november rain. and we're not just talking about that popular guns n roses song. much of the bay area is seeing showers tonight from the first storm of the season. good evening. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. a live look outside tonight and the rain has returned to the bay area. there were a few drops the other day, but this is more significant. >> that's right. sandhya patel joins us now. it's been a while since we've said the words storm impact scale. sandhya. dan? yeah. this is been a wet off and

on the last couple of weeks. this one is the most significant. we have seen of the season as we look at a live picture right now from our exploratorium camera, you can see the raindrops on the lens. let's talk about live doppler seven because it is lit up. we've seen some pretty good rainfall in some parts of the bay area right now. as we get you down to street level, this is around dublin boulevard 680. you can see stoneridge drive getting some wet weather right now heading down towards the santa cruz mountains. it is steady rain from ben lomond to highway 17. and as we look further up to the north around american canyon vallejo area, you will notice across 8-80 we are getting that wet weather. so widening the picture. this is a level one on our exclusive abc seven news storm impact scale. some lightning up around northern california. no thunderstorms here yet, so midnight tonight. we're still going to be seeing some steady rain across parts of the bay area. 2:00 in the morning. it's in the east and the south bay as we head towards 4 a.m. still some spotty showers around now at the lower elevations. it's

been breezy, but look at the higher elevations. it's gusty, gusting to 36 at the oakland hills. it is a wet view from our golden gate bridge camera, and so far the highest rain totals in the northern part of our viewing area, about a third of an inch in santa rosa and napa. i've seen some areas, remote locations up to the north over a half an inch. richmond 2/10, san francisco two hundredths a few hundredths of an inch from castro valley to half moon bay. it is a level one on our storm impact scale. we are looking at through early tomorrow morning. rain briefly heavy, slight possibility of thunder and breezy to gusty winds. i'll be back to let you know about how long this wet weather will last. if it's going to impact your weekend plans, plus a look at the fire danger that's coming up. dan. >> sandhya. thank you. >> and as sandhya has been reporting, firefighters in the north bay are watching the weather and hoping that the fall storm will help reduce fire danger before things could pivot back. >> as gusty winds are likely to return this weekend, it's really don't want people to get caught off guard because we're getting

these lower temperatures in the evening. >> we're getting this little bit of rain and all of a sudden everyone thinks we're out of fire season because we're most definitely not. >> no, cal fire and local fire departments have been active conducting prescribed burns to reduce wildfire risk, but they remind homeowners that fire season is now year round. >> turning now to the latest on the election now just days away. kamala harris and donald trump are focusing their campaigns in those key battleground states. both of them held events in wisconsin once again making contrasting pitches for the presidency. in this final sprint to election day. trump focusing in on fixing problems of the biden harris administration on tuesday. >> you have to stand up and you have to tell kamala that you've had enough. you can't take it anymore. you're the worst vice president in history. you're the worst border czar in the history of the world. we're not going to let you destroy our country. kamala, you're fired. >> and harris appealed to an

alternative to trump's. quote, hate and division. unlike donald trump, i don't believe that people who disagree with me are the enemy. >> he wants to put them in jail. >> i'll give them a seat at the table. >> as of today, more than 68 million people have already voted by mail or in person. that's according to the university of florida's election lab, which keeps very close tabs on this. and with the election four days away, do you know what is and isn't allowed at the polls? there are rules from selfies to dress code. abc seven news reporter monica madden has details on the do's and don'ts of voting in person. >> if you're planning to vote in person, the old fashioned way, there are a few things you need to know before you cast your ballot. first and foremost, there is a dress code. now, it doesn't mean you have to be wearing your sunday best, but there are restrictions on any clothing or accessories that are in support of or against a certain candidate or proposition. that's because california law bans

electioneering. the idea is to create a neutral environment for voters so they don't feel pressured to vote a certain way. this means you got to leave any campaign gear behind. no maga hats, no harris wall shirts. it even applies to buttons. but don't worry, the i voted sticker is okay. another question we get is what should i bring to the polls? in most circumstances, voters are not going to be asked to present an id to an election official, but it's another story if you're a first time voter. now, in california, first time voters can register to vote on the day of and get a provisional ballot. you're going to want to make sure that you bring a california id or present your last four digits of your social security number to an election official, and make sure to bring proof of residency, like a recent utility bill or any other government issued mail that you might have gotten recently. when you get there, you may see people watching the process there. poll watchers, not election officials. the difference is they're volunteers here to monitor the process and make sure everything is running smoothly. however, they're not

