water tenders, hand crews. so we're prepared so far, p-g-and-e's has not ordered a public safety power shut off. >> it says conditions do not warrant one. so let's bring in our weather expert, meteorologist sandhya patel is here to tell us what we can expect. >> this weekend. sandra. >> yeah. dan and we're expecting elevated fire danger. so let's take a look at the red flag warning. it starts tomorrow morning for the hills at 5 a.m. for lower elevations, 5 p.m. tomorrow. all areas shaded in red until 5 p.m. sunday are the concern is the wind gusts are going to pick up 40 to 60 miles an hour. the humidity values are going to drop. and the combination of the two will lead to critical fire weather conditions. any fires that do break out will quickly spread and grow in intensity. wind advisory for the hills lake and solano county tomorrow at 8 a.m. it runs until sunday night. you will notice that those wind gusts could lead to some downed power outages. power lines, tree limbs, could blow some unsecured objects around. so make sure you

take precaution. now as we look at tomorrow afternoon, those winds begin to pick up out of the north northeast. still gusty and stronger saturday night going into sunday morning. lower elevations close to 40 at the higher elevations. we're talking about 50 to 60 mile an hour winds. and so as a result here are things that you need to know. prepare now, maintain defensible space, create an action plan kit. ready plan for evacuation and a meeting place. we also have a frost advisory that's going to go up for the north bay valleys tomorrow morning, mid 30s or lower frost will form. i'll be back to let you know how cold and how long this fire danger will remain high. coming up. >> dan okay, sandhya, thanks very much. all right. over to developing news in maine where all 18 victims shot and killed at a bowling alley and restaurant on wednesday night have been identified. they range in age from 14 to 76 years of age. tonight, community members are meeting, virtually holding a vigil online. it is being done

that way because a shelter in place order was just lifted for four cities as the search for the gunman continues. police have received more than 530 tips and are currently conducting a multi-state search. today, investigators were focused on a river where the suspect suspect's car was found abandoned. and it's all very much a mystery still. and now to the middle east, where the three year old war is. three week old war is heating up between israel and hamas along the gaza border as israel defense forces conduct tank raids in northern gaza, israel is intensifying its airstrikes and hamas continues to lob rockets into civilian areas of tel aviv. the fighting has killed more than 1400 in israel and 7000 palestinians in gaza. the humanitarian situation is becoming more dire by the hour. hundred of people lining up at a un aid station to get fresh water and basic necessities. >> basic services are currently

médecin is running out. food and water are running out in israel is rejecting the call for a cease fire in gaza. >> approved by the united nations general assembly earlier friday. the country's foreign minister called it despicable and we have just learned an agreement has been reached for president biden to meet with china's president, xi jinping. it will happen at the apec summit, which is being held in san francisco in just a few weeks. >> new developments, a man arrested in connection with a deadly shooting is being released at last saturday. a 16 year old boy died and three other teenagers were shot at a house party on shannon way in oakley. an 18 year old suspect, jason lozada, was arrested on wednesday. just hours ago, we received notice from the oakley police department that, quote, while lozada will be released from custody later today, pending further developments in our investigation, police did not explain those developments. there's a new effort to hold drug dealers accountable. today,

governor newsom announced a new task force to investigate opioid overdose deaths as homicides. abc7 news reporter suzanne fan is live in the newsroom to explain how it's going to affect san francisco. suzanne i'm a san francisco city leaders say they've been trying to crack down on open air drug markets and an excessive number of fentanyl overdose deaths. they believe this new task force will be a critical tool. we've seen on average at least 500 people lose their lives to just fentanyl. the number of people dying from fentanyl overdoses in san francisco every month is alarming. city leaders say they're going after the dealers. >> these people who are dealing these drugs need to be held accountable. >> governor newsom is starting a new task force with san francisco's mayor, district attorney and police chief. it'll include members of the san francisco police department, the da's office, chp and the california national guard. the task force will investigate overdose deaths in san francisco and help the dea pursue murder charges against drug dealers

