showers are on the way. i'll let you know if they'll move out before trick or treating plans begin. halloween forecast is coming up. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> and our top story tonight. new developments in this wild, caught on camera moment during san francisco's fleet week. a u.s. navy parachutist landed on a 17 year-old girl, injuring her. now the family, through their attorney, is sharing more details about the crash and what they're asking of the u.s. navy. good evening. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. that moment stunned onlookers at marina green. >> and tonight, we're getting a new look at the moments leading up to the crash as that young girl continues on the road to recovery. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena has been following this story and is in the newsroom with the very latest on this loose. >> yes, dana. this is the first time we're hearing about the injuries. a 17 year-old sustained and seen a video from her point of view just seconds before the crash. the family

attorney hoping to settle with the navy out of court. reporter. this is the moment 17 year old mia de guzman recorded in amazement, staring at the sky as a navy officer on a parachute flew over the crowd. seconds later, her life would change forever. >> crash landed into her and her mom, and his helmet actually hit the mom in the head. he landed on top of mia. a moment of awe quickly turning into agony. >> her mom suffering a concussion. 17 year old mia rushed to the hospital with serious injuries. >> she sustained pelvic fractures, and it sounds like the hope is that she will be able to walk without a limp and it's not going to impede her growing. her mom's concern is that, well, will she be able to have kids? naturally. and the doctors don't know that that will be possible unless they take the pins and screws out because it's holding her pelvis in place. >> several weeks after the

crash, we're learning more details about the family. mia had just arrived to the u.s. two days prior to the crash. her parents bringing her to the u.s. from the philippines. >> the parents, as a celebration, took them to see the blue angels. so she had no insurance yet she had literally just came. didn't even fully unpack her bags yet. and then this happened. >> mia was set to start high school, but instead she's in the process of learning to walk again. is the family planning to sue the navy? >> so our goal is not to sue. they contacted an attorney because they really didn't know how to get in touch with the navy. step two is to make sure that this young woman has her medical bills covered and isn't starting her adult life in debt, and is just fully compensated for everything that she'll need. >> in a statement, the navy saying in part, the navy is conducting several investigations into the incident and taking the necessary steps to ensure the highest level of

safety at future events. the navy parachute team paused scheduled demonstrations to conduct this review of procedures. this family does not have a financial amount they are seeking from the navy. they are waiting for the medical bills. they're hoping for the navy to take responsibility, and for the city of san francisco to also investigate. so this doesn't happen again in the newsroom. luz pena, abc seven news. all right. >> thanks very much. testimony continued today in the murder trial of cash app founder bob lee. nina momeni is accused of stabbing lee to death in april of 2023. prosecutors called several san francisco police officers to the stand today, including officers who executed search warrants at the defendant's apartment, his sister's apartment and her husband's apartment. officers testified they found the same brand of knife in the defendant's sister's apartment, and her husband's apartment as the murder weapon. one officer testified. surveillance video. the night of the murder showed nima momeni advancing at bob

lee, a seven year old san jose boy has permanent damage after he was hit by a car after allegedly being left unattended during a tutoring session. >> his parents are now suing and calling on changes to ensure this never happens again. here's abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey wiping tears from her eyes. >> ashley mom michelle relives the trauma in june, her seven year old son bastian was hit by a car. the impact rupturing his bladder, fracturing his skull and breaking multiple of his bones. his heart stopped, but his parents are thankful his life was not taken from them. >> bastian's healing has its ups and downs, and we've always celebrated his wins with each achievement. we try to pull ourselves together and get closer to normalcy. we are so fortunate to have our sweet boy alive and at home with us. >> something mom, michelle says was almost not the case. court documents reveal. bastian went missing an hour into his

tutoring session at kumon willow glen. the tutor couldn't find him and assumed his parents picked him up. another hour passed before his mother actually arrived and learned he was missing. he was hit by a car next to the center, and now his family is suing the driver and kumon for negligence. >> what happened to bastian on june 24th should never have happened to him or any child. >> kumon had a responsibility to take due care to ensure he returned to his parents safely. they failed to do so here. >> a sign on the door shows parents are required to drop off and pick up their children, not enter. as part of the lawsuit, the michelle's want kumon to put in more protections like sign out sheets and updated training for staff. kumon america told us student safety is the most important thing to them, and they had addressed the lawsuit in court. each center is independently owned and operated, and the owner did not return our request for comment. your foot feels like it's going to break. >> yeah, but i don't care. >> two years later, bastian is back to walking on his own, attending school and playing with his favorite pokemon. it's

