said students present at the party were from three high schools. freedom liberty and heritage. and here at liberty high school, at least today, counselors are available to students who might have been traumatized. police say they are following up on all the leads and believe there was just one shooter in oakley. i'm leslie brinkly, abc7 news. >> this police patrol is at petaluma high school today after a threat of a school shooting was written inside a school bathroom on friday. the student who wrote the message threatened to shoot up the school today and then named three people targeted . over the weekend. police interrogated several people and determined the students who made the threat did not have access to weapons. those involved were scheduled to meet with school administrators this morning. >> a mother here in northern california says she's hurt and

angry after sacramento police mistook her eight year old son for a crime suspect. a witness recorded the incident which took place on the shoulder of 80 in sacramento. shanice stewart says police pulled her over last week when she checked her rear view mirror. she saw police with their guns drawn. she told her son to stay in the car because she was afraid police would open fire at her son if he made a sudden move out of fear in the video, you can hear her son pleading for his mother, please. >> that moment i was at fear that maybe the cops can think that, okay, this is trying to run towards us and they're in danger and they can shoot. >> sacramento police say they mistook the eight year old for a juvenile with several felony warrants. they apologized to the family, but stewart is afraid her son will be traumatized and anxious if he ever has an encounter with police in the future. >> ferry riders in alameda will have to adjust their travel plans if they use the main street terminal. it's closed until january for much needed renovation work. drone view

seven gives us a look at the main street terminal and the set up for major construction, often happening in the parking lot. ferry riders will need to catch their boats at the alameda seaplane terminal near the uss hornet museum or the oakland jack london square ferry. >> well, i hope he got outside a little bit today because this weather, you just can't get enough of it's picture perfect. >> let's check in with spencer and get the details. >> it was great to see this, wasn't it? after yesterday's dreary, gray misty day. so here's a look at what's happening right now on live doppler seven. we've got clear skies across the entire bay area a little bit of patchy low clouds sliding down along the peninsula coastline. otherwise, it's clear out there, good visibility and it's brisk and breezy with surface wind speeds right now up to 20mph here in san francisco, 18 at sfo and fairly breezy in other spots as well. and check out the 24 hour temperature change. it is significantly warmer right now than at this time yesterday by 9 to 11 degrees in parts of the north bay and the inland east bay and a few degrees warmer

around the peninsula, around the bay, coastal bay shoreline. so what i'm trying to say, even the coastline is a little bit warmer. here's a live view from sutro tower looking out over san francisco. you see some wispy low clouds moving through. but generally we're looking at blue skies over the city right now. it's 63 degrees here in san francisco, mid to upper 60s at oakland and mountain view, 77 at san jose, 69 at palo alto and 61 at half moon bay. blue and breezy at the golden gate. other temperature readings right now, 76 degrees in santa rosa, petaluma, 70 napa, 73, 80. in fairfield, almost 80 in concord and 76 in livermore. and looking across the breezy embarcadero from our rooftop camera, we'll check out the forecast headlines mostly clear and slightly cooler overnight than last night was quiet weather pattern will be with us through thursday, but it will be turning cooler late in the week with a chance of showers on friday. so for tonight, the forecast animation looks like this. we'll see some passing high clouds, mainly clear skies. and again, a patch

or two of low clouds near the parts of the coastline. not the entire coast, though. and we start the day tomorrow with sunny skies and move along to take a look at overnight low temperatures, mainly low to mid 50s, so a bit cooler than last night was. in fact, it was pretty mild at some spots last night and highs tomorrow, 63 at half moon bay, 69, san francisco , so around the bay shoreline, mainly low to mid 70s, upper 70s inland tomorrow although we may see 80 degrees at fairfield and down south at morgan hill. now skipping ahead, looking at the maximum temperature trend for the remainder of the week, wednesday, we'll see temperatures dropping off a bit. it'll be breezy and much cooler on wednesday, fairly cool on thursday as well. friday not much change in the temperature range, although we'll gain a few clouds on friday and we might have a shower. here's the accuweather 70 forecast. we expect mainly dry weather through this seven day period and mainly sunny days as a matter of fact. but friday partly cloudy, slight chance. we're talking about maybe a 30 or 40% chance of showers at the moment. it's not looking like it's going to be a drencher or

