seven mornings live right now at five. a new proposal to stop retail burglary attempts like this before they happen. the changes being proposed in san francisco's union square to prevent crime. >> this is a real man who is very badly hurt here and could have been killed. >> life in prison. the sentence handed down for the man convicted in the 2022 attack on paul pelosi. the surprising new

details about the aftermath of the attack being revealed in a letter pelosi submitted to cour. >> world leaders think that donald trump is an easy mark. >> next tuesday, you have to stand up and you have to tell kamala that you've had enough. you're not going to take it anymore. >> vice president harris and former president trump delivering their closing arguments to the american people. both painting vastly different views of the country's future with just six days to go to election day. good morning. it's wednesday, october 30th. >> we're going to start checking in with spencer christian. >> it is chilly outside as temperatures dropped last night because skies were clear, so that daytime heating was able to escape. so here's a look at what's going on. we have an approaching cold front actually that may bring us some rain later today and tonight. but before we get to that, let's move along and take a look at current conditions. this wind is calm. it is calm out there. we have wind speeds generally under ten miles per hour. right now it's a little bit cooler in some

spots than this time yesterday morning. five degrees cooler in santa rosa, nine degrees cooler in novato and down to the south bay. same pattern, but here through the central part of the bay area, it's a few degrees warmer. so let's check out current temperatures. it's 52 right now here in the city, 55 across the bay in oakland, inland east bay areas, mainly in the upper 40s. chillier in the north bay, 38 degrees in santa rosa right now, 39 in sonoma. so the coldest air is up in the north bay as we get into the afternoon hours, we'll see increasing clouds. although skies will still be bright. look for highs today of 58 at half moon bay, 60 here in san francisco, right around the bay shoreline, mainly low to mid 60s. inland areas will warm only to the upper 60s. it's not going to be a very warm day at all, but a typical sort of mid-autumn day. let's check out what's going on with traffic with francis. >> hi, spencer. good morning everyone. luckily, it's starting off really quietly this beautiful wednesday morning. so you see a lot of green on our drive time, traffic maps, the only slowing we're seeing right now. that red part out of tracy westbound 580. so the drive time

from tracy to dublin is 42 minutes. southbound 101 san rafael to san francisco. looks pretty good. you might tap a few brake lights, but westbound four antioch to concord also green at 14 minutes. and as we show you a live shot in san jose, headlights are on northbound 101. there are no accidents reported on the south bay 101 looks good for those headlights moving all the way up the peninsula into san francisco and coming across the bay bridge is looking great as well. no delays at this point. reggie. >> thanks, francis. six days to go as we close in on election day. former president trump and vice president harris making their final pleas to voters. today. both will be in the battleground state of north carolina. the vice president and her running mate, tim walz, will also campaign in pennsylvania. last night, vice president harris spoke to 75,000 supporters at the ellipse in washington, dc. she asked voters to put country over party when choosing the nation's next president. >> donald trump has spent a decade trying to keep the

american people divided and afraid of each other. >> donald trump was in allentown, pennsylvania, making an appeal to latino voters. it comes as his campaign continues to try and distance itself from a racist joke made by a comedian at a rally in new york city on sunday. instead of apologizing. trump said yesterday that the rally was, quote, a love fest. the love in that room. >> it was breathtaking. and you could have filled it many, many times with the people that were unable to get in. >> later in the day, during an interview with fox news, trump said he had not watched the comedian, but that he, quote, probably shouldn't have been there at san jose state. >> a party to get people engaged in the election and to cast their ballots. the group san jose voters put on the event last night to celebrate vote early day. this was a chance to learn about the issues, connect people to resources, and for many, an opportunity to fill out their ballots. for some students, this is their first time voting in a presidential election.

>> getting out here and like trying to meet a lot of new people, but also just relaying the importance of voting in general. i think it's a very important civic duty, and i think it's something that we should all participate in. i do strongly believe in that. >> sdsu is going to open a voting center on friday where people can drop off their ballots and register to vote. california allows people to register at centers, including on election day. less than a week out to fill out your ballot, and we have resources to help. check out our abc7 news voter guide with information about the big races and ballot measures. you'll find it at abc7 news.com under the election section. >> the man convicted of attacking paul pelosi in 2022 has just been sentenced in the state trial against him. david depape was already sentenced to 30 years in federal prison. abc seven news reporter laura martinez shares the shocking new details from paul pelosi's letter to the court and the lessons from this case heading into the election. >> hi guys. how are you doing? >> we're learning new details