been a long road to recovery, but as bastian says, even tony stark or wolverine had to have a little pain to become a superhero. he is a superhero and a fighter, and his parents are thankful and excited for the life they get to share with him. >> to the emt that saved bastian's life and got his heart beating and got him breathing. jeremy, you are forever bastian's guardian angel. he still refers to you as his guardian angel. >> in san jose, dustin dorsey abc seven news. >> what a strong kid. all right. well, now to another attack that happened on a flight. a man accused of randomly punching a sleeping passenger on a united airlines flight from sfo. the flight took off monday for washington dulles airport. the fbi says the suspect was returning to his seat from the bathroom when he, for some reason, just began hitting a man in the head. another passenger pulled him off. here is some audio from police radio traffic about the incident. >> one individual was assaulted. other individual possibly

suffering from ptsd. copy saying the plane is at the gate. >> we have eyes. fbi is notifying they're en route. >> the suspect was taken into custody and ordered to be temporarily detained by a judge. happening now. hundreds of striking hotel workers are blocking the street near the intersection of geary and powell streets in san francisco. they expect to get arrested. earlier, they marched through downtown, passing by some of the hotels where they work. roughly 2000 hotel workers in san francisco are currently on strike. they're demanding higher wages, better staffing and fair workloads. so far, the strike has hit five major san francisco hotels, including the marriott at union square, the grand hyatt, hilton, westin, saint francis and the beaux arts palace hotel. >> all right, let's chat about the weather, shall we? as our team is tracking some changes. that is a beautiful look outside, though. this is our abc seven roof cam. i like all the pinks across the sky there. we

do have some showers though. coming in late tonight. for more on that and a look at the timeline. let's check in with abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel. hi, sandhya. hi, there. >> yeah, it is going to be in and out before you know it. so let's take a look at live doppler seven right now, and you will notice that the wet weather is up around northern california. they are seeing a mix of rain and snow there. a few sprinkles on live doppler seven moving towards ukiah right now, but it's going to take a couple of hours before the atmosphere moistens up. it's a light level one storm on our storm impact scale, and this front will be in and out of here so quickly that we're not expecting a whole lot in terms of accumulations. as you will notice, 7:00 tonight up around mendocino county, the rain starts to shift into the north bay at 10 p.m. by 1 a.m, starting to cross over into the east bay san francisco peninsula and around 3:00 in the morning, the south bay and the east bay finally get their share. this is going to linger into the early morning hours. as you will notice, around 7 a.m. storm impact scale exclusive to abc seven news. it's a light level one late tonight into early

tomorrow morning. those scattered showers, slippery roadways and breezy conditions with not much in the way of accumulations. i'll be back with a full look at that forecast. plus, halloween weather coming right up. >> dan okay sandhya, thank you. tomorrow, u.s. representatives nancy pelosi and mark desaulnier will discuss a $166 million grant aimed at easing congestion on interstate 680. that's tomorrow. but you're getting the story tonight. the federal funding will help implement first of its kind technology to tackle the rush hour commute. abc seven news reporter anser hassan has the details. >> how bad is the traffic on 680? >> well, 680 is actually one of the one of the top five congested corridors in the bay area. >> tim hill is executive director of the contra costa transportation authority. he says commutes are back to pre-pandemic levels. the 680 corridor is congested and constrained, and they can't build their way out of the problem. so they're turning to tech, leveraging the ramp metering technology that we're planning on using, which is

state of the art first of its kind in california. it will use real time traffic data to instantly change ramp metering timing so it can adjust to traffic conditions along 680 and to coordinate all ramps together. >> we actually will know the exact traffic or occupancy in each lane. and so by really knowing exactly where those gaps exist in the highway, we can actually strategically let people get into the corridor. >> they'll also study travel behavior to better understand when or why commuters would consider alternative forms of transportation, if at all. one idea is to allow busses to drive on outside emergency lanes during commute hours to bypass traffic, and hopefully with that, people will want to take transit because it's going faster than the car. this project was newly awarded $166 million from the national infrastructure project assistance grant program, known as mega. mega falls under president biden's infrastructure investment and jobs act, which is the largest allocation out of the mega program for california. u.s. congressman mark desaulnier, who represents parts of contra costa county, spoke to