allowed to ask you for personal information like proof of voter registration or your id. selfies are permitted at the polling place, but ultimately it's up to the discretion of election workers. if it's causing a disturbance and any photograph you may take cannot compromise other people's personal information. now, there's always the option to mail or drop off your ballot at one of these official drop box locations. if you're doing it by mail, though, your time is running out. it needs to be postmarked and in the mail on or by election day, which is next tuesday, november 5th in san francisco. monica madden, abc7 news. >> in the east bay, five early voting locations opened their doors in contra costa county today. election officials want people to know they are prepared and staffed up for election day. hundreds of people lined up at this one at walnut creek city hall. >> turnout perspective in 2020, returns are higher than what we've seen so far, but we but we do expect there to be a big uptick this weekend. there will

be a big spike to get us to that, to that 85 plus percent turnout by the end, they are working to get more ballot devices operating. >> so they can cut down on the lines. you can always skip the wait by dropping off your ballot at a post office or one of the many drop boxes. the county's voting sites will be open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. on election day. lyft and uber users can receive a 50% discount on rides to their polling station on election day, according to a report released by lyft. people without cars are less likely to vote. lyft users can preload the code vote 24 into their app until november 5th. uber is offering half off rideshare costs of up to $10 on tuesday, and. abc seven news is here to help you navigate through all the races and measures on the ballot. we have a voter guide on abc seven news.com where you can look up races specific to your county. you'll find it under the election section. >> and moving to on some other news in san jose, a man is in jail accused of entering a middle school girls locker room and recording students inside. police say the man ran when staff at bret hart middle school

confronted him inside the building on monday. on wednesday, he was found and detained. police say they found photos on his phone. and parents want to know how something like this could even happen. >> it's concerning that anybody can just walk into campus like that and no one say anything. you walk right by. supposedly, when they told him that he had to leave, he he just flipped him off and cussed at them and then nobody really engaged into, like, trying to really remove him from the school. >> he's been booked for possession of child sexual abuse material, and the recording of juveniles with a hidden camera in a private area on the peninsula. >> tonight, the public finally got its chance to ask about the slimy spill at a tesla facility in palo alto. that spill, which we've been tracking, happened more than two weeks ago. abc seven news reporter lauren martinez was there as people fired off questions at city officials. >> what exactly is in this bright green sub? >> i do have a question about how it was determined, what was spilled.

>> questions are still swirling about a chemical spill in palo alto. a neighbor took this video on october 17th and alerted the city. officials say 916 gallons of a non-hazardous solution came from a tesla research facility. the spill was seemingly an accident on friday evening. palo alto city manager and the fire chief hosted a community meeting. >> i wasn't clear if this got into the matadero creek bypass. what's the plan to have less of this type of impact and more communication going forward? >> officials say a formal investigation as to what exactly is in the solution will take time, but the initial test is with a ph test to test the acidity of the material. >> so again, and i always say we don't necessarily know what it is, but we also know what it isn't. >> a point residents wanted to address why it took the city five days to notify them of the spill, and cleanup. >> the same thing that happened with the, you know, va spill.

same thing that happened with the cpi incidents. you know, is how quickly these things should be communicated to us. you know, as neighbors, whether they're serious or not serious. you know, let us make that determination. if you know we're concerned or not. >> the city said as far as next steps, they will change their notification protocol. >> basically, any significant incident going forward, we're going to step up our communication. >> residents appreciated the city holding this meeting winter dellenback said the amount of neighbors that came out on a friday night is an indication they deeply care. >> you can't just care and not get involved. if all you do is sit around and care. it doesn't mean anything. you have to do some things. >> also discussed in the meeting early next week, the creek will be tested to make sure it's clean and there are no remnants from the spill in palo alto. lauren martinez abc seven news. >> developments, new developments with one of the officers charged in connection with a deadly raid on breonna

taylor's apartment. the decision made by a jury. >> and the bay area gets ready to mark. dia de los muertos a look at one of the big events going on in the south bay. >> also here, a huge celebration tonight for diwali. we'll explain this festival of lights and its meaning. >> first, a look at what's coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live! right after abc seven news at 11. jimmy. >> thanks, dan and ama. tonight we are reaching bigly across the aisle. i have a sneaky feeling that love actually is a >> wow.

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police raid in which she was shot and killed. now taylor was a 26 year old medical worker. her killing helped inspire nationwide protests against police brutality. her mother spoke publicly after the verdict. >> i'm grateful. i'm grateful to god. it took a lot of patience. it took a lot of time. 1694 days, 1694. it took it was long. it was hard. it was. i don't even know if i got some words, but thank god. >> brett hankinson fired ten shots into taylor's apartment. none of those bullets hit her. he is the first officer involved in taylor's killing to be convicted on criminal charges. he faces up to life in prison. >> new details coming out now in the investigation into liam payne's death. the former one direction star died last month after falling from his hotel room balcony in argentina. now,

