now abc seven mornings live now at six. >> dangerous heat continues

today across the bay area. little relief is expected as temperatures will be above 105 degrees again in some cities. drew is here with what you need to know as the heat wave enters a third day. >> new rv parking restrictions. the measure san francisco just approved for vehicles in certain areas, and how some rv residents are responding. >> and the music of the mission district. the online playlist that tracks and shares the songs heard throughout the neighborhood. i wonder what songs are on there. >> i'm assuming of my particular place of the rest of the mission. good morning. on this wednesday, october 2nd. we're going to check in with drew. >> yes. >> so we want to get you prepared. it's another hot day here today. our heat advisories and excessive heat warnings continue. look at your temperatures. we're running so much warmer compared to this time yesterday. it's near 70 in the city right now. we're at 68 in san jose, 72 in san rafael, 67 in concord. so we have those warm temperatures right now.

this is the launching pad to warm us up very quickly over the next couple of hours. let me just take you up into our hills about 1000ft. look at these temperatures. it is hot. we're in the 80s and 90s currently. 85, in the oakland hills. 91 at mount hood. so the heat advisories, excessive heat warnings have now been extended. they are supposed to end tonight. it continues until tomorrow night as our heat wave rolls on for a fourth day tomorrow. so look at our inland highs. we are baking once again above 100, probably 106 107, in our hottest cities today around the bay shoreline. no heat relief back into the 90s, mid if not upper 90s once again and along the coast it will be warm, totally sunny, upper 70s and lower 80s. let's check in with gloria. see those drive times this morning? >> good morning. well, we do have something that we're tracking for you. this is in castro valley. there is a crash. this is on westbound 580 before 238. this is causing some backups in the area because a big rig and that crash are blocking the two middle lanes.

there is a backup to redwood road at this time, and the speeds are down to 14 to 30mph in that area. and looking live at our bay bridge toll plaza camera, the metering lights flipped on just after 530 this morning. right now you can see it's really packed out there. traffic is backed up to west grand avenue from highway four to san francisco. it will take you 46 minutes, but if you're driving in the south bay, you have no issues there. you can see traffic is flowing nicely in san jose on 101, 880. and right now the headlights are heading in the san francisco direction on north 101, but flowing pretty nicely there. >> all right, gloria, thank you. this is one of several reminders. another day of scorching temperatures in the bay area. and if you don't have air conditioning, it could feel even worse. of course. abc seven news reporter lena howland is in san francisco. and lena, many people in the city are suffering through this autumn heatwave without ac.

try to check in with lena again when we can get her audio. >> has the heat affected her microphone? i certainly hope not. a reminder that you can track the heat wave with our abc seven bay area app, and follow the forecast with the same live doppler seven tools that dru uses. also, find ways to stay cool, and we'll get back to lena a little later on. some residents of san francisco's bay view neighborhood are back home this morning after a gas leak forced them to evacuate yesterday. firefighters said last night gas service might still be disrupted. a construction crew caused that leak. p-g-and-e's was able to fix it. the leak prompted evacuations south of paul avenue between crane and car streets yesterday morning. people didn't get home until 8 p.m, so muni offered them air conditioned busses so they could at least get out of the heat. >> new developments. there will now be more restrictions for people who park their rvs in certain areas of san francisco overnight, the sfmta approved a

measure allowing parking officials to tow certain rvs. gloria is at the live desk this morning with how the new rules will be enforced. gloria. >> amanda. the new measure allows parking officials to tow rvs that are violating overnight parking restrictions. they can do this without a warrant only if the occupants refuse offers of shelter, housing and services. officials were previously only allowed to tow vehicles with a warrant. overnight rv parking is already restricted on some streets from midnight until 6 a.m. the sfmta board of directors approved mayor london breeds measure in a 6 to 1 vote. supporters say rvs are not an acceptable long term solution to the housing crisis. people who oppose the rule say they unfairly target low income and immigrant families. we spoke to a woman who's been living in her rv in san francisco since 2007. >> this law is going to push me to my grave. i no longer have physiological resources to cope with the stress of them towing

my vehicle. >> the restrictions will be implemented in areas that outreach teams have said need enforcement before the rules go into effect. sfmta will share traffic safety and public health findings in those areas. staff will also post fliers and signs where parking will be banned. reggie. >> thanks, gloria. today is day two of salesforce's return to office mandate. that means many workers are now required to be back in the office at least three days, but in some cases, up to five days. it all depends on their position. abc seven news was near salesforce tower in downtown san francisco yesterday. business leaders are cautiously optimistic that having these additional people downtown will help local merchants. we talked to salesforce workers about it and they seem positive about the change. i am excited about it. >> i'm excited to like, connect with my coworkers again and be able to just see the people in the office and the in-person connection will be really valuable. >> i feel like our teams are

super, super flexible, but you know, they definitely want to see more in person, you know, connections. and you can already see with the downtown just how alive it's come, even for this week with the new mandate. >> bart is also hopeful that more people returning to the office will lead to higher ridership numbers the agency did see post-pandemic ridership records on three separate days last month, but it wasn't because of downtown workers. it was because of big events happening like dreamforce and the a's. games in oakland. >> in the south bay, san jose is moving forward with a plan to attract new businesses downtown. a leasing incentive program will go into effect on january 1st. it includes a temporary business tax exemption for new owner operators. also, tenants who lease at least 2500ft■!s of offe space for a minimum of four years will qualify for the same tax break. your voice your vote this morning. both presidential campaigns are claiming victory after last night's vice presidential debate.