linked to opioid deaths. the objective is to make sure that we are looking into who is selling the fentanyl to the individuals who are dying of overdose on our streets. >> every day. that may allow my office to pursue murder charges against those sellers across california, prosecutors in placer county and riverside county have convicted drug dealers of murder. >> san diego county already has a task force to help with investigations options. >> there have been multiple double convictions for murder, second degree murder under this theory. in california, starting in placer county, we've had a conviction similarly by a jury trial. i believe in riverside county. these prosecutions are happening in san diego county. >> and we want to send a message loud and clear to those who come to san francisco or who deal drugs in any capacity in san francisco, especially be a double deadly substance like fentanyl, that you will be held accountable. >> not everyone is on board with the approach. the gubbio project

is a non profit helping people on the streets. the director, lydia bransten, believes this is the wrong move. quote i understand people's desire for accountability, but the question is what are they trying to achieve? punish it does not reduce use. the san francisco public defender issuing this statement today, quote, the task force announced today is another step in the wrong direction toward the continued revival of the failed war on drugs in san francisco. and da brooke jenkins says she hopes the task force and the push to prosecute drug dealers as murderers will serve as a deterrent. she says dealers know that they are selling a lethal substance. live in the newsroom, suzanne fan, abc7 news. all right, suzanne, thank you for that. >> a hotel in oakland is being ordered to pay employees more than $400,000 in back pay after it was determined the hotel committed wage theft. abc7 news reporter anser hassan connected with the workers rights activists who believe it's their advocacy that encouraged employees to come forward

fighting for justice and a living wage and a living wage. >> labor rights advocates in oakland are celebrating what they call a big win against wage theft. >> i think in general, a lot of what's considered low wage work is, is vulnerable. >> emmeline espia is the director of the city of oakland's department of workplace and employee standards, or dos? dos found that the radisson hotel in oakland is responsible for wage theft exceeding $400,000, involving 128 employees. congrats to the workers that are getting what's rightfully theirs. >> wage theft and unsafe work conditions are still rampant here in oakland, especially in heggenberger in the nonunion hotels. the city found that the radisson hotel is in violation of not paying the necessary minimum wage between july 2019 and april 2020. >> dos says this is the largest

dollar amount and the greatest number of workers to be included in a wage theft determined nation that we are able today to have a determination on is really to help voters. >> workers know that we are taking this seriously. >> employee activists believe their advocacy work around workers rights led workers to come forward. >> i think it's that awareness that really help people know that, okay, well, i that's not what i'm getting. so i should talk to someone. >> in an email to abc seven news. oakland mayor shengtao praises the outcome, stating it's just basic common sense. workers should be paid for the work they do, period. activists are hoping that employees and other sectors will come forward as well. >> this work is not done and it's a tiny fraction of the folks that are impacted by wage theft or who are mistreated by their employers. >> the radisson hotel group did not respond to requests for comment. the city says the hotel can appeal the decision. an it could also face further legal action by the city in oakland,

anser hassan, abc seven news. coming up next from the i team lost students here from another parent of a child who went missing at a school. >> she reached out after we broke the story of a five year old student who was lost. plus as we are expected to deliver 82,000 units in the next eight years, yet there's no urgency, no urgency on what's urgently needed housing. >> tonight, a look at why it's so hardo build in san francisco for 89 years... believes in continuous improvement... like rounded corners that resist peeling, with an array of active ingredients... and sizes to relieve your pain. salonpas. it's good medicine.

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special needs was also lost by delray elementary school last week, i-team reporter melanie woodrow broke the story of a five year old boy lost by that school. >> a driver saw the kid in traffic and pulled over to help. >> tonight, melanie is here with the latest developments. melanie ama and dan. this little girl was lost inside of delray elementary school last spring. she's now in a new school and ad in the same district. but there are still concerns, including from her own teacher, who has told parents that she's not getting enough support from the district for students with special needs. i'm making a happy pumpkin. when jenny robinson heard a little boy was lost by delray elementary school on october 16th and found by a driver, a third of a mile away from the school, she immediately thought of her daughter, murphy. >> i was really shocked and scared. >> shocked and scared that it had happened again. she says. last spring, eight year old murphy also went missing. >> they had to lock down the school because they couldn't find her and they had no answers if she was still on campus or

