live doctor is basically just like, trying to, like, stop the bleeding. i mean, his face was just a mess. it was awful. >> a mid-flight attack, seemingly unprovoked. now, at five, we're going to hear from a passenger who says she was seated directly behind a disabled man who was targeted. >> take stuff that i know gen z will like and be able to make it very voting specific. >> reaching a new generation of voters where they scroll the role influencers and content creators are playing in this

year's election. >> change on the way for one of the east bay's most congested corridors. the plans to improve interstate 680 and when drivers will see the difference. >> and a live look outside rain overnight in parts of the bay area means wet roads for your morning commute. it's something we haven't seen in quite some time, and it does make everything a little spooky. >> dooky on this october 31st happy halloween! >> yeah. >> and we will begin with a check of the weather i heard last night santa called it a cauldron of clouds. >> a cauldron of clouds. it's exactly what we had in the cauldron filled up with water. this morning because i had a wet drive into work. but the rain is tapering off right now, as you can see on live doppler seven and the radar, the and the satellite, the frontal system that brought us the rainfall is pushing through the bay area right now. so there's still there's still some little pockets of light rain, but the steadier rainfall has pretty much ended. and you can see that behind that front we're going to get drier weather and some brighter weather as the day goes on. right now, though, we're looking at temperature readings

on the cool side, seasonably cool generally in the low to mid 50s all across the bay area except up north where it's quite a bit cooler. currently. currently 44 at cloverdale, 45 at santa rosa. so the north bay lives up to its usual fashion of being a little chillier than the rest of the bay area. right now we're looking at our forecast headlines today, increasing sunshine. so this halloween weather will be more of a treat than a trick. and that that pattern will carry into the nighttime hours as the trick or treaters go out. we expect dry conditions. it'll be a little bit on the chilly side, but certainly pleasantly dry. and then tomorrow evening into saturday morning, our next round of rain will be pushing through. i'll give you a closer look at that a little bit later, but right now we'll check on traffic with frances. good morning. >> good morning spencer. morning, everyone. it is a bit of a tricky ride out there with the slippery roads. and also there is a sig alert, a traffic alert in foster city. so it's going to be tough for commuters to get around foster city. there's a car fire that has all lanes shut down eastbound 92. you're taken right off at foster

city boulevard, and then you can get right back on. so if you are headed to the san mateo bridge, you will be able to get through. and right now, as we show you live shot of the san mateo bridge, westbound traffic on the right looks good from the toll plaza to foster city is only 11 minutes. and you see that eastbound traffic making its way across the span past that car fire. it's also a spooktacular ride across the bay bridge right now. no problems getting into san francisco. amanda. all right. frances. >> thank you. keeping our attention on your drive. if your commute takes you along interstate 680, in the east bay, you already know how congested it gets. and today could be the first step in easing that congestion. abc seven news reporter lena howland is live in san ramon. with how new federal funding will help implement a first of its kind technology to tackle the commute. lena. >> amanda. for folks living out here in the east bay, it is no surprise the 680 corridor is one of the top five most congested areas in the bay, and because this area can no longer build its way out of the problem, they

are turning to tech. this afternoon, speaker emerita nancy pelosi and congress member mark desaulnier are expected to announce a $166 million grant aimed at easing congestion on 680. it's money coming from the national infrastructure project assistance grant program, known as mega, which falls under president biden's infrastructure investment and jobs act. the contra costa transportation authority says part of the money will cover new state of the art ramp metering technology. it will use real time traffic data to instantly change ramp metering timing, so it can adjust to the 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 will also study travel

behavior to better understand when or why commuters would consider alternative forms of transportation, such as public transit. one idea is to allow busses to drive on outside emergency lanes during commute hours to bypass traffic. this project is expected to take about two years to design, then followed by construction. the goal is to have it finished by 2028. live in san ramon, lena howland, abc seven news. >> and now we go to an attack on board a united airlines flight out of san francisco under federal investigation. abc seven news reporter j.r. stone spoke with the person who was on that plane and witnessed the attack. she says the victim is deaf and nonverbal. >> the next thing i know, i just hear the this just these sort of blood curdling screams. >> sandhya gupta is describing the moment she woke up two hours into her united airlines flight from sfo to washington dulles airport on monday. in the row in