u.s. transportation secretary pete buttigieg to help secure the funding. >> we're using smart technology. we're connecting to all the street lights all through the corridor so the system management can be smarter about moving people through the corridor and reducing our pollution and our carbon impacts. >> hill says the design phase will take two years. construction will begin thereafter, creating upwards of 10,000 jobs. the entire project is expected to be completed in 2028. in contra costa county. anser hassan abc seven news. >> up next coping with loss while also celebrating new life, south bay families are making dia de los muertos this week, marking it and what they're

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races in the election is for the 16th congressional district seat in silicon valley. it is democrat versus democrat evan low against sam liccardo. but it's far from a friendly competition. you're going to hear from both candidates over the next two days. today on abc7 news at 3 p.m, anchor kristen sze spoke with sam liccardo, who

said he's not concerned at all about governor newsom's endorsement of low. i don't think it will make much of a difference. >> look, compared to the rest of the united states, our voters in silicon valley and the peninsula and coast side are very sophisticated, very independent. they do their own research and they don't want to be told what to do by a politician or a political party. okay. i run against the political establishment in nearly every one of my five campaigns. i've never lost. and look, i'd be concerned if it was oprah winfrey or taylor swift. but look, people don't want to be told how to vote by politicians. >> tomorrow we'll talk with liccardo's competitor in the congressional race, evan low. he secured the endorsement of governor newsom earlier this week. look for our interview with low coming up tomorrow on abc7 news at 3 p.m, and abc7 will help you navigate all of the races and the measures on the november 5th ballot. we have a voter guide on abc7 news.com. you'll find it under the election section. >> and with election day just six days away. and halloween tomorrow, some bay area homes are combining halloween decorations with political

points of view. abc seven news reporter tim johns checked out two of the homes for us today, and has the story. >> located on a quiet street corner in alameda is a house with a halloween display. unlike many others. owner dan balsam says while he puts up elaborate decorations every year, this year he wanted to specifically focus on the election, so he created his so-called project 2025 halloween carnival. balsam's interpretation of an anti-trump carnival. >> we have pin the crime on hunter biden, which is not exactly a carnival game, but it's what mags like to do. we have the maga fun happy wheel. >> the display has gotten a lot of attention and has drawn people from all over the bay area. elena durante says she lives in the area but has brought friends over just to see the house. >> it is a time of very, very high anxiety, so yeah, i think this is this is a nice a nice thing to see. and it also might even educate some people about some things. >> balsam's house isn't the only politically inspired halloween

home in the bay area in san francisco. wade geoffrion and his husband incorporated several political figures in their graveyard themed holiday decorations, started adding a few people that got on our nerves and annoyed us. >> over the years. and trump is one of them, so we've been burying him for about five six years now. >> while the bay area has a notorious liberal lean, we wondered how some local republicans were reacting to the home's. john dennis is the chairman of the san francisco republican party. he says he thinks most republicans would find the decorations funny, but he does wonder how local democrats would react if someone created a kamala harris themed display. >> in a way, i think it actually helps. i think it's i think it's good natured. it's sort of fun. and, you know, we need to have a sense of humor about these kinds of things. it's discourse has gotten a little too harsh. >> back in alameda, balsam tells us he thinks most people see the

entertainment value in his display, something he plans on keeping up through election day. balsam says all jokes aside, he hopes his display reminds people of an important message. that message, of course, being to get out and vote. in alameda, tim johns abc seven news. >> all right. let's get a check on our weather. we've got another beautiful afternoon behind us. we do. >> and the question is, what will the trick or treaters get tomorrow? meteorologist sandhya patel is here. sandhya? >> yeah, and dan and ama is going to be all treats. no tricks for tomorrow night. let me show you live doppler seven. right now. good evening everyone. as we take a look, we're starting to see that front moving into northern california. the pacific northwest. that's the system that is going to bring us the wet weather. so right now, the rain and snow is across this region. but this will all start to slide south and east as the night goes on. right now we are seeing cloud cover heavier to the north. no moisture is reaching the ground just yet, but that will be changing from our sutro tower camera. you can see a few clouds

