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looking at the financial impacts of these higher temperatures we're experiencing. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. in fact, a study from a santa clara university professor found extreme heat causes higher default and delinquency rates, especially among low income households. >> but before we get into the financial impact of the weather, let's get to the very latest on the conditions outside right now. here's a live look as you take a look outside in the bay area. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is here. sandhya, what a scorcher. >> yeah. dan and ama, this is brutal. this heat wave continues and let's take a look at the highs so far. san jose hitting 104 degrees. these are not the official highs. they don't come down for a little bit longer. but these are the highs so far. livermore 107 san francisco 95 fairfield. triple digits 103. in santa rosa, 97 in oakland. we do have a couple of records coming in right now. i'll wait for the official word, but you can see it's plenty hot around the region. sonoma 100 degrees at this hour. 91 in san mateo. 98

palo alto. 101 in santa rosa. the excessive heat warnings and the heat advisories have been extended until 11 p.m. tomorrow. this is because this heat wave is going to continue. temperatures today up into the upper one hundreds for the hot spots tomorrow mid 90s to mid 100 seconds. we take a look at the heat risk for today. it's major to extreme around the bay and inland. so this is one of those serious heat waves. you definitely have to find either a cooling center ac a fan. stay hydrated. definitely check on loved ones as we go. hour by hour. you'll notice still hot at 6:00 inland. even at 8:00 you have 80s and 90s right along the coastline. you're in the 60s at 1050, in the evening. tomorrow we start out mild to warm again and quickly heating up. but there is a difference. the coast isn't going to be quite as warm. i'll be back with a full look at the forecast coming up dan. >> all right. thank you sandhya. and the excessive heat is changing people's lives in big and small ways. an associated

press poll found nearly 70% of americans said they have been personally impacted by extremely hot weather or heat waves. as abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey explains, that includes major financial impacts. >> it's fall in the bay area, if you can believe it. and while natives know warm weather typically lasts into october, this heat wave is excessive, especially for alexandria, who is expecting twins. >> not fun being pregnant with no being pregnant with twins right now is absolutely insane. it being like 103 degrees today is a little ridiculous. >> i thought summer was over managing how you live your life with the hot weather is no easy task. according to an associated press-norc center for public affairs research poll, americans say extreme heat impacts many things like outdoor activities, exercise, sleep and finances. nearly seven out of ten said their electricity bills have been negatively affected by excessive temperatures. >> the p-g-and-e's skyrocketing, especially with the ac. we weren't expecting to use the ac this far into the year,

especially in october. >> p-g-and-e's announced a temporary reduction to electric rates in july by almost 10%, but the impact is still felt. that's thanks to weather shocks. the deviation of normal environmental patterns such as heat waves. csu east bay professor antonio ramon alcala says the more we rely on things that negatively impact climate change, the weather shocks will only become more common and air conditioning itself, ironically or sort of problematically reinforces some of those problems. because as climate change is driven by our high levels of energy use, specifically fossil fuels, air conditioners also rely on those same fuels. as we see more of these weather shocks, there will be more income shocks as well. a study coauthored by santa clara university assistant professor victoria schiff found extreme heat causes higher default and delinquency rates, especially in low income households. >> so we used to think about the causality the reverse way how does human behavior impact the environment? but now it's obvious that a lot of these shocks are having large impacts

on uh- on our economic system, residents are hoping for cooler days ahead for themselves and their wallets in the south bay. >> dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> and you can track the 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 on the peninsula. >> a mother and son made their first court appearance today in a murder case. according to the san mateo county district attorney, it all started with a dispute at a local gym today. abc seven news reporter dion lim spoke with those who knew the victim well and has this story. you'll see only on seven. >> he's like an older brother or an uncle that always is bringing things and thinking of other people and sharing things with them. so >> that kind and generous spirit makes it hard to fathom why 60 year old rolando yango was gunned down right outside of his daly city home sunday evening. >> he's a nice guy, this neighbor, this really nice neighborhood.

>> this neighbor caught the incident on his surveillance camera just after 7 p.m. you can see the vehicle. yango was driving seconds later. it's followed by another car, and multiple gunshots can be heard. daly city police arrested 50 year old zaib afridi and her 21 year old son, marji afridi, outside their apartment complex about two miles away. the da's complaint shows marji afridi was charged with murder and multiple enhancements. his mother, as an accessory to a felony. mother and son made their first appearance at the hall of justice in redwood city wednesday afternoon. the san mateo county district attorney tells me the incident all started at a nearby gym. a friend of yanga, who requested anonymity, said yanga worked maintenance there part time and that marji afridi was a member known to cause trouble. when yanga approached the young man over an alleged vandalism in the bathroom, that's when things escalated. >> i feel really so sad for them. >> in court, zaib afridi's, private defender, requested an urdu translator. the pair will return to court next wednesday