front of her, she could see one passenger attacking another. >> he was just very violently and very aggressively just pummeling the guy who was in the window seat in front of me. it was it was vicious. this wasn't like a bar room. i'm going to throw a couple of punches around. i mean, this was this was vicious. >> the fbi says the suspect, everett chad nelson, had just gone to the bathroom and was walking back to his seat when he attacked the victim, who was sound asleep in a random row, not his. another passenger jumped in to help. basically. >> kind of like wrapped this guy and sort of like a hug. and the assailant just. it was the weirdest thing. he just went limp. this doctor is basically just, like, trying to, like, stop the bleeding. i mean, his face was just a mess. it was awful. there was blood spatter on the on the window shade and

all that kind of stuff. >> it was then that gupta says they learned that the victim couldn't hear or speak when he was trying to communicate with us in sign language. >> that's when we realized that he was deaf and nonverbal. >> that victim was communicating with the united flight crew by phone messages, according to sandhya. >> he also just kept texting. i'm so scared. it was just awful. >> gupta says some of those texts describe flight attendants saying that the suspect had claimed the victim attacked him in the street earlier, but that victim wrote that he had never seen the man before in his life. a suspect was arrested shortly after the plane landed at dulles and is still in jail. at last check, the victim, who was being treated by the doctor on board was okay, but physically and mentally shaken over what happened. j.r stone abc seven news. >> the san jose city council has rejected embattled council member omar torres's request for a 30 day leave of absence. torres made the request citing

mental health issues tied to an ongoing investigation he's accused of sending sexually explicit text messages to a minor, and yesterday the santa clara county democratic party joined the growing calls for his resignation. their statement reads, in part, quote, council member torres admitted conduct has rendered him unable to represent and serve his constituents and disqualifies him from continued service on the city council. we join other community leaders in calling on council member torres to resign. now it's your voice, your vote and a sprint to the finish in the race for the white house. >> with just five days to go. vice president kamala harris and former president trump focusing on battleground states today. >> both campaigns plan to visit nevada. trump also expected to make a stop in new mexico. the former president took time yesterday to highlight a comment made by president biden during his stop in green bay, wisconsin. he arrived to a rally riding in a garbage truck, an obvious dig at the president's statement where he appears to

call trump supporters garbage. >> how do you like my garbage truck? this truck is in honor of kamala and joe biden. they shouldn't be talking. that's like deplorable failure. this is the deplorable for hillary. and i think this is worse, actually, for joe biden to make that statement. it's really a disgrace. >> vice president harris also visited key swing states trying to reach out to independents and republicans during an event in pennsylvania. unlike donald trump, i don't believe people who disagree with me are the enemy from within. >> he wants to put them in jail. i'll give them a seat at the table. >> the vice president gained the support of another republican, former california governor, arnold schwarzenegger. he posted a lengthy statement on x, saying he doesn't like either major party right now, but feels trump's actions are disqualifying and wrote, quote,

i will always be an american before i am a republican. that's why this week i am voting for kamala harris and tim walz. i'm sharing it with all of you, because i think there are a lot of you who feel like i do. you don't recognize our country and you are right to be furious. >> this is the first presidential election where a majority of gen z is eligible to vote, and bay area election officials are getting creative to reach them. abc seven news reporter laura martinez introduces us to the election influencers who hope views will drive votes. >> yeah. ready? three. two. one. >> see ya. during this election, social media trends are being used to target young voters. can i call you rosie? does your team at the santa clara county registrar of voters are creating reels on instagram and different platforms? >> i'm gen z. i do my fair share of scrolling, and i kind of see it as a way to research about what i would want to see online.

>> carla mendez is a graphic designer for the team. >> it's just like one of the most popular posters that the media team has designed because it's so recognizable for gen z. there's also this one, which is inspired by an anime film. >> on wednesday, the registrar of voters office announced more than 7016 and 17 year olds had pre-registered to vote in the county for this election. >> it's a lot of fun to, like, take stuff that i know gen z will like and be able to make it very voting specific for the first time, influencers and content creators had a huge presence at the dnc and rnc. >> we are on the floor. brian holland is a first time voter. at 18 years old, he gave his 108,000 followers on instagram a behind the scenes look at the rnc. melinda heil was invited to the dnc to give her 55,000 and counting followers a firsthand look. >> i think it's very smart to utilize us and utilize our following because we all have very different demographics. we