from paul pelosi, recounting the attack he endured the morning of october 28th, 2022. i have bumps on my head from the hammer blows that crushed my skull and a metal plate that will forever remain in my head. the dizziness has not gone away. this letter was read tuesday during a sentencing hearing for his attacker, david depape. >> it brings it home that this isn't just about, you know, media attention on this case. this is a real man who was very badly hurt here and could have been killed. >> two months after the attack, paul pelosi made his first public appearance alongside his wife, congresswoman nancy pelosi. he wore a hat and gloves. in his letter, he wrote the defendant's violent attack severely damaged the nerves in my left hand. my forehand was degloved, exposing raw nerves and blood vessels. tuesday, david depape was sentenced to life in prison without possibility of parole. >> we're on the eve of a very contentious election and what the message today at this sentence was is that political

violence is not going to be tolerated amid this election. >> editor of greater good magazine, jeremy adam smith, delved into the topic of political violence. >> a lot of that violence is what researchers call stochastic terrorism. so in other words, this is disorganized terrorism. these are lone individuals. oftentimes they've been spending too much time on the internet. >> is political violence rising? adam smith said it's a complicated answer. >> good news is most americans are against political violence. the vast majority. the bad news is that support for political violence has increased over the past 24 years, and acts of political violence have increased over the past 24 years. >> in pelosi's letter, he described the ongoing physical and mental injuries he keeps away from media and video of the attack. to protect my healing. i still do not address the assault with my wife or anyone else in the south bay. lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> this morning, san francisco leaders have a new idea on how

to stop an old problem in union square. we're talking about crash and grabs, where thieves rammed their cars into the front of a store, then run inside and steal merchandise. abc seven news reporter lena howland joins us live in studio, with the solution that could make the area safer for everyone. >> amanda. as part of the city's plan to stop retail theft. >> san francisco leaders want to help businesses put in these physical barriers to help keep cars from storefronts. take a look. these are what are called bollards. they surround the salesforce tower in san francisco for safety reasons. now there's a push to bring those or something similar along with planters, to union square. san francisco mayor london breed announced this yesterday. outside of the saint louis vuitton store involved in another crash and grab on monday morning, she said the city will cut some of the red tape involved in the approval process, something that comes as welcome news to the union square alliance. >> we appreciate the support from the city to not only allow

us to easily navigate the process for permitting and that sort of thing, but also to help support the financing of this tool. >> san francisco police said they are out in union square working 24 hours a day on patrol. that's why they were able to intervene and stop anything from being taken at the louis vuitton store on monday. they added that they welcome crime prevention through environmental design. no word yet on how much these would cost or how soon they could be installed. live in studio lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you lena. san francisco is taking steps to make city streets more bike friendly. mayor london breed cut the ribbon to celebrate the completion of the bike lanes outside city hall on polk street. this is something the mayor had brought up earlier this year, questioning why there weren't protected lanes in front of city hall. her office says there are now 41 miles of protected bike lanes in san francisco. >> a new coworking space is opening at san francisco's embarcadero center. it's called mosaic. it offers people an outdoor garden, terrace, lounges, coffee, draft drinks,

catering and a concierge service. on the business side, it is conference rooms that can hold hundreds of people and high tech workspaces. mosaic is open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. >> let's check out our weather on this halloween eve, the day before halloween, we have an approaching cold front that's going to bring some light rain to the bay area and some showers tonight and tomorrow morning. but before we get to that, let's look at current conditions. clear skies mainly over the bay area right now. 52 degrees here in san francisco. oakland 5548 in hayward, 50 at san jose. and we have only low to mid 40s at redwood city and half moon bay from mount tam. we have a pretty clear view at this moment. it's chilly up north, 38 degrees in santa rosa right now, 42 at napa. a little milder at fairfield and concord in the low 50s. 42 degrees. also at livermore. and these are our forecast headlines for today. increasing clouds as we get into the afternoon hours tonight. showers arrive and they'll spread from north to south. the typical pattern for this kind of system halloween tomorrow looks spooktacular. so let's take a

look at afternoon highs on the coast. half moon bay will top out at 58 degrees here in the city. 60 degrees in san francisco up in the north bay. we'll see highs of napa. highs of 60 at napa, 64 at santa rosa. inland east bay only mid to upper 60s. we will probably not see any 70 degree readings today down in the south bay. we'll see upper 60s at san jose and morgan hill. so a closer look at this approaching cold front as we get into the evening hours tonight, we'll see rain developing in the north bay. it will be fairly widespread and concentrated early on, but it will break up into scattered showers going into the late night and overnight hours. and then by tomorrow morning we'll see some partial clearing, which means trick or treaters have some nice weather to look forward to late tomorrow. amanda. >> all right. thank you so much, spencer. the south bay is in for a busy 2026. and leaders there are looking for someone to take charge coming up. the gig that's being offered that also pays $350,000. >> fighting crime from afar. the new tools being the new tools helping san jose police monitor areas impacted by crime, and a

sign of the season.

critics argue that it also creates a number of privacy concerns. here's abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorse, who's been monitored for criminal activity. >> an eye in the sky to help create a safer way to shop and buy. store owners in the tully road eastridge business association of east san jose fear closures as business has decreased due to a rise in crime. >> this particular mall and there were a lot of car break ins. unimaginable. my own car got broken into. who's responsible for that? who's accountable for that? and so something like this here would just make sense. >> two mobile camera towers will be outfitted with standard cameras, loudspeakers and license plate readers. and placed in this neighborhood. if a crime is occurring, police can be notified and dispatched. leaders say just as criminals aren't stationary, solutions shouldn't be either.