sources tell abc news police have reviewed surveillance footage showing exchanges between a drug dealer and a hotel employee. the hotel is a key part of the investigation, detailed in a new 2020. this weekend fact that the police raided the hotel means there's probably more to the story. you can catch price of fame the liam payne story a special edition of 2020 on sunday night right here on abc seven. it will be on at 10 p.m. >> now to developing news on the east coast. crews are currently battling a wildfire fire that broke out in new jersey this morning, likely due to record high temperatures and dry conditions. the fire burning is in morris county. it's 45 miles west of new york city with red flag warnings in new york state, pennsylvania and massachusetts. evacuations are underway in the south bay. >> sunnyvale has been chosen as the site of the new national semiconductor technology center. the u.s. department of commerce chose the city. the plant will help ease the u.s. reliance on

semiconductors made overseas. >> silicon valley will go back to the golden days where, when it started with the semiconductor, we don't have to rely on anybody outside the united states to build and to design our chips. >> semiconductors are used in everything from phones to cars to make the electronics work. the center is expected to drive more than $1 billion in research funding, and create more than 200 jobs over the next ten years. >> diwali is the festival of lights observed worldwide by south asians. the holiday officially kicked off yesterday and continues into today. abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn gives us a closer look at how many celebrated it tonight in fremont. >> reporter they came from all over to gurdwara sahib in fremont friday night. families, friends. loved ones eager to celebrate diwali is known as the hindu festival of lights. but other religious communities like six also celebrate the holiday in early autumn. >> it's the festival of lighting family gathering, helping

others. >> sunny singh of hayward came with his wife and daughter to celebrate at the temple. >> it's more like a thanksgiving and it's more like a christmas. >> everyone came out dressed in their festive best and they want to come and pay their respects to our guru, the holy guru guru granth sahib. it was a chance to share well wishes and to light small clay lamps called dias. the lamps often light up homes and streets for diwali. >> when you want to welcome somebody, our old tradition is that you lit your house with the with with the lightnings. >> college student avneet kaur lit several lamps to carry on tradition. >> i actually came home from college to celebrate this with my family on this friday evening. >> core came with her mom and one of her friends to celebrate the festival of lights. >> to me, that's the most important thing, and being able to continue that tradition and keep it alive. >> after lighting the diaz kaur joined others. they went inside the temple to pray. the community celebration then continued, with neighbors enjoying sweets and other

delicacies. >> it's like a sweet pretzel. pretzel. >> the diwali celebration is a chance to celebrate light over darkness and happiness over sorrow. >> it's a great occasion to, you know, express gratitude and wish for prosperity, happiness, health for all the family members. >> it's important to everyone. you look around, everyone's around here celebrating the festival of lights. everyone's lighting was a family friendly celebration rooted in joy, love and community. >> in fremont, suzanne phan abc7 news. >> tomorrow, san jose will have its dia de los muertos celebration at mexican heritage plaza. it's their biggest event of the year, with an expected 2500 people. there will be street vendors and performance hubs. people will get to see lucha libre, drumming troupes, dancers and concerts. altars will be on display to honor the dead. the avenue of the altars is tomorrow from 530 to 10:30 p.m, and dia de los muertos celebrations are also underway

in mexico city. >> of course, people set up offerings by gravesites with the dead's favorite foods and decorated with marigolds and candles. november 1st is typically reserved to honor babies and infants, and november 2nd honors everyone else. and there are a number of dia de los muertos events planned for the bay area this weekend. there's a procession through san francisco's mission district. that's tomorrow night. san jose is having an additional community celebration starting at 11 a.m. at the museum of art, san rafael in marin is holding the 36th annual celebration at the borough community center. and on sunday, there's going to be a festival at oakland's fruitvale village. just a lot going on. yes, los muertos certainly. >> and the weather. we have some rain now, but is it going to continue into the weekend? >> that's the question. meteorologist sandhya patel tracking that for us. and she's here with what we can expect. yeah. >> and you know what dan and ama, with all these festivities going on this weekend, we're going to make sure that the rain moves out in time for all the

celebrations. so let me show you live doppler seven. right now we need the rain. we're getting it to mount tam. almost an inch and a half of rain. so that has been quite the soaking. now we're going to get you into street level radar from american canyon highway 29, heading across the cordelia junction. crockett. benicia, you are seeing some rain, san pablo avenue. it is pretty light right now across hercules and el sobrante, heading towards the half moon bay area. we are seeing some spotty showers, so really widening the picture here. light snow falling in the sierra right now. we've had some thunderstorms up in northern california. it's been breezy at the lower elevations, gusty at the higher elevations, and zephyr cove showing you a little bit of winter. getting a few snowflakes coming down right no. light snow in the tahoe area. as i mentioned, temperatures at this hour, 50s and 60s. here's a look at the forecast for diwali if you do celebrate. happy diwali to you. wishing you brightness and prosperity. early morning showers with the level

