now at 11:00, hurricane milton is doing its worst. >> if you look at the ground -- whoa, okay, that wasn't good. >> shredding a stadium roof and stirring up tornados -- >> oh, violent tornado. >> -- where it is headed next and how help from here in the bay area could end up saving lives. and why the internet is rooting for this guy they're calling

lieutenant dan. plus, trump supporters rally to welcome his running mate to the bay. and why a plan to welcome people back into fishermen's wharf is making some very salty. >> if you push the fisher emen out, there's nothing but a t-shirt factory. and how this could be the answer to a very san francisco problem. from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> hi, i'm sara donchey. ban busy night of news tonight, we have been anxiously tracking the path of hurricane milton. it's finally starting to weaken a little bit, but it's been hours since it slammed into florida's gulf coast, and it's done plenty of damage. the danger is far from over right now. right now more than 2 million people are in the dark in florida and at least one county there not a single customer has power. a storm chaser caught this video of damage around tampa. strong storm surge has turned roads into rivers there. intense wind a lot of rain has

been causing transformers to blow. anderson cooper saw that firsthand when he was reporting from bradenton and trying to stand upright. >> and the water now is really starting to pour over. if you look at the -- whoa, okay, that wasn't good. we'll probably go inside shortly. like stuff is just -- this came the the river. thankfully it's just styrofoam. >> part of the hazards of the job there. powerful winds actually shredded the roof at tropicana field stadium, the home of the tampa bay rays. two days ago it was filled with cots and used as a home base for emergency workers. they had to go to a safer area before the storm hit. and tonight a crane came crashing down into the street downtown saint petersburg. thankfully, no reports of anybody getting hurt after

that. >> oh. violent tornado. violent, violent. just took out a semi-truck. >> well, that storm chaser got what they were looking for. they got so close to a tornado in fort pierce it looked like a miracle his car was not sucked into it. the tornado tore through the city, levelled homes. deputies say multiple people were killed in that. and search and rescue operations are underway to try and find anybody who could still be trapped in the rubble there. now, crews from the bay area have gotten there to take part in rescue efforts. some of the members of the california task force three and four are on the ground ready to help people who need it. andrea nakano reports on that. >> reporter: some of the task force members from the bay area have been there for weeks helping those in the southeast get through hurricane helene. more left earlier today, and they are ready to be deployed to help those impacted the most by milton. the mission is clear for california task force three. >> but the team has one objective and, of course, the priority at the beginning is

life safety. so we're out there to do search and rescue and to save lives. that is the priority. >> reporter: chief jonathan johnston with the fire park protection district says 80 team members from various agencies from san francisco to san jose make up task force three. once a month they train together to prepare for disasters like hurricane milton. they will be joined by task force four from the east bay. >> they're currently headed to atlanta where they will rendezvous with task force three out of menlo park to augment additional resources because of the size of the storm. >> reporter: 13 members from the east bay left wednesday. when they arrive, they'll take orders from fema and get sent out to the hardest hit areas. crews hope those in the evacuation zones heeded the warnings. >> we like to advocate, to listen, and make sure you are prepared. the goal is not for rescuers to have to come and save you. >> reporter: as those in the southeast get battered by historic storm, chief

johnston says there is a valuable lesson to be learned from natural disasters for us here in the bay area. >> we do not have hurricanes. we do have earthquakes. so same thing. we're asking people here, this is a good reminder to be prepared. >> check this out. an alameda-based company took this video of milton stirring up 28-foot waves in the gulf of mexico. that east bay company uses a tool that looks like a high tech sailboat to map ocean conditions. noaa shared the video from sail drone today, taken about 40 miles away from the eye of the storm. paul, i have to bring you in for this. noaa satellite images actually showing lightning inside of the storm before it made landfall in florida. >> yeah. >> let's take that video full. look at that. >> all of those flashes -- especially over the florida peninsula, this is one of those things when hurricanes make landfall, the interaction with land can produce a lot more cloud to ground lightning. those are individual strikes. this new generation of satellites not only takes pictures of the clouds, which is what they've done from the

