we are seeing people going on road trips last. people are staying at home. >> it's been crazy. >> now at 11:00, high gas prices have been hitting our bank accounts hard for months on end. but now the governor is going after oil company profits. so will that be enough to stop the spike? why one expert says no. good evening, i'm sara donchey. so if you drive a car in the bay area, you have felt the pain at pump surely. now the governor is pointing his fingers at exhale companies. gas prices have dropped a bit over the past month here in california. regular costs $5.80 on average one month ago. today

it costs $5.68. however, our gas prices, the high of $3.76. we don't even know what that's like here. so the question is now. is the governor's plan a good long-term solution to keep prices from spiking? anne makovec live for us in mill valley tonight with what the experts are saying about this. andrea? >> reporter: well sarah, the good news is gas prices are going down here in california. now an expert i talk to tonight says now is the time to shop around for the best price. now is also the time to not forget how high the prices got in the last few months. >> i like here because it's the cheapest. even the gas station we were at a minute ago was $6. this one is like $1.50 cheaper. >> reporter: drivers are starting to sew see only see.

the state is looking into a windfall property tax on oil companies. >> this has been tried a few times. we've learned it's very difficult to design the windfall property tax that only hits hits. [ inaudible ] he will do nothing, but the price of gas, especially since addressing high gas prices. >> what happened this year is the crude oil increase. there's nothing we could do about that. that's a world market. >> reporter: as frustrated as drivers were about paying more than $6 per gallon. >> it's hard working a minimum wage job or a job you don't get

paid much. >> reporter: the goal is to get to the bottom of the mystery gas tax, a tax generating billions of dollars. >> for the last seven years, we have been seeing an extra 30 cents to 40 cents a gallon. in total it's added up to more than $40 billion. >> reporter: overall the government should do more to keep oil companies in check. >> there should be a cap on how much they can charge. after that, that's covered by their temps. >> reporter: a committee has been formed to try to get to the bottom of this mystery tax. the return is as the prices go down, the focus for the search for answers will fade. sara? >> so andrea, i'm wondering how much lower can we actually expect the gas prices to get this time? >> reporter: yeah, so it's been

going down several cents a day. the hope is the dollar per gallon will average in the mid-40s. hopefully that will happen soon. >> all right, andrea, thank you so much. new video tonight of a hit-and-run crash in castro valley that sent a 6-year-old to the hospital. this happened tuesday evening at the intersection of nunes and castro valley boulevard. the driver took off. here are some pictures of that white suv. blurry, but here they are. authorities are still searching for the driver. the elon musk deal to buy san francisco based twitter has been full of twists and turns. will he or won't he? well today the billionaire made an interesting appearance here in the city of san francisco that has some thinking he's closer than ever to closing that deal. >> reporter: this is one way to

make an entrance. entering twitter hk. he waltzed into the offices carrying a sink. splashy headlines perhaps. what kind of impression will he make on his potential new employees? >> i don't think he cares about this for very much. and not my preferred leadership style. but arguably he does have to create a bit of an upheaval at this company if he to turn it around. >> reporter: musk is in town ahead of of a friday deadline to finish his purchase for twitter in a company e-mail obtained by cnn. how he's being received by the rank and file is a big question. musk told investors he plans to slash 75% of twitter's work force. doesn't lead to an exodus, the top performers he wants to retain. >> reporter: analysts say his appearance could mean he's

close to closing the deal. he's likely sorting out finances for the tumultuous $44 billion purchase, which he seemed to back away from since raising questions about bots and fake users in the platform. twitter sued musk to try to go through with the deal. if he does, there is plenty of work ahead of him. >> to see who is with him and who is not. all of that will have to happen in reasonably short order because wall street and really all of twitter's members are now waiting for the next phase here. >> reporter: last october mark zuckerberg bet big on the metaverse, changing facebook's name to meta. the company is on a downward trajectory that has not let up. the stocks tumbled 17% after a disappointing earnings report. the net profits were cut in half nearly. the company is making

big changes. this is meta's second ever quarterly recline fearof a recession. d >> here are tonight's winning numbers. right after that, america, we have the number 37. >> all right, time to quit your job or maybe not. the lucky numbers. the power ball jackpot breaking records, the fifth largest ever up to $700 million. here are the numbers. 19, 36, 37, 46, 56. power ball is 24. cash value option, $335.7 million. there have been 35 drawings in a row with no grand prize winner, which should tell you your odds of winning are not good. one out of 192 million. that's your chance for winning big. >> that's right. >> we try any way. >> you know what i would do? all right, take the lump sum. then real estate, real estate, real estate, invest. wipe out

the debt of anybody related to me. fun side? i've always wanted a truck. i'm buying a truck. the next owner of the golden state warriors right here. >> i want season tickets everywhere. he will be right next to me. i will be right behind him. i'll be right there lurking. all right, here is what we've got later on in sports. gone, but not forgotten. 49ers brought back some strength for the defense. it's only rams week. but first an alarming discovery inside a bay area student's backpack at school. >> my wife, my kid can't even come home. i'm terrified. also a woman took an ax to a california family's home just inches from where their baby sleeps. let's take a look at what's going on weather wise. today's temperatures are slightly below average for this time of the year, but it was a pleasant

late october day. more of the same tomorrow. a look ahead to see if we can keep going into the weekend. we'll need that too. it's coming up in the first alert forecast. >> paul, thank you. here are tonight's guests on the late show. aubrey plaza and

fanduel and draftkings, two out of state corporations making big promises. what's the real math behind prop 27, their ballot measure for online sports betting? 90% of profits go to the out of state corporations permanently. only eight and a half cents is left for the homeless. and in virginia, arizona, and other states, fanduel and draftkings use loopholes to pay far less than was promised. sound familiar? it should. vote no on prop 27.

