jobina fortson, abgs 7 news. >> we welcome your thoughts about improving safety. use better bay area on twitter, facebook and other social media. >>> firefighters will treat kids to free glow in the dark necklaces so they can be seen at night. starting at 6:00, families can visit any firestation in san jose. >> and a way to trade in unwanted treats. reese's has a candy exchange vending machine. you can swap out the candy for n alexis. this is not in the bay area. sit only happening in new york city. if it's a hit, the candy exchanger may be coming to other cities next halloween. what a brilliant p are r and marketing move. >> i'm going to make you a deal. we don't have a vending machine here in the bay area, so i will give you my reese's. if you give me all the rest of your candy. >> you mean the garbage? >> me too? >> of course. >> i don't like peanut butter. >> we created this. we spent entirely too much time coming up with this yesterday. this is our kind of scientific view of how this should be done if you were to make a candy bracket. >> you make very hard fi

jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> in love of that idea. >> young people making apps and everything. good for them. >>> if you are still trying your luck, think powerball. >> no one won last night. the winning numbers 3-21-45-53-56, powerball 22. it climbs to an estimated $750 million. that is the fourth largest lottery jackpot in the u.s. i don't know, guys. >> it's less than a billion. sorry. >> i'm guessing your relatives in south carolina didn't answer your phone calls yesterday. >> oh, they answered. they said no. no. friends, no. there is one friend i haven't heard from. >> well. >> maybe it's him. >> you're out there. i know you're watching. we'll try again tonight. a look at sfo. what? are you sure? yeah you can see the lights from the runway or taxiway and that is about it. it is foggy at the peninsula too. a hazy a warm afternoon, sunshine. a potential for fire danger monday nightnto tuesday. it looks like just a few days of seasonal arches. otherwise, we will be warmer than average five of the next seven days. ist starts today. mil milpitas, 73. that's fine. 70 to 76 on th

jobina fortson has more. >> reporter: the >> there is a whole lot of love on haight street. but nothing says '60s like a lava lamp. >> they've always been looked at as super tricky and super cool. >> they're hard to find these days, but you can't miss them at cloud flare. >> these lava lamps are doing more than setting a vibe at cloud flare. they're helping to encrypt the internet. >> it builds a barrier to websites you visit every day. keeping them secure. a hot button issue since the massive facebook hack compromising the information of millions. >> if you can't trust them, then you ruin the point of facebook, at which point why are we all using facebook? >> could facebook or any19nvent in the future? >> it's hard to really connect them with internet security. well, one of the major pieces of internet security is encryption. >> most websites have a little lock indicating it's encrypted. >> how the lava lamps play into this, to do encryption, you need to be able to derive a key. >> the keys need to be unpredictable. cloud flare uses this camera to record the randomness of t

abc 7 news reporter jobina fortson is live. >> reporter: good morning. yes, i'm here. i didn't call off sick. check in this out. this register right here, this gentleman told me $21,000, guys. that's how much money people spent just yesterday getting lottery tickets. and if you think 970 million is a little more zeros than you see normally, that is because you're correct. this is the largest jackpot in the game's history. look at this massive line here. oh, my goodness. all of these people at the prim valley store at the california/nevada border. last october lottery officials changed up the rules and odds of the game to make jackpots pay ought less frequently which created a massive growth in the dollar amount. mega millions brought people out of the woodwork saying, hey, why not, let's give it a shot. especially here in the bay area and right here at the store. it's been lucky before. we have a track record of people being lucky. >>irst thing iou do uy a ho get it first. then get an attorney. >> you see that sign there. $970 million. the question for everybody at hom

news reporter jobina fortson tested out today. >> you can grab flynn from like the plaza. >> reporter: we tagged along with francisco lira tuesday as he rolled out sfmta's newest program, garage ambassadors. >> people express concerns about occasionally not feeling safe when they're coming to a parking garage. >> reporter: that on top of worrying about the bay area's widespread car break-ins. >> especially with the holiday shopping season coming, we want people to feel comfortable. >> reporter: here's their solution. people who park in the garages can request an ambassador by phone or grab an employee. they're basically buddies to escort you to and from your car and be your eyes and ears when you're gone. >> use your program. >> kay did and fried out the service the moment lira told her about it. >> you never know what may be in the parking garage especially in the mrngs, too. there's a lot of transiyens in this area. >> reporter: and foot traffic late at night. >> if you're going to the symphony. >> reporter: the parking garage got rid of therapist cal booths whether he they turned o

jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> in the east bay, police are searching for the driver who hit and killed a man 4:30 saturday morning in pittsburg. police say the driver was going eastbound on buchanan road near meadows avenue. police have identified the victim as michael watkins from antioch. they say the suspect's car is fouen theou bay ford f-150 with and think your identity may have stolen, police want to hear from you. here's why. these two were spotted in a car earlier this month in the city. officers spotted drug paraphernalia in the car. when police searched the car they found stolen mail. they are trying to connect victims to the crime. >>> jamal khashoggi was killed when he was placed in a chokehold position to stop him from leaving and calling for help. saudi officials admitted friday khashoggi was killed inside the fistfight. two u.s. senators are urging the trump administration to be tough onred h sctnseee to be ceful in dealing with a key u.s. ally. >> he said he doesn't want to cut off the defense contracts because that employs a lot of people. but there are other tough thi

reporting live in berkeley, jobina fortson, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> former president barack obamaoday posted a tweet following the tree of life massacre. he wrote, "we grieve for the americans murdered in pittsburgh. all of us have to fight to rise -- fight the rise of anti-semitism against who look, love or pray differently and stop making it so easy for those who want to harm the innocent to get their hands on a gun." >> synagogues in the bay area taking no chances. security has been increased czech republicbly. news reporter cornell bernard shows what some are doing. >> reporter: david bolaffi is checking all the doors making sure they're locked and secured. >> the fear is copycats. >> bolaffi is security chief for the temple where security has been stepped up in the wake of the massacre. congregants are entering through a side door escorted by guards. >> it is tragic, it is a hate crime. hatred will not be tolerated. >> reporter: a san francisco police officer patrols outside ow temple emmanuel. >> we absolutely stand against every act of hate in every form it takes. >> report