deal drugs. we will use every tool at our disposal to make sure that you are arrested and held accountable. >> mayor london breed says san francisco will continue to crack down on drug dealers. now at five, how the city plans to stay tough on the issue while still remaining a sanctuary city. >> the city knew about it. i mean, the health department know about it. why didn't stop them? >> illegal street vending in san francisco's chinatown. residents and business owners tell abc seven they are fed up. why? they claim it not only poses a risk

to their livelihoods, but it's also a risk to public health. >> we woke up completely covered head to toe in a rash. >> tough mudder participants ending the obstacle course in the north bay with rashes and infections. now, more than 100 runners have filed a lawsuit. gross. >> good morning. it is thursday, september 19th. >> hopefully you're not eating breakfast just yet, but let's begin with a check of our weather. yeah, we don't plan this. >> by the way, we got the blue memo. we sure does. we sure did. we just wake up. >> it's psychic. >> it's great, i love it. here's a live look at live doppler seven, along with satellite. our area of low pressure. we are tracking this all morning long yesterday. it's now sliding down the coast. we actually have a couple thunderstorms south of monterey. those will stay out of our neck of the woods. what we're seeing today is a day of transition. morning clouds, afternoon sunshine and a warming trend is getting underway here over the next couple of days. finally, we're going to warm up those temperatures outside this

morning. a live look this is sfo. pretty cloudy conditions here. temperatures right now. low 50s to the low 60s. as we get you going on your thursday looking at the inland forecast first. we'll have cloud cover patchy in spots early on giving way to total sunshine warmer than yesterday. we're back into the 80s for daytime highs. so pretty close to where we should be this time of the year. some patchy fog this morning around the bay shoreline. later on this afternoon we will find sunny skies, very comfortable conditions in the mid 70s along the coast. today we're still battling a lot of cloud cover. some peeks of sunshine this afternoon, highs in the low 60s. let's check in with amanda. see those drive times this morning? hi, drew. >> we'll take you to sonoma county northbound lakeville highway at highway 37. a three car crash has just been cleared from the northbound lane, but emergency crews are still on scene. drivers should expect residual delays on lakeville highway and highway 37. then to the golden gate bridge, traffic is flowing freely from the north bay to the city. san jose are two 8-80 17 camera. the south

bay is also pretty quiet right now. no major incidents to report. >> happening today, the final day of dreamforce, salesforce's annual tech conference, is wrapping up with thousands of people in attendance. a lot of celebrities here in town as well. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez has been covering the conference all week for us in san francisco. gloria. ayesha curry is expected to take the stage today. reporter she is. >> and there are a couple other celebrities that are planned to be here today. of course, some 45,000 people have been here for the conference that ends today. and according to san francisco standard, mayor london breed has received assurances that dreamforce will stay in san francisco next year. but she did not share any specifics. yesterday evening was dream fest, a concert at oracle park benefiting ucsf benioff children's hospital's pink and imagine dragons performed, and actor matthew mcconaughey presented an award to 12 year old alana sweet. she was honored with the 2024 colin powell medal

of courage. she has been diagnosed with a rare form of pediatric bone cancer in her thigh bone, and is getting treatment there at ucsf benioff children's hospital in oakland for the past year and a half, she served as a patient ambassador, sharing her story to help raise awareness and funds for the hospital. >> she had a life threatening cancer, and she took that experience and was able to turn it to something positive. >> i feel so happy and like, amazing and just so honored that they would pick me. >> and sweet is now in remission. every year, the hospital awards a special medal to a patient who has demonstrated outstanding courage, empathy and leadership during their treatment process. and today is the last day of dreamforce. so here's what's in store. ayesha curry will be speaking about building businesses and empowering communities at nine this

morning. actress kerry washington on the power of living your purpose at 10:00 in the morning. again, the conference closes out today, so we will be out here covering the very latest for you live in san francisco. gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> certainly a busy week. thanks, gloria. >> the san francisco zoo's embattled ceo will keep her job. the board of the san francisco zoological society released a statement in support of tonya peterson's leadership. the zoological society is a nonprofit organization that runs the city owned zoo. peterson has been under investigation for five months after employees raised concerns about nepotism and animal and worker safety. the chronicle reports the investigation has wrapped up. peterson has been with the zoo since 2008. there's a new reality in san francisco when it comes to battling the fentanyl epidemic. some suspected drug dealers are facing the possibility of deportation. that's because the federal government is involved. san

