is tough. it's been very hard to wait. i will be very sad if our school is on the list. >> we're going to hear. i'm sure that that certain schools historic, historic schools in our city are going to be shut down. >> the list is now out. we'll tell you which schools could close in san francisco and in the east bay. >> rising tensions over the conflict in the middle east as hundreds turn out to protest. good afternoon, and thanks for joining us. >> i'm larry beil and i'm karina nova. it's been a long time coming. and just in the last hour, the san francisco unified school district released a list of schools that could close or

merge with other city schools. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena has been covering this for months and is in the newsroom with the very latest from the school district. hi, luis. >> yes, larry and karina. the list is out. the san francisco school district just released their plan and 13 schools could face either closures or be merged with other schools. el dorado elementary school is one of them. also, harvey milk civil rights elementary you can see the list right there. jean parker elementary, malcolm x academy, redding elementary, san francisco community alternative san francisco public, montessori, spring valley elementary, sutro elementary, visitacion valley elementary, yick wo elementary, june jordan school for equity, the academy itself, mac mcintyre, and the school district is in crisis, as we know, with a $400 million budget deficit over a three year period. and they believe this is a solution for the future of an unknown number of san francisco

schools, is in limbo. on the sidelines waiting are students, parents and teachers. >> the uncertainty is tough. i'm trying to remember that if our school is on the list, we are going to plug in to whatever community, whatever school we end up merging with. >> that uncertainty is also taking over school hallways, where conversations are increasingly becoming more about the future of their school. >> we, the teachers, we the student body. we're that school. and when we have the possibility of being shut down, i mean, that's, that's that's a knife to anybody's gut. and i think everybody is worried about it. >> with a $400 million budget deficit over a three year period, the school district is looking for ways to cut costs. jeff finger teaches geometry at balboa high school. he has known about this potential, yet doesn't view the closures as the best strategy. >> i'm not necessarily convinced. i know others aren't necessarily convinced that closing schools is going to is going to provide that that delta in order to get get in the black. as far as finances go,

i'm not under the illusion that that's the fix. >> s.f. usd superintendent matt wayne categorized this as a necessary but difficult decision. as enrollment numbers have decreased dramatically over the years, leading to the school district losing funding from the state. >> our resources are stretched way too thin, and no matter what, we have to reduce our expenditures next year. and so we're trying to figure out a way that serves our students best. and that includes closing or merging some schools. >> catherine hanna is already having conversations with her daughter, who's a first grader in the city preparing her for either option. >> if our school is not on the list and there are other schools that close and are merged with our school, we will welcome them and do all that we can to make them feel welcome. >> in late september, mayor breed announced the creation of a team to advise the school district. today, she confirmed the list is not the final decision. >> no decisions have been made. this is the beginning of a clear, transparent conversation with facts that needed to be put on the table before decisions

would be made. >> now the list goes before the board. on november 12th, they will officially take action. on december 10th. the schools they will choose will end up closing next school year. in the newsroom. luz pena, abc seven news. >> luis, thank you. and coming up at 430. how did we get here? abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez takes a closer look at how this problem was years in the making. >> now, in the east bay, hundreds of people walked out of classes at uc berkeley. they're protesting the ongoing conflict in the middle east. abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley was there to speak with the protesters. free, free, free palestine. >> at 130 this afternoon, hundreds of uc berkeley students and staff walked out of classrooms inside solidarity with palestine. they gathered at sproul plaza wearing masks and unwilling to disclose their identities. like this, tenured faculty member. >> we have a lot of grievances against the university right now, and that's why i've walked

out. >> did you walk out of an actual class that you should be in? >> yes, i did. i walked out of a class and you fear repercussions because of that? yes, i do. and because we have been told that there would be repercussions. >> over the past year, several in the crowd claim they've been placed under surveillance and have faced discrimination. >> i have been told by multiple administrators that i cannot deviate from any of the subject matter on my syllabus and teach to the moment, and historically, that's what we do. we make our subject matter relevant halfway through the rally. >> several israeli protesters infiltrated the crowd, swathed in israeli flags. they cry about mothers and children dying. >> what about the israeli mothers and the children that are abducted by hamas? >> several faced off. >> they choked a girl. they choked one of our students. they