>> they always do. senator jd vance and governor tim walz took on issues from abortion rights to the growing conflict in the middle east. abc news reporter perry russom live in dc with the messages from both candidates. perry. >> hey. good morning. yeah, the two candidates facing questions for 90 minutes and their closing remarks. senator jd vance says the country needs a new direction. governor tim walz says his ticket is giving americans a new way forward. in the first and only vice presidential debate between governor tim walz and senator jd vance, both men asked if they would support a preemptive strike by israel on iran after iran launched the largest ever ballistic missile attack on israel yesterday. look, it is up to israel. >> what they think they need to do to keep their country safe. and we should support our allies wherever they are when they're fighting the bad guys. >> israel's ability to be able to defend itself is absolutely fundamental. getting its hostages back, fundamental and ending the humanitarian crisis in gaza. >> on abortion rights, walz accusing the trump campaign of

planning to create a registry of pregnancies. >> it's going to make it more difficult, if not impossible, to get contraception and limit access. if not, eliminate access to infertility treatments. >> senator, do you want to respond to the governor's claim? will you create a federal pregnancy monitoring agency? >> no, nor certainly we won't. >> on the issue of immigration, vance pressed on trump's plan for mass deportations. >> i had a mother who struggled with opioid addiction and has gotten clean. i don't want people who are struggling with addiction to be deprived of their second chance, because kamala harris let in fentanyl into our communities at record levels. so you've got to stop the bleeding. >> look, we fix this issue with a bill that is necessary, but the issue on this is this is what happens when you don't want to solve it. you demonize it. >> the candidates sparring over the results of the 2020 election. >> i would just ask that, did he lose the 2020 election? >> tim, i'm focused on the future. did kamala harris censor

americans from speaking their mind in the wake of the 2020 covid situation? >> that is a that is a non-answer, has she? >> it's a non-answer for you to not talk about censorship. >> and walls was asked to clarify his claim that he was at tiananmen square during the deadly protests in 1989. he was actually there months later. wall says he misspoke, saying he's a knucklehead at times. back to you in the accuweather forecast. >> the big headline today is that our excessive heat warnings and our heat advisories have been extended now until tomorrow night. they were supposed to end this evening, but now our heat wave will roll on for a fourth day tomorrow. so let's take a look at san jose for example. it is dangerously hot today, and through the next ten days you can see those temperatures are elevated. we're not expecting any significant relief from this heat until next week. so even the weekend is going to feature some warm to hot temperatures

out there. so this heat wave is going to roll on for several days. maybe you're thinking about going to the coast beat the heat today. it's still quite warm to hot here to 80s and 90s and a lot of areas along the coast today. the ocean temp is at 60 degrees, so here's future weather as we go. hour by hour. the temperatures just like yesterday. you're going to notice that warm air right out the door this morning. and then it just gets hot by lunchtime. those temperatures climb into the afternoon. you can see inland. we're going above 105 in many areas. we're back into the 90s in the city, in the north bay. it is just excessively hot. 103 in santa rosa, 100 in napa, 103 in san jose, 95 in oakland, half moon bay. it is warm today, coming in with a high of 78 degrees reggie aqui drew. >> thank you. california clean air day how you can help improve air quality and get some free breakfast. noise complaints san francisco's loudest music festival. a little less loud than in previous years and quote all about the players. buster posey's first comment since being named the giants new presid

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mayor matt mahon says 800 more units will be built across the city over the next year and a half. 200 of those are set to open by the end of this year at the multi storey branham and monterey site that's in council

member sergio jimenez's district. >> a grand total of about 500 or so units in our district. and i don't think that we as residents of this area, should shy away from saying it's the right thing to do. >> the mayor says close to 45,000 people are living on the street or in their cars. the state assembly has approved a proposal from the governor that could prevent spikes in gas prices. it would set new fuel storage requirements for oil refineries. the measure has been at the center of a special legislative session governor newsom called for in late august. this proposal would empower the california energy commission to set minimum fuel storage standards for refineries in the event of unplanned maintenance or outage that is now going to move to the state senate. the portola music festival in san francisco may have been a little less noisy this year, but not by much. there were 11 fewer noise complaints compared to last year, with the bulk of them coming on sunday, the second day of the festival. in the past, people from alameda and other