not. so that was a very scary phone call to get and i said, have the police been called? and they said, no. >> jenny says approximately ten minutes later, she received another call that murphy was found hiding in a classroom. murphy like five year old jojo, was in a classroom for children with special needs this school year. murphy is at hillside elementary school because her mom says the district restructured day classes for children with special needs. even in a new school. she says she still has concerns. >> ins i think it's a district issue, one that even murphy's teacher seems to be sounding an alarm about. >> on october 4th, jenny received a text from murphy's teacher saying in part because of a lack of subs for the classes, para teachers who are assistants to the teacher, she would need to prioritize safety over completing academic work on october 11th, jenny received another text. >> since one of my prayers has been absent from multiple days, i have been contacting the office. today. i feel frustrated by what they said. >> this time. murphy's teacher sent parents an email she sent to the school principal and

district staff saying in part, i want to understand how one adult is enough for 4 to 6 kids in my class, especially during lunch and recess. please remember that 4 to 5 out of six kids are runners. we've had so many incidents since the start of the school year. the class, according to murphy's teacher's text, is supposed to have one adult for every two kids. you know, we just want our kids to be safe. >> we just want them. we want them to feel like kids and go to school for murphy, supervise is especially critical. >> she's a type one diabetic and wears a sensor that goes off if her blood sugar is too high or too low. so when beeps. >> i feel like this beep, beep, beep, beep, beep, beep. >> that alarm goes off or they're shorthanded and nobody's there to hear it. you know, there's a very real possibility that she could have serious medical complications if not death. >> the abc7 news i-team asked san lorenzo unified school district how many times the child has been lost during the current and prior academic year. we also asked the district to

respond to murphy's teacher's texts to parents. the district wouldn't answer those questions. instead emailing a statement that said student safety is always the highest priority and that it was fully investigating the october 16th incident, referring to jojo also that it continually reinforces school protocols to safeguard the well-being of all students. but jenny isn't convinced there's a lack of transparency. >> they're not giving anybody any answers. this district does not talk. i just want someone to step up to it. nobody's nobody's owning it. leaving jenny and parents like her, feeling stuck. what do you do? what do you do? it's a public school system. it's supposed to be accessible to everybody. >> so what do you do? jenny believes the solution needs to come from the district, and she believes it starts with staffing, making sure that you're paying these teachers a livable wage and also doing your best to retain the best teachers and the best support staff. >> yeah, makes sense. >> thank you, melanie. >> new guidance is coming in from the cdc when it comes to

the vaccine for m-pox, it's now recommending routine vaccinations for those at high risk. abc7 news reporter zach fuentes breaks down what the recommendation mean with local health experts and officials. >> it was more than a year ago that lines wrapped around blocks with people hoping to get monkeypox now called m-pox vaccines may 2nd, 2022. >> the who got their first report of a non traveler getting m-pox and then it suddenly started really spreading. >> but by august that same year, cases started to come down and it really was us getting the vaccine. >> probably natural immunity, all of that made the cases come down. >> but m-pox has not gone away completely. there has still been cases locally, including some in san francisco and santa clara county. vaccines are still being encouraged and offered free in both places. >> we are in a much better situation with m-pox now than we were last year, but we continue to see cases now. >> the cdc's advisory committee on immunization practices has voted unanimously to recommend the vaccines become routine.

>> what these recommendations would add is to think about things moving forward even when we're out of outbreak setting. so it's kind of folding pox vaccination into regular sexual health care. so along with getting tested for stis regularly, along with getting vaccinated for some sexually transmitted infections like hepatitis b, having mpox vaccine as a part of your general sexual health care is what these guidance guidelines would add. >> the recommendations are for people 18 years and older that are at high risk of getting m-pox. >> and so every gay and bisexual man who is at risk. what i mean by that is at risk is if you're sexually active, come and get an m-pox vaccine. if you didn't get it and get another dose. if you did already get both doses. >> experts say there are no new recommendations to get more. >> this is not a new recommendation to get, for example, two additional doses. if you got two doses last summer in the heyday of the big outbreak, then just stick with that. that is likely to be protective, though. >> the cdc director still has to sign off on the committee's

recommendations. many local experts say they're an important move forward and i absolutely agree with it. >> this is absolutely the right recommendation. >> zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> and we have breaking news in the search for that mass shooter out of maine. >> abc news is confirming now that suspect robert card has been found dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. investigators spent the day searching along a river near lewiston, maine, where card's vehicle was found abandoned. >> surveillance images showed card at a bowling alley with a gun wednesday night, one of two locations where 18 people were killed and 13 injured. a media conference is scheduled in maine in about 45 minutes. all right. but let's move on now and refocus on the weather. >> we've talked about some dangerous conditions in terms of fire this weekend. yeah so let's get to meteorologist sandhya patel for the latest. >> sandhya. >> yeah, october is a time of month when we time of year when we are concerned about fire danger. and it will certainly be the case this weekend. dan and irma as we take a look at live doppler seven. good evening, everyone. i want to show you what's going to happen so we are