spat on my friend and called them a dirty jew. i'm sorry for you. >> security stayed on the perimeter. the uc berkeley faculty and staff for justice and palestine held out hope the uc system would cease investing in military development and defense companies. but a cal spokesperson said the university will not talk about specific country divestments and is not altering israel academic programs. a bay area wide rally is scheduled for this evening in downtown berkeley. i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> now to another story we've been following. the former executive director of the san jose police officers association today admitted to illegally importing opioids for distribution. joanne segovia claims her own addiction fueled her crimes. abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey has more on what the investigation found. >> as part of an agreement with federal prosecutors in court. joanne segovia admitted to

illegally importing more than 17,000 opioid pills into the united states while serving as the executive director of the san jose police officers association. attorney adam gassner spoke outside the courthouse after his client pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful importation of a controlled substance. >> mr. segovia, who is a victim of her own addiction in recovery, is now admitted culpability to all the charges in the charging document and we're prepared to go to sentencing. >> in march of last year, the 20 year veteran of the spoa was charged after a homeland security investigation revealed her role in a scheme to distribute drugs. originally, investigators said those drugs included a fentanyl analog, but they have since corrected what they found was an error in testing. tuesday, prosecutors said she instead had thousands of pills of tapentadol sent to and distributed from her home, ordered on personal and sjp computers. >> this is not a fentanyl case. it never was a fentanyl case.

and we are extremely appreciative that the u.s. attorney's office went ahead and clarified the record. >> gassner presented evidence he said proved segovia ordered the pills to feed an addiction and not for profit. gassner says he hopes the judge considers segovia's efforts to recover lack of criminal history and other personal factors when deciding her sentence. but legal analyst stephen clark says it might not be that simple. >> is there going to be a message sent here that is above and beyond the average citizen? because of her position within the police department and to other people who may want to get involved in this kind of international trafficking, this is not going to be tolerated. >> a private investigator hired by the poa compiled a report saying he found no evidence that anyone from the poa was involved in segovia's crimes. segovia faces a maximum of 20 years in prison. she will be back in court for sentencing in january 2025. in san jose, dustin dorsey, abc seven news.

>> el cerrito police say someone shot and critically injured a person who broke into their home around 1030 this morning. this is the scene along elm street near cutting boulevard. police tell us the suspected intruder was taken away in an air ambulance. the resident was taken into police custody for questioning and is cooperating. >> one effort to stop gun violence in oakland is drawing more criticism. the city council is going to vote tonight on renewing the contract that oakland has been using for 20 years. >> critics say new data suggests it's not as effective as many may think. abc seven news reporter anser hassan has more. >> for the past 20 years, oakland has used shotspotter as one of its tools to fight crime. but critics argue new data suggests shotspotter technology may not be as effective as once believed. >> the research isn't just lopsided, it is 100% to zero, overwhelmingly finding that shotspotter lacks sufficient efficacy. >> brian hofer is chair of oakland's privacy advisory commission, which recommends and evaluates surveillance technology and data collection

practices. he says the commission was only formed in 2016, which means there was no oversight. for the first ten years shotspotter was in place, he adds. shotspotter was able to avoid scrutiny because there wasn't data to determine its effectiveness. now there is. >> we have over a dozen independent statistical evaluations covering 75 jurisdictions and 25 years worth of shotspotter history. and that is what the pac analyzed. >> the current contract expired in june. a new contract would be renewed for another three years at almost $2.5 million. in a letter dated october 7th that was sent to the mayor and city council, sound thinking, the fremont based company that operates shotspotter wrote to support renewing the contract. the letter argues that the technology enables faster response times compared to just 911 calls, assists in collecting evidence that leads to arrests, and contractually guarantees a 90% accuracy rate. >> i absolutely support renewing the contract. >> oakland city council member

trevor reed says last week she met with 30 community groups who are in full support of the technology. reed says despite some spikes, overall gun violence is trending downward in oakland and attributes some of that to the application of shotspotter. >> it's a tool that has been critical for lives to also be saved through investigative efforts and gun recovery to prevent further shootings. >> but hofer points to the number of big cities like houston in chicago that are dropping shotspotter based on the new evidence. still, he believes oakland will likely renew the contract. >> it's like political, sacred cow. we don't actually care whether it works or whether it's worth the money. we just want to pretend that we're doing something about gun violence in oakland, anser hassan. >> abc seven news. >> coming up on abc seven news at four. the clock is ticking on tiktok, the new lawsuit and what is being demanded of the social media company. despite the big return to work, this month, remote working is not going awa, and a forum for candidates for

