sean diddy combs denied bail today and will remain in federal detention in his sex trafficking case. good afternoon. i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. the latest now on diddy's court hearing today and details on the charges against him in a

moment. but let's start with the largest business conference in the bay area. salesforce's dreamforce is underway right now. it's happening now through thursday, bringing in an expected 45,000 out of town visitors to san francisco. and here's a live look inside the event venue for you as people gather for one of many sessions and look downtown, businesses around moscone center are hoping to benefit from this. the mayor's office projects the event will generate $93 million in local spending. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez gives us a look at day one. >> this robot dog, nicknamed dream bot, is used for search and rescues, but today it's purely entertaining. those at dreamforce trailblazers and innovators are in san francisco this week for salesforce's annual tech conference at the moscone center, salesforce representatives say dreamforce 2024 is the largest ai event in the world. >> it shouldn't be scary. it's not terminator. it's not going

to displace jobs. it's going to help us, frankly, have more joy at work. who wants to do repetitive, mundane tasks at work? so many research speaks to workers are tired. they're stressed, and frankly, they're bored. and this is a technology that can uplift you and your career and your company and everyone around you. >> it's not ai that's going to put people out of a job. you got to learn how to use it and use it to your advantage. >> 45,000 people are expected to attend dreamforce in person today through thursday, and hundreds of thousands online. >> i can say we're absolutely back. we're at we're 100% back. we have a larger campus than we've ever had before. we're growing our attendee base, and it is comparable to what it was in 2019. >> in 2019, 171,000 people were registered to attend online and in person, but it's unclear exactly how many were in person. scheduled speakers for the conference include jane goodall, matthew mcconaughey, ayesha curry and kerry washington. pink

and imagine dragons are scheduled to perform at oracle park on wednesday night. >> i'll be in the front row. okay. awesome. >> and the conference is expected to bring a lot of money into the city. $93 million in san francisco. gloria rodriguez abc seven news. >> and abc seven will provide continuing coverage of dreamforce this week, bringing you the announcements, the celebrity appearances and the big picture impact here in the bay area. all right. now developing news, music mogul sean diddy combs has been denied bail after pleading not guilty to sex trafficking charges. he entered his plea in a new york federal courtroom today. hours after his arrest in manhattan, abc news reporter reena roy has the reaction from diddy's attorney p-g-and-e's stop now? >> cause this bad boy once at the top of the charts, hip hop mogul sean diddy combs, now behind bars in new york city facing disturbing sex trafficking allegations. >> diddy charged with racketeering conspiracy, sex

trafficking and transportation to engage in prostitution. diddy pleading not guilty. >> sean combs led and participated in a racketeering conspiracy that used the business empire he controlled to carry out criminal activity, including sex trafficking, forced labor, kidnaping, arson, bribery, and obstruction of justice. >> they say combs threatened and coerced victims to fulfill his sexual desires, protect his reputation, and conceal his conduct. >> when combs didn't get his way, he was violent. on more than one occasion, combs carried or brandished firearms to intimidate and threaten victims and witnesses. >> his drug filled sexual exploits were allegedly facilitated by his staff and could last days at a time, according to prosecutors. >> combs allegedly planned and controlled the sex performances, which he called freak offs and often involved a variety of narcotics, which combs distributed to the victims to keep them obedient and

compliant. >> prosecutors also referencing hotel surveillance video obtained by cnn from 2016, apparently showing him attacking former girlfriend cassie ventura. the lawsuit was settled with no admission of wrongdoing. combs apologizing. >> my behavior on that video is inexcusable. >> diddy's lawyer saying that he's dealing with this head on. >> he's going to fight this with all of his energy and all of his might. >> prosecutors arguing he should be detained until trial, calling him dangerous. reena roy abc news, new york. >> there's a new challenge to the renaming of oakland's airport. san francisco is petitioning a judge to immediately stop oakland from using the name san francisco bay. oakland international airport. san francisco city attorney says the new name is confusing travelers, with some showing up at the wrong airport. san francisco has already filed a federal lawsuit, but the preliminary injunction would have an immediate effect. oakland officials say the name change aims to remind travelers that their city is part of the

san francisco bay area. it could be a sour note for the opening of san francisco symphony seaso. members of the chorus authorized a strike overnight. the american guild of musical artists said paid singers unanimously voted in favor of authorizing the strike. at least 80% of the unpaid singers in the chorus pledged to honor a picket line. of the 152 singers, only 32 of them are paid. symphony officials say they're looking forward to continuing contract negotiations. the chorus is scheduled to hold its season opener on thursday. instagram is forcing millions of teenagers into protected accounts. the company today announced new teen account settings that will automatically make millions of teen accounts private, and restrict what kinds of content those users can view on the app. meta ceo mark zuckerberg discussed the changes this morning exclusively on gma. >> they're an automatic set of protections for teens that try and proactively address the top concerns that we've heard from