one system low to upper 60s. bright skies on sunday it is going to be warmer and windy. low 60s to low 70s, but the fire danger will be coming up right now from our richmond san rafael bridge. you are seeing the rains falling on our lens there. overnight tonight. rain downpours at times tomorrow afternoon. bright and breezy sunday into next week. we are talking about gusty offshore winds, warmer weather and certainly heightened fire danger on our storm impact scale. this is a level one through early morning light to moderate rain, a slight chance of thunder and breezy to gusty winds. so midnight you're still seeing the rain coming down across parts of the bay area. 2 a.m. east bay. the south bay, the santa cruz mountains. 4 a.m. just some spotty showers remaining. and then as we look towards 7 a.m, there is still a few showers kind of skirting the coast. so we'll keep them in until about noon. we're going to be seeing a lot of sun by noon, though. additional rain. we're looking at anywhere from a few hundredths of an inch to about a quarter of an inch. but you'll notice ben lohman about 7/10 of an inch of rain. winter weather

advisory in the sierra until 11 a.m. tomorrow. 2 to 8in of snow above 6000 with those gusty winds, travel will be hazardous, so just keep that in mind. your morning temperatures 40s and 50s for most of you. 30s around lakeport. there will be some slippery roadways, so drive carefully if you have early morning plans. breezy in the afternoon. certainly a lot of sun for your saturday. low to upper 60s now. beach hazards statement has been issued for sunday afternoon until monday night. wave heights will be coming up long period northwest swell 10 to 14 foot breakers. looking at a risk of sneaker waves and rip currents. and you'll see why here tomorrow afternoon, a northwesterly wind picking up out of the northwest over 30 miles an hour. watch the winds switch direction. this is a down sloping drying winds. sunday afternoon. we're going over 30 miles an hour, and that gusty wind will dry out. the atmosphere continue into monday, which is why that fire danger goes up. accuweather seven day forecast, early morning showers and then you've got sunshine for your saturday sunday. warmer. windy. fire. danger. don't

forget daylight saving time ends. we go to standard time. so you get that extra hour of sleep and we'll continue the warming trend through election day. it's going to be mild to warm. good day to vote if you haven't. and that warmth continues well into next week with above average temperatures ama and dan. >> all right. thank in the middle of the night. led our city through the darkest days of covid, saving thousands of lives. london breed is battle tested and proven in crisis. san francisco is coming back. we're witnessing progress every day. unlike her opponents, london is the only candidate who, on day one, will keep our city moving forward. we can't go backward by electing a candidate who needs on the job training. with london breed,

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he worked all the way up to be the new general manager of the san francisco giants, buster

posey is the director of baseball ops. he admitted zach was not at the top of his list initially, but all roads kept leading back to zach, who joined me today to talk about the challenges ahead. first of all, congratulations. i know you got your family here as well, so it's got to be, you know, a great time for everybody involved. what are the past 24 hours been like for you? >> it's been a little crazy. a lot of text messages, phone calls. i'm still trying to deal with an infant baby and make sure he gets his sleep. uh. but it's been fun in a sense of making the calls to the people have been so impactful on my life. my career and their reactions. it's been awesome. so in a sense, as crazy as it's been, i'd love to relive it so many times over just to hear those reactions again. >> you're a baseball lifer. you come from a baseball family. your brother is the gm of the angels. we're not going to hold it against you that tommy lasorda, the dodgers legend, is your godfather. was your godfather. yes. but do we put that low in the bio that, you

know, tommy and all the dodgers. >> i think the people who know me best. i have three older brothers and, you know, four boys in a very sports related family. you're kind of having to scratch and crawl for everything. and whether that's attention winning a pickup basketball game and whether i liked it or not, i probably developed this little chip on my shoulder that i had to prove myself and try and get that attention. so in reality, uncle tom being my godfather, i actually think it's the perfect fit for me to be in this role with the giants. >> congratulations, larry. the great thing is, i don't have to yell at you in the parking lot anymore. are you going to sign a free agent or what? zach. come on. thank you so much. >> i appreciate you having me on. yeah. thank you. >> zach's first order of business. blake snell, who opted out of his giants contract to become a free agent, had an awful start to the season but finished strong. in fact, had a no hitter. snell made $32 million this past season. he's

going to be looking for more in the open market. the dodgers spent the day partying with 200,000 of their best friends at the world series victory parade through downtown la. when the dodgers won the title in 2020, they couldn't hold a parade because of the pandemic. so this was kind of like two celebrations in one sports on

area connected tv app is available for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv and roku. download the app and start streaming. all right. thank you so much for watching. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley for sandhya patel larry beil all of us. >> we appreciate your time. jimmy kimmel is next. hugh grant is on. >> have a great night and a wonderful weekend. "jimmy kimmel live." tonight, hugh grant. aldis hodge. and music from dawes. with cleto and the cletones. and now, jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ]