in seven, jonathan bloom, abc7 news. >>> when neighbors are in need, abc7 shows up. michael finney will be at evuation centers to help. we're in santa rosa fairgrounds tomorrow. for list of locations, get to website. >> michael will help you get the help you need. >> wlth of knowledge. >> and resources. >>> weather. >> chance of rain sandhya? >> should help the firefighters. time lapse emeryville, still seeing smoke. reddish hue of the sunset. smoky conditions from the fires in the north bay. rain will clean out the air. better air quality is ahead. how much rain we'realking about. thursday night into friday, looking at about .10. >> of less for napa, not a lot of rain but much needed where th fires are burning. firefighrs should get a helping hand. live doppler 7, more cloud cor, humidity is running higher, will continue to rise as we look at this wider picture. to the southwest, there is a st possibility of dry lightning but going to be mainly a chance around san bito county, possibly far north as santa cruz county tomorrow. just keeping eye ont for now, isolated c

in seven, jonathan bloom, abc7 news. >>> when neighbors are in need, abc7 shows up.el finney will be at evacuation centers to help. we're in santa rosa fairgrounds tomorrow. for list of locations, get to website. >> michael will help you get the help you need. >> wealth of knowledge. >> and resources. >>> weather. >> chance of rain sandhya? >> should help the time lapse emeryville, still seeing smoke. reddish hue of the sunset. smoky conditions from the fires in the north bay. rain will clean out the air. better air quality is ahead. how much rain we're talking about. thursday night into friday, looking at about .10. >> of less for napa, not a lot of rain but much needed where the fires are burning. firefighters should get a helping hand. live doppler 7, more cloud cover, humidity is running higher, will continue to rise as we look at this wider picture. watching all this moisture just to the southwest, there is a possibility of dry lightning but going to be mainly a chance around san benito county, possibly far north as santa cruz county tomorrow. just keeping eye o

i'm jonathan bloom with extra cash that could have your name on we can now repair complex at saortic aneurysmsare, without invasive surgery. if we can do that, imagine what we can do for varicose veins. and if we can precisely treat eye cancer with minimal damage to the rest of the eye, imagine what we can do for glaucoma, even cataracts. if we can use dna to diagnose the rarest of diseases, imagine what we can do for the conditions that affect us all. imagine what we can do for you. >>> this goes back to activities that took place outside of scope of the campaign -- >> the white house response comes quickly after first indictments from special counsel robert mueller and russia investigation was made public today. two former campaign officials surrendered themselves. >> meanwhile a former campaign adviser plead guilty to lying to fbi. karen with the latest from washington. >> reporter: the white house on monday distancing themselves from the indictment, former trump campaign officials, paul man forward and rick gates. >> today's announcement has nothing to do with the president, his

jonathan bloom shows you how to find out if you have any cash coming. >> reporter: to many the simple sound of a street sweeper causes panic. >> i moved that car like 50 times but i just missed it. >> reporter: now he's stuck paying this $73. >> it's absolutely outrageous. >> reporter: patrick learned that when he first moved to down with his pickup truck. >> i got hit with $2,000 of parking tickets in front of my house. >> for all the people paying hundreds and thousands if parking fines it shows some due to get back from the city. the city's holding on to more than half a million dollars belonging to drivers who accident hi paid too much or paid for the same ticket twice. >> these individuals on this list we haven't been able to get ahold of them. >> reporter: they've published the list online, about 7,000 drivers with unclaimed cash. >> get me on that list and they can find me easily. >> reporter: in most cases they have no problem finding drivers. >> these people collect 50, 60 maybe $100 million of fees in a year. >> reporter: actually $90 million. the city will take that money i

reporter jonathan bloom joins us at the chariot van lot where a lot of drivers were turned away today. jonathan? >> reporter: you know, it's the middle of rush hour on a friday. and normally these big passenger vans would be on the roads picking up commuters. now they're sitting here not going anywhere. they ordered chariot to suspend service because of problems with how some drivers are licensed. >> the service that i normally ride wasn't available in the morning, so i contacted them, asked them what was going on. >> reporter: she received this letter saying they were pausing service, a delicate way of saying the license was suspended. >> i was frustrated. i use chariot because there's not a good public transportation option for me. >> reporter: since it started three years ago, chariot has been controversial. riders love it for cutting commute times in half. others complain it clogs streets and driveways. officially that's not why it's shut down. >> the california highway patrol takes transportation seriously. >> the chp found some drivers didn't have the right kind of license for w

abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom has a look at two proposals coming from the bay area. >> reporter:zon builds warehouses, bookstores and supermarkets, but this is different. a second headquarters. >> the bay area is the world's innovation capital. we have the talent, the universities, that amazon is looking for to move its company forward. >> reporter: so five bay area cities work together on this proposal. amazon could have offices in san francisco and fremont, but a sprawling campus in concord. >> the concord naval weapons station is a blank slate. >> reporter: oodles of empty land near a new b.a.r.t. station. bay area council promises roads, trains, and housing for 50,000 amazon employees are coming. >> so we can continue to grow the economy. >> reporter: but there's another bid for amazon's new campus coming out of san jose. rather than a blank slate, san jose is offering amazon a canvas already painted with color. >> young talent, wants to be urban centered. >> reporter: in a neighborhood where amazon already has a small lab facility, san jose is making an offer. >> the opportu