all have different mediums in which we present information. you know, some people like to do a little bit more produced content. i'm very conversational. i want you to feel like you're talking to a best friend. >> back at the registrar of voters office, bags of ballots from 26 precincts were brought back for counting on wednesday. everyone should vote. >> the election is coming up in san jose. >> lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> abc seven will help you navigate all the races and measures on the november 5th ballot. we have a voter guide at abc seven news.com. you'll find it under the election section. >> let's take a look at our halloween weather, starting with the satellite radar composite image showing the frontal system that is passing through right now. actually, it produced rainfall a lot of rainfall earlier in the morning, but it's winding down right now. so we're going to get some drying out later in the day, which is good news for trick or treaters who probably don't like to venture out into the rainfall. right now, we're looking at relatively cool conditions, especially in the north bay, where current temperature readings are in the mid 40s in many locations like cloverdale and santa rosa. the remainder of the bay area is

experiencing temperature readings right now in the low to mid 50s. it will get a little bit milder as we get later into the day. skies will get brighter as the rain winds down and the front sweeps out of here. we'll see mostly sunny skies by afternoon. high temperatures up to about 60 at half moon bay and along many coastal locations. 64 here in san francisco and mid 60s generally around the bay shoreline up in the north bay. a similar range of highs 63. napa 66 to santa rosa. over in the inland east bay. we'll see mid to upper 60s down in the south bay 68 in san jose. forecast animation for the remainder of the day shows again, partly to mostly sunny skies in the afternoon hours, but going into the evening we'll see a little bit of an increase in clouds, just to add a little bit of a ghoulish aspect to the trick or treating hours. reggie aqui spencer. >> thank you. a major misstep by the dmv, at least for people living in san francisco. coming up, the quote, intolerable term that has made it onto some driver's licenses. >> and in san francisco, former 40 niners quarterback colin kaepernick is opening up about

his time being exiled by the nfl. how he's using that experience to fuel a new business venture. >> just in time for halloween, a lake in nevada turns into a witches caul

our colin kaepernick says his experience being shunned by the nfl inspired his new business venture. kaepernick spoke about his silent sideline protest in 2016 at the techcrunch disrupt conference in san francisco. he's promoting his ai driven storytelling storytelling platform called lumi, which is meant to help others tell their stories. >> where we're focused is how do we enable stories? and that may come from ai assistance. it may come directly from users. >> nfl quarterback kaepernick says he was inspired by his experience taking a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality, saying he lost control of his own narrative at that time. now, the latest on efforts to bring two chinese

pandas to the san francisco zoo, the chronicle reports the zoo is close to its goal of $20 million in donor commitments needed to build an enclosure for the pandas. chinese wildlife officials are working with the zoo to bring the pandas to san francisco next year, and the ceo of the san francisco zoological society says they may end up remodeling an older habitat to house the pandas instead of building a new structure, which would cost more. >> well, san francisco san franciscans have so much pride for their city and some strong feelings about what to call it. so when the tourists say san fran, we roll our eyes, putting the despised nickname right on our driver's licenses was a bridge too far for one local lawmaker? >> abc seven news reporter tara campbell breaks down the san fran slide, showing up at ids and the fight to fix it. >> it is not san fran, it is san francisco state senator scott wiener calling out the dmv for issuing a series of driver's licenses to san franciscans,

listing the city of residence as san fran for any self-respecting san franciscan that does not make the cut in this letter, wiener asking the dmv to stop using what he describes as an intolerable term. >> don't be a tourist and don't make us residents and denizens be tourists either. >> it doesn't sound good. it kind of bothers me. i think it's an insult to the great tradition of san francisco. you might as well just say frisco. if you were going to go that way. >> in fact, that's one of the state senator's suggestions, listing some alternatives for the dmv, including sf, the city, the city by the bay, and the best city in the world. >> trying to make a little bit of light of it and have some fun with it, while also conveying that this needs to be corrected. and i'm confident it will be corrected. >> in a statement, the dmv saying, quote, we're aware that a city abbreviation issue occurred recently for a relatively small number of customers during a short time frame. we have already made a

