are you feeling it yet? it is the first day of a heat wave bearing down on the bay area. people in alameda are getting some beach relief there. the entire region is under a heat advisory as temperatures soar. we'll find out how hot it will get where you live. good afternoon. thanks for joining us i'm kristen z. in addition to

the heat advisory, we're also under a spare the air alert. so let's take a live look outside at conditions. right now it is a sunny, clear day and it is a hot day. meteorologist drew tuma says today's heat is just a sample of what's to come in. >> the accuweather forecast. we are looking at a string of hot days. our heat wave begins today. we're heating up. we have lots of sunshine in the forecast now heading into tomorrow and wednesday. we're looking at the potential for record heat and elevated fire danger. we do have some offshore winds, but they're pretty light between 5 and 15mph, so we don't have any red flag warnings in effect. but the combination of that light offshore breeze and the record heat means the fire danger is elevated here. slight relief coming friday. we're not talking about a dramatic cooldown. it's still warm and we'll keep those temperatures warm through the upcoming weekend. here's the heat advisory that is in effect until wednesday for everybody. this includes the coast. i wouldn't be surprised if this gets extended into thursday as well. so looking at not only the

heat but also the air quality, a spare the air day is in effect for moderate to poor air quality out there tomorrow. the air quality is more in that moderate category. so looking at your heat risk today it's moderate to major. the major heat risk. those areas in red. it gets even hotter here tomorrow afternoon. so looking at highs today in our microclimate starting in the south bay the heat wave begins. 95 in san jose. but 100 in gilroy along the peninsula it is hot. 94 redwood city 88 mountain view. even along the coast. sunny 77. in pacifica it is warm across san francisco today. widespread 80s with sunshine much warmer than the weekend in north bay. we're getting hot. 93 in napa, 97 in novato, 94 in lakeport in the east bay. those temperatures are mainly in the 80s and low 90s. 87 berkeley, oakland 93. castro valley, 91 fremont and inland. it is warm 96 in san ramon, 99 in brentwood, 98 in concord. overnight tonight we will find some mild air. most of us will

settle into the 60s, but in our hills, as you go up in elevation, we're likely staying in the 70s and in the 80s. so we do have warm air overhead, and that leads to even hotter day around here on tuesday. look at these numbers. future tracker. the last time san francisco was in the 90s was two years ago, so it's been some time since we've been this hot will likely go into the 90s, tuesday afternoon, mid 90s for oakland, i mean 80s along the coast. and then you can see numerous areas, almost all of the north bay, the inland east bay, the south bay is surpassing 100 degrees. so we have a major to extreme heat risk here on tuesday. wednesday it is still hot, maybe a degree or two cooler in spots, but these numbers are certainly elevated. so you do want to stay hydrated. find ways to stay cool. frequent breaks in the shade outside ac is your best friend because we're looking at a hot week ahead. accuweather seven day forecast. the heat wave begins today. dangerous

heat here tuesday and wednesday. it is still hot here on thursda. we call it slight relief here on friday and then the upcoming weekend both saturday and sunday. we are warm to hot with wall to wall sunshine coming both days. >> oh boy. all right so learn more about the timing of this heat wave and get tips on how to handle the heat. in a moment, you'll see a qr code on your screen that will take you directly to abc7 news.com/weather, where you'll find all that information. so how are people preparing for day one of soaring temperatures? abc seven news reporter lena howland has a look. >> the fountains are on the dogs are out early, and the temperature is climbing. >> we're going to see temperatures that are similar to uh- much, much hotter summer temperatures here. and so we as much as it feels like, you know, you look at the calendar and it says october, we're going to have to take precautions like it's the middle of the summer in

our bay area. >> doctor michael stanton is a professor of public health at csu east bay. despite october coming on tuesday and fall in full swing, the bay area will be in a heat advisory starting monday morning with triple digit conditions expected across the east bay this week. >> keep really hydrated because you're not even going to notice when you are getting dehydrated, trying to stay indoors or in the shade as much as possible, trying to avoid strenuous activities and the heat is already impacting the air quality. >> the bay area air district issued a spare the air alert for monday because of high inland temperatures and low winds, so we have the possibility of triple digits in certain parts of the bay area. >> and when you have low winds, there's not enough, energy there to push out the pollutants that are created through the millions of automobiles and exhaust that's on bay area roads. >> that means the air quality management district is encouraging people across the bay area to protect their health

