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later on this afternoon and even later on this evening. it's not all that cool. by 11 p.m, temperatures are still mainly in the 70s and in the 80s, so highs today 80s and 90s around the bay shoreline 102 in concord, about 102. in ukiah, 104 in livermore, 100 in san jose. it is hot in santa cruz today at 9188. that and children and children in high in oakland. overnight school are no exception. in tonight, not much in the way of fact, a joint uc berkeley stanford report shows between 15 cool weather, 60s and 70s, but in our hills in the santa cruz and 20% of california's mountains and the east bay kindergarten through 12th grade hills, the north bay mountains, we're keeping those temperatures public school kids have no functioning heating and air in the 80s overnight tonight. so conditioning systems at all. so future tracker shows you tomorrow we have another warm to as climate change continues to hot afternoon. heat advisories, increase, the days of excessive heat, what can schools and the excessive heat warnings do state do? joining us live now is continue. and then it gets even hotter here. saturday and sarah hinkley, california programs manager at uc berkeley sunday. so looking at the center for cities and schools. weekend forecast both saturday sarah, thanks for your time. and sunday, it's full sunshine >> yeah, thanks for having me. on the lower end. you see the let's talk about this. coastline is going back into the >> i mean, we are so sweating 80s for daytime highs. we'll have 90s around the bay under the collar and, you know, shoreline once again and then california has such vast inland we're topping out at 100 differences in climates and resources. so the experiences of
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to 102, both afternoons, so it's public school students in the state must be so different. warm to hot out there over the normally not this week, maybe, weekend. so if you are headed to but what's the big picture that really concerns you? berkeley, we have college game >> well, the big picture is in day in town. it will be quite warm. sure, the morning is nice and comfy. we'll be in the 60s, california, we really leave school facility funding up to but those temperatures in berkeley, they do climb very the local voters. so local districts need to have voter quickly. so by 5 p.m. it's sunny. it's warm. we'll likely approved bonds in order to fund have max temperatures in the upper 80s near 90 degrees in school infrastructure projects. and a lot of people probably berkeley. so the accuweather seven day forecast shows you our don't realize that that's very heat wave continues today rolls different from how we fund the on through the upcoming weekend. rest of education. so really, it's going to be hot this those vast differences in local weekend. saturday and sunday. keep taking those precautions. property wealth turn up in vast and then by tuesday we'll snap differences in facility quality. this heat wave as cooling continues on wednesday, as our so districts that simply don't marine layer returns. have the money to fund upgrades >> all right. so hang in there to their air conditioning folks. while we're talking about systems, other building upgrades the hot weather, you're going to that make hvac systems more see a qr code on your screen efficient are just unavailable there. it will take you to our to districts that don't have the website abc7 news .com, where you'll find the forecast and property base to fund those have access to the same live themselves. >> sounds like you're saying doppler radar that our weather there's an equity issue, and i team uses day after day of hot wonder what are the hottest weather. can really take a toll regions? and do they correlate on all of us. abc seven news and happen to correspond to the reporter lena howland heard from
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regions that also have the people living in san francisco lowest property taxes? right. who say they're tired and fed up the lowest values on the homes? with this heat wave. >> yes. there's absolutely a >> reporter living in san correlation between places that francisco sure has its perks, are much warmer and likely to but many locals say an october get even warmer in the coming heat wave isn't one of them. decade, and places that have >> i think it's been a little lower levels of property wealth. overwhelming. it's just like, and a lot of that is just people really hot to realize you don't who have resources moved to need a jacket and to wear clothes that you usually coastal areas that are cooler. a typically don't here in the city. lot of climate experts expect >> now, on the arrow, just open that that will continue to the window. >> daniel hastings and his happen as the climate warms. husband corey were greeted by people who can move away from near 90 degree temperatures when they got back from scotland on areas of high wildfires and heat monday. >> very rare, you know. i'm not will simply be able to move away exposed to that in scotland at all. but you know, i think this more from those risks. and so has been kind of consistent. we'll see those disparities every october seems to be quite really exacerbate. and in a hot month for us. so no, it was welcomed this week at night, california, we don't have a less so. but during the day i'm statewide strategy to address that. we don't have a statewide okay about it. >> despite working from home, climate strategy to address they're part of 50% of people living in the city's metro area school facilities. and so we're that don't have air conditioning, according to we're really leaving it up to census bureau data released last the that local inequality to week. >> only thing i miss is not having ac in the house. that sort of persist. right. >> and i mean, in san francisco, would be nice, but that's like a san francisco thing. >> thursday marks day four of for example, right now in
