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 the east bay. today, new help to

make your commute easier. the changes being planned and how technology will play a critical role. >> and back to that live. look outside. oh not live. actually, we know that we saw some damp roads overnight for the morning drive. but spencer says you won't need an umbrella for trick or treating. this is obviously not the right video for that. >> no, i think they switched it. they switched it. >> but coming in from the south bay are wet roads everywhere. it wasn't raining though. actively? no. >> i drove through some fairly steady rain from the east bay on 580 coming into the city. but once it got into the city, got lighter and lighter. but yeah, my wipers on the whole way. so. but it's winding down, so that's good news for trick or treaters. so here we go. looking at satellite radar composite image. you can see the cold front. you can see a clear outline of it. it's swept pretty much out of the bay area now moving over into the central valley. there still some isolated trailing showers, mainly up in the north bay, but we are going to have a day of increasingly bright and bright and dry conditions, bright skies and dry conditions right now. we're looking at

temperatures up in the north bay that are in the chilly range, mid to upper 40s for the most part, and then as you get south of the golden gate over into the east bay and down into the peninsula, you see temperature readings right now generally in the mid 50s. so a little milder as you go southward. these are our forecast headlines into the afternoon. we'll see increasing sunshine halloween tonight. no treat no tricks. rather all treats. it's going to be nice pleasant weather for trick or treaters especially in the late afternoon and early evening. then tomorrow evening into saturday morning, our next round of rain will be moving through. but for today, no rain. certainly not in the afternoon hours. high temperatures will range from 60 at the coast to mid 60s around the bay to upper 60s elsewhere. good morning frances. how's the traffic? >> good morning spencer. well, it could be monstrous out there for a couple of big rig accidents, actually. so one is on the peninsula. heads up. this is an earlier big rig fire on. all traffic is being taken off eastbound 92, right before foster city boulevard. and then you get right back on to get on

to the san mateo bridge. but you can see traffic very heavy approaching the scene. there's also a new big rig problem reported northbound 17 before the big moody curve, and apparently it's on its side and it is visible from the southbound side. and that's why traffic is slowing right now in the southbound direction. here's a live look, though, in san jose at 280 and highway 17. so you see, 17 is problem free once you get past that accident. and headlights are on northbound to 80. also, bart is running on slower speeds due to wet weather, but reporting no delays, and the bay bridge toll plaza backup growing now towards west grand drive time. highway four to san francisco is 45 minutes. reggie. >> thanks, francis. if your commute takes you along interstate 680 in the east bay, you already know how congested it can get. well, today could be the first step in easing that. abc seven news reporter lena howland live in san ramon. with how new federal funding will help implement first of its kind technology to tackle the commut. >> reggie. for folks living out here in the east bay, it is no

surprise that the 680 corridor is one of the top five most congested parts of the bay area. and because this area could no longer build its way out of the problem, they are turning to tech. this afternoon, speaker emeritus 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, 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, like 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 two years to design before construction even begins. the goal is to have this project complete by 2028. live in san ramon lena howland, abc seven news. >> all right, lena, thank you. the san jose city council has rejected embattled councilmember 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. yesterday, the santa clara county democratic party joined the growing calls for his

resignation. their statement reads in part, quote, councilmember 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 councilmember torres to resign now. >> your voice, your vote and a sprint to the finish line in the race for the white house. with just five days left to go. vice president kamala harris and former president trump are focusing on battleground states today. >> both campaigns plan to visit nevada. trump also expects 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. >> they shouldn't be talking. that's like deplorable filth. 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 visiting 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. leaders are relying on content creators and influencers to reach the youngest of voters, like melinda hale, who gave her 55,000 followers a firsthand look at the dnc. >> 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. >> the santa clara county registrar has been creating reels and other social posts to inform people about registering to vote, and how to fill out their ballots. yesterday, the office announced that over 7000, 16 and 17 year olds had pre-registered to vote in their county. abc seven will help you navigate all the races and measures on the november 5th ballot. we have a voter guide at abc7 news dot com. you'll find it under the election section. >> let's check out our weather on this halloween morning. we