parents about teens online, things like who can contact them, what content they see and how much time they spend on their device. and we've built things like making sure these are all private by default. there's restrictions on who can message your teen, there's content restrictions so that they see less inappropriate content, and even a reminder to leave instagram once you hit an hour for the day. all without requiring any involvement from the parent. >> all right, so we actually use the instagram ceo statement there. apologize for the confusion. but users under 16 will need a parent's permission to change any of the built in protections. teens will be placed in the strictest messaging settings, so they can only be messaged by people they follow or are already connected to. sleep mode will be turned on between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m, which will mute notifications overnight. critics say the changes are an effort by instagram to avoid a looming congressional crackdown on social media sites. you may have noticed gas guzzling up more than your money, despite prices

being on the decline nationally. here's a look at the numbers from triple a, the average price for gas nationally is $3.20 a gallon. it's $1.50 more here in california. 516 a gallon in san francisco and 4.99 in san francisco. gas experts point to refinery maintenance, which is happening right now nationwide. but california faces additional challenges. california is the only state with its own blend of gas, which is why our prices don't drop when other states do. there's always relief in the winter blend, but that's still about a month away. san francisco mayor london breed will be joining us live. we'll talk with her about crime. the economy, the salesforce, dreamforce boost, all that and more up ahead. and then she is the party planner for those who spare no expense. our media partner, the san francisco standard, takes us inside an ultra exclusive party s

san francisco. now, if you recall, last year ceo marc benioff opened the conference saying the city looks safe and cleaned up for the conference. but, quote, unfortunately, the city doesn't always take itself as seriously as it does during dreamforce. well, today his tune changed. >> i want to thank san francisco and california for everything that you've done for us, and you're going to see our fire department and our police department here in san francisco have done an extraordinary job to get us going and to make sure that this is a safe and trusted environment. pat on the back and tell them, thank you. >> all right. so you heard him. and joining us live now to talk about this and other important issues facing her city is san francisco mayor london breed. mayor breed, nice to have you back. >> thank you. it's great to be

back. >> well, i know you're busy. you've been busy with dreamforce, welcoming them. what do you think about what benioff said today? you know, thanking you and then talking about everything the city has done to become a trusted environment and safe environment? >> well, we've been working with so many conventions to make sure that we have a strike team ready to go, because when we have an increase in the number of visitors like we do with 45,000 for dreamforce, we got to be ready. we got to make sure that things look good and feel good and people have great experiences. but year round we are out there on the streets of san francisco, improving the conditions. crime is down lower than it's been in a decade, and we're continuing to make the right investments. do the right things. and we are hoping for all of the folks who are here for dreamforce that they have a great time. we anticipate over $95 million to our local econom. so this is going to be great for san francisco, and we're hoping other conventions take note. >> i want to drill down on two things you just said. first, let's touch on the boost to the economy. right. during opec, which i covered, i remember there was some businesses that

said, hey, we didn't really realize the gains, right. what are you doing this time to maximize the benefits such a convention brings to the local small businesses. >> well, it's not the same as with apec as dreamforce. dreamforce is something that happens every year in san francisco, and many of the businesses are used to the economic boom. but the biggest difference is we had 21 heads of state from all over the world. and so a lot of the street closures and the things that we had to do during that time are a lot different than what we have to do for dreamforce. so it made it difficult. we provided some financial support to many of those businesses who weren't as positively impacted as they had anticipated, but for other conventions, we expect that not to be the case. >> okay. the other part i wanted to drill down on is we were talking about, you know, when apec happens, right? the city was really clean. everybody talked about how safe it felt. and i think benioff talked about that. you know for dreamforce. what are the long term investments that you're making to ensure that it's a year round thing. right. 365 days a year? i

know that just this week we reported on the technology investments in those mobile cameras. but talk about the long term strategy and the specific key pieces of that. >> well, a lot of what we have to help clean the city up are not just our public works directors, but many nonprofit organizations that are providing people with a second chance at life are the ones who are out there helping to keep the streets clean. our downtown ambassadors, our retired police officers. and now the use of technology with drones, with surveillance. it has been with license plate readers. it's been a game changer. it's one of the reasons why we have one of the lowest crime rates we've had in ten years. so all of these investments are having an impact. our working relationship with the state and federal government, we had to build this capacity. this was not something that happened overnight. we had to build it and we are starting to see it. pay off. and more importantly, when we have conventions like dreamforce or even things like apec, we get a lot more help from the state, a lot more increase in services and support, and in some instances, some of the

