explosion before flames ripped through the area. >> then keeping score on how the city is doing. san jose trying to survey thousands of residents about the city's progress on key issues. >> and if you want to decorate your house like this before thanksgiving, you could get prize money, thousands of dollars. >> i mean, you've put thousands

of dollars into it. and that bill, you might get some of it back. good morning on this thursday, november 2nd. yes, i'm going to start the check of our forecast with drew. >> yeah, good morning. so it continues to feel very mild out there in the afternoon for another day today. here's where we stand with temperatures. it's one of our warmer mornings this week. you don't see any 30s on the board. most of us are starting out our day in the mid 40s to the mid 50s. good morning hayward. you're at 52. we're at 44 in palo alto, 48 in vallejo. light jacket. take it with you. here's a live look from our abc7 oakland airport camera where it is quiet on the taxiways this morning. we are dry and we will find sunny skies up here at 736. we'll have clouds increasing from the north today. we'll call it filtered sunshine. it's not a totally cloudy day and those temperatures will remain on the mild side. most of us going into the 70s by 4 p.m. let's get a check on the roads with jobina this morning. good morning. >> good morning, drew. thank you. hi, everyone. we are starting in emeryville showing our live camera of 8-80 and those headlights traveling in the westbound direction. if

you're going towards the bay bridge toll plaza, it is full, definitely packed in there. but the chp has not updated the log and showing us when those metering lights came on. so we'll let you know when they turn on if they haven't already, but it looks like they have. san rafael 101, nice and clear for you. and we do have one issue popping up here on our sensors and you're starting to see a minor slowdown in the spot westbound 580 before castro valley boulevard. we have a crash involving an overturned vehicle. reggiane kumasi, thanks for being an all clear in the east bay after a wildfire engulfs a home threatening a community in contra costa county . >> many of you may have been woken up with alerts about this fire. it happened near the canyon post office, which is not far from moraga, abc7 news reporter lena howland is live in canyon with what we know right now. lena reggie the fire happened about a half mile up the road from where i am standing right now. >> i'm at the post office which is where the neighbors were told to prepare to evacuate to on foot in the middle of the night. that's because the narrow winding roads leading up to the

fire were blocked by emergency vehicles. this video of the scene was taken around 1030 last night. it shows one home destroyed after a house fire which spread into a nearby brush. according to fire officials, you can even see someone's car fully engulfed in flames as the moraga orinda fire marshal said. the fire burned between half an acre to a full acre. here's what one neighbor had to say. >> we heard an explosion and then a few minutes later, we heard fire trucks. and i went out onto the deck and we saw a house completely engulfed in flames as the fire marshal s they faced major access issues fighting this fire with very narrow roads and a limited water supply. >> maybe that's why they brought in support from cal fire. east bay regional park district and the san ramon fire protection district. we are still waiting to hear if there was any other

damage to other homes in this neighborhood. so far, no injuries. have been reported. live in canyon, lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you, lena. in the east bay, a bike path that cuts through an upscale neighborhood, causing a big stir and a lawsuit. so thousands of cyclists were using this path that goes from the diablo neighborhood in danville to the summit of mount diablo. yesterday, a group of protesters gathered outside of us bank in danville. a man who filed a lawsuit was a part of this group. the lawsuit claims the bank recently foreclosed on the property and then a fence you can see there was installed which blocked the trail. the suit claims the easement for the trail was dedicated to mount diablo state park in 1979. so that makes it public property. but the issue is the park never formally accepted it. >> we're claiming we want the court to declare that through its actual use for the purpose for which it was dedicated, that it is in fact a public easement and therefore the bank has no right to block the public's

access over that easement. in an email to abc seven news, us bank says it is the trustee of the foreclosed property and directed questions to the loan servicer for the trust. >> such as a company named mr. cooper. the company and its lawyers did not return requests for comment. here's an interesting idea from the mayor of san jose. >> a scorecard that tracks the city's progress. and this is how it will work. the city will survey a new group of 800 residents every quarter to add information to the scorecard. by the end of the year, city officials hope to have 3000 residents surveyed, much like report cards. the system will focus on several key subjects. and we'll look at the city's progress. that includes community safety, homelessness, reduction, neighborhood cleanups and attracting jobs and housing. the mayor says the plan will be used to track other city programs in the future. i just think we need to do our best to make the scorecard level be really easily digestible for the public. mayor mehan says

realistically, san jose won't become 100% perfect, but his goal is to get the city to a much better place. >> president biden is now calling for a pause in fighting between israel and hamas to allow time to rescue more hostages and jobina. his comments come as attacks are increasing. >> yes, kumasi. president biden is calling the israel hamas crisis incredibly complicated. and a heckler confronted the president at a fundraiser yesterday in minneapolis. the president responded saying, quote, i think a pause is needed for what he says could give more time to get the get more than 200 civilian hostages taken by hamas out of gaza and the rafah at the rafah crossing. injured palestinians were among the first to enter egypt from gaza. hundreds of foreign nationals followed at least five americans were able to leave, including two aid workers. this morning, hundreds more trapped americans have been approved to cross into egypt, as president biden insists the us is focused on bringing them home.

