right now at five. breaking news while you were sleeping and the investigation into the assassination attempt against donald trump. a senate report finding, quote, multiple failures by the secret service before the shooting in pennsylvania. and officials say many of the issues are still unaddressed. >> tense moments. also breaking overnight. a scene straight out of a movie. a bus speeding through los angeles. passengers held hostage while the bus operator is forced to drive at gunpoint. police say one person is now dead. the suspected gunman is under arrest. >> grappling with crime in the east bay. antioch's mayor now requesting more help from law

enforcement to fight a surge in violence. >> we are all going to miss this place. it's been just a little weird this whole week. >> sadness. anger. confusion. a's fans in oakland are experiencing the full range of emotions this week. we've got just two more games before the team's final goodbye. >> a lot going on this morning. it's wednesday, september 25th. >> let's begin with a check of the weather with meteorologist drew tuma. >> here we go. we're back to reality. it's going to feel a lot cooler out there today. finally, that fall feel is back. we talked about how wednesday would be your day if you want it to feel and look like autumn, that's exactly what we're in store for. so live. look outside. you're looking at our exploratorium camera. our marine layer is back. we have a lot of fog out there. even some of that cloud cover pushing inland at this hour. so current temperatures, we are running a bit cooler than we were this time yesterday. that's to be expected. as we have that fog overhead, we're likely looking at some drizzle along the coast as well. we're in the mid 50s to the low 60s right now. the cloud

cover is slow to break down in most areas except inland. the big story inland we are much cooler by about 15 to 20 degrees. daytime highs today in the low 80s, which is a sharply cooler forecast than the triple digit heat we had the past couple of days in spots. now around the bay shoreline. we will be fighting the cloud cover all morning long. the afternoon we get sunshine. but look at those daytime highs. upper 60s to near 70. when we're well into the 80s and 90s the past couple of days. and along the coast we'll keep it cloudy, mostly all day long. highs only in the low 60s. let's check in with gloria into. >> happy hump day to everybody out there. so right now this is a look at our overall map of the roads here in the bay area. you can see it's pretty much in the green. so no major issues except the usual slowdown. that's from 11th street on westbound 205 to north flynn road. on westbound 580 and looking at your drive times for this morning from tracy to dublin, that is in the red. always a little slow there this time of the morning. 46

minutes, san rafael to san francisco 15 minutes and antioch to concord, 14 minutes. and a look at your mass transit for this morning. everything is on time, so that's some good news. and right now i am tracking breaking news at the live desk. a bipartisan senate report is out blasting the secret service over its failures to protect former president donald trump. the report details missteps and oversights on the day of the july assassination attempt in butler, pennsylvania. the report says that the secret service failed to make clear decisions and did not communicate properly with local law enforcement. it also states that the agency did not provide necessary resources that caused foreseeable and preventable security failings. the senate homeland security and governmental affairs committee released the report. it interviewed multiple secret service personnel and found that some declined to acknowledge individual areas of responsibility for planning or security, which contributed to the failure to prevent the

shooting. the report found that local law enforcement raised concerns about the building where the shooter was located before the rally, but no steps were taken to mitigate that threat. an emergency services unit commander told the committee about a walkthrough. two days before the event, and he said it was, quote, incredibly disorganized with no coordination and said he felt like, quote, there was really no plan since the attack. acting secret service director ronald roe has acknowledged that the event was a failure by the agency. reggie aqui. >> thanks, gloria. antioch is dealing with a spike in violence. more than a dozen shootings in just three weeks, and the city may not have enough officers to handle it all. abc seven news reporter lena howland is here with reaction from neighbors about what's happening and perhaps how to stop it. lena, the mayor, may ask for more law enforcement help. >> reggie aqui. that's exactly what mayor lamar hernandez thorpe already called for. in a video posted to his instagram over the weekend. this is in response to a string of several

shootings along a one mile stretch of sycamore drive. just this month, there were eight during a five day span. the mayor has called them gang related and retaliatory in nature. the public weighed in for well over an hour about the violence during last night's city council meeting. >> this is not a handful of people that are shooting. it's a whole city that understands there is no order. it started with our police department. it has trickled down. they see that you're not doing anything. the police is not doing anything. and so they think it's open season. they're coming from other communities and they're coming in and tearing it up. >> i'm also calling for mutual assistance from our regional law enforcement partners, so that we can continue to add more patrols to both the sycamore and the carvalho and carvalho road. lastly, i'm calling on governor newsom for more chp support in the mayor's message posted to and posted to instagram. >> he also discussed limiting access to the sycamore community and carvalho road, establishing a curfew and asking governor