in daly city. dion lim, abc seven news. >> congressman eric swalwell has joined the campaign to recall alameda county district attorney pamela price. swalwell referred to rising rates of violent crime and accused price of being too lenient in her prosecutions. >> what we have right now is two defense tables in every alameda county courtroom. there's two defense tables, and there's no prosecutor. and this recall is about putting a prosecutor and accountability back into place. so we all can be safe. >> we reached out to d.r. price's office to ask about congressman swalwell joining the effort to recall her. she has not responded to our request for comment. >> also in oakland, the search is for on a missing mother and son. police released these pictures of 29 year old makayla king and her five year old son, king scott. both were last seen over a week ago. that was on

september 24th in oakland. investigators say there's no information about how or why they disappeared. anyone with information is asked to call the oakland police department. >> there's a new deal on the table between the city of oakland and the organization set to buy the city's stake in the coliseum. the new terms of the agreement call for the african american sports and entertainment group to pay most of the $110 million purchase fee in one payment. the prior agreement called for the group to make an initial $10 million payment to the city by october 7th, and an additional $95 million payment by the end of may of 2025. that's on top of $5 million in revenue that city. the city has already received. the city council still has to approve the revised agreement. the timing is crucial. mayor shengtao has said she plans to use revenue from the deal to pay city workers salaries and general operating costs. >> california's attorney general is taking action against the owner of a san mateo county hospital. this is the latest turn of developments now in a months long controversy. a

lawsuit filed today seeks to force ahmc health care to reopen seton medical coastside in moss beach. it shut down for construction in april. the lawsuit alleges hospital leaders lied when they said the repairs were to fix damage from last year's storms. >> my staff has visited the site over a dozen times and for months saw no signs of construction to fix the so-called storm damage. bad actors cannot gamble with the well-being of my constituents. >> ahmc healthcare responded, saying the building is still unsafe for patients. in a statement, the company writes the claims made by the ag's office that seton was merely engaged in cosmetic upgrades are false and misleading. >> bank of america says an apparent glitch is now largely resolved this morning. thousands of bofa customers reported on social media about problems seeing their account balances

when they tried to check their bank accounts online. some who could see their balances were surprised to see zero balances. according to downdetector.com, customers started reporting issues around 9 a.m. reports came from several major cities, including san francisco, los angeles and new york. bofa has declined to specify what caused the problem. >> all right. coming up here, appealing to voter confidence and election transparency. we'll take you behind the scenes in marin county as election officials begin testing the voting machines. abc seven new 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

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its voting machines ahead of next month's big election. >> abc seven news reporter tim johns was invited to observe the tests and activity the county says is part of its election process. transparency. >> everybody in california gets a ballot sent to them automatically with just over a month until election day. >> marin county election officials were hard at work wednesday testing their county's voting machines. >> we want voters to feel confident and thankfully, marin county has a long reputation of voter confidence in our elections. >> linda roberts is marin's registrar of voters. she says while the process is required by law, the county also views it as a crucial effort to provide as much transparency as possible about how they handle their

elections. a key part are these nonpartisan observers, volunteers from around the county. >> their mission is to go through this process and to verify that they reviewed the reports. everything is kosher, and we're ready now to count official ballots. >> wednesday's testing took about 2.5 hours, but roberts says her and her team have been working to get ready for november's election for months. >> it is far more detailed. the fact that she said they start six months in advance and very, very specific, very precise. all the rules and regulations that they go through. >> several of the observers told us they felt compelled to be a part of the process, a way to not only perform their civic duty, but also be an active part in the way our government works. >> it is what democracy is all about, and one person, one vote and the knowing that your vote counts, as in with the rest of the state. >> voters here in marin county will get a ballot by mail. those

will be sent out starting on monday and on tuesday. these drop boxes will be open for people as well. i'm in marin county. tim johns, abc seven news. >> still ahead here, we're continuing to track the dangerous heat. here's a live look at the conditions right now. we'll check back in with meteorologist sandhya

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river dumped several inches of rain just overwhelming the pah'-ha-row river and causing 120 foot wide levee breach. >> it forced more than 8000 people to evacuate and caused millions of dollars in damage. but now a fix is hopefully on the way. yeah, that's the hope. >> today, a groundbreaking ceremony was held as construction began to repair that levee. >> abc seven news reporter zach fuentes has been following the story and has more. >> a celebratory, groundbreaking set to usher in a project that aims to eventually prevent this from ever happening again. >> my goal is for them to be able to rest easy when it rains and not worry about that next flood, that next levee break in march of 2023, the pah'-ha-row levee breached, creating a flooding disaster. >> that flooding kept some people from their homes for weeks. many weren't able to return at all. now, wednesday's groundbreaking ushers in construction to provide 100 year flood risk reduction to the town of pah'-ha-row, city of watsonville and nearby farms. the $559 million project is

