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trampoline makes the short list to be in the toy hall of fame. what else made the cut? >> oh, so you want a sprained ankle? >> let's jump. >> oh, okay. so you want to hurt your neck? >> yeah. we were just talking about that. >> when kids are developing, you're not supposed to put them on trampolines. >> we had one. i turned out just fine. >> we were saying in the city, too. there's no room for that, so i can't say i was a trampoline kid. >> where there's a will, there's a way. we'll find a way. this morning we'll find a way to warm us up. there you go. here's a look at the forecast. we're finally turning a page in what has been a pretty cool and cloudy week. here's live doppler seven. we were tracking this area of low pressure all day yesterday. here's the center of the low. it's on its way into santa barbara. you see some of these showers to our south. those will stay to our south. that will not impact the forecast today. and as that low continues its trek to the south, it will take the cloud cover with it. this afternoon. so we'll start to feel warmer weather today. 70s and 80s away from the coast. morning clouds

to afternoon sunshine. that's the call for the forecast today. get you started this morning. low 50s to the low 60s. that's what we're looking at as we get you going on our thursday. so the inland forecast first we get sunshine throughout the day. temperatures for the first time this week back into the 80s low and mid 80s. that will feel nice today around the bay shoreline. we do have some patchy cloud cover right now. giving way to morning sunshine and into the afternoon. will be in the upper 60s to the lower 70s with bright conditions. a nice day on the way along the coast. we will stay pretty cloudy all morning long. some sunshine in the afternoon and highs will get you into the low 60s along the coast. let's check in with amanda. see those drive times this morning? >> tracking that sigalert in brisbane. this is southbound 101 before sierra point parkway. a two car crash is blocking the three right lanes there. there's no estimated time of reopening, and we know that debris is in the roadway. chp is on scene. drivers should expect delays from cow palace use southbound 280 or bayshore boulevard to get around. you can see speeds down to nine miles per hour there and then in hayward, southbound 880

before a street, a two car crashes in the two left lanes. the chp also on scene there. expect delays from 238. >> happening today, the dreamforce conference wraps up after three days in downtown san francisco and it appears as if the annual conference will return to the city. abc7 news reporter gloria rodriguez joins us live from moscone center. gloria, i'm saying that with not all the confidence in the world, because we're getting kind of mixed messages, but what's the mayor saying? >> reporter yes. so basically, the mayor, london breed, told the san francisco standard that she has gotten assurances that dreamforce will be in san francisco next year. however she has not shared any specifics, so we don't know all the details yet. i am working to get some more information on that for you this morning, but right now i want to share some footage for you from last night. this was a concert over at oracle park. this is dream fest and i got this footage. it was an awesome concert. this was benefiting ucsf. benioff children's hospital's pink and imagine

dragons performed. and actor matthew mcconaughey also presented an award to 12 year old lena swease. it was a very, very nice moment. she was honored with the 2024 colin powell medal of courage. she's been diagnosed with a rare form of pediatric bone cancer in her thigh bone and is getting treatment. and for the past year and a half, lena has 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 elena is now in remission, so that's some wonderful news. today is the last day of dreamforce. so here's what's in store for today. ayesha curry is speaking on building businesses and empowering communities. this

morning, actress kerry washington will talk about the power of living your purpose at ten in the morning. and then comedian john mulaney is closing everything out this afternoon. so some 45,000 people have been at the conference. and big last day today we're already seeing some people coming in, employees just getting ready for the big day ahead. live in san francisc. gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> gloria. thank you. there's a new consequence in san francisco when it comes to battling the fentanyl epidemic. and that's drug dealers being deported. that's because the federal government is involved. now, san francisco is a sanctuary city, which means it cannot work with ice on facilitating deportations. but if you're convicted in federal court, that is a totally different matter, because it's outside the city's jurisdiction. and that means the feds can deport you if you're 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 da brooke jenkins confirmed her office is heavily prosecuting drug dealers. the da's office has convicted 168 people in felony narcotics cases this year, and there are currently 571 felony narcotics cases pending. the da's office says it does not keep records 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. as abc seven news anchor dion lim shows us, they're hoping city agencies will save their neighborhood. >> 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 knew 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. >> 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. >> construction is starting this week on a new affordable housing development in downtown san francisco. it's happening at the temporary transbay terminal site on main street in folsom, near rincon hill, maryland, and breed tweeted this photo of workers preparing to do the first concrete pour of what will be a building with 335 apartments. breed says it's a positive step in converting downtown san francisco into a vibrant neighborhood. the project includes two buildings, a 17 story tower for families, and a nine story building for seniors. >> 609 in the accuweather forecast. we have been dealing with very fall-like temperatures

