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to your forecast. now we can start to see our cameras with the clearing. yes. and the warmth. >> yes. it is coming our way. even though right now it is still a bit gray behind us with the bay bridge. so i will take you outside to another live camera. we're seeing blue skies and sunshine early on in walnut creek. so here is your forecast for today. inland areas with plenty of sunshine from now through this evening, temperatures will warm up into the low to even some mid 90s and around the bay. it's going to take until about lunchtime where we'll see those bright skies and temperatures will warm up into the upper 70s to low 80s around the bay. notice the clouds start to return later on this evening at the coast. that's where we'll see the fog and partly cloudy conditions in the afternoon before the clouds return again in the evening, temperatures there will only warm up into the mid 60s. we might even see a few upper 60s, but tomorrow we really warm up and i'll show you those temperatures coming up. stephanie. >> all right. francis thank you. our top story in the south bay.

a valley transportation authority bus driver is dead. deputies are investigating the death as a homicide. for many employees, it's a triggering event following a mass shooting at vta back in 2021. the latest shooting happened overnight on friday at vta shibuya yard in south san jose. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard has new details about the man who was killed. >> we're sad for his passing and you know, our prayers are with his family. >> workers at the santa clara valley transportation authority still processing news of a shooting which left a bus driver dead. transit union president raj singh knew the victim, a vta driver, for ten years. >> he's a very good, good individual. i can't recall a, you know, a negative interaction with him. >> the deadly shooting happened friday night at vta shibuya division yard. the santa clara county sheriff's department says it appears to be an isolated incident. a motive is unclear and no arrests have been made. investigators are now following

leads. >> we have increased security presence for in not just at this facility, but at all our facilities. but it does appear to be an isolated incident for many employees. >> the incident has been triggering a grim reminder of the mass shooting in 2021 at vta guadeloupe yard, nine employees were killed. the gunman was a vta worker. >> we really thought we were. you know, getting past some of the some of the stuff from before. and obviously this is going to spur a lot of that uh- back, all the employees in particular who were here then, it not only brings back that that horrible experience, but again, it's a loss of another coworker going forward. >> all employees will be offered mental health counseling if requested. >> we want to make sure that the public knows that our system is safe. there are no service disruptions and that our employees are here for them as well, as well as they are here for each other. >> in san jose, cornell, bernard, abc seven news. >> we're following developing

news. nearly 1500 hotel workers are on strike across multiple hotels here in san francisco. members with unite here local two union are calling for a number of changes, including better pay and the reversal of pandemic era cuts. their housekeepers, bellhops, cooks and other workers at hilton, hyatt and marriott hotels. the strike follows months of contract negotiations between union workers and the hotels. this is a continuation of the strike that happened on labor day, when thousands of hotel workers walked off the job in several cities across the country. that included san francisco and san jose. today, the san francisco unified school board is holding an emergency closed door meeting. the rare weekend meeting comes at a time of huge challenges for the district. sfusd delayed an announcement of possible school closures this week. the district is also facing a mounting financial crisis, with state appointed advisers in charge of the district's spending. the

agenda for today's meeting only mentions a public employee performance evaluation. board of education president matt alexander told us in a statement, quote, sfusd is experiencing significant issues. the sf board of education is meeting to determine next steps forward. cal maritime and vallejo is cutting ties with a major athletic association over a policy banning transgender athletes. the maritime academy says it's leaving the national association of intercollegiate athletics next summer. back in april, the naia passed a policy restricting participation in women's sports to athletes assigned female at birth and who have not begun hormone therapy. cal maritime's president says the policy is exclusionary and violates state law. the naia has not commented on this departure. meanwhile, in the north bay, another suspected arsonist has been arrested. a 61 year old man is accused of setting four small fires at a southwest community

park next to meadowview elementary school. none of these fires damaged any buildings, but students at the school did have to shelter in place because of the heavy smoke on friday. the arrest happened one day after a cal fire engineer was arrested. he's accused of starting five different fires in the north bay this summer. investigators say he started the fires while off duty. none of them burned more than an acre. happening right now. part of i-680 southbound remains closed for construction work. it's happening from acosta boulevard and san ramon to i-580 in pleasanton. all i-580 and 680 connectors will be open along the right lane. caltrans says the road will reopen by 4:00 tomorrow morning. northbound 680 will remain open as well. dozens of unhoused residents have begun moving into san francisco's new mission cabins. we first told you about the 60 new cabins in the city's mission district back