beginning, but also has lightning detection, rainfall detection. it does all sorts of scientifically valid stuff that we need to kind of remotely sense what the atmosphere is doing, particularly when these events happen in less populated areas, which unfortunately, this isn't. >> this isn't. the technology has had to keep up because storms seem to have gotten much more intense. this was the case, this was a category 5 just not that long ago. >> just 24 hours ago this was a category 5 hurricane. it lost some of that peak intensity, but it was still a major category 3 storm as it made landfall. let's take a look at the map on the floor. i'm going to bring outhe united states up an navigate to where milton was 24 hours ago. we're going to bring the satellite replay on to the map. we'll start earlier today when the storm was still holding on to category 4 strength but as it lost that organization around its center, well, that means the peak winds around the center of circulation diminish, but it allows the storm to grow. the wind field within the storm to grow. so as it made landfall just after the sun went down, you see the nighttime shadow crossing the planet, this storm was

producing winds on the order of 120 miles per hour at landfall near sarasota, florida. it's not just the winds, it's all of the other factors that have been causing problems as well for folks around tampa and saint petersburg down towards sarasota and fort myers. the rain continues to fall, especially heavy around daytona beach. it's still raining in tampa and saint petersburg, down towards sarasota and fort myers as well. some pulls farther to the's, but it's also the threat of tornados with the landfalling hurricane. all the red dots are confirmed tornados. as the daylight dawns early tomorrow they're going to confirm dozens more of these. over 130 tornado warnings issued as milton approached shore earlier today. this has been an all day event, and they're going to pick up six more inches of rain around daytona beach. not that much more for tampa, mercifully, but they've had over 11 inches of rain in 24 hours. that breaks the record for all

of october in tampa. it happened just today. fortunately for the bay area, our weather is less exceptional, especially compared to that heat wave we had to begin the month of october. our forecast in a few minutes. >> paul, thanks for sorting that out for us. while a lot of people rushed to evacuate from their homes before the hurricane, one person decided to stay on his boat in tampa bay. not the best place to be. this is joseph. he's known as lieutenant dan. he lives on a 20-foot sailboat. he's only got one leg, which people compared him to the character from forrest gump for that reason and others. lieutenant dan has gone viral on tiktok for deciding to ride it out. the tampa mayor says he convinced him to come to a shelter. probably good news given how dangerous that decision was. back here at home, san mateo county is urging the governor to declare a state of emergency, not because of a storm or a fire that just happened but over the insurance crisis. this is an issue that we've reported on, and you probably

have dealt with yourself. so many of you have reached out and told us that you have. several insurance companies won't give coverage to people in many parts of california. in san mateo county it's gotten so bad people don't have property insurance at all in some case, leaving them vulnerable. large companies like state farm and all state have stopped issuing new policies in fire-prone areas. donald trump's running mate, senator jd vance, spoke to voters in arizona today before returning to the bay area tonight. vance lived here for years working as a venture capitalist and came back tonight for a fundraiser in woodside. and as our kelsi thorud reports, trump supporters were there to welcome him, and they wanted to send a very clear message. >> let's go. >> reporter: dozens of trump supporters rallied in woodside, all hoping to get a glance of vice presidential candidate jd vance. >> i do like jd a lot. i think

he really personifies the future of maga. and i'm really -- i was thrilled when president trump chose him as his vp candidate. >> reporter: vance was in town for a fundraiser. many of the people out here hoping to greet him told me they wanted to make sure he knew he and trump have supporters in this area despite the bay's more liberal reputation. with less ethan a mont until election day, the race for the white house remains a close one. trump supporters we spoke with told us they're hopeful but concerned. >> very nervous. i can't understand how people support this woman. she's done nothing. what has she done as vice president? >> reporter: many echoed that sentiment, telling us they worry a harris presidency will just be a continuation of the biden administration. >> trump, trump, trump, trump. >> reporter: people here say they're throwing their support behind trump because they

believe he will accomplish more if elected to the office. >> trump is a doer. he gets stuff done. nobody likes the rhetoric, but he gets stuff done. vance has got a great story, great human being. he's had a tough life and made something of it. >> so according to the fundraiser's invitation, tickets started at $3,300. that was for general admission. couples that shelled out $50,000 were invited to a roundtable discussion. across the bay, antioch has been dealing with a spike in gun violence. just in september there were more than a dozen shootings near the sycamore drive corridor alone. the city just approved funding to boost law enforcement presence. the city council says they are setting aside half a million dollars to bring in officers from outside agencies. officers will get paid $200 an hour to patrol streets. antioch has yet to reveal what which agencies they're partnering with, but mayor says they will announce it as soon as possible. robbing banks is one thing, but turning to social media to