fix, and those who received a card with the incorrect abbreviation can visit a dmv office for a no charge replacement. meanwhile, the state senator is calling it a teachable moment. >> a lot of people who do not live in san francisco do call it san fran. san franciscans hate that that phrase, phrasing, and so i think it's a good opportunity to educate people that that's not how you refer to san francisco. >> tara campbell, abc seven news. >> i get it, i feel it. yeah, no san fran. >> yeah, i grew up here, and i feel like anytime someone says san fran or frisco, i always feel like they're not from the city. >> yeah. how do we feel about sf? >> sf is better than san fran or frisco, and i like the city. i feel like we call it the city. yeah. >> okay. i always feel like i'm slighting someone when i use that say sf. yeah, yeah yeah. >> i don't say it. i mean, i

type it as i type it, right? >> i say the city, but yeah, but i type sf, right? >> we say sfo. that's a little different. >> yeah, but not san fran. >> i think that's not how confusing this is. so san francisco on the on the license for sure. okay. >> well in sf oh how rainy has been this morning. we've got wet weather across the bay area. as we said, we would have a frontal system moving through with rain was fairly steady during the early morning hours in some locations, but it's winding down a bit now, and most reporting stations right now just saying cloudy and calm, which is exactly the picture in fact, some places are partly clear already here in the city, for example, it's 53 degrees 54. in oakland, a mid to upper 50s generally in hayward, san jose, redwood city and half moon bay. here's a view in emeryville and you can see does not appear to be rainy there right now. 45 degrees up north at santa rosa, petaluma, 48. 50 in napa. low 50s at fairfield, concord and livermore. let's move along and

take a look at our forecast headlines. today will bring increasing sunshine. skies are clearing already in fact. so that's good news for trick or treaters halloween is shaping up to be a nice day and a nice evening as well. no tricks. all treats weather wise. but tomorrow into saturday, late tomorrow i should say into saturday morning. we will have our next round of rain sweeping through the bay area. high temperatures this afternoon uh- i would say seasonably mild mid 60s around the bay shoreline. mid to upper 60s generally in our inland areas. not a very wide range of temperatures. we're talking maybe 64 to about 68 degrees generally as our high temperatures in the afternoon hours and our halloween weather day planner looks like this. we'll have again brighter skies going into the midday and afternoon hours. good news for early trick or treaters and then into the evening as it gets darker. we'll still have just partly cloudy skies, temperatures dropping into the temperatures dropping into the upper 50s in the accuweather seven day forecast shows our next round of rain arriving friday night. continuing into saturday morning, and then we'll

have sunnier and drier and milder weather going into early next week. amanda. >> all right. thanks, spencer. some sad news to share this morning. a longtime employee of abc seven news passed away suddenly this week. >> emily montgomery began her career back in 1983. she worked in news archiving as a prompter operator and recently trained to be a director. emily was a bay area native, and her knowledge helped improve our newscasts. she was a friend to many here at abc seven and she will be missed. we'll be right back.

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the eastbound direction. >> number three, with just five days to election day. vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump both head west today. trump is planning to hold rallies in new mexico and nevada. vp harris will be in nevada and arizona. >> number four, a new twist in the effort to get the menendez brothers out of prison. their attorney has submitted a request for clemency to governor newsom. the l.a. county da says he supports it. >> number five, the san jose city council has rejected a request by embattled council member omar torres for a 30 day leave of absence. torres cited mental health issues tied to an ongoing investigation. >> number six san francisco's second entertainment zone event happens tonight. nightmare on front street will happen between california and sacramento streets. the party goes from 2 to 10 p.m. and includes themed cocktails, live music and spooky activities. >> number seven changes coming to starbucks ceo brian niccol says locations are going to be overhauled to add better seating and ceramic mugs. he also wants to wait once, wait times to cut

to less than four minutes, and plans to bring back condiment bars. a lake on the border of california and nevada has taken on a spooky appearance before halloween. you can see it here. the pyramid lake north of reno is looking rather green and nasa even compared it to a witch's brew. the swirls and unique colors are produced by algae blooms. officials say the toxins can cause serious health risks to people and animals. >> it's a tv halloween tradition. for decades, live with, well, basically live with whomever. kelly. regis. michael. now mark has pulled out all the stops with their costumes. so what's coming this morning? reporter joel gargiulo has a preview. >> there's halloween. if these walls could talk. and then there's live with kelly and mar. halloween. that's right, that's right. for nearly four decades, their studio has seen everything and everyone. the pair as barbie and ken, taylor and travis, sonny and cher, even the golden