by avoiding outdoor activities during the hottest part of the day. >> so we suggest that folks do their exercise early in the morning as much as possible on these poor air quality days. just reduce your driving or any polluting activity as much as possible, and that will be the greatest help. >> meanwhile, p-g-and-e's is warning of power shutoffs due to high winds and dry conditions for 11 counties, four in the bay area. it may impact parts of alameda, contra costa, napa and sonoma counties. doctors are also encouraging folks to make sure they are wearing the appropriate clothing that covers their skin during this heat wave, and to also be mindful about not leaving any kids or pets in your car. in livermore. lena howland abc seven news. >> and here's an exact breakdown of those power shutoffs. lena mentioned in alameda county, 346 customers could be impacted along with 286 customers in contra costa county in the north

bay, 268 customers are on alert in sonoma county, and 140 customers could lose power in napa county. the shutoffs could begin this evening and last through tomorrow. as for power outages right now, here's a look at the current map for you. it's not too bad right now, and not all of these outages on the map are due to those public safety power shut offs, but the picture could worsen in the days ahead. you can track the heat wave with the abc seven bay area apps. 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 important updates. in developing news, the giants are shaking up the team's front office after yet another disappointing season. the giants have fired farhan zaidi as president of baseball operations and replaced him with former giants catcher buster posey. zaidi served six seasons in that role and managed to reach the postseason only once. as for buster posey, he needs no introduction. the former catcher

played his entire 12 year career with the giants and won three world series before retiring in 2021 and then in 2022, he became part of the ownership group. the giants issued a statement about the big change this morning, saying we are looking for someone who can define, direct and lead this franchise's baseball philosophy, and we feel that buster is the perfect fit. buster has the demeanor, intelligence, and drive to do this job, and we are confident that he and bob melvin, that's the manager, will work together to bring back winning baseball to san francisco. they've scheduled a news conference tomorrow morning when posey will be officially introduced as the new president of baseball operations. obviously, this is a huge shakeup, even if it isn't a surprise after another season of not making the playoffs. so joining us live right now to talk about it is abc seven sports director larry beil. larry, this probably did not surprise you one bit. >> no, there's been a lot of, you know, rumors, murmurs in the

background that things weren't going in the right direction and the fan base was starting to get more and more frustrated. so when you just hear buster posey's name, the fan base goes, oh, thank goodness, perhaps the good times will return again. well, exactly, because that's what he's associated with. think about this 2010, 2012, 2014. we're now a decade removed from the giants, winning their last world series championship. it's starting to feel like this is this is way too long. and not only that, the gap between the dodgers and the giants is gigantic at this point. >> you have shohei ohtani doing amazing things, breaking records every night. two weeks ago, i went to a giants game. i'd never seen it that empty. it was maybe one fifth filled. so it was shocking. yeah. okay so what will buster posey bring to this role? what are his strengths? larry. >> well, his strengths are that everybody recognizes his leadership. everybody understands. he knows the game of baseball. and i think it's not a knock on on farhan. it's just that he cannot be the face of your organization. he's not

built that way. he's a little bit quirky. he's an analytics guy. but but buster brings an iconic, larger than life presence, even though he's not. it's not like he's that flamboyant or anything like that, but he's rock solid and he's done it and he's done it here, and he's i'm going to assume not going to be so tied to these analytics about if this guy's, you know, spin rate and launch angle and all this stuff that has taken over baseball, kind of it's almost a throwback to the moneyball days. and, you know, now we've we've come very far and a lot of teams use it. but there has to be a more intelligent mix of analytics. and i test. and that seems what the giants have gotten away from. i can't even tell you. we watch a zillion games upstairs. the giants bases loaded, nobody out, and they can't score because they don't play situational baseball properly. it's not a part of you know, what the team philosophy is. that has to change because you're going to watch the playoffs. everybody else knows

how to do this. the giants fail and fail and fail at that. >> so do you think buster and melvin will work well together in that sense? yes. >> yeah, i do think so. and you know, bob melvin is the reason that they were able to sign blake snell and matt chapman. it wasn't farhan. now the giants did throw a bunch of money out there in the off season. and their payroll is over $200 million. it's not like they're cheaping out. this is not an a as john fisher thing that john lee got hurt right away. snell. it took him a long time to get up to speed. so and chapman had a great year. he won the willie mac award. they gave it out on friday. i do think those two together, buster and melvin, are so well respected in the game. and understand giants baseball, not analytics baseball. and there's a big difference. and that's what the fan base wants to see. this is one of the most boring teams and has been for each of the past three years. they're just dull. it's one thing if you're going to lose, if you're going to lose and be, wow, you know everything's going to be flying, it's exciting.

