i've >> locations where people will be able to come stay cool, connect to wifi and charge now at six dangerous and destructive sideshows. >> hundreds of people taking part in the illegal activity across vallejo over the weekend. one couple detailing the damage to the roof of their home. public safety power shut offs

p-g-and-e's warning customers in four bay area counties of possible outages starting today to help reduce the risk of wildfires. and taking a live look outside this morning, a spare the air alert is in effect for today because of high temperatures. drew is here tracking the heat wave. good morning everyone. it is monday, september 30th. we do want to turn to drew. yeah. >> i mean, we had a really pleasant weekend. yes. and now everything is changing. for the warmer, you'll feel it noticeably warmer today and then just downright hot tomorrow and wednesday. so we begin our day one heat wave. this morning we have heat advisories posted for virtually the entire region. that does include the coast, and it does include the city. and that means everyone is going to feel these warm temperatures that are going to last several days. you do want to take it easy out there. we have clear skies. it's a beautiful looking shot from our exploratorium camera, but we have sunshine from the get go once that sun is up here and that will warm us

pretty fast. right now though, as we get you going in the early morning hours, it's still comfortably cool, mainly in the 40s and in the 50s. so we'll look at the inland forecast first. we're well into the 90s today with full sunshine, mid and upper 90s, but the bigger stories around the bay shoreline, it is going to be very hot. sunny skies, upper 80s to the lower 90s around the bay shoreline. and then look at our coastal forecast. not a cloud to be seen. this morning. we have sunshine. those daytime highs along the coast will feel warm into the mid 70s. let's check in with frances. she is busy this morning. the traffic center. >> yeah, unfortunately drew, we're starting off with two early morning fatal accidents. so these are the spots you'll want to avoid. one is in san jose on northbound 880 before the alameda, where a motorcyclist was thrown off the freeway and all lanes shut down at this point. so you'll want to avoid that stretch. you may want to take northbound 280 as an alternate. and here is a look at 280 northbound and that's highway 17 and also 880 going across your screen. so eventually we might just see the

backup grow there. the second fatal crash you want to avoid is southbound 680 from the cordelia junction. it is jammed towards parish road. so you may want to head over to the carquinez bridge instead. amanda. >> all right, frances, we'll continue to check in with you. thank you. starting today, thousands of p-g-and-e's customers across northern california could lose power. it all stems from a planned public safety power shut off. here's the impact to the bay area. in alameda county, 346 customers are on alert. contra costa county with 286 customers in the north bay, 268 customers in sonoma county and 140 customers could lose power in napa county. abc seven news reporter lena howland is live in livermore, and lena p-g-and-e's is preparing for potential outages by providing a place for people to go. >> yeah, amanda, that's right. this tent you see here, right behind me is set up in a costco parking lot in livermore. and that will become a community

resource center to anyone that may lose power. this is meant to be one of several locations where people can come, stay cool and charge their devices, and also connect to wi-fi, p-g-and-e's says this psps could potentially impact 13,500 customers spread out across a targeted portion of 13 counties. the utility company says severe weather, including high winds, can cause trees or debris to damage equipment. p-g-and-e's says power shutoffs help reduce the risk of wildfire from energized power lines. >> p-g-and-e's coworkers and p-g-and-e's meteorologists have been watching a weather system and conditions on the ground. we're seeing in the next few days breezy offshore winds, low humidity and all these conditions sort of come together to create elevated risks for wildfires. >> while there is no set timing for these possible public safety power shutoffs, p-g-and-e's says

it's possible we could see them today and tomorrow with temperatures nearing triple digits. now, this community resource center set up here in the costco parking lot in livermore is set to open up at 4:00 this afternoon, and it's set to stay open until 10:00 tonight. live in livermore. lena howland, abc seven news. >> lena. thank you. you can download the abc seven bay area app to stay up to date on our latest heat wave. you can access the forecast with the same live doppler seven tools that our weather team uses, and we'll send alerts right to your phone when there are any important updates. two people were rushed to the hospital after they were shot in bay point. an ambulance rushed one of the victims to the hospital after gunfire broke out on disney circle near harvey way in unincorporated contra costa county. the shooting happened yesterday, just before 6:00 in a residential cul de sac. the conditions of the victims have not been released. sheriff's investigators did not share

information about the suspect or suspects. an elderly man died in a two alarm fire at a san leandro apartment complex. the fire started inside a unit at the eden roc apartments on washington avenue around 330 yesterday afternoon. the alameda county fire department says two people escaped. however, the man who died did not. first responders had to navigate around the tight quarters of the parking lot to get to the burning apartment. >> getting in this tight corridor with a number of cars that were parked in the in the path to get to the apartment uh- caused may be a challenge for them. i don't think it caused a delay in their response, but it was definitely a difficult to navigate through these tight corridors. >> the fire damaged four units at the complex. 12 people were displaced. the red cross is helping those people find another place to stay. no word yet on the cause.