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actually plays ■there. he was entering the stadium, left tackle trent williams is out. as long as well as deebo samuel. he's gonna be out for a couple of weeks with his shoulder. there you see c maxx going through his normal routine when he scored a touchdown in 15 straight games. going to go for an nfl record, 16 straight game tonight here in minnesota. he spoke saturday after practice and said he's feeling good and ready to go. >> i feel great for my own standard. i don't know how everyone else feels, but i feel great. >> hell of a football player. but what i like to see is there's not a lot of guys who are as hard on themselves as he is. like, you see him make a mistake. he's very upset about it and not like emotionally upset. he's just like, you know, i need to be better than that in my expectations for myself are way too high for that. and then you never see him make the same mistake twice each. >> each week is the same, you know, and it's always going to come down to execution on on sunday. you know, you can have a great week of practice and not execute on sunday. and you know, average or bad weeks of practices where things might not seem like they're going well and

play really well on sunday. so it's all about, you know, there's a lot of time between now and the game about getting in the book under standing exactly what the game plan calls for and going out there and just executing and playing really good football. >> all right. back out here live in minnesota. the niners just taking the field for their pre-game warm ups in their gear. some things to keep an eye on as you watch this game tonight on abc seven vikings quarterback kirk cousins. he has struggled under the monday night lights. he has a career record of two and ten. meanwhile, the 40 niners very good on monday night with a win tonight they would tie the steelers with 53 wins on monday night they'll be tied for the most all time we see christian mccaffrey a site 40 niners fans have been waiting to see back in a uniform ready to go. it's going to be a lot of fun. top of the hour, 5:00. you do not want to miss the 40 niners and vikings and back out here as we come to the sideline. i'll also be here in minnesota getting post-game interviews with your 40 niners. dan and kristen you ready to bring the noise because it's going to be loud in here. sam tastic and you know it's going to be great right here on abc 740 niners

coming off a loss chris after five straight wins what's the feeling there from the fans 40 niner fans and the team. well the fans obviously they're excited to get back out here. we've seen a sea of red the last couple of days here in minneapolis. and when you talk to the players this week, it kind of reset their focus. they had been on such a long winning streak dating back to last year. they hadn't lost a regular season game since october. so they've been on such a high of winning all these games. but i think if you're going to lose a game, you get reset. you get ready to play right here on abc seven. it's going to be a lot of fun this team is ready to rock and roll watch out, vikings. >> oh, yeah, yeah, they can. >> they can keep blowing that horn and we're still going to take it. chris, thank you so much. thanks, chris. you can watch the game tonight on monday night football coverage begins at 5:00. it's followed by after the game with chris and sports director larry beil after that, you can see a special edition of abc's seven news at nine. >> all right. >> stay tuned for that. but let's go to washington now. house republicans are expected to hold a closed door meeting in just a few hours in the hope of

selecting a nominee to be the next speaker. they've had a lot of trouble with this. the gop conference will include speeches from candidates. then there will be a secret ballot election tomorrow. no. nine house republicans are running for the speakership, including republican house whip tom emmer from minnesota. he's been endorsed by the former speaker, kevin mccarthy, who remember, was ousted by his own party in that historic vote, governor gavin newsom continues his six day trip to china today, newsom spoke at the university of hong kong, and the governor assured china that california will continue to be a partner on climate issues. >> no matter who is us president . california's goal of achieving carbon neutrality is 2045. that's five years earlier than hong kong, newsom said. california is looking to meet that goal by eliminating emissions from vehicles and trucks. >> so if we're going to get serious about cleaning up our environment, half of that is just in the transportation space and that's why we went big and we focused so much time and energy in that space over the next five days, newsom will