parts of the east bay have filed the most complaints, but that dropped this year by 61%. organizers did change the stage layout, however. there were more complaints coming from san francisco and officials believe it might be because of the weather patterns. today is a great day to ditch your car and take public transit. a lot of bay area transit agencies offering free fares for california clean air day in the east bay that includes westcat, tri-valley wheels and county connection. also, marin transit, santa cruz metro and vine transit in napa valley are offering free bus service today. and if you're commuting across the bay, of course you can do it by ferry. san francisco bay ferry offering free rides all day and a bonus if you take it in the morning, they'll be offering free coffee and pastries. >> all right. there's a new way to find out what's on and poppin in san francisco's mission district. well, kind of. there's a new playlist online called bop spotter. it uploads songs that are being played in a specific

area in real time. here's how it works. a software engineer named riley walls installed a box on a power pole in the mission. inside of the box is an old phone that shazams songs in the area 24 over seven. it is all solar powered. now, if you're unfamiliar, shazam is an app that tells you the title of a song being played nearby so you can go online and see what music was played near the phone, whether it's from a car passing by or a pedestrian playing music on their phone. the list of possibilities goes on. now they're calling it a bop spotter. i feel like bop spotter in the bay area would. they would've called it a slap spotter. music crew i think they're trying to work off the shot spotter. >> so bop spotter. they're trying to play off of that. but i mean, you're right. >> yeah, yeah, it is a better name. is it only in the mission? i'd love to see what it is in other neighborhoods, too. yeah, yeah. >> right now, only in the mission. who knows? it could expand, >> could i use shazam a lot with, like, tv shows? >> oh, yeah. when music is on a

show and i'm like, what is. what is this song? you're like, shh. like, stop talking. the dialog is too loud. what's the song frequently? >> use it there. i haven't used it in a minute, but it's a good app. >> yeah, someone used it. so i was on this cruise and someone used it in music trivia. >> oh, no. that's cheating. what are we doing here? >> yeah, like, that's not how this game is played. >> how is that any fun for playing? >> that's what i'm saying. what are you doing? and he was caught and then immediately thrown out. well, yeah, obviously, we threw him off the ship. >> bon voyage. just to be clear, it's tough out on the seas. >> it is. ask a pirate outside this morning. we'll take a look at our tam cam. we will find clear skies out there. the accuweather headlines show you it is a dangerous heat wave today. and it rolls on tomorrow. we will find our heat wave lasting at least four days. slight relief is coming our way here on friday. i say slight because look at our daytime highs. we're still in the 80s and 90s. i wouldn't be surprised if we get a fresh series of heat alerts for the weekend, because we are turning hotter once again for saturday and sunday. look at

your temperatures. right now it is 70 in the city that is warm, almost near our daytime high for this time of the year. 71 in san rafael. we're at 67, in concord, 68 is that current temperature in san jose? so you're looking at our inland forecast first, lots of sunshine. it is hot today, 106 107 in our hottest areas. bay shoreline. it is hot again very similar to yesterday. sunny skies back into the 90s and along the coast. we're in the 80s so it is warm there too. we have a major to extreme heat risk today. that extreme heat risk is in our hills right now. we're in the 80s and 90s, so we're not seeing any sort of relief in the overnight hours there. here's a look at highs today in our microclimates starting in the south bay. 103 in san jose, 106 in los gatos, 107. in morgan hill along the peninsula, 101. redwood city 95 san mateo. the same in mountain view. upper 70s lower 80s for the coast across the city. today downtown, we're back into the 90s. will be in the 80s for the outer richmond and outer sunset. daly city at 84, in the north

bay, it is hot one, two, three in sonoma, 104 in novato, 101 in vallejo, the east bay. it is very warm. 95 oakland, 99, in fremont and inland, those temperatures ranging between 104 and 108 this afternoon. tonight, very similar to how we are right now. still mild, still warm in the 60s and 70s. so here's the accuweather seven day forecast. our heat wave will continue tomorrow. slightly cooler on friday, but we're heating up once again over the weekend. a significant cool down is not coming our way until tuesday of next week, guys. >> thanks, drew. now we're going to bring in ginger zee live with a look at what's coming up on gma. good morning ginger. >> hey reggie amanda nice to be with you. so coming up here on a wednesday our powerhouse political team is going to break down that vice presidential debate where governor tim walz and senator jd vance faced off with just 34 days until the election. also, the middle east on the brink of wider war after iran launched those 200 missiles on targets in israel. now israel