in april. the cabins are a new type of emergency shelter that offers privacy for people who are unhoused. the 65 square foot room includes a twin bed with a locked door and is pet friendly. advocates say this is a temporary solution. as a way to get in front of the city's enforcement on encampments. >> as you can see, this is a very clean place. it's a very stable place. it seems very safe. it's not a nuisance to the neighborhood by any means. and so, yeah, i'm a huge advocate for this sort of housing. >> the cabins will be up for two years until the city breaks ground on more permanent affordable housing. so far, san francisco has added 1800 emergency shelter beds. now, to what could be a new era of entertainment in a new life for the city of san francisco. it began with the expansion of night markets in different parts of the city. then the opening of the city's first entertainment zone on friday, and then last night, the night market moved to the beach. it's all in an effort

to change how people see the city and to help build a better bay area. here's abc seven news reporter tara campbell. >> the party is on and people are showing up, taking to san francisco's great highway for the inaugural taraval night market by the beach. building off the immense popularity of the sunset night market, we went to the one on irving a couple of weeks ago, and i found out about this one, and so i thought it would be just as fun to bring the kids. the event is largely driven by district four supervisor joel engardio, who spoke about it earlier this week. >> the original sunset night market in irving street is a huge success. we just had 20,000 people show up at the most recent one, but we want to move this night market, expand the concept so other areas of the sunset can benefit. >> awesome, awesome because it keeps the momentum going and, you know, keeps the vibe, so to say, going. and it creates like i said, you know, more opportunities on this side of the city. >> mayor london breed taking to the stage saturday in support. so are you all having a good

time tonight. and from the beach party vibe to the vendors creates opportunities for us to come out to the community and, you know, produce income for ourselves, for our families and friends. and the community is responding. >> i love it because we have all kinds of vendors. we're supporting our local communities, and we're supporting and, you know, getting together with just kid friendly families and it's fun. >> tara campbell, abc seven news. >> love to see this, francis. and it's so needed right now. >> yeah, we could certainly use those fun events. and it will be sunnier this afternoon. although we are under some overcast conditions right now over the bay. as we show you live shot of alcatraz. >> francis. thank you. also ahead, vice president kamala harris says she's up for another debate, but her opponent quickly shut her down with the former president. had to say next. then a deer pulled to safety after

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the victims died on the scene. the fourth victim died at the hospital. police believe there may have been multiple shooters. birmingham's mayor says people are too comfortable with shooting and killing others. >> there's a certain element in this city. there's a certain element in this community who are too comfortable riding around with semi-automatic weapons, automatic weapons, convergent switches and everything else. >> so far, there have been no arrests. the motive is not known at this time. now to your voice, your vote. the countdown to the november election is on and we are just 44 days until the polls open on november 5th. former president donald trump was in battleground north carolina this weekend, and vice president kamala harris did not have a campaign stop. instead, she posted on x accepting an invitation for a cnn debate against trump. abc news reporter chuck severson has his response. >> former president trump hosted a rally in north carolina

saturday, days after his party's nominee for governor in the state, mark robinson, was hit with controversy. trump, not mentioning robinson at the rally. instead, he stressed the importance of the battleground state. >> we got to win. this is a very important state. we win this state. i think it's going to be over fast. >> robinson has denied he made a series of racist and inflammatory posts decades ago, which were detailed in a recent cnn report. abc news has not independently confirmed the reporting. vice president harris not making any campaign appearances on saturday. instead, the vice president posted on x, saying she has accepted an offer from cnn for a second presidential debate against donald trump on october 23rd. less than two weeks before election day. trump responding she's done one debate. >> i've done two. it's too late to do another. i'd love to in many ways, but it's too late. >> the former president saying it's too late because voting has already started. chuck sivertsen, abc news, new york.

>> abc seven news is your place when it comes to the presidential election. you can find complete coverage and live updates regularly on abc seven news, dot com, as well as the abc seven news app. back here in the bay area, a dramatic rescue in the oakland hills. take a look at this. a deer wedged in a small gap between a garage and a house on hemlock street. the deer was stuck. so the woman who spotted it called the oakland fire department for help. >> hey, grab this. grab this. real cool. >> there you go, buddy. pull pull pull pull pull! >> such tight quarters. there >> the oakland firefighters union shared this video with us. what you're looking at took nearly four hours to rescue this animal. and crews were able to turn the upside down deer right side up. you see here with the rope tied around its legs. and thankfully they were able to free him from that. confined space.