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arrived in sacramento earlier today for a fundraiser at governor gavin newsom's home. walz has been on a west coast swing earlier today was in the seattle area for a fundraiser at the home of costco's co-founder. >> and you might have noticed. abc seven news anchor kristen sze is not anchoring this newscast today. that's because in less than an hour, she'll join a panel at the u.s. senate candidate forum and kristen will be questioning candidates adam schiff and steve garvey. >> here's kristen with a look ahead to what you can expect. >> larry and karina i am here in glendale where the stage is all set for the u.s. senate forum. coming your way at 5:00. keep in mind, this will be the only chance for the two candidates to meet up and square off against each other before the november election. so this is how it's going to work. we have adam schiff, the democrat, versus steve garvey, the republican former baseball star. they're going to be up there at those two podiums on the stage, joined by my colleague from kabc, mark brown, who will moderate and stand up there with them. i will be seated right here at this

table along with the other panelists. again, colleagues from our sister station in fresno and our partner at univision. so what we're going to do is ask these guys the most pressing questions, the answers you want that will help you decide how to vote in this election. from climate change to the cost of living to crime, we will be asking those tough questions and you'll hear their answers. so you'll want to keep it tuned right here. the debate the forum that is starts at 5:00 and in the 6:00 show, abc seven news. i'll be back here with a live summary with all that congressman adam schiff and republican steve garvey said. so you want to keep it tuned here. back to you. >> all right, kristen, thank you. we'll be looking forward to it. 14 states, including california, are suing tiktok, a lawsuit filed today claims the app was intentionally designed to get teens addicted to the social media platform. the states also argue tiktok violated consumer protection laws and has contributed to a teen mental health crisis. california attorney general rob bonta and new york's attorney

general have teamed up to lead the charge. >> there is a desire to protect our children, to secure their future, to protect their health, to ensure their safety. and so we're proud to be working in a multi-state, bipartisan way. >> the lawsuit calls on tiktok to change app features believed to be manipulative and harmful to teens. it also seeks financial penalties. a spokesperson for tiktok says the company strongly disagrees with the lawsuit's claims, and believes the platform is safe for teens. >> it is fleet week in san francisco, bringing active military ships from the navy, marine corps and coast guard to the bay area. nearly 2500 sailors, marines and coast guardsmen they're all going to be here this week. a kick off ceremony this morning welcomed those crews to san francisco. >> i know that everybody here can agree at one point or another, someone's going to be hungry. so make sure that you go out and you support our delicious restaurants and really support our economy here in san

francisco. take in all that we have to offer. >> according to san francisco fleet week, the event generates about $10 million for the local economy, always spectacular to see them in the air. events include fleet fest. that's saturday and sunday, the blue angels, their air shows and ship tours. a lot going on, a lot to see. it's all cool. in honor of fleet week, active duty military personnel can ride the skystar wheel at fisherman's wharf for free. that's now through friday. all you have to do is show your military id. that wheel is open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. during fleet week, and offers really incredible views for visitors. and in fact, there's a camera on there which you can see right now that santa uses for her weather forecast. exactly. >> and i'm sure everyone is thankful that fleet week is next weekend, not last weekend. it timed out perfectly with the cooler weather. >> not a thousand degrees out. >> yeah, we don't want them to all sweat it out. >> all right.

>> larry and karina. yeah, it's definitely going to be better weather. let's talk about fleet week festivities and the forecast for this week. we are talking about mild and mainly sunny weather on friday. low 70s a westerly wind to 13. they should have no problems flying. now this is working in their favor on saturday. partly cloudy and now it's looking like the system is going to fall apart by the time it ends up towards san francisco. so just a slight chance of a few showers sunday. we're going with some morning clouds and drizzle followed by sunshine. here's a look at the temperature change. i mean, it is dramatic down 16 degrees from oakland to hayward to mountain view. so many areas down 15 san francisco, san jose, 11 degrees cooler in santa rosa and 7 degrees drop in concord and livermore. the winds have picked up onshore, gusting to 30 at sfo. that wind is going to remain on the gusty side this evening, especially near the beaches as we head into tomorrow morning. still breezy and then the winds will pick back up again tomorrow afternoon and evening. a live view from our