watching this trough here, this shortwave, it's going to deepen over the great basin. high pressure here is going to quickly build in behind it. and as a result, we're going to see those downslope winds out of the north northeast. that's what's prompting that red flag warning for much of northern central california and parts of southern california. that wind direction is very drying and when you combine it with some dry, finer fuels that are very flammable shrubs and finer grasses, is that is concerning the denser vegetation actually is retaining a lot of the moisture from the recent rains. so that's not as concerning. but let's talk about the wind and the dry conditions, the combination of the two, along with the vegetation leading to the fire danger index that's in the yellow and orange for parts of the north and east bay high to very high isolated spots in red there, indicating extreme fire danger is certainly possible and that continues into sunday morning. the relative humidity values will be elevated

tomorrow morning. as you will notice, 80s and 90s in many parts. but then watch what happens as those winds pick up coming off the land, drying out the atmosphere blowing towards the ocean. you start seeing those winds, relative humidity down to 9% in napa, down into the teens and single digits even going into sunday. so that is concerning. of course, remain vigilant this weekend. and a live view from our emeryville camera. what a picture. this belongs on a postcard. 56 degrees in san francisco. it is 57 in mountain view, 60 in oakland, 61. san jose. today's high temperatures anywhere from the low 60s to the low 70s, still running a few degrees behind where they should be. 57 in half moon bay. a stunning view from our oakland airport camera. a few wispy clouds there. 60 in napa and santa rosa, 62. fairfield, 64 in concord and one other live picture from our pier 39 camera. a lot of birds enjoying the post-sunset view. i suppose. high fire danger this weekend. strongest winds late tomorrow

into sunday morning. it is going to be cold and frosty tomorrow morning with sunny and milder weather for the afternoon. so let's talk about that frost advisory. north bay valleys, 1 to 10 a.m, 36 degrees or lower. and that means frost will form any sensitive vegetation you'll want to bring inside. and don't forget about your pets as we go hour by hour. temperatures tonight at 7:00, mainly in the 50s, was starting to see those 40s appearing by 10 p.m. and then as we head towards tomorrow morning, you'll notice those temperatures dipping down into the 30s for our coldest spots, eventually ending up at 34 in santa rosa, 36 in napa. some of the colder locations, 40s around other parts of the bay area with 39 in livermore and morgan hill. so bundle up tonight tomorrow afternoon it is a gusty or windy day. temperatures in the low 60s to the low 70s. plenty of sun out there and there will be plenty of sun for the end walk to end alzheimer's. dan will serve as the emcee of the event in the morning. there will be a

few wispy clouds, a chill in the air. 41 degrees. walk begins 48 and then the sun will be out. the temperatures will start to come up, moderating a bit. so if you are taking part, it's going to be nice weather in terms of the crispness in the air. the accuweather seven day forecast milder afternoons but higher fire danger early next week will keep it dry. no tricks on halloween, only treats for everyone going out trick or treating. we are expecting perhaps some changes a week from today, maybe a slight chances of rain ama and dan. all right. >> nice. thanks, andy. well, the 40 niners are hosting a first of its kind event tomorrow. >> how it will help to celebrate the lgbtq community. stay with us but as you get older, it naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain and actually improves memory. the secret is an ingredient originally discovered...

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runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. >> well, despite being diagnosed with a concussion after monday night's loss to the vikings, niners quarterback brock purdy has a full was a full participant in practice today and may be cleared. we'll see. to play in sunday's game at levi's stadium against cincinnati head coach kyle shanahan says the official decision will come sometime tomorrow. usually after a concussion diagnosis, players definitely sit out the next week. so just the fact that he's practicing is actually fairly remarkable. coach shanahan was asked if they had considered not playing purdy regardless of tomorrow's test result. he says if purdy is cleared, he's going to play. yeah if there was a decision, i mean, based off of how he is and stuff. >> but to me, that wasn't a decision because how he's been throughout this week and now that's why he's going to have a chance and we'll see how the protocol goes tomorrow. >> if he can't play backup, sam darnold will make his first start for the niners.