>> what these cameras allow us to do is get an eye to a location where a problem is occurring, allows us to hopefully deter crime from happening in the first place. but unfortunately, if a crime does occur, give us the evidence that we need to identify, apprehend and prosecute the suspect. >> san jose leaders view technology like this is a potential solution to public safety issues. they are looking into drones as a first response for police like san francisco has. license plate. readers are spread throughout the city to solve crimes and enforce traffic laws. in tuesday, the city council unanimously approved 33 new speed safety cameras. >> folks are dying on our roadways, and we know that these cameras will be effective as slowing motorists down and saving lives. >> but they also create privacy concerns, privacy expert mike castle fears the surveillance community that this new tech creates bay area wide. >> everybody is a potential criminal, and the idea is that if only we could watch people often enough and catch them

everywhere, we will know what crimes they have committed or can link them to specific crimes. >> san jose has retention and monitoring privacy standards, but castle says it's important for everyone to be familiar with them as more cameras roll out in san jose, dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> and staying in the south bay. if you have what it takes to juggle three of the world's premier sporting events back to back to back. the city of san jose has the job for you. silicon valley is hosting three major sporting events in 2026 the fifa world cup, super bowl 60 at levi's and then the nfl, ncaa men's basketball tournament. san jose wants to hire an executive for one year. that's the contract to coordinate the events across government and local groups. the goal of the position is to boost local businesses when visitors travel to the south bay in a couple of years, starting pay for the leadership job is $350,000. the holidays are fast approaching and that means the

holiday bells are about to start ringing. the santa clara salvation army held a red kettle kickoff event yesterday, where people learned about how to become a bell ringer. the organization hopes to raise $50,000 this holiday season. >> halloween is still a day away, but today we celebrate the halloween candy people seem to either love or hate. hate. it's national candy corn day. the waxy yellow orange white sometimes brown halloween staple has been around since the late 1880s, and it sure tastes like it. >> the creator of candy corn originally made it to resemble real corn kernels. >> for anyone who likes their candy to remind them of veggies. fortunately, we have found other uses for candy corn over the years, like dressing up a bowl that holds better candy. >> oh my goodness. let's hope so. >> well, see, yesterday was my first taste of candy corn. i didn't mind it. i feel like it tastes. i keep on saying it tastes like sugar babies. those caramel. >> yeah. >> y'all know what sugar babies

are? >> yeah, i do. i remember. yeah. i don't know what that is. oh my gosh. >> all i know is that i ate that piece of candy yesterday and i spit it out. >> was that the first time you tried it, too? >> oh, in like, a decade. >> okay. are you all. i won't be doing that again. i'm not a fan of it. i tried it once, too, and i thought, oh, it's not as bad as i thought it would be. so that's where i came from. expecting the worst and thinking, okay, it's okay. i really don't like really sugary stuff so that i'm out of it. cuts me out. yeah. yeah. but even as a kid, i wasn't crazy about. yeah. candy corn. >> because you have taste. >> yeah. yeah. yeah. it's taste. yeah. yeah. well, the weather is very tasteful. how about that? because it's going to be a pretty nice day for trick or treaters tomorrow. halloween. right now, though, we are looking at an approaching cold front that's going to bring us some showers late today. tonigh? maybe early tomorrow morning as well. they won't be heavy, but they will be pretty widespread during the overnight hours at times. right now, though, it's dry. it's clear 52 degrees here in san francisco. oakland 55. 48 in hayward. mid 40s at redwood

city and half moon bay. 50 at san jose from mount tam. we have a clear view right now. later today we expect increasing clouds. it's chilly up in the north bay this morning. 38 degrees in santa rosa, 42 at napa. we have low 40s at livermore. that's pretty chilly as well. and low 50s at fairfield. and concord going into the afternoon hours. look for increasing clouds. although skies will be bright most of the day, 58 degrees will be the high at half moon bay 60. here in san francisco, up in the north bay. low to mid 60s. 60 at napa, 64 at santa rosa. inland east bay. highs. livermore. antioch. concord. mid to upper 60s. down in the south. bay 68 san jose and right around the bay shoreline. we'll see highs in the low to mid 60s. now let's follow the futurecast and look at the approaching cold front, which will bring rainfall to the bay area tonight. and then during the overnight hours we'll see that rain become more like scattered showers going into the early morning hours. so the system will move from northwest to southeast as many of our fall systems do. and then by midday tomorrow, we'll have mainly