find accomplices is on another level. that's what three people are accused of doing in sacramento and around the bay area as madisen keavy shows us. it was their own confidence that ended up getting them caught. >> reporter: happy money making mondays, one of the calls put out on social media, federal prosecutors say, to lure help in a bank robbing scheme. an instagram message sent by 21-year-old yazmin to 21-year-old joyma, feds say. the two, along with dante jones jr., made up a trio who feds say conspired to commit at least ten bank robberies from sacramento to the east by a. the now unsealed indictment says jones and yazmin actively sought and groomed recruits to go into banks with notes demanding money. yazmin even posted videos of herself on instagram holding large amounts of cash. joy ma

joined the scheme through instagram. that's what an indictment says brought her into the game, saying she went inside a bank and slid the teller a note that read in part, don't push the emergency button, put a smile on your face, and pull the money out or i will shoot. the last attempt, according to the indictment, was last july when jones and millet used a stolen car to drive to a sacramento bank. in the car with them, two children. >> officers caught the trio in fairfield after a high speed chase. if they're convicted, they face up to a decade behind bars. a plan to bring the people back to fishermen's wharf is making the fishermen themselves kind of mad. >> it's just no benefit to the fishermen whatsoever. >> why they are worried the city's plan could push them out in the place that is named after them. and why a retro mode of transportation could be making a comeback in a very unusual place. and join us later this week for our fleet week spectacular friday. we're so excited for

it. live coverage of the parade of ships starts at 11:00 a.m. followed by none other than the blue angels at 3:00 right here on kpix. stay with us. >>tonight on the late show, my guest is anderson cooper. he went to yale, but so did j.d. vance does mark farrell have the right experience to shake up city hall? in nearly ten years as supervisor, mark grew the bureaucracy

by authorizing or creating a commission almost every year. he rubber stamped hundreds of millions to homeless nonprofits with zero accountability and orchestrated a pay-to-play scheme that sold out taxpayers to the highest bidder. mark farrell has all the wrong experience for the change we need.

there is seafood, there are street performer, there are t-shirt vendors. san francisco's fishermen's wharf has become an iconic tourist destination, but over the past few years, the wharf

has been kind of struggling. foot traffic just has not recovered since the pandemic, and it's left several longtime businesses like lou's fish shack. now there's a plan to try and draw people back in, and it's centered around the fishing industry itself. but ironically, some of those fishermen told our john ramos they are worried that plan could actually kick them out. >> reporter: there's no doubt that fishermen's wharf has fallen on to hard times. the new development proposal by a group called fishermen's wharf revitalized would pump more than $500 million into a plan to refurbish the structure and create a new tourist attraction at pier 45. in their pitch to the city, they said, quote, the neighborhood risks getting stuck in a downward spiral that will be very difficult and costly to reverse. while tourists may have felt compelled to visit in the past, the city can no longer afford to take for granted that they will

continue to come without new investments and attractions added in the immediate future. the idea is to create a mixed use restaurant and entertainment area on pier 45 centered around the fishing operation, including what they call an experiencetial museum where people could watch the fishermen as they process their catch. >> apparently they want to put grand stands in here, grand stand bleachers in here, and make it some sort of recreational center for families to come to where they're not going to impede us. they want to be able to have the public look at us from far, but this isn't going to impede us. >> reporter: alex thinks the whole idea is stupid. right now most of pier 45 is used to store all the gear and the thousands of crab pots used by the fishermen. they say it's vital that those be close at hand but the new development would wipe it out as a storage area. >> they don't understand our business at all, but that's the whole thing, push us out. they're doing a good job of

it. we got nothing left, you know? >> reporter: between shortened seasons and new regulations, the fishermen say they're just barely hanging on. but the port likes what it would do for the area, saying in a statement, quote, the project aligns with the port's goal of reenergizing the waterfront, supporting the fishing industry, increasing public access to the bay, advancing seismic and flood protection efforts, and making the area attractive to diverse groups of people. they believe bringing in more businesses would help rather than hurt the ones that are currently there. >> it's just no benefit to the fishermen whatsoever. >> reporter: chris franks knows fishing, not redevelopment, but he says it doesn't make sense to him to center a new attraction around an industry that may be forced out in the process. >> the whole area is based off of fishermen's wharf. that's what kwot the -- people used to like to come to see the fisher emen. it was a big attraction. but if you push the fishermen out, there's nothing but a t-shirt factory. >> well, the port commission approved the plan last night. the next step is for the board