for much of this week, but a warming trend gets underway here today. so looking at the next ten days, we'll take sonoma for example. average daytime high this time of the year 83 degrees. we have not hit that at all this week, but over the next couple of days, we start to bring in some warmer weather over the weekend. saturday and sunday we're finally back above average and then early next week, monday and tuesday. it is hot for this time of year, well into the 90s and for the foreseeable future. starting this weekend, we will keep those temperatures above average. so we're finally doing a 180 on our temperatures. after a pretty cool week we've been experiencing. a live look at our okay camera this morning. we have mostly cloudy skies up above, increasing sunshine. that's the call today. it's a nice afternoon. later on today we'll get our warmest areas into the 70s and 80s very pleasant around the bay shoreline. you'll start to feel some warmer weather today. increasing sunshine. we'll see that sunshine pretty fast this morning as we head into the weekend. even hotter air is going to move in here, so the

three day forecast get used to warmer days ahead tomorrow. that warming trend continues with mostly sunny skies. and then on saturday we're calling it summer warmth. around here. those temperatures above average. but by sunday and early next week it's even hotter than that. reggie, we'll show you those numbers coming up in a few minutes. thank you. drew. >> still to come, an east bay community about to have another place to go. grocery shopping. we'll tell you the store is set to move in. then neighbors sounding off on plans to close part of the great highway permanently to create a park. the tensions rising over prop k. also, the lawsuit in the works over the tough mudder race. some people saying they suffered

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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. these are photos sent to abc seven news by multiple people after the race. the goldsmith 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 who are trying to clean up. 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. then 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 because of missing bolts. a major shakeup at bay area genetics firm 23 and me. all seven members of the board resigned this week over plans by the ceo to take the company

private. the board members are upset that the buyout offer by the ceo is 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. it never turned a profit. its stock price went from ten bucks 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. >> balloons and trampolines are

two of the items that could be inducted into the toy hall of fame. a panel released the list of finalists yesterday. in addition to those, several other toys made the list, including the game apples to apples, my little pony, pokemon cards, and the board game sequence. previous nominees include barbie, cabbage patch kids, and dungeons and dragons. you can vote until next week for your picks at toy hall of fame.org. what's your pick? >> pokemon cards are huge for me. oh my gosh. i spent many afternoons after school trading playing and i'm sure those first generation pokemon cards are where you wanted that charizard. that was the number one. okay, you wanted that $1,000 now is it really right on a little payday? >> but does it deserve it? over. balloons. >> balloons to me, is just like a generic. >> yeah i agree. >> not a toy. like, what do you do with a balloon? just like,

keep it afloat. you know, you play that game, keep it above like volleyball. >> i agree with you. >> it shouldn't be a generic thing. like trampolines shouldn't even be on this list. well yeah, to me, that is. >> was that a toy? >> it was a toy to me that is a toy growing up. >> but it's generic. >> not as generic as a balloon. like, has anyone ever been like, let's go play balloon, guys? like, no, no one's ever said that in my life. what about a kazoo brand associated with it? >> you know, there's not a trampoline brand that i can name, right? my little pony, that's my pick. >> okay. polly pocket. polly pocket was one. >> what is. how does she enter this conversation? polly pocket? >> did they not say polly pocket? >> she said no, but she said you could add your thinking about other things. >> think about other things. >> okay, i'm talking about on this list. polly pocket doesn't. i'm sorry. polly pocket? no. >> what about trolls? >> what about trolls? trolls. see, trolls can come on in. >> also not on the list. tamagotchi tamagotchi. >> absolutely, yes. feed that. tamagotchi. >> yeah. maybe in a few years we'll hear tamagotchi. yeah. you know, i was. the other one was a