bachelor in paradise. >> you have a little something, right here. >> and with daytime's biggest halloween celebration back. ooh. and the final one for the studio. you know, they're going to go big like, 40 costume changes big. >> lots of pop culture moments. i mean, we're on the cutting edge of whatever people are talking about. we're going to be doing and having some fun with. >> i'm definitely on the edge. i'm not sure if the cutting edge. >> i personally am doing something that i am very excited about. >> while we can't give away all the secrets we did pop in on the team for a little preview. >> you can expect a lot of criminality televised criminality, action. we are using the unknown parts of this. >> we're in the bowels of the studio. >> we've had so many good times. we've shot in every nook and cranny, and mark is discovering some he's never even seen. yeah. mark didn't realize the grid up here. >> heads up. steve, selena and martin. kelly. mark and gelman

look pretty good in your shoes. >> this is our tribute to the very popular only murders in the building. because this is only halloween in this building. and it's the final halloween in this building. >> as for what else is in store, there will be skits, music, dancing, singing, celebrity guests, special surprises, and some twists and turns. you'll just have to tune in to see. >> are you pumped for pumpkin spice? >> and they mentioned in that story that there. it's the last time they're going to do it in the studio. they are moving to a new soho studio. so that's what they're talking about there. you can watch the live with kelly and mark halloween special this morning starting at 9:00, right here on abc seven. >> coping with loss while also celebrating new life. coming up at 530. the generous way, some south bay familie

five potential school closures are back on the agenda for oakland unified. now at 530, how soon the superintendent plans to lay out the district's options? >> i'm abc's perry russom in washington. five days to go until election day. trump hints at the possibility of putting rfk in his cabinet. harris talks about her priorities if she wins. that story coming up. >> the dodgers beat out the new york yankees to win the world series. it was a celebration in the dodger clubhouse and on the streets of los angeles. >> and those celebrations got out of hand overnight. this video just into the newsroom of a city bus, lit on fire and echo park, which is near dodger stadium. >> well, good morning everyone. it is thursday, october 31st. >> happy halloween if you're a kid, all you care about spencer is if you have to put a jacket over your halloween costume and covering it up. >> you're right about that, reggie. well, there may be a need for jackets this evening. certainly. this morning we had

some rainfall. it's a good thing people aren't trick or treating at this hour, but that rain is moving out here right now, giving way to drier conditions. partly cloudy skies. the wind is calm, so there's no wind chill effect right now, but it is chilly up in the north bay, where current temperature readings range from mid to upper 40s. generally, most of the remainder of the bay area has temperatures in the mid 50s right now, so it's seasonally mild. and going into the afternoon hours we'll have a lot more sunshine, which is good news for trick or treaters. you may not need the jacket if you're trick or treating in the late afternoon, because temperatures will be mainly in the 60s, then it will get chillier, of course, going into the nighttime hours. so look for highs of 64 in san francisco today, mid 60s right around the bay shoreline down to the south bay 68 in san jose, inland east bay, upper 60s as well up in the north bay. we'll still have highs in the 60s, but the low to mid 60s generally. and as we look ahead with the accuweather seven day forecast tomorrow, rain arrives tomorrow night, friday night into saturday morning. so another round of wet weather is coming. our way. but we'll start drying out under dry and windy conditions on sunday

and then going into early next week we'll have milder weather. francis good morning. >> good morning spencer. it's been a scary and slippery ride out there with quite a few accidents. and there's a big problem in foster city. this is the one we're tracking right now. it's a big rig earlier, big rig fire that has all lanes shut down of eastbound 92 just before foster city boulevard. all traffic has taken off. you can see it's slow approaching the scene, and you can get right back on foster city boulevard on ramp to continue your ride across the san mateo bridge. it's also starting to fill in on the westbound 80 ride through emeryville here for headlights moving towards the bay bridge toll plaza. highway four to san francisco right now, 34 minutes and we'll check out the ride in the south bay. this is 101 for headlights moving northbound up the peninsula. it's fine right now. that's 880 right across your screen. and an accident was reported northbound 85 at the almaden expressway. amanda. all right. >> thanks, francis. five days and counting to election day. both candidates head west today for rallies in nevada, arizona and new mexico. abc news reporter perry russom has a look at where both campaigns stand in

