charges against three police officers in the 2021 death of mario gonzalez. good afternoon. i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. the judge says he will issue a written ruling in three weeks on whether to

dismiss those manslaughter charges against the officers. the trio were involved in the death of 26 year old mario gonzalez three years ago, as they pinned him to the ground. the officer, his attorneys, argued this morning that the da's office didn't file all the necessary paperwork in time to meet the three year statute of limitations. prosecutors say they did meet the necessary requirements. it's not clear how the judge will rule. meanwhile, outside of court, gonzalez's family and other community members gathered to protest bogus. >> a sham investigation cleared these cops. it's only because the people demanded that a new da be elected, that we even have a shot at justice gonzalez died while being taken into custody in april 2021. >> he lost consciousness while those alameda officers had pinned him to the ground. reviews by the previous da. the sheriff's office and the city of alameda all found the officers were not criminally liable. the alameda county coroner's office later ruled gonzalez's death a

homicide caused in part by the stress of the altercation. a cal fire engineer is under arrest, accused of starting a cluster of fires in the north bay. cal fire says the 38 year old is suspected of igniting five fires since august 15th, in the area surrounding geyserville, healdsburg and windsor. we're not naming the cal fire employee because he has not been charged yet. the agency says all five fires combined burned less than one acre. so small thanks to the quick actions of residents and fire crews. cal fire director and fire chief joe tyler says he was appalled to learn of this arrest. in a few hours, the oakland a's start their final weekend home stand at the coliseum tonight. the athletics host the yankees for the first of three games, then they'll play the rangers on tuesday, wednesday and thursday. thursday will be the last a's game at the coliseum, a place they've called home since 1968. the team is doing a stadium replica giveaway

on thursday. fans won't be able to get the item, though, until the seventh inning, so they better stick around. the a's are set to play in sacramento for the next three seasons, ahead of a planned move to las vegas. a number of free events kicking off in san francisco as part of the city's efforts to revitalize certain neighborhoods. the first entertainment zone in california is now open. an oktoberfest block party just kicked off on front street. this video shows crews setting up this morning. officials say there are nearly 4000 rsvp's for the event, which runs until 10 p.m. the entertainment zone will allow people to walk around front street between sacramento and california with their alcoholic drinks. san francisco is authorized to create these zones under sb 76, a bill authored by senator scott wiener intended to help revitalize downtown. >> this is a great opportunity not only for us, but for the city, because i'm a very strong believer that sf, until most people come back, we need to

rely on the bay area. we need to reach out and show everybody what we have to offer and make, you know, san francisco like a destination point for people in the area. you know, not just people to come to work, but come back and play, you know, and have a good time and enjoy the amenities that the city has to offer. >> an oktoberfest on front goes until 10 p.m. it is free to get in, but you can rsvp online, so let's check in now with abc seven meteorologist drew tuma with a look at the forecast for all of these weekend events. >> today we are continuing the warming trend into tomorrow as well. those temperatures rise even more on sunday. even though autumn does arrive here early sunday morning. feels like summer in the afternoon and then early next week the summer heat is sticking around. we have some hot days coming our way, especially monday of next week. we'll show you the seven day in just one second, but the next ten days will take sunnyvale, for example. average daytime high in the low 80s. getting close to that today over the weekend will go above average in the mid 80s. and then you can see early next week we have a

couple of days where we have just hot weather taking over before those temperatures kind of moderate but staying mainly above average for the foreseeable future. so here's live doppler seven along with satellite low pressure getting out of here. that was giving us the cooler than average temperatures. now we have this high. this ridge which is setting up shop along our coast, and it will remain there through early parts of next week. so here's future weather, increasing sunshine along the coast. it's a mix of sun and clouds throughout the afternoon. here's your daytime highs into the 80s, inland 60s and 70s around the bay shoreline. any friday night plans, we will have our marine layer coming back across the city and already making its presence known around parts of the east bay shoreline close to 8:00 pm. so just be aware of that. layers, of course, are key this time of the year. today, highs will find those temperatures back to average. finally, as we finish out what has been a pretty cool week across the board now, overnight tonight, partly cloudy skies, temperatures dipping into the 50s heading into the weekend. the weekend looking great as high pressure gets closer. we have lots of sunshine both saturday and sunday. saturday afternoon you'll feel those warm temperatures warming