>> working nonstop to get americans out of gaza as soon and as safely as possible. this is the result of intense and urgent american diplomacy with our partners in the region. >> in gaza, for the second time in two days, israel launched airstrikes at a refugee camp. the israeli defense forces say the latest strike targeted a hamas command complex and killed hamas militants. the hamas run gaza health ministry claims palestinian palestinian civilians are among the dead there as well. reggie jobina, thank you. >> the conflict in gaza could have an impact on the 2024 election in a group of muslim leaders in minnesota are now calling for president biden to work toward an immediate ceasefire. there vowing to abandon biden and help defeat him in 2024. >> for our votes now, free and every decision and action has a price tag. and the decision you made and the path you took, the

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those temperatures warming once again into the 70s by three, 4 p.m. so it's another day of mild temperatures and a blend of sun and clouds. here's the three day forecast we have little change to the temperatures tomorrow. clouds to afternoon sun. but by saturday, it's a cloudier day. showers enter the forecast in the north bay at night, but a better chance for most of us on sunday. we'll show you future weather coming up in about nine minutes. reggie. >> thanks, drew. still to come, when the skate park at san francisco's un plaza is set to open and the latest push to make sports gambling legal in california, the potential roadblocks standing in the way. we're going to take a break, but right now it is 612. and here's a live look at downtown san francisco. we'll be right back ♪ ♪ we're building a better postal service. for more on-time deliveries. and easier, affordable ways to ship.

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donated $10 million to rise east. the money will go toward improving a 40 by 40 block area in east oakland in hopes to keep and bring back displace families of color. improvements include black led nonprofits and a black cultural zone and a youth development center. organizers need to raise $50 million by the end of the year to start the project. >> i'm a big fan of making sure that we work with community to have community led efforts so that we can actually come to the community with trusted messengers. the 40 blocks make up oakland's largest concentration of black residents . >> survivors of abuse are challenging the archdiocese of san francisco to sell parts of its multibillion dollar real estate portfolio to compensate victims. the archdiocese filed for bankruptcy in august, help manage hundreds of sex abuse lawsuits, according to the chronicle. uh. the survivors network of those abused by priests argues the archdiocese could sell vacant land on two of

its properties on the peninsula. snap said this could generate up to $1 billion for victims compensation. a representative for the archdiocese did not respond to the chronicle's request for comment on the group's valuation. there's a renewed effort to legalize sports gambling in california. it comes just a year after voters overwhelmingly rejected the idea. two men, rev collins and ryan tyler walz, introduced a new measure. we've learned the state's major tribes have to be involved for a deal to pass. it would be a exclusive to the state's native american tribes who could offer sports betting in person at their casinos or across the state online on using apps and sites that we would be branded with the tribes. >> branding. >> the california nation indian gaming association said not only do they not support these measures, but they weren't involved in the planning. in a statement, the association said decisions are driving the future of tribal governments should be

made by tribal governments, while the sponsors of these initiatives may believe they know what is best for tribes, as we encourage them to engage with indian country and ask rather than dictate. abc7 news tried contacting the men who introduced the measures, but we weren't able to reach them. if you'd like to decorate your home for the holidays before thanksgiving, you could get some money for it. >> oreo is giving 100 festive fans who decorate before thanksgiving a portion of $100,000 in prizes. all you have to do is follow oreo on social media, share a photo of your decked out house and use the hashtags holiday oreo allowance and oreo sweepstakes. use the contest ends on november 17th. now that is very early. that is very early. did you all do a lot of decorating your families? >> yeah, kind of, yeah, a little bit, yeah. it's on the house. yeah, but we had one neighborhood, like, five minutes away from us that they went all out like that. and all the houses were decked out, and you could, like, drive through. it

