got to make the best of it. get outdoors and get near the water where it's nice and cool. >> good idea. good advice. as the bay area heat wave continues. many of you seeing yet another day of triple digit temperatures and we have team coverage for you. you say it the way the heat lingers in the

north bay. >> schools are finding ways to beat the heat without air conditioning. how they're getting creative with what's on campus to keep students cool and safe. >> plus, i'm dustin dorsey in san jose. do you know how hot and inside of a car can get on days like today? and experts said hot enough to become deadly for children left inside. but we have tips to keep your little ones safe. >> all right. so a lot to talk about. good afternoon, i'm kristen z. >> and i'm larry viel. thanks for joining us. of course a lot of important information to get to about the heat wave. but let's start things off with our team coverage. a look at the temperatures that we're experiencing throughout the bay area right now. >> yes. so let's check in with abc seven news meteorologist frances lawson to see just how hot it is. we are afraid to look, frances. >> i know it is still sizzling out there. larry. kristen. in fact, we'll show you the temperatures right now. many areas still at 100 or above. you can see that san jose, 101, livermore 104 gilroy in concord, 102 degrees. fairfield 101 ukiah 100. and then you'll see lots of

seconds around the bay. san francisco seems like the cool spot at 80 degrees. and maybe you want to take a dip in the ocean. a chilly 62 degrees. now, compared to where we were yesterday, we are actually cooler by a few degrees. notice more cooling in the north bay like ukiah and also santa rosa. dropped by seven degrees tomorrow we will drop even a few more degrees. here's a futurecast model. so even by 6:00 this evening, still some 90 9:00 hanging on to the 80s. and then tomorrow we really don't get much relief overnight. so even if you open up the windows, still 60s and 70s tomorrow morning, now, tomorrow will be a few degrees cooler and i'll let you know when we can expect more significant relief with the accuweather seven day forecast. larry. kristen. >> all right. francis. we'll see you in a few minutes. some schools in the bay area really grappling with the heat because they have limited air conditioning or they have none at all. >> abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn checked in with school districts today. she

joins us live from san rafael with more suzanne. kristen. larry, we are at san pedro elementary school. >> this school has limited air conditioning. right down the street is another school that has absolutely no air conditioning whatsoever, which may be tough for some people to hear because when i last checked my phone, it was about 85 degrees out here. students and staff folks, they have to be creative and they're looking for ways to beat the heat. no question about it. it's hot. >> really hot. yesterday i think we clocked around 100 and maybe 106 here in san rafael at san rafael city schools. >> some classrooms have ac and some don't. >> when i pick him up, he's all sweaty and hot. >> marcella desantis, five year old son, goes to sun valley elementary. his kindergarten classroom is cool thanks to air conditioning. >> it's not the coolest, but it's not super hot. >> but other classrooms are even warmer. according to the superintendent of san rafael city schools, only nine of the district's 12 elementary schools have full ac. sun valley elementary and san pedro

elementary have partial ac. glenwood elementary, one of the older schools, does not have any ac at all, according to the superintendent. quote, the hvac projects for the three schools will start when school gets out in the summer of 2025, and we anticipate sun valley and san pedro will be complete by the end of summer 2025. we anticipate glenwood will be complete by the end of summer 2026. the superintendent says they're bringing in fans, reminding everyone to drink a lot of water, and for classrooms without air conditioning, schools are using the gym or multi-purpose room for classes or recess. schools having limited or no air conditioning are a big concern in california, uc berkeley and stanford university researchers wrote in a report last year that, quote, between 15 and 20% of california's k through 12 public schools have no functioning mechanical hvac systems at all. and today on abc seven getting answers. doctor sarah hinkley of uc berkeley center for cities and schools told us. students struggle more at schools without

air conditioning. >> as temperatures rise, students are less able to pay attention. it's harder for them to retain information we know that we're seeing even in places in california, that schools have to send children home early and in extreme heat, that obviously jeopardizes learning for students, and we continue to have more and more research that shows that hot classrooms mean students get less out of the school day. >> and those researchers are also telling us that 10% of the schools across california need major repair, or they need to replace their systems to function adequately. live in san rafael, suzanne phan abc seven news. >> thank you. suzanne. the bay area heat has a lot of us feeling just worn down sometimes forgetful. but you would never, ever forget your own child in your car on a day like today, right? well, abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey says this is much more common than you might think. and he spoke with