digimon. what about digimon? no, i was not. i'm not in that. what am i? >> what was it? what? >> okay, you know what? that's fine. >> i'm not judging anybody for i never understood how to play jacks, so i just never wanted to play like you bounce the ball and collect as many and you collect. oh my god, no, i was a pony. no. okay. i was being a total nerd, trading my pokemon cards, minding my own business. that's my vote. this morning we are going to get you some warmer weather finally out there. here's a live look outside. this is sutro tower right now. do have a fair amount of cloud cover early on, but we will get sunshine appearing pretty fast later on this morning. so we're finally going to get some warmer weather moving in here this entire week we've had cooler than average temperatures. we'll start to feel some mild air in the afternoon today and tomorrow. then those temperatures really start to take off over the weekend. fall begins on sunday, but it feels a lot more like summer. and then early next week we have some hot days coming our way. monday and tuesday especially look very warm, low pressure right now is

still spinning nearby, but it's continuing its trek south, so it's getting out of here. any of this moisture you see to our south is going to stay to our south. we're not anticipating any sort of mist and drizzle today that low will get out of here this afternoon. and then high pressure builds in here. get used to this high. it's going to stick with us through much of next week. we have some mild air coming our way and a string of days that we're going to have with above average temperatures. so today we'll get lots of sunshine inland. we're back into the 80s for the first time this week. inland low to mid 80s for daytime. highs around the bay shoreline. some patchy fog. right now we get that midday sunshine. very comfortable this afternoon. upper 60s to lower 70s and then we'll stay in the low 60s along the coast. so the warming trend begins today. temperatures getting closer to average for this time of the year with increasing sunshine as we head throughout the morning and into the afternoon. overnight tonight, partly to mostly cloudy overnight lows generally in the 50s now. future tracker showing you by tomorrow we get those daytime highs pretty much at average where we should be this

time of the year. but we just continue to warm over the weekend, saturday and sunday. total sunshine both days. sunday is the warmer of the two days. look at that 80s and 90s widespread away from the coast. it's a warm finish to the weekend. accuweather seven day forecast shows you we start to warm up over the next couple of days. fall begins sunday morning at 543, but look at those temperatures. and then monday even hotter than that 80s and 90s around the bay shoreline, likely hitting 100 in our hottest spots inland by monday afternoon, guys. >> all right, drew, thank you. now let's turn to ginger zee. she's live with a look at what's coming up on good morning america. good morning ginger. >> hey, reggie. amanda. great to be with everybody. so coming up here on gma we have to start with the latest on the new round of explosions in lebanon devices including walkie talkies detonating at least 20 people killed, thousands injured. we're live in beirut this morning. also the state of the race for the white house. donald trump telling a crowd on long island that he's going to go to springfield, ohio, and he's amplifying those false claims

about immigrants there. also, the growing backlash over stores locking so many products behind glass. we check it out and the impact that it's having on stores, employees and shoppers. also, how to make the most of the fed rate, from cutting down your credit card debt to refinancing your mortgage. and comedian sebastian maniscalco making a stop here in times square on his record breaking tour. so get ready to giggle on gma. >> ginger, i have to ask you about sebastian. he came into my life. i spoke with him about a month and a half ago, and he came into my life by way of my family, sending me clips of his bit about this new generation of parents putting their kids in a million apparatuses when putting them in a swimming pool. so they're outfitted completely long sleeves like layers of sunblock. that's me. my whole family is like, something's wrong with you. just let them enjoy swimming. he looks like he's ready to swim for the olympics or anything else. is that you? are you putting your boys? >> i'm just impressed that you

do layers of sunblock, because by the time i. even if i get like a half a layer and they haven't run away or screamed or whatever it is that they try to do, i don't know why. sunblock is like the worst thing you can do to a child, you know? yeah. >> i didn't know that. >> yeah. they're in because i put my kids in hats, in floaties, in a vest, in long sleeves and pants and sebastian has a whole. >> but i'm definitely much more hands off with the sun. i'm like, yeah, okay. so it's just fine. and then when they fight me, i tell them, you get that burn, you'll know. and so it's more of like a learn for yourself. i know you're sick, but good luck with that. that's right. >> if they're old enough to criticize your hair, they're old enough to know about sunblock. that's right. that's why. that's why i think we are. see? you live. >> and you learn. live, laugh, love. >> no, not live. you never want to lose sight of the things you love.