newsom to send in the national guard. the mayor is expected to hold a press conference this morning at 11 to propose funding for mutual aid assistance in these parts of town. live in studio lena howland, abc seven news. >> thanks, lena. now to a story from seven on your side and a warning about scams. two financial crimes in the south bay resulted in victims losing hundreds of thousands of dollars. the scam is known as a business email compromise. that's when a suspect hacks into a business email account and uses it to reroute payments into their personal account. in january, san jose police say their investigation found pennsylvania resident elena torres was the primary suspect for this scam. police recovered most of the money and returned it to the owner. an arrest warrant has been issued for torres as police look for other victims. >> this isn't just happening locally, but it's also happening nationally and a lot of perpetrators are involved. so suspect. torres is one of many who are behind this scam, and so

a lot of them are also international. >> we've heard the tips before, but they bear repeating. that includes not giving up personal or financial information and to no scammer payment methods like gift cards, wire transfers or cash by mail. >> we want to go to a live look now at the oakland coliseum property from our camera along interstate 880 in oakland. >> the a's have just two more games left at the coliseum. we know it's been a tough week for fans preparing to say goodbye and for staff. many who have worked at the coliseum for decades, it's more sadness, you know, it's sad that they're that they're leaving and that they couldn't hold on to, you know, everyone is a little sad. >> so we're trying to trying to get through it. >> it is a bittersweet moment for people trying to make the best of their last days at the coliseum. >> when that final game happens on thursday, have you thought about it? do you think there will be tears in their eyes? >> yeah, there probably will be

a lot of people have been here a long time, longer than i, but we're all going to miss this place. >> workers are not just losing the a's. they also might be losing their jobs. according to the union representing stadium employees, when the team leaves oakland, hundreds could be left without severance pay and health care benefits. >> a's fans have a lot of feelings heading into the final games at the coliseum. when it comes to the reaction to the owner, john fisher's recent letter to fans, they have been happy to share their opinions. here's abc seven news reporter anser hassan. >> at the end of this week, the oakland coliseum will still be standing. but with no baseball team for the first time in 57 years, brian johansson will be at the last a's game on thursday. >> if i start talking about it, i'll start crying. i got my wife. i got my son, and then i have the oakland a's and that's the way my life has always been. >> johansson is co-owner of baseball's last dive bar, which sells a's merch that reflects the fan experience. he's an a's diehard, but he's angered by the

letter a's embattled owner, john fisher, released to a's fans on monday a letter that johansson refers to as one slap in the face after another. >> he just issued a statement. in a letter, he tried everything he could. he didn't. they tried multiple times to relocate outside of oakland, fisher writes in part. >> i can tell you this from the heart we tried. staying in oakland was our goal. it was our mission, and we failed to achieve it. and for that, i'm genuinely sorry. johansson isn't buying it. >> they didn't try to make it work in oakland. you know, they never offered $850 million in private equity in oakland. they never offered just a stadium only with with no development around it like they did in las vegas. in oakland they never offered up debt financing. >> in a statement to abc seven news, a spokesperson for oakland mayor xiang tao says, quote, fisher never meaningfully invested in his roster or his stadium plan while his franchise valuation shot up $1 billion. that's why he fell short of his stated goals, both on and off the field. >> he doesn't have to say anything. all he can do. he

already said that he's moving right, like that's that's all. you are forever tainted in the bay area as the worst owner in sports. >> george leon is president of the oakland 68 volunteers who support oakland's sports teams. he calls fisher's letter insulting and unnecessary. he says there's no need to say goodbye to fans when leon believes the goal is simply to chase money, he should just not say anything, just kind of leave uh- be quiet. >> we all know the truth, which is to keep his revenue sharing check coming in. >> leon plans to be at the final game on thursday in oakland, anser hassan. abc seven news. >> as we've been saying, just two games left at the coliseum, be sure to tune in to abc 7.com for a complete coverage of the a's final homestand. and it's abc seven news.com. i don't want to put you in the wrong place. there's lots of abc seven's out there. drew >> there are abc seven news.com your place. bay area the accuweather forecast. you can also find that on abc seven news.com dress for fall today. that is the big takeaway. put

those summer clothes back way back in the closet today. look at that. we have our marine layer back in a big way. it's just a cloudy morning out there and temperatures pretty steadily in the 60s all morning long. we're not going to have that massive warming trend like we had the past couple of mornings. this is a significant cooldown over the last couple of days. remember back on monday? it was so hot out there. our hottest areas like san rafael hit 100 for widespread 80s and 90s. today, we're seeing anywhere from 15 to 30 degrees cooler and our daytime highs. most areas will stay in the 60s and 70s, and that's actually below average for this time of the year. that's a massive drop as cooler air descends in from the north. here's live doppler seven along with satellite by by high pressure. that was the heat pump that brought us the warm temperatures yesterday and monday. now we have this trough setting up along the west coast that is dragging in that cooler air from the north. and it's also supplying us with the return of the marine layer. so here's future weather. we still