a high school student in fairfield was arrested for bringing a handgun to school. not just that, but police say he had an extended magazine. police say the student threatened another boy that was taken to the office. that's when officers found the loaded gun in his bag. the student was taken to juvenile detention and booked on several weapons charges. okay, everybody in our newsroom is talking about this video today. it looks like it came from a horror movie, very real though for a family in pasadena. when a woman with a

pick axe just started smashing in all the windows in the house with the family's newborn baby inside. lauren posen has the story of what happened next. >> we got a target. >> reporter: arman says he got notification at monday from a security system that something was going on at his house. >> all i see is a woman it trying to bash our door in. >> reporter: inside his house, his mother lawn and new born baby. as nay look up, they see the massive pick axe about to britain again. it shows the woman continuing to destroy the huge glass windows on the front of the home. each time the glass shattering louder and louder as they hit the ground. one of those windows is where moments before the attack. he

laid in his basinet. if she was five seconds late, my daughter wouldn't be here with us. >> reporter: she does this three different times. >> i'll be back. get out. she came and did their job. >> reporter: a few hours later the woman was arrested. police said she was having a mental health crisis. he doesn't know who the woman is other than she lives across the street from his family. >> i'm assuming if there is a mental illness, she's going to doing? like that to everyone and not just target us. >> reporter: much like the large windows on the front of their home, their peace of mind is now shattered. >> my wife and kid can't come home. they're terrified. they don't want to come home. >> that is just something else. the homeowner had to file a

restraining order against that lady. back here at home, we have some chopper video of sea lions riding in style with the baby because we have to recover from the previous story. they were hitching a ride on a massive container ship, getting some shape out there. we needed a stress reliever. >> i read the script for the story and i thought they were on the deck of the boat just thinking how can sea lions climb? that's what it's called. >> hey, they like lounging. >> me too. >> yeah, me too. >> is it lounging weather? >> it is always lounging weather, sara. >> i like that. >> and when people talk about good sleeping weather. it's always good sleeping weather. storm tracks staying to the north over the next several days. it won't be wet weather for the bay area any time soon. all the moisture aimed for the pacific northwest. plenty of rain still headed their way over the next several days. our next rain chance is ahead in

the middle to upper 50s. more cloud covers will move in. stronger onshore breeze. slightly cooler teatures towards the end the we lein the forecast on saturday. we will see dry conditions continuing into early next week. the next chance of rain doesn't head our way until wednesday, but it looks fairly promising at this point. it's still seven days away, but the weather prediction center, which is another branch of noaa, along with the national hurricane center, all looking at different aspects of the weather. they're outlining the bay area for a potential of light rain. most of us less than .10. slightly higher amounts in the elevations of the north bay and the santa cruz mountains. i'll emphasize this again, it's the seventh day of the seven-day forecast. it's a long way out there. right now clear skies overhead. temperatures are dropping off. we've got mostly mid to low 50s down to 29 degrees in livermore. temperatures will drop down to the middle

portions of the 40s for most of us. upper 40s in the north bay valley. even the coolest temperatures are only going to be about 5 degrees below average, so nothing record setting, nothing that far out of the ordinary. low 60s along the coast for highs tomorrow. mid to upper 60s around the south end of the bay down to the peninsula. low 70s in the santa clara valley. 72 degrees in san jose. mostly low 70s in the east bay. the warmest spots only reached the mid-70s, which isn't that warm for this time of the year. mid-60s in san francisco. temperatures for the east bay reaching the r s, most of the golden gate. until you go part north, farther north. but then we do climb back up to near above average levels. especially for inland parts of the bay area. a chance for showers will arrive potentially as early tuesday, more likely by wednesday next week. we'll keep you updated on that. good news for the trick or treaters.

near normal temperatures. maybe a little bit of coastal fog to make things spooky, and dry conditions. no worries still about water proofing the kids trick or treat outfits. vern? straight ahead in sports, 49ers will address that. today the game plan was hatched for the rams game on sunday. and steph curry and have heart failure and still experience unresolved symptoms? heart failure and seemingly unrelated symptoms like carpal tunnel syndrome... ...shortness of breath... ...irregular heartbeat...