>> coming up next, we are talking about building a better bay area with an emphasis on the building part. see why it's so hard to create new housing in san francisco? plus, empowering an entire police department. >> a behind the scenes look at a new kind of program happening in walnut creek. stay with us

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housing in san francisco, but what about reality? >> despite efforts to build 82,000 new housing units in the next eight years, san francisco's streamlining process hasn't gone far enough to meet that goal. >> so the state has put san francisco on notice by threatening to pull millions in funding. abc7 news reporter liam melendez explains what san francisco needs to do and do fast. >> the building process in san francisco can be summed up in 1 or 2 words slow and convoluted, like mark linzell. many architects and builders agree. san francisco takes too long to approve new housing when it

comes to issuing new housing permits. the latest numbers show that so far this year, san francisco has granted 182 permits where san jose, with a slightly larger population, has issued 1448. >> we are expected to deliver 82,000 units in the next eight years. yet there's no urgency. it's this simple. >> san francisco has a number of city policies and practices that are out of compliance with the state. the state describes them as old and impractical policies that are causing unnecessary delays. for example, this project at 469 stevenson street has been delayed because some on the board of supervisors believed it would cause gentrification. so the way they halted the project was to use the california environmental quality act sequa. >> unfortunately, it is now being used by to stop housing

and other projects, even if those projects are environmentally beneficial. >> san francisco also allows anyone to object to a project, even if it meets all the required. it's that discretionary review can take months. that's the case with the 2550 irving street project, which offers 90 units of affordable housing. a neighborhood group objected, and the project was delayed, pending several appeals. after losing all appeals, the project has five rarely been given the green light to start construction in spring of 2024. state senator scott wiener says san francisco also violates the state's density bonus law, where builders can add more units if they add more affordable housing. but san francisco frequently adds an additional fee. that's, i think, illegal. yet they have been allowed these discretion three objections and

added fees are unique to san francisco and they are intended to go away after the legislature passed sb 433, authored by senator wiener. >> sb 433 starting early next year, will sweep away a lot of the obstacles that san francisco has put up to block housing. the california department of housing and community development asked researchers at uc berkeley to analyze san francisco's housing approval practices and policies. >> this is the takeaway from that report that the procedural rules are a problem in terms of achieving those supply goals and those production targets. the same is true for smaller home projects. >> some people actually have lost the opportunity to build just because interest rates have gone up and it's taken a year or two to get their project approved and now they can't get the loans to do the project anymore. san francisco's mandated 82,000 new units would bring the cost of housing in san francisco down. >> and because there isn't enough housing in the city of

san francisco, especially affordable housing, we are seeing homelessness to climb to record levels. but here's the rub. >> if san francisco doesn't act quickly to streamline the building process, the state has said it could withhold state funding. >> but if the state pulls out, then we can kiss affordable housing. in san francisco goodbye. >> in addition, san francisco could lose local control over what gets built here in the newsroom. leanne melendez is abc7 news. >> celebrating 55 years and counting. a big party was held to celebrate the successes of eden housing. the east bay, a nonprofit has helped 100,000 families secure a place to live. a who's who of local state and community leaders came together to celebrate. the eden housing was founded in 1968 by a group of volunteers in hayward. since then, the nonprofit has acquired or preserved about 12,000 properties, helping many who need a place to call home. >> today in santa rosa, the

grand opening was held for the laurel at perennial park. you may know the site by its former name, journey's end. the mobile home park was one of the first casualties of the 2017 north bay wildfires. here's a look at that night and what's happened since. >> everything was raining. embers. fire was raining. >> those tremendous winds that drove that fire down this hillside jumped to frontage roads and a major highway to burn down in total, almost 6000 homes and rightfully so. >> so many thought that it this day would never come. one of the darkest days in our history has turned into a bright light in a homecoming like no other believe we're standing on the place where my mobile home stood. >> everyone one knew about journey's end, and to be able to come back and rebuild on this very site is very, very