even more on sunday as fall arrives. and then by monday. monday is the hottest day on the seven day forecast. clearly, 80s and 90s around the bay shoreline. mid 80s for oakland, mid 90s for san jose, widespread 90s in the north bay and upper 90s in the inland east bay. wouldn't be surprised if we have a few cities hitting about 100 by monday afternoon. here's the accuweather seven day forecast next seven days for you. morning fog to sun right now. warming up over the weekend. get out and enjoy lots of sunshine. summerlike heat continues early next week and then by the middle part of the seven day forecast wednesday and thursday, those temperatures back to average for this time of year, guys. >> all right. the 2024 presidential election is heating up today with early in-person voting starting in three states. this, as some jewish organizations criticized donald trump after the former president said if he loses in november, the jewish people would, quote, have a lot to do with it. here's abc news reporter perry russom with the latest. >> the first ballots are being

cast in the 2024 presidential election. early in-person voting happening now in virginia, south dakota and minnesota. >> being able to vote early helps me kind of push others to vote early as well. as voters cast ballots, former president trump facing criticism over comments he made about jewish voters and haitian migrants. >> today, the american jewish committee pushing back on trump after he said this last night about possibly losing in november. >> i'm not going to call this as a prediction, but in my opinion, the jewish people would have a lot to do with a loss. >> the ajc issuing a statement that reads, in part, setting up anyone to say we lost because of the jews is outrageous and dangerous. >> good morning everyone. >> on capitol hill, the congressional haitian caucus, condemning the misinformation about migrants in springfield, ohio, amplified by the trump fans ticket. >> what donald trump is doing right now is playing a dangerous game of divide and conquer. >> trump with a rally tomorrow in north carolina. vice president kamala harris on the campaign trail today.

>> georgia this election right here is a fight for the future. it is a fight for the future. and it is a fight for freedom. >> today, a major last minute rule change in georgia. the republican led election board now requiring all ballots to be hand counted. there are concerns the change could lead to a delay in certifying the results. perry russom abc news, washington. >> up next, the new covid vaccine is out. but who's paying for it? and do you still need it? we'll talk to doctor peter chin-hong about the latest risks. free at-home tests, the bad news about dengue fever, and the new

federal government is no longer covering the cost of the shots. leaving that burden to insurance companies, which mostly cover it at no additional cost to you. medicare and medicaid will also cover the shot, but if you don't have any of those, you may have to pay out of pocket. but here's something you should know. santa clara county wants to remove cost as a barrier to getting vaccinated, so the county is offering free or discounted shots at various clinics. you can find the information at health dot scc gov.org. okay. joining us live now to talk about covid. the flu, dengue fever and ozempic the whole gamut. here's ucsf infectious diseases specialist doctor peter chin-hong. doctor chin-hong great to see you. >> thanks for having me on, kristen. >> i think the big question on everyone's minds, right, is, has the late summer covid surge peaked? is there anything that's encouraging as an indicator? >> i think in the bay area it likely has peaked and it's coming down now. i think the

encouraging thing for me is that in the hospital, we're not seeing as many people with bad covid as we did just a month or two months ago, so less than ten and all for ucsf hospitals as opposed to, you know, 50 or in last winter, 100. so at least in california it is coming down. we went from very high to high, but i think it's probably better than that in some parts of the country. it's still very, very high. >> okay. that is good to hear. so given that and given the fact that the vaccine is now out, the new one, right. and that we have this new variant. zeke, i think you guys are keeping a very close eye on when you take all that in. what does that mean? should we get this new vaccine? who should get it? can we skip it? because i know already, as of last fall, it was already only, what, one third of the adults getting it? >> yeah. so i think there are two reasons to get the vaccine. the first is for those who are older than 65 or immune compromised. it's critical. it's critical because it keeps you away from the hospital. it keeps

you from dying because the immunity drops fastest in those populations. so you need to get it at least once a year for everybody else. i think it is beneficial if you get it, say for example, you get it sometime in october, you get a buffer for about 6 to 8 weeks of infection, as well as a serious disease protection. so if you're planning that office party or going away or going to visit grandma for thanksgiving, it just gives you a little bit of an edge in terms of catching something when you're traveling. >> okay. but how does it do against, you know, the current strain and also the emerging one? zeke, i don't know if that's about to become the big bad. how worried you are. >> yeah. so i think we'll do very well. zeke is a recombination of two of the gen one children, you know, i think, cs 1.1 and cp 3.3 are the two types that merge and meet zeke, but they are all children of gen

one, and the vaccine is updated to be resembling either gen one itself or, you know, something similar to gen one. so it will work. okay, so should still be ineffective or ineffective. >> i want to be very clear. my enunciation. so it doesn't sound like i'm saying ineffective against it. all right. so i want to ask you, look, right now we just reported that the usps, you know, getting the free covid test through the government, that program is about to kick up again, probably in a few days. we just checked for you not available yet, but in a few days, check covidtests.gov, look, i assume you still think it's a good idea for people to have the tests on hand. but let me just ask you, in terms of, practically speaking, you have some symptoms. they're respiratory. you take the test if it says covid or not. covid, what difference does that make? like would you do anything different is what i'm saying. >> yeah. so i think the places where we make a huge difference is say you're working with patients like i do, or you're working with people in a nursing home where they may be more