...and lower back pain could mean something more serious called attr-cm a rare, underdiagnosed disease that worsens over time, so it's important to recognize the signs. sound like you? call your cardiologist and ask about attr-cm. i see it in my office all the time. kids getting hooked on flavored tobacco, including e-cigarettes. big tobacco lures them in with flavors like lemon drop and bubble gum, candy flavors that get them addicted to tobacco products, and can lead to serious health consequences, even harming their brain development. it stops the sale of dangerous flavored tobacco and helps protect kids from nicotine addiction. please vote yes on 31.

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i've been trying to think of ways to categorize the 49ers situation. it's room for improvement? >> i just want to sober everybody up. i mean we've got seven games under their belt. they're 3-4. here is my question, niners empire. they've got ten regular season games left. can they go 7-3? can they get to ten wins? will that be enough to get them in the sc eyede lp. rback jason verrett from the injured list, and they could use his help on sunday at the rams. again, that's if he's at the top of his game. he has not played since tearing his

ticebecausof a hamstring usuall the rams. the rams are bitter rivals, right? knocked them off on the way to winning the super bowl. here is a timely sound bite with the safety jimmy ward a handful of weeks back. >> you know, we're not friends, we're not cool. >> all right. they will face the rams at sofi stadium. it's where he last played them. the nfc championship game. he's been hurt. he was frustrated by that. >> we are frustrated. you know what i'm saying? and now, oh yeah. i take a lot of pride in covering. >> well then cover like a glove

on sunday. nba, steph curry entered last night's game in phoenix. a perfect 22-22 at the free throw line until announcer pointed that out on the tnt broadcast. >> steph curvy at the line. he has not missed this year. why, why? so why? >> >> steph must have heard him because the tnt crew. curry is now 25 out of 27 from the charity stripe. golden state hosts miami on thursday. college basketball hall of fame gary peyton on the road over at western washington. oaklanders in yellow. good news, the drive, the bucket, the foul. led lincoln with 22. they could not overcome a 12-point half time deficit and

lost this opener 95-81. lincoln, they get right back to it on friday. redding and the red hawks. >> all right, 22-22 perfect sports casts until now. >> wow. >> we don't want to jinx it. >> yeah, a little pressure. thank you, vern. still ahead how

things have gone from bad to worse for kanye west after his anti-semitic tirade. he was escorted out of sketchers headquarters in los angeles today after he showed up unannounced. this just a day after adidas ended its partnership with the rap every. more companies cutting ties with kanye. peloton says they are no longer going to play his music in any of their new classes. t.j. maxx says they

are also dropping his line yeezy, from his stores. you also an impact on the oakland city council race. they are both vying to represent district iv in november, which covers much of the oakland hills. and which partially reads still rooting for you. hope your comeback is iettodria mirez-ra side of the story and here is what he said. >> and how it impacted people, i was just looking at it. he can't be well. some will ask what was he thinking? i can only think about the situation i'm in right now to apologize to the people who were hurt. you know, there was a lot of

historical trauma for people who are jewish community. >> she also issued an explanation on twitter partly reiterating the tweet was not condoning anti-semitism, but showing compassion for those struggling with mental health issues. tonight, one california cannabis company says its joints will get you to mars quicker than elon musk. but a lawsuit now claiming false advertising about that. okay care coalition, alaska airlines is still frontrunner for most caring airline. funshine bear, you did some of your own research, right? i sure did. ♪ according to the web, their program's number one, ♪ ♪ earning alaska miles is quicker and more fun! ♪ ♪ accordincute!the web, their program's number one, ♪ oh, oh, oh, i have a song about their cheese plates.

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you probably buy organic vegetables and bread and fruit at the grocery stores. now more people are looking to buy organic weed. why not? it's part of the clean cannabis movement. >> i grew up on a farm. you know, i was used to eating my own chickens, eggs. to be able to do that with cannabis is a dream come true. >> a group of california cannabis farmers are only producing regenerative weed. it's called a clean weed. instead of chemical pesticides,

they use insects and worms. a lot of people seem to want clean weed, they want it to be strong too. two people are actually suing over it. they're going after a california cannabis company saying their prerolls are not as potent as they say they are. the suit accuses dream fields brands of false advertising, overcharging. the plaintiff says they bought preroll branded joints, advertising as having a thc content over 35%. jeter's website claims its joints will, "get you to mars quicker than elon musk." i mean that's the goal. but the suit thc was about 23 to 27%. jeter is calling the allegations baseless and ridiculous. >> if ever there a story for 11:34 at night. >> i know. >> you nailed it. >> not a lot i could ask you. >> you nailed it. >> and that's a trapped door. >> we're told that's the goal. we're not sure. but we suspect. all right, thank you so much

for watching the late show with ephen colbert is nex captioning sponsored by cbs >> at last night's pennsylvania senate debate, g.o.p. candidate dr. oz revealed who he thinks should be involved in medical decisions. >> as a physician, i've been in the room when there are some difficult conversations happening. i don't want the federal government involved with that at all. i want women, doctors, local political leaders, letting the democracy that's always allowed our nation to thrive to put the best ideas forward. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tonight on "local political leader hospital": >> we're losing him! >> wow, what a mess. that looks more tangled than that downtown intersection before we put in that four-way stop-- my idea. >> next week on "local political leader hospital."