of supervisors to review it at still hall, and if approved, construction would not start until 2028. okay, we've been busy, because you've been watching milton in florida. >> mm-hmm. >> that's back-to-back disasters. we have just finally overcome a horrible heat wave. >> an unprecedently hot start to the month of october. not just for the month of october, this was a record stretch of hot temperatures regardless of month for most of the bay area. >> i cannot remember so many people talking about -- and no matter where they were in the bay area -- talking about how miserable they were. >> yeah, fortunately, we're done with that. >> nice. >> and now that we're settling into this more normal weather pattern, it's going to stick around far while. let's take a look how things are going to evolve as we get closer to the weekend. we're halfway there. a normal weather pattern settling in. we are going to see a storm system making its way towards the pacific northwest as we head into the weekend. close enough to send more clouds into the bay area. there's

even a chance for a couple of showers to make their way in. let's take a look at one of the forecast models and just simulate how that storm system is going to behave. we'll zoom in for a closer look and you see the showers as we go from friday midday into saturday morning, approaching the coast of the north bay as the sun comes up on saturday. it's the north bay that has the best chance of showers. the forecast model data has been consistent about that with a decent chance of a few hundredths of an inch of rain for the north bay saturday. not much of a chance that it makes its way deeper into the rest of the bay area. so for the east bay, for san francisco and oakland, and certainly for the santa clara valley, rain chances are lower than 20%. and even parts of the north bay. sonoma and marin counties have better rain chances than napa county. confined closer to the coast. everything should be winding down as we head into saturday evening. that's a few days off. we'll keep you updated on that as we head through the workweek. in the short term, let's enjoy our return to normal temperatures. looking outside right now towards downtown from treasure

island and from sutra tower, looking good in both directions. not seeing much fog yet. that'll change later on tonight. we'll be in the 50s across the board by early tomorrow morning. and the fog will redevelop and make a good push across the bay into those interior valleys as we head through the rest of tonight so. let's take a look at fog, the futurecast simulation of that fog shows a big push across the bay and into the interior valleys of the east bay, the santa clara valley, and the north bay early tomorrow morning. it's going to not take too long for that fog to dissipate, backing up towards the coast as we head towards midday. the fog spreads out again, but it'll retreat even faster on friday, backing all the way up to the coast as we head towards midday. and this is freezing the map at 3:00 friday afternoon. that's an important timeframe because it's the first blue angels show. at that point the fog is confined to the coast, just a little stripe of fog poking through the golden gate. i think visibilities are okay

for the first air show. we'll keep you updated as we get closer to the end of the week. while we enjoy near normal temperatures, everybody tomorrow within three degrees on either side of average. 60s and 70s around the bay. only upper 60s in san francisco. it's a few degrees below normal for a change. and a mix of 70s and 80s for the north bay. temperatures aren't going to change dramatically as we look at the seven-day forecast. temperatures tomorrow mostly 80s inland. a few 70s in there. but then it's going to be kind of an even mix of 70s and 80s inland from friday through the weekend into the first half of next week. very little day-to-day change other than that slight chance of showers on saturday. around the bay, temperatures remaining consistent in the lower half of the 70s, and temperatures along the coast also remaining consistent, staying in the 60s pretty much across the board. the fog is going to be back, but a little bit of sunshine peeking through friday and again on sunday. the fog is back for the first half of next week. a little bit

of coastal drizzle possible as well, vern? >> all right, paul, straight ahead in sports, 49ers/seahawks on a thursday, why not? we've got the wabl playoffs and the warriors and kings had a little something going on in downtown. a preseason i-80 series run. n n franscsco, e e mosturureauctitic cicity iamameric we have 130 city commissions. we have five city commissions all dedicated to homelessness, but homelessness is getting worse, way worse. cocommisonon aft c commiioion, talk, talk, talk, but no action. mamayor eeeed anththe boboard s supersosors created this dysfunction.

san francisco is in crisis and we need real experienced leadership. we need mark farrell. our interim mayor who got things done. who showed we can clear tent encampments, fight crime, and address the drug crisis. who will make the tough choices for our city's future. "i'm mark farrell. i'm running for mayor because san francisco deserves better." "i'm ready to deliver that change on day one." mark farrell. a proven leader with the experience we need. ok, 500 deluxe garden gnomes. wow. i only meant to order five. there's not enough money in my account for these. i'm gonna get charged. two things i just can't deal with. overdraft charges. and garden gnomes. but your bmo smart advantage checking account gives you an extra day to avoid an overdraft fee. nice to see a bank cutting people some slack. mistakes happen. and we give you time to correct them. so, you don't like gnomes huh? what about that one? that one i like. a lot.