conventions are paying for those additional resources. for these particular events. of course, we want to sustain it. and part of that also is getting people off the streets, behavior and other things. and now that we have a lot more tools, it makes it possible for us to continue to make the city better in terms of getting people off the streets. >> i know you've really stepped up in the past month, especially the homeless camp sweeps recently. our lyanne melendez went back out there to the tenderloin one month later to see if there was a difference in what she noticed was fewer tents for sure, but perhaps just as many unhoused people. and i had also read the numbers that i think only one sixth accept the shelter when offered. so i guess i'm asking you what is happening and how do you overcome that? what's the plan? well, now that we have the ability to implement the law, no sleeping, no lying, no camping on the streets of san francisco when we go out there with our encampment teams, we are offering a place for people to go. >> we're offering services and

support, and we do have a number of people who are rejecting those services, mostly because they suffer from substance use disorder. they have some level of addiction, and it's complicated in trying to get people to accept our help because, you know, we try to meet people where they are. but the biggest difference we're having now is we are not giving anyone two options. we're giving them one option to take us up on our option to go into shelter, to take us up on our option to be in any of our various treatment programs. we have a great program called code tenderloin. they out there in the middle of the night providing subscriptions of beaufort morphine. that really helps with some of the challenges that exist with fentanyl, the addiction. we're working with folks in the recovery community, and we've invested over $20 million in seven new abstinence based treatment programs. so we're putting together the resources. but what we are doing now is just not letting things happen. the way they used to, because now the capacity and the laws

are on our side and we're making it more difficult for people to just pitch a tent in our city anywhere. and we're making it harder for them to also be out on the streets, especially when we're offering them an alternative place to go. all right. >> i want to talk a little about accountability in the city and ask about the resignation of cheryl davis from the human rights commission. as you know, our media partner, the san francisco standard, reported on alleged improper spending conflicts of interest, including that contract given to someone she shared a home with. did you know about the relationship, and then the other part of that is just, you know, one of the mayoral candidates running against you says this goes all the way to the top to london breed. do you accept that? do you think so? well first of all, we have over 34,000 employees for the city, and i'm responsible for every last one of them. >> so of course, i accept responsibility when something happens and things are going to happen. but it's how you handle what happens that matters. we have put in for many years safeguards so that we can catch things like this. some things

fall through the cracks, but fortunately for us, we have a great team of folks in the comptroller's office who are, as we speak, digging deep to make sure every i is dotted t is crossed. i have asked for the resignation of the director and i have received it. we have also made sure that we frozen spending on the dream keeper initiative. but more importantly, i want to get back to not taking away from this important program that has made a clear commitment to support and uplift the african-american community. we have a number of nonprofits that we fund, and many of them do great work. some i mentioned earlier today about the folks who are out there on the ground helping us to address the challenges that exist in the city and when something is done wrong and when there is a mistake. accountability is at the top of our list, and we have the safeguards in place to help us address it. >> okay, but dream keeper absolutely still a top priority. and all things go. okay. now we're running out of time. so i've got to circle back to the economy because i feel like everything starts and ends

there. and one thing that you've been trying to do is to revitalize the neighborhoods through entertainment. so tell us about that, because how is that going? i understand there's another free concert this week, right? >> oh, yes, i mean oktoberfest. so we created the first entertainment zone in the city. who knew you couldn't just walk outside with your drink? schroeder's and harrington's on front street this friday. it's going to be a great opportunity for people to come together and to just experience joy. we talk about activation of our streets and nightlife downtown, becoming a 24 over seven neighborhood, and the way that that happens housing, of course, office where people work, but also fun. downtown has never been fun and so we have invested in grants and other things and making it easier to get to. yes, so that people can have great experiences, not just in neighborhoods, in our city which are now booming and are fun, and our parks and open space, but especially our downtown, where people are starting to want to come to work again. >> yeah, sometimes i feel like you got to be the cfo, the chief

fund officer, too. when you're mayor of definitely, you know, you can walk and chew gum at the same time probably family. family, why is that? buenos dias, buenos dias. la comunidad es el corazón del barrio. pues sin ella no hay vida, no hay esperanza. everything that i'm doing is for my family. yeah. las mismas cosas que yo quiero para mi hijo las quiero para los niños de la comunidad.