san jose camera where the sun is shining. it is 85 degrees right now, at least not as hot 66 in the city. remember we were talking about 90s in the city yesterday. oakland 73. you're at 63, in half moon bay, and here's a live view from our sutro tower camera. blue skies over downtown 90 in santa rosa. we still have hot spots, don't get me wrong. so fairfield, concord and livermore in the 90s. we do have a heat advisory for the inland east bay valleys and hills and eastern santa clara hills until 7 p.m. tonight. those temperatures still high enough to cause heat related illnesses. so take it easy out there if you're in the area. area of low pressure moving in our direction. and that's setting the stage for the cooling trend that is already underway. on live doppler seven, the fog is still patchy and down towards monterey, so here's a view from emeryville looking at a hazy view. next few days. breezy, with that cooling trend continuing overnight, the fog moves in near the coast and this weekend we do have a slight chance of showers on saturday. a better chance in the north bay. temperatures. 520 tonight. still

pretty much in the 80s and 90s inland fog starts to push into the picture. those temperatures begin to drop by 1120. we're already talking about 50s to 70s tomorrow morning. can't rule out a little mist and drizzle along with the fog and then some higher clouds through the afternoon. we'll get you up into the low 90s inland 60s coast side. your morning temperatures will be in the 50s and the 60s. watch out for the fog tomorrow afternoon. it's a nice day. upper 80s to low 90s in the warmest spots like concord and santa rosa. 64 and half moon bay, 72, in the city. here's a look at that weekend system. so this first one on thursday is just going to continue to keep the cooling going. but then saturday that next system comes in. the north bay has the best chance of showers. notice it falls apart though maybe a little sunday morning drizzle. and after that we're done. so rainfall estimates. this is the wetter model, anywhere from a few hundredths of an inch to a 10th of an inch. some areas won't measure at all. it's not a game changer. the accuweather seven day forecast, breezy and cooler tomorrow. that cooling

takes us right on through saturday with that slight possibility of showers before really we dry out and we go with a mild pattern. karina and larry, it's going to be really pleasant next week. >> so nice to see that. >> i know it's like a good relief, right? >> yes, absolutely. >> thank you. all right. happening tomorrow morning the tropicana las vegas will be demolished to make way for the plane. the planned a's ballpark officials say there will not be a public viewing area because of safety concerns. they're anticipating tons of dust up in the air. the ballpark is expected to open in 2028. if the a's ever get their financing straightened out. >> all right. just ahead, honoring a san francisco gay rights icon. >> and is i the doctor of the future? maybe not. what a new study found out

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and geoffrey hinton are being recognized for helping create the building blocks of artificial intelligence. hopfield taught at cal in the 60s and is now at princeton and hinton, who is known as the godfather of ai, works at the university of toronto. >> one of the prominent leaders of san francisco's lgbtq community is getting a special honor today. cleve jones, who worked closely with activist harvey milk, will receive a special commendation from the board of supervisors. jones is launching a community fund this friday at his 70th birthday celebration that is also serving as a fund raiser. all that money will go toward the san francisco aids foundation and the names project aids memorial quilt. now we have an update that is four years in the making. camp okizu getting a new home. the camp supports children and families affected by childhood cancer. back in 2020, the north complex wildfires destroyed their facility in berry creek, northeast of oroville. camp has

been searching for a permanent home ever since then. well, today, the nonprofit announced it has found a new location at a ranch in calaveras county. and while the property is transformed, camp kiser will continue to hold programs at several rental camps that it has been using since the fire. and they do incredible work. >> well, the list of schools that could close in san francisco, it's out. >> so how did we get here at this point? abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez hits the books and the latest on hurricane milton as the storm picks up speed once again. >> the preparations underway as it closes

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elementary. june jordan school for social justice and the academy. >> what public school? parents. and just about every san francisco resident is asking is, at what point did things begin to unravel for a district that was financially stable at one point? >> yeah, abc7 is building a better bay area reporter lyanne melendez is here with an explanation of just how we got to this point. right. >> you know, and this didn't happen overnight. obviously, this has been brewing for some time now, and everybody should know that for years there has been a so-called culture of mismanagement. and even some sa, intimidation in the district that has kept people and issues in the dark. so we are going to report on what we know, what people have told us, because parents deserve to know. so fasten your seat belts because it's a lot. >> the school district is facing some serious financial challenges. >> we need support. >> closing schools in san francisco will not save money.