have significant cloud cover around 10 a.m. this morning. today is one of those days where across san francisco and along the coast, it's going to stay cloudy all day long. so limited sunshine in the city, but away from the coast we do have bright skies. however, temperatures are going to remain below average for our afternoon high, so you can see a lot of cloud cover along the coast. we'll keep it in the 60s there. 60s and 70s around the bay shoreline. only the low 80s. that's it for our warmest areas inland. but we do have a warming trend heading into the weekend. we'll talk about that coming up in a few minutes. >> drew. thank you. southern states bracing for impact. tropical storm helene expected to strengthen into a hurricane before making landfall tomorrow. coming up, the evacuation school closures and emergency declarations in florida and georgia, transportation agencies that are facing an unfortunate fiscal cliff. >> bay area transit agencies are in a financial pinch. some are facing a shortfall of millions of dollars. >> you can now stream the highest grossing animated film

of all time. starting this morning, we're hearing from the team behind inside out two about the movie's massive and

breaking overnight. such a scary story. a person has died after someone a bus in la and held people hostage. lapd says around one this morning, someone got on the bus, held the driver and two passengers at gunpoint. the gunman shot one person on the bus. police used spike strips to stop the bus and punctured a tire. at one point, the bus even flashed. call 9-1-1 on the back of it. you see it right there? about an hour later, the bus stopped where police blocked off the area. police took the suspected hijacker into custody. the person who was shot died at the hospital. and the motive is unclear. >> in san francisco, a car crash on market street is under investigation. it briefly disrupted muni service last night. it happened just after

seven at market and fifth streets. you can see the mangled car right there on its side, which appeared to come to a rest on a muni platform where people would catch a bus or light rail. police say the driver was not hurt, but was taken to the hospital as a precaution. some of the bay area's busiest transit agencies are in a critical financial condition. now, the san francisco county transportation authority hosted a meeting to address the laundry list of issues. money from both the federal and state government is drying up. muni, bart and caltrain could face a collective budget deficit as high as $700 million by 2027. the various transit agencies have been warning about their budgetary issues since ridership cratered at the start of the pandemic. >> we can't afford right now to take any options off the table. we really need to follow any kind of path that might lead to some relief to address the problem, the agencies and some

lawmakers have proposed placing a taxpayer funding measure. >> this would be on the november 2026 ballot. at yesterday's meeting, several officials acknowledged even if a funding measure made it onto the ballot, it would not be an easy thing to get passed. >> a heads up for drivers roadwork is going to cause some headaches on three of the bay area's major bridges. so let's start in the bay bridge, where work is set to start tomorrow night. if you're heading into san francisco, the far right lanes will be closed from the yerba buena tunnel to the end of the western span of the bridge. this will happen from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. monday through friday, all the way through may of next year. there's also work closing lanes on both the upper and lower decks of the richmond-san rafael bridge overnight. that work started earlier this week. it runs through october 4th and then to the golden gate bridge, where work is happening this week. it starts every night at 9 p.m. this is going through friday. depending on the night, you may experience only one lane going north or south, and

apparently some nights a sidewalk on the east side of the bridge will close an hour early at 8 p.m. to accommodate that work. the highest grossing animated film of all time debuts on disney plus today. when i went to speak with the team at emeryville's pixar. they told me they never thought inside out two would be this big of a success. you know, i want the behind the scenes information so when the box office hit and it was just so huge. did you and the rest of the folks at pixar just go? >> we were. yes. no, we were shocked. you were shocked. we were shocked. we were all you know, it was the weekend. we were at home getting emails from disney with box office updates. and it was like, refresh, refresh. is this real? is this really happening? because opening weekend we had expectations. it way surpassed the expectations. >> abc seven news was at pixar campus in june as the story of a teenage girl and the emotions in her head was about to premiere. that's when we first met the creative team behind the sequel and saw their new star character, anxiety. and there

was reason for some uneasiness at pixar. covid made several releases go straight to streaming. other more recent movies had mixed box office success. inside out two was the unquestionable massive hit that pixar was looking for. >> it's coming to disney plus on september 25th, so i know it's a great opportunity for folks to revisit the film. i can't wait actually to watch it again. i haven't seen it since it first came out in theaters, so i'm excited to watch it at home with my family over and over and over and over again. and i think people i hope people will, because again, i think there's a lot in the film to unpack today inside out two has made about $1.7 billion worldwide. >> disney's the parent company of pixar and abc seven. >> and that's so cool. we can watch it streaming now. it's such a great movie. yeah yeah, you could do it on your ipad as you watch abc seven mornings. no, we want you to pay full attention to the race and after seven. >> but even talking about the popularity we've gone to spirit halloween to look at halloween costumes. >> at first, a bunch of anxiety.