cleansing. >> and very, very heartening. so congratulations to everyone on no more tears, no more talk about being dragged through fire to the glow of a of the fire. >> i put all that away. it gone now. i am so happy this beautiful resident. >> lots of cheers there. the new development will have a total of 162 units of affordable housing for low income seniors and people who used to live at journey's end mobile home park are given priority to move in. what a huge impact over the years. >> all right. well, you know, that's saying if you see something, say something. one bay area police department is taking that concept to the next level by empowering every member officers and staff with the

tools to step forward if something isn't right. i went to see what the new program at the walnut creek police department is all about and how it's helping build a better bay area down a nondescript hallway at the walnut creek police department. something new and different is happening on the other side of this door. an emerging trend in law enforcement. and this force is on the cutting edge. i was there this week for one of the daylong training classes. what's the feedback you get after this training program from the officers who've gone through the course? >> and what they find out is that we've already been doing a lot of this stuff. it's just we're adding structure, we're adding an organization mindset, we're breaking down the barrier of different levels of hierarchy. >> and it was hierarchy that may have been a factor keeping fellow officers standing just steps away from intervening in the incident involving george floyd. it's a case study back in that classroom in walnut creek. >> know your duty to intervene if unnecessary harm is being inflicted. i'm expected to do something. >> shamika riley is a property

and evidence technician and dispatcher in the walnut creek police department. she's also a trainer teaching her colleagues, sworn officers and staff how to step in when things get sticky. and someone who is above you at your same level or well below you feel confident that they can speak up and face no repercussions. yes why is that important? >> it's important that everyone feels that they're on the same level, that it's not broken down by rank and file. it's good from the top down, bottom up. >> for chief jaime knox embracing this program was an obvious decision. >> this takes awareness and moves it to action. in no community wants to wait for tragedy to strike or for something to happen that could be prevented. so i thought, well, let's move forward with a program like this so that we can be proactive instead of reactive . >> the walnut creek police department is one of only 22 in the entire state to implement the able program. able stands for active by stander ship in law enforcement. active bystander ship means empower bring officers and staff to step

in to help a colleague under stress or crossing a line. it's not just when to intervene, but you literally are teaching them today how to intervene. what does that entail? >> yeah, so it's about using your tools or your tactics that you already have quick decision making skills, things that officers do all the time. but putting a spin on it for, okay, how do i go up to my coworker? how do i go up to my boss? >> that's been the mindset in the department, the chief and others tell me, but this formalizes it and provides the tools to make sure it happens. captain ryan hibbs oversees the project. >> having the ability to stay open and receive that intervention is a key component to its effectiveness. so we feel as though this is going to be a very effective program. we're thrilled to be a part of the ground floor, if you will, and be an early adopter. and the able program is funded by the georgetown law center at no cost to the walnut creek police department. >> other than overtime for officers who go through the training session on their day off. and while that report was

airing, you may have felt it at home. we've got a really pretty strong little jolt here in the studio from an earthquake. we're trying to run down more on it. preliminary 4.0 quake. we're working on where it was centered , epicenter. but it was a good little shake here. and we'll keep you updated as we find out more here in the next few minutes. >> also coming up next, climate and kids. how much does climate change impact a family's decision to have kids? you'll see what experts found next

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and as i'm pointed out here to us in the studio, it just was a very quick jolt. and that's it. no real role, just a jolt. and it was over. >> sometimes it comes and then you. okay, wait till it's happening. but it was very quick. at least here. >> we'll keep you posted as we hear more about this for point zero in millbrae. >> for now, though, climate change and concerns about the future of the environment are apparently becoming more of a consideration when it comes to family planning. yeah. >> abc7 news south bay reporter

dustin dorsey talked with a bay area professor about this. >> the climate crisis is affecting the way people make decisions every day. these can be routine daily choices about what groceries to buy or more complex considerations like where to live or work, but now more people are even factoring in climate change when planning their family as folks are either choosing not to have children or are having fewer children than they consider ideal in part in large part because of climate change. >> so while there are other there are other factors was climate change is a growing reason why it's turning into a global opinion this year. >> hewlett packard asked 5000 people how climate change impacts their decisions. 91% surveyed say they have anxiety about the climate and 53% of that group said the climate has impact their perspective on having more children or any at all. >> this trend of folks having fewer kids than they would like to or having no kids at all. right. when they would, you know, ideally like to have children. i think it's a sign of how dire the climate change situation is.

