deirdre bolton, abc news, new york. >> happening tomorrow justices are set to take aim at how colleges consider race in admissions. the u.s. supreme court will take up a race conscious admissions policies at harvard and the university of north carolina. the conservative majority court is widely predicted to ban race-based affirmative action. voters in california outlawed any consideration of race in-state college admissions and other government programs in 1996. it only applies to public schools. much more to come, including a celebration only to castro could pull off. we checked out the revival of the halloween party not designed for the entire family. costume contests and story our are part of the celebration. a farmers market in the east bay today gave people the chance to get their goal on putting the boo. >> we have a gorgeous sunset underway this evening and we are tracking it returning this week. (vo) it's a fact! two out of three americans who qualify tracking it returning this week. we will have all for medicare do not receive all the benefits they deserve. you could be missin

for a look at y abc's deirdre bolton is here. deirdre, break it down for us. >> reporter: all right. good morning, janai. nationally prices are creeping up, they around 3.79 per gallon after 14 straight weeks of moving lower, and while some places like new york are relatively stable, the west coast is completely different story. california, prices are skyrocketing. in some places, prices soaring overnight by 20 cents. l.a. drivers paying an average of $6.45 on average. gasbuddy tells me the number of refineries has fallen, about 30% in california in the last 15 years and so when one goes offline there's no slack left. as a result of the higher prices governor gavin newsom pushing early distribution of cheaper winter blend gasoline, that's cheaper to produce, lower prices at the pump, between 10 and 30 cents per gallon starting mid to late september through november, as gas stations switch to this winter gasoline. demand falls as well seasonally as we start to stay closer to home. back to you. >> thank you. >>> to the midterm elect

deirdre bolton has details. visiting the site of saturday's deadly crowd surge, south korean president yoon suk-yeol declared a period of national mourning saying this is truly tragic, a disaster that should not have happened, took place in the heart of seoul last night. people had gathered for an evening of halloween festivities. while not a traditional holiday in south korea, it has become popular in recent years with young adults. this was the city's largest halloween gathering since the pandemic began. as the crowd converged, the scene erupted into chaos. >> i saw in front of me this mass of people running and pushing, moving fast and screaming. panicking. reporter: authorities say 153 people were killed, more than 82 injured, many in serious condition. >> we did not expect anything like this. we were just walking on the street and i was trying to hold my friend who passed away close to me. reporter: more than 800 emergency services rushed to the scene. victims were largely young people, many in their 20's.

here is abc news reported deirdre bolton. >> amazon, target, walmart.e retailers that want your attention and your dollars early. >> october is becoming the official kickoff of the holiday shopping season. >> with inflation at a four decade hyatt, higher food costs and rising gas and heating bills, more americans are worrying about their budgets. >> in a race to beat out the competition by presenting these early and exciting deals so they can get a piece of that pie. >> target steel days started on october 6 with daily deals across all categories. amazon's primary access sale kicks off october 11. walmart is holding a robaxin more event from october 10 to 13th on electronics, home goods, toys, and clothing. macy's, kohl's, and bed, bath & beyond all have similar offerings. more good deals available for a longer stretch of time. items over ordered during the pandemic are now priced to move. athletic wear and leisure wear is heavily discounted. so are bulky items taking up space in warehouses like big screen tv's and furniture. >> retailers are looking to

holiday deals items that were over ordered during the pandemic are now deeply discounted abc's deirdre bolton reports on the early sales to entice customers. amazon target walmart just a few of the retailers that want your attention and your dollars early october is now becoming the official kickoff of the holiday shopping season with inflation at a four decade high higher food costs and rising gas and heating bills more americans are worrying about their budgets tillers are in a race to beat out the competition by presenting these early and exciting deals so they can get a piece of that pie targets deal days started on october 6th with daily deals across all categories amazon's primarily access sale kicks off october 11th. walmart is holding a rollbacks and more event from october 10th to 13th on electronics home goods toys and clothing macy's kohl's and bed bath & beyond all have similar offerings the good news for consumers more good deals available for a longer stretch of time. items that were over ordered during the pandemic are now priced to move experts say athletic wear and leisure we

deirdre bolton, abc news, new york. >> happening tomorrow, justices are set to take aim at how colleges consider race in admissions. the u.s. supreme court will take up admissions policies at harvard and the university of north carolina. the conservative majority court is widely predicted to ban race-based affirmative action. odors in california outlawed any consideration of race in state college admissions and other government programs in 1996 but that only applies to public schools. looking ahead now, it is a celebration of style only the castro could pull off. we checked out the revival of the halloween party now designed for an entire family. costume contests and drag queen story hour part of the speaking celebration. market in the east bay gave people the chance to get their goal on. -- ghoul on. >> we have a cooler start to the week before rain returns to the forecast. we track all of the wet weather. we will time it >> the castro family halloween block party and costume contest is back. it wound up a short time ago in san francisco. >> i love reading to kids. i love educating whi