sound in the bay area. another chaotic night of sideshows on the roads. and neighbors are sick of it. police in vallejo tell us hundreds took part in dangerous displays on saturday. and we talked to one couple who says the mayhem spilled from the street onto their house. here's abc news reporter j.r. stone. reporter >> this is what it looked like in vallejo saturday night into sunday morning. vallejo pd say they believe there were between 350 and 400 people involved in sideshows all across town. neighbors we talked with are angry and say they've had enough. >> had i known that they were doing sideshows, i wouldn't have never moved here. that's patricia williams. >> i talked with her and her husband, paul, who have now lived in vallejo for four and a half years. this is what it looked like in their front yard when the sideshows happened overnight. people, for as far as you could see, the williams sent us these photos showing the damage done to their lights,

their gutters and their roof. after people at the sideshow started climbing onto their home. >> man, we were sleeping okay. it literally woke us up. somebody could have got killed out here or hurt. you know what i mean? >> the striking point was when they were on my property on my roof, you know, and this caused some damage that now we have to pay for it. and enough is enough. the city or the police, they need to come out. i don't care if you got two officers. you need to know what these sideshows are because you need to put a stop to it. >> police tell me there were multiple sideshows like this in vallejo saturday night into sunday morning. they did respond to at least one with mutual aid from solano and napa county sheriff's offices and american canyon police. no arrests were made and no cars impounded. at least one person was hurt, but they weren't cooperative with officers. williams are upset, saying they called police at least twice. but the sideshow here still lasted nearly an hour. vallejo pd say due to staffing shortages, officer

safety and public safety, they are unable to respond to every sideshow. >> they should be patrolling this area more. you know what i mean? yeah, and they don't do it. they don't do it at all. >> what is the city going to do? what is the police go do? somebody's got to do something. somebody's got to be held accountable. really. they really do. for somebody to be on my roof, i think they broke the mold because they were on our roof. i mean, how disgraceful, disgusting and disrespectful that on my roof and standing on my fence like it's the thing to do. enough is enough, and i'm tired of it. >> the williams and other neighbors have started a petition with the hope that city leaders will then put measures in place to prevent these sideshows. we did reach out to vallejo's mayor, but had not heard back from him or his staff as of late sunday night. j.r stone abc seven news and we are counting down to the vice presidential debate. >> the gloves come off tomorrow when republican vp candidate jd vance and his democratic

opponent, tim walz, face off in new york city. it promises to be a high stakes debate, probably the last big event for each before election day. the entire debate is scheduled to run 90 minutes. there will be no audience, but unlike the two presidential debates, there are no plans to mute the candidates microphones when they aren't talking. you can watch the debate right here on abc seven. live coverage begins at 5 p.m. tomorrow. it's also streaming on disney plus and hulu. >> 610 this morning, and we want to get you prepared for some hot days ahead as our heat wave gets underway here today, heat advisories will kick in here around 11 a.m. for virtually the entire region, and it does include the coast as well. you look at your daytime highs today, significantly warmer than where we were over the weekend. the weekend was very pleasant, but now high pressure is warming us up. 80s for the city in oakland, 90s in san jose and walnut creek. so you look at not only the temperatures, but unfortunately our air quality is

declining. so a spare the air day is in effect for moderate to poor air quality tomorrow. air quality. more on the moderate side, but i wouldn't be surprised if that spare the air gets issued again. high pressure. this heat dome is strengthening right off our coast, and it will continue to bring us warm weather for much of the week ahead. in fact, temperatures stay elevated through the upcoming weekend as well. so here's future weather. look how fast we warm with sunshine today. by lunchtime you're going to feel those temperatures in the 70s and 80s. later on this afternoon, we'll get you into the 90s in our hottest spots inland. widespread 80s and 90s around the bay shoreline. so noticeably warmer today you will feel that hot weather this afternoon gets even hotter here tomorrow and wednesday. look at these temperatures, amanda. widespread 90s around the bay shoreline well above 100 inland. a closer look at those temperatures. amanda. coming up in about eight minutes. >> all right, drew, thank you. helping after halloween. volunteers and first responders jumping in to help the relief efforts. tax breaks for