started the day with rainfall, which is moving out of the bay area right now. as that cold front that brought us the rain is sweeping over into the eastern part of the state. but behind that front we have rather chilly conditions this morning. current temperature readings across the north bay are generally in the 40s, mid to upper 40s. as you get south of the golden gate, you see some temperatures right now in the 50s down in the peninsula, mid 50s from the east bay over into the inland east bay, where we have low 50s. and as we get to the afternoon hours, of course it will be warming up. the south bay will be well, south bay and the inland east bay will both be our warmest regions, with highs up to 68 at san jose over in the east bay inland east bay 68 at concord, 67. livermore right around the bay shoreline. look for highs in the mid 60s today and up in the north bay we'll see low to mid 60s as well. moving along to the halloween uh- day planner, you can see that this morning. we still have some isolated showers, but they're winding down. but from noon into the late afternoon we'll have increasing sunshine temperatures getting a little bit milder as we get into the late afternoon. nice conditions for trick or treaters. nothing

to be afraid of as in terms of weather and going into the evening hours after sunset, it will cool down a bit, but it will remain dry. reggie. >> thanks, spencer. a mid-flight attack, seemingly unprovoked. next you're going to hear from a passenger who says she was seated directly behind a disabled man who was targeted. plus, new details about the mission to bring pandas to san francisco. it seems the city could be close to raising the money. what we're learning

investigation. abc seven news reporter j.r stone spoke with the person who was on that plane and witnessed this attack. she says the victim is deaf and nonverbal. >> the next thing i know, i just hear the this just these sort of bloodcurdling 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 barroom. 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. the 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. >> former 49 san francisco 40 niners. quarterback 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 assistants. it may come directly from users. >> 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. the ceo of the san francisco zoological society says they may remodel an older habitat to house the pandas instead of building a new structure, which would cost more. southwest airlines is expanding service, and it includes new flights out of the bay area, starting in june. southwest will start flying red eye flights from sfo to nashville and to baltimore. hurrah! my mom lives in baltimore. i've been waiting for this. that baltimore flight will become the airline's longest mainland u.s. route. southwest is also adding a red eye from san jose mineta international airport to baltimore. these

flights are part of a big expansion southwest has been making in baltimore. >> a new crumbl cookies is opening tomorrow in san jose's almaden neighborhood, and they're offering free cookies. the chain is known for offering special flavors each week, and this week that includes a halloween cookie, a pumpkin cak, and a peanut butter cookie with reese's pieces. so tomorrow is the grand opening. then november 4th through december 3rd. you can visit the store and get that free cookie. if you use the code c a ama and dan. >> i don't think i've had it before. have you had it? >> a crumble i've had like pieces because they're so huge. they come with their own cookie cutter that cuts it into four equal pieces because they're so huge. >> it's a cookie cutter, a knife. >> no, it's like a little stamp that just cuts it equally. >> it comes with a tool. >> i mean, you have to buy it. >> oh, it's money. >> oh, okay. >> the world is wild. >> as opposed to just breaking

it into pieces. >> do people do that? that seems absurd. >> they're so heavy and dense and always decorated so elaborately like, you know, you can't just take it like you would a normal cookie. >> okay, that's not a cookie. >> that's just hard for you to picture. yeah, no it's not. >> how big is it? i mean, they're not huge. >> they're definitely shareable. okay. i mean, they're also expensive, though, so i guess you have to get your. >> well, good morning to crumble. i don't know. whatever this is a tool. >> and breaking apart. >> happy, increasingly dry halloween. okay, there we go. because we all encountered a little wet weather this morning. we have uh- moving out of the bay area right now. as you can see on the satellite radar. composite image. cold front swept through and there are still some light isolated showers in the northernmost part of the region. but that front is well to our east right now, so we have partly cloudy to increasingly clear skies over the bay area at this moment it's 53 degrees in san francisco, 54 in oakland and hayward,