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when summer-like temperatures might return. >> the accuweather headlines are calling for a mix of sun and clouds over the next couple of hours. the big takeaway? it certainly is feeling like fall with below average temperatures in the 60s and low 70s. now tomorrow, another area of low pressure rides down our coastline, and that brings more cloud cover. a chance of some drizzle from time to time, and that reinforcement of those below average temperatures. but for the weekend it is a completely different forecast. we're talking lots of sunshine, warm temperatures. it's going to feel fantastic. let's preview our weekend. saturday we have sunny skies. it will be a warm afternoon, our warmest areas inland going into low 90s around the bay shoreline will be in the

seconds and 80s on sunday. fall officially arrives here at 543 in the morning, but we're calling it autumn warmth for the first day of fall on sunday. we'll find temperatures in the 80s and 90s away from the coast. it's going to be a warm weekend and those warm temperatures continue into early parts of next week. low pressure right now on its way out. that's pushing off to the east. we're sandwiched in between two lows today. the next one is just off the coast of vancouver. this is moving south over the next 24 hours, and when it's off our coastline tomorrow afternoon, that will bring us the chance of that drizzle. here's future weather today, 2 p.m. there's that sunshine for a little bit of our afternoon before the clouds fill right back in. pretty quickly by 5 p.m, so it's a cloudy evening on the way, with those temperatures maxing out again in the mid 60s to the mid 70s. so about 5 to 10 degrees below average today. feeling like late october with those temperatures overnight tonight we do have a full harvest moon in our sky, but the clouds will obscure the view and unfortunately 50s for overnight lows. now future weather

watching this low slide down our coast tomorrow. look at all that cloud cover tomorrow morning. throughout the afternoon, there's that chance we could have some drizzle in spots, mainly along the coast. but once this low gets out of here by the end of the week, it feels very nice sunshine back on friday. look at some of these temperatures. we're back to average, so to speak, before we heat up over the weekend. a look at saturday's afternoon highs even warmer here on sunday. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. we'll see a mix of sun and clouds today. a spotty shower tomorrow before the warming process begins. the weekend looking fantastic. lots of sunshine with temperatures in the 80s and 90s away from

here it is. our media partner, the san francisco standard, has a new article out about parties for the ultra rich. fake kidnapings castles and lasers. yep. we're not kidding. joining us live now to share the glamorous over the top parties of silicon valley elites. standard reporter sarah stone. hey, sarah, thanks for joining us. >> hey, thanks for having me. >> to be a party planner in the bay area these days. how did you become interested in this story? >> oh, i just think in silicon valley, we just have one of the largest proportion, proportion of billionaires and millionaires in the country. and i was really kind of interested in how they spend their free time and what their parties are like. >> all right. so you took a look. so i know you feature one party planner. vivian, tell us about her and then tell us about the over-the-top, definitely not run of the mill parties that she throws. >> sure. so, vivian, is this bespoke party planner. she started a career in finance and then kind of moved into the events business, and she really had access to a lot of these

ultra high net worth individuals, which is what rich people like to call themselves. and she had a really good handle on creating stuff that was really unique. so, you know, like we've all heard kind of drone shows, but we haven't necessarily heard of, you know, people getting kidnaped for fun or being billionaires having parties on the top of the mountain. you can only access by helicopters getting kidnaped for fun. >> okay. i don't know if this is like escape room gone crazy, that kind of thing. what kind of price tags are we looking at to experience these unusual parties? >> i mean, so we kind of start around 50,000, but around 5 million is reasonably normal. what? and that. oh, yes. 5 million. >> okay. all right. i guess what is driving it, right? is it the desire to one up their friend? is it for the instagram? what is it? >> well, it's definitely not for the instagram because these are very private people. so security is massive. you know, bodyguards locking away people's phones.

but i think it's really wanting to give their friends a really fun time. so these parties a lot of them are themed. they'll have, you know, costume closets. they'll have makeup artists for their friends. they'll have special effects and prosthetics. so it's really about creating this really fun experience. and they have enough money to make sure that it's pretty memorable. >> >> okay. all right. look for the rest of us the 99%. what are some of the trends or ideas that you can take from this world of high end event planning that we can maybe implement, maybe do a knockoff version? >> i mean, i think in the kidnaping terms, you know, you don't have to necessarily hire 100 actors and, you know, a prison in romania to do it. i think you can kind of, you know, have somebody bundle you in a car with consent and maybe kind of chuck them into an escape room and see if they can figure their way out. and themes and costumes are always really popular. >> all right. well, you've given us some interesting ideas. zahra

stone with the standard. thank you so much. thank you. and, folks, if you want to check out the article yourself, go to sf standard .com. that's their website with lots of great stories. and abc seven will continue to bring you stories featuring the standards journalism every tuesday here on abc seven news at three. that's going to do it for now. thank you for joining us. world news tonight with david muir starts right now. and i'll see you back here for abc seven news at four. and there we are at the dreamforce convention. governor gavin newsom in conversation with ceo marc benioff, will have the rest a tonight, breaking news in new york city. sean "diddy" combs arrested. multiple federal sex trafficking charges. what authorities say he was doing for years. also breaking tonight, the unprecedented widespread and deadly attack. beepers, pagers suddenly exploding. several dead, thousands wounded. in the u.s. tonight, the new system moving up into the northeast. first tonight,