francisco's status as a sanctuary city means it cannot work with ice on facilitating deportations. but matters get complicated when someone is convicted in federal court. that's outside the city's jurisdiction, and that means the feds can deport someone who's undocumented. >> fentanyl is killing people, and our own sanctuary policy in our city does not protect violent crime. and so the federal government is using this as a tool because they don't have the restrictions that we do in terms of our sanctuary city policy. >> san francisco's district attorney, brooke jenkins confirmed her office is heavily prosecuting drug dealers. the da's office has convicted 168 people and felony narcotics cases this year, and there are currently 571 felony narcotics cases pending. but the da's office says it does not keep record of immigration status. >> merchants in san francisco's

chinatown say they're fed up with illegal vending, posing a risk to community health and their livelihoods. now they're speaking in hopes city agencies will save their neighborhood. abc7 news anchor dion lim has that. >> the elderly is supposed to be not doing that. >> raw meat produce, even baby sharks. these are just some of the examples of the illegal vending plaguing san francisco's chinatown. it's a problem. the chinatown merchants association and the 175 businesses it represents has dealt with for years. >> we have a lot of merchants in chinatown here, have paid for the rental insurance license, everything illegal street vendors, they don't need to pay for nothing. >> that's just the beginning. edward hsu says food is sometimes picked from the trash and resold. >> if someone eat it, okay, it's got a stomach flu. >> merchants say it's causing them to lose business. >> they usually block the street, and then they. even when i ask them, they refuse to leave. >> business owners also say, what's left behind by illegal

vendors attracts vermin, which keeps away tourists. >> the chinatown image is no good because it's a lot of garbage right here. >> the merchants association is now meeting with the mayor's office, department of public health and public works to express their frustrations. they say since the last time they met in the spring, nothing has changed. >> the city know about. i mean, the health department know about it. why didn't stop them? >> we spotted department of public works employees asking vendors to seek a $450 permit for the year. we witnessed them pack up and leave, and then an hour later, look at the one in the corner. >> he don't care. >> some shoppers i spoke to say they feel sympathy. >> they're not the criminals, they're just trying to make a living. >> but merchants say these aren't just elderly residents trying to make a buck. >> they already have some social security. and as we find out, some of the street vendors, they got food from the food bank, also from the food stamp, okay. they sell right on the street that is totally not right.

>> i reached out to the department of public health today for specifics about the situation in chinatown, and have yet to hear back. the mayor's office tells me they encourage the agencies to work together with chinatown, and urge illegal vendors to get permitted. in the newsroom, dion lim, abc seven news. >> a muddy race at the sonoma raceway last year ended with hundreds of people sick. now, some tough mudder participants are suing the company behind the obstacle course for negligence and emotional distress. evan goldsmith is one of those people. he and his wife ended up with rashes like this, seen in photos sent to abc seven news by multiple people. after the race. the goldsmith's also got sick for several weeks, impacting their work and family. >> we drove home that monday morning from northern california down to southern california, and by the time i got home, i had a really bad headache, i had fever. it was really apparent at that point that we actually needed medical attention. >> goldsmith's attorney is

representing nearly 150 people with similar allegations. the attorney believes the rashes were caused by a bacteria found in untreated water. they claim the water was used to make the mud and was also pumped into showers, used by people to clean off after the race. abc seven news reporter j.r stone has reached out to tough mudder organizer spartan race incorporated multiple times this week, and has not heard back. he also reached out last year when this first happened and never received a response. >> 509 in the accuweather forecast. we're going to start to warm up our temperatures over the next couple of days, and once we get into the weekend, it feels a lot more like summer than it does fall. we'll take san jose for example. our normal high this time of the year is right around 81 degrees. we'll get close to that today and tomorrow. then warmer air really moves in in a big way over the weekend. mid to upper 80s by the end of the weekend and then early next week. we have some

hot days ahead. monday and tuesday. we're well into the 90s. i think our hottest spots inland are probably close to 100 degrees. on monday afternoon, and for the foreseeable future, once we head into the weekend, temperatures are going to stay above average through the start of next weekend, so we've got two more days of some cooler than average temperatures and then warm some things up. so today we're improving when it comes to our temperatures will be in the 60s, 70s and 80s. today morning clouds, the sun. that's the call for most of us today. and we'll find that the humidity is going down as well. yesterday was a bit muggy thanks to that low pressure nearby. here's future weather. let's go hour by hour for you. increasing sunshine today. heading into the afternoon. look at those temperatures. upper 70s, lower 80s in our warmest spots inland. 70s around the bay shoreline will keep it in the 60s along the coast, so increasing sunshine today a little bit warmer than yesterday. 81 in concord. we'll go to 75 in palo alto, the same in napa, about 69 in richmond, san mateo, a very comfortable 72 degrees. now, the three day forecast across the board, we will find warmer weather tomorrow and then get

ready over the weekend. it is full sunshine as we say hello to fall on sunday we will track even hotter temperatures. the seven-day forecast coming your way in nine minutes. >> the federal reserve has slashed interest rates by a larger than usual half a percentage point. >> i'm christiane cordero in washington with what that means coming up. >> and a bay area based company defrauded out of millions. an ex-employee is now accused of stealing the money to pay for cars, yachts and pet cloning. >> speaking of pets, his family nearly gave up hope on finding him. but one lucky cat is safe at home. this morning. the mystery surrounding his 8