that's one thing. if you lose in, you're boring. yeah, that's that's bad. >> meanwhile, your chief opponent, the dodgers, are being very exciting in the moment. that just won't do okay. so what will be posey's top priorities? he's got to go after some top, you know, free agents, right? >> free agency would be one thing, but also, who are you going to surround yourself with? i know you're planning on talking to hunter pence later on this afternoon. >> thanks for plugging that. >> yes. thank you, hunter, for 15 to 20. now that's pure. that dude is pure energy that like you need that kind of not not what they've had. so will brandon crawford be involved or something like that, we don't know. we'll find out more tomorrow morning. >> all right. larry, thank you so much. my pleasure. thanks for coming in to work early for me. yes. all right. coming up next. cannabis shops in california can now expand their offerings. that's under a new state law approved today. the new options for shop owners ahead. also who, you know and how much money you have will have less influence now on c

about measures he has approved or vetoed a landmark plan to manage the safety of. i died on the governor's desk. the first in the nation plan would have set safety measures for large ai models. the bill by san francisco state senator scott wiener faced strong opposition from the tech industry, saying it would have a chilling effect on ai development. newsom said he didn't think it was the best approach. the governor signed a bill into law requiring certain health insurance to cover in vitro fertilization. treatment. large group health plans must now provide coverage for californians seeking to start a family through ivf. the process can be very expensive, running in the tens of thousands of dollars. in a written statement, newsom said california is fighting back against republican

efforts to jeopardize access to ivf. newsom also approved a bill this morning that allowed licensed cannabis lounges to sell food and offer ticketed events. the idea is to create amsterdam style cannabis cafes. state law currently allows people to smoke marijuana inside licensed cannabis lounges, but those businesses couldn't sell food. another bill. governor newsom signed bans colleges from giving preferential treatment in admissions to the children of alumni and donors in the state. the practice is known as legacy admissions. joining us live now to talk about it, assemblyman phil ting of san francisco, who authored ab 1780. assembly member ting, thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me, kristen. >> so congratulations on having your bill signed into law. what does this mean exactly? what's going to be the requirement and when is it going to happen? >> well, it goes into effect august of 2025 and requires that all the private universities in the state no longer offer preferential treatment to children of alumni or donors. in

other words, that cannot be, you know, your wealth and your connections to the university can no longer be a factor in the admissions process. they can't offer preferential treatment. why was a law like this needed, you think? >> and i wonder if it has anything to do with, you know, in the wake of the supreme court banning affirmative action in college admissions. >> well, absolutely. so last year, the nonprofit opportunity insights, a group of harvard professors, came out with a report. and the report detailed going through people's tax returns, admissions records that children from the families of the top 1% of incomes, which is people who make over $800,000 a year, were twice as likely when everything was equal as anybody else to get admission into elite ivy league universities. that was actually rather surprising. i would have thought, even with all things being equal, there would have been less of an advantage. but there's a huge advantage to having wealth and having connections. >> okay, i want to be very

clear. this applies to private universities such as stanford, such as cal tech, such as usc. right. because the uc system, university of california, which is public, already bans that kind of stuff. no preferential treatment for like some 25 years now for legacy, you know, donors, all that kind of stuff. so i want to make that clear. but assembly member ting, what i want to ask you is, how does this get enforced? right. and tell me if i'm wrong. but as i understand it, these universities don't have to report their data, if you will, unless they violate the law. but unless they report it, how would you know if they violated the law? >> well, what you'd hope is that they just follow the law. it's sort of like everybody else. this is now the law as of august 2025. and the attorney general has the ability to go enforce the law quite often in these circumstances, you'd have to have people come forward to report the university, but it's quite it would be quite difficult for the university to be able to continue this practice. and not have it come out in public. >> all right. i mean, that is

certainly a question with regard to enforcement, but what about consequences? right. i think last time you and i chatted, there was kind of a financial consequence, like tied to, you know, state grants and that kind of thing. i don't think that's in this version that passed right. >> yeah. if they were going to continue to offer legacy admissions, what they would have to do is they would have to forfeit their, their, their access to cal grants. that would be that would still be the case, because right now it says that if you are getting cal grants or scholarships from the state, you can no longer offer legacy admissions. >> i see. okay. uh. hey, are there other types of inequities or advantages or boosts that you still think need to be removed? when you look at the overall landscape of college admissions in california? >> i think that's a great question. i think the next the next big question is really around athletics. what you see is, you know, people think about