vowing to retaliate. so we're on the ground there with the latest. and microsoft unveiled an updated version of its ai technology. it's called copilot. it's designed to not only have conversations with you, but to help you live your life. i'm trevor ault, checked that out, and then lori bergamotto is here with the top denim fashions for fall. plus 9-1-1 star peter krause telling us about their new season. so we've got a lot to get to on gma. i just can't imagine that it's going to help me live my life. but hey, if that's an opportunity, sure, bring it on. >> you know these people who have like the normals in the world, the people who like work a 9 to 5 and are in an office, i think their lives have changed because they. well, yeah. yeah, because they no longer have to write as like spend as much time writing tedious things. okay? they just kind of like write a paragraph and then it creates an entire document. so i could see that. got it. okay, that's not our lives, though. >> yeah. no, i haven't even ever opened it up. and honestly, i'm

so concerned about the water and energy use that i'm like, nah, i'm good. and i know this will probably be like that clip of katie couric when she didn't know what the internet was, but like, whatever, right? i'm cool with being that lady. >> well, here in san francisco, in the bay area, we are relying on ai because we need a little bit of a boost. and we're the we're the home of ai. so if it brings more people here. but i get your i get your concerns, who knows? i totally agree it's the energy and the and the wate. >> yeah. aside from that i'm interested. but i just don't even like click on it or download it because. and then the google will do it for me. and i'm like, i don't really want that. i'm never using that first answer. please say the google. that is no. when all of a sudden wikipedia is like a better source than something we got to watch out. yeah. >> you know, we are definitely clipping this. and in approximately four years this is going to be your katie couric moment.

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operations, replacing farhan zaidi. the goal is to get the giants back in the playoffs year after year. the team formally introduced posey yesterday. he seemed comfortable with the manager of course, bob melvin. now the task is to get a roster that can compete with the likes of the dodgers.

>> this is all about the players. it's all about putting great players on the field. and i think our job is to, as a front office, you know, with bob here as a coaching uh- and the coaching staff is to be able to identify those players and then get the most out of them. >> you know, somebody like buster asked for the ball, you give it to him and he's meant so much to this community, to this baseball team, to the organization, the city, all the above. >> i can say i'm really excited to work with bob as well. you know, getting to uh- as a player, see him in the opposing dugout, if i ever made eye contact with bob when i was playing, i never felt like he liked me. and i think he he might've. >> i admittedly didn't, and i never made eye contact with him either, because he was always making my life really difficult. >> so i'm i'm happy we're going to get to share some more, endearing glances, i guess. >> what a thing to admit. >> giants chairman greg johnson said posey asked for the chance

to be more hands on in building the club. today on abc seven. it is game two of the major league baseball playoffs. the detroit tigers are taking on the houston astros. coverage starts at 11 a.m, which means midday live and the latest on the heat wave will be available streaming on our abc seven bay area apps after the game, it's gma3. then, of course, stick around for abc seven news at three. new details on espn's college game day coming to uc berkeley this saturday. bart is going to run early, train so people can get to the cal campus in time for the show. service will start early enough so people can get to the downtown berkeley station by 5 a.m, with the show starting at 6 a.m. college game day travels the country during football season, with the locations determined along the way. it typically draws large crowds of enthusiastic fans. we know that cal is playing the university of miami next at 630, preparing for rosh hashanah. how a local rabbi is hoping to find

joy as the

live now at 6.30. excessive heat warnings extended. the bay area is set to sizzle once again in

day three of this fall. heat wave. drew is here tracking the high temperatures and digitizing your driver's license. >> the innovations and apps from bay area businesses and startups hoping to put their technology to use. >> plus, because san francisco is the ai capital of the world, the tech's going to be a leader. boards tech and diplomacy don't often go together. it's time. >> it's time. it's time to change that. >> we need to diversify. we can't sell our souls for one industry. >> the race for san francisco mayor. we're going to hear from the four leading candidates about their plans to make the quality of life better in the city. >> lots to get to. good morning everyone. it is wednesday, october 2nd. >> the most important thing, though, is that forecast is going to be hot again. >> it is for those keeping count. this is day three of our heat wave and those heat advisories and excessive heat warnings have now been extended for another day tomorrow. look at your current temperatures. it is warm this morning. we're sitting at 70 in the city, right now, 69 in hayward. we're at 64 right now in vallejo. but i want to take you up into our hills

about 1000ft. it is hot 80s and 90s right now, 85, in the oakland hills, mid 80s in the sant the low 90s right now, so you can bet it's going to be a dangerously hot afternoon with those morning temperatures right now. the heat alerts, these have been extended until tomorrow night. so we do find that no relief is in sight when it comes to these very hot temperatures the next c here we go back above 100. our hottest areas inland 105, 106, 107. today it's another hot afternoon around the bay shoreline. and just know that heat is cumulative. maybe it didn't affect you yesterday, but now wear on your body, so do take it easy out there. stay hydrated, find ways to stay cool. seek out those cooling centers or the ac if you can find it. and then along the coast it will be warm today. upper 70s to the lower 80s. let's check in with gloria. see those drive times this morning? >> well, i guess one good thing with the heat. we're not seeing fog this morning. you won't have to deal with that during your morning drive. here's a look at our drive times for this morning. we do have a couple