sunny skies. so going into the evening hours, the conditions for trick or treaters looking pretty good. here's our halloween planner. we'll have isolated showers in the early morning hours and partly cloudy skies to mostly sunny in the midday to afternoon. late afternoon hours. and then going into the evening we'll see some some creepy clouds. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. so tomorrow morning morning showers. it's halloween tomorrow a level one storm system swinging through on our exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. then on friday, late night rain on the first day of november. going into saturday, and more scattered showers. another weak level one system. don't forget to set your clocks back to standard time going into sunday. warmer weather next week, and don't forget to vote on tuesday. >> amanda was talking about how terrible that which is the saddest thing i've ever seen, which is supposed to be terrible. >> i guess so she's like, what's up? yeah, i'm here. coming up, the seven things to know this morning serving up healthier school lunches. >> the program in one east bay school that's making

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midday hours and going into the evening as trick or treaters are going out. we'll see. increasing clouds and it will be a spooktacular day. >> number two san francisco leaders are pushing to install physical barriers in front of stores in union square. they hope to prevent incidents like this where cars ram into stores to burglarize them. >> number three, the man convicted of attacking paul pelosi two years ago has been sentenced in a state trial. david depape received life without the possibility of parole. he was already serving 30 years in federal prison. >> number four, vice president kamala harris made her closing argument in washington, d.c, last night, calling former president donald trump a petty tyrant who was, quote, consumed with grievance, end quote, while presenting herself as a fighter and unifier. trump was in pennsylvania, he said sunday's rally in new york that was laced with racist and sexist remarks was a, quote, love fest. >> number five, today's striking hotel workers and their supporters are planning to march through downtown san francisco. they're demanding better wages,

affordable health care and restoration of jobs, cut during the pandemic during the pandemic. >> and number six, so far, so good. traffic is looking great right now for your morning commute through emeryville for headlights moving westbound. the drive time from hercules to san francisco is 30 minutes. >> number seven, google is delaying the launch of its next generation ai until early next year. project astra has a range of tech, including smartphone apps and ai assistants, to answer questions and perform tasks like booking flights. >> the state of california investing $1 billion into its effort to address the homelessness crisis, and nearly 200 million of that is coming to the bay area. so here's how it breaks down, according to county. santa clara county will receive the most at about 57 million. alameda county gets 56 million, and san francisco gets 43 million. >> this is a crisis, and it requires a crisis mindset. we can't conduct business as usual.

people are dying on our watch. >> each county is supposed to prove that their strategies are effective. newsom says another round of funding was approved in june and will be an additional $1 billion in investments. >> no such thing as free money. jp morgan chase is suing customers accused of taking advantage of an atm scheme. people were able to withdraw funds by writing checks to themselves and immediately withdrawing the money before the checks bounced. chase blamed it on a temporary glitch. the scheme blew up on tiktok over the summer. chase is now taking four people to court who owe the bank a combined $662,000. is what they say. and visa plans to lay off around 1400 employees by the end of the month, or the end of the year, or more than 4% of its staff, according to the wall street journal. the move is part of visa's plan to streamline its global business. the announcement comes not long

after the opening of visa's new headquarters in san francisco's mission rock neighborhood. roughly 1000 of the cuts are expected to impact technology positions. the rest will focus on sales and digital partnership roles. waymo's robotaxi service is celebrating a breakthrough. it's now providing more than 150,000 trips every week. the company also says its fleet of autonomous vehicles logs 1 million plus miles weekly. ridership is also booming, jumping by more than 50% in two months. currently, it's offering service in san francisco and san mateo counties, los angeles and the phoenix area. it is testing out service in new york city, buffalo and washington, dc. >> october is lgbtq plus history month, and for many, the aids crisis defined a generation. thousands died in san francisco. remembering those we lost has become a mission for friends and family. the aids memorial grove in golden gate park was born out of sadness, and today stands as a tribute to those affected by

hiv. >> my name is john cunningham. i'm the chief executive officer of the national aids memorial, and it is our honor to welcome all of you here today. so where you're standing is the only federally designated memorial to hiv and aids. this space was created 34 years ago in the darkest days of the aids crisis. we know that the aids crisis in the early years especially adversely impacted gay men. and it was the gay community, the lgbt community, that needed to seek and find solutions because the government wasn't coming. a stigma ruled. and so the gay community really started to rise up and to create solutions to what was a tragedy. where we stand is what's known as the circle of friends at the national aids memorial. there's nearly 5000 names that are that are engraved here. just a small percentage, obviously, of the of the total number of names lost in the in america. the aids crisis has been going on for

four and a half decades now. this year we've we've dropped below 200 new infections in a year. that's it's amazing progress. it's not done. we need to continue to do the work for those that are now in need. as we have been over the years. so the national aids memorial has a commitment to ensure that it remembers the lives lost, but that it tells the story so that in future, in the future, as we go forward, the story will not repeat itself again. >> learn more about the lgbtq plus community. you can watch episode four of our america pride and history, now available at abc7 news.com and everywhere you stream abc seven. >> a mountain lion attack in the santa cruz mountains coming up at 530. the road to recovery for one

evan low. caught again. his tactics called "outrageous" and "self-serving." slapped with charges that he illegally used banned corporate money for his campaign.