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officials now say 95 people have died in the storm, bringing catastrophic flooding from florida to tennessee. florida

governor ron desantis says 99% of the state has power once again, after the storm knocked out power to millions last week. communities in north carolina are still cut off by mudslides and major flooding. three veteran san diego firefighters who were driving to north carolina to help were badly hurt. yesterday, they were involved in a traffic collision at the texas-louisiana border and ended up with moderate to critical injuries. several first responders from the bay area are helping in the aftermath of the disaster. they are with two local urban search and rescue teams, california task force three, based in menlo park, has sent their member carl houston. he is a retired battalion chief from san mateo city fire and california task force four from oakland has sent two members to florida, one to tallahassee and another to orlando and kuchins of san mateo is one of 15 american red cross volunteers from the bay area, now on the east coast. since wednesday, she

has been managing the red cross evacuation center in jasper, florida. >> the day of the hurricane was a more like a almost 20 hour day shift. >> hutchins is now preparing to move to north carolina, where the damage is more severe. five people stranded in a boat off san francisco's ocean beach are now safe. the san francisco fire department received a call just after 2 p.m. yesterday about a boat in distress near the great highway in quintara street. sf fire department rescue swimmers. national park service lifeguards and the u.s. coast guard use jet skis to transfer the people to a coast guard boat. >> we haven't determined the cause of the why the boat was there, which is inoperable. as all we know at this time. but they were able to drop their anchor and stay stationary, but they were in a precarious position by being right at the breaks. so they were getting pushed around quite a bit.

>> rescuers brought the stranded boaters to the coast guard base in marin. fortunately, no one was hurt. we're focused on reporting on the future of artificial intelligence here at abc seven, and a landmark plan to manage the safety of ai has died on the governor's desk. governor gavin newsom vetoed the first in the nation plan to set safety measures for large ai models yesterday. the bill by san francisco state senator scott wiener faced fierce opposition from the tech industry, saying it would have a chilling effect on ai development. governor newsom said he didn't think it was the best approach. he announced a partnership with industry experts to develop new guardrails for the technology. state senator wiener shared a statement saying, quote, this veto is a missed opportunity for california to once again lead on innovative tech regulation and we are all less safe as a result. that's the end of his quote. reviving our downtowns is a key part of building a better bay area. and this week, leaders

in san jose could act on a plan aiming to do just that. tomorrow, the city council is set to vote on incentives to lure businesses into empty office spaces. the proposal calls for two year exemptions on certain taxes and parking permit fees for new businesses. they would have to rent at least 2500ft■!s of space for four or more years, and quite a sight along highway one on the central coast over the weekend. take a look. a wayward sea lion made its way onto the highway near watsonville, creating a big traffic hazard. the california highway patrol, local firefighters, and an animal rescue team all worked together to capture the sea lion and reopen the road. we're told the sea lion is receiving care before it will be released back into the wild. uber eats isn't just for food and groceries. the company announced a new partnership just in time for the spookiest month of the year. uber and spirit halloween are coming together to bring all

your halloween costume and decorating needs. the company is now delivering costumes, makeup, and decorations from the halloween store right to your front door. uber says it's answering the call for on demand delivery. of course, you'll have to pay delivery fees. >> you know, i like this, but don't you want to, like, try on the costume because you look at it? yes. and it seems like it would fit for a tall guy like me. yeah. >> 100%. kind of a little awkward or you can be like me and just start in august. the house is decorated, my kids costumes are picked out, and i say costumes because we do multiple. >> do you have a theme? this year? >> we it's not a disney theme, so i'm not going to say got it. >> but you do coordinate. >> we do coordinate. yeah. >> do your kids go trick or treating? i know they're older. >> they are starting to not. yeah, i know they'll go trick or treating, but they i don't know. not all dressed up, you know, put on like a hoodie and then.

>> yeah. >> no, no, my daughter already has something planned with a whole group of their friends. oh, yeah. yeah. and they'll do a theme. and then my son just goes for the candy, and we'll just put on a cloak that's, you know, that's me. yeah. a mask all day. >> low effort, high reward. you know? >> yeah. >> it's great. i mean, look at this picture behind us. >> oh, my gosh, this is gorgeous. >> this is a live picture. this is the tam cam. and it just feels like it's going to be warm today with that picture. so let's get you prepared. we have a heat wave that begins today and it will accelerate tomorrow. and wednesday. so the accuweather headlines our heat advisory kicks in at 11 a.m. today. we're heating up with lots of sunshine tomorrow and wednesday we're looking at record heat and elevated fire danger. now we do have some offshore winds. they're pretty light tomorrow and wednesday, generally between about five and 15mph. so not strong enough for a red flag warning to be in effect. but the combination of that offshore wind component and the heat is leading to elevated fire danger. just be aware of that. something we're tracking all week long with this heat wave. slight relief on friday. we call it slight because