>> it's harder to staff our schools. >> there's no doubt that we have some tough decisions to make. >> to understand the chaos throughout the san francisco school district, let's start with the central office. the people who run the day to day business operation. and here is information not known until now. >> all of those systems that are right now, unfortunately, are run by 1 or 2 senior people. they don't have enough staff there. >> maria su was recently appointed by mayor london breed to lead a city team that would help stabilize things at the district. what we do know is that during the pandemic, some senior staff left or retired. >> i retired on july 1st in 2020, susan saunders, a principal at the time, told us some of the district's problems stemmed from what many refer to as a disconnect between the schools and the central office. i think it's just trust, and i think it's still there that that lack of trust is still there. i think what people at school

sites are asking for is make us part of the conversation to let you know, let's be solution oriented and work together. >> an example is the lack of information. when the district chose to delay the announcement of school closures. >> i think we need to do a better job of explaining our budget crisis and then why school closures fit into our picture of addressing this budget crisis. >> this budget crisis is due in part by some families deciding to leave san francisco public schools through the years, meaning schools continue to miss out on millions of dollars from the state. >> we wouldn't be in this financial crisis if we hadn't lost so many students. now you know, i think a lot of that has to do as a parent who went through this process with how long it took to reopen schools after covid, the current superintendent, matt wayne, was not there at the time. >> vincent matthews was. instead of getting schools to reopen

safely, some on the school board were focused on other matters that they considered important, like trying unsuccessfully to rename schools and tearing down historic murals that some deemed insensitive. former school board commissioner gabriela lopez was one of the school board members eventually recalled, if i could have done anything to make that faster, to improve the timeline so that we can ensure schools are safe enough for people to go in, absolutely. >> i would have, i think because it was the pandemic and there was such a bureaucratic process, it's difficult to make those moves. and then, you know, we balance that with the other discussions that were top of mind for a lot of people. >> that delay also hurt the recruitment of teachers, adding to the shortage that already existed. a san francisco civil grand jury found that according to 20 2021 data, sfusd does not employ an adequate number of credentialed teachers to afford a quality education to all san

francisco students. only 77% were credentialed. karen kennard was the four person that grand jury. >> we compared it with all of the bay area school districts and the bay area districts generally have about 82% clear credentialed teachers. so san francisco was lagging behind all of the other school districts in the bay area, except for alameda. >> another major revelation sfusd administrators were initially tight lipped. in one of your findings. it says sfusd administrators were reluctant to cooperate with this investigation. could you tell us more about this? >> their administrators dodged us, refused to return phone calls, refused to return emails, and we finally had to get the city attorney involved. >> then came a flawed payroll system that cost the district $35 million and another 20 million to implement a new one, which should be up and running

by july 2025. and now, the latest example of a mismanaged system is an additional 30 million that was needed to hire more special education teachers for this year, 30 million that was not initially in the budget. a crisis that even the district admits was created by the central office. >> principals were trying to hire these positions and the budgeted money was not there. >> as a result, when schools started last august, the district could not hire the extra special education teachers needed because the funds were not in the budget. >> we failed our students at the beginning of the year. >> the district has since found the money to hire some special ed teachers using one time funds, but there are still vacant positions. >> we need to know who made that decision and who broke the law on behalf of the school district, because there needs to be accountability. >> and now, also unsettling is the city's proposal to use $8.4

million left over from the student success fund to begin stabilizing the district that did not sit well with some members of the board of supervisors. >> that money is supposed to be used to get students achieving academically and healthy in their mind, body and spirit, and the precedent that that is setting is scaring the life out of me. >> but maria su suggested that the money would go towards hiring much needed paraprofessionals and helping families whose schools will be closing. >> could we use some of these dollars to support schools and young people, children and families who are going to transition from a closing school to a welcoming school? i feel like all of these things do fall within the scope of the student success fund. >> the question now is, how can families ever trust the district to finally get things right? >> we're working incredibly hard to rebuild the trust with our community, so i think we're

doing what we can to lay out. here's the situation we're facing and let's work through it together. >> and more importantly, how do we never get to this place ever again? >> now the people from the city, like maria su are not getting paid extra for their work with the school district. now, the head of rec and park, phil ginsberg, is also on that team. he is a father of two former sfusd students, and he believes in helping the district in this time of need. they for years have been in denial with regard to the money and so forth. and for instance, when we would say, you know, you don't have enough students, you're losing students, you're losing families, they would say, put a kind of spin on it, and it was almost like saying, hey, the titanic is sinking, but we have the band playing over here. you see. so that that was a problem for years. but now they're finally admitting we have a problem because families are leaving a lot to clean up