all of these characters, now they're gone. >> and oh, this could have been us. >> they got picked up already. >> what is it like, a little red wig or like, what is it that you're wearing on your head for that? >> oh, for anxiety, it's a little. >> yeah, it's a wig. but then you're also wearing her striped shirt. all of that. enjoy to you have the wig. everything. sadness. hilarious >> amazing. we should do that now. >> you got to get creative at home. if you can't get the costume. yeah, make it yourself. >> now. i feel like i'm way behind on the halloween shopping. oh my goodness, i started in august. it's basically christmas. basically christmas right now. >> thanksgiving. yeah. >> happy new year. >> this morning it feels like a completely new season out there. today we had some hot days yesterday and the day before. now we're going to find that fall feel is going to return in a big way. live. look outside. this is our san jose camera. this morning. we have partly to mostly cloudy skies here. here's future weather breaking it all down for you. i mean, we just have clouds for much of the morning. it's such a different day compared to the past couple

of days over the city and along the coast. today it's going to stay pretty cloudy all day long. that will reinforce the cooler air by about 130. you could see temperature wise it's much more comfortable, way more comfortable. farther inland with temperatures only in the 70s at that hour compared to the 90s we've been in. so just dress for fall today. that's the big take away. that fall feel returns here in our microclimates, starting in the south bay, 77 in cupertino, 80, in san jose, which is about a 15 degree drop in our temperatures compared to the past couple of days. 68 that's it for santa cruz. so cool. along the coast, redwood city a dramatic drop in our daytime highs compared to the past couple of days. only 77 in redwood city, 69 in san mateo. cloudy and cool along the coast across the city today, expect very minimal sunshine. it's going to be very cloudy all day today with temperatures mainly in the 60s. in the north bay. we get heat relief. finally, 74 in napa, 73 in petaluma, 76 in san rafael. about 79 in calistoga, in the east bay. it's cloudy this morning, some afternoon sunshine, only 69 in oakland, 70

in san leandro, about 74 in fremont and inland. this feels a lot better compared to the hot days. we had to start out the week 79 in san ramon. only 80 in pittsburgh overnight tonight. we do expect some drizzle, widespread cloud cover once again, and temperatures in the 50s. now it's a bit of a roller coaster ride. prepare yourself. over the next couple of days, we start to warm up a bit on thursday. then friday we have one day spike in our heat. we're back into those hot temperatures, but then cooler weather quickly arrives here on saturday, so you need both your summer and fall wardrobe over the next couple of days. believe it or not, accuweather seven day much cooler today. there's that single day heat spike on friday. then we cool off over the weekend. then all indications we're back into the heat early next week, guys. >> all right drew thank you. coming up, the seven things to know this morning. >> tourism in san francisco is still on the rebound. city leaders

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violence at antioch. this month. today, the city's mayor is planning a news conference to give an update on the situation he's considering asking for mutual aid to help. >> number three, just two more chances to see the a's play at the oakland coliseum. tonight's game starts at 640. first pitch tomorrow is at 12:37 p.m. >> number four. a big day in capitola. the city is holding a grand reopening of its famed wharf. it's been closed since it was damaged in a storm last year. >> and number five is going to be cloudy and cool in capitola. get ready. area wide, we see a dramatic cooldown. feeling a lot more like fall today. temperatures actually below average with a fair amount of cloud cover out there this morning. your temperatures today mainly in the 60s and 70s. >> and number six getting a live look at the emeryville camera. the east shore freeway you can see, is starting to get really crowded. the headlights are going westbound towards the bay bridge. tolls and the drive time right now from highway four to the toll plaza is 23 minutes. >> number seven, petco will stop selling rabbits after being

called out by animal rescue groups. instead, the company will now recommend adoption. rabbits are often abandoned by people who purchase them without understanding the extensive care and money required to keep them healthy. >> now for a building a better bay area breakthrough in the east bay, a shuttered mall in san leandro is transforming itself into a hub for tech. the old bayfair mall has been reimagined into 400,000ft■!s of flexible production, research and development space. vantage robotics now does most of its work from a former bookstore, and the extra space is pretty great for flying drones. it's also accessible by public transit. >> it was strange to begin with, but a lot of people. but as soon as they saw the setup, it made sense. a lot of people have who have come here also have seen this place, and they started re-envisioning how a tech company can be down the hall. >> biotech company berkeley yeast has expanded its operations to the building.