that was deirdre bolton reporting experts say wait to buy a fall and winter clothing game consoles witho game bundles. they will also be cheaper closer to the holidays along with most toys laptops smartphones and headphones in our expected and fun reunion from one of the 80s biggest movies two of the stars of back to the future. we're on stage together. we're talking about christopher lloyd and michael j fox the two took to the stage at new york's comic con they chatted about their work together on the 1985 film and the sequels. it turns out fox wasn't even originally cast as marty mcfly. they actually started shooting with a different actor eric stoltz. i guess that didn't work out and michael j fox made history a heads up if you're going to be an eastern contra costa county this week. the county public works department will be removing eucalyptus trees in the town of knightstown, which is along delta road work starts at 8 am it goes through thursday. traffic will be readjusted throughout that work area. there are red and green flags all over north beach this weekend crowds of people w

deirdre bolton has more. deirdre: elon musk's long anticipated human robot. -- humanoid robot.t ai day. >> this is the first time the robot has operated without a tether. deirdre: it walked on stage and waved to the audience and even busting a move. it runs with the same hardware at makeup as the autopilot system and fully equipped with humanlike qualities. >> it will do everything a human brain does, processing data, making split-second decisions and also communications. deirdre: he says he hopes optimists will transform -- optimus will transform humanity. the release of the long anticipated humanoid robot comes just four months after tesla announced it is cutting 10% of its salaried staff. the company later clarified that the hourly staff is expected to grow, meaning total cutbacks would be only 3.5%. >> he predicts the new robotic future where there will not many human employees, the profits and economic activity that will be produced will be so great that governments and other entities will be able to afford to actually pay humans to basically do nothing. deirdre: ai and th

inflation some are expecting americans to spend more than ever on trick and treating and abc's deirdre bolton has more. deirdre, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, will. halloween is back. if you are talking about halloween, it goes back to these pre-pandemic levels, so according to the national retail federation, 69% of consumers planning to celebrate this year, that's up from 65% last year and basically on target with what everybody did in 2019. halloween spending, forecast to reach a record of $10.6 billion this year. that exceeds last year's record. consumers planning to spend about $100 on average for candy, decor, and costumes. so spending on costumes likely to be big as is spending on candy, but part of that is due to increased prices hitting consumers at the grocery stores. one interesting detail, many consumers hitting brick and mortar retailers for some of these purchases and halloween is a specific holiday. as we head to the holiday season, stores are trying to bring holiday deals to bring foot traffic into stores. they continue want to store big, heavy items. if you are look

elon musk wants to bring it into the workplace and eventually your home abc news reporter deirdre bolton more. introducing optimus elon musk's long anticipated humanoid robot. musk and the tesla team unveiling the robot at tesla's 2022 ai day. it's literally the first time the robot has operated without a tether the five foot eight prototype walking on stage and waving to the audience. and even busting a move the bot running with the same hardware makeup as tesla's autopilot system fully equipped with advanced human-like qualities. it's gonna do everything that a human brain does processing vision data making split seskin decisions based on multiple sensory inputs. also communications the tesla and spacex. ceo says he hopes optimists will fundamentally transform civilization one day handling tasks thought to be boring repetitive or downright dangerous, but others who witness the demonstration saying this early prototype falls flat and didn't demonstrate anything new the release of the long anticipated humanoid robot comes just four months after tesla announced its cutting 10% of its sala

deirdre bolton has more. optimists, elon musk's long anticipated humanoid robot. they unveiled at the 2022 ai day. >> this is the first time the robot has operated without a tether. reporter: the five foot eight prototype walking on stage and waving to the audience. even busting a move. it runs with the same hardware makeup as the autopilot system and fully equipped with humanlike qualities. >> it will do everything a human brain does, processing data, making split-second decisions based on multiple sensory inputs and also communications. reporter: he says he hopes optimus will transform civilization, one-day handling tasks thought to be boring, repetitive or dangerous. others who witness the demonstration same the early prototype all flat and not demonstrate anything no. -- new. the release of the long anticipated humanoid robot comes just four months after tesla announced it is cutting 10% of its salaried staff. the company later clarified that the hourly staff is expected to grow, meaning total cutbacks wo

abc's deirdre bolton is here with more on that. deidre, good morning. >> good morning, whit. fed is forecast to raise interest rates by another 75 basis points on wednesday. the aggressive moves so far have pushed the average 30-year mortgage rate over 7%. that's a 20-year high and more than double the rates at this time last year. so if you're considering buying a $400,000 house, 12 months ago the monthly payments on 30-year mortgage at 3.5% would have cost you close to $1,800 a month. now that exact same home would require monthly payments of more than $2,700 a month, a difference of more than $900. the fed is slowing down the housing market and the spending related to it. when people don't buy new homes they tend not to spend much on furniture, appliances, home decor or yard gear. there's a huge carryover effects, whit. >> speaking of spending, we're coming into the big holiday shopping season. what effects could this rate hike have on the shopping that people will be doing? >> whit, increases and experiences on credit card aren't pay off every month will cost 20% more. if