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november, they have a school the excessive heat warning, bond measure. right. and they though it won't hit 90. melissa don't know if it's going to pass. and so if school districts armendariz says she's not taking any chances when it comes to her individually can't get the three dogs because it's 76, in funding from the people who live san francisco and it's a heat there to say, sure, here's more money for improvements to warning for us. schools, then the kids are kind >> so i'm trying to just get of sweltering. but let me ask them some water and some time you why we should care about any outside without it being so hot of that in the sense that are for us. >> and while she's part of the there studies that link lucky half of the city that does classroom temperatures and the ability to learn? have ac already built into her >> absolutely. so we know that unit, i couldn't imagine not as temperatures rise, students having it. >> during these times, are less able to pay attention. especially, we don't need it. so it's harder for them to retain most of the year, she says. information. we know that we're seeing even in places in >> it's for the dogs. >> i think the ac is mostly for california, that schools have to send children home early and in them than it is us. extreme heat. that obviously >> so but keep those sweaters and jackets handy as you might jeopardizes learning for need them toward the end of next students, and we continue to week. >> enjoy it while it lasts, have more and more research that because i'm sure we'll be complaining about how cold it shows that hot classrooms mean was about to get. so yeah, no, i can't complain too much in san students get less out of the school day. francisco. >> lena howland abc seven news. >> so in the 30s, we have left >> the bay area heat wave has really quickly. what is the left many people feeling tired and sometimes even forgetful. solution? i mean, from the experts say it's a good time to policy standpoint, and then also remind parents and pet owners not to leave their kids or dogs then the individual standpoint
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in the car, heat stroke expert locally. >> well, from a statewide policy jan noll says in the first ten standpoint, we really need a minutes after turning off a car, temperatures can shoot up 20 strategy for the state to make degrees well over 100 degrees. up some of those differences in it's heat that children and local capacity. the same way toddlers can't handle because that we decided ten years ago to their internal temperatures rise do that for overall education 3 to 5 times faster than adults. funding. and we need the state to help us understand where that >> 90 degrees today in some need really is. we don't have places in the bay area may be even hotter. we're looking at centralized information about where students are really 135 plus, and those are just not suffering the most. and for survivable temperatures for an local districts, i think adult, but especially for a continuing to advocate for child. greater state funding and to >> an average of 37 children die talk to their communities about each year from heat stroke after the importance of these kinds of being attended or unattended. adaptations. as we get warmer that is, in a car or a vehicle track. the heat wave with the and warmer to keep kids learning in the classroom, it's kind of abc seven bay area app. you can hard to ignore when you're 100 follow the forecast with the degrees for days. >> sarah hinkley, california same live doppler seven tools programs manager at uc berkeley that our weather team uses, as i center for cities and schools. mentioned, and find tips to stay thank you. >> yeah, thank you for having m. cool. new developments now a legal victory today for >> a blockbuster court filing against former president trump president joe biden's student loan forgiveness program. a shares new evidence in his federal judge will allow a alleged efforts to overturn the lawsuit and restraining order results of the 2020 election, against the program to expire, and former first lady melania
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clearing the way for it to trump takes a political stand in continue. the judge says the her new legal challenge by georgia didn't show the state would be adequately harmed by the $73 billion loan forgiveness plan, despite arguments that it would hurt the state's tax revenue. the case is now expected to move to missouri, another of five states suing over the plan. reuters reports. the missouri judge could make a decision by tomorrow on whether to block the program. a high stakes standoff at a big ports or big ports on the east coast and gulf coast could cause product shortages and reignite inflation. dock workers walked off the job on to shake up city hall? in nearly ten years as supervisor, tuesday. workers have received an offer that includes a 50% mark grew the bureaucracy raise over the course of the by authorizing or creating contract, but they're asking for a commission almost every year. a 77% raise. as reporter laura he rubber stamped hundreds of millions to homeless nonprofits aguirre explains, the strike is already impacting the stock at with zero accountability some stores. and orchestrated a pay-to-play scheme >> there's clearly a deal to be that sold out taxpayers had. >> transportation secretary pete to the highest bidder. buttigieg, weighing in on day mark farrell has all three of a massive port strike. the wrong experience
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for the change we need. >> no contract, no work. >> operations at major shipping terminals along the east and gulf coasts are at a standstill. >> we have been engaging the parties on all sides, urging them to come to the table. if the strike starts pushing into a second week or third week, we're going to start to see some disruptions. >> there are already signs of supply chain uncertainty in some cities. store shelves around the hampton roads area of virginia bear of many essential items like water and paper goods. as union members picket outside of the port there. experts caution against panic buying, noting that many of those daily basics are produced in north america, not reliant on shipping imports. >> we have thousands of cases that are on order from holidays, and a lot of those are on the water now trying to get here. >> for retailers who do rely on ships like this wine and liquor store in houston, a prolonged strike could dent holiday sales and frustrate customers. >> the next thing is consumers will see higher prices.
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>> i don't like it. >> secretary buttigieg says he feels both sides are not that far apart on key sticking points like pay raises all the way in industry after industry autoworkers to. >> you've seen historic deals with with wage increases for workers coming alongside the former president trump in continued business success. and the election case. prosecutors that's what we're hoping will be the outcome here. for trump say they say he >> i'm laura aguirre for abc knowingly pushed false claims of seven news. >> san jose state university's voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election and, women's volleyball team is set to play tonight in colorado, in quote, resorted to crimes in his failed bid to cling to power. the midst of a growing controversy over a san jose trump, on newsnation, said it's state athlete's gender. utah too late to bring anything new state is the latest school forward in this case. withdrawing from their match >> this was a weaponization of against san jose state on government, and that's why it was released 30 days before the october 23rd. it follows a election. >> the latest unsealed court forfeit from boise state, filing follows a supreme court southern utah and wyoming. these opinion that granted broad teams are protesting ncaa rules immunity on former presidents and narrowed the scope of the allowing transgender women to compete in women's athletics. prosecution. the election case against trump has repeatedly some conservative lawmakers say been delayed as he attempts to the forfeiting teams are push off the prosecution until fighting for fairness in women's sports and ensuring player after the november election. safety. san jose state has only melania trump, meantime, is getting political. she's
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said their student athletes are speaking out about abortion in compliance with ncaa rules rights in her upcoming memoir. and regulations. the spartans abc news reporter andrea fujii has some excerpts. are set to play colorado state tonight in fort collins. the >> we're seeing reported glimpse popular tourist attraction, the wax museum, is now closed in san into former first lady melania trump's new memoir in which she breaks from her husband's stance francisco after 60 years of being at fisherman's wharf. on abortion, supporting a madame tussauds lists their san francisco location as now woman's right to choose. in excerpts published by the closed. it operated the museum guardian and not independently verified by abc news, she writes for about a decade. it included wax figures of local stars like why should anyone other than the stephen curry and former mayor woman herself have the power to willie brown, and oakland native determine what she does with her zendaya. there were also figures of other stars like tupac, drake own body? a woman's fundamental right of individual liberty to and prince harry. madame her own life grants her the tussauds says figures of local e authority to terminate her pregnancy if she wishes, adding it is imperative to guarantee that women have autonomy in deciding their preference of having children based on their own convictions, free from any intervention or pressure from the government. the memoir detailing her life is set to be released next week. >> it is a lot of misinformation and falsehoods written about me, and i want to put the record stephen curry and former mayor
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willie brown, and oakland native straight. >> the former first lady has zendaya. there were also figures been relatively absent from the of other stars like tupac, drake trump campaign trail, but has and prince harry. madame tussauds says class. as our clis maintained her staunch support for him. her pro-choice stance is a stark contrast from her husband, who has celebrated his appointment of three supreme court justices who helped overturn roe v wade. >> what i did is something for 52 years, they've been trying to get roe v wade into the states and through the genius and heart and strength of six supreme court justices, we were able to do that. >> trump has said he supports certain exceptions to abortion restrictions, and has said he wouldn't sign a federal abortion ban, but falsely claimed during the presidential debate that democrats support abortions even after birth. besides abortion, melania trump, an immigrant herself, also writes about immigration. she reportedly says she likes to keep occasional political disagreements private. a spokesperson for mrs. trump
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and the trump campaign did not respond to our requests for comment. andrea fujii abc news, new york. >> vice president kamala harris's campaign got a boost this afternoon from the bass. musician bruce springsteen posted a video on his instagram account endorsing the harris campaign. the rocker cited the division in the country as the primary reason. he also referred to trump as, quote, the most dangerous candidate for president in my lifetime. springsteen joins other major musicians who have recently endorsed harris, including taylor swift, beyonce and olivia rodrigo. so with ranked choice voting, who would? san francisco mayoral candidates put second on their own ballots. their thoughts nex
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the winner due to ranked choice voting. our final question to each candidate was to ask who they will list as their second choice in ranked choice voting to help san francisco voters prepare. we invited the leading candidates for mayor to abc seven, and they sat down ■for interviews with abc seven news morning anchor reggie aqui annie gauss, the senior news editor covering business and politics forior news editor covering business and politics for the san francisco standard, and kara swisher, the author, journalist and host of the podcast on with kara swisher. and after they discussed what they heard. here's part of that conversation, as well as what the candidates had to say. and we learned the candidates on mayoral hopeful or one will not be included on his ballot. >> i think it would be disingenuous for me to sit here and say anything other than, you know, put me number one. i can make it very easy for your viewers. put daniel lurie number
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one. and if you like somebody else and you want you, you could see them as your mayor, then you can put them 2 or 3. but i've seen these city hall insiders and i'm not going to sit here and say, put somebody number two. >> i'm not telling anybody who to vote for second or third. just make sure to put mark farrell first. >> is there anyone who you're specifically not putting on your ballot? >> look, i'm running for mayor to challenge the incumbent because i don't believe london breed has done a good job for the city of san francisco. and failed in her leadership of our city over the last six years. so obviously, that's someone i'm not going to be putting on my ballot. and i think other people like an aaron peskin, represent a complete divergence from where i believe the city of san francisco should go. so those two people will not be on my ballot for what is your number two? >> three and four? >> i'm still i'm still making that decision. >> is there anybody you've totally ruled out? >> i will tell you that there are actually eight other candidates on this ballot that people should take a look at,
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and i've actually gotten to know a few of them, and a few of them actually have compelling stories and compelling policies. >> this race is likely to be determined by ranked choice voting. what will you list as your number two? who will you list as your number two on the ballot? and i would love you to be able to say something positive about that choice. >> i cannot today, i'm sorry. not really. listen, i you know, that's a hard one. that's a hard one, kara, because you know, the challenge i have, i know, i just say it's a hard one, mostly because, you know, this is not a job for. i mean, it's dangerous to have someone be considered just because they have money and they have no experience because this is a serious job. daniel lurie this is this is number two. uh- definitely not number, not number anything. and it's hard to look at most of the candidates and think that they would be anyone that i would ever want to see serve as mayor
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of san francisco. >> aaron peskin has a lot of experience. >> well, well, look, whether it's experience or whether it's temperament, those are things that need to be taken into consideration because it does require hard decisions. and the people of san francisco have to be your number one priority. and that's what has happened throughout my entire duration of running this city. >> so do you really think you would leave it blank? are you going to leave it blank? >> i haven't decided yet. >> that is an interesting conversation. you can hear more. and that was just a three minute clip. we talked to each of the four candidates for almost a half hour. watch the unedited interviews on our website, abc7 news.com/sf mayor or wherever you stream abc7 news. tonight is the opening night of the 47th annual mill valley film festival. three venues in the north bay will hold screenings of the film conclave actor ralph fiennes is in the movie and is expected to be at the screening at the marin country mart in larkspur. amy adams and jude law will also be in the north bay
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for the festival, which runs through october 13th. the lineup features more than 100 films from 40 countries. always worth checking out. that's going to do it for now. thanks so much for joining us. world news tonight with david muir starts right now. and i'll see you back here at four. tonight, the verdict just in in the police beating death of tyre nichols. the future of three former memphis officers in the jury's hands. what they have just
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