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live now at 630. a warming trend begins today. mostly sunny skies on the horizon for the bay area. she was going to tell us how long this trend is going to last. >> then the government could shut down in less than two weeks because the house shoots down a deal to keep it running. what comes next for lawmakers and a california cat was jealous of its owner's new pet.

>> so he let them know, oh, this is different from that cat that walked 800 miles. different cat as far as i know. >> okay. good morning everyone. it is september 19th. okay. >> let's talk about this warm-up. >> yeah. so we start to warm up today. and once we get those temperatures above average, we're there for the foreseeable future. so we're finally going to get rid of that cool air that's been overhead for much of this week. we'll take you high up above the clouds. a live look from our mount tam camera. we do have our morning marine layer out there, but we do find sunshine pretty fast. later on this morning, low pressure continues its trek to the south, some showers and thunderstorms to our south. those will stay out of the bay. that low continues to move off to the south and exiting our region. taking the cloud cover with it later on this morning. let's get going on this thursday. temperatures right now. we're in the low 50s to the low 60s. so looking at the inland forecast first lot of sunshine today. we're back into the 80s for the first time this week. low and mid 80s. that will feel very nice this afternoon around the

bay shoreline. some patchy fog right now giving way to sunshine throughout the afternoon. upper 60s to the lower 70s for daytime highs along the coast. today it's pretty cloudy right now. we will get a little bit of sunshine this afternoon. by about 4 p.m. those daytime highs will be mainly in the low 60s. let's check in with amanda. see those drive times this morning? >> hi, drew. we'll start with our current drive times right here. highway four to walnut creek, seven minutes. a 13 minute trek to get from walnut creek to 580. and then that typical slowdown along the altamont pass. tracy to dublin at 60 minutes. then i want to take you back to brisbane for the sigalert. southbound 101 before sierra point parkway. this is a two car crash that continues to block the far right lane. two middle lanes have reopened, though there's no estimated time of reopening for the last lane. but you should expect delays from cow palace use southbound 280 or bayshore boulevard to get around. then i'll take you to hayward, southbound 880, before eighth street. a two car crash has been cleared from the two left lanes there. still expect residual delays from marina boulevard. >> developing news a second wave

of device explosions has killed dozens of people in lebanon. the latest attack targeting walkie talkies. it came a day after hundreds of pagers 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 pager 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. >> israeli police say they foiled an iranian plot to assassinate top leaders, including prime minister benjamin netanyahu. a 73 year

old is accused of twice smuggling himself into iran via turkey, to meet with intelligence officials from tehran. the discussions included potential plans to attack netanyahu, as well as the defense minister and intelligence chief. the plot was allegedly intended as retaliation for the killing of a hamas chief in july. >> a new warning about efforts to interfere with the november election. the fbi says iranian hackers sent material stolen from donald trump's campaign to president biden's campaign earlier this summer. that was in late june and early july, before mr. biden dropped out of the race. there's no evidence biden's staffers did anything with that 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 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 noncitizens to vote in federal elections. speaker johnson says he will now work on a plan b, but has not given details on that plan. >> we're following the latest developments in the murder case of cash app founder bob lee. yesterday, a judge heard several pretrial motions. the tech mogul was stabbed in san francisco's soma neighborhood in april 2023 and later died. he is charged with his murder. a judge ruled his defense attorneys won't be allowed to refer to lee as, quote, crazy bob, a nickname he used sometimes on social media. the judge denied the defense's motion to exclude evidence that the knife was the same brand found in the apartment of nima's sister. several other motions were heard privately after the

judge closed the courtroom. >> a new school year is beginning at stanford with new rules around protesting on campus. the university's new president is rolling out the updated policies after stanford's pro-palestinian protests made national headlines. on tuesday, stanford released what are called freedom of expression policies. unauthorized tents will be prohibited, and students concealing their face may be asked to identify themselves by a university official. in a video, the provost explains other disruption policies. >> a provocative poster may be okay in some places around campus, but not placed on the personal residence door of an individual targeted by that speech. >> at the end of may, stanford's faculty senate formally adopted an institutional neutrality statement that made the school the third university behind harvard and syracuse, to remain neutral on social and political issues. san francisco voters will soon have their say on