vantage robotics hopes this will serve as an example to others considering moving in. >> another breakthrough takes us to san francisco. the city appears to have found a formula to help revitalize its social life. the key entertainment zones we already know about the zone created in downtown, where last weekend's oktoberfest event took place. now, the board of supervisors has greenlighted plans to allow for additional locations. there are two more downtown, three in the yerba buena neighborhood and union square area, and two in the east cut. one important aspect of the new rules makes it easier to serve alcohol. the intersection between artificial intelligence and law and business coming up at 530, policy makers from around the world are gathering

expanding housing options for farm workers. now, at 530, the

new law, signed by governor newsom and what it means for a struggling community in the south bay. >> california state senator scott wiener is getting some celebrity assistance. the bill now being backed by a group of actors in hollywood. >> today, san francisco police department's mounted patrol celebrates 150 years in the city. >> good morning everyone. it is wednesday, september 25th. a check on the weather with meteorologist tuma. >> yeah. hey, there. >> good morning guys. okay, break out the fall wardrobe once again. we finally have autumn air returning. that's the big headline today. that fall feel is back. we have a significant cooldown coming. our way today. we're wiping away the hot weather of the past couple of days, and temperatures actually below average later on this afternoon. let's go outside a live look. a big reason why we're cooling off our marine layer is back and that is ushering in onshore flow and keeping those temperatures in the 50s and in the 60s right now. so we are running a few degrees cooler compared to this time yesterday. that's to be

expected as bring about that cooler afternoon. let's look inland first. we had heat advisories in effect the past couple of days. those heat advisories are done. it's a bright day, but temperatures about 10 to 20 degrees cooler will be in the low 80s. that's it for daytime highs. that will feel a lot better compared to the heat of yesterday around the bay shoreline. significant cloud cover. this morning. some afternoon sunshine. look at your daytime highs. upper 60s, lower 70s. we're in the 80s and 90s the past couple of days. that's a big cooldown around the bay, shoreline and along the coast. we'll keep it pretty cloudy all day with highs in the low 60s. let's check in with gloria. see those drive times this morning? >> good morning. so far. looking pretty good. if you're taking the golden gate bridge this morning, check out our live camera here. you'll see that traffic is pretty light this morning. you also won't have to deal with any heavy fog there, which we see quite a bit. and then also down in the south bay, you could see northbound 101 is getting crowded, but no major issues there. you'll get through pretty quickly if you're in the south bay and looking at your drive times for this morning.

highway four to the maze 21 minutes. emeryville to san francisco, 13 minutes. san francisco to sfo. only nine minutes right now. >> all right, gloria, thank you. the mayor of antioch is addressing a recent wave of violence in the city. one possible solution includes asking for outside help to get a handle on the situation. abc seven news reporter lena howland is following the story. and, lena, we are expected to hear from the mayor today. >> amanda. that's right. antioch mayor lamar hernandez thorpe is expected to hold a press conference this morning, and that's when we're told he will be proposing a funding plan to bring in mutual aid during what they are calling an unprecedented spike of gun violence in a video posted to his instagram over the weekend, he called for mutual assistance from regional law enforcement agencies and chp support in order to add more patrols. since the beginning of the month, the city has had more than a dozen shootings and two homicides. of those shootings, three happened just over the past weekend. one

happened in the same strip mall as tony's bar and grill near rite aid. that business owner is calling on city leaders to do more to stop the violence. >> i talked to the city. nothing. talked to the police department, nothing. council, nothing. so it's really frustrating. as a business owner, i will continue to push for tougher action and tougher measures to end the violence. >> that will include restricting access to the sycamore community and restricting access to carvalho road. a curfew and calling on the governor to send the national guard. >> and that's just a piece of how the mayor is responding to this spike in violence in a video posted to his instagram over the weekend. remember, he is also calling for mutual support from surrounding law enforcement agencies and the ch. the mayor's press conference is set for 11 this morning. live in studio lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you. lena. a warning if you have a trip to florida's gulf coast this week, airlines

are issuing travel alerts and letting people rebook flights without charge. as hurricane helene gained strength in the caribbean. abc reporter rhiannon ally has more on what local people are doing to prepare for the storm. >> this morning, people on florida's gulf coast bracing for a major hurricane. helene is expected to rapidly intensify into a category three storm before making landfall. >> i've seen what the storms can do and you know, we've been lucky for so long, so you just never know. >> helene is projected to hit near the big bend area of florida tomorrow, packing 115 mile per hour winds up to a foot of rain and up to 15ft of storm surge. let's talk about the number one loss of life and property that is storm surge 10 to 15ft steinhatchee cedar key, crystal river, 6 to 10ft. >> that's a lot of water for those low lying areas. 4 to 8ft around tampa bay causes big problems down to sarasota. >> helene's progression could be one of the fastest on record. it's expected to grow from a tropical storm into a major

hurricane in just 60 hours. another storm john, hit mexico this week, also growing into a category three hurricane in a matter of hours, thanks in part to the warmer than usual waters in the gulf fueling these storm. back in florida, a state of emergency has been declared in more than 60 counties. as helene approaches, make sure that that you are executing your hurricane preparedness plan. >> your gas tanks filled, water nonperishable food that will last you, particularly when you have power outages. >> the governor of georgia has also declared an emergency ahead of this storm. rhiannon ally, abc news, new york. >> and i'm gloria rodriguez with a traffic alert for you this morning. the metering lights are on right now at the bay bridge toll plaza. you can see a live look right here. traffic is still not too heavy at this time right now, but just keep that in mind. metering lights are now on. >> all right, gloria, thank you.