an expert about ways to prevent a potentially deadly accident for parents out there. >> this scenario may sound familiar. you're coming home from the grocery store, may be distracted by a phone call, your child is napping in their car seat. you turn off your car and continue with your conversation into your home, but left sitting in the back seat. your child. and with our recent bay area heat wave heat stroke expert jan noll says a car's temperature can quickly make this moment deadly. >> 90 degrees today in some places in the bay area may be even hotter. we're looking at 135 plus, and those are just not survivable temperatures for an adult, but especially for a child. >> noll says in the first ten minutes after turning off a car, temperatures shoot up 20 degrees, which would be around 120 based on thursday's highs in san jose heat. that children and toddlers can't handle because their internal temps rise 3 to 5 times faster than adults. >> so you or i could be in a car that's 120 degrees, 130 degrees, and we'd be really uncomfortable very rapidly. but within a short

amount of time, that could be a fatal incident for a child. >> and it's been fatal 35 times nationwide this year. noll says about a quarter of the cases come from negligence, believing it's not too hot to leave a child in the car. another 25% of cases are when kids end up in cars on their own, but half of the deaths are the result of accidents when a child is forgotten in their car seat, like in moraga in 2018, young lily of oakland was pronounced dead at the hospital. >> as of this moment, it just appears to be a tragic accident. >> it happens to the entire socioeconomic spectrum from, you know, professionals down to the unemployed. >> noll says there are ways to help you remember, some cars are equipped with safety reminders for kids in the back seat. but he says you can also put important items like a wallet or purse in the back seat or an item in the front seat, like a stuffed animal to help you remember your little one. these are steps that seem simple but can be life saving on hot days like today in san jose, dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> all right, san franciscans

have been taking the opportunity to enjoy the sunshine these past couple of days. perhaps our last blast of summer like weather. take a look at some of these photos. people laying out in the sun, working on their tans at alamo square too. well, taking their dogs to ocean beach or in this shot, just surfing. there you go. read a book. there's the reading. a book in the park and it's gorgeous. there are also surfers. we'll get to that. maybe some of the brave souls are even skipping the wetsuit. ocean. still pretty cool. >> yes, yes, it is 63 degrees, i believe. >> all right, so you can track this heat wave with the abc seven bay area apps. you can follow the forecast with the same live doppler seven tools that our weather team uses and find tips to try to stay cool. >> all right. to on politics. your voice, your vote. only 32 days to go until election day. and today, dueling rallies in the bay area over proposition 36. now, if approved by voters, that ballot measure would increase sentences for certain drug and theft crimes. but it's proven to be a polarizing issue

for many people. >> abc seven news reporter tim johns talked to people on both sides of this issue, and he joins us live from the newsroom with details. tim. >> yeah. larry. kristen. it's important to remember that a lot of the conversation around prop 36 actually has to deal with another proposition that, of course, being prop 47, which was passed by voters back in 2014. that law reduced the sentencing for some drug and theft crimes from felonies to misdemeanors. ever since then, people around the state have been debating whether that decision was actually correct. opposing rallies on opposite sides of the san francisco bay, both of them regarding proposition 36, a ballot measure that voters will decide on during next month's election. if passed, prop 36 would increase sentencing for certain drug and theft crimes, rolling back previous criminal justice reforms passed by voters in 2014. >> we have a situation right now in san francisco where there's just a level of public drug use that that we can't tolerate. it's not helping our neighborhoods. it's not helping our economy. but least of all, it's not helping anybody who is

struggling with a substance use disorder. >> san francisco supervisor matt dorsey was a part of the yes on 36 rally. he says in addition to reintroducing harsher penalties for some offenses, prop 36 would also create a new treatment focused court process for some drug possession crimes, a proposal that dorsey says is popular among many in the rehabilitation community, of which he considers himself a part of. >> the bottom line is treatment sometimes needs to be mandated or coerced. sometimes up to 90% of treatment experiences involve some form of coercion. >> across the bay in san leandro, people gathered for another proposition 36 rally, this one urging folks to vote no. jose bernal of the ella baker center was one of the speakers. bernal believes if passed, prop 36 would roll back hard fought criminal justice reforms and return the state to failed. tough on crime policies. >> we know that it has disastrous consequences. we know that it filled our prisons up. we know that it didn't make us

any safer. and if this passes, it will absolutely set us back. >> also in attendance was eddie kitchen. kitchens grandson, steven taylor was killed in the san leandro walmart back in april 2020. that's where the rally was held on thursday. kitchen tells me she worries if prop 36 is passed, it will lead to more violent police encounters and jail time for people like her grandson. >> they accused him of stealing. he wasn't stealing. he was in a mental health crisis. he was unhoused at the time, and he was a drug addict. he was black. that should not be a reason to be executed. >> recent polling from the public policy institute of california shows as many as 71% of californians plan to vote yes on prop 36 numbers that bernal attributes to companies like walmart. spending millions of dollars to get the measure passed. however, he believes with hard work, those figures could be turned around. >> i think once we once voters actually hear what it does and what it will do and what it will mean, i think that that polling sways a lot more.

>> while prop 36 is opposed by governor gavin newsom, it has garnered support from many bay area leaders, including the mayors of san francisco and san jose. now, another thing prop 36 would do if passed is that it would require courts to warn people convicted of selling illegal drugs to others that they can be charged with murder if one of their clients dies. live in the newsroom tim johns, abc seven news. tim. >> thank you. san francisco sheriff paul miyamoto is appealing a federal district court ruling that limits deputies from performing warrantless searches of participants in the department's pretrial electronic monitoring program. it was a little confusing, but i try to lay it out for you here today. mayor london breed, district attorney brooke jenkins and city attorney david chu were among the city leaders giving their support to the sheriff on monday. miyamoto announced he would suspend new enrollments in what they call the agency's m program. that includes the use of ankle monitors to track people. officials say ankle monitors help authorities keep watch of people while they await trial and keep deputies in the public safe. well, jenkins says the

ruling actually makes things more difficult for the court and could drive up jail populations. >> in many of these cases, we have actually requested detention, but yet this is being used as a less restrictive alternative. these defendants had agreed to this condition. >> this was the condition for them to be released into the community. and so somehow that we're violating their constitutional rights when they fully consent to this in a courtroom is just not a principle that we agree with. council. >> a federal judge ruled that warrantless searches violated defendants right to privacy and freedom. he threatened to hold the city in contempt of court if the violations continue. >> we're hearing for the first time from the family of a daly city man shot to death over the weekend. relatives of rolando yanga issued this photo and a statement about his death sunday. a neighbor caught part of the incident on surveillance video. yanga was followed home and then shot by someone in another vehicle. 21 year old marji afridi is facing charges for the murder. his mother is

charged with being an accessory to a felony. authorities say yanga worked part time at a gym where afridi was a member. they say yanga had approached the suspect over alleged vandalism at the gym. the yanga family said in a statement we are heartbroken over the tragic loss of our beloved husband, father grandfather rolando. he was taken from us through a series, a senseless act of violence leaving our hearts shattered and our lives forever changed. sad. >> coming up on abc seven news at four. out with the old and with the new. to help san francisco's housing crisis. we'll tell you about the idea just approved by the governor. we're looking ahead to election day and the san francisco mayoral race. more of our in-depth conversations with each candidate and the countdown to espn's college gameday at cal for the very first time ever. we'll take you to b