temperatures are still above average but not as hot as tuesday and wednesday. look at our temperatures in our hills right now. 70s in the north bay hills, the oakland hills. right now it is warm. we're currently 72 degrees, so that mild air is already in place. and it's a warm to hot day today. so looking at the forecast, lots of sunshine inland upper 90s that heat advisory around the bay shoreline. it is going to be hot sunny skies upper 80s lower 90s and along the coast. no fog today. temperatures are warm in the seconds, so we have a moderate to major heat risk today, the major heat risk is mainly for the inland east bay. the south bay, the santa cruz mountains. but really take it easy the next several days maybe you feel okay. day one. day two of the heat wave, but by day three or day four, it may get to you. so stay hydrated out there. find frequent ways to get heat relief. maybe that breaks in the shade if you're outside ac if you can find it. 80s and 90s are widespread today. overnight tonight it's going to stay warm. we'll stay in the 70s in our hills, widespread 60s away from the coast and watch what happens

on tuesday. we're really getting you prepared for an even hotter day here on tuesday. this is just dangerous heat here. we're talking widespread 90s if not exceeding 100 degrees in so many locations. so the accuweather seven day forecast will show you our heat wave begins today. it really ramps up here tuesday. and wednesday with dangerous heat. and that elevated fire danger still warm by the end of the week. and the weekend will keep those temperatures elevated. now here's ginger zee with a look at what's coming up on gma. >> ginger coming up here on gma. we'll start with the pictures out of southern appalachia. so we've got so many folks that are still missing nearly 100 confirmed dead. our very own faith abubey is right there in asheville north carolina. that's about as far as she could get. so many communities are still cut off. no power. they're in desperate need of water. we'll have all the updates that we can, but we'll be following this, i'm sure for weeks, because in helene's path, there's still even some moisture. i've got to talk about. and a new threat for the gulf of mexico. also the race

for the white house vice president harris campaigning in nevada, trying to shore up the latino vote as former president trump steps up the personal attacks on the vp and tens of thousands of dock workers could walk off the job tonight at midnight, potentially paralyzing ports on the east and gulf coast. we're going to tell you what a work stoppage could mean for the supply chain and for your holiday shopping. also, we have a special announcement about the cma awards. you'll want to hear it by the unpredictability of generalized myasthenia gravis and who are anti-achr antibody positive, season to season, ultomiris is continuous symptom control, with improvement in activities of daily living. it is reduced muscle weakness. and ultomiris is the only long-acting gmg treatment with the freedom of just 6 to 7 infusions per year, for a predictable routine i can count on. ultomiris can lower your immune system's ability to fight infections, increasing your chance of serious meningococcal infections, which may become life-threatening or fatal, and other types of infections. complete or update meningococcal vaccines at least 2 weeks before starting ultomiris.

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a spacex dragon nine crew arrived at the space station yesterday with two empty seats. nasa pulled two crew members off the four seat vessel to make room for astronauts. suni williams and butch wilmore. >> we, of course, train together as a crew of four, and now they're launching as a crew of two. but we will always be a crew that has trained together, and we will always be friends and colleagues. >> williams and wilmore were only supposed to be on an eight day mission to the iss when they launched in the starliner back in june. that spacecraft has been plagued with problems involving thrusters and helium leaks. nasa decided to send it back to earth without any people on board. the spacex dragon nine is scheduled to return to earth

in february. a surprise set over the weekend at the portola music festival in san francisco, natasha bedingfield performed for just 15 minutes on the festival's smallest stage. she sang hits like these words. pocketful of sunshine and unwritten. videos from saturday night show crowds singing along to the early 2000 hits. bedingfield says she's working on new music, which is expected to be released later this year. next at 630. making your commute faster. the air travel light rail is back after five years of

right now at 630. possible public safety power shutoffs p-g-and-e's warning to thousands of customers to help reduce wildfire risk. the bay area counties that could be impacted starting today as a heat wave arrives. and governor newsom's nutrition plan for public schools. the new bills he just signed aimed at increasing access to healthy foods, plus the greatest people you will ever meet. >> and the worst. beware of the plastics. >> trying to make fetch happen. mean girls returning to theaters

this week to celebrate its 20th anniversary. 20th iconic. >> i mean, i remember going to the theater seeing this 20 good. it just feels like yesterday. >> it feels like yesterday. all right. good morning everyone. it is september 30th and a monday. yes, we are expecting some heat. we are. >> good morning friend. the weekend was fantastic. now everything changes. i really want to get you prepared, because it was so comfortable this weekend that the warmer weather today is really going to feel a bit of a shock to the system, because we have a heat advisory that starts today. heat advisories begin at 11 a.m, and it's pretty much virtually for the entire region. along the coast is included. so area wide we're finding these warm temperatures getting hotter over the next couple of days. look at the clear skies out there live. look from our sutro tower camera this morning. temperatures right now though we do begin comfortably. cool. we're in the 40s and in the 50s, but in our hills right now, some areas are close to 80 degrees. so here we go. we're heating up as we head

