these people and arrest them and prosecute them. >> cracking down on sideshows in san jose. today, police announced the arrest of seven people for allegedly organizing and promoting more than 20 sideshows in the city. good

evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley and i'm j.r. >> stone tracking crime in your safety is part of our commitment to building a better bay area. the arrest announcement comes after a more than two year long investigation. >> abc seven news south bay reporter zach fuentes has more on how social media played a role in fueling these sideshows, and in the eventual arrests. >> social media posts like these helped promote sideshows to thousands of followers, according to san jose police. police say the people behind the posts call themselves the hockey team. now, seven of its members have been arrested, all part of a more than two year investigation called operation penalty box. >> each illegal sideshow they organized involved an average of 300 vehicles and up to 600 participants, taking over 7 to 8 different intersections at once in san jose for several hours at a time. >> the suspects are connected to 22 sideshows like these from 2022. police say the sideshows can and have led to major injuries and damage. >> eight police vehicle windows shattered numerous instances of

lasers pointed at officers on the ground and in our helicopter, six pedestrians struck by reckless drivers, leading to major injuries and two officers hit by participants vehicles. >> the city of san jose passed an ordinance in 2021 to make it illegal to promote sideshows. police say operation penalty box is the largest enforcement under the ordinance. five of those arrested are from san jose, two are from oakland. >> remember that we've now deployed nearly 500 automatic license plate readers across our city. and remember, if you're thinking of committing crimes like these sideshows, you are no more strategic, savvy or above the law than the hockey team who is now facing the penalty box. >> though seven have been arrested, a total of nine members of the so-called hockey team were indicted by a grand jury on conspiracy to promote sideshows. two others, one from sunnyvale and another from salinas, are still at large. one also has a charge for looting a cvs during a sideshow. >> maximum exposure for eight of the defendants is five years and

four months in state prison, and the exposure for the ninth defendant is six years in state prison. >> san jose police say they hope these arrests send a message. >> if we were not doing this, there would be no disincentive at all to coming here. >> arraignments have been held for several of the suspects. as for the two still at large, san jose police say they expect to have them in custody soon. in san jose, zach fuentes abc seven news an active duty marine recruiter is under arrest in sunnyvale. >> he's accused of sexually assaulting a 17 year old girl at a recruiting center on mary avenue. sunnyvale police say the suspect met her last week at a recruiting event at her school. earlier this week, she went to the center to learn more about the marines and investigators say that's when the assault happened. at this time, sunnyvale police say they do not believe there are any more victims in san francisco today. >> a vigil to remember 20 people who have lost their lives in immigration detention in california. faith leaders and immigrant justice organizations

gathered outside the ice field office in observance of dia de los muertos. they are also calling for the release of individuals who are currently in custody and the closure of the state's six ice detention centers. eight california congressional lawmakers are lobbying the federal government to highlight the dangerous conditions. an ice cream shop won't be handing out treats for a while after a car slammed into its storefront. check out the damage to lourdes ice cream and candy store in moraga yesterday. a driver heading to the store near sunset was blinded by the sun and drove through the front wall. the crash caused moderate damage to the store. the only person injured was a customer with some cuts and scratches, but it could have been worse. >> nobody got hurt. people could have been cleaning the table, the employee, or even outside standing and eating ice cream. and that that's amazing that nobody got hurt. >> the damage is so severe that the owner of lourdes ice cream

is not expecting to reopen soon. no one in the vehicle was injured. >> the checks on the way. that's the announcement. just minutes ago, as contra costa county is getting $166 million to improve traffic along interstate 680 the corridor that runs there. the money from the department of transportation will create an express lane northbound between state routes 24 and arthur road. you see it on the map and add an on ramp metering system on a 19 mile segment that will use real time traffic data to alleviate traffic congestion. work on the improvements to interstate 680 could start in two years time, and be completed by 2028. >> just five more days until election day, both candidates have their attention out west today. vice president kamala harris held a rally in phoenix, arizona. she is also set to appear at rallies in reno and las vegas tonight. former president trump held a rally in albuquerque, new mexico, earlier and is now in henderson, nevada