today the fda will hold a public meeting to give details on the new process it's working on to decide which chemicals are safe in our food. the fda has faced plenty of criticism for its current system. it's outdated and slow to respond to new research identifying health concerns with chemicals previously found safe. the issue has prompted several states, including california, to create their own laws banning certain additives after the fda failed to act. uninsured californians can have their covid vaccines covered starting in october. the federal bridge access program, to cover the cost of the vaccine was supposed to run until december, but it ran out of money back in august. the out of pocket cost of the shot is about $200. now, the california department of health says its own version of the program will run the rest of the year. free vaccines will be available at local health department clinics. >> santa cruz county strawberry farmers took a big hit in 2023, according to a report from the agricultural commission.

strawberry production dropped by about 16% compared to the previous year. a drop in value of about $35 million. officials say the decrease is due to storm damage and flooding from december 20th through the 22nd. excuse me, between december of 2022 through march of 2023. strawberries were still the top crop, making about 28% of the county's agricultural revenue. >> it will soon be easier to build farm worker housing in santa clara and santa cruz counties. governor newsom just signed a new law to expand housing for the community. it will allow farm worker housing to be built within 15 miles of a farm. this makes more parcels of land, whether city or county owned, to be options for development. >> it was difficult to implement because the housing had to be located on farmland, and farm land doesn't always have access to water and sewer and other things that you need for living. >> governor newsom also signed

two other bills yesterday. one helping migrant farm workers secure housing year round, another extending paid sick leave. >> one of the highest profile bills still sitting on the governor's desk this morning could have a big impact on the future of ai. now it's getting some major celebrity support from hollywood. a long list of celebrities, including jessica chastain, pedro pascal and shonda rhimes, signed on to a letter urging gavin newsom to sign scott wiener's ai safety bill. this would require the largest tech companies to protect against ai misuse. some worry it could cripple innovation. others say it could mitigate risks to the public. the celebrity letter says in part, we are your supporters. we want to continue to believe that you are a leader who will stand up for everyone's well-being, not just for a few silicon valley giants. and now it's time for abc. seven mornings advancer our way of highlighting some things happening in the day ahead here in the bay area. >> first, a three day meeting on the use and regulation of ai kicks off today in the east bay.

uc berkeley's center for law and technology is hosting its seventh annual ai institute. the summit is focused on exploring how artificial intelligence, law, and business all correlate with each other. experts are set to dive into the latest developments in ai and ethics surrounding the topic. >> happening today, it's the grand reopening for the capitola wharf in santa cruz county. the wharf needed extensive repairs after severe storms from last december and this january. despite the reopening today, the public has had access to the wharf since august. not everything is back to normal. some buildings and businesses are still trying to make a comeback. the grand opening event starts at 2 p.m. with live music and food at the end of the wharf. >> the san francisco police department mounted patrol unit is celebrating its 150th anniversary today in golden gate park. the unit will host an open house from 11 to 2 p.m. at the sfpd stables on jfk drive. police chief bill scott will also be there for a special anniversary presentation. since

1874, the city continues to maintain the second oldest mounted mounted, excuse me, patrol unit in the nation. >> october 17th marks 35 years since the loma prieta earthquake devastated the bay area. that same day is also the day of the annual great shakeout. it's the day millions of people around the world practice what to do when an earthquake hits here in california. that means millions of us will get an alert on our phones at 10:17 a.m. from the shakealert early warning system. when that happens, we're all asked to stop what we're doing and practice reacting to like it's a real earthquake. if you haven't already prepared for an earthquake, get a kit. make a plan. be informed. if you need help, just check out abc7 news.com/prepare norcal. >> we are less than two weeks away from fleet week, returning to san francisco. the week long celebration of the armed forces will include military ship tours, educational exhibits, and a neighborhood concert series. this year, fleet week will take