deeper into the day. the inland forecast. it's bright. it's hot with heat advisories mid and upper 90s for daytime highs around the bay shoreline. i think this is the bigger story because it's rare we're this hot sunshine upper 80s to the lower 90s around the bay shoreline and even along the coast. you are not immune to the warm weather today. sunny skies this afternoon and daytime highs mainly in the 70s. let's check in with frances. it's been pretty busy on the roads this morning. good morning. >> yes, true. it has a lot of problems out there, including a couple fatal accidents. so i want to show you some drive times in the south bay, where we have one of the fatal accidents in san jose now, on the southbound 880 stretch from fremont to san jose. that's green 15 minutes and northbound 280 from 101 to cupertino is green. but as you can see here, with this live camera shot for headlights moving on northbound 280 and the traffic across your screen is northbound 880, that is backed up because all lanes are blocked due to this fatal accident on northbound 880 before the alameda. so you can

see traffic is crawling there. you'll really want to avoid the area completely. you may want to consider 280 to 87. you can get on northbound 880 at the alameda. but that stretch is the one to avoid. our second fatal accident this morning for folks coming out of the cordelia junction heading towards the benicia bridge, a fatal accident blocks one lane southbound 680 before paris road. so only one lane open. you can see traffic is backed up all the way to the cordelia junction. if you want to take an alternate, you want to head through vallejo towards the carquinez bridge. there is some minor slowing there, but probably a better bet at the bay bridge toll plaza with metering lights on, it's back to pass. the 880 overcrossing and from the toll plaza to san francisco. that's another 16 minutes. also heads up bart, now reporting no red line service at this point. the yellow line will take you there, but there are some ten minute delays right now through san francisco. amanda. all right. >> frances. thank you. happening today, p-g-and-e's is warning customers of a possible psp or what they call a public safety power. shut off, and that's

because of high winds and dry conditions. thousands of customers in 13 counties are on alert, including several here in the bay area. alameda, contra costa, sonoma and napa counties are looking at potential outages. abc seven news reporter lena howland is live in the east bay with how people are preparing. and lena, this could impact customers today and tomorrow. >> reporter amanda that's right. with temperatures nearing the triple digits this week, pg and e has said these public safety power shut offs are likely to happen both today and tomorrow. now these public safety power shut offs have the potential to impact around 13,500 customers across the area. p-g-and-e's says power shutoffs help reduce the risk of wildfire from energized power lines. tuesday is expected to be the hottest day of the week, with an elevated fire risk. we spoke with a rancher in contra costa county who got notice yesterday that his ranch could lose power. and while he does have a backup

plan, he's hoping he doesn't have to use it. >> i have, like, nine wells in the valley all over tassajara and p-g-and-e's goes down. so my cattle can't drink. my horses don't drink. so it's, you know, pretty traumatic to, you know, an operation like mine. i do have a water truck. i can go get water and but, you know, that's a whole nother operation, you know, cost quite a bit of dollars when they shut us down. >> p-g-and-e's has a number of community resource centers set up across the bay area for anyone that loses power. you can go cool off, charge your devices, and take advantage of the free ice and snacks and water here in alameda county. that community resource center is set up in the costco parking lot here in livermore. it's set to open up at 4:00 this afternoon and stay open until ten. live in livermore. lena howland abc seven news. >> all right, lena, thank you. when we know the hot temperatures across the bay area are also bringing unhealthy air

quality. that's why a spare the air alert has been issued for today. we are all encouraged to do our part to reduce air pollution. today is a good day to leave the car parked if possible. take public transit or carpool, or if you can work from home. track the heat wave with the abc7 bay area app. you can access the forecast with the same live doppler seven tools that our weather team uses, and will send alerts right to your phone when there are any important updates. new details this morning, detectives in oakland are investigating a deadly shooting during a high school alumni picnic. police say a 38 year old man was shot around 730 saturday night in defremery park in west oakland. city leaders say the mcclymonds alumni action picnic is an annual family friendly gathering with hundreds of people of all generations there. they are outraged a shooting happened during what is expected to be a peaceful event. >> it is unconscionable that someone would actually act in a

way of violence in this way, to take someone's life during a party celebration, we would like to extend our condolences to our fallen alumni. >> it's really heartbreaking to lose a member of your community who is beloved, especially in front of the entire community. >> police did not say whether the shooting was connected to the picnic. investigators say there may have been more than one shooter, but they haven't made any arrests. mcclymonds high school's principal assures parents and students that the school is safe. a paramedic is still recovering this morning after being hurt while their ambulance was vandalized and equipment stolen in san francisco. this happened friday night at zuckerberg san francisco general hospital. the fire department posted this photo and you can see it right there. the smashed glass on the ground. fire crews say a suspect was arrested and the equipment was returned. developing news. hezbollah's highest ranking