was a cool experience. it was really fun. just ask for, like, a $1 donation to go in. it was really fun. that's cool. it was a fun time. yeah we have a lot of cool houses. >> people do a lot. we have one family that used to do something like this, and they always donated their money to make a wish. they did that every year, so it was cool. yeah. yeah >> i was old enough to put the lights on. i almost fell off the roof. that was my final time person first and last. that's like so no, you're going to stay on the ground. i'll go on. i'll go on the roof. i was like, all right, sounds good to me. let's go outside. this morning. here's a live look from our east bay hills camera. really good visibility this morning. you can see all the city lights, the east bay in the foreground. we've got the city and the peninsula way out there in the background. so we will have another day of sun and clouds. and it is another mild afternoon. that trend continues today and will keep some of that mild air even into tomorrow to finish out the week. but the weekend, we will get some cooler weather moving in, some showers in the forecast. the best chance for showers probably on sunday for most of us and even early

next week, monday and tuesday, we keep showers in the forecast. no day on the seven day is a total washout, but we're just unsettled as fronts are close by. it gives us a chance of some wet weather or even early next week. today it's all about a mix of sun and clouds out there. here's future weather. any wet weather stays away from us to the north. it'll be a blend of sun and clouds, then a mix of stars and clouds overnight tonight. but tomorrow we get rid of a lot of that cloud cover. but our marine layer is back tomorrow morning. it reemerges on the coastline and that means a cooler coast. but sunshine away from the coast to finish out the week. but today we'll have a blend of sun and clouds, mild temperatures staying in the 70s for the most part for daytime highs overnight tonight. we'll have those clouds early on giving way to clearer skies and numbers mainly falling into the 50s as we head into friday. now, over the weekend, we'll watch a cold front get closer here. saturday night, best chance of a shower coming to the north bay. but by sunday, i think everybody has a better chance as that front crosses through finding a light shower in your neighborhood. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. we have bright, mild skies through friday shower chances late saturday into sunday, level

one on sunday and even unsettled early next week. jobina. >> thank you, drew. good morning, everybody. so we are starting with the maps because we are following an overturned vehicle crash in castro valley that has slowed things down. your speeds are around nine miles per hour here. the crash itself is on westbound 580 before castro valley boulevard. we also have a new crash reported in hayward southbound 880 before tennyson road. that one is a very minor slowdown there and we have a sig alert still in effect. this is week four of this at the richmond-san rafael bridge with three lanes blocked in the westbound direction. so you can see the delays here. and of course, no widely wide load vehicles are in allowed in this area. reggie, thanks for being a good morning. >> america is coming up at seven right here on abc seven. and ginger zee is in new jersey with a look at what's ahead for reggie kumasi. >> great to be with both of you here on a thursday morning. well, i'm outside, so, you know, it's the coldest air of the season. and we have seen some of the record lows drop from midwest to deep south. a lot of freeze alerts on the map. and unfortunately, a fatal accident

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here until saturday night. believe it or not, we'll get some high clouds blowing off of it from time to time. but all in all, today is a nice looking day. temperatures will warm as you go on future weather. you'll see we're back into the 70s today, but it's under a blend of sun and cloud. so again, today, tomorrow we are on the mild side

, but kumasi will have a chance of showers moving in into the north bay by saturday night. >> all right. thank you, drew. something happened at sfo that hasn't occurred since before the pandemic and air china flight arrived yesterday from beijing. it's the first direct flight from mainland china to san francisco since march of 2020. back then, there were 300 direct flights between china and the us per week, and now there are only 48. china is hoping to double that by the end of this year. reestablish the close ties with san francisco chinese community people are not 100% out of the pandemic. >> nick. unless we are able to travel conveniently and freely, just like before the pandemic, like these direct flights are very important to san francisco and its chinatown. >> before the pandemic, one third of visitors to chinatown came from china. this morning, we're learning that the justice department has launched an investigation into possible anti-competitive practices by live nation. according to the wall street journal, the probe

is looking into restrictions. live nation writes into its deals and whether those agreements restrict venues ability to work with other promoters or ticket services. a spokesperson for live nation said, quote, we participate in competitive bidding for both artists and venue deals. the skate park at un plaza in san francisco is set to open next week. rec and park is telling our news partner, the sf standard they're completing finishing touches before the opening on wednesday. they're adding ramps, platforms, ledges and chests and ping pong tables. the plans for the skate park were unveiled over the summer as a way to improve conditions at civic center because of crime, drug use and homelessness issues. the renovations will cost about $2 million. san francisco's only outdoor ice skating rink is back and while the return signals the start of the holiday season, it also means a turning point in the year for the businesses in that area. organizers are hoping locals and tourists make their way to union square to kick off the holiday shopping season. and