vulnerable or you live with people like that. you kind of want to know what you have so that you don't unwittingly spread it to them, but you're right. for many people it may be less important, but i would still get the tests anyway because you never know when you might need it. you might need it because you have symptoms and you're visiting your elderly uncle who has chemotherapy because he has cancer. so those are the reasons where it still would be important, for sure. and knowledge is power with those populations, you know, even if you're not vaccinated, antivirals like paxlovid will still reduce your hospitalization risk, right? >> okay. and look, my personal philosophy is if something's free, take it. okay doctor. right. doctor chin-hong. i also want to say what, like the book? oh, right. okay, so it's also flu season. we just touched on that, the flu vaccine is out, and today the fda has approved the first ever flu vaccine that comes in a nasal spray. tell us about that one. i know it's not

going to be out for a little while, but they approved it. >> yeah. so it's very similar to what a lot of kids get now. it's called flumist, you know, a spray in each nostril, and it's great for people who don't like needles, 1 in 4 americans, are somewhat needle phobic, and the big difference that's revolutionary a little bit is that you can just go online and get a pharmacist to, review you, and then you can get it mailed to home. the caveat is that it's, killed or weakened virus. so people who are immune compromised, or if you're pregnant, it wouldn't be a great idea. and it's not approved for those over the age of 50. >> okay. and it probably won't be out until next flu season anyway, right? so still get the flu shot now? >> yes, but it's available in clinicians offices as flumist, that people know about i see. >> okay. good to know. look, right now i want to shift gears and talk about something. we don't usually talk about dengue

fever because we think of it as something you get in the tropics or when you travel. but we have cases in los angeles, and i think this is the part that's key me, that it's not related to travel. these cases explain what's happening. what does that mean? >> so what's happening is that, the world has seen an unprecedented increase in dengue, more than like 100% in some parts in the americas, and what it means is a lot more people have dengue around. they come to the united states, which we normally see in travelers. we have the mosquitoes that can transmit it. it's the same mosquitoes that transmitted zika in florida called the aedes aegypti or tiger mosquito. if you slap it on your skin and you see it has stripes on the legs, that's how we know, and then that mosquito gets infected and bites somebody else who never traveled anywhere. and that's how you can get it locally. >> okay, look, i know for most people it's not that huge of a deal, but it is for some people, right? i think it can be life threatening. maybe complications

for one, in 20. how do we prevent this? >> i think you prevented by the simple things. the low hanging fruit is, emptying standing water around your home. tires, barrels, putting screens on your doors if you can. and of course, wearing effective insecticides, deet, or picaridin, like in qatar. those are effective as well. so those are things that people can do. i must say that most people get bitten by mosquitoes, don't get anything, and even if you got something, most people have no symptoms. but you're right, some people do have more serious disease, and that's why we go through all of this. >> all right. we have, like, 40s left, but everybody wants to talk about ozempic. and this week there is news. the injection for diabetes has become so popular for weight loss, has been super pricey, like $1,000 or more per month. but prices may soon be coming down. >> yes, so about $100 or so. and that's because, because of the inflation reduction act, medicare is able to negotiate

with drug companies to slash prices. >> wait, do you mean $100 a month is the total tab, or it will be reduced by $100 a month to. no, no, i think it can go down to $100. wow. okay. that would be that's what i understand right now. okay. well, the demand is going to be high. all right. doctor peter chin-hong really great talking with you as always. take good care. and thanks a lot for everything. >> thanks so much, kristen. >> all right. coming up next, we catch up with talk show host tamron hall. now in her

the start of the pandemic. fast forward to 2024 and she's now in season six. abc seven's reggie aqui talked with tamron live on abc seven at seven, and there is a surprise ending to the interview. i have this great opportunity to often travel with this new cookbook that i have, or even when i was writing my

crime series and i get to hear firsthand, as you know, with a good reporter, we get out there and we mingle with the people, and we're able to bring that knowledge back to the show. so we were kicking off this season the number six represents nurture. and i said, wow, we all have something we want to nurture in our life. and to be real, we have things that we don't want to nurture. you know, they say when there's a plant and a leaf is dying, you got to cut out that dead leaf so it can thrive. so we have those real conversations we kicked off with yolanda adams, kirk franklin, you know, fred hammond, marvin sapp, the biggest names in gospel music, not because of the faith based nature, but because we all need inspiration. and they let me shut down the streets of new york that never happened. then chloe bailey, one of the biggest rising young stars in the world right now, came by for a one hour interview. and i said, as we've discussed before, reggie, i don't want this to be a pit stop for celebrities to come on and plug what they're doing. i want to have a conversation. so here you have this woman, a young woman, at this big moment in her career and before i knew it, within the interview, she's

crying tears of joy and appreciation, thinking about how hard she worked to get to where she is moving forward. miranda lambert is taking over the tam fam stage. i hung out with her in vegas last year and now we have an exclusive performance with her. but more than this new album, which she's so proud of, singing a hot song called alimony, that's not a hint to anybody. but she said, you know, miranda just revealed in this interview talking about nurturing. she's gone to europe before, but always for work. this past summer, for the first time in her life, she and her husband went to europe just to chill, just to vacation. she'd never done it. she's been on the road since her early 20s, when she became, you know, this hit country star. so we get into it. and why did it take her so long? well, that's because this work has mattered almost more than anything. and now she recognizes you got to take care of yourself. so those are the things we're talking about. >> tamron, i just saw this video of you strutting down. i was

like, wait, who is that? oh, that's tamron strutting down the street. >> that was me. just kind of working it out. working it out. hey, hey. >> now that brings me back to. i was at don lemon's wedding. you were sitting next to me in the church, and then we walked together over to the polo club, and we were so cold and dancing in the second line. >> the second line, don lemon. oh, yeah. yeah, we had a second. it was freezing. >> remember how cold it was? i do, and i remember those moves because you were also displaying those moves there. and thanks. >> i have one move, reggie, i have one you only need i use then and now. >> you only need the one. and so what i'm here to tell people is that tamron hall that you see on the air every day here on abc seven is the tamron hall. you get in person. truly lovely, truly fun and personable, truly doing the second line. and truly when i came back and my friend said, friend, why are you in page six next to tamron hall? and i said, because that's how i roll. that's how i roll.

>> okay, first of all, you're making me blush because, you know, that is the thing. you know, in tv. i tell folks, it's hard to lie to the camera, but sometimes you can lie to yourself. true. and on this journey, i try to all, all, every day, just make sure people know y'all rooted for me and i am rooting for you. so that's why when i meet someone, we become fast friends like we did reggie, i my mom says i never meet a stranger and i try to hold that true for the show. so whether it's a huge name or somebody that's a big name in their family, i like those kinds of conversations on tv, off tv. i feel like sometimes my whole life is one big tamron hall show, because i don't distinguish the difference. >> and that's why it's so successful. we're going to end with a picture of you and me at the wedding, and i want to tell you, yes, tamron hall airs weekday afternoons at 1:00 right here on abc seven. and then i'm smiling. >> i'm smiling. >> are to see more interviews like this one.

>> you can watch abc seven at seven. it streams live weekdays from 7 to 8 a.m. just download the abc seven news bay area app. and of course you can watch tammany hall on abc seven. next, a bit of nostalgia is bringing back its original fleet tomorrow. how you can catch a free ride in san francisco this what's the definition of character to you? umm... would you be a superhero or a supervillain? if you could say one thing to big tobacco, what would it be?

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construction work starting at 9:00 tonight. the stretch from acosta boulevard in san ramon to i-580 in pleasanton will be shut down. it won't reopen until 4 a.m. monday morning. all 580 and 680 connectors will be open along the right lane. drivers are encouraged to take alternative routes to reduce

traffic within the construction zo. northbound 680 will remain open throughout the weekend. san francisco transit is turning back time. muni heritage weekend kicks off tomorrow, celebrating the original vehicle fleet that started it all. festivities will run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. tomorrow and sunday. you can enjoy free entry to the san francisco railway museum across from the ferry building. you can also ride on historic busses, cable cars and streetcars all weekend long. some date all the way back to the 1930s. rockers. rejoice. heavy metal band metallica is coming home. they'll play two bay area dates on an upcoming tour. the extended m27 world tour kicks off in april in las vegas. along the tour route is the band's first ever concert at levi's stadium in santa clara on june 20th and 22nd. presales and special offers for the fifth member fan club start september 23rd. general public tickets will be available starting september 27th at 10 a.m. the

band was formed in la, but has been based mostly in the bay area since. remember, abc seven news is streaming 24 over seven. get the abc seven bay area app and join us whenever you want, wherever you are. and that's going to do it for now. thank you for joining us today. world news tonight with david muir starts right now. and i'll see you back here for abc seven news at four. bye bye >> david: tonight, breaking news in the race for president with just 46 days to the election. also tonight, the judge shot and killed in court. authorities now say it was the sheriff who killed him. the drone used to find a little girl missing in the woods. you'll see the dramatic video. tracking deadly storms on the move across several states tonight. tures tonight, vice president kamala harris in ge