visit a chinese city with an all electric vehicle fleet tour, an offshore wind energy facility, and see tesla's shanghai manufacturing plant. >> more and more californians who are choosing to move out of state are now looking beyond texas. >> yeah, according to new numbers from the us census bureau, an increasing number of californians are picking florida. in arizona as a new home. 47,000 people moved from california to arizona last year, compared to 42,000in 2021. florida went from 13,000. california moving there in 2021 to 22,000 people in 2022. >> now, texas was still the most popular destination last year with a net of 60,000 californians moving there, considering people coming and going from all states, the net population loss in california was about 131,000 last year and abc7 news took a deep dive into this trend for our streaming special california dreaming. >> moving to texas, we followed eight former california for an entire year. see the surprising

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ago as golden gate park will soon have a new home. the 150 foot tall sky star observation wheel is being moved to fisherman's wharf. the ride will be set up at a triangular shaped parking lot right next to pier 39. you can see in this video how the gondolas are already gone at golden gate park. operators aim to get the ferris wheel up and running in time for that big apec summit with all the asia pacific leaders here. that kicks off on november 11th. you know, i think that's a good idea because i think a lot of those folks delegates and journalists will be covering that and they'll be in that fisherman's wharf area. right. so it's a nice visual piece. what do you think? >> i think you know, i think it's a great idea. it's going to get a lot of pushback, i'm sure, from some people in the city. but, you know, i think of all the cities, london and others that have these it's in a much more prominent place now. it's going to be a big attraction. a

lot of people don't even know it's in golden gate park. i kind of like the idea. >> so many more people will get to see it now. yeah absolutely. >> i think it's going to make the skyline look really pretty. if you're out on a ferry or out on a boat. right. enjoy our skyline, which i'm sure a lot of tourists are going to be doing. they'll get to take a picture of the ferris wheel right right along their fisherman's wharf and then get to ride it as well. i think it's great that they're moving it there. that's a good point. >> all right. >> go ahead, chris. no, i was going to say, i saw it at golden gate park just a few weeks ago when i went to cal academy of sciences. and it did look very pretty in that park like setting. but i think this will be a different flavor. and like you all said, it's going to attract the tourists. oh, for sure. >> it's going to get a lot more riders, i would think. elon musk is raising eyebrows again. that's a surprise, right? this time for a comment on tesla's new cybertruck. it began when someone posted video on x of the truck on a highway. the vehicle had more than 50 dents. a musk commented. they shot up the driver's side doors with a

submachine gun and then he wrote that no bullets penetrated the truck. many x users are not buying that. the video posted a day after an earnings call by musk predicted low sales for the cybertruck spencer. it may be tough, but it's ugly. yeah i don't care what they with you on both of those and we don't even know if it's really as tough as he claims it is. >> but but we do know it's as ugly. we do know it's ugly, right? we've got consensus on that one. i don't know. >> i saw it on the streets yesterday. i saw it in san francisco. oh, really? and of course, you try to peek in who's driving it. it's really cool to see. call it ugly, call it whatever you want, but it is really crazy to see a vehicle like that driving. i think it was it was driving down one of the streets here. >> it makes a statement and you notice it. >> it sure does. yeah >> but you guys, why is it called a cybertruck? does anyone know? i can't figure out the name. >> probably a cool name. you know, just. no, just a name, all right? >> makes us talk about it. right >> i guess so. >> okay, let's talk about this

one. whether you love them or hate them, crocs are here to stay. it's national croc day. the rubber shoes have skyrocketed in popularity, with the company earning more than $3.5 billion last year. yeah, so they branched out, right? look, these croc cowboy boots we showed you, they're created in honor of croc day. just one of the dozens of collaborations for creative crocs. and look at these high heel ones, the punk rock. oh, wow. i saw that in a play that was at the berkeley rep, and they were the first lady was wearing a pair of those. and i was like, what is that? what an abomination. what is that? i can't even. but i guess branching out is good. what do you guys think? do you like a croc? >> yes. yes, you're right, silly. >> i don't know. you know, they're fun. that what do you think, kristen? i like the cowboy boots. cowboy. they're pretty cute. >> yeah, i like the boots, too. yeah, that's an interesting take on crocs. yeah. >> yeah. i wonder if the high heels are more comfortable since they're crocs, right? yeah. so you have that. but they're not the cutest now.