of course, have a lot of fun. >> the stores like it because thousands and thousands of people will come here in the next 12 weeks. thousands upon thousands at christmas time already. >> it's after halloween. it's starting. yes play at the mariah carey song. yes >> opening day featured figure skater angela wang and skaters from the san francisco ice theater. if you want to get on the popular rink, you do have to reserve a spot online line. and here are the prices. kids tickets go for $15. adult tickets cost $20. and then in a few days on the seventh, they're going to be two new restaurants there for you to eat at miller and lux. provisions and they have brunch all day. mariah carey is facing another lawsuit over her chart topping christmas song, all i want for christmas is you. now, in this new

lawsuit, country music artist andy stone, who goes by vince vance, alleges mariah carey made up the story of how she wrote the song and that her own co-writer has disputed the story. vance sued carey last year, claiming he wrote and recorded a song. all i want for christmas is you. five years before carey's massive hit with the same name, the songs are musically and lyrically different, but vance said no one obtained permission to use the title. next, at 630, the new tipping policy for doordash customers that not everybody is happy about. then the woman in san francisco who is sleeping in a hearse because she can't find an affordable place to live. and as we head to break, we're taking a live look outside. it's 627. we'll

this is a story that makes everyone cry. laugh-cry. ugly cry. and definitely, totally not cry. but it■s ok. you can always blame it on the altitude. (music) now it's 630 rideshare giants uber and lyft on the hook for more than 300 million amid claims they purposely withheld

money from drivers. the agreement announced overnight protests over the plan to raise p-g-and-e's rates again. >> now a vote to do that has been delayed. ben fast food prices on the way up the company is saying they're going to have to start charging more. good morning, everybody. it's thursday, november 2nd. >> a check of the forecast from drew. and it's another warm day. >> yeah, it is. we continue the trend that we started in monday where we have these warm temperatures and it just continues for another day today. so outside right now, not one of our coldest mornings this week. we don't have any 30s on the map. we have 40s and mid 50s to get you out there on your thursday the abc7 oakland airport camera as one of the aircraft pushes back from the gate this morning. you're traveling today. you have no worries. the weather is just fine across the bay area. whether you're going out of sfo or oakland, maybe san jose, we'll have lots of sunshine, mild temperatures, we'll call it filtered sunshine this afternoon . temperatures going into the 70s away from the coast. but we do have changes coming our way.

this weekend includes cooler weather, even the chance for some showers. we'll talk about that coming up in eight minutes. let's say hi to joe in your traffic zone. >> thank you, drew. good morning, everybody. so we are here at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see that it hits all filled in except for the carpool lanes. there it's still interesting. we don't have the metering light times for you from the chp, but you can just go ahead and bank on it that they are on based on that backup. in san jose, we have a live picture of 101 where it is nice and clear in the northbound and southbound directions. and that crash we're following in castro valley has been upgraded to a sigalert westbound 580 before castro valley boulevard. we have, i believe, an overturned vehicle here. your speeds are down to around nine miles per hour and then a minor slowdown in hayward for this crash southbound 880 before tennyson road. >> thanks, jobina. scary moments for people in the east bay overnight when a fire prompted an evacuation warning. it happened in the community of canyon, which is near moraga. abc7 news reporter lena howland is live there this morning. lena >> reggie the fire happened about a half mile up the road from where i am standing. i'm at

the post office, which is where neighbors were told to prepare to evacuate to on foot in the middle of the night. that's because these narrow winding roads leading up to the fire were blocked by emergency vehicles. this video of the scene was taken around 1030 last night. it shows one home destroyed after a house fire which spread into nearby brush. according to fire officials. you can even see someone's car fully engulfed in flames. the moraga orinda fire officials said the fire burned between half an acre to a full acre. one neighbor told us she believes the person who owned the house that burned had many dogs and she was worried that the fire was going to get out of control. well we said we've got to go. >> and unfortunately, i'm kind of upset because we have an elderly neighbor who refused to come with us. we're a pretty tight community. it's very small egress and is very difficult. so

our phone tree was activated right away. most of our immediate neighbors are here. >> the fire marshal said they faced major access issues fighting this fire with very narrow roads and a limited water supply. that's why they brought in support from cal fire, east bay regional park district and the san ramon fire protection district. firefighters gave the all clear and the evacuation warning was lifted around 2:00 this morning. we're still waiting to hear if there was any other damage to other homes in this neighborhood, but so far, no injuries. have been reported. live in canyon, lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you, lena. the man accused of throwing explosive devices at police during a chase from san francisco to the east bay is being is going to be back in court today. yesterday, daniel garcia pleaded not guilty to a dozen different charges in a san francisco courtroom. garcia is accused of assaulting and attempting to rob someone at