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yesterday, the fed decided to cut rates by a half point. abc news reporter christiane cordero explains how this could impact your financial situation. >> it's a decision that was forecasted for months. the fed

slashing interest rates by a larger than usual half a percentage point. the move is expected to bring much needed relief to the wallets of millions of americans. >> our economy is strong overall. our patient approach over the past year has paid dividends. inflation is now much closer to our objective and we have gained greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward 2%. >> falling inflation and slow job gains helped propel this half point cut. the fed's biggest decrease since 2008. and the first cut since the pandemic. the fed's policymakers also signaled more rate cuts are coming, likely two more by year's end. it means the high cost of borrowing will start to come down, impacting families like the warrens who have been trying to pay off more than $15,000 in credit card debt. >> a reduction in interest is actually really kind of a breath of fresh air. because i feel like we can never get ahead. i just feel like this is going to help make a bigger dent in getting back on track.

>> the fed's decision is also welcome news for financial advisors. bravo, jay powell bravo. >> i am very happy 100%. that is the right move. >> and first time homebuyers like kate pexa telling abc's elizabeth schulze she hopes to get more house for her money. >> with mortgage rates going down, i am excited for an opportunity to open some doors to some properties that i did not originally foresee as as possible reaction from the presidential candidates could not be more different. >> vice president kamala harris said the interest rate cut is welcome news. former president donald trump said it's a sign the economy is very bad. this is the last federal reserve decision before the election. christiane cordero abc news, washington. >> boeing will furlough nonunion workers and cut executive pay as it tries to save cash during a strike by assembly workers. a federal mediator is joining contract talks. striking workers

want a 40% raise over four years. the company is offering 25%. the strike is the latest in a series of issues at boeing following deadly crashes of its 737 max planes and more recently, the mid-air blowout on a flight in january due to missing bolts. a major shakeup at bay area genetics firm 23 andme. all seven members of the board resigned this week over plans by the ceo to take the company private. the board members are upset the buyout offer was so low. it's just the latest struggle for the company. 23 andme was valued at $3.1 billion when it went public in 2021, but it never turned a profit. its stock price went from $10 a share to just $0.35 on friday. 23 andme agreed to pay $30 million to customers following a data breach. >> a former employee of williams-sonoma is accused of defrauding the company out of $11 million, while the company is based in san francisco. >> this worker was in georgia. the indictment against him

claims he used the money on a number of interesting things, including a house, a yacht, cars, sports tickets, and even a pet cloning service. it claims he registered an llc business and approved hundreds of invoices to the business. in his role as a warehouse general operations manager for work that was never provided. >> at&t has agreed to remove more than 100,000 pounds of lead covered cables from the bottom of lake tahoe. a settlement agreement agreement was announced yesterday after a long legal battle between environmental groups and the company. the plaintiffs claim there are high levels of lead in water and an algae. it's being found near several miles of abandoned cables along the lake's west shore between rubicon bay and emerald bay. at&t maintains the cables are safe, but says with litigation now over, it expects to remove the cables by june. >> a salinas family is trying to solve a mystery after their cat, rainbow, got away on a camping trip. it happened at yellowstone

national park. the family spent days searching, but then had to head home to salinas without their cat. then, after 60 days, a woman in roseville found rainbow and his microchip was scanned at a local spca. >> he was really depleted. he probably didn't have a lot of energy to maybe even go further. so this lady who found him and rescued him, she's just an angel because. and she even said that he he looked like he was not going to make it much longer. >> no one knows how the cat made it more than 800 miles. they hope his story could spark someone's memory of him somewhere. help! piece together what happened. >> despite that graphic, i don't believe the cat walked from highly unlikely back to california right around 800 miles. yeah, i don't know that the cat didn't. i'm just going to make an educated guess. >> this isn't like homeward bound, you know? i don't think it is. i don't think it is. i do