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for the change we need. barrow police have just released body cam footage of the incident to show their perspective of what happened. police say the vending task force was conducting regular enforcement of unpermitted vending when a scuffle broke out. they say the vendor hit a port employee, though we do not see that happen in this video. police interviewed and handcuffed the vendor as she was resisting. it's not clear whether the vendor knew she was breaking the law. this is the original video

of the incident that went viral. police say it is edited and does not show what led up to her arrest. they say if a port worker is harassed or attacked, they will intervene. >> governor newsom has announced plans to transform an outdated san francisco dmv into hundreds of affordable housing units. the dmv office at fell and baker streets has been there since 1960. it needs repairs at state owned building will be turned into a multi-use complex with 370 homes, including a modernized dmv department of motor vehicles. the chronicle reports that the dmv office is scheduled for completion in 2029. first phase of housing set for 2030. now, francis was joking about jumping into the ocean because it's like 60 something degrees. yeah. we'll see. aaron peskin out there to swim to alcatraz. we'll just keep going. you know, just. >> all right, i know his ad, right? yeah. yeah. i mean, that looks better today than most days. francis. >> yeah, definitely be great to head to the coast or the beaches

in the next few days, especially this weekend. we're going to show you a pretty view as we show you live shot of the golden gate bridge. but check out these temperatures. still some areas above 100 degrees, like san jose 101, although it's down from 106 yesterday. san francisco looks much more comfortable at 80 degrees. oakland is currently 94. hayward 98. half moon bay is 68, so noticeably cooler at the beaches. and from mount tam you see all those clear skies out there in santa rosa right now. 96 petaluma, 93, napa 91. so it is cooler in some parts of the north bay and still inland areas like fairfield, concord and livermore above 100, livermore at 104 degrees. here's a look at live doppler seven. not a cloud in the sky. and as we pull out what we'll show you this area of high pressure really keeping things clear for us. but some clouds will start to make their way in the accuweather seven day forecast. beautiful view of the beach where folks might want to head. so here's what you need to

know. the heat wave continues tomorrow, even though temperatures will come down. maybe about 3 to 8 degrees for some neighborhoods. and then this weekend it's still going to be hot. in fact, temperatures will come up again a few degrees. really, it's not until next week. the heat relief arrives for especially inland areas. so with that, the excessive heat warning has been extended through tomorrow until 11:00. so the areas of pink there inland areas can still reach up to 108 degrees. and then the areas of orange. that's a heat advisory. coastal areas, some of them may still reach up to 95 degrees. so for the heat risk tomorrow, especially for inland areas and in the east bay and parts of the south bay, we're still thinking major to extreme heat risk. so avoid being outside in the afternoon. there is a red flag warning though. south of gilroy for parts of monterey and san benito county, and then this offshore. gusts 20 to 30 mile per hour. this red flag warning will expire at 8:00 this evening. no, tonight it's going to cool a

little bit, but not enough. temperatures in the north bay will be dropping into the 50s to near 60 around the bay. generally low 60s. so you may want to open up the window, then get ready for another hot day. maybe not triple digits, but still hot. san jose 97. gilroy morgan hill 99. we'll see. upper 80s on the lower part of the peninsula, like menlo park, palo alto, and then at the beaches still in the mid 70s for tomorrow. downtown san francisco 81. and then here's a look at north bay. still a lot of 90s near 100 in cloverdale, east bay. definitely summer weather with temperatures in the upper 80s to low 90s and then triple digit heat near it for the inland areas, but not above it, at least, except for brentwood. here's the accuweather seven day forecast, so i'm still going to call it hot, even though it's a few degrees cooler. and then the heat wave continues as temperatures pick up on saturday. the heat really starts to ease on monday. more relief for inland communities. finally, in the 90s on tuesday, and then

we'll slowly cool down towards the end of the week. finally closer to average. yeah, speed it up. >> i know we're going to plummet all the way to 96 in a couple of days. it's going to be amazing. yes, exactly. all right. thank you. francis. >> improving the public perception of san francisco. it's one of the big tasks that will face whomever is elected mayor in november. we'll be talking to the top candidates about how they plan to change, how the world sees the city. >> plus, all eyes on uc berkeley as they get hyped to host espn's college game day for the first time ever. what to expect

that hurricane has now become the deadliest storm to hit the u.s. mainland since katrina back in 2005. the death toll climbing to 215 across six states. and

right now, the national guard is in hard hit western north carolina, handing out relief supplies like food and water that is desperately needed. now, satellite images from the state are giving a new perspective of the scope of the disaster. so this is a before shot from a town just outside of asheville, north carolina. pay attention to some of the lush green landscape that you're going to see on your screen here. because the after photo is coming, most of that green has turned to mud after helene just tore tore through the area. the images proving that the road to recovery is going to be a long one, and difficult. you can help people recover after hurricane helene by donating to the red cross. scan the qr code on your screen. go straight to the donation page or visit redcross.org. slash abc. developing now. >> sources say the union representing striking east coast and gulf coast dock workers has reached a tentative agreement to end the strike. they're extending their contract until january 15th to provide time to negotiate a new contract for