the final days of the 2024 election. >> former president trump doubling down on calling himself a protector of women even after he says his campaign advisers told him not to. >> they said, sir, i just think it's inappropriate for you to say, pay these guys a lot of money. can you believe it? i said, well, i'm going to do it. whether the women like it or not, i'm going to protect them. >> trump, also addressing reports that he promised control of public health agencies to robert f kennedy jr, who is an anti-vaccine activist. he's going to be with us and he's going to make sure our food is safe. >> our people are safe. our women are safe. vice president kamala harris responding, saying putting an anti-abortion conspiracy theorist in charge of our public health agencies says everything you need to know about how donald trump would govern trump with a photo op dressing as a sanitation worker, joe biden, to make that statement. it's really a disgrace. >> trump slamming president biden for appearing to call his supporters garbage. biden says he misspoke and was referring to

the comic at trump's rally. who called puerto rico a floating island of garbage. harris going one on one with abc's mary bruc. >> my highest priority is to bring down prices and bring down costs. that is one of the biggest issues that is affecting the american people. i've been traveling the country. they know the price of groceries is still too high. i know it's still too high. bringing down the cost of housing, bringing down taxes for middle class families so they can not just get by but get ahead. those are my highest priorities. >> and harris was asked about the possibility of becoming the first female president in u.s. history. she says she does not expect anybody to vote for her because of her race or her gender. she says she wants to earn their vote with a plan to make their life better. perry russom, abc news, washington facing a growing budget deficit, the oakland unified school district is once again considering potentially closing schools. >> the superintendent is going to present options to the board of education at a meeting in two weeks. currently, the district says it's dealing with a $79 million deficit with enrollment

expected to drop in the coming years. the district is weighing closures and looking at mergers. happening today, an announcement that could have a big impact on your commute. congressmembers nancy pelosi and mark desaulnier are set to give more details about a $166 million grant to make major improvements on interstate 680, in the east bay. abc seven news reporter lena howland is live in san ramon. lena. a major component of this project is tech. >> reggie. that's right. and it's new technology that monitors traffic in real time. we're talking about a first of its kind tool that could instantly change ramp metering, timing and adjust the traffic on the road. now, the contra costa county transportation authority says by knowing the exact traffic in each lane and where the gaps exist on the highway, they can strategically let people into the corridor to fill gaps at the right time. they say 680 is one of the top five congested corridors in the bay area, with traffic back to

pre-pandemic levels. 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. congressman mark desaulnier, who represents part 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 impact. >> they will also study commuters habits and determine when and why commuters choose alternative forms of transportation like public transit. but this project will not happen overnight. that the transit authority tells us that the design phase of this project will take about two years before construction, and the goal is to

get this project completed by 2028. live in san ramon lena howland, abc seven news. >> lena. thank you. families around the world will celebrate dia de los muertos this week, and while some in the south bay are coping with loss, they're also celebrating new life. ofrendas or altars like this one are set up at all three santa clara county run hospitals during the annual dia de los muertos celebration to honor diseased, deceased loved ones. the goal is to honor past organ donors and raise awareness for future donations, especially in the latino community. joe torres was one of those donors. he was a sacramento police officer who died of a brain aneurysm. joe's donated organs helped save four lives. >> 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. >> and you can find more information on becoming an organ donor at donor west dot org. >> the parents of a seven year old san jose boy are suing a tutoring company. they say the

company is partially responsible for a car crash that left the child with permanent injuries. bastian michel was hit by a car while he was supposed to be in a tutoring session at kumon in willow glen. court documents show bastian went missing an hour into the session. another hour passed before the child's mother arrived. bastian was found next to the center, suffering from severe injuries. now the family is suing the driver and suing 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. >> as part of this 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 would address the lawsuit in court. 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, a vigil will be held this afternoon to honor those who died while being held in immigrant detention centers here in california. local immigrant justice organizations and faith leaders are organizing today's event. they're calling for the closure of all six immigration and customs enforcement detention centers across the state. 19 people have died in those centers since 2012. the aclu says independent medical experts found that 95% of deaths in immigrant detention centers are preventable. today's vigil will take place at the ice field office in san francisco. >> san francisco will host a halloween party and its entertainment zone tonight. several downtown bars and restaurants will take part in nightmare on front street, which will feature live music, horror movie screenings, costume contests and more. it's part of the recently launched entertainment zone initiative to help revive downtown. the entertainment zone designation allows bars and restaurants to sell alcohol on the street. the celebration takes place on front street between sacramento and