>> they're functional, i suppose, is there? right claim to fame? i actually have a pair somewhere in the closet i wear every now and then just to the pool or whatever for gardening. that's good. yeah. no, that's true. all right. well, picked out your halloween costume. an analyst of online searches found which costume was most popular in each state. taylor swift was the most searched in west virginia. elvis in mississippi and tennessee. that's not really a surprise there. super mario in hawaii. but overall, classic costumes like vampire or zombie witch and pirate are popular this year in california, cat costumes are big. i'm actually wearing my costume now that i'll be wearing for trick or treating, but you guys, anybody going to a halloween party or your kids going, i'm not planning to go to one, but the last time i went to one was about three years ago. >> i dressed as a pirate. oh, that's a good one. yeah, it was. yeah it was cool for once. and yeah, yeah. >> how about karina? you got a costume? >> i always go with whatever's

easiest. whatever i can come up, it's always like a last minute thing. so. kat, i've been a cat probably ten years because it's so easy. just draw the nose, the whiskers. you get the little ears. you can buy them anywhere, and you're sad. i'm not one of those people that plans out my halloween costume months in advance, which. yeah, but some people do that, and i think it's so great. it's fun. >> how about you, kristen? >> i don't have a costume plan this year, but i would expect to see a lot of ken and barbies. >> oh, that's right. >> oh, that's right. especially if you're a couple. >> it's kind of cute, right? that's >> and taylor swift and kelsey. oh, right. that too. yeah. i guess. >> i bet we'll see a lot of that. you're right. but i'm just like, why dress like them? i don't understand. but i don't know. >> it's just. >> it's fun. >> it's fun. fun. yeah. all right. >> we'll see what we come up with on stinging, 5-times-a-day,... ...makeup smearing drops user. i want another option that's not another drop. tyrvaya. it's not another drop. it's the first and only

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robert koch, abc news reporter andrea fujii has the details. >> elite gymnast kara eaker is leaving the mat behind. the 20 year old two time world champion unexpectedly announcing her retirement after suffering what she calls verbal and emotional abuse while training with the university of utah's gymnastics team. agar posting on instagram that a male coach would suddenly erupt with anger and physically

slammed down mats and get up in an athlete's face as a tactic to intimidate them. she claims to have gone to the school's athletic department to report the behavior, but was allegedly dismissed. >> i was really interested in coming to utah because of their team chemistry and the 2021 olympic alternate opening up about how the experience has affected her, saying i was scared to death by the loud and angry outburst from the coach and saying her physical, mental and emotional health has rapidly declined and agar has not publicly named the source of the alleged abuse. >> but the team's head coach, tom farden, recently faced allegations of verbal and emotional abuse from former athletes. an investigation conducted by a third party found his conduct included cursing and throwing of objects. farden allegedly would negatively comment on body image, weight or food choices and targeted struggling students with negative treatment. in one case allegedly telling an athlete she would be a nobody working at a gas station. but the review concluded coach farden did not

engage in any acts of physical abuse or emotional abuse or harassment as defined by safesport code. >> how can the university of utah not reopen its investigation if we've learned anything over all these years, it's that you should listen to the voice of an athlete, even if it's only one athlete. >> andrea fujii, abc news, new york. >> and akers says she is speaking out for all of the women who can't because they are paralyzed by fear. >> are we going to shift gears now and talk about how we've had a change in the weather since this weekend? >> we have. it's lovely to be seven. >> weather anchor spencer christian is back. >> spencer spoke prematurely. the big change? yes, basically we cloud free conditions here in the bay area right now. look at live doppler seven, though. you'll see why i said essentially not quite cloud free. we have some low clouds sort of brushing along the peninsula coastline. and other than that, though, it's all clear out there and will remain that way for much of the overnight period. we'll see a few as you watch the forecast animation, a few high clouds passing by overnight, maybe a