45,000 dock workers. the union has been striking since tuesday for job protections against automation and a 77% wage increase over the next six years to make up for past increases they say have not kept up with inflation. shipping companies, meantime, have made hundreds of billions of dollars in profit since the pandemic and have countered with a 50% increase. >> all right, still much more to come on abc seven news at four. >> up next, the issue of image. how is san francisco seen in the bay area, the country and around the world? san francisco has an image problem still after all this time. >> it's better than it was, but it still exists. and it's not just because of ron desantis, fox news and elon musk's inane rants on any given tuesday. >> so what will the leading candidates for mayor do about this? their in-depth individual interviews done here at abc seven?

gauss from the standard and well known author and podcaster kara swisher had the opportunity this week to talk at length with the top candidates. london breed,

mark farrell, daniel lurie and aaron peskin all came to abc7 where we asked them about their plans to make the quality of life better in san francisco. these in-depth interviews will help you hopefully make an informed decision about your vote. now, the global perception of san francisco clearly is not what it used to be. >> so how will these candidates improve the city's tarnished image? >> even local abc seven news reporter monica madden joins us now to tell us more about what they had to say. monica. yeah. >> well, san francisco has really had a hard time in recent years in terms of its international presence in terms of what people think about the image due to images of robberies, vacant streets and rampant drug use. those have been seen all around the world, and it's keeping businesses from moving in and tourists from visiting. the next mayor will certainly need to change that for one of the most iconic cities in america, its reputation precedes itself. but in recent years, san francisco has had a pr problem. >> the city has struggled, like many in recent years, with homelessness, rampant drug use

and crime. >> it was one of the nicest cities in the world. we were going to go back and visit this summer, but we decided to go someplace safer, like baghdad. >> perception and reality are two things, but the candidates for mayor all acknowledge that the city has gotten a bad rep. >> when you utter san francisco, immediately you get this response of yikes! what do you do? >> former interim mayor mark farrell says the view of the city cannot change until its problems are solved. >> unless you fix the underlying issues that are truly making it tough for people who live here, but also people that visit here. to me, it's like lipstick on a pig, right? we need to have sustainable growth, sustainable difference in san francisco. so as mayor, 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, taking advantage of our sister cities around the world to bring our economy back. but we cannot start doing that in earnest unless we have a mayor that's going to focus in a

determined fashion on those first core issues. i'm a cheerleader for san francisco. if we're doing better, that's great. but the reality is we might have come off the bottom, but we should expect so much more in san francisco, not only from our own city, but from our city leaders. >> nonprofit leader daniel lurie says he has the chops for getting tourists back. >> mayor ed lee in 2013 saw my ability to bring civic leaders together, business leaders together, and asked me to chair the bid to bring super bowl 50 here, a global sporting event. it wasn't because i was a sports guy. it was because he knew that i could deliver, and we did. we brought a global sporting event, $240 million of economic revenue. i've housed over 40,000 people since 2015. i know how to get big things done. and the key component of all of it is holding people accountable. if you want more of the same, you got four other people to choose from. if you want something different, if you want change in this city, i'm all i'm here for

it. >> board of supervisors president aaron peskin says he'll work with everyone on the board to make necessary changes to improve the city's biggest issues. >> so i listened to people i work with, people i try to figure out what the best path forward is. i work with experts. i try to bring people together. you've seen it in instances where i work with my political opponents, like the work that mayor breed and i did to change the zoning downtown to build more housing. the work that i'm doing with my colleagues to provide more affordable financing so we can address our housing crisis. >> and as mayor since 2018, incumbent london breed gets a lot of the blame. >> san francisco has an image problem. >> still, after all this time, it's better than it was, but it still exists. larceny thefts are higher than most cities in the united states. >> well, i'm glad to be here to answer the questions, to provide a lot of the facts about what's actually happening in san francisco. in fact, crime is

lower than it's been in a decad. and one of the great things we have now that we didn't have before was 21st century technology. never in the history of our police department were we able to use drones and cameras and other equipment, which has led to a remarkable change around crime. >> but breed says sf is on the rise again. >> i also want to make it very clear we are well on our way, and when i say well on our way, many larceny thefts overall are down, especially car break-ins. just in june and july alone are down over 70% and 50% overall year to date. this year. we're excited about the new numbers, the new data. but again, unless you feel it, we of course still have work to do. and i acknowledge that. >> all for hoping to make the world see san francisco once again as the city they love. and tomorrow you can hear more from the candidates as we ask what they had to say about san francisco's struggling economy, what needs to be done to bring

people back to union square, and how to bring life back to downtown downtown questions i know everyone is asking and these are huge issues for the city. >> absolutely. yeah. they've got to get solved. >> folks need to listen carefully because they're not just picking one person, they're ranking them top three. right. so listen to all your all the choices. >> and we asked them what their second choices were. so you can hear that on our website. all right. >> that should be interesting. all right. watch more of our special in-depth interviews with the san francisco mayoral candidates in the race at abc7 news.com/sf mayor, or wherever you stream abc7 news. >> you've heard the saying, what happens in vegas stays in vegas. maybe not. if you want to smell like your vacation and a sweet and spooktacular treat for our first. tasty thursday of october salt and straw. joining us live to show off their halloween ice

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that literally, the hype is building ahead of the golden bears huge game against eighth ranked miami at memorial stadium on saturday night, and today, crews constructed the set for saturday morning's espn college gameday. they will be on the cal campus for the very first time. it was also announced this morning. former golden bear tailback and nfl great marshawn lynch will be the celebrity guest picker. i knew it. i knew it was marshawn. somebody better be on that beat. but no, it's monitoring that with them. but cal students are expected to get up early for the live show because, kristen, we're expecting you to be out there at 6 a.m. as it's going to be electric. >> i think there's a good a good vibe on campus, and we're kind of feeling like a little sports school right now. >> well, cal was one of only six power conference teams that had never hosted espn college game day. so this is a it's a huge day. it's a huge opportunity.

and again, kristen, you went to cal. it's your school. yes 6 a.m. yes. we'll be looking for you in the crowd. you know you have to have a sign. okay. >> so i'm not that crazy. sorry. i love cal, but i do have a girlfriend. my walking partner who's going to stay over in berkeley tonight and at 12 a.m, start lining up so that when 4:00, when they start letting people into the pit. you know, larry, how they left 400 people. she's got her signs. her former sorority sister is going to be there with signs. and it's a whole thing. and students are making signs. it's it is truly the most school spirit i've seen there in a long time. a long time. >> what about your sign? >> my sign? yeah. so working. >> so working up a concept, right, francis? she's still working on francis. >> but i went there to. and i just. i was in the sports when i was there, but as an alumni, i don't have this urge to go back. and besides, i was in the engineering campus. we never left our buildings. we stayed underground. >> oh, she's true. she's she's

right about that. it's true. >> i didn't know there were two cal people. i went to lmu. we had rugby, so not quite the sam. >> yeah, but, larry, why does this show. why is this so important? like when they come to your school, why is it such a big deal? >> because it's a three hour extravaganza of the biggest names in college football, and they cover everything. the host of the show is a is a good buddy of mine, reese davis. we actually started on the same day at espn. he's still there and he's fantastic and they've got a whole cast and crew this year, they added alabama's head coach nick saban, former coach. so he's and he's hilarious. so it just it shines a spotlight on the school the way cal has has never had before. >> i mean except when we talk about nobel laureates and things like that okay. what happens in vegas doesn't always have to stay in vegas. i know you appreciate that, francis. you can now bring home the smells of some famous resorts. aroma retail works with iconic hotels in sin city to create a signature scent for their lobbies, but the company got the idea to bottle up the smells in