saints. peter and paul church sunday night. he allegedly threw multiple bombs at officers while leading them on a chase to the east bay. he was taken into custody in martinez. garcia is also dealing with a domestic violence case. he was found guilty in 2012 of detonating a bomb underneath a car of one of his then tenants. legal experts say garcia's past could weigh on any potential sentencing. >> if the person is found guilty when it comes time for sentencing, then the judge is going to consider a range of factors and there someone's criminal history can make the punishment more severe. >> da brooke jenkins says she plans to keep garcia in custody because he of the threat he poses to public safety. >> san francisco city leaders are taking a stance against license plate covers that drivers are using for sideshows. the products cover plates with a screen at just the push of a button that can be bought on amazon, on ebay, etsy and at walmart. city attorney david

chiu sent cease and desist letters to all four companies. >> are profound. hope is that these four online retailers will do the right thing and ensure that these products are not displayed on their sites. >> if these things are on the cars and we can't detect and see the license plates, it prevents us from doing the follow up work that we that we do nowadays with these sideshows. >> people also use these covers to evade tolls and speeding cameras. our team reached out to each of the companies, but we have yet to hear back. >> cpuc has rescheduled a vote on raising p-g-and-e's rates. it was supposed to happen today, but it's now set to happen in two weeks. on november 16th. rate payers deserve accountability. >> we want puc to step up and give us accountability. >> groups opposed to the rate hike proposal protested in front of cpuc headquarters in san francisco yesterday. if this happens, the average customer's monthly bill could go up by $31. customers say the price increase

will negatively impact working families and some doubt whether the additional money will even go toward wildfire safety and ratepayer protection. this is what p-g-and-e's is claiming. if cpuc votes in favor, utility bills would go up in january, nearly 8000 people are currently unhoused in san francisco. >> this morning we're introduced you to one of those people. she's been living in a hearse with a casket on top. we talked to her and heard her story. she says she's not letting her sleeping situation bring down her spirits. the fun part is if you're parked somewhere and you as you come out in the morning, somebody's sitting behind you, it freaks them out. >> oh, i wasn't expecting you to come out of the hearse. >> this is julie sue jones says she became homeless less than a year ago. she is a trans woman. and she says because of that, relying on her family has not been possible. all she bought the hearse with her savings and now parks in daly city outside of the spirit halloween store where she has been working. >> we had the idea of using the

hearse to promote the store, and it really brought a lot of people in. she's a great sales person now with her seasonal job over, julie says she's looking for work full time, promising to be a dependable go to employee. >> happening today, a former president donald trump's younger son, eric trump, will be testifying in new york courtroom in his father's civil fraud trial. yesterday, trump's eldest son testified that he never worked on the key documents. donald trump jr. ran the trump organization while his father was president. but the family and their company are being accused of exaggerating their wealth on financial statements to secure loans. the trumps are blaming irregularities on the organization's outside accountant, donald bender. bender testified last month that the trumps weren't always forthcoming with all the required information for financial statements. donald trump is set to testify on monday. >> the house has blocked a move to censure democratic congresswoman rashida tlaib for her criticism of israel over its

response to the hamas terror attack. she angered colleagues, including some democrats, after she refused to apologize for blaming israel for a deadly hospital explosion in gaza. the us says initial evidence suggests the blast came from an errant palestinian islamic jihad rocket, not israel. new york republican republican congressman jorge santos has survived an effort to kick him out of congress this jobina members of his own party from his own state tried to expel him. yes reggie. >> and critics accused congressman jorge santos of being a serial liar. the resolution to expel him needed a two thirds majority to pass most democrats voted for it, but most republicans, those who have only a slim majority in the house, said no. critics argue his long history of lies embellished. resume and legal problems make santos unfit for office. santos has pleaded not guilty to 23 federal counts. he's accused of stealing people's identities, making unauthorized changes on his donors credit cards and

lying to federal election officials as a distraction. >> and it's a punch line for a lot of commentary regarding the republican party that we don't need. i don't want away from this process, but the notion of wanting to have a predetermined outcome is wrong. >> that is, that that is literally a banana republic stance. and i'm glad that that that didn't go through. >> santos posted this picture of himself wearing a crown saying, quote, if you come for me, you best not miss his federal trial is set to start next september. the house ethics committee is set to announce next steps in its investigation. santos says he is cooperating. kumasi. >> thank you, jobina new this morning, a major settlement with uber and lyft. the new york attorney general says they've agreed to pay more than $300 million for wage theft. abc7 news reporter ryan curry explains how prosecutors say both companies cheated drivers out of their money. >> new york attorney general