tonight. he is scheduled to also attend a hurricane relief benefit in glendale, arizona. and this is actually a live picture of the former president talking right now. california's strong democratic party leanings mean the state's 54 electoral votes, more than likely will go to harris. >> seems that way. and in states where harris and trump are neck and neck, voters are just being bombarded with rallies, advertisement, door knocking and mailings of all kinds. so what is it like to be a voter in a swing state? >> abc seven news reporter monica madden found out about those who are watching this closely. >> as you all know, we live in a bit of a blue bubble in the bay area for the most part, so we kind of wanted to see what we're seeing in the other states. and here in california, we're not seeing as much of the national political dogfight happening elsewhere. so that's why we wanted to check out what voters are seeing outside of our state. and we checked in with our reporters at our sister stations in north carolina and pennsylvania to hear what is happening in the final days of

the presidential race. >> it's a very different vision. >> if you think we see a lot of campaign ads in california, just imagine the battleground president trump fights for you. there's been about $1 billion worth of presidential ad spending in swing states between july 22nd through october 8th, and reporters at our sister abc owned stations in battleground states confirming our assumptions about how voters are taking it. >> exhaustion. people are tired of seeing the ads and hearing the debates. >> pennsylvania could very well determine the outcome of the presidency, and our colleague brian taff says it's a responsibility voters there don't take lightly. >> we realize that we're right smack in the middle of this whole thing, and our vote really has the potential to determine who is the next president of the united states. >> what are kind of the ads that you have been seeing, and what are people buzzing about the most? >> i'm not making this up when i tell you that every single ad, every single day, on every single channel is about the presidential election, i've not seen an ad for a car or cereal

or anything else in weeks over north carolina. >> it's still nonstop. but our colleague joel brown says there's been specific ads on repeat. >> one advertisement that's gotten a lot of attention has been donald trump's attack on kamala harris and talking about transgender inmates within the state prison system. kamala harris's ads a lot more on, on, on personality and the subject matter of the ads. >> much different than what we're seeing in a blue state. >> it is the abortion, reproductive rights issue. it is the economy, and it is immigration. these are the three things that are that voters here are being beaten over the head with on a daily basis. >> what themes would you say are resonating with your state in terms of different issues that we're talking about in this cycle? >> we saw donald trump here in rocky mount, which is about 60 miles away from raleigh. yesterday he talked a lot about the economy. talked about inflation. talked about immigration as the biggest issues in the campaign. a big part of his focus, though, was was on the economy. kamala harris was here in raleigh, one of the more urban areas of the

state. a lot of her message has been turn the page on donald trump. and i know that's resonating with, with with many voters. we heard from them yesterday in raleigh. >> and it's not just the ads. people in battleground states are also constantly having their phones being blown up. so much so that brian from our philadelphia station declined my first two phone calls. he assumed it was a campaign robocall. that's funny. and that was kind of my assumption. i was like, did you think it. and he's like, yes, i really did because it's been nonstop. >> that's fantastic. >> california, who's calling me from california? >> i'm glad you persisted. >> i did. hey, that's the reporter's job. thanks, mollie. >> abc seven will help you navigate all the races and measures on the november 5th ballot. we have a voter guide on abc seven news.com. you'll find it under the election section. >> all right, coming up next, ticket trouble at levi's stadiu. >> i think really, all they're interested in is, is money. >> some of the faithful trying to sell certain seats are running into a pricey problem.

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at levi's stadium. >> yeah, well, fans are now looking to sell, but they're finding out that it's a lot harder to do than they expected. >> abc the 40 niners players say the home field advantage created by the fans makes levi's stadium

one of the toughest places to play in the nfl. but it's becoming more and more expensive to go. and while fans say they're faithful to the team, they fear the organization is not reciprocating. >> i think really all of they're interested in is money. >> fans we spoke with say the team is prioritizing the financials over the faithful from turning a parking spots into vip parking to certain ticket sections being upgraded to club seats at a much higher cost. and now fans who have had their seats for years are being forced to sell. why are people trying to get rid of them? they're just like even at the huge loss to expensive. >> these very desirable seats. now go from 265, from 275 a game to 465 a game. >> but mike mifsud has found tickets are not that easy to sell. he says the official nfl resale partner, ticketmaster, appears to give 40 niners own seats priority. >> that tells me that this p preferred section has tickets from $657 and up. do you see the