low's already under investigation for running a corrupt scheme to give political access to big money donors. but when it comes to fighting for us... low's missed nearly 1,000 votes... from affordable housing to climate change. evan low only serves himself. he made multiple attempts to reach out to them, and they keep

pointing fingers and saying, you know, reach out to hoa or reach out to bart and it should be their responsibility. but ultimately, i feel like they should be working together. >> a safety risk for families living in an apartment complex now at 530. we're hearing from neighbors dealing with the threat of fires started in nearby encampments. >> i'm abc's perry russom in washington. vice president kamala harris delivers her closing argument. as former president trump continues to distance himself from a comics racist joke. that story coming up. >> i think they suck and they're inconvenient. and this, this it sucks. >> it's a band aid. it doesn't help new issues and safety concerns over barriers meant to deter prostitution. >> neighbors say they're causing even more frustration. good morning everyone. it's wednesday, october 30th. >> we're going to start with a check on the weather with spencer. >> okay, reggie and amanda, we've got some rain coming our way. it will be mainly light, but you can see on the satellite radar composite image, the approaching cold front bringing increasing clouds later today than the showers tonight and overnight. but right now we're

looking at calm conditions. skies mainly clear as 52 degrees here in san francisco. chilly in the north bay, where sonoma, santa rosa and saint helena have temperature readings in the upper 30s. over in the inland east bay, mainly in the 40s, and we expect a fairly calm and mild day as we take a look at our forecast headlines right here. increasing clouds during the afternoon hours tonight, showers arrive and they spread from northwest to southeast and halloween tomorrow looks spooktacular. it's going to be a pretty nice day. this afternoon will be fairly calm as well and dry with high temperatures of 58 degrees here in half moon bay, 60 here in san francisco, around the bay shoreline, mainly low to mid 60s. inland areas will warm to only mid to upper 60s, so it's not going to be a very warm day, but a pleasant one. now the futurecast shows the approaching cold front bringing some showers to the north bay tonight. it will be more widespread and fairly concentrated rainfall in the early evening hours, but later at night, as the front swings southeastward, we'll see it breaking up into scattered showers. francis. good morning. >> good morning. spencer. it's been an easy ride so far this

wednesday, so we'll start off with a live shot of the san mateo bridge. it is getting a little bit more crowded for folks heading in the westbound direction out of foster city towards san mateo. or rather, out of hayward, towards foster city, from the toll plaza to foster city. that's 11 minutes and heads up, there's a ten minute delay on bart due to an equipment problem on the track near millbrae, so trains heading through san francisco towards antioch. ten minute delays ace and caltrain, though reporting all trains on time. no delays, and it is a very quiet ride right now across the golden gate bridge. really no major problems on the bay area roads right now. reggie, look at this dramatic surveillance video capturing a break-in at a tobacco shop. >> this happened in oakland monday night. you can see a car ramming through the entrance of lucky seven cigarettes on 12th street in the little saigon neighborhood. a group of people ran inside. they stole several items from the store when police got there, got there, they saw the suspects either running or driving away. so far, only two people have been arrested and

police say this investigation is ongoing. these are known sometimes as crash and grabs, and they've been a problem across the bay area for years now. leaders in san francisco say they've got a plan to stop them in union square. abc seven news reporter lena howland joins us in the studio this morning. lena, the idea involves putting up barriers outside the stores. >> reggie that's right. and we're talking about physical barriers like these bollards set up already surrounding the salesforce tower here in san francisco for safety reasons. mayor london breed wants to bring these or something similar, as well as planters, to union square. her announcement comes just one day after another attempted crash and grab like this one at the louis vuitton in union square on monday. she said the city will cut some of the red tape involved in the approval process. rob ryder, co-founder of the storefront safety council, says similar bollards have been installed in places like new york city, las vegas and chicago. while he applauds the effort here, he has questions and concerns about businesses going through this

installment process. when the city's infrastructure is 100 plus years old. >> if the city did it excuse the expression right, they would. they would put in the bollards themselves. so they would all be continuous and they would all look the same. and it could be done in a, you know, in phases. that made sense. >> so i just want to be very clear to those who are targeting our city. we have undercover operations. we have surveillance and camera systems. we have officers doing investigations. and now we're adding another tool that's going to be valuable in helping to prevent things from happening in the first place. >> as to how fast bollards could be installed in this area and how much money they would cost, that is yet to be determined. san francisco police already patrol union square 24 over seven, but assistant chief david lazard tells us that they welcome crime prevention through environmental design. live in studio lena howland, abc seven news. >> all right. and there's a