out there, upper 50s to low 60s. san francisco, oakland, right now 70. 63. excuse me, in san jose. it managed to get up to 70 degrees. 62 right now in redwood city. emeryville. camera. look at this beautiful post. sunset shot 50s from santa rosa to napa right now. 62 fairfield, 60, in concord and from santa cruz. camera. we are noticing clear skies there late tonight into tomorrow morning. showers arrive and spread halloween. no tricks. all treats friday night. going into saturday morning, our next round of rain arrives. so let's talk about that halloween forecast first thing tomorrow morning. there will be a chance of an isolated shower. 40s and 50s, partly cloudy at noontime, and it's a cauldron of clouds at 4 p.m. all treats later on in the evening. level one storm coming our way. it's light. exclusive to abc seven news late tonight into early tomorrow morning. scattered showers, slippery roadways. it will definitely be breezy. the accumulations not much because it's a fast moving front. 7:00 up around mendocino county by 9 p.m. starting to move into santa

rosa. and you will notice at midnight crossing the central portion of the bay as we head into 3 a.m, south bay is getting wet into 430, so if you're an early commuter tomorrow morning, watch out for those damp roadways 8:00 in the morning there might be a pop up shower or two, and then it's all gone. just a mix of sun and clouds for the rest of the day. rainfall estimates anywhere from a few hundredths of an inch to about 11 hundredths in half moon bay. there will be a couple of spots that could pick up more. this does turn to snow up to four inches above 7000ft in the greater lake tahoe area. 11 p.m. tonight until 2 p.m. tomorrow, winter weather advisory goes up. so with those gusty winds, slippery roads, it might be a little bit dicey to travel across the region. 30 to 50 first thing in the morning, showers to the north tomorrow afternoon. you are looking at highs in the 50s and 60s, partly to mostly sunny skies. and here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. after the morning drops with a level one system. it's beautiful for

halloween. late night chance friday of some wet weather, but it's really saturday morning that we get that level one with the rain and breezy conditions. and just a reminder, fall back sunday we go to standard time. it's going to be warmer. it's going to be windy offshore winds developing, warming us up right on through election day. so it should be dry when you go to the polls. >> ama and dan okay, sandhya. thank you. >> all right. we do have some sad news to share with you today. a longtime employee of abc seven news passed away suddenly without warning. yesterday. >> emily montgomery began her career here back in 1983. she worked in news archiving as prompter operator, including for this show. she worked evenings here with us and recently trained to be a director. >> we work with her every single night here. emily was a bay area native and her knowledge helped improve our newscasts every day. she cared so much about what she did and all of us who worked here with her. she was a friend to us all. we adored her and she will be missed. emily montgomer.

ill patients. we just need more people. we need more bodies. we need more hands. we need more minds just to do all of the tasks that are required for these very sick patients. and we're not receiving that ability to take care of your family members. >> the nurses union says

management hasn't addressed more than 100 instances of unsafe staffing conditions or missed meal breaks. in a statement to our media partner, the mercury news, the good sam hospital spokesperson denies the nurses union's accusation. officials say good sam has added 83 nurses this year and reduced nursing turnover by nearly 7%. >> families around the world will celebrate dia de los muertos this week, and while some families in the south bay are coping with loss, they're also celebrating new life. abc seven news south bay reporter zach fuentes explains why and what those families are calling on all of us to do. >> this was joe perez. he was a sacramento police officer, but first a beloved son. he died of a brain aneurysm on the job while making an arrest. jess said that before joe graduated from the academy, he told him that he wanted to be an organ donor. a decision jess initially disagreed with. but when joe passed and doctors asked jess if his organs could be donated, he

knew he had to think that over. >> god gave me an answer right then and there, and the answer was, if i honored my son, i'd be honoring him. >> joe saved four lives that day. >> five years later, i got to meet the person that has my son's heart, and i got to put my head against his chest. >> joe was one of many organ donors being honored on this ofrenda at all three santa clara county run hospitals. the goal is to honor the past donors and raise awareness for organ donations, especially in the latino community. >> in california alone, there's over 20,000 individuals waiting for an organ. latinos make half of that in the california waitlist. >> eileen delgado, spallino with donor network west, says many in the latino community are hesitant to register as donors because of common myths. >> when the medics come to take care of you, they're not going to take care of you because you're a donor. and why waste resources taking care of you, right? >> something they say is far from the truth. >> we need the organs to be in really good shape, so they're