blue dot? guess who owns that seat? 40 niners. so they give that ticket to ticketmaster to sell. and that ticket costs $657.25. what i showed you said that was the lowest priced ticket. 657 plus. wrong answer. >> the blue dot represents a verified ticket from the 40 niners. the pink are verified resale tickets from fans. some of those are actually listed for less than 657, some down to $411. mifsud said it's hard enough to sell and this isn't helping, so all those people are trying to sell. >> their tickets are last in line. they're absolutely 100% dumped on ticketmaster couldn't be reached for comment. >> but its website says having verified tickets protect against resale fraud. the 40 niners say they don't control ticketmaster's policies when it comes to individual game tickets, but they will work with fans to either sell individual seat licenses that are controlled by the santa clara stadium authority, or help them move to a more affordable section for their season tickets in santa clara. dustin dorsey, abc seven news.

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and protect reproductive rights. and i'll work with anyone to get it done. i'm sam liccardo and i approve this message. on front street is the city's second free entertainment zone event. all right. it's happening in the same place as oktoberfest on front street between california and sacramento.

that's where abc seven news reporter tim johns is out live for us tonight. tim, you got the great assignment today. >> i did i'm not going to lie, i did forget my costume at home this year, which is a tragedy. but we have seen some amazing ones here in downtown san francisco, especially right here at this block party. i'm going to step aside and show you guys some of the creativity we've seen. we've seen people dressed up as the transamerica pyramid. we've seen some driverless waymo car decorations and guys, of course, this is a super fun event. but there is a very serious driving force behind it, that of course, being to try and increase foot traffic to some of these struggling downtown businesses. hi. the spooky energy was high on the streets of san francisco thursday during the day we ran into diane springer and her friends. all of them dressed up to celebrate halloween. we like having people honk and wave and say, happy halloween! >> we've even gone trick or treating in some of the buildings. i like the candy. >> many people told us they were

getting ready for the nightmare on front street event. the city sanctioned halloween block party will shut down part of downtown san francisco. it's the second event utilizing the city's newly created entertainment zone, which allows bars and restaurants to serve alcohol to people out on the street. the idea behind it to attract more people to the city's struggling downtown and boost business. >> you see the downtown area of the city become more lively, which is not mostly the case throughout the rest of the year. >> one of the bars participating is the royal exchange manager, chris milito says after the success of the first oktoberfest themed entertainment zone, the royal exchange is expecting thousands. >> we can get them out here and they can enjoy this area. maybe they don't know about this block and the fun bars that are over here with us. >> the sense of excitement also spreading beyond just front street at brogan and son barbershop, emily graham and her team dress up every halloween. >> we are so busy on halloween because they all want to come in and see us like we have all of our regular customers want to just come and see what we are.

>> graham tells us she's hoping nightmare on front street will have a spillover effect and drive extra business to her shop, too. and even for those not getting a haircut, many say they're looking forward to everything the halloween events have to offer. i think it's the one holiday that's kind of neutral to everything. >> and, you know, costumes. everybody wishes they were somebody else. and what a great opportunity. you know, to be creative and come up with. >> now guys, this is expected to go until 10:00 tonight. so jr dan i'm expecting you both to bring me a costume. you two get a costume and we're going to hit this block party right after the show ends. but for now, i'm live in downtown san francisco. tim johns, abc seven news. >> all right, jay and i are jr and i are on it. we're going to come down and hit that party hard with you. i've got my maverick costume ready to go. excellent. yes. >> we better. we better win the costume contest. that's all i'm going to say, tim, this is my costume. >> i wear it every day. and a great costume it is. thanks, tim. that's funny. all right, time to get a look at the

weather. of course. the halloween trick or treating forecast. yeah. abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with more. >> yeah, and those costumes are not going to get wet, that's for sure. j.r. and dan let's take a look at a live picture right now. the showers are long gone. you can see we are just soaked in sun. this is from our sky star camera at fisherman's wharf. it's on the skystar wheel and pretty much through the evening you're going to see partly to mostly cloudy skies as the night goes on. so here's the halloween forecast. the sun's going down at 611 here in the city, 50s and 60s with spooky weather for you with creepy clouds. temperatures in the 50s later on, and ghostly cool by midnight. so the kids should be just fine as they head out the door. as we look at live doppler seven. our next storm system is already getting ready to move in, and that's going to be tomorrow night. let's show you what happened earlier today. between last night and this morning. we did have some showers here in the bay area and