whether to permanently close part of the great highway to cars. now, tensions over the plan seem to be reaching a boiling point. the plan is going to be on your hands. that clash happened at a recent rally over prop k, the measure that would close the great highway permanently between sloat boulevard and lincoln way. the idea first came up during the pandemic to give people more space to be outside. supporters now want that extra space to become a new two mile oceanside park. opponents gathered near the great highway yesterday. they are worried about the traffic impact to the nearby neighborhood. >> the highway is the fastest way for people to commute south and is heavily used during the week for work, commuters and the data don't bear out that there will be a traffic concern. >> sunset arterial, which is a nearby six lane road, can more than absorb the traffic we've seen. >> a separate section of the great highway south of sloat boulevard is already slated to close to cars due to erosion. if prop k passes, city leaders have

said they will look into improvements on other roads, like replacing stop signs with traffic lights to improve traffic flow in the nearby neighborhood. >> 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 told abc seven they received messages about enticing investments they would start small. see returns, then invest their savings only to see the accounts disappear with their money. >> you know, my heart just broke. >> i'm coming to realization. i'm never going to get that $2.5

million back. >> this specific tactic is known as a pig butchering scam. it's referring to the practice of fattening a pig before slaughter. although in this case, it's americans who can 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 this scheme that sometimes turns victims into perpetrators. you can take a closer look at abc seven news.com. >> this morning, the final day of dreamforce wraps up in downtown san francisco, and the city is apparently getting good news about the conference returning in 2025. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez joins us live from the moscone center. and gloria, what is the mayor saying about the future of the event? >> well, you know, mayor london breed spoke to the san francisco standard, and she says she's gotten assurances that dreamforce will stay in san

francisco next year. but she did not give specifics. and we know that, of course, salesforce ceo marc benioff had previously threatened to move salesforce's annual tech conference from san francisco to another city. and salesforce has reportedly told city leaders that it would not commit to holding dreamforce in san francisco in 2025 unless a safe and secure environment is demonstrated. the company is using the pressure to negotiate discounted hotel rates and other concessions. the tech conference is expected to generate more than $90 million. now, one thing that salesforce is promising is to remain focused on artificial intelligence. announcing plans to open a new ai learning center at its san francisco headquarters in 2025 for in-person community ai training courses. >> 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 training there for employees to brush up on ai tools. now 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 talk about the power of living your purpose at ten in the morning, and comedian john mulaney closes it out at 3:00. this afternoon and yesterday evening was dream fest. it was a concert over at oracle park, and it was benefiting ucsf benioff children's hospital. actor matthew mcconaughey was there, and pink and imagine dragons performed. and i was at the concert. it was amazing. i have to say, pink did some really incredible acrobatics during her show, which was just really neat to see. i've been sharing some of the videos on my instagram page, so definitely check that out. but guys, it was an awesome evening and today of course dream fest i should say

dreamforce. i'm still talking about the concert. last night dream fest. but dreamforce closes out today. so of course we'll have the highlights for you later on today. live in san francisco gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you gloria. now it's time for our abc seven mornings advance. here are our way of highlighting some things happening in the day ahead here in the bay area 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 is military grade after campus protests. tensions. the uc student association says they are troubled to see campuses invest money in weapons. >> governor newsom will be in the bay area today. local leaders and lawmakers will join him in san francisco as he signs legislation aimed at addressing homelessness and expanding

affordable housing into law. the governor is also expected to announce new statewide efforts related to mental health. today's press conference and signing will start in just a few hours at 10:00 this morning. >> 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. the festival runs through sunday, and kids five and under can get in for free. >> still ahead? why not? all lawmakers are on board with the governor's plan to lower gas prices. >> and you are looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. you can see we're up about 462 points. another update on how the markets are doing next. >> and new video showing the latest volcanic eruption in hawaii. but first here's drew. >> together at 643 this morning. we are finding that a warming