slow spots. tracy to dublin, 65 minutes, san rafael, the san francisco 16 minutes. antioch to concord, also in the red at 34 minutes. and it is california clean air day. so the san francisco bay ferry is giving free fares today. you can also get some free coffee and pastries this morning, and you can check online and see what other transit systems are offering free fares for california clean air day. looking live at our san mateo bridge camera traffic is starting to get a little busy there on westbound 92 from the toll plaza to foster city right now, it will take you 13 minutes. >> thanks, gloria. the dangerous heat continues for another day as drew is just describing one of the places that is not used to this kind of weather san francisco. that is where we find abc seven news reporter lena howland. lena hasn't been this hot in the city for many years. >> yeah, that's right. and unfortunately, that heat is not going anywhere just yet, as we just heard from dru, the national weather service has extended the excessive heat warning through at least

tomorrow night. that's why we found no shortage of people looking to cool off in this hea. yesterday, for one group's twice weekly soccer game, there were some heat related modifications to give players more time in the shade. san francisco rec and park even announced free swimming at public pools from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. to help people cool off. at garfield center, the lifeguard says he's seen double the number of swimmers. >> oh, it's going to be a scorcher. and i'm wearing pants. black pants. >> i think any weather is a good excuse to eat ice cream, but hot weather is, you know, more than enough reason to get out there. my favorite flavor is classic kulfi, but hints of pistachios and just so many layers of complexity that just i just love it. >> at kulfi creamery, an indian inspired ice cream shop, we found plenty of workers taking a break to cool off. the owner told us even though it's fall to

prepare for this heat, she rolled out their summer flavors because of the heat, the city has opened up a number of cooling centers for folks to come cool off and charge their devices. those include the main library and other library branches in chinatown, glen park ranch, mission bay, and north beach. remember, during this heat wave, it is best to save your outdoor workouts for the coolest parts of the day. and if you don't have ac, like more than 50% of people living here in san francisco, a fan might just be your best friend today. live in san francisco lena howland, abc seven news. >> leah. thank you. now to the south bay, where volunteers are turning their attention to the unhoused. are often, of course, outside in the hottest part of the day. the unhoused response group spent yesterday handing out water and resources to people in san jose. >> they weren't ready for this. and so it's really hard. and so you're not looking at the weather because, you know, you're assuming that it's fall. and i don't have to think about this. >> volunteers are hoping to educate people about how long

this heat wave could last. county officials say they're doing their part to do outreach, offer supplies, and encourage people to get to cooling center. >> and those cooling centers will be open again today in san jose. here's where they are. the camden community center, emma prusch farm park and roosevelt community center. the roosevelt location is pet friendly and they all open at 1 p.m. they'll have water, free wi-fi and outlets for charging your devices. there are other cities, of course, with cooling centers across the bay area. you should check with your city for times and locations and track that heat wave with the abc seven bay area app. you can follow the forecast with the same live doppler seven tools that our weather team uses, and find tips to stay cool. >> president biden will be in the carolinas today surveying damage from the deadly hurricane helene. the president has been working to bring federal support to the areas most impacted by the storm. he'll be meeting with first responders and officials, but says he doesn't want to

interrupt access to help in the area. the president will be taking an aerial tour of asheville. that city was hit hard by the storm. their water system is shut down. vice president harris is also planning to visit storm damaged areas this week. and while the southeastern u.s. continues to recover, californians are doing their part to help the governor's office of emergency services is coordinating with fema, sending 172 incident support team in urban search and rescue team members to help. >> now to the latest on the growing tensions in the middle east. this morning, the u.n. security council scheduled an emergency meeting to address the escalating situation between iran and israel. iran launched at least 180 missiles into israel yesterday as attacks threatened to push the region closer to a widespread war. iran says the barrage was in retaliation for a series of assassinations in recent weeks targeting hezbollah. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken confirms the u.s. helped to intercept some of those

missiles. >> this is totally unacceptable, and the entire world should condemn it. initial reports suggest that israel, with the active support of the united states and other partners, effectively defeated this attac. >> israel's u.n. ambassador says his government will decide when and how to respond to iran's attack. tonight marks the beginning of the jewish holiday rosh hashanah. this year, it comes amid fears over the escalation of the war in the middle east. since the war started last october, rabbi gedaliah potash says his congregation in san francisco has grown closer, partly because of anti-semitism. experts have seen an unprecedented rise in anti-semitism over the past year. in response, rabbis across the country are expecting record turnout at rosh hashanah events this week. >> all the experiences and stories, and i would even say trauma that people have been