official is vowing to continue fighting israel despite growing losses inflicted on the militant group. overnight, israel hit hezbollah strongholds in lebanon. the lebanese ministry of health says 105 people were killed and nearly 360 were wounded. israel believes they have eliminated around 30 top hezbollah leaders in recent weeks. last night's airstrikes targeted hezbollah infrastructure in southern lebanon and central beirut. it's the first time israeli airstrikes have hit beirut. your voice. your vote tomorrow night. the vice presidential candidates meet face to face to debate in new york city with 36 days to go until election day. vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump are both on the campaign trail. abc news reporter perry russom explains they're focusing on battleground states. >> vice president kamala harris in las vegas last night, touting her plan to support small

businesses. >> we've got to help entrepreneurs start ups out, and i will give a $50,000 tax deduction to help entrepreneurs start their small businesses. >> harris also pushing a proposal to lower housing prices, providing down payment assistance to first time home buyers. right now, a serious housing shortage is part of what is driving up costs. >> so we will cut the red tape and work with the private sector to build 3 million new homes. >> the harris campaign raising $55 million over the weekend at fundraisers in california. her opponent, former president trump, attacking the biden administration's border policy. >> they're coming into our cities and our small towns here in pennsylvania and all over the country. >> trump ramping up personal attacks on harris. >> kamala is mentally impaired. if a republican did what she did, that republican would be impeached. and removed from office. >> while blaming the biden

administration for crime. trump suggesting allowing police to be violent for one day to solve the problem. >> now, if you had one really violent day, one rough hour, and i mean real rough, the word will get out and it will end immediately. >> the vice presidential candidate, senator jd vance, and governor tim walz gearing up for tomorrow night's vp debate. it's the only one scheduled. walz preparing with the help of transportation secretary pete buttigieg. >> it's going well. it's going great. >> the walz team saying the goal is to let the governor be himself and focus on the future. a fellow minnesota lawmaker, republican congressman tom emmer, is helping vance get ready. >> he'll hold him accountable. >> perry russom, abc news, washington. >> if you commute from san francisco's west side into downtown, you may be in for a treat today. muni's l taraval line is back in service after a five year construction project

there it is. the first trains return to weekend service saturday. that means muni metro riders can once again ride from embarcadero station to the san francisco zoo without any bus transfers. >> it's a big difference. i mean, we depend on transportation, i don't drive, i'm a bmw guy. >> bart muni walk l trains will run every ten minutes on weekdays and every 12 minutes on weekends. the night markets around san francisco have brought out thousands to a city still reeling from the pandemic. organizers say more than 20,000 people came to last friday's night market in the sunset district. but not everyone is happy. some merchants are raising concerns. they say the markets are having a negative impact on businesses that operate during the day, like laundromats, salons and grocery stores. now, the chinatown merchants united association of san francisco has a branch in the sunset district, and they

sent a letter to the organizers asking for more transparency. they raised concerns about early morning road closures that hinder businesses. >> they are not concerned about the daytime merchants doing their business. >> i want us to have open communications with the merchants. i know that you know, something like a night market. it's going to benefit some merchants over others. >> organizers say they have made modifications after meeting with business owners, including street closures starting later and fewer streets closed off. now it's time for our abc seven mornings advancer. it's our way of highlighting some things happening in the day ahead here in the bay area. first, your chance to meet oakland's public safety leadership team. today, mayor shang tao is leading a town hall style event with the police and fire chiefs, along with the city administrator and the head of the department of violence prevention. you'll be able to learn about their key strategies to improving safety in oakland and ask questions. it

starts at 530 at the east bay church of religious science on telegraph avenue. the event is free, but you are asked to reserve tickets. in berkeley, experts are set to survey cesar chavez park for signatures of radiation. this after it was found that the former stauffer chemical company may have dumped toxic waste. pilots will fly over the park using a drone equipped with a sensitive spectrometer to detect radiation levels. the survey is scheduled to last for most of the week. oakland unified students and teachers are planning a rally this afternoon to demand more be done about the lead contamination at schools. you may remember parents learned lead was detected in the water at nearly two dozen schools across the district. just a week into the school year, water testing reports show that issue was discovered back in april. the rally is happening at oakland city hall at 4:00 this afternoon and welcoming college