mid-fifties, also at san jose and redwood city, and 50 at half moon bay. and the nice view at emeryville, where it's also not raining. 46 degrees up north at santa rosa, also mid to upper 40s at petaluma, napa, fairfield, concord and livermore are in the low 50s right now, and these are our forecast headlines into the afternoon. we can expect increasing sunshine halloween tonight all trick or treats. no tricks because it's going to be calm and pleasant weather for trick or treaters. you might need to bundle up a little bit after dark though. and then late tomorrow into early saturday, we will experience our next round of rain. but for this afternoon, no rainfall, just bright skies and calm conditions with high temperatures up to about 60 along the coastline in the round, right around the bay shoreline. excuse me. early morning voices escaping me right around the bay shoreline. we can expect mid 60s this afternoon and most of our inland areas will warm up to upper 60s. and if you are looking at the breakdown for the halloween day planner noon into the afternoon

hours again, partly cloudy to mostly sunny with increasingly mild temperature readings from low into the upper 60s, but then after dark, of course, temperatures will drop a little bit into the mid to upper 50s. so if you're trick or treating after dark, you might want to put on a jacket or a sweater, but it will be all treats, no tricks because the weather is looking nice. and now where do we go to reggie aqui? >> thanks, spencer. >> good morning america. coming up at 7:00 right here on abc seven. >> sam champion has a look at what's ahead. >> reggie aqui amanda happy halloween. it's nice to see you guys this morning. all right. coming up i know we're all talking about it. the la dodgers won the world series after. and it was a haunting fifth inning for the new york yankees. our will reeve was there for it all. and this morning we hear from mvp home run hero freddy freeman. also ahead, it is the last dash guys to election day. there are just five days to go. believe it or not, vice president kamala harris and former president donald trump are blitzing those battleground states. our mary bruce spoke with kamala harris, and we are

tracking the trump campaign's latest move as well. it involves a garbage truck. plus, take a look at the board because on the forecast today, we've got record heat. we've got storms in the middle of the country. we've got snow on the board as well. you'll want to check in on your forecast for the big events tonight. and we are celebrating halloween as only gma can with deals and steals that are at frighteningly low prices. that's right, the internet's favorite grandma babs costello, is sharing her tricks and treats. and we've got a family costume competition. you don't want to miss this, particularly if you need some last minute ideas for hallow when you have moderate to severe eczema, it's okay to show off. with dupixent, show off your clearer skin and less itch. because you have plenty of reasons to show off your skin. with dupixent, the #1 prescribed biologic by dermatologists and allergists, you can stay ahead of your eczema. it helps block a key source of inflammation inside the body that can cause eczema to help heal your skin from within.

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reno is looking rather green, nasty even compared it to a witch's brew. the swirls and unique colors are produced by algae blooms and 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 joelle gargiulo has a preview. >> there's halloween. if these

walls could talk. and then there's live with kelly and mark. 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 studi. 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 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 oy rders 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 of course, you can watch the live with kelly and mark halloween special this morning starting at 9:00 right here on abc seven. a lot more is still to come at 630. a teenage girl left with serious injuries after

she was hit by a parachutist during fleet week. what her family's attorney is now revealing about her recovery. a dmv disk that san francisco can't forgive the hayden nickname. showing up on licenses with one lawmaker putting up a fight. b

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30 potential school closures are back on the agenda for oakland unified. how soon the superintendent plans to lay out the district's options? >> a sprint to the finish in our razor close presidential race. just days away from election day, both candidates are preparing to head west today. >> and live doppler seven tracking rain across the bay area. the roads damp for your commute. but the big question what's going to happen tonight? halloween. >> good morning everyone. it is thursday as we mentioned, halloween october 31st. yeah we already. oh yeah. >> it was. well it was spooky. this morning then. it's going to be tonight, that's for sure. i'll give you a look. >> that's the good way to do it. >> exactly. >> the kids are are are screaming in joy. >> yeah. i want to encourage them to get on out there. and don't be afraid of anything. weather wise, because that frontal system that brought us the morning rain is moving out