feeling this whole year is really coming to a head over here, and people want to just be together and reset the clock. >> and despite the tough year, many in the local jewish community have faced, rabbi potash says he's determined to make celebrations enjoyable. rosh hashanah starts at sundown and ends on friday in the south bay. >> your driver's license is going digital on the dmv hosted a community hackathon in mountain view to explore that new technology. different businesses have the opportunity to present how their app or their innovation could benefit from the dmv mobile driver's license. currently, the option to digitize your id is available for both iphone and android users. >> the paper driver's license, in one form or another, has been around for about 120 years, so this is the first major change to being purely digital independent digital credential technology, like the digital driver's license program, is in its beginning stages. >> as for the dmv, when they have enough users, they'll report their findings to the state. lawmakers will then decide if they're going to

continue the pilot program, maybe even expand it. >> now it is time for our abc seven mornings advancer. it's our way of highlighting some things happening in the day ahead. >> first, the town of pah'-ha-roe in monterey county will break ground on a new levee project to protect against flooding. it comes after 18 months when that area was devastated. a levee breached, flooding more than 200 homes and now $600 million will go toward constructing new levees and improving those that already exist along the pajaro river. the project breaks ground at 10 a.m. today. >> nearly 2000 veterans are expected to attend santa clara county's second annual stand down event at the fair grounds. the fair offers several resources to veterans, including a mobile dental clinic, free haircuts along with employment, mental health and legal services. national va staff will also be on site to help veterans file claims for disability compensation, pensions and other benefit claims. stand down 2024 runs through friday. >> still ahead, the impact of the minimum wage increase for

california fast food workers. >> and you are looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. you can see we are down about 140 points. another update on how the markets are doing next. >> plus asking the tough questions of the leading candidates for san francisco mayor. our individual interviews, in-depth answers and a panel discussion on what it will take to build a better bay area. by podcaster and author kara swisher. the san francisco standard, and of course, here at abc7 news. but first, here's drew. >> hey, reggie. the big takeaway in the accuweather forecast today is that our dangerous heat wave continues. in fact, the excessive heat warnings and the heat advisories have been extended. they were set to expire tonight. they will now expire tomorrow night at 11 p.m. so we're looking at a couple more days of these very hot temperatures looking at the morning planner. get that workout in very early over the next couple of hours, because after 9 a.m, those temperatures start to get very warm into the 80s. and then we're into the 90s, very close to lunchtime today. so looking at the forecast, it is just hot once again. yesterday was 94. in the

city. the hottest afternoon since 2012. today we're back into the low 90s with hot sunshine. oakland is 95. 103 in san jose. walnut creek excessive heat at 106. so if you're thinking of going to the coast to beat the heat, it is still quite warm there too. 80s and 90s for the most part, with the ocean temperature coming in at 60 degrees. so just know as we go, hour by hour, it gets warm very quickly. it's already warm this morning and into the afternoon. we're back into the 90s and triple digits. once again. so 90 in the city today, but 103 in santa rosa, up to 107 in concord, 95 in palo alto, the same in san mateo, up to 103 in san jose, 108 in livermore. so the three day forecast shows you tomorrow our heat wave rolls on a little cooler, relatively speaking, on friday, but still warm. and then we're heating back up for the weekend. we'll show

the time now is 644. tonight in the north bay, you will have a chance to give input on possible solutions to what neighbors say is a major noise problem around the sonoma county airport. people who live near the airport have been complaining about the sound from helicopters landing and taking off from the airport. a study was recently done about possibly changing flight paths. tonight, the results of that study will be presented and the county will take input from the public. then officials will consider if changing flight paths will improve the problem. if you want to go. the meeting starts at 6 p.m. at anna lee high school in sebastopol. >> an animal shelter in san pablo has until may to find a new home, or it could be forced to shut down. the owners of jelly's place says they have to relocate because of a highway project. jelly's place leases a lot from caltrans on san pablo

dam road along i-80 in contra costa county. a caltrans spokesperson told the chronicle it's working with the shelter to accommodate at its current location while they find a new one. >> we're learning more about the impact of the minimum wage increase for california fast food workers. six months ago, their wage went up $20 to $20 an hour, i should say. a new study from uc berkeley found the wage hike did not lead to job cuts, contrary to warnings. popular menu items went about 4%, which translates into an increase of about $0.16 for a $4 hamburger. research says the results of their study challenge the outdated assumption that wage increases significantly and negatively impact consumers. >> now it's your morning money report. stellantis is recalling at least 194,000 plug in hybrid suvs over potential fire risks. the automaker says the suvs could catch fire because of a defect with a battery component.