think, but what if it were? but i'm not going to say we could have a sequel on our hands. >> even a prequel. i don't know, that's why they want witnesses. >> did you see the cat? yes. and if so, let us know. >> and what and why are you asking? like, why did you bring the cat on? >> no, i just mean, why do you need to know? oh, you know why. yeah. it's bad. let that. let it be. the cat's back. don't ask good. don't ask questions about how it got there or why. >> yes. that's good. her shirt said wet. be salty. her shirt said, be salty. >> i want to know about that. where did she get that? and what does it mean? >> what is it referencing? more questions than answers. this morning. >> i do it. that microchip paid off. yeah yeah. outside this morning we go to san jose. it is a mostly cloudy start to the day, but we'll finally start to warm our temperatures up starting this afternoon. and that warming trend will accelerate into the upcoming weekend. so we're turning a corner today. we'll have sunshine back in a big way this afternoon. we'll see mild air today and tomorrow. fall does start over the weekend. early sunday morning we will switch seasons, but regardless we will

find temperatures more like summer. it's going to feel hot by sunday afternoon, and those hot days continue into next week, early next week, monday and tuesday. i mean, we're seeing temperatures close to about 100 degrees and our warmest areas inland. we'll show you those numbers in one second. live doppler seven along with satellite. this pesky area of low pressure is moving south. it will move into southern california this afternoon. getting away from us now, the focus of our attention turns to this. this big ridge of high pressure is going to supply us with the warm up, and it's going to be in the forecast for much of next week. so today a little bit of cloud cover inland. lots of sunshine warmer than yesterday back into the 80s. that will feel nice today around the bay shoreline. some patchy fog giving way to sunshine, upper 60s lower 70s and then along the coast. we'll call it partly sunny later on this afternoon. highs in the low 60s. so today we start to get those temperatures closer to average cloud cover giving way to sunshine. today and those numbers feel very pleasant this afternoon. overnight tonight we will have partly to mostly cloudy skies, and overnight lows will dip into the 50s. now

tomorrow those temperatures do continue to warm. we're finally at or just above average for our daytime highs and over the weekend, both days saturday and sunday lots of sunshine. look at sunday's forecast. it's going to feel warm, if not hot. here's the accuweather seven day showing you. we'll start to warm those temperatures up the next couple of days. feels like summer over the weekend. look at that hot day on monday, even around the bay shoreline, 80s and 90s are expected, guys. >> all right drew, thank you. coming up, the seven things to know this morning. the most popular youtube star being sued. >> why contestants on mrbeast's

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his agenda includes signing legislation to expand affordable housing and address homelessness. >> number for today is the final day of salesforce's dreamforce conference in san francisco. ayesha curry is simone biles and kerry washington are some of the featured speakers. >> and number five, we have a warming trend finally starting today. temperatures today and tomorrow getting close to average. and it's all about summer warmth over the weekend. today. morning clouds give way to afternoon sunshine. >> number six, let's go to brisbane. southbound 101 before sierra point parkway. a two car crash is blocking the three right lanes. debris is in the roadway. the chp is also on scene. you should expect delays from cow palace. speeds are down to five miles per hour. >> number seven amazon getting some competition on their prime day, walmart says it will kick off its holiday deals shopping event the same day, october 8th. walmart sales run through the 13th. in today's gma first look, youtube star mr. beast and

amazon are being sued by contestants in a reality competition show alleging mistreatment and sexual harassment. here's abc news reporter eva pilgrim in this morning's gma first look, a new lawsuit against what could be the biggest reality tv competition ever. >> i recreated every single set from squid game in real life, mr. beast, a 26 year old multi-millionaire and youtube megastar known for his over-the-top competitions. now under fire, his production company sued along with amazon by the contestants of his new reality show. five of those contestants claiming the show didn't provide fair wages or even bare minimum legal working conditions. many are still awaiting their promised reimbursement. >> a lot of rights were denied to these workers, the employees. we feel that they were grossly mistreated. they deserve to be compensated. they deserve justice. >> and coming up at 7 a.m, we'll have much more on this lawsuit and what it could mean for the future of beast games with your gma first look, i'm eva pilgrim,

abc news, new york. >> and for the first time in more than a decade, a new permanent shark will be joining shark tank. season 16 of the abc show is about to start, and it will be mark cuban's final season. joining him and the other sharks will be daniel lubetzky, who has been a guest on the show for five seasons. lubetzky is the billionaire founder of kind snacks. he was born in mexico and his father was a holocaust survivor, a story he's often shared with contestants. >> he gives great advice on the show. he's got a great heart. i mean, he'll talk about being kind and having an impact in the community. >> daniel certainly knows the food space, and he's got an incredible background. typical immigrant again, the american dream. >> he really thinks about people and humanity. and i like that. >> season 16 of shark tank premieres friday, october 18th here on abc seven. you can stream previous seasons on hulu. >> today is the final day of dreamforce, but it isn't the last time artificial