some snow showers in the sierra, but these were pretty much light when you look at the rain totals, you'll see that it's only two hundredths in los gatos, 1100 san rafael, 2300 in oakland, 1100. in san francisco. and places like concord only picked up a trace of amount of rain. the next storm is going to have more juice to it, more rain, higher totals and all of that stuff. 50s and 60s on those temperatures right now, san jose camera it's a sunny view. here's a look at the headlines tonight. no tricks. all treats tomorrow night into saturday morning. we'll have rain thunder chance sunday into early next week. windy warmer weather setting up with those gusty offshore winds. fire danger will be going up so clearly even though we're getting some rain and it's beneficial, it doesn't erase our fire danger just yet. temperatures 30 to 50. first thing in the morning. we'll have fog and clouds around tomorrow afternoon. you're looking at 50s and 60s. so the rain begins to approach mendocino county. but it doesn't get here until tomorrow night. going into saturday morning, it's a level one rain, brief downpours,

isolated thunder, chance and we are looking at breezy to gusty conditions going hour by hour. here's a look at the timeline. 630 it's moving into the north bay. you will see some brief downpours at 9 p.m. crossing parts of san francisco, the east bay, and then into the south bay by 1130 at night. more scattered shower activity 5:00 saturday morning going into 7 a.m, and then this system is out of here before the lunch hour. rainfall totals are going to be higher as i mentioned, most areas will be between 1500 and 3 quarters of an inch there in hayward. as you can see, it turns into snow in the mountains. winter weather advisory 5:00 tomorrow night until 5 p.m. saturday, expecting up to ten inches above 6000, so it's 5 to 10in. gusts to 40. hazardous travel conditions plan accordingly. if you're going up the accuweather seven day forecast november 1st, tomorrow. and we've got late night rain coming in a wet saturday morning, but very early thunder chance level one on our exclusive abc seven news storm

impact scale. and then don't forget fall back sunday to standard time. we gain that extra hour of sleep. it is going to get windy with fire danger, but sunny election day is dry and we do have november warmth with mid 70s coming your way later on in the week. so dan and jr it's going to be above average temperature wise. >> actually felt good to use the windshield wipers last night i know. >> and then that fresh clean air right. >> they still work. yes well mine don't work great but yes well at least

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this morning on our abc seven streaming show at 7 a.m, we spoke with a nasa expert about the zombie star. >> this white dwarf star. it's what remained after something like our sun stops burning, you get a white dwarf. its companion has been feeding it. it's been eating up this material. what happens is on the surface of the star, you end up with an explosion that creates a lot of light. and it brightens by orders and orders of magnitude. this particular star we expect to be about as bright as the stars in the big dipper. >> doctor hayes says the zombie star phenomenon happened 80 years ago and appears to be on an 80 year cycle. once it appears, it will only be visible for a couple of days, she says. you should look in the western sky after sunset. it would then be to the left of the constellation corona borealis. >> that's fascinating. simple as that. finally tonight. right now, there may be a few zombies of a different kind in berkeley. the frances o'brien community center is holding its annual

halloween parade and costume concert at pablo park. the children first got to parade around the park in their costumes. looking good. the costume contest followed in the auditorium costume categories include scariest, cutest, and most creative for kids in grades k through fifth. they look great and they're having fun. happy halloween to all those kids! >> even all the adults got in on it too. that was great. well, that does it for abc seven news at five. don't forget, we have much more news ahead at 530 over on the stream. >> and if you're watching us here on tv world news tonight with david muir is next for sa

>> david: tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. five days to go. kamala harris and donald trump in the battlegrounds tonight, both making news at this hour. outside new york city, the new york state trooper shot, rushed into surgery. the hunt right now for the suspect. and the record highs this halloween, from new york to philadelphia and beyond. and the big change now coming.