owners are being told to not charge their vehicles and park away from buildings or other cars. 13 vehicle fires have been reported. the recall includes 2020 to 2024 wrangler and grand cherokee models. a repair is on the way and owners will be notified when they can schedule service. now we take a live look at what's happening at the new york stock exchange. we're down about 65 points so far this morning. >> election day is about one month away, and you will be receiving your ballots very soon in san francisco. the big race is for mayor. >> we keep being asked on the streets by friends and just strangers. who should i vote for? well, that's inappropriate for me to say, but what i can do is interview the candidates. is exactly what happened to abc seven this week. it's why i haven't been on the morning show for the past couple of days. so we had a panel of san franciscans. it was me. it was andy gallas, who's from the sf standard and also well-known author and podcaster kara swisher. the three of us asked the questions that we think are on the tops of voters minds. we

got some answers. there was no yelling at each other. there was no cross talk by candidates in a debate. it was a civil discussion. but i hope a meaningful one. okay, so andy and kara, we had the four top candidates in the sf mayoral race and what did we think? >> annie. >> gosh, well, we started with the mayor, mayor breed, and she is really fighting for her job right now. and that really came out in this interview. >> we have had one of the best summers that we've had since before the pandemic with octoberfest, with the rave, with nightlife and activation. we are excited about getting to yes and make it possible, making it possible to do some incredible things in our downtown like never before. >> i think the main message that she wanted to send was that the city is trending in the right direction. things are improving in some key areas and she deserves another term because of that. >> we of course have so much more work to do, and i also want to make it very clear we are well on our way. >> but the question is whether

people want change faster and if there's someone else that can deliver it for them. you know, overall, it was pretty impressed by all of them in different ways. they're all in many ways, very good choices. i think the question is, you know, they each bring up i have more experience. daniel lurie brought up, i have not more experience in in city hall incidents. and that's why i'm good. >> i'm running against people that have had their chance and they have not delivered. i just want to turn around the city that i love. and eight years from now, artists, creatives, business leaders are going to be like, i got to be in san francisco. >> so you're saying 18 to 24 months? is that what you're saying? >> 18 to 24 months, where we get our locals saying, i want to go back into san francisco, give me two terms, and everyone around the world is going to be like, san francisco is back. okay. >> we have that on tape. yes. still even though plenty of money has been put on this race, there's still a lot of people who they know who the mayor is. but outside of the mayor, mark farrell, you have to they have to be reminded of who he is.

>> you know, when i was on the board of supervisors, when i became mayor, we had nothing was perfect. but we had an active working relationships inside of city hall, even with people that i disagreed with 95% of the time, my priority will be focusing on public safety, cleaning up our streets, and then being the most proactive mayor in our city's history, marketing our city to the business community, to the tourist community. >> so what do we think about aaron peskin? anything stand out from that conversation? >> happier than i thought. i just, you know, i think his public image is really grumpy, kind of. and i don't mean to say that in a diminishing no, you're just saying what people think. yes, i think they do. the unfavorables are high, but he seemed very positive. and i, you know, i think his, his big hill is he business friendly. because this is going to be a business. businesses are going to be part of bringing san francisco back, which is why he is, as you noted, the only progressive here. >> our mayor keeps saying that compassion is killing us. it's not compassion that's killing us. it's corruption that's killing us. and a progressive value is exposing that corruption and i am the member. i am the only candidate in this race who has a plan for that. and is prop c on this november's ballot. >> i didn't feel like i got all my questions answered. but, you

know, i think maybe, maybe more than. yeah more than we would have had time for in a debate. so that's good. >> but i didn't get to answer questions in a debate. i think debates are so performative at this point, and sometimes they're entertaining, like kamala harris and donald trump. that was highly entertaining and very it showed a lot of what was going on there. but i think voters need to hear more. i think hearing more is really important for voters, and they always talk about that, and i think they do want that. i think we disrespect voters in a lot of ways. they don't want just people attacking each other. we want to hear, what are you going to do, >> and you can hear more. that was just a three minute clip, but we talked to each of these four candidates for almost a half hour. so you can watch the unedited interviews of each of them on our website right now. abc7 news.com/sf mayor, or wherever you stream abc7 news and more throughout the day as we try and wrangle the topics you know, what are what are the three biggest topics? we decided it was homelessness. it was the future of downtown san

francisco, which is an economic driver of not only the city of san francisco, but the entire region and then also the pr campaign that whoever is going to be mayor is going to have to be on and going to have to hit hard, because, as we all know, there is a latency effect. there has been improvement on the streets of san francisco. does the rest of the world know that you all have been out in the rest of the world and you know that the rest of the world doesn't know that you get that feedback all the time. you're from san francisco. oh, boy. why would anyone live there? why would anyone visit there? that is still the impression that's out there. whoever's mayor next is going to have to work on that aggressively. yeah. >> and take that on. certainly. and i know that you've been hard at work with this. we saw it just in this last three minutes. but when we talk about that format, i think what i appreciate most is in that brief debrief, you guys have given us so much insight as to kind of that conversation that you all had. my parents still live in san francisco, and i know i spoke with you off camera about the questions they had. and