intelligence will dominate an event this year. coming up at 530, the summit just announced by the biden administr

another coordinated attack in lebanon. walkie talkies and other solar equipment targeted across beirut just one day after exploding pagers killed 20 and wounded hundreds. now, at 530, how the u.s. is responding to the attacks. >> a new fraud alert this morning. experts are warning americans about a scam that targets your life savings. bay area prosecutors are leading the push for national change. >> we cannot and do not expect californians to just accept sky high prices. we don't expect people to just accept price spikes. >> the governor's proposal to lower the cost of gas being debated in the state capitol. what republican lawmakers think

the state should do instead. >> good morning everyone. it is thursday, september 19th. >> let's start with the check on the weather. hi, drew. >> hey there. so we're transitioning to warmer weather, sunnier days over the next couple of days. heading into the weekend, it is going to feel a lot like summer. here's live doppler seven along with satellite. this pesky area of low pressure that was nearby yesterday brought the morning cloud cover the mist and drizzle. it's exiting. it's on its way into southern california, and as it moves out of here, it will take a lot of the cloud cover with it this afternoon, and it allows warmer weather to begin to move in starting later today. so 70s and 80s in our warmest areas away from the coast. the theme today morning clouds to afternoon sunshine. the afternoon is looking very nice. temperatures right now will get you out the door. starting out in the low 50s to the low 60s. currently looking at our inland forecast. first, lots of sunshine out there. warmer than yesterday. we're back into the 80s which is close to where we should be for this time of the year. around the bay shoreline. some patchy fog early on, but sunshine appears throughout the morning, leading to a bright afternoon and a very comfortable day. most

areas around the bay shoreline will stay in the mid 70s for daytime highs. now along the coast we have a lot of cloud cover right now. we will get a little bit of sunshine this afternoon, but we're talking temperatures mainly in the low 60s. let's check in with amanda. see those drive times this morning. >> we're back to that crash in brisbane. it has been elevated to a sigalert meaning it is a major incident slowing down traffic. southbound 101 before sierra point parkway, a two car crash is blocking the three right lanes and there is no estimated time of reopening. we know that debris is in the roadway. the chp is on scene. you should just expect delays from the cow palace, and then i'll leave you here with your drive times. highway four to the maze 17 minutes, 11 minutes to get from emeryville to san francisco. and then 53 minutes san francisco to sfo. >> developing news a second wave of device explosions has killed dozens of people in lebanon. this latest attack targeting walkie talkies. and it came a day after hundreds of pages blew up across the country. the

explosions are targeting members of the hezbollah militant group. abc news reporter marcus moore was just feet away from one of these attacks. we just heard a loud explosion, and i saw a man whose hands were gone. >> and then somebody pulled out a weapon and people scattered >> u.s. officials confirmed to abc news. israel is behind the major attack. they say israel warned. defense secretary lloyd austin an operation was about to take place, but did not give specifics. the biden administration has repeatedly said it was not involved. administration officials have not condemned the attacks, either. >> a new warning this morning about efforts to interfere with the november election. the fbi says iranian hackers sent materials stolen from donald trump's campaign to president biden's campaign earlier this summer. this was back in late june and early july, before mr.

biden dropped out of the race. there's no evidence biden staffers did anything with the material. officials say the hack is one of several efforts by the iranian government to undermine confidence in our election. the house has rejected a temporary funding bill to keep the government running. there's now less than two weeks to go to find a solution or risk a government shutdown. democrats and some republicans opposed the measure because it included the so-called save act. it's a bill backed by the republican leadership and former president donald trump that would require individuals to provide proof of u.s. citizenship to vote. democrats said the legislation is a nonstarter, noting it is already illegal for non-citizens to vote in federal elections. speaker johnson says he will now work on a plan b, but has not given details on that plan. >> now an update to a seven on your side investigation involving countless californians scammed out of their life savings. congress is now looking

into the crypto con industry, with bay area prosecutors leading the push for national change. >> i come before you today as a fellow american who is witnessing the single worst financial attack on individual people this country has ever experienced. >> that is santa clara county deputy district attorney aaron west, describing to lawmakers her frustration with these crypto scams. victims tell abc seven they received messages about enticing investments. they start small. they see returns, then invest their life savings only to see the accounts disappear along with their money. >> you know my heart just broke. >> i'm coming to the realization i'm never going to get that $2.5 million back. >> this specific tactic is known as a pig butchering scam. that name references the practice of fattening a pig before slaughter. in this case, americans who end up losing their life savings to scammers.