letitia james has claimed this is now the largest wage theft settlement her office has ever secured. now these drivers will be entitled to paid sick leave as well as back pay. the two bay area companies will now start to give that money back to those drivers who file claims. according to the attorney general, from 2014 to 2017, uber deducted sales taxes and black car fund fees from drivers payments. when those taxes and fees should have been paid by the passengers. lyft deducted an 11% administrative charge from drivers payments, when it also should have been paid by riders. the new york attorney general said in a statement. for years. uber and lyft systemically cheated their drivers out of hundreds of millions of dollars in pay and benefits while they worked long hours in challenging conditions. this settlement were ensure they finally get what they have rightfully earned and are owed under the law. not only will they get that back pay, but they will also now get that paid sick leave and a minimum wage increase. we reached out to uber

and lyft. we have not heard back yet in the newsroom. ryan curry, abc seven news. >> if you don't tip on your doordash delivery orders, the company says get ready to wait. the app is testing a new feature that alerts a delivery person when a customer enters a zero as the tip. drivers can select which orders they accept. so this means they could prioritize other orders or even turn down a gig if they don't see a tip. the pilot program is being tested at random markets across the country. that is going to be controversial. coming up, the san francisco based company laying off 7% of its employees. >> and a live look right now at the big board at the new york stock exchange. were up right now about about 275 points. another update on the markets next. and the commercial that has the internet buzzing. >> a mean girls reunion that is so fetch. stay with us on the abc7 bay area streaming app at seven for abc seven at seven. we're getting a look at the new roots theater festival featuring local creators and a variety of performances. please tune in at

seven, but you have to have that app. so download it now wherever you stream. >> 641 live doppler seven along with satellite showing you it's pretty active picture this morning to our north where we have rain falling from vancouver , seattle, portland, even medford. this front looks pretty close, but it's not going to hit us until, believe it or not, saturday night. so we are going to stay dry. but what you're noticing, a lot of cloud cover with this front is going to move into northern california as the day goes on. so we'll have a blend of sun and clouds today, but we will keep the mild temperatures in the forecast. once again, here's future weather. light jacket certainly this morning. you don't need it this afternoon. watch as these temperatures warm and you can clearly see by about 4:00 pm, it feels quite nice. once again, we're going back into the 70s across the board for most of us. so 73 in oakland, 72 in the city today, 75. in napa, 78. in fairfield, 76. in fremont, near 80. in san jose. upper 60s to the mid 70s from half moon bay into santa cruz. the three day forecast temperatures stay similar tomorrow, but saturday

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hole in san jose. it's on martha street between seventh and eighth. you can see the flooding and the mud all over the road, which is closed as clean as crews clean up. calle caltrans has also closed northbound 280 at the seventh street ramp because of flooding. the cause is under investigation. klay thompson at three, klay for the win. >> good. okay >> if you'd like to be at the edge of your seat, last night was the game for you. klay thompson coming in clutch he wins the game for the warriors.

his shot with less than a second left help the dubs beat the kings on pride night at chase center. the warriors have won four games in a row. they play oklahoma city on the road tomorrow night. i can't say that i was a good luck charm, but drew and i were there last night and it was. it was close the whole time. yeah, it was very again, if you like, close games. it was exciting. >> i like it. well, this morning, the texas rangers are waking up world champions for the very first time. they beat the arizona diamondbacks five to nothing to win the title. the rangers are coached by former giants manager bruce bochy, bochi, who won three titles as giant skipper, wins his fourth title. only three others have more title as a manager than bochy. he's one of only five five to win a title with more than one team. now overnight, san francisco mayor london breed congratulated bochy on the win by posting on formerly known as twitter, saying congratulations to bruce bochy on his fourth ring, san francisco will always

remember and treasure the first three. a true legend. new at six. the companies that own two of the bay area's biggest amusement parks are merging. cedar fair, which owns great america and six flags, which owns discovery kingdom, struck an $8 billion deal. so combined they control 27 theme parks and 15 water parks across north america. the new company will keep six flags as its corporate name, and they say the merger will result in $200 million in cost savings and generate $3.4 billion in revenue. now for your morning money report. >> if you eat a mcdonald or chipotle, you're going to be paying more for your food soon. both fast food chains say they're raising prices next year throughout california so they can pay their workers more. governor newsom signed a law in september raising the minimum wage for fast food workers to 20 bucks an hour. mcdonald's says it hasn't calculated how much prices are going to go up. chipotle expects to raise prices