♪ bmo ♪ all right, we need some good news when it comes to the niners. >> good news, i'll give you some good news, vegas is with the niners. they're behind them. >> okay. >> the niners are in seattle already and ready to go. they are sleeping in seattle, in fact, sara. game time tomorrow, late afternoon, this will be the third straight year the niners have played in seattle on a thursday night. the matchup has fallen in the 49ers favor the last couple years, winning on thanksgiving last season and clinching the nfc west in 2022. now they need a win to help turn things around. four days after the loss to the cardinals after this game they

get nine days of no contact, which kyle shanahan says is a lot better after a win. >> it's tough to get ready for a thursday night game, but i think everyone enjoys them because there's -- it's very rare you get to sit back and kind of enjoy that for three days and watch the rest of the league. they're lot more fun when you win. when you get to sit back and be ticked off for three edays, it's not nearly as much fun. baseball, san diego the site, game four, dodgers on the brink of elimination. but l.a. played like they had a good night's sleep. here's the top third, two-run blast from will smith. the dodgers led 5-0. they went on to bagel the padres 8-0 and tied this best of five series at 2-2. game five decider is friday. give me warriors chris mullin alongside fellow new yorker john mcenroe backing the phillies. new york loaded them up for francisco lindor, and he

cleared them all. a bottom six grand slam. you can hear it all through queens, mets won the game 4-1. so much for rebuilding year. mets won the series 3-1 and are headed to the championship series, first since 2015. how about the american league? mat mahomes backed the kansas city royals against the yankees alds game three. it was the yankees night. 2-2 in the eighth before giancarlo stanton's shot. all the yankees needed. yankees lead 2-1. shout-out detroit, they blank cleveland 3-0 to go up 2-1. oh, nba, steph curry and the warriors were at the kings tonight. dubs attack with motion. curry, 16 minutes, 13 point, three threes, did not play in the second half. and we got a good look at new splash brother buddy hield. made his first seven shots, six threes. finished with 22 points. golden state hit 28

from beyond the arc and won the game 122-112. and sara, oh by the way, we would be remiss if we didn't say happy birthday george kittle. he turned 31 today. what a birthday present for him if the 49ers can close out the seahawks tomorrow. >> isn't it amazing, everybody seems older than you, and then all of a sudden everyone's younger. 31. >> in my case, way younger. >> i'm like just -- okay, vern, thanks. if you don't want to trek up and down the hills on foot, why not take to the skies? the retro form of transit that could be coming back to the city.

the city hall insiders spend record high budgets. but our problems get worse. they say this is the best that we can do. they blame the system, but they built the system. i have a plan to change it. with accountability and rooting out corruption, we can tackle our housing and drug crisis, clear the tent encampments and bring our businesses back. are you ready to stop settling and start demanding more? join me in changing city hall. san francisco's hills are what give us some of the most stunning views, and in vern's

case, amazing thighs. but those hills can be a little daunting for some people. how about taking a gondola to travel up and down? there's a proposal to build a gondola system to take people from forest hill light rail station to laguna honda hospital. it's not that far. >> i like that. >> that's pretty close. one city supervisor says it's been a struggle to get people a quarter mile up the hill to the hospital. yesterday the city's transit authority freed up some money to figure out whether the project is feasible and if they could build gondolas in other places around the city. this wouldn't be the first time gondolas were installed in san francisco. this is archival footage from 1960 of the sky tram. according to an old chronicle report it was inspired by the gondolas in the german mountains, but these were sprayed by waves. it looked cool, but it shut down in the '60s. the chronicle report says the tram would frequently break down. the sea air and water

probably did not help with that. it also only went four miles an hour. >> probably don't want it to go much faster than that actually. >> modern technology now. >> take me for a ride. >> 60 miles an hour in the equipment of rather dodgey -- >> mm-hmm. >> he goes on long walks all the time. >> i would mc a fundraiser to raise money for something like that. >> yeah, you and your thighs. thank you so much for watching the is late show with stephen colbert is next. >> vern just throwing the line out for fundraisers. reel them in.