of here, as are the showers. so we will have a day of drying. right now we're looking at temperature readings in the 40s up to the north bay, which is our chilliest region. the remainder of the bay area has current temperature readings, mainly in the low to mid 50s, but it will get a little bit milder going into the afternoon hours as the skies get sunnier. some clouds will linger and there may be an isolated shower or two in the far north, but we're looking at a dry and mainly sunny afternoon with high temperatures around 60 degrees along the coastline, mainly mid 60s around the bay shoreline. low to mid 60s in the north bay. won't get much warmer there, but over in the inland east bay down to the south bay we'll see highs moving into the upper 60s and the accuweather seven day forecast looks like this rain. our next round of it will arrive tomorrow night into saturday morning. it will be breezy on saturday. tomorrow's saturday's rainfall, rather, is a system ranking level one of the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale, and after that we have dry and milder weather. amanda. >> oh, i'll take it. spencer. oh, and for today's commute with the drive time traffic, i'll show you where it is. just

creeping and crawling this morning. in fact, the westbound 580 ride is super slow as you make your way from tracy to dublin. 74 minutes southbound 101 though san rafael to san francisco. not bad at 17 minutes, but the westbound four antioch to concord ride is also a crawl at 29 minutes. and better news now in foster city. lanes have just been reopened following an earlier big rig fire. eastbound 92 before foster city boulevard. the backup grew to 101, but i think this will quickly discipline dissipate. there's also a new crash in vallejo, westbound 80 before tennessee. it looks like they're clearing this off to the right hand shoulder, but you can see traffic is heavy from highway 37 approaching the scene. now to amanda. thanks, francis. >> five days to election day, and 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 was 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 bruce. >> 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 the potential closure of 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 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 and lena. a major component of this project will be technology. >> that's right, and this is 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 roads. the contra costa 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 this 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. >> they'll 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. the transit authority tells us that the design phase of this project will take about two years before construction can even begin. they're hoping to have this project finished by 2028. live in san ramon lena howland, abc seven news.

>> such a scary situation during fleet week, a u.s. navy parachutist landed right on top of a 17 year old girl, hurting her severely. now we're learning more about that girl. her name is mia. she was rushed to the hospital with serious pelvic fractures. in fact, she had to have surgery that left her with pins and screws holding her pelvis in place. and it may impact her ability to have kids. on top of that, her family's attorney says mia had only just moved to the u.s. two days before 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 happene. >> mia is now learning to walk again. her family says that they don't want to sue. they have contacted a lawyer because they said they didn't know how to reach the navy, and they're

trying to get their medical bills paid. in a statement, the navy said that they are investigating the incident. 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 michelle 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 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 address the lawsuit in court. >> santa clara county has a new fire station to serve the los gatos mountain communities. the redwood fire station replaces existing facilities which serve the area for the past 45 years. county officials say the fire station excuse me was due for an upgrade because of development in the mountain communities, increased traffic and the growing risk of wildfires. >> the replaced redwood fire station footprint went from being two very outdated, older, quaint modular buildings. it's a nice way of saying it to the modern two story building. you see before you today. >> the new station has been in the works for about eight years and includes a gym and private, gender neutral dorms and restrooms. as well as up to date decontamination showers and turn out extractor. i don't know what that is. i'm just gonna be

honest with you. but good luck with that turnout extractor. now it's time for our abc seven mornings advance. it's 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 have died while being held in immigrant detention centers here in california. local immigrant justice organizations and faith leaders are organizing today's event, and 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, and san francisco will host a halloween party in 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 all part of the recently launched entertainment zone initiative to help revive downtown. the

entertainment zone designation allows for bars and restaurants to sell alcohol to be consumed on the street. the celebration takes place on front street between sacramento and california from 2 to 10 p.m. three front street businesses schroders, harrington's and the royal exchange, will be permitted to sell alcoholic beverages to go. >> waymo is getting some competition. amazon's self-driving cars will soon be hitting the roads. >> plus, a major tech setback as sf based dropbox announces a major cut to their workforce. and you are looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. we're down about 159 points. another update on how the markets are doing next. but first, here's spencer. okay, amanda. >> our halloween morning weather is becoming drier, or at least less wet, as the frontal system that brought us the early morning rain is sweeping eastward out of the bay area, and so are the showers going with it. right now we're looking at temperature readings generally in the mid to upper 40s up in the north bay, which has been pretty chilly all morning long. most other areas