game day. espn's popular pregame show coming to cal this weekend. and you are looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. you can see we are down about 198 points. another update on how the markets are doing next. and a reminder for you monday night football is back on abc seven tonight. the seahawks visit the lions in detroit. our coverage starts at 5 p.m. then you can watch after the game and because of the game, wheel of fortune will air at 9 p.m, followed by jeopardy at 930. the news continues at ten, but first, let's get a check of the forecast with drew. >> hey, amanda. 644 on our monday and we are preparing for a warm to hot afternoon as our heat wave begins today. looking at the morning forecast, we have clear skies and you can see each hour the next several hours those temperatures jump and by noon we're into the 80s pretty much everywhere, even close to the coast will be in the 70s today. so it's a warm afternoon. look at your daytime highs. significantly warmer than the

weekend. the weekend was so pleasant with our temperatures now we're heating up dramatically. 80s for the city in oakland, 90 for san jose and walnut creek. the reason why this heat dome high pressure off our coast. it is strengthening. and as it strengthens, it will bring even hotter weather here tomorrow and wednesday. future weather showing you it is sunny. once that sun gets up here this morning, those temperatures rapidly climb as we head into the afternoon. look at those numbers. 80s and 90s pretty much everywhere. and you can bet that the evening by 730, we're still quite mild out there with the absence of our marine layer. so today is day one of our heat wave, widespread 80s and 90s. 83 in the city, but 93 in napa. 98 the high in livermore. look what happens tomorrow and wednesday. it gets dangerously hot here. 80s along the coast. 90s around the bay shoreline above 100 inland for a couple of days. a clos

kristofferson has died. kristofferson was a rhodes scholar who became a country music superstar and a-list hollywood actor. born in brownsville, texas, his family moved to san mateo when he was in his early teens. he later owned a ranch in mendocino county. many of his songs were best known as performed by others, including me and bobby mcgee, sung by janis joplin. now, kristofferson went on to

have a successful film career, starring alongside barbra streisand in a star is born. his family says he died at his home in maui saturday at 88 years old. a cause of death has not been released. developing news directv is acquiring dish network after years of talks. the deal is for directv to pay $1 for the company and assume its almost $10 billion of debt. the combination would form the country's largest pay tv company with 20 million subscribers. but there's a long road for the merger, including refinancing and reducing that debt. dish and directv attempted to merge in 2002, but it was blocked by regulators. this morning, crews are looking for people still unaccounted for after hurricane helene left a path of destruction across five states. at least 95 deaths are blamed on the storm. the impact felt from miami, florida, to asheville, north carolina, where the

community is cut off by washed out roads and no power or cell phone service. the city's water system was severely damaged as well, and after as much as 30in of rain fell. >> it's heartbreaking because along this river we have a lot of wonderful stores and we're going to be cleaning up for a long time. >> in the county that encompasses asheville. 600 people are still unaccounted for. county officials say people are going door to door to check on those who have been reported missing. new at six. uber and lyft are reportedly spending a lot of money to stop a ballot measure meant to fund muni. according to our media partners at the sf standard. standard excuse me. uber has spent $750,000. lyft spent 65,000 to campaign against proposition l or the community transit act. it would tax ride hailing and robotaxi companies a graduated tax up to 4% on revenue they

make in san francisco. the money would go to sfmta to fund operations. now for your morning money report. a longshore workers strike at ports on the gulf and east coasts could happen this week. tomorrow, tens of thousands of workers are expected to walk off the job at ports from maine to texas, and it could abruptly stop supplies of many popular products, including some alcohol, chocolate and produce. negotiations between the union and an alliance of global shipping companies have not led to a deal. both sides are at a stalemate over wages and benefits. >> we have to fight for what we rightfully deserve. let's get a contract and let's move on with this world. >> one piece of good news from this holiday shopping may not be impacted. retailers have already stocked about 70% of anticipated holiday products. taking a live look at the new york stock

exchange now as trading gets underway, this morning, you can see we are down about 226 points. moving on. the original plastics returned this week and fans are saying it's totally fetch. >> we're the plastics. >> they're teen royalty. if north shore was us weekly, they would always be on the cover. >> the 2004 comedy mean girls is heading back to theaters to celebrate its 20th anniversary. it will be on the big screen this thursday, october 3rd, which is mean girls day. referring to an iconic line in the film and on sunday, october 6th, several bay area theaters will be showing the movie. you can check showtimes at fathomevents.com. >> on october 3rd, he asked me what day it was. october 3rd. this is i mean, this movie is just one you can watch again and again. oh yeah. so many good lines. these actors portray these characters so well. >> i just cannot get over the 20 years since it first aired. >> this is like a universal