managed by the u.s. army corps of engineers, along with the pah'-ha-row regional flood management agency. the work begins along corralitos creek on corralitos creek. >> where we're standing now, there are no levees, so what's going to happen here is there's going to be new levees. there's going to be new flood walls, which are basically concrete walls to hold the water back where there isn't room for an earthen levee or earthen berm. >> the area where the work will begin. calls reach six isn't quite in pah'-ha-row, something locals were initially concerned about. >> the question was why is it starting here and not on a further down in pah'-huh-roe? >> both agencies managing the project say they understand those concerns. >> this is such a huge project. it's one that we can't unfortunately build all in one construction season. so that means we have to break it up into segments or reaches that get built one at a time, and everyone wants their reach built first. >> still, they reiterate that the project will benefit the entire region. >> first one we're going to be able to address right now is

this segment of corralitos creek, which strongly affected the city of watsonville. the pah'-ha-row bay village of watsonville strongly affected santa cruz county residents and the college road area. orchard park area. so those people are going to start to experience the benefits of this project. first, and then we're going to start moving downstream from there and making more improvements as we march through the project. >> the construction phase is expected to be 5 to 10 years in the pajaro valley. zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> okay, so let's get back now to the bay area heat wave and the heat warnings, as well as the advisories. >> here's a live look out across the bay area right now. and abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is back with details on dangerous conditions. sandhya. >> yeah, dan and we're looking at sweltering autumn heat that is likely going to set records for today. the official highs will not come down for another 15 20 minutes or so, but let's take a look at the highs so far. i just updated these again because at 5:00 san jose went up to 106 livermore 108. it's 105

now in fairfield. santa rosa airport 104. these numbers mid 90s san francisco, oakland 98 degrees. i am seeing a few cities that likely set records for today. we'll get the official word from the national weather service hopefully shortly and pass that along. it is definitely a nicer way to beat the heat by going to the coast. but you know, the coast is warm as well. it is 101 right now in santa rosa, 97 in napa. triple digits fairfield. concord livermore. a live view from our golden gate bridge camera. the breeze is really gentle. 84 in san francisco, 98 in hayward, 93 in oakland, 102 in redwood city, 99. 102 san jose 99 in redwood city and 70 in half moon bay. here is a live view from our sky star camera. look at this. i mean absolutely clear. this is at fisherman's wharf on top of the skystar wheel, giving you views like you've never seen before. unfortunately because of what we're dealing with, we do have areas of poor air quality

indicated by the oranges here. high pressure is putting a lid on the atmosphere. there's not much wind and so the spare the air was extended through tomorrow moderate to poor air quality tomorrow friday we're looking at moderate air quality. there's a high pressure responsible for our dangerous heat wave and our bad air quality, along with bringing heat risk. so tomorrow, major to extreme heat risk is expected around the bay and inland. you can see that indicated by the reds and the purples. but the good news is today it is covering a good portion of our inland areas. tomorrow it's actually shifting a little bit, which indicates that those temperatures are going to back off a bit. red flag warning southern portion of our viewing area around monterey county. san benito county until 8 p.m. thursday. gusty winds, low humidity and critically dry fuels all combining for the fire danger in our hills. it's not too windy. that's the good thing. atlas peak 24. but later on tonight into the overnight hours, we are expecting the

winds to go up a bit in the hills. so here's a look at the highlights. dangerous heat wave continues tomorrow. elevated fire danger dry and breezy in the hills tonight. friday heat will briefly ease. which i know some of you. many of you probably want to see. 620 triple digits inland 70s coast side. we go into 815. still going to be warm to hot inland around 10:00. temperatures dropping. and then tomorrow morning starting off with the mildest readings, eventually warming back up again tomorrow at noontime. you're looking at a lot of 80s and 90s, but notice the coast. it's not quite as warm temperature even in the city, coming down around with some of the bayside communities. the hottest inland areas will be up into the triple digits. here's a look at your morning temperatures anywhere from the 50s to the 70s. starting off clear tomorrow afternoon, south bay numbers 95 degrees 96 degrees sunnyvale 99, san jose 105. in gilroy on the peninsula 92. palo alto 95 redwood city, half moon bay, 72 degrees san francisco 83. you're going to come down from the 90s.

you will certainly feel the difference in the north bay. 98 in santa rosa, 97 san rafael, east bay 88, oakland 97 castro valley. head inland. it's still going to sizzle. 102 in concord, 104 in livermore, the accuweather seven day forecast that heat wave will be in the danger territory once again tomorrow. minor heat relief friday 70s to 90s. unfortunately, triple digits are back for the weekend. not quite as intense as what we're experiencing. finally cooling and we get a break early next week. back to average mid 80s. that'll be great. i mean, that'll be fantastic right? yeah. >> easy peasy. >> yes, i think it's too long and has overstayed its welcome. we need this heat wave to go. thanks, andy. all right. doubling down on electric air taxis. >> we're going to tell you about

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>> david: tonight, breaking news involving donald trump. what jack smith just revealed, and trump's response just in. also tonight, vice president harris in the storm zone. also, the bank of america accounts that suddenly showed customers they had a zero balance in their accounts. and the breaking news tonight involving the matthew perry case. first tonight, president biden touring the devastation caused by hurricane helene and the storm that followed.