celebrating the debut of its new modern electric train service. special launch party events were held throughout yesterday at caltrain stations, including this one in palo alto. >> these tracks have been been in use for 160 years. they are the oldest continuously, continuously used rails west of the mississippi, and for the first time in that long and glorious history, it's all electric. >> another community celebration will be held this afternoon at the san mateo station from 2 to 6:00. you can join in. caltrain is offering free rides all weekend long. and abc seven news was back on the green for the golf world's biggest and best lgbtq plus event. a few of our crew members were out on the course swinging away for sf pride sixth annual golf tournament. the two day event kicked off with a special awards reception honoring former professional golfer tasha olin. several teams teed off saturday

for the tournament at the historic tpc harding park golf course. s.f. pride's golf tournament is the first ever pga endorsed lgbtq sporting event. and of course, abc seven news continues to be a proud sponsor. that's our team. you're looking at right there. a shout out to joe brooks to the right and brandi sotelo in the middle there. my partner tom also made the team and not pictured there. francis was the team dog, bubba. he was also in attendance. there he is. oh, there he is. yeah we had a great time. and the best part was, it was for such a wonderful cause. >> yes. and yes. and also we're going to see today is some of that fog that you saw behind stephanie earlier yesterday and even today, live doppler seven showing you cloud cover on the coast and also in the bay. and that has reduced visibility right now, only one mile in napa, 1 in 3 quarters mile in half moon bay. due to that fog. temperatures right now in the 50s and 60s. so we are seeing some more low 60s pop up

hayward, palo alto, concord, brentwood already up to 65 this afternoon. look for temperatures to warm up just a little bit more compared to yesterday, with partly cloudy conditions at the beaches. half moon bay 66. but sunshine around the bay and inland. san francisco 73, oakland 78, san jose 87. some mid 90s inland like concord, antioch, livermore even some low 90s in santa rosa and in lakeport. tonight temperatures will drop generally into the mid 50s around the bay. a little cooler in the north bay with some low 50s there. now tomorro, even though today is the first day of fall, it's going to feel like summer with temperatures hitting near the century mark for inland areas. even in san francisco, near 80 degrees half moon bay 75. we hold on to that heat on tuesday, but then things start to cool down on wednesday. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. so for the first day of fall, it is warming up a little bit. sunny and hot tomorrow. still warm on tuesday before things turn much cooler

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>> good morning. the 40 niners are limping into their week three matchup later today against the la rams. they're winless. the niners looking to rebound from their first loss this season to the vikings last week. they'll be missing three of their top offensive weapons christian mccaffrey deebo samuel. they were already out. now you can add george kittle to the list. the all-pro tight end going to miss today's game as he deals with a sore hamstring. now last season the trio of kittle, cmc and deebo accounted for 39 of the team's 60 offensive touchdowns. kittle has 11 catches for 116 yards and one touchdown this season. eric saubert is expected to get the start later today in place of kittle as they take on the rams. all right college football. cal looking to stay undefeated in their first ever acc game in tallahassee against florida state. first meeting between the schools. cal quarterback fernando mendoza from miami. his parents in the stands watching this, the bears had a tough time finding the end zone. ryan co made three field goals 51 yarder. there but missed two others which were costly. now florida state takes the lead in

the fourth quarter. d.j. uiagalelei finding jakai douglas 36 yards and in and florida state up 14 to 9 over cal. so could mendoza. the florida kid lead the bears to a last minute victory in his home state? number 15 was going to try. final drive third and long. and he's going to scramble. and how about this. use your feet and get the first down and much more. 26 yard scramble gets cal on the shadow of the red zone. he threw for 303 as well. later on the drive it's fourth and 16, but he is sacked and the bears chances go there. they fall 14 nine in their acc debut. all right, some baseball now. giants in kansas city. that's royals legend george brett in the house is trying to royals trying to get an a wild card spot. but the giants having none of it. lamonte wade jr. matt chapman each with two homers in this game. first we'll talk about lamonte wade jr. there's a bomb that was homers seven and eight. and he was all over it. and

chappy with some newfound dad strength back in the lineup for the first time since the birth of his daughter gia. how about some girl dad power for chappy? he leads a team with 26 homers in the season, and the giants win it. nine nothing final saturday night game at the coliseum. as it winds down there in oakland, father and son making lifetime memories. the top of the stadium singing take me out to the ball game in the third. john carlos stanton takes that baseball way. gone. doubles their lead with one big swing 441ft, six nothing yankees. and in the seventh, it's the kid from the central valley. and fresno state's own aaron judge might be his last homer in oakland. 421ft, major league leading 54th of the year. a's blanked. ten nothing. they look to avoid the sweep later today need only. stop dreaming

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