trend gets underway here today. finally, this whole week has been cooler than average. so the next couple of days we'll take san jose for example. average high this time of year, about 81 degrees in the south bay. we'll get close to that today and tomorrow. then over the weekend, above average temperatures. warm weather really moves in here in a big way. and then look at early next week. temperatures in the low and mid 90s. that is going to feel very hot for this time of the year and really for the foreseeable future. down the road, we'll keep those temperatures above average next week, so you'll start to feel some mild air. this afternoon, 70s and 80s away from the coast. morning clouds giving way to afternoon sunshine. that's the call today. so here's future weather breaking down that cloud cover this morning. by the afternoon you can see bright skies. it's a very pleasant day. on the way, we'll have 70s and 80s in our warmest spots, inland 60s and 70s around the bay shoreline. so we're inching our temperatures up a few degrees compared to yesterday. a bright afternoon on the way with light winds later on this afternoon,

looking at the three day forecast with that warming tren, tomorrow is warmer than today. and then over the weekend it's full sunshine on saturday with those temperatures 70s, 80s and 90s away from the coast, but even hotter here on sunday as fall arrives. we'll have the

grow the system, exploit the system. take mark farrell's record. after receiving the largest ethics fine in city history for breaking campaign laws. mark authorized a commission almost every year he was in office. he was even caught taking donations from people he would then appoint to commissions, including a felon convicted of bribery. san francisco's challenges demand urgency, not more of the same failed insiders. on the island of hawaii erupting. it happened over the weekend in a part of hawaii

volcanoes national park that has closed off to people. eruption activity is up in the past few days, but the area is very remote and it won't impact any homes or residents. although some people could see vog, which is basically volcanic smog. >> 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 or the lawsuit, i should say, names governor gavin 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 moser 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. >> uc berkeley students are again frustrated with the campus safety warning system called warn me. yesterday, campus police sent a message informing students of multiple sexual assaults linked to drink spiking on friday night on college avenue, without specifying

exactly where it happened. students told 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 until 40 minutes later. >> 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 a 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. >> now, for your morning money report, amazon warehouse workers are getting a pay raise and free prime membership. they didn't get that before. okay, this will impact more than 800,000 warehouse and transportation jobs. the company says the average starting wage has increased to more than $22 an hour. amazon will also offer the $139 yearly prime benefits employees for free. the wage hike comes ahead of the busy holiday shopping season, with analysts predicting online sales will increase this year. amazon is also pushing corporate employees back into the office five days a week. now we take a live look at the new york stock exchange. as trading gets underway, you can see that we're up about 370 points. >> an incredible but apparently not unusual rescue. firefighters

in pollock pines had to take apart a vehicle to rescue a marmot that hitched a ride inside the engine compartment. yikes. marmots have been known to hide in engines to keep warm. the owner of the vehicle drove to the fire station for help to get the critter out. firefighters had to remove some vehicle components to grab the mammal. marmots they can grow to 24 pounds this time of year. so, can i ever heard of a marmot? >> i, i you know what? >> if you would have asked me prior to today, if a marmot is a fictional animal, i might have said yes. >> have you seen that video that went viral? it's like a marmot standing up and it's screaming, and people have just switched out the audio to be like a person. it's hilarious. >> what is a marmot? >> it looks like a beaver ish. okay a beaver ish. >> all right. >> but without the tail and the teeth. >> oh, it has the teeth. >> it has the teeth. like the. >> i feel like i saw a little

bit of them. yeah. okay. fascinating. all right, you guys will. >> i would rather be a beaver myself. but that, to me, is an identity. >> marmot is like an in-between animal. >> yeah. >> got it. this morning we are finding out. sorry. i love your classification. we have animals, and we have in-between animals. i feel like, yeah, i mean animals. >> yeah. the evolutionary scale marmot was somewhere in the middle. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. this morning. here's a live look at the exploratorium camera. it is a great start to the day, but we will find a lot of sunshine this afternoon. in fact, we're finding warmer temperatures over the next couple of days. get ready for temperatures to feel close to average by the afternoon. then over the weekend, it feels a lot more like summer. even though fall begins and we're tracking hot days early next week. so this week has really been cooler than average. we're going to flip that script over the weekend. we're going warmer than average. speaking of the weekend, get your plans ready. look at this beautiful wall to wall sunshine both days. sunday is the warmer of the two days, but both