the santa clara deputy da tells lawmakers we need a national strategy focused on this kind of crypto crime. our story is part of an abc news nationwide investigation uncovering the international roots of the scheme that sometimes turns victims into perpetrators. you can look you can take a closer look. at abc seven news.com. >> a new bill signed this week by governor gavin newsom will ban deepfake ads and videos using artificial intelligence to impersonate political candidates. the governor signed that bill on stage during day one of dreamforce on tuesday. just hours later, a man who made a fake campaign ad. vice president kamala harris is suing to stop the law. the lawsuit claims the deepfake law forces social media companies to censor speech. governor newsom has said the legislation took on a new urgency after elon musk posted the fake campaign ad on x, where an artificially generated harris describes herself as a deep state puppet and the owner of

the ex-owner, i should say, is facing increasing scrutiny for sharing election misinformation. yesterday, lawmakers in the u.s. senate intelligence committee bashed misinformation on the platform in a hearing on deep fake election threats. >> i think it is a real shame that in the previous investigations, twitter was a very collaborative entity, under x, they are absent and some of the most egregious activities taking place. >> executives from meta, microsoft and google parent google's parent company alphabet, testified before the u.s. senate intelligence committee about threats to the election. musk did not send a representative to the hearing. san francisco will be at the center of post-election talks on artificial intelligence safety. the biden administration plans to hold a summit in the city with nine countries and the european union. commerce secretary gina raimondo says a major focus will be setting international standards to fight

deep fakes. >> san francisco's biggest conference of the year comes to a close today. dreamforce gearing up for that final day. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez at moscone center this morning. glory. the tech event is all about ai. now salesforce is promising to offer free ai training to anyone who wants it. >> that's right reggie. they're going to be doing that at their headquarters here in san francisco. that's going to start next year, and it's going to be for community ai training courses. here's a little bit more information about it. >> and we have dedicated floors where community members who might be scared of ai can come and get trained at no cost. >> and there will also be a dedicated floor there for employees to brush up on ai tools. and according to the san francisco standard, mayor london breed said she has received assurances that dreamforce will remain in san francisco next year, but she did not share specifics. so here's what's in store for today at dreamforce. ayesha curry is speaking on

building businesses and empowering communities at nine in the morning. actress kerry washington will be speaking about the power of living your purpose at 10 a.m, and then comedian john mulaney closes it out at three. this afternoon. and yesterday evening was dream fest. that was a concert over at oracle park and pink and imagine dragons performed. it was a charity concert for ucsf benioff children's hospital's, and i was there last night. i got to say, pink was amazing. i'm going to be posting some videos throughout the morning on my social media, on instagram. so definitely check that out. but yeah, just an amazing performance last night by pink. and today dreamforce closes out. so we'll be having the highlights for you a little bit later on this morning at 11 a.m. as the event closes out live in san francisco. gloria rodriguez abc seven news. someone was up late last night. >> okay, gloria, we see you. now it's time for our abc seven mornings adventure. it's our way of highlighting some things that

are happening in the day ahead here in the bay area. >> yeah. first, uc regents will vote on whether to approve requests for military equipment for campus police officers are asking for more drones, robots, pepper balls, projectile launchers, and sponge bullets. the requests are from several campuses, including uc berkeley, ucsf, and uc santa cruz. uc officials claim police aren't requesting anything that's military grade after campus protests. tensions. the u.s. student association says they are troubled to see campuses invest money and weapons. >> governor newsom will be in san francisco today to sign legislation aimed at addressing homelessness and expanding affordable housing. he's also expected to announce new statewide efforts related to housing and mental health. that event begins in just a few hours at 10 a.m. a family friendly event returns to the east bay. >> the 88th annual walnut festival kicks off today in walnut creek. it's happening at heather farm park on san carlos drive. you can expect live music, a large carnival with

more than 15 rides. there's also a kids zone. organizers are also setting up a craft beer garden. doors open up at 5 p.m. tonight and the festival runs through sunday. kids five and under can get in for free. >> coming up, the red and gold going green. the 40 niners making changes in an effort to become more environmentally friendly. we'll explain how. but first, a check on the weather with drew. hey, reggie. >> 540 this morning we have felt like fall for much of this week, but as we head into the weekend, those temperatures are going to start to warm up. we'll take a look at livermore, for example. average high this time of year right around 85 degrees today and tomorrow. we're getting close to that average high as we begin to warm those temperatures. then, starting over the weekend, it feels a bit more like summer temperatures into the 90s. monday is going to be the hottest day of the forecast. upper 90s to near 100 degrees, and for the rest of the forecast, you can see we'll keep those temperatures above average. so about to turn the page on this chapter from fall like temperatures back to a summer like feel. here's live