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>> yeah. a new study shows ai isn't as accurate as the live doctor when it comes to treatment for patients. the ucsf study found that ai can help draft clinical notes, but it can't account for emergency department situations. humans are better able to consider multiple factors when ordering tests or deciding if a person needs to be admitted. sandhya, would you use ai as a doctor? no, and not at this point. karina because they still have to go and do a lot more work with ai. i just think that, you know, a doctor's experience goes very far in diagnosing what you may have in terms of what's wrong and whether you need care, or maybe you don't need care. >> true. well, i do think where ai is going to come in very handy down the road and now even is diagnostically running tests and looking at scenarios very, very quickly with test results. i think that's going to be a really important area for ai down the road. >> i just don't want my doctor to get the spinning wheel of death while it's trying to figure out what's wrong with me. like, just hang on, larry uh-

working from home is here to stay. this is one of my favorite topics, especially in san francisco. the city ranks seventh nationally for percentage of remote workers. more than 20% of san francisco's workforce is hybrid or fully remote. co-working mag track numbers in america's largest cities over the last decade in san francisco has seen a 231% growth in remote work since 2014. they're singing. your tune seems to be working, dan, i know you harp on this a lot, uh. >> and i understandably, you know, it's amazing. people are not going back to the way we were to use that expression five days a week. office workers just are not willing to do it anymore. >> i think i know people who are applying for new jobs and saying, i'm only applying for remote only positions. i'm not even dealing with going into the office 1 or 2 days a week. people don't want to do it. >> yeah, yeah, it's true. >> and when the job market is like this, they have that option. when the job market

changes, it can be things change. yeah. >> you're right. >> here's a question. could america be falling out of love with french fries? no, no. righ. well, fewer people are buying fast food as prices soar. and that's hurting the country's largest french fry supplier, lamb weston, based in washington, is laying off hundreds of workers because of slow demand. fast food chains like mcdonald's, which is known for its fries, are offering value meals to lure customers back. i think people are just being healthier. >> you know, let me just one quick story. a few weeks, i don't go go through, drive through that often. i did because i was in a hurry on a weekend and i've got a few nuggets, some large fries and a large soda. it was $15. i was stunned. i had no idea it was that expensive. that's a lot. i don't think that's a lot of money for that amount. >> i don't think people have fallen out of love with french fries. it's just they love their money more. they would like to just. >> it's just gotten expensive. >> yeah. no, it really has. the fast food is not, you know, cheap and easy way to go.

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it is a category five storm expected to make landfall late tomorrow night, and milton has already caused problems in mexico in yucatan. this has already been heavy flooding, with boats and docks just being tossed around all over the place. abc news reporter jacqueline lee has more on the

warnings here in the u.s. reporter people in florida are racing against the clock as hurricane milton barrels towards the sunshine state. >> we've never seen anything like this before. this is the storm of the century. >> milton is expected to slam into florida wednesday night into thursday morning, unleashing dangerous winds and record storm surge as high as 15ft in tampa. evacuation orders in place. officials saying if you stay, you might not survive. >> say you're in a single story home. 12ft is above that house. so if you're in it, you know, basically that's the coffin that you're in. >> the tampa airport closed. orlando's airport filled today with people trying to get out of danger. they will shut down tomorrow. police escorting fuel trucks to keep gas stations up and running during the evacuation. >> we're also working with companies like circle k, gate racetrack, wawa, shell and walmart to ensure fuel trucks are working 24 over seven to keep fuel delivered as it comes

into our ports. >> a nasa astronaut capturing this footage of hurricane milton from his view aboard the international space station. debris now a major concern after hurricane helene hit just two weeks ago. >> everything is projectile out here right now because everybody's house is on the front yard. and so all this is going to be pretty much missiles coming through. i'm not staying for this. >> president biden saying evacuating is a matter of life and death. >> this could be the worst storm to hit florida in over a century. >> tampa's mayor saying rumors and misinformation about the federal government's response to the disaster has been a lie. >> please don't get political on this. this storm is going to affect everybody, and we are getting the help that we need. >> while milton is still hundreds of miles away, it's still unclear where exactly it will make landfall. but if it does strike the tampa bay, it will be the first major hurricane to do so since 1921. this area is home to more than 3 million people. jacqueline lee abc news, tampa. >> an aquarium in apollo beach,