traffic alert. metering lights have been turned on at the bay bridge toll plaza. the drive time right now from highway four to san francisco is 39 minutes. and we'll expect to see it grow. amanda. >> thank you. francis. vice president kamala harris will be lighting up the las vegas sphere with a new ad. this is the first time the exosphere has displayed a campaign advertisement. the ad encourages people to go out and vote on november 5th. we are now just six days to election day. the candidates are making their closing arguments to americans. vp harris is in washington, dc as she was calling former president donald trump a petty tyrant. trump in pennsylvania trying to distance himself from the racist comments made at his rally in new york on sunday. here's abc news reporter perry russom. >> reporter with a backdrop of the white house vice president kamala harris making her closing argument less than one week away from election day. >> we have to stop pointing fingers and start locking arms. it is time to turn the page o

the drama and the conflict, the fear and division. it is time for a new generation of leadership in america. >> harris vowing to work across the aisle to help the american people. >> donald trump would walk into that office with an enemies list. when elected, i will walk in with a to do list. >> former president trump on fox news, distancing himself from comedian tony hinchcliffe, who called puerto rico a floating island of garbage. at trump's rally in new york city. >> i don't know who it is. i don't even know who put him in. and i can't imagine it's a big deal. i've done more for puerto rico than any president. i think that's ever that's ever been president. >> this morning, president biden clarifying this remark he made last night played on cnn, the only garbage i see floating out there is his supporters. >> his his demonization of latinos is unconscionable.

>> biden says he was only referring to the hateful rhetoric made by hinchcliffe. trump pouncing during his rally in pennsylvania. >> these people are terrible, a terrible, terrible to say a thing like that. but he really doesn't know. he really honestly, he doesn't. and i'm convinced that he likes me more than he likes kamala. >> nikki haley on fox news, reaffirming her support of trump with a warning to the campaign. >> this bromance and this masculinity stuff, i mean, it it borders on edgy to the point that it's going to make women uncomfortable. >> haley has not been on the campaign trail with trump. she says she last spoke to him in june. a major question has been how her supporters decide to vote. perry russom, abc news, washington. >> we are less than a week now, and you have that much time to fill out your ballot and we do have resources to help. check out our abc seven news voter guide with information about the big races and ballot measures. you'll find it at abc seven news.com. under the election

section. >> in the east bay, people living in a townhome community in hayward are growing frustrated. they say they've been dealing with a number of fires like this one all year long, and the city isn't doing enough to stop them, residents tell abc seven news. the fires all happened behind a sound wall that separates the hideaway townhomes from nearby bart tracks. it's a place where there's a large encampment. despite making multiple complaints, residents say they're getting no help. >> we got tired of the city not doing anything. we made multiple attempts to reach out to them, and they keep pointing fingers and saying, you know, reach out to hoa or reach out to bart and it should be their responsibility. but ultimately, i feel like they should be working together. >> bart and the city both say the property where the fires are happening may belong to the transit agency. bart told abc seven news it's been working with the city and other stakeholders to address encampments. >> residents in another community across the bay are also feeling frustrated with their city leaders. those living on shotwell street in san francisco are questioning the effectiveness of a street barrier. we've been following

this story for more than a year now. sfmta put up barriers in the middle of the street to try and stop an influx of sex work. after barriers were placed on nearby capp street, residents on shotwell say the barriers have just created more chaos. >> we've seen some people driving on our sidewalk and across the street on their sidewalk to avoid the barriers. >> residents say even traffic enforcement officers have been spotted driving on the sidewalks, as sfmta officials say the barriers are part of a pilot program and they are reviewing their effectiveness. >> now it's time for our abc seven mornings advancer our way of highlighting some things happening in the day ahead here in the bay area. >> first, after more than a month on strike, thousands of hotel workers and their supporters will march through downtown san francisco this afternoon. employees at hilton, marriott and hyatt hotels are demanding better wages, affordable health care and the restoration of jobs cut during the pandemic. they've been on strike for more than a month.