doppler seven. low pressure is sliding down the coast. any of these showers and thunderstorms you see right here, those will stay out of our neck of the woods as this low exits. high pressure is about to move in here, and that high is going to supply us with warmer weather and get used to this high. it's sticking around for several days into next week. so here's future weather as we go through the morning clouds depart for afternoon sunshine. warmest areas today. upper 70s. lower 80s. that feels nice. 70s around the bay shoreline will keep it in the 60s along the coast so it feels warmer than yesterday. morning clouds. the afternoon sunshine is shaping up to be a very nice and comfortable afternoon with light winds out there. the three day forecast even warmer weather moves in here for the upcoming weekend. by saturday we're calling it summer warmth, and by sunday, as fall begins, it's even hotter than

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send a message through, warn me, informing them of multiple sexual assaults linked to drink spiking on friday night on college avenue, without specifying exactly where it happened. students tell abc seven that this kind of vague, alert days after an incident doesn't make them feel safe. >> we really don't get any specific detail, so there isn't much that we can really do to protect ourselves or be like, more cautious. >> berkeley police tell abc seven news they are investigating the assaults, but cannot give details at this time. warn me also came under scrutiny in february, when a man on campus fired several shots into the air. students weren't notified about that incident until 40 minutes later. >> the city of huntington beach is suing california over a new state law that prohibits school districts from notifying parents of a child's gender identification change. the city

council's conservative majority voted tuesday night to sue over the new law. the majority also voted to change the city's municipal code. the city. the lawsuit i should say, names governor newsom, california attorney general rob bonta and state superintendent of public instruction tony thurmond. and it also asks a judge to declare the law unconstitutional. >> we're going back to status quo the way it was, where teachers are mandated reporters, and if they don't do their job, then we'll have we'll have to have those discussions. and if there are parents. so this is where we're focusing on we don't have jurisdiction over the schools. however, we're not focusing from a threshold of the school inside. we're focusing on the parents. so if there are parents who have been harmed and affected by this and would like to start a class action lawsuit, we are happy to join them. >> councilmember natalie mozer voted against suing california and the ordinance. >> i don't really know exactly what it means, other than we're getting involved in things that

we shouldn't be. this is not within the city's jurisdiction. we are going after educators. i don't even know what that means. and ultimately, we are giving the ability for our city attorney to sue the state, which is just crazy. >> city leaders say the ordinance now makes huntington beach the parents right to know city. >> a bill sitting on governor newsom's desk would require warning labels on gas stoves. last year, a federal court overturned a california law that would have banned the sale of new gas stoves. this bill, passed by legislators, would instead require new stoves to come with labels warning consumers that gas stoves emit harmful pollutants, which could cause respiratory disease. studies have shown stoves emit toxins even when they're turned off. owners of gas stoves are asked to have plenty of ventilation when using the appliances. state lawmakers are debating the governor's proposal to lower gas prices. the plan would require refineries to maintain a backup supply of gas.

it would mitigate price surges when refineries shut down to change their fuel mix, thus reducing supply. republican lawmakers have another solution. they say the state should cut gas taxes instead. >> if there's a kink in a hose, the last thing you want to do is have thirstier consumers trying to gobble up what supply there is. so gas tax cut is not the answer either. >> oil companies oppose the governor's proposal. they say it would drive up gas prices even more because of the cost to build fuel storage facilities. >> and in an effort to improve our climate and environment, the san francisco 49 ers and united airlines are partnering for an nfl milestone. the team chartered to l.a. this weekend will be the first to fly using sustainable aviation fuel. it's an alternative to conventional jet fuel made up of renewable material like agricultural waste, instead of traditional fossil fuels. experts say it can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 85% from the time it's

produced until the time it's used. for perspective, that's enough to fly passengers close to a billion miles in the future, they're going to be many more flights around the world. >> and if we don't get a handle on this, we're simply going to be increasing the problem. >> united is the first airline to create a goal of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. >> a middle school in los angeles is not just innovative in its curriculum, but also in its construction. it's an all girls college prep charter school made from recycled shipping containers, 36 recycled shipping containers make up the first floor and another 36 make up the second floor. there are 17 classrooms, a multi-purpose room, and even a dance studio, all built out of shipping containers. executive director vanessa garza says the idea came from when the idea came about, when gals l.a. was looking for a cost effective way to build its own campus. >> he had seen models in other districts in southern