place from october 7th to the 14th. on october 10th, there will be a special special honor our fallen concert featuring a marine corps band at the herbst theater and the iconic air show will happen october 11th through the 13th. >> empowering the next generation of black tech leaders. we're hearing from some of the young participants in this year's hidden genius project, but first, here's drew. >> hey there. 540. just want to get you an update on halloween. it is a tropical storm, but it is on the verge of becoming a hurricane right now. the center of the storm, just off the coast of the yucatan peninsula. and it's about to enter some warm waters and strength and winds right now at 70mph. so here's the latest track on the storm. later today, it becomes a hurricane, strengthening to a category two storm. later on tonight. and then all eyes are on florida. much of florida you can see underneath either a tropical storm watch or a hurricane watch for good reason, because this storm, once it enters the warmer waters of the gulf of mexico, it will explode

into a major category three storm. and again, we're watching for kind of the panhandle, the gulf coast here, the big bend for some of the biggest impacts in terms of not only heavy rain, some very damaging winds, but storm surge. you heard ginger zee talk about it just a few minutes ago. it could see storm surge 10 to 15ft high. but once the storm makes its way inland, it will become a big rainmaker for big portions of the south and the tennessee river valley. so we'll keep our eyes on that. but just know that this storm will become a hurricane later on today. back here at home, it's all about a fall feel. returning to the forecast 64. that's it in the city. mostly cloudy. dressed in layers today. only 69. in oakland. san jose. back to average at 80. walnut creek much cooler than the past couple of afternoons. a high of only 80 degrees by 10:00 this morning. we're still fighting a big part of the marine layer. sunshine is slow to appear today that will slow the warming process, and that will lead to that cooler afternoon on the way. so highs today compared to monday when we

were so hot. we'll drop about 15 to 30 degrees in our daytime highs. but as we head towards the end of the week, we do see a spike in our heat once

incidents are speaking about their efforts to make college life safer. here's abc news reporter andrew dymburt. >> in this morning's gma first look, some of the families impacted by hazing in this country. sitting down with our janai norman. >> a lot of hazing deaths happen in the fall. >> it's like a gut punch every time, because it just reminds you of stuff that doesn't really need to happen. >> on the heels of what would be the first federal anti-hazing law passing the house of representatives. >> those in favor say aye, a step they've been fighting years for. >> there needs to be a deterrent

so that, you know, if you're going to haze and you get caught, you will face repercussions. >> hopefully that will prevent the bad actors from getting their name out there. maybe they'll say we might need to stop this now before they put our name on that list. >> and coming up at 7 a.m. what this law could change and how these families believe their stories could have been different. with your gma first look i'm andrew dymburt, abc news new york. >> a battle between the pac 12 and mountain west conferences will play out in court. the pac 12 is suing over a poaching penalty included in the scheduling agreement between the two conferences. under the agreement, the pac 12 has to pay a fee. if a school leaves the mountain west conference for the pac 12. five schools have done that so far, which would cost the pac 12 more than $50 million. and women's pro soccer team bay fc unveiled plans for a

new practice facility on san francisco's treasure island. the facility will span eight and a half acres. it will include 20,000 square foot clubhouse and three practice fields. bay fc founding member and bay area sports legend brandi chastain says this is a big moment to be a little girl growing up in this great community, not having anything that resembles you. >> as an example. was really difficult, but it didn't stop ally and danielle and myself and leslie from having big dreams and big ideals about what could be in the future. >> mayor london breed says the new facility will expand the island's long standing role as the center of sports and recreation. >> bay fc and their world class sports, amazing athletes will

have an opportunity to be a part of the magic that happens at treasure island. >> bay fc wants to break ground on the privately financed project next year. the treasure island development authority and the san francisco board of supervisors must still approve the lease. >> in oakland, the hidden genius project hosted an end of summer showcase. the nonprofit mentors young black men in tech entrepreneurship. last night, those who took part in the 15 month intensive immersion program revealed their innovative websites, ai projects, apps and game designs. >> things i've learned from from the heterogeneous project is the amount of opportunities there are in technology, uh- entrepreneurship. i, etc. i think it's just been an amazing opportunity. >> the program is available to black males in ninth to 11th grade in oakland and richmond. there's also programs in detroit, baltimore, chicago, la, and atlanta. >> right on. >> hidden. no more seriously. just geniuses. >> yeah, that man, young man is

so smart right there. >> yeah, we love to see that. okay, autumn air is back. people have been complaining how hot it is. well, you love today because cooler air is on the agenda for your afternoon. a live look at sfo. we have clouds up above. the big takeaway today. dig out your autumn wardrobe once again. after the past couple of days you wore shorts and a t shirt today. you want those layers because it feels about 15 to 30 degrees cooler today compared to the past couple of afternoons, but we have another heat spike coming our way. by friday we see a single day warm up with hot temperatures away from the coast. once again. but over the weekend, we'll drop those numbers closer to average. the weekend looks fantastic. we'll go from clouds to sun in the afternoon and some mild temperatures. we'll show you that on the seven day look at today inland, lots of sunshine, but temperatures mainly in the 70s all afternoon. that feels so much better compared to the heat of the past couple of afternoons. a lot of cloud cover around the bay shoreline this morning. temperatures so much cooler in the 60s today, for the