california. it goes from two this afternoon to 10 p.m, three front street businesses, schroders, harrington's and the royal exchange, will be permitted to sell alcohol beverages to go. we're following up with the person injured by a skydiver during a fleet week event. the extent of her injuries and the legal action her family is taking against the navy. but first, a check on the weather with spencer. okay, reggie. >> as you probably know, we've had a bit of rainfall this morning, but it's tapering off right now as the cold front that brought us the rain has basically swept out of the bay area, so that will be followed. the rainfall will by increasingly bright skies going into the morning hours. right now we're looking at temperature readings mainly in the 50s, low to mid 50s, generally up in the north bay. it's a little bit chillier where we have mid to upper 40s. but of course it will warm up there as we get later into the day. right now we're looking at our forecast headlines today. increasing sunshine will be with us into the afternoon hours. nothing spooky or ghoulish about halloween. it will be all tricks and all treats. no tricks going

into the nighttime hours as we'll have a rather calm and mild day. and tomorrow into saturday we'll experience our next round of rainfall. but for this afternoon, look for high temperatures under increasingly sunny skies of 64 here in san francisco, 65 in oakland, mid 60s generally around the bay shoreline down in the south bay, san jose will top out at 68 degrees inland, east bay, mid to upper 60s as well up in the north bay. highs of 63 at napa, 66 at santa rosa and here's your planner your day planner for halloween. there will be some isolated light showers during the morning hours up to about 7 a.m, but it's basically over right now by noon and into the afternoon. late afternoon hours look for increasing sunshine, high temperatures again, reaching mainly into the mid to upper 60s and going into the evening hours. it will be nice and mild and dry for trick or treaters. the accuweather seven day forecast shows our next round of rain arriving tomorrow, late tomorrow into early saturday and then drier and milder weather going into early next wee

we see the backup grow right now, the drive time westbound 80 from highway four to san francisco is 40 minutes. and the roads have been a little scary. and slippery out there, so give yourself a little extra time. this morning. go go go >> you might remember this scary caught on camera moment during san francisco's fleet week. a u.s. navy parachutist landed right on top of a 17 year old girl. at the time, we didn't know how badly hurt she was. now we are hearing from the family about this incident and what they're asking of the u.s. navy. abc seven news reporter luz pena spoke to the family's attorney about the incident and the victim's road to recovery. >> 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 in san francisco. luz

pena, abc seven news. >> happening today, elon musk will be in court for an emergency hearing over his million dollar sweepstakes. philadelphia district attorney larry krasner is ordering the tesla ceo to stop awarding $1 million prizes to registered voters in the swing state of pennsylvania. musk has been defending his actions, which are backed by a super pac that supports former president trump. that same da now says he's facing an avalanche of anti-semitic attacks by elon musk's supporters on x, the musk owned app formerly known as twitter. >> city of palo alto, plans on sharing an update on that slimy spill tied to a tesla facility. a public meeting is set for tomorrow at 5 p.m. at the ventura community center on october 17th. residents noticed a neon green liquid outside a tesla research facility. the office of emergency services says the chemical was used to cool the tesla ai supercomputer, and was released into a storm

drain, and matadero creek. the city says it doesn't pose a health risk. >> chipotle is finally redeeming itself after customers called out the restaurant chain for its inconsistent portions. frustrated customers posted their meals and accused the company of giving smaller portions. a wells fargo analyst even went so far as to individually weigh 75 chipotle bowls to prove the inconsistency. chipotle ceo scott boatright says that problem stores have been identified and customers report being much happier with portion sizes. >> they talk about something else that i'm happy about. yes, starbucks changing some things. they announced that they're not going to charge you extra now for different kinds of milk. >> oh, that's huge. >> that has been annoying to me for years. that's great. give me my oat milk for the same price. yeah, right. and they are. >> yes. and don't they charge up to a dollar more for some of the things? >> yeah, i pay it every day. >> oh, man. that's crazy.