california, and we decided to take it one step further and build the entire thing out of shipping containers. >> garza says the hope is, gals. la's new green campus will set a standard for sustainable education. >> a traffic alert here at 549. let's take you live to a crowded bay bridge toll plaza. metering lights have flipped on and from the toll plaza to fremont street in the city of san francisco. that will take you 12 minutes. >> thanks, amanda. time now approaching 550 on your thursday morning. we'll take you outside. here's the exploratorium camera. some clouds this morning, but we will find sunshine a lot faster today. and temperatures are finally starting to warm up. the accuweather headlines today and tomorrow, mild in the afternoon. lots of sunshine. we do change seasons over the weekend. fall begins sunday morning, but temperatures feel a lot more like summer and that warm up continues into early next week. we have some hot days coming. our way, so let's preview the weekend forecast. anything you have outside you are going to be

good to go. lots of sunshine, warm temperatures. sunday is the hotter of the two days. we will find that fall beginning at 543 sunday morning, but temperatures in the 80s and 90s away from the coast, so we're going to do a 180 when it comes to our temperatures much of this week has been below average. cool. very fall feeling. but the weekend is going to turn hot out there. here's today's forecast. inland we have a lot of sunshine coming our way. warmer than yesterday. we're back into the 80s. finally for the first time this week. low to mid 80s for daytime highs around the bay shoreline. we're fighting some clouds this morning, but sunshine appears by lunchtime and we do have comfortable temperatures upper 60s to lower 70s along the coast today. we'll call it partly sunny throughout the afternoon and highs in the low 60s. so looking at the forecast today, our warming trend gets underway here today we're getting closer to average, closer to where we should be for this time of the year. with increasing sunshine overnight tonight, partly to mostly cloudy overnight lows will dip into the 50s now. tomorrow that warm up does continue tomorrow. we're pretty much at average for our

daytime highs. then on saturday, a close look at our temperatures show you we go above average. it feels warm out there with full sunshine. and then sunday is even hotter than saturday. we'll find 80s and 90s, mid 90s and our hottest areas inland. look at all those 80s around the bay shoreline and even monday is hotter than that. so here's the accuweather seven day forecast. clouds to sun today. it's mild warmer tomorrow. then it feels like summer over the weekend. even though fall does begin on sunday. monday, the hottest day on the seven day forecast seconds and 90s around the bay shoreline. guys thanks. >> new at six. the new grocery option coming for those in the east bay. >> but first, more plans to explore deep space. the

and you're ready for a new mission. they're heading to jupiter's icy moon, europa. reporter sheila sheridan, from our sister station in los angeles, has that. >> it's a journey to answer the age old question are we alone? nasa announcing the europa clipper is ready to launch to jupiter's moon, because we have the opportunity to go to a new place that we've never explored before in depth. europa clipper is set to leave in just a matter of weeks. one of the goals is to determine if the ocean underneath the icy surface could contain ingredients for life. >> what we have is a moon about the size of our moon. yet with, we believe, an ocean that has twice the water of all of earth's oceans together. and so we're going to explore this ocean world and understand whether the conditions exist and are for this environment to be habitable. >> evidence suggests that europa's vast ocean could contain essential life ingredients. to find out, the europa clipper will travel to jupiter over the next five years, arriving in 2030. we are not landing. >> it's one of the elegant parts

of this mission, so we actually orbit jupiter and every three weeks we fly close flyby into that radiation environment to do the science we want to do. >> it will make dozens of flybys without actually landing, using complex radar and technology to collect the necessary data. >> every mission we've ever been to, we have always uncovered things that we could not have imagined. >> the europa clipper is set to launch on october 10th in la canada. sheila gerard and abc seven news. >> norway has become the first country in the world to have more all electric cars than gas powered cars. that's according to new numbers from the norwegian road federation. now the country has a robust electric car infrastructure. every city and town offers free charging stations, and norwegians who buy electric cars enjoy incentives like tax breaks, no tolls and free parking. nine out of ten cars sold in norway are electric. >> kate middleton is back to work. the princess of wales hosted a meeting at windsor

castle yesterday, in her first engagement since revealing she completed her cancer treatments. she announced the end of her chemotherapy regimen in a health update last week. kate is expected to keep a light schedule of public engagements for the rest of the year. >> new at six a major retail company is set to offer its factory workers more money. >> and tensions run high over proposition k in san francisco. neighbors fighting to make sure part of the great highway won't permanently close. >> in the accuweather forecast. we are getting ready for warmer temperatures today. we do have morning clouds. that's your future weather showing you 1030 this morning. we'll brighten up those skies into the afternoon. we will find those warmest areas into the 70s and 80s. so we'll go from clouds to sun. today, sunshine appears a lot faster than the past couple of days, those numbers getting closer to average for this time of the year. now the three day forecast. we're back to average tomorrow and then over the weekend get ready to be outside. lots of sunshine and temperatures feeling like

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