going to take care of you anyway, because that's what they have to do. and paramedics are not looking at their driver's license for that donation. they're looking at it to identify who you are and get you to a hospital. and call your next of kin. >> someone has a beating heart today because of someone like joe, who registered to be an organ donor. >> year before. i was literally playing to praying to god to like, at least give me a couple of years so that i can see my son go to college. and yesterday we applied for his admission. >> his request now is for more people to consider registering as organ donors. i think that's the ultimate thing you can do. for more on registering, head to donor network west.org in san jose. zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> helping solve the homelessness crisis in the east bay. how oakland plans to put millions of dollars in grant money to work. plus, real estate takes five years to catch up after a downswing, and we are in the middle of the catch up period. >> san francisco hits the reset button when it comes to

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threshold. the magic number is 82,000. by the year 2031. >> and to meet that goal, the permit approval timeline is shorter, except that things aren't being built as quickly as the city would like. so tonight they are asking. we are asking why is that exactly? >> abc seven building a better bay area reporter lyanne melendez, is asking that question and is here with some answers. >> so we wanted to know why some of these builders are actually on the sidelines and they remain there right? because, hey, when it comes to building, period, either affordable or not, san francisco has hit the go button. but for a number of reasons, which we will outline shortly. developers are moving slowly and cautiously going through san francisco's planning and permitting process has been, until recently, like watching paint dry. but after the state pushed to expedite things, the

timeline is now shorter. so why isn't housing being built at a faster rate? it's complicated. or then again, maybe not. for years, san francisco forced developers to set aside about 22% or more for on site affordable units. that high number kept some builders on the sidelines. but in 2023, the state basically told san francisco, what are you doing? and told the city to lower the requirement to between 12 and 15%. >> the state of california made sure that the city of san francisco understood that they needed to lower the required inclusionary rate back down to what it was 15 or so years ago, which is around 12 to 15%. >> but san francisco's once high inclusionary rate wasn't the only thing that made builders pause. the pandemic and high interest rates made for the perfect storm. oh, and did we mention high construction costs

are the biggest challenge that we faced in the last? >> i'd say, since covid is construction costs have gone up astronomically 40 to 50%. so just imagine if in the old days you'd build out a space for $100 a square foot. now it costs 150. >> all of those factors made it nearly financially impossible to build the banks also held back thinking some investments were too risky. take 30 van ness. right now, it's a hole in the ground on the corner of market and van ness. the developer, lend lease, an australian company, was forced to step back until the company recently struck a deal with the city, allowing lend lease to scratch the previous 25% on site affordable housing requirement. right now, all of the 333 condos will be market rate units. the deal must still be approved by the board of supervisors, but for now, the project is moving ahead. >> so then the landlord's got

that option of i'm going to fund the extra money because i believe in my project. there's some light at the end of the tunnel. >> sam moss of the michigan housing development corporation believes the construction of new buildings will take time after hitting the reset button. >> real estate takes five years to catch up after a downswing, and we are in the middle of the catch up period. >> in a way, berkeley is doing better than san francisco. oddly enough, berkeley was the first city in america to restrict the construction of apartment buildings. in the early 1900s, zoning laws prioritize the construction of single family homes. it has reversed its position, and today there is a growing push to approve multifamily developments like high rises. mayor jesse arreguin calls himself a convert. >> i think our community has also come to recognize, like i have, that the housing crisis is not getting any better, that we have to embrace new housing, that we have to embrace density. and i think that's going to make

a big difference. long term. >> it already is, berkeley says. it's nearly halfway towards meeting the state mandate of 9000 new units. some of the construction focuses on building units next to the bart station and fulfilling an unmet demand for student housing at uc berkeley. behind these stacked shipping containers at people's park, construction is underway for a building with 1000 beds for students and 125 units of permanent supportive housing for the homeless, something that a few people are still protesting. hence the need for those containers. >> two years ago, they were ready to begin construction. people tore down the fences, stormed the park and occupied it, not allowing any construction to happen. and so the university took the extraordinary step of creating this physical barrier to make sure that construction can actually happen without any disruption. >> for once, there is optimism