the form of candles. if you're wondering, here's what mandalay bay smells like. >> they originally wanted a coconut with attitude, so we played around with some ginger and clove and cinnamon, and the venetian candle smells like airy mediterranean marine notes. >> caesars palace is a blend of lemon and mandarin with a floral bouquet and white musk. the cosmopolitan candle includes the sense of sandalwood, jasmine and vanilla. ooh ama, can you design the bellagio scent? >> i mean, they all sound great. i'm glad they explained what they would be, because when i think the smells of las vegas cigarettes, cigarette smoke was number one. >> i was just going to say, i've spent so much time at caesars palace and cigarette smoke is the aroma of caesars palace. it absolutely is. but it's an interesting concept. you know, i would go with a more lavender maybe, maybe abc seven. maybe we should have our own scent. what

would you. what would you want? i'll go for lavender. >> something lavender that's too calming and soothing. >> that's not us she wants, like peppermint or. yes, it's got to be amped up. >> yeah, maybe the taste of coffee with a touch of cayenne or cayenne? >> yeah. yes. wow. yeah. unique. unique combination. coffee and cayenne. us. yeah. it's a new one. okay. >> this. larry, you have something about a new travel trend? >> oh, it's my read. >> yeah, actually, the travel trend might sound really appealing to those of us in the bay area this week. cool cushions. that's what they call them, not vacations. cool cushions. newest way to plan your travel around and you avoid the heat. this trend picked up during the summer time, according to the travel agency network virtuoso places with cooler climates saw 44% increase in travelers in just the past few months. meanwhile, the traditionally warmer places experienced a slight decrease, virtuoso says. canada, finland and iceland were the most popular cool spots in june, july and august of this year.

kristen, didn't you go to iceland recently? >> it's been a few years, but i totally get that makes sense, right? it's like you want to get away so if you're too hot a lot of times then it stands to reason that you get something different. what do you think, frances? oh, yeah, definitely. >> in fact, my son, he's grown up in san francisco. he hates the heat wave and ours. it's not even that bad. as inland areas. he loves going to cooler places. like he wants to go to canada. he wants to go to iceland. so we are talking about that even just for him and his friends. that's what they want. >> and they're just interesting places to go see something different. >> so. so larry, your hawaii is probably losing in popularity these days. >> that's fine. we don't need more tourists. you guys can stay on the mainland. i'll just monitor activities from the beach. it'll all work out for everybody. >> oh, yeah, it's like that. is it? yeah. >> that's. yeah. no, i you know, i'll stand guard, make sure everybody is safe. >> okay? >> we don't feel at all unwanted on branches.

>> you can go to finland. >> this is great. >> yeah. >> finland sounds great because you know what? with this heat wave we're having, we do want to. cool. so it's the perfect time for a cool, sweet treat. and salt and straw ice cream company has just the thing. see? it's halloween collection. uh- is here. now. there are five different flavors. jack o'lantern, pumpkin bread, the great candy copia. there's also creepy crawly critters, which is matcha ice cream with chocolate covered crickets and toffee brittle mealworms. >> and since today's tasty thursday, you know we're going to try the ice cream. obviously, it's 1000 degrees outside. joining us live to tell us more about this is salt and straws co-founder tyler malek. tyler, first of all, thanks for joining halloween. yeah, well we're a little early for that, but let's get to the ice cream there the whole month. >> what do we have? >> we have a whole bunch of stuff. in fact, it's so hot, my gosh that my ice cream is melting here. this is the creepy crawly things you actually put real like insects in this. >> they're so good. and they're

made here in the bay area, actually. so this is a company that's called bargetto. and she started making one of the first edible bug farms in the country. and so we wanted to make this ice cream that almost feels like the bugs are crawling out of the grass, like up your arms and just kind of give you the heebie jeebies a little bit for halloween. >> that's what you're going for. that's the i love i love it so much rolling up my arm. >> that's what the intended result is always game. >> yeah, it's my dream for halloween to feel immersive, to feel like you're just kind of just being spooked out a little bit. so as you dig in, the next kind of real creepy flavor is the ghost flavor, which i don't know if you get that that black and white flavor, it feels like a ghost is just literally like, oh, there you have that straight through your spine, out the nape of your neck. but then there's some really, like, real bangers in there. so blackberry tamales, the blackberry tamales is so, so good. we first started making that for the dia de los muertos, and it has just like an intense