by a mid to high single digit percentage. san francisco based splunk is laying off 7% of its global workforce, according to its filings. nearly 540 employees will be cut with a majority in the us. the layoffs come ahead of the software companies. $28 billion acquisition by cisco. in an email to employees, ceo gary steele said the cuts are not a result of the acquisition, but instead economic conditions. laid off workers will be offered a severance package, health care and job resource fees. let's look at the new york stock exchange this morning as trading gets underway, we are considering up about 224 points in the words of regina george. >> get in, loser. we're going shopping. but black friday shopping. >> so why don't you take that one? i'm such a good mom. >> i'm impressed. and i'm karen. we know. yeah okay. >> why do they look the same? i know walmart is bringing some cast members back together from

the mean girls movie to promote their holiday deals. >> a two minute commercial includes lindsay lohan, lohan, lohan, lohan. i don't know anybody's last name. >> amanda seyfried. >> yeah, amanda seyfried and lacey chabert. they return as their characters katie, karen and gretchen. but they are all grown up. walmart released a series of commercials with different characters from the movie leading up to black friday, and of course, cyber monday. it's missy elliott. she is she sure? >> yeah, because her song bury the pass that dutch. >> yeah. the theme of that movie. >> kevin napper, was in it from the mathletes. >> yeah. >> and the guy that plays damian was in it. yeah. daniel was like, hi, girls. yeah it is. >> i love him. >> i'm trying to think of what was in that. >> yeah, they really do look good. they look good. >> know. >> so when you said that yesterday, i watched the whole thing. yeah. and i was really like, jaw dropped because. is

that what they really look like? >> yes. >> have they been touched by an angel with. >> i mean, i don't even know how old the movie is now, but 2004, 2004? 2004? >> yeah. >> wow. lindsay really looks great. yeah, that was really happy to see her. and people were like, why isn't rachel mcadams in it? like, the answer is simply that she just didn't want to do it. yeah, but they were like, that's very on brand for regina george because why would she be hanging out with her high school friends in adulthood? >> she's somewhere else on to a better life. and you know, katie heron is going to be a guidance counselor. >> yes. >> who knew at her high school. it was fascinating. it was a nice little throwback yesterday. good for them. all right. here, look outside. we're going to the tam cam. it's a lovely view with our sunrise getting up here, showing us some pre sunrise colors. great visibility out there. we have a nice day in store. here's future weather. let's go hour by hour show you that we have a blend of sun and clouds today. the reason why we

have a cold front well to our north, basically in oregon. but we're getting some of that cloud cover blown off from that front throughout the day, filtered sunshine, that's what we'll call your afternoon. it's mild once again. we'll have that cloud cover for the overnight period. but tomorrow morning it gets out of here. our marine layer returns. we'll see fog back along the coast. but away from the coast, we will see bright conditions to finish out the week tomorrow. today, it's a blend of sun and clouds. another mild day. we're continuing that trend of above average temperatures into the 70 and 72. in the city, 79 in san jose, 77 in concord, oakland, quite nice at 73, 75 in napa, ukiah very comfortable coming in at 75 degrees overnight. tonight we have that cloud cover early on giving way to clearer skies before sunrise and numbers in the 50s. here's future weather. the front will then move into northern california eventually by about saturday, saturday night, the best chance of light showers will be in the north bay. but by sunday i think that chance becomes area wide. so sunday i think everyone has a chance of a light shower. no day

is a washout this weekend, but we do have to include some showers in the forecast both saturday night and on sunday. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. dry, mild, sunny today and tomorrow. that chance of a shower late saturday into sunday. sunday's a level one. do not forget your clocks go back one hour over the weekend as standard time begins and we still stay a bit unsettled early next week. jobina thank you, drew. >> good morning, everyone. so we are still following that sig alert right now in castro valley. it is in the process of clearing, but there are multiple vehicles involved here, including one that is overturned. so your speeds are down to around 12mph here. the crash itself is on westbound 580 before castro valley boulevard. we are bringing you a live camera from the san mateo bridge because you can see in the westbound direction traveling towards the peninsula. we are packed right now. we'll check in to see if anything is happening on the western span of the bridge there. and then we'll end with our drive times. tracy to dublin, really not bad at all. and it's a shorter ride really there than it is from antioch to concord, our westbound ford commute has really filled in. you're going to be around 37