>> that oat milk is sure is creamy and good. >> like, give me that oatmeal. >> and now you don't pay extra. that's right. >> starting soon. was that a one man campaign? >> and you know, he was out there. >> i often protest at noon, famously. that's my. that's my way of getting things. so i don't know. i don't know that it was. i don't know that it wasn't spencer. >> okay, well, there you go. let's take a look at what's going on with our weather on this halloween morning. things are looking well. they're improving. we had rain this morning earlier. as you know, the cold front that brought us the rain is sweeping out of the bay area right now. behind that, we have just a few isolated showers. the wind is really calm right now. wind speeds under ten miles per hour across the bay area. here's a live view from sutro tower looking out over san francisco under increasingly clear skies. 53 degrees here in the city right now. 54 in oakland. in fact, we have mid 50s at hayward, san jose and redwood city as well, and 50 degrees at half moon bay. here's the view in emeryville, where this is a traffic view. but is also a weather view. looks like the weather. the rain has ended

there. we have 46 degrees in santa rosa right now, 48 petaluma, 50 in napa and low 50s in fairfield, concord and livermore. going into the afternoon hours, we'll see increasing sunlight, sunlight with high temperatures generally around 60 along the coastline, 64 here in san francisco. other locations near the bay will have highs in the mid 60s. down in the south bay, san jose will top out at 68 inland east bay 67, livermore 68 concord and up in the north bay. look for highs of 63 and napa 66 at santa rosa. now the forecast animation starting at noon shows increasingly clear skies going into the late afternoon and early evening. and that's good news for trick or treaters who are getting out early. now, going into the evening hours between, say, six and about 9 p.m, we'll see a little bit of an increase in clouds. we'll call it partly cloudy, but nothing that should inhibit the evening trick or treaters. but going into tomorrow morning, look for increasing clouds and our next wave of rain will arrive late tomorrow. going into

saturday. as you can see here on the accuweather seven day forecast. late night rain on friday morning. rain and breezy conditions on saturday as system ranking level one on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale says a storm of light intensity. sunday. don't forget to fall back to standard time under bright and breezy conditions and a milder afternoon is likely on monday and on tuesday. election day so early next week is looking very nice. reggie. >> thanks so much spencer. new at six. the new crumbl cookies is coming to the south bay. how you can get a free cookie. >> but first, new developments in the menendez brothers case. their request for clemency from governor newsom now being supported by l.a. distr

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clemency to the menendez brothers. here's abc news reporter matt gutman in this morning's gma first look, a new twist in the menendez brothers push for freedom. >> a letter supporting their case for clemency sent overnight by la's d.a. george gascon, who wrote they have repeatedly served 34 years and continued their educations and have worked to create new programs to support the rehabilitation of fellow inmates. the case for clemency is now with california's governor, gavin newsom, who by law is forbidden from making a decision for ten days until november 7th. >> if the da actually believes that you should have your sentence commuted, that's going to go strongly with the governor when he considers it. >> the menendez brothers were convicted in 1996 for the brutal shotgun murders of their parents. the case has triggered an avalanche of new interest fueled by a social media push on tiktok. a new television series and a documentary. and coming up at 7:00, we'll have much more on what's next for the menendez brothers with your gma first look, i'm matt gutman, abc news,

los angeles. >> a partial levee collapse in san joaquin county has officials scrambling to prevent disaster and massive flooding. victoria island in the southern part of the county is under threat. if one levee holding back the water from the victoria canal fails. on october 21st, a partial collapse of the levee sent water gushing out. a civil engineering firm is partnering with the county to prevent the worst case scenario. >> just easy to say. complete failure and complete failure would put 6200 acres into my foreground here, under 18ft of water. >> in addition to drowning thousands of acres of farmland, officials say it would also flood route four between the bay area and stockton, with ten feet of water in 12 hours. emergency services have turned to the state for help to reinforce the levee. new developments with california's effort to significantly reduce pollution from carbon emissions by 2035,

the biggest airlines are partnering with the state to accelerate the use of sustainable aviation fuels, or saf, for short. it costs about 2 to 3 times more than jet fuel right now, but officials say travelers flying in the state should not expect to pay more. >> we've seen airlines in california increase the amount and availability of sustainable aviation fuel they're using today, and so they expect to do that. and what you've seen uh- in the years since the pandemic is that airfares, on average, are actually been decreasing. so what the consumers expect from airlines is consistently low fares and that's what they continue to get. >> the agreement would increase use of saf by an additional 200 million gallons by 2035. that's ten times higher than current levels. well, much more to come. at 6 a.m, southwest announces red eye flights out of sfo, including the longest route the airline will offer. >> waymo is getting competition. amazon's self-driving cars will soon be hitting bay area roads.

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right now. five days to election day. the last minute push to get out the vote and how both parties are now trying to attract a new generation of voters. >> a bay area interstate ranked among the most congested in th