blackberry flavor. it's got this masa ribbon. so we cooked down masa until it like almost becomes this, like pudding like texture. >> i can feel the texture. >> yeah. i always look forward to the release of your new flavors because there's always something that surprises you. i remember, i think a year or two ago i had something with blood in it, and it was actually surprisingly good. >> yeah, right. >> it was dracula's blood pudding. it used to be on the menu. we refrained a little bit. see, we're getting a little bit more tame at salt and straw, i see, but we're always having fun. you know, i don't know if anyone got a scoop of the candy, i do, i have it, i have it so good. this is my favorite ice cream. you got to like everyone steal this pint because it is the best ice cream. arguably the most famous ice cream we've ever launched. and we make all of these candies in our kitchen in portland all by hand. so they're homemade, homemade reese's homemade kit kats, all masterpieces. it's so, so good. >> i'm coming after you, kriste. >> oh my gosh. >> and the waffle cones pumpkin flavor. you'll love that. ahmed malik thank you so much. salt

and straw. happy halloween. >> yes, i'll be thinking about things crawling up my arm all day. it's good. >> it's cricket. it's just crunchy. >> yes, yes,

venues in the north bay will hold screenings of the film conclave. amy adams and jude law are expected to be at the screening at the marin country mart in larkspur. the festival runs through october 13th. the

lineup features more than 100 films from 40 countries. >> all right, all the ice cream is melting because it's so hot and we're melting. yeah. >> dan francis, when are we going to get some relief? >> i know, unfortunately, we're going to have to wait until next week. take a look at the numbers. still hot, still above triple digits or above 100. in some places, like saint helena, concord at 102, san jose 101. and it is in the 90s and 80s around the bay. even though we're a little bit cooler today compared to yesterday, overnight temperatures drop into the 50s and 60s, so open up those windows, turn the fans on, let some of the cool air in, because tomorrow will still be near the triple digits for some inland areas, even though it will be coming down by a few more degrees. so concord will be 98 tomorrow. san jose 97, san francisco. about 81. then at the beaches we'll see some mid 70s like half moon bay. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. so still hot. although coming down a few more degrees tomorrow temperatures actually rebound a

little bit on saturday. so we'll have several hot days. the heat finally starts to ease on monday, but more significant relief on tuesday. and as we head towards the end of the workweek, we'll finally be closer to average.

see at nine. then at ten it's gray's anatomy. and stay with us for abc seven news at 11. actress sarah paulson returns to the horror genre in searchlight pictures. hold your breath. it's a chilling new film that premieres on hulu today on the red carpets. ellen leyva with more from its emmy winning star. >> doctor says it's just too much dust in the air. it's a battle in hold your breath. >> sarah paulson plays a mom in 1930s oklahoma who, among inescapable dust storms, must do

whatever it takes to keep her children safe. >> they all have sort of different ways in which they see, or they understand how they want to survive this, this time. and for margaret, it's all about keeping things close to the vest and locked down and not allowing any of the dirt, the dust, the emotion, anything to get inside with nowhere to hide, the dust begins to seep in, and so does something more sinister. >> the gray man is everywhere. you can't keep him out. >> ebon moss-bachrach, who paulson worked with on the bear, plays a suspicious holy man. i can help. >> people need the word of god these days. people need rain. >> there's no way to outrun it. and margaret feels that she can. she's just terrified that it could be real. because there are things that start happening to her mentally, and she can't quite get a sense of what's real and what isn't. and then the possibility of something like this becoming real is pretty scary for her. >> as the dust settles, mania takes hold. >> working in this genre is very

helpful for that because it's always such a high stakes environment. it's literally life and death and so you kind of have the freedom to go for it and i like going for it. >> he'll make you do terrible things. >> ellen leyva for abc news. >> it's a pretty good screaming right there. hold your breath is streaming now on hulu. disney, of course, is the parent company of hulu and abc seven. abc seven news is streaming 24 over seven. get the abc seven bay area streaming tv app so you can join us whenever you want, wherever you are. that is going to do it for this edition of abc seven news at four. i'm larry beil. abc seven news at five is coming up next

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