>> csu east bay assistant professor of sociology amara miller, says many parents say they simply don't want their children growing up in a world of natural disasters caused by climate change. but others, including kristin weaver, say their decision comes from climate experts suggesting having fewer kids than originally planned can help combat climate issues. i originally anticipated that i might have 2 or 3, and i ultimately decided to have one, and there were a number of factors that played into that. >> it wasn't just climate change, but but seeing that information really confirmed my decision to just have one child. the fact that anyone is making a decision not to have children because of climate change or having fewer children than they want, because of climate change is just it's very heartbreaking and i hope it spurs some action on at these global levels, both among governments and corporations, because it doesn't have to be this way in the south bay. >> dustin dorsey, abc7 news coming up next. >> we're going to check out the weather forecast for halloween

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tonight. but good job. she worked hard. >> a lot of training. >> nothing about what we described that she did. sounds fun to me, but kate loves it. >> so that's what matters. congratulations, kate. all right . >> let's talk about our weather. >> yes, weather and the earthquake. sandy is here for that. yeah, ama and dan. >> let's take a look at where that earthquake was centered. if you felt that jolt, it was near millbrae. the usgs had initial put this as a. 4.1 earthquake and as we take a look as to where the fault lines are, by the way, they revised it to a 3.9 san andreas fault is the closest fault to that earthquake . but as we go back here, i do want to show you what the latest report was. and now it is a 3.9. shortly after 630. the depth was eight miles. so if you did feel the shaking, you're not alone. the latest is being reported by the usgs. once again, 3.9 earthquake near millbrae, close to the san andreas fault. as we

take a look at our local radar here, all quiet from the weather perspective, but not for long. tomorrow the winds are going to pick up. it's going to be a sunny day, but the red flag warning goes into effect. and a look at that, accuweather seven day forecast, gusty winds, high fire danger for the weekend. we're going to go with a mild pattern for halloween. dan and emma. >> okay sandhya, thanks very much. >> we'll but his vision dimmed with age. he had amd. i didn't know it then, but it can progress to ga, an advanced form of the disease. his struggle with vision loss from amd made me want to help you see warning signs of ga. like straight lines that seem wavy, blurry, or missing visual spots that make it hard to see faces like this one, or trouble with low light that makes driving at night a real challenge. if you've been diagnosed with amd and notice vision changes, don't wait. ga is irreversible. it's important to catch it early.

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deals are going to be bitingly good and very crazy american ghost walks as soon as the fog rolls in, it's down to the business of hearing halloween pitches. >> this is guest shark jason blum's sweet spot. i'm the ceo and founder of blumhouse is known for halloween and horror themed productions. >> i love halloween. it's a very, very busy month and it's a spectacular experience to be here on on shark wine. >> halloween is a great, great holiday for us come halloween, we go into all the gift shops and everything and see all these crazy halloween candies and gifts. and this is a chance for some entrepreneurs to get some investments in the same space shark win only on abc streaming on hulu in los angeles, george pennacchio for abc news. >> all right. and shark tank airs at 8 p.m. here on abc seven, followed by 2020 at 9:00. don't miss abc seven news at 11 and we are always streaming 24

over seven. get the abc seven bay area app to join us whenever you want. wherever you are. >> all right, finally this friday, a few thoughts about what really matters. so far this year, there have been more than 15,000 car break ins just in san francisco. those are the ones that have been reported. the police chi that matters. we designed smarter ways to detect motion in . this is an abc news special report. >> good evening. >> i'm byron pitts at abc pitts at abc news headquarters in new york. we interrupt regular programming to bring you breaking news out of maine. according to law enforcement sources, suspected gunman robert card is dead. he's the suspect in that mass shooting of 18 people, one of them 14 years old. we go now to abc news trevor ault in lewiston, maine. trevor, what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, byron, multiple law enforcement sources tell abc news that robert card has been found dead due to a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, and that marks the end

of 48 hours of terror here in maine, more than 30 gunshot victims in this massacre. it began at sparetime bowling alley and proceeded to a second location at a restaurant where multiple people gathered. authorities new the possibility he would be found dead was there. they found a suicide note at his home. it had no information about a possible motive for the shooting. certainly after two days of shelter in place orders, people are going to be at peace now. they can grieve together, but it is likely that the survivors and their families may never get answers as to why this massacre occurred. byron. >> thank you so much. much more on these latest developments on your late local news and

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