are experiencing temperatures right now in the low to mid 50s, but we'll see temperatures rising certainly in the afternoon hours under mainly sunny skies. look for highs today of about 60 degrees along the coast. san francisco a high of 64 right around the bay shoreline. most of these locations will top out at about 6566 degrees, just a few degrees milder in the inland east bay, up to about 68. in concord, down to the south bay. the similar range highs of 67 at morgan hill, 68 san jose and up in the north bay look for 63. in napa, 66 at santa rosa. and here's your halloween day planner. 7:00 this morning. we'll still have maybe 1 or 2 isolated showers, but for the most part, we're beginning to dry out, certainly drying out in the midday hours with mainly sunny skies, partly cloudy to mostly sunny temperatures during those those sunnier hours in the mid to upper 60s as we get into the evening for trick or treaters, it will remain dry. it will remain pleasantly mild. a little bit chillier after sunset though. then, if you're going out in the dark to trick or treat, you might

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, which, of course, is the musk owned app formerly known as twitter. >> the 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 five 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. i supercomputer and was released into a storm drain and matadero creek. the city says it does not pose a health risk. >> amazon owned zoox is moving forward with plans to start offering rides in its self-driving cars. the company's co-founder made the announcement yesterday, and he said the rides will start soon at the company's foster city headquarters in san francisco's soma neighborhood and on the las vegas strip. the first only zoox employees will get to ride in the driverless vehicles. public rides will start early next year in las vegas before expanding to san

francisco. >> now it's your morning money report. san francisco based dropbox announced it is cutting its workforce by 20%. the san francisco chronicle reports that this will impact more than 500 jobs. dropbox already cut 500 jobs last year and will relinquish part of its headquarters. the company's ceo stated that this is part of the company's transitional period. dropbox will provide free job placement services and allow affected employees to keep their company devices. taking a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway, this morning, we are down about 200 points. >> 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 raise weight 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. san franciscans have so much pride for their city and some strong feelings about what to call it. when the tourists say san fran, we all roll our eyes. >> but what is going on with the dmv? because one lawmaker says this is a bridge too far. when they are calling us san fran on our licenses. abc seven news reporter tara campbell breaks down the san fran slight 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 uh-, 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 uh- and uh. 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. >> fight the fight. yeah. >> you know, like you know, i would be offended if i saw that as my city listed on my driver's license. >> yeah. >> i don't love it. >> no. and in wiener's letter to the dmv, he was like, i know someone whose daughter got it, and she instructed her daughter to burn it. >> to burn it. well, i don't know about burning it, but people have strong feelings. the dmv. you have to wait in that line. >> i know, she needs to drive. right. >> so don't. don't burn it. don't burn your licenses. >> oh, well, we won't be feeling the burn. oh, weather-wise. no, it's going to be a pleasant day. starting off with a lot of rain. as i'm sure you know, we had a wet morning, but the wet weather is giving way now to partly cloudy skies. still a little cool out there, especially in the north bay where we've got temperature readings right now in the mid to upper 40s. but other locations are sort of

resting in the low to mid 50s right now. that will change as we get later into the day. the sky is getting brighter already as the sun rises about to occur into this afternoon, we can expect increasing sunshine, halloween tonight provides comfortable conditions to think for trick or treating. no rain. it'll be pleasantly mild going into the late afternoon early evening. you may want to have a jacket or a sweater if you're going to go out. trick or treating. then late tomorrow into early saturday, our next round of rain will arrive. it will be a level one system on the exclusive abc seven storm impact scale this afternoon. no rain to impact us. we'll have increasing sunshine with high temperatures ranging from about 60 near the coast to mid 60s around the bay shoreline. mid to upper 60s in most of our inland areas and here's the forecast animation starting at noon to show you what the sky conditions will be like. partly to mostly partly cloudy to mostly sunny at midday, and that pattern will hold going into the late afternoon hours. once again, good weather for early trick or treaters. now later in the in the day going into the mid