minutes for that ride. reggie >> thank you, jobina. it's christmas in november for beatles fans. the british rock group's new song now and then is out today. that's right. a new song. it says to be released in eight minutes. it's described as the beatles last song. you can also watch a mini documentary on the making. it's on disney. plus it gives some background on how the song came together with vocals from john lennon, from the 70s, guitar parts from george harrison in the 90s as and finishing touches recently done by ringo starr and paul mccartney. the song came together with the help from you guessed it, artificial intelligence. disney's the parent company of abc news and abc seven. here's also, yes, a learning center that provides higher education for adults with special needs is growing in the south bay. >> the college of adaptive arts in saratoga is hoping to refer students to a new advisory group that the county of santa clara is building. the group will focus on disability issues and include adults with disabilities. sharon lee started

as a volunteer at the college but is now the director of music . >> we as a society need to up our game and take that time to listen because if you take that moment to listen, these students s are these these individuals are going to contribute so much to society. >> people who are interested in serving on the panel can sign up at the office of disability affairs website until december 4th. >> people are doing all kinds of things to claim a spot in the guinness world record book in this case, it's solving a rubik's cube while skydiving doing okay. now i know. show off, right? a 17 year old an australia did it. he broke the world record by solving the cube in 28.25 seconds. guinness says it's the fastest time for solving a rotating puzzle. cube in freefall. all because that's the thing the teenager named sam said it was much harder than expected because it's so hard to concentrate, concentrate. it's

so loud. and of course, you have all the wind blowing in your face and you're a skydiving, you're a skydiver doing style. it took sam five attempts to beat the previous record of 30s, which astonishes me the fact that there was a previous record for this and there was a shoot. i always feel better when i see the shoot come out. we have a rubik's cube that's upstairs in my office that neither one of us can do, and the minute it was changed from the perfection that it was when we got it, we both got stressed. i'm still stressed thinking about it. >> i'm glad you took it. and i didn't need to know where it was every time i see it, i think about how little we can do, how unskilled we are, and we're not even jumping out of a plane right. i'm going to call sam up next. and seven things you need to know today. >> you can watch all of our newscasts live and on demand through the abc7 bay area. connected tv app. it's available for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv and roku. download the app now. you can start streaming

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did in the community of canyon after a wildfire broke out there overnight, destroying a home on carlston near the town's post office. the moraga orinda fire department issued an all clear just before two this morning. there are no reports of injuries. >> number two, president biden says he supports a pause in fighting in the middle east to allow for the release of hamas held hostages. more than 200 civilian hostages have been taken by hamas since the war started. nearly a month ago. >> number three, the new york attorney general says uber and lyft have agreed to pay a combined $328 million for wage theft. the money will be distributed to cheated drivers who can file a claim to receive money owed to them. >> number four, berkeley police are looking for a hit and run driver who injured a seven year old boy who was trick or treating halloween night. this happened on derby street. the boy had a broken leg. berkeley police do not have a good

description of the car. they say it might be a dark sedan. >> and number five, another mild day. we have a blend of sun and clouds. temperatures going into the 60s and 70s. by 4 p.m, number six, we have a sigalert right now in castro valley that will slow you down if this is a part of your commute. >> westbound 580 before castro valley boulevard. >> and number seven, hometown band, green day coming to san francisco next year. they're performing friday, september 20th at oracle park. the upcoming album saviors is coming out in january. their first since 2020. >> this is cute. >> and i just wanted to give reggie and i want to give kumasi and jobina. we got these fantastic shirts yesterday from the warriors. oh yes, look at them. these are the ones on the chair. >> jobina was live there. okay, so good. >> and then we got more stuff. >> more stuff. >> oh, yeah. we went to pride night last night. you got a rally towel? oh those are cute for you. for you. and you. >> and then we have to say it's

because the warriors heard you say that you didn't have the lgbtq gear. >> yeah, i didn't. because you have the. he has the best sweater. >> oh, we got bobbleheads. >> oh, my god. >> bobbleheads, you guys. steph curry bobblehead. >> oh, my gosh. the warriors love you, ladies. >> they really do love you. >> right back. thank you. all right, let's zoom in. you got it. you got it on this camera. there we g >> good morning america. for our viewers in the west, hundreds able to flee gaza for the first time since the war began. escaping gaza. americans among the hundreds allowed to cross into egypt after weeks of bombing and living in fear. doctors desperate for help and equipment, with hospitals on the brink, as the fighting intensifies. israel now says its troops are at the gates of gaza city. cold blast. millions waking up to freezing temperatures, with record lows from the deep south to the northeast. ginger is tracking it all,