afternoons are warmest areas getting to the 80s and 90s believe it or not. low pressure spinning down our coast. it's getting away from us. it will take the cloud cover with it. high pressure is building in. get used to this big h. this high pressure is going to be the muscle maker of our forecast through much of next week. believe it or not. so today, sunny inland, temperatures back into the seconds for the first time this week. low and mid 80s inland around the bay. shoreline clouds to sun. upper 60s lower 70s along the coast. we'll keep our daytime highs mainly in the low 60s. so we're starting that warming trend today. it feels a few degrees warmer than yesterday, increasing sunshine throughout the afternoon. it's just a pleasant forecast later on today. overnight tonight, partly to mostly cloudy out there. overnight lows will be dipping into the 50s. now heading into friday. future tracker showing you we're back to average by friday afternoon. that warming trend continues over the weekend. saturday 90s are back in the forecast and our warmest areas. and sunday even warmer than that. widespread 80s around the bay shoreline mid 90s inland. monday is even hotter than this. here's the accuweather seven day forecast.

clouds and sun today. warmer tomorrow than it feels like summer over the weekend as fall begins early sunday morning. then next week, monday, the hottest day on the seven-day forecast 80s and 90s around the bay shoreline 100 in our hottest spots inland, guys. >> all right, drew, thank you. a cat in fresno refused to let her owner touch their new rescue kitten, and it's all caught on video. the owner tried to pet the family's new rescue kitten, misty. the other the other rescue. sunny wasn't too pleased and swatted her away. i want to see it again. the video has been viewed more than 600,000 times on tiktok. >> okay. what? >> you're just mad. >> swatting. okay. >> swatted the hand. >> the way i came into this. >> what? >> sorry. >> people love it. >> okay. good. >> trending. up next, you guys. the seven things to know. this

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a new warning about election interference. the fbi says earlier this year, iran sent stolen material from the trump campaign to president biden's reelection campaign. there is no evidence biden's staffers responded. >> number two, san jose's alum rock village area is getting a new tool to improve safety. today, city officials will unveil a surveillance camera pilot program. the hope is that this camera, these cameras, will help police identify and track down criminals. >> number three, today, governor newsom will be in the bay area. his agenda includes signing legislation to expand affordable housing and address homelessnes. >> number for today is the final day of salesforce's dreamforce conference in san francisco.

ayesha curry, simone biles and kerry washington are some of the featured speakers. >> and number five, we are tracking a warming trend getting underway here today. a live look from sutro tower. we have those morning clouds. our marine layer overhead. but we will find increasing sunshine throughout the day. temperatures warmer than yesterday. pretty close to average. it's a nice pleasant afternoon, but heading into the weekend, even hotter air will move in here. the three day forecast will warm up more tomorrow and then by saturday it's full sunshine, feeling like summer, even hotter. but equally as sunny on sunday. >> number six back to brisbane. we're tracking a sigalert. southbound 101 before sierra point parkway. a two car crash is blocking the far right lane there, and there is no estimated time of reopening. there's also a crash in the backup in the middle lane, so expect delays from cow palace use southbound 280 or bayshore boulevard to get around number seven. >> something new from m&ms, peanut butter and jelly flavor. the company behind the candy

says they're leaning into people's nostalgia for their childhood comfort classics. the new flavor strangely not ready for halloween. what? okay, but we'll be ready for christmas. >> okay. pb and j m&ms. big in my household. yeah. yeah, the peanut ones, especially. >> that's it. i was going to say, if it's peanut, fine. if it's peanut butter, fine. peanut butter and jelly. i'm worried about the jelly. the jelly is how it's going to go wrong. yeah. and how sweet it's going to be. how artificial it's going to be. >> i ♪ ♪ >> george: good morning america, for the viewers in the west. another round of deadly explosions rock the middle east. fear and panic across lebanon. devices detonate across the country, including walkie talkies and solar energy systems, killing 20 and injurying thousands, marcus was there for it. >>