little bit of low cloudiness, hugging, part of the coastline there. but that's about it. not much of a marine layer. so on we go, suddenly start to the day tomorrow after mainly clear skies overnight, overnight, low temperatures will be a bit chillier than last night, mainly low to mid 50s. and tomorrow's highs will range from low to mid 60s at the coast to low to mid 70s around the bay shoreline to upper 70s to near 80 inland. and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. now it's going to get breezy and much cooler on wednesday with high temperatures dropping off quite a bit and a mix of clouds and sun on wednesday. thursday, sunnier and the cooling continues actually into the end of the week when temperatures will be a little bit below average for this time of theear. friday is our best chance for some more rainfall, but it doesn't look like much. at the moment. we're calling it a slight chance of showers. basically the week ahead is looking pretty good and fall like kristin. >> all right. thanks spencer. one of napa's most picturesque wineries is reopening after a wildfire forced it to close for

three years. sterling vineyards features a gondola that takes visitors to a tasting room with amazing views of napa valley. the gondola replaces the aerial tram that was damaged by the 2020 glass fire in sterling invited firefighters to the ribbon cutting to thank them for saving the winery. >> if it weren't for them. we don't want to think about what the property would look like. they were able to save it in a way that we had the opportunity to rebuild and refine some of the property. the winery also has a new fire mitigation system, a cave to store water and has sheep roaming the property to mow down tall, dry grasses. >> it also be completely solar powered by next year, sterling vineyards officially reopens on sunday. >> that's nice. that's good work for sheep if they can get it. by the way. i like that. all right. well, it is monday night and that means football and for the niners, what a difference a day makes. >> this is huge in a season you wouldn't believe. like what a difference a single day will make. >> the countdown is on to monday night football. just. oh seven

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of abc7 news at ten. wheel of fortune. then jeopardy! then don't miss abc7 news at 11. all right. >> we are moments away from the 49 ers visiting the vikings on monday night football right here on abc seven and this week abc seven sports anchor chris alvarez sat down with a couple of 49 ers to discuss the advantages of playing in prime time on monday night. >> it's always nice on monday nights you get that one extra day of rest, which is huge in a season you wouldn't believe. like what a difference a single day will make, even just having a night game. just that little extra eight hours for your mindset and for your body just to recover. so a fun fact. >> i just got married like three weeks ago and my walk out with my wife. thank you. was the monday night football theme like she let me do that. like we walked out. i had a football.

it's a real thing. but monday night football, you've been watching as a child. what is it like under the prime time lights with the whole country and the whole league watching you? can you describe what a monday night is like? >> it's really special for me being in the league. i think this is my third year, but my first year ever going out, one of my first starts, my third start, i think was against was on a monday night. and so i think it's just such a surreal feeling. i think the fan base, we travel well, but you know, going into a place like minnesota, you know, with a great fan base that's going to allow ourselves to be on a big stage, another prime time lights. and so for us, we're just going to enjoy it and take it in the first loss of the season. >> you don't want to have them, but how can this maybe reset you guys? you come off such a high against the cowboys, i guess knocked down a little bit. how do you feel the team is ready to bounce back monday against minnesota? >> i think we're in a great spot. i think honestly, it was almost a good loss in a sense for us just to have that taste in our mouths, that feeling. so be able to go out there and kind of compete even at a higher level. the next time we go out

there in a way that can be the best thing, that's happened to us because we really do. >> it brings you back down to earth where when you're winning, it's so easy to just bypass little mistakes and it's okay, we won the game, we're rolling. let's not worry about that. that little thing we can address that later. well, when you lose, that's when it becomes a big thing. and we're going to come out of that game knowing all right, there's some things we need to clean up. >> that's always good, right? you're learning. so they're going to do great tonight. >> i know it. >> we're counting on it. that's it for abc seven news at four. i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm dan ashley. our next newscast is at nine monday night football and the 49 ers. next stay here and enjoy the ball game.

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