they also say hotel understaffing is contributing to the city's financial woes. striking workers include housekeepers, servers, bartenders, bellhops and more. >> apple is offering a sneak peek at its version of ai. today, customers can attend. hello apple intelligence free educational sessions about the features that come with the launch of apple's ai platform. the sessions are being held at apple stores across the country for customers of all ages. apple intelligence was released for ipads, iphones and computers this week. >> bart's anime mascots will make their latest appearance at a pop up event on the peninsula. the characters were created in an effort to engage new riders. then, as part of a collaboration, fang taiwan fruit tea shops added the characters on some of its menu items. today's event will take place at the fang tea location in colma. >> medical marijuana pioneers home is now a museum. the push to preserve a piece of san francisco history with an uncertain future. but first, to

check in the weather with spencer. >> okay, reggie, we have a cold front approaching us. it's going to bring a little bit of rainfall to the bay area tonight, and overnight into early tomorrow morning, but for this morning we've got mainly clear skies. it's dry. it's 52 degrees in san francisco, oakland 5548 hayward, mid 40s at redwood city and half moon bay, 50 at san jose. another clear view from mount tam looking down onto the bay. chilly up north right now. 38 degrees in santa rosa, 42 in napa. livermore is also 42. we have low 50s at fairfield and concord going into the afternoon hours, we'll see increasing clouds, but the skies will be bright for most of the day with high temperatures of 58 at half moon bay, 60 here in san francisco, most locations around the bay shoreline will reach into the low to mid 60s. inland areas, mainly mid to upper seconds, so not a wide range of highs today as the inland areas will not warm up a lot. let's check out that approaching cold front by about 8:00 tonight. we should see some fairly concentrated rainfall beginning to sweep through the northernmost part of our viewing area and the rest of the north bay. but by midnight or so, we'll see the system breaking up

into scattered showers and leading into partly clear skies to start

in the santa cruz mountains. bella's owner, richard baker, says she walked outside and after about 20 minutes, bella returned with injuries. bella had bite marks all across her body, some even puncturing her skull, and she was close to turning septic. >> my first reaction, to be honest, was i don't know if i can can save her. >> she's got that fighter instinct, you know. and so i think that that love that she has had for life and, you know, the family is what kept her here. you know, fighting. >> and bella continues to battle an infection, but is so far making a miraculous recovery.

baker says she's facing about $20,000 in vet bills, but his dog will hopefully have a full recovery by mid-november. >> that is a huge financial burden. wow. now for building a better bay area. a breakthrough santa clara county is the first in the state to enroll people into a brand new program, providing medi-cal to those exiting incarceration. >> this means that gains that were made while in custody through mental health services, drug addiction treatment, and support for chronic health conditions will not be lost when people leave custody. >> santa clara is one of three california counties to pilot the program. enrollees can receive medi-cal benefits for up to 12 months after leaving a correctional facility. every county in the state will be required to implement the program by october of next year. >> our next breakthrough surrounds an east bay elementary school cafeteria. that may be a shining example of what's to come in schools across america. richmond's michelle obama

elementary school is now serving 100% organic food in its cafeteria. the conscious kitchen is responsible for the food with input from famous bay area chef alice waters. she puts an emphasis on fresh, local, organic, seasonal foods for kids, bringing the farm to table movement into west contra costa county schools. >> west contra costa was the first. we're working with many other districts in the region really supporting local organic farmers and bringing a lot of produce in. we're just starting to bring in many different kinds of food. we hope it's a blueprint for our state. 100% organic, first in the nation. >> backers say this can be a model for school cafeterias throughout america. >> there's a push to preserve a very san francisco piece of history inside this distinctive home. it's known as the castro castle. it was the home of the late dennis peron, an activist who helped drive the legalization of medical marijuana. peron's loved ones are trying to figure out the future of the museum on 17th

street in the castro district. abc seven news reporter tim johns has that story from the outside. >> the bright exterior of the so-called castro castle might look like several homes in this notoriously colorful neighborhood, but go inside and you'll experience a living piece of san francisco history. >> this was the first medical marijuana initiative in san francisco. >> john entwistle lives in the house he previously shared with his husband, dennis peron. peron, who died in 2018, was a prominent cannabis activist in the 90s. he coauthored the proposition that would legalize medical marijuana in california, and ultimately became credited with changing the political debate about cannabis around the country. over the years, entwistle and others have turned a portion of the home into a museum honoring peron's legacy, showing some of the 50 years of struggle from the dark days when they would put you in jail for ten years, for giving a guy two joints. >> and they did that. or they put you in jail for one year just for protesting by lighting

up a joint on the steps of the police station. they put you in jail for a year. to today, where you can legally buy it in most cities in america. >> but entwistle says the museum is facing an uncertain future after years of living there. entwistle, who doesn't own the home, says it's likely he'll soon have to leave. he says the owners are planning to sell. as a result, he's looking for a new home for the cannabis museum, something he calls an important piece of american and san francisco history. >> people come here looking to find out this story. they want to experience. they want to understand what happened here. that is a big part of san francisco history. >> peron's brother, brian, supports entwistle's plan to preserve his brother's legacy. the pair tell me they're hoping to ultimately move the museum into a space downtown, a place where visitors can learn about the history of cannabis and san francisco's role in changing how the nation views it. >> dennis uh- changed the face of marijuana that it used to. people used to think is just a bunch of hippies. but then he showed that there were old