that the worst may be over, and that the development of housing will pick up. >> i think that everyone needs to calm a little bit and wait until 2026, 2027, because hopefully that's when the credit markets will loosen up and developments will start to begin again. >> so let's hope so, because before 2022, san francisco was building. but after that it slowed down considerably to the lowest number since 2013. now a little over 2000 units were only built in san francisco in 2023. again, it was the perfect storm. and, you know, right now we're just kind of chugging along and warming up. it's like, you know, warming up that old car, if you will, sprint to the finish. >> exactly. thanks, liane. >> all right. oakland, across the bay is one of the cities that is receiving money from the state to address the homeless crisis. it is getting more than $28 million that can be spread across a variety of programs. mayor sheng tao recognized the significance of the grant right across the street from a complex

that's going to be permanent housing for dozens of people currently living on the streets. >> the fact that governor newsom has awarded us this grant is a sign that tells us we are doing the right thing and we're on the right track, like creating permanent housing rental and move in assistance. kate. >> a total of nearly $200 million is going to the bay area. >> up next, preparing california's coastline for the future. why? the answer to fighting beach erosion could be as simple as a grain of sand. >> and inside, a look at the santa clara county's newest firehouse. how the state of the art facility will help first responders better serve their

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electricity. abc seven news meteorologist drew tuma explains how it works. reporter. >> you're listening to the sound of california losing ground. our coastline is eroding at a pace that some experts fear could accelerate as sea levels rise in the face of climate change. professor peter ruggiero studies the pattern at oregon state somewhere in the ballpark of, you know, 40, 40 to 50ft for the low ends, upwards of well over 100, 150ft for the higher end. for decades, construction crews have fought to shore up beaches and cliff sides, saving homes and in some cases, entire neighborhoods with technologies ranging from cement to rocky seawalls. but now, a research team from northwestern university believes it may have another solution. essentially, gluing the sand into place by zapping it with electricity.

>> in a nutshell, cement sand by using electrical energy to understand the process. >> professor alessandro lauria says we should look to clams and mussels, creatures that use their metabolism to transform elements like the calcium found in seawater into hardened shell. he says those same chemical building blocks exist in abundance along the coast, waiting to be transformed. >> so we can basically transform them into solids. we can transform it into cementing agents. so basically we are really using the natural ingredients of seawater to cement uh- soils in controlled experiments. >> researchers used mild electrical currents to solidify sandy material into a rock like substance. rotularia believes the hardened sand could be cheaper and more efficient in holding off coastal erosion than current engineering methods. and he says the team has concepts for a mesh like delivery system

that could electrify and harden even larger coastal areas. >> they are highly scalable because as a matter of fact, you can engineer them with a given size and then you can just copy and paste and deploy it over very wide surfaces and potentially use the technique in combination with other engineering solutions to bolster some sand dunes or some sea cliffs backing some coastline. >> but for maybe a lower cost. >> many researchers believe a combination of techniques will be needed just to buy time, including perhaps shoring up the coast by literally hardening sand in san francisco. drew tuma, abc7 news. >> absolutely fascinating. interesting how they're going to try to do that now. in the north bay, eelgrass is a vital part of the richardson bay ecosystem, supporting fisheries and reducing erosion. it is also a vital food source for wildlife. and now there is a new effort to protect it. a new eelgrass protection zone was launched today in sausalito. it will be off limits to anchoring. this

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talk about the weather forecast. >> are we using the windshield wipers tonight, sandhya? >> yes. some areas will have to use those wipers, that's for sure. let's take a look at a live picture from our sky star camera. the clouds are gathering ahead of the cold front that is starting to bring some sprinkles up around mendocino county. as we take a look at live doppler seven tomorrow afternoon, the showers will be gone. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. as we look ahead to the next system, it gets here late friday night going into the first part of saturday, it will bring a rain snow mix to the sierra and certainly more wet weather to the bay area in terms of that system, we're looking at anywhere between a 10th of an inch to about a half an inch over two inches expected up in crescent city. here's your accuweather seven day forecast after those morning drops with the level one system tomorrow, halloween is looking beautiful. we'll go with level one for saturday and fall back on sunday. we go to standard time. election day is looking warm and dry for those going to the polls. >> ama and dan what's the other

one you spooktacular? >> spooktacular. >> that's cute. i thought i heard larry say he was going to be the hulk. >> oh, yeah, we did see that. >> well, i mean, what else would you go with? i barely need a costume for that. here we go. >> i'm a bucket over here. >> i'm going to. i'm going to put it on and be beautiful. stop! man, i'm trying to read the words. i'll make it stop in a minute. the 13th man on the bench usually stays on the bench. but these are the new look warriors with two starters out. lindy waters had a chance to flow last night. see what i did there was beautiful