florida, is evacuating more than 4000 endangered corals, penguins and other animals due to the hurricane and other animals, including a sea turtle that washed inland by hurricane helene will be kept safe on the second floor. walt disney world theme parks in orlando will begin closing, starting tomorrow afternoon at 1:00 in preparation for hurricane milton. disney world is expected to remain closed through at least thursday. >> you know, when the mayor of tampa says if you're in an evacuation zone, leave or you will die. that gets your attention. sandy, this is really serious. >> very serious indeed. larry and karina. when words from the national hurricane center like potentially catastrophic and life threatening are being used, you know, to get out. let me show you live doppler seven. this is a monster hurricane. look at the eye on this storm. it is a category five. now. it went down to a four late last night. it's back up to a five. winds max sustained 165 miles an hour. it's 480 miles away, southwest of tampa, florida. as

we look at the forecast track, expected to weaken to a category three as it nears landfall on the west coast of florida sometime between tomorrow night and early thursday. now, just because it downgrades to a three doesn't mean they're not going to see damage. storm surge, 10 to 15 footers. we're talking rainfall 6 to 12in up to 18in. they're going to see life threatening flooding from both of those. you see some of the rainfall projections through sunday night. you can see well over a half a foot in some areas. there are watches and warnings up. the other concerns are wind damage, tornadoes. they're going to likely see a lot of power outages. this is one of the strongest hurricanes in the gulf of mexico. and atlantic basin in decades. larry. karina. >> all right. thank you. sandy. coming up, celebrating hispanic and latin american heritage with art. >> yeah, the hands on work one

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stay with us for abc seven news at 11. this hispanic and latin american heritage month. hulu partnered with sebastian curates an la based argentinian artist who created custom visuals for their cultura sin limites, or culture without limits campaign. curi stepped into abc's storyteller spotlight to share more about his journey. >> the way that i found my style, it was little by little. i was born in the 86, so 2000. i go to computers and i started playing with design programs. i even didn't consider this as a as a job, as a possibility. but when i say that my hands speak better than my mouth first, you struggle a lot with speaking. i'm not a big speaker, and i and i enjoy being an

artist because i'm at a table drawing with myself alone. and i really enjoy that studio moment that i have here. to me, drawing i really enjoy just the physicality of it. you know, like you grab a pencil, you have paper and connecting line with line is kind of like a game. it's a puzzle. thought that i got when hulu asked me to collaborate on this project around the theme cultura sin limites, was how i'm going to represent this this massive and diverse culture without failing. i wanted to create a body of work that represents us. we represent the way that we connect with each other. you know, i feel there's something about latinos that we extend our families. you know, you have your mom, your dad, your brother, and then you have friends. we have these very natural connections with people. la vida, me robo. >> la mejor contigo.

>> you can watch sebastian's full spotlight at on the red carpet.com/storytellers. a reminder that abc seven news is streaming for you 24 over seven. get the abc seven bay area streaming tv app and join us whenever you want, wherever you are. all right. that's going to do it for this edition of abc seven news at four. i'm larry beil. the senate candidate forum a conversation with steve garvey and adam schiff is coming up next

but his vision dimmed with age. he had amd. i didn't know it then, but it can progress to ga, an advanced form of the disease. his struggle with vision loss from amd made me want to help you see warning signs of ga, like: hazy or blurred vision, so it's hard to see fine details, colors that appear dull or washed out, or trouble with low light that makes driving at night a real challenge.

if you think you have ga, don't wait. treatments are available. ask a retina specialist about fda-approved treatments for ga and go to gawontwait.com host marc brown. good evening. >> early voting is underway in california right now, and as people across the state prepare to elect a new united states senator, we want you to hear from the candidates themselves. i'm mark brown from abc seven, los angeles, moderator of tonight's u.s. senate candidate forum. democratic congressman adam schiff and republican steve garvey are vying for the seat previously held by the late senator dianne feinstein. throughout the next hour, each candidate will have one minute to answer