people who needed it also, and that it was not just a recreational thing, but but it was a medicine. >> while marijuana has been fully legal in california since 2016, entwistle believes there's still more work to be done in other parts of the country. that's why he's hoping one day this collection will serve as a lesson in hope. >> that's the goal is to inspire other people to do more things, to make the world a better place. >> in san francisco. tim johns, abc seven news. >> so we were just brainstorming of where we would put this museum, and we think, i mean, they said downtown is a possibility. there's space, but what about haight-ashbury? >> yeah, i think it fits that definitely esthetic of that haight-ashbury feel. >> and that's where people go to seek these experiences, right? yeah. i don't know. that'd be more free idea. not free rent, but free idea. >> it's a good idea. i got a free forecast for you. well, somebody is paying for it, but not the viewers. big money starting with the satellite radar composite image. we have an approaching cold front that's

going to bring some rain to the bay area on this. thanks. thanksgiving. on this halloween eve. right now, we have calm winds, though. so even ahead of the frontal system, it's a pretty. there's not much happening in the way of wind right now. current temperature readings are chilly in the north bay, 38 degrees right now at santa rosa, 39 at sonoma, 40 at saint helena. other locations, mainly in the upper 40s to low 50s. right now. and these are our forecast headlines today. we'll see increasing clouds going into the afternoon and evening hours tonight. showers will arrive first in the north bay and then spread to other parts of the bay area tomorrow. halloween looks spooktacular. it's going to be a pretty calm and dry day this afternoon will be mainly dry as well with bright skies, but increasing clouds. highs will range from 58 at half moon bay to 63 in oakland, mainly low to mid 60s around the bay shoreline inland east bay only mid to upper 60s. so it's not going to warm up a lot this afternoon in our inland areas. upper 60s down in the south bay, san jose and morgan hill and up to about 60 napa 64 and santa rosa in the north bay. so here's our forecast animation

following that approaching cold front, which will swing into the bay area. excuse me. swing into the bay area during the evening hours about 8:00 or so. we'll see fairly widespread rain developing in the northernmost part of our viewing area. as the front moves through, though, approaching midnight it will start to break up into scattered showers. some of those showers will linger into the early morning hours tomorrow, but by the time we get into the middle of the morning commute, it should be mainly dry with bright skies. and the halloween forecast looks like this. we'll see bright skies in the middle part of the day, but creepy clouds coming in in the evening, which is what some of our trick or treaters might enjoy. reggie and amanda. >> thanks, spencer. new at six. the u.s. forest service wants more women on their fire crews. the pay training now being offered right here in northern california. >> but first, another illness connected to the e coli outbreak linked to onions on mcdonald's quarter pounders. a colorado teen is now the latest patient hospitalized and

has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the murder of his wife and another man. here's abc news reporter eva pilgrim. >> in this morning's gma first look, a major development in the alleged au pair love triangle murder case. >> today's agreement marks a significant step forward in this case. >> this body camera video showing giuliana perez magallanes moments after the murder of christine banfield and joe ryan. now police drop the knife and he was going to kill her. >> i'm going to kill her. we found joseph ryan deceased as a result of gunshot wounds and found christine banfield suffering from stab wounds. >> parrish magallanes, now pleading guilty to manslaughter for joe ryan's death, agreeing to testify against her former

boss and lover, brendan banfield, who is charged for both murders. is she breathing? she's got stab wounds. and coming up at 7 a.m, we'll tell you what's next. as the cases unfold with your gma first look, i'm eva pilgrim, abc news, new york. >> this morning, a teenager is in the hospital fighting kidney failure after she says she ate a mcdonald's quarter pounder and got e coli. the 15 year old lives in grand junction, colorado, which is the same county where 11 people have gotten sick and one person has died. initially, her mom thought it might have been the flu, but the symptoms were much worse. blood tests ultimately revealed e coli. >> it hurt to walk like i couldn't stand up straight, like because my back was like, hurting really bad. and i had, like, really bad cramps, cramps or like, abdominal pain. i think that's what it's called. and i just like, couldn't get out of bed, i couldn't eat, i couldn't drink, i was surviving on popsicles. >> mcdonald's says it saw a 10%

drop in visits last week. at least 75 have gotten sick nationwide during the outbreak, which is being blamed on onions from a california farm. >> experts worry all of elon musk's starlink launches could have bad environmental impacts. a group of 100 spacex researchers sent a letter to the fcc asking to put a pause on the thousands of satellite launches for now. they say environmental review is needed before continuing, while long term impacts are unclear. researchers say more satellites and launches lead to more damaging gases and metals in the atmosphere. of course, a lot more news coming up at 6 a.m. the bay area's housing crisis, where hundreds of new housing units could soon go up. >> plus, a surprising new feature at chabot college that's being credited for getting more students back to campus. >> plus, the san francisco based activity tracking app now at the center of an international security concern. the claim it might be unintentionally allowing people to track world leaders.

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