most part, will keep in the upper 50s. lower 60s along the coast with cloudy skies most of the day. so highs in our microclimates fall feel returns 70s and low 80s around the south bay 80. san jose 77. cupertino up along the peninsula 77. redwood city much cooler in san mateo compared to the past couple of days. only 69 degrees across the city. it is going to feel chilly. it is cloudy all day. temperatures only in the 60s for daytime highs. remember, we were near 90 on monday afternoon in the north bay. the heat will retreat today. 76 in novato, 77, in sonoma. hit about 73. in vallejo, the east bay today. clouds to sun cooler, 69, in oakland, 70, in san leandro, about 76 castro valley and inland. this feels nice. 79 to about 82 for our daytime highs overnight tonight. we will see our marine layer surge back in here. now the sun is getting up here at 7 a.m. or thereafter. so our daylight hours getting shorter and shorter as we head

towards the winter solstice. look at thursday, a minor warm up, but by friday we're back into that hot weather. but it's just for one day because those temperatures cool off to kick off the weekend. so the accuweather seven day forecast. it is so much cooler today. we'll see that single day heat spike here on friday before those temperatures are closer to average over the weekend before another warming trend hits us early next week, guys. >> thank you sir. new at six. the new flavor of coca-cola pulled from shelves after just seven months. >> but first, new music from lady gaga. and we only have to wait until friday. >> i'm reggie aqui. >> i'm lyanne melendez. >> i'm luz pena. i'm tara campbell, i'm j.r. >> stone at abc seven news. >> we deliver local stories with real answers to help make our

disease diagnosis. >> i also lost an investment in a company that i believed was developing a breakthrough concussion drug i thought would help others, and i'm sure you'll understand why it's too late for me. >> the 54 year old played in the nfl for 20 years and has suffered multiple concussions. >> study studies have found an association between concussions and traumatic brain injuries, along with parkinson's, which is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after alzheimer's. >> more legal issues for sean combs, also known as diddy. another woman is suing the hip hop mogul talia graves spoke alongside her lawyer about the accusations. she claims in 2001, combs and his then bodyguard drugged, beat and raped her, filmed the rape, then distributed the video. graves says she struggled with depression, anxiety and

post-traumatic stress. >> i'm emotionally scarred. it has been hard for me to trust others to form healthy relationships, or even feel safe in my own skin. >> graves is seeking damages in an amount to be determined at trial and for all copies of the video to be destroyed. >> singer cassie has also sued combs for rape and abuse. combs is being held without bail and faces federal sex trafficking and racketeering charges. >> a former top exec with a disgraced cryptocurrency company, ftx has been sentenced to two years in prison. caroline ellison, a stanford grad, could have faced a much harsher sentence for her role in stealing billions from customer accounts. the judge in the case said her testimony against her former boss and romantic partne, sam bankman-fried, was significant enough to earn her a lighter sentence, but that prison time was necessary because of the severity of the

crime. she's been ordered to report to prison on november 7th. >> there will be no charges filed against the dancing with the stars pro arrested a month ago. artem chigvintsev was arrested, suspected of felony domestic violence of his estranged wife. he is married to former wwe star nikki garcia, who has filed for divorce. yesterday napa county district attorney alison haley announced there isn't enough evidence to charge the star. she says her office will revisit the case if new evidence comes forward. >> lady gaga has some big news. she's just announced a new album to go along with her new movie, joker folie a deux ou. the movie won't hit theaters until next month, but the album, called harley quinn, drops this friday. it includes 13 songs. that's in addition to lady gaga's seventh studio album, which is expected to debut in february. but apparently we're going to get a single from that album next month. so for those of you who've been waiting for lady gaga to reemerge, here she is.

it's the year of gaga. >> she's out. >> you said folie a deux. i don't know, i didn't take french. i didn't either. >> did any of you take french? no one here in the studio took french. wow. oh, lena. >> lena. >> lena took french. how do you say? is that for lady? >> and what does it mean? she doesn't. and then she doesn't even know. lena's teachers. we okay. >> new at six. the governor signed several new gun laws into effect aimed at keeping weapons out of the wrong hands. >> then where? in the bay area, the rare california condors were recently spotted. >> and bunny buyers? remorse. one major retailer is no longer selling rabbits as pets. >> take a look at the accuweather forecast, fall feel is back here. morning clouds have returned as well. look how stable those temperatures are over the morning planner 60s on the board through lunchtime. look at those highs today. dramatic

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