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lindy waters. the third coming off the bench. but that may change very soon. the warriors acquired waters from oklahoma city with the 52nd pick in the

draft. waters spent three years at okc, and when the dubs have everybody healthy. waters is listed as the 13th man on a 15 player roster. last night, waters scored 21 points in 31 minutes off the bench, also had eight rebounds, four assists and a steal. who is this guy? not bad for your 13th man. and the dubs may need another performance like that tonight. kind of an unusual back to back with the pelicans as we bring in abc seven's chris alvarez who is live at chase center. with more news on waters tonight. >> yeah larry. so he goes from 13th man to starting five. and after a performance like last night, why not get more minutes? andrew wiggins is out officially again tonight dealing with that lower back strain. of course they're missing steph curry de'anthony melton. so down three guys waters gets elevated on the pelicans side. c.j. mccollum. he's out with right hip soreness. so steve kerr hoping the strength in numbers and a repeat performance tonight especially from the new starter lindy waters i can't be greedy. >> and you know have a bad

attitude coming in. whether i get playing time or not. like i said i'm going to be the same person every day. i'm always have a smile on my face and encourage my teammates and whatever my role is that day, you know, i'll accept it. and, you know, i just want the team to win. >> day one of camp. this guy is a ball player. the game flows when he's out there. it's not just because he's a good shooter. he's a good basketball player. >> so the warriors are set to reevaluate both curry and melton on friday. andrew wiggins status still remains to be seen. their next game saturday in houston, begins a five game road trip. larry. and then on the horizon of that when they come back home, klay thompson, the mavericks are here tuesday november 12th i'm hoping obviously everybody's healthy, but especially steph curry. you'd like to see him in that game. when klay thompson comes back. because that will be a huge one here. chase in a couple of weeks. >> absolutely. and that road trip is no joke. they've got to be at the celtics the world champions. there's a lot of tough games on that trip. thank you chris. enjoy the game tonight a bizarre scene in game

four of the world series last night. a couple of knuckleheads have been banned from tonight's game five because of their nonsense involving outfielder mookie betts. now, in the first inning, he's a fly ball down the line, and the fans try to wrestle the ball away from mookie. i mean, one guy is grabbing his wrist. what is happening here? ridiculous. they didn't get the ball. they did get ejected, though, and barred from tonight's game. they should be banned for life if you ask me. you touch a player, you're done. but the yankees. the yankees refunded the cost of their tickets, their season ticket holders. why are we encouraging bad behavior? mookie took the high road saying nobody got hurt. no big deal. let's move on to the guys. sharks won their second game in a row last night and today they acquired right handed defenseman timothy lilligren from the toronto maple leafs. sharks, hoping that he can provide some offense from the blue line team, teal sent defenseman matt benning and a pair of picks to toronto. and this is fun 49 ers ready for trick or treating. we start with christian mccaffrey. he's the tin man from the wizard of oz. his wife olivia culpo is dorothy dog oliver was represented as well mitch wishnowsky the punter

and wife matty were mr. incredible. and elastigirl from the incredibles. and george kittle. he's the mandalorian and his wife claire is princess leia. so i sports on abc seven. get the business done costumes on amazon. those are good costumes, i know, but i want to see george like you can't see. you don't know if it's george kittle. that's true. he's, you know, covered everything. give me, like, his eyes or his. this is not the way for him. >> i don't know if he even got the joke this way. oh yeah. the four. he has the force. >> yeah. all that. yeah. >> we want to see your hulk. >> waters. waters flow. waters flow. that's about his level. oh, thanks. >> i forgot to say, dodgers and yankees tied five five. >> okay, great. thank you. okay. >> all right. coming up tonight on abc seven at eight. it's the golden bachelorette, followed by abbott elementary at 930. what would you do? that's on at ten. then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. that's it for this

edition of abc seven news. thanks for joining us. i'm on the daetz and i'm dan ashley for sandhya patel. >> larry, don't make him angry. you wouldn't like him when he's angry. >> that's true. >> that's not not just a halloween thing. >> yeah. no. >> we apprec

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