evening hours, we'll see increasing clouds, but no more rain is expected, so it will be dry for later trick or treaters. and on we go to our accuweather seven day forecast. you can see that our next round of rain will arrive late tomorrow into early saturday. it will be breezy on saturday, but of course it will be a bit wet. now we fall back to standard time on sunday under bright and windy conditions, and we start to warm up on monday going into early next week. in fact, the first three days of next week. sunny skies, temperatures rising into the mid 70s inland in our afternoon hours. and of course, tuesday election day looks like a great day to get out and vote. if you haven't voted already, you can. you have no excuses weather wise not to vote on tuesday. amanda. >> all right. spencer, thank you. people on both sides of the debate over the future of san francisco's great highway are getting their message out with just days to go until election day. yesterday, opponents of prop k rallied at golden gate park. if approved, the ballot measure would permanently close a portion of the highway. organizers from the no on k

committee say closing it would create severe traffic issues and slower emergency response times. >> it's going to actually increase the potential for pedestrian accidents, for bike and for car accidents by moving that volume of cars, which is almost 20,000 per day into the neighborhoods. >> san francisco supervisor dean preston supports prop k. >> it will certainly change people's route for driving, and i understand that that kind of change can be hard. but also, as a city, we're trying to figure out ways to decrease car volume. >> prop k only needs a simple majority to pass. >> nurses at good samaritan hospital in san jose are protesting management's failure to what they say address to address, i should say short staffing issues. >> when we have critically 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. >> during a rally yesterday, the nurses union said management has not addressed more than 100 instances of unsafe staffing conditions or missed meal breaks. in a statement to our media partner, the mercury news, a good samaritan hospital spokesperson denies the nurses union's accusation. officials say good samaritan has added 83 nurses this year and reduced nursing turnover by nearly 7%. >> 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. up next, the seven things you need to know today. >> a reminder you can watch all of our newscasts live and on demand through the abc seven bay area connected tv app. it's available for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv, and roku. just download that app now. >> you can start streaming and as we head to break, we'll take a live look outside on this halloween morning. we'll be right back. >> i'm reggie aqui. >> i'm lyanne melendez, i'm luz pena, i'm tara campbell i'm j.r. >> stone at abc seven news. >> we deliver local stories with real answers to help make our city

forecast looks pretty good. nothing tricky. nothing spooky.

nothing ghoulish. just a lovely evening. so get out and enjoy it. >> and number two. unfortunately, it's a wicked ride now in san francisco because of a multiple vehicle car crash. southbound 101 near cesar chavez. injuries may be reported. it's also very slow getting to the bay bridge toll plaza. backed up to the maze, but better news across the san mateo bridge. eastbound lanes are all open on eastbound 92. westbound slow, though, heading to foster city 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 district attorney 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 is happening tonight. nightmare on front street will occur between california and sacramento streets. the party goes from 2 to 10 p.m. it includes themed cocktails, live music, and spooky activities. >> number seven here's a group of friends in canada with a really creative halloween costume. you can see it there. they're dressed like they're on a roller coaster. going for a ride. >> that's great. >> they choreographed the moves and everything. will it be our costumes and our attempt to mimic our costumes? are. you'll have to watch. >> i mean, the only thing that is similar between this and our costumes is homemade and cardboard. >> yeah, lots of cardboard. >> amanda made our costumes, by the way, which is really amazing. >> yes. >> now is it this? >> no, no, no, it's not this.

>> no. please don't expect this. don't expect kelly and mark and that has a budget. yes. and we don't. yeah. so what i'm saying is keep your expectations very low and you'll be delighted. >> lift them up. bring them high. >> so we'll see you at seven. at seven with streams next at abc seven news.com and on our news apps. otherwise you're watching good morning america. that's right. and you're going trick or treating in the dry. >> yes you are dry condition. >> look at that sky. >> this is very halloweeny. get away! >> get out of here! rain yards for. >> robin: good morning america. it's a really good morning for our viewers in the west. overnight the new world series champions crowned. hollywood ending. >> start to party, los angeles! your dodgers have won the world series!