athletics in terms of basketball and football, the money sports. but so many, so many people get into these elite universities through other much smaller, smaller sports such as, you know, rowing, crew swimming. and it really kind of scratches the question as to whether or not that should continue to be a sort of a preferential treatment or preferential admissions because of that. it's quite a, quite a large bucket of students that get in that way and that is a path into the uc schools as well. >> we both went know that athleg is absolutely still a path that's not banned. so all right, well, interesting to keep this conversation going. assemblymember ting, thanks for your time. >> thanks so much, kirsten. take care. >> and governor newsom, after signing released a statement saying in part, the california dream shouldn't be accessible to just a lucky few, which is why we're opening the door to higher education wide enough for everyone fairly. in other news, donald trump finds a new wedge issue on the campaign trail, and

kamala harris had to cut short a campaign rally in nevada. the

is ballooning into a major political story. two key battleground states. georgia and north carolina, are among those hardest hit. abc news reporter rachel bade has the latest from both candidates on the campaign trail. >> donald trump finding a new wedge issue on the campaign trail. the former president touring the swing state of georgia today, one of several decimated by helene making inflammatory accusations and falsely suggesting that the administration and vice president kamala harris are not engaged in the crisis. >> the federal government is not being responsive, but they're having a very hard time getting the getting the president on the phone. he won't get on. and, of course, the vice president. she's out someplace campaigning, looking for money. >> trump visiting with residents and using a damaged building as

a backdrop for his photo op. >> we're not talking about politics now. we have to all get together and get this solved. >> president biden today pledging the full resources of the federal government. harris cutting short a campaign swing in nevada. returning to washington for a fema briefing on the situation and promising help is on the way. >> we are deploying food, water and generators and working to restore water and power, and we will stand with these communities for as long as it takes to make sure that they are able to recover and rebuild. >> meanwhile, harris's running mate tim walz and trump's running mate j.d. vance gearing up for tomorrow's vice presidential debate. walz mocked debating transportation secretary pete buttigieg. it's going well. >> going great. >> a fellow minnesota lawmaker, congressman tom emmer, helping vance prepare. you're going to see jd literally expose tim walz for the radical liberal that he is. rachel bade, abc news, washington. >> 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. generation x has become the economy's struggling middle child. a new study explores the financial predicaments and power of that

than jeopardy! and then catch a special edition of world news at ten. then stay with us for abc seven news at 1030 and 11. a strike deadline is set for 12:01 a.m. tomorrow at ports along the entire east and gulf coast. it could become the most disruptive strike to the u.s. economy in decades. members of the international longshoremen's association are set to walk off

the job at three dozen facilities spread across 14 port authorities. it's important to note that no west coast ports are involved. the strike could stop the flow of a wide variety of goods over the docks of almost all the cargo ports from maine, all the way to texas. generation x, born between 1965 and 1977, also known as the mtv generation or the sandwich generation. and now, according to one new report, the economy's struggling middle child reporter michael yoshida explains. >> new data reveals that gen xers are facing a financial squeeze that other generations are not. this could have an oversize impact on the broader u.s. economy. >> there's a bit of a squeeze. >> many gen xers are finding themselves sandwiched, simultaneously caring for their children and their parents. >> there are two pressures, i think, on gen x from both those older and younger ends of the age spectrum, and the financial strain is starting to show.

>> according to bank of america institute senior economist david tinsley, internal data from the bank shows average discretionary spending was down 2% year over year in august for a portion of the bank's gen x customers. >> gen x accounts for over a third of us consumer spending. so the generation really punches above its weight in terms of its contribution to the us economy. >> but the data revealed the generation is spending more, on average on housing, utilities and insurance and focusing more on saving as they near retirement. >> the investment saving they're doing outside of retirement saving is about 40% higher than the other generations. >> generation x is likely to inherit trillions in assets from their baby boomer parents, but that windfall may still be years away. >> their spending is peaking out in a sense, so that makes them important in terms of the overall trajectory. i think of

the economy. >> and economists say that that great wealth transfer or future inheritance will eventually be a big boost for gen x, but that right now, current financial pressure is likely to continue to dampen discretionary spending. in washington, i'm michael yoshida reporting. >> all right. that's going to do it for now. thank you so much for joining us today. world news tonight with david muir starts now. and i'll see you back here at 4:00. hunter pence will be joining us live to talk about the buster posey era tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. the scope of the devastation growing. the search for the missing right now. the death toll now rising to more than 130. hillsides washed away. bridges wiped out. also tonight here, we remember a basketball hall of famer. and the loss of a beloved broadway star, gone too soon. first tonight, the stunning images showing the deadly and sweeping impact of hurricane helene. the death toll rising tonight, now more than