experience. 100 everybody can relate to this movie. feeling like an outcast, you know? and i will tell you, my teenage daughter has watched it with her friends, i bet. and 20 years later, 20 years later, they can still relate to it. you know, it's a good movie. it is indeed. >> my goodness. i just think back to high school. don't. >> i went to all girls high school. >> oh, my goodness. >> you just went somewhere for a second. i did. that's why i was like, you know what? i'm gonna take you out of that. right. >> let's talk about the heat. let's talk about the heat. no trauma. >> no trauma. all right. we'll find, though, is that today it is so much warmer than the weekend. and then tomorrow and wednesday, it is just dangerously hot. here's a live look from our mount tam cam. this morning. our heat wave begins today. the heat advisory starts at 11 a.m. for everybody, even along the coast. we are heating up. record heat and elevated fire danger. tomorrow and wednesday we do have an offshore wind component, but the

winds are pretty light, so we don't have any red flag warnings in effect. but the combination of that offshore wind and the record heat very likely leads to elevated fire danger. that's something we're tracking all week long. slight relief on friday. friday is still warm, just not as hot as tuesday and wednesday out there right now. we begin comfortably cool in the 40s and 50s, but watch how we warm up so fast today. no matter where you are in the bay, inland, the bay shoreline, the coast, you have sunshine. you have warm temperatures today, moderate to major heat risk today that becomes major to extreme tomorrow as hotter weather moves in here. so just take it easy out there the next several days. please stay hydrated. find ways to stay cool. noticeably warmer than yesterday, 80s and 90s today. overnight. tonight. we keep that mild air in our hills. will likely stay in the 70s, so it does stay pretty warm for many of us. i just want to highlight tuesday very quickly. look at these numbers. it's been two years since san francisco has been in the 90s. we're likely back there tomorrow, but look at those triple digits away from

the coast. accuweather seven day forecast shows you a big, warm up. today is day one of the heat wave starts. dangerous heat tomorrow and wednesday. still hot thursday and then the weekend will keep those temperatures warm with lots of sunshine. amanda all right drew thank you. >> new at six california is banning certain artificial food dyes in school snacks and drinks. this includes flamin hot cheetos and other brightly colored processed foods. governor newsom signed a bill package into law to improve access to healthy, locally grown foods. starting in 2028, six common food dyes will no longer be allowed in food sold at schools. the governor's office says additives have been linked to health harms in children, including cancer, immune system damage and hyperactivity. our sister network, espn's college game day, is coming to the bay area this weekend. this is college game day's first ever appearance in berkeley. the popular pregame show travels to a different college campus every week, and this saturday it will

be at cal before they take on miami. it airs on espn and espn2 from 6 to 9 a.m. the bears kick off against the hurricanes at 7:30 p.m. up next, the seven things you need to know today. and as we head to break, we do want to take a live look outside. it is heating up, certainly. we'll be right back they will grow up. (♪) discover who they are (♪) what they want from this world. and how they will make it better. and while parenting has changed, how much you care has not.

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hot weather. heat wave begins today for virtually the entire region, even along the coast. this kicks in at 11 a.m. temperatures noticeably warmer than over the weekend. the weekend was pleasant, but now we're into the 80s and 90s across the board. it gets even hotter here tomorrow and wednesday. look at that dangerous heat 80s along the coast. 90s around the bay shoreline above 100. in our hottest cities inland. >> number two. p-g-and-e's is warning that high fire danger could prompt power shutoffs for

thousands of people across 13 california counties in the bay area. this includes alameda, contra costa, napa, and sonoma counties. >> number three today is a spare the air day. a great day to work from home, carpool or take public transit to help reduce air pollution. number four at least 90 people have been killed after hurricane helene cut a path of destruction across the southeast. president biden intends to visit areas hit by the storm later this week. number five, a heads up if you commute from the west side of san francisco to downtown muni's l taraval line is fully back in service after a five year construction project. that means you can now ride light rail trains from the zoo to embarcadero station without any bus transfers. >> and number six, there were two fatal accidents this morning. one is in san jose. northbound 880 before the alameda. all lanes still blocke. two, 80 and 87 a detour. the

second fatal accident has been cleared. coming off of the cordelia junction southbound 680 before parish. traffic is slow, but all lanes are now open and the bay bridge toll plaza backed up to the maze. 20 minute delays, though, on bart for spare the air day. >> got it. number seven a good way to stay cool. today is the last day you can get a frosty for just $1 from wendy's. a sweet treat for the end of september. >> dip your fries in it. neat trick. delicious. >> i wonder if >> robin: good morning america for our viewers in the west. the devastating impact in the hurricane zone, and the urgent search for more than 1,000 missing. stunning aftermath. hurricane helene sweeping away coastal communities, leaving some towns completely underwater, and some communities completely cut off without power or cell service. >> this is an unprecedented tragedy that requires an unprecedented respon.