you're telling me, yeah, well, this is great because now they can watch these interviews on their own time, on their own time, in their entirety, and really get to make that connection the way that they wouldn't in a timed debate. and so really looking forward to kind of watching and going through that as well. it's really important, especially with so many people and so many having so many questions about who's on the ticket. >> and i'll give one tease to your parents and everybody else. we asked each of the candidates who they are picking as their second choice, and the ranked choice voting and their answers reveal a lot. here we go. okay, so check it out. that's the tease. >> all right. now let's head to drew. >> yeah. hey, guys. yeah. those are important conversations to have reggie. so i'm glad we have that on our website. so everyone can check it out. all the interviews with the mayoral candidates today. it's all about the heat wave continuing. so ways to beat the heat. stay hydrated with water. know the signs of heat illness, whether that's heat exhaustion or heat stroke. take it from someone who suffered heat exhaustion in the

past. it can really sneak up on you very quickly, and it may not be day one or day two of the heat wave. maybe day three or day four. so you do want to find ways to stay cool. seek out the a c cooling centers. if you have to be outside frequent breaks in the shade and never leave people or pets inside. cars. cars heat up very quickly and protect your pets too. they don't like the heat as much as we don't like this kind of heat. 70 right now in the city it is warm. this morning, 69 in hayward, in our hills right now we're in the 80s and in the 90s, so we have some very warm air overhead. it is hot today going back above 100 inland for another afternoon around the bay shoreline. it is hot back into the 90s. we go and along the coast we're going back into the 80s so warm along the coast as well. the heat wave continues today. 103, in san jose, 101 in santa clara, 99 in cupertino. we're hitting 101. in redwood city, up along the peninsula, 95 in palo alto, the city today, downtown, going back into the low 90s once again with

full sunshine. it's hot in the north bay. 104 cloverdale, 100in napa, 104 in novato, the east bay. it is hot. excessive heat warnings are in effect. 95 oakland, 100 castro valley, 99 fremont and inland. daytime highs range from 104 to 108 overnight. tonight it is staying warm. there's little in terms of cool air in the overnight hours. we'll stay in the 60s and 70s. and again our hills will stay in the 80s and 90s overnight. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. dangerous heat today. heat wave continues tomorrow. over the weekend we are still warm to hot. significant cool down not coming our way until tuesday of next week guys. >> all right thanks drew. >> another idea to revitalize san francisco's economy, this time with the focus on the city's jazz culture. four of the city's iconic jazz clubs have teamed up to introduce a new jazz passport. north beach's keys jazz bistro, civic center's mr. tipples, the tenderloins, black cat and lower market's don

club are all participating. you can get a passport at any of the clubs when then you have to collect the stamps by visiting each one. now, the first 75 people to visit all four venues will receive a free return visit to each club and a round of drinks. you can collect the stamps between now and the end of the year. >> i've been to two of them, so i obviously have more stamps to collect. >> yeah, well, this will be fun. especially i get it to revitalize. we're talking about activations. we're talking about getting people out. this is the way to do it. >> the summer of fun. as the mayor says. yes. >> up next, the seven things you need to know today as we to shake up city hall? in nearly ten years as supervisor, mark grew the bureaucracy

by authorizing or creating a commission almost every year. he rubber stamped hundreds of millions to homeless nonprofits with zero accountability and orchestrated a pay-to-play scheme that sold out taxpayers to the highest bidder. mark farrell has all the wrong experience for the change we need.

for another day. in fact, the advisories and warnings have now been extended. they were set to expire this evening. they will expire tomorrow night at 11 p.m. so another hot day out there. we're expecting widespread 90s and triple digits records very likely again today.

>> number two, a live look outside. we are under a spare. the air alert for the third day in a row. everyone is asked to help reduce air pollution. public transit is a good option today. a lot of bay area agencies are actually offering free rides for california clean air day. >> number three, the un security council has scheduled an emergency meeting today to address the escalating situation in the middle east. yesterday, iran launched nearly 200 missiles at israel in response to a wave of assassinations carried out by israel over the past several weeks targeting hezbollah. >> number four, sfmta has approved new overnight parking restrictions. they expand the city's ability to tow rv's parked on city streets. if people living in them refuse shelter. >> number five, it's being called a significant step toward fighting the fentanyl epidemic. governor newsom signed a bill requiring narcan in all workplaces. the spray can reverse the side effects of an opioid overdose. >> and number six, we are tracking a crash right now. this is in petaluma on southbound 101, a three vehicle crash

involving a motorcycle. it is blocking the two right lanes at this time. >> and we know number seven, you can now take a cruise from canada all the way to hong kong. over the course of three months. it's a grand voyage. >> that's the ship that i went on. oh, wow. >> it's nice. yeah. you like? wow nice. it looks really nice. >> that's the one they're using. >> then you're in for a treat, right? >> george: good morning america. the middle east at war. the vice presidential debate. 34 days until the final votes. overnight governor tim walz, senator jd vance go head to head. vance refuses to admit trump lost the 2020 election as they spar over the economy, immigration and abortion. >> how can we say that your life and your rights as basic as the