. >>> abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom has the story. >> reporter: the service that i normally ride was not available in the morning. i contact them to ask them what's going on. >> reporter: mia received this letter saying share rides temporary paused their service. >> i use it because it is not a good public transportation option for me. >> reporter: it started three years ago, chariat is the controversial. but officially, at least, that's not why it shuts down. >> and in inspection, chp found drivers did not have the right kind of license for what the state considers a bus of any vehicles that holds ten or more people. >> we tell them what they need to do to fix it and we tell them we'll come back of a certain amount of time and we have done it three times. chp says it came back in march and august. each time they found a handful of drivers still did not have the proper license. off camera, two drivers telling us they are in school for those licenses and they were given deadlines in december. >> it looks like they reduced the capacity of some of their vehicles to get below that th

all seen pictures of gadgets that caught fire unexpectedly. >> today jonathan bloom went to stanford lab where researchers are getting closer look why they explode. >> punctured it. >> reporter: puncture battery, catches fire. some catch fire on their own. hoverboards to sam sung's galaxy note 7, they were punctured too at atomic level. >> grow dendrites, pierce the separatornd create short circuits. >> reporter: biggest thing that keeps batteries from getting smaller and holding more energy but closer look was almost impossible. >> has low melting point. >> reporter: shows tiny needles falling apart under the microscope, looking at them with powerful electron beam makes them disintegrate. >> this is liquid nitrogen. >> reporter: turned out to be a solution. freezes battery before it breaks down. won nobel prize. >> able to stabilize and zoom in. >> reporter: never done before, no instruction manual for getting frozen battery into electron microscope. required a trip to the hardware store. funnel and therm oes allowed the team to transfer. >> can take out while under liquid niej. >>

jonathan bloom joins us from inside sky7 with how it works. jonathan. >> sky map 7 is what we call this technology, we rolled out about a month ago. allows us to see overlays on top of live images from sky7. showing us what we're looking at. right now, highway 101, one of the major arteries through santa rosa. also some destruction. can zoom in and put overlay to see what we're looking at. many cases buildings are unrecognizable. this is a way to figure out what they were. remains of mcdonald's. massive k-mart that was gutted by the flames. been a lot of interest in sky map 7. wanted to give you a closer look because it's valuable in assessing damage from the fire. so many people wondering what happened to homes and work places. flying over coffey park, one of the hardest hit by the fire. flames ripped through and so little is left. google earth overlay shows you what it looked like a week ago. recent satellite imagery that shows houses, trees and sidewalks. take that image way, see what's left? absolute devastation. virtually nothing, a few sm

. >>> abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom went to check out the way they're speaking up against politics. >> reporter: halloween can be funny or scary. >> we don't want to ruin the kids' dreams. >> reporter: dreams for this child may also be -- >> are you into politics? >> yeah. >> when it came time to decorate. >> we made the house into a full donald trump halloween. featuring donald trump as the definitely. bob mueller has a shark eating republicans. >> reporter: and ryan could follow in their footsteps. if only competent could pronounce the name of russian president. >> that's a gladiator put. >> i'm from russia, and i was so surprised but it's so funny. >> reporter: from flying spiders. >> we got the spire dars. >> reporter: to flying cabinet secretaries. >> we nay not have done a display like this if we lived smd where in the deep south. >> reporter: but here the mil man's on board. some are asking them to leave it up through the year. >> ore at least to christmas. roe >> reporter: unicorns and pirates. >> exactly. >> we have the natural hair for the donald trump color so i think i

. >> jonathan bloom has a look at a start up that helps provide some relief from that air. >> reporter: sonoma valley high school became an evacuation center. >> as much as we try to keep the doors closed you could see the smoke in the gym. >> reporter: english teacher veronica has asthma. >> these angels show up with these filters and say where can we set these up. >> they were a hand full of air -- and founded the company with his sister. >> we started this company because my father saw asthma as a problem and felt like current air filler wouldn't doing enough to improve the air quality. >> reporter: it also has a second filter that's activated by ultraviolet light inside. >> we used that chemical process to destroy the pollutants that are too small for a filter to capture. >> reporter: that means gases, vapors and particles that will slip throw is broken down. >> pollutants migrate indoors and we don't have ways of getting them. >> we do have students with breathing issues. >> reporter: so molecule turned the loan into a donation. >> today i can honestly say i haven't smelled the sm

. >> jonathan bloom has a look at a start up that helps provide some relief from that air. >> reporter valley high school became an evacuation center. >> as much as we try to keep the doors closed you could see the smoke in the gym. >> reporter: english teacher veronica has asthma. >> these angels show up with these filters and say where can we set these up. >> they were a hand full of air -- and founded the company with his sister. >> we started this company because my father saw asthma as a problem and felt like current air filler wouldn't doing enough to improve the air quality. >> reporter: it also has a second filter that's activated by ultraviolet light inside. >> we used that chemical process to destroy the pollutants that are too small for a filter to capture. >> reporter: that means gases, vapors and particles that will slip throw is broken down. >> pollutants migrate indoors and we don't have ways of getting them. >> we do have students with breathing issues. >> reporter: so molecule turned the loan into a donation. >> today i can honestly say i haven't smelled the smoke whil

jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >> it is mind blowing the technology these days. >> really happy to bring that to people. >>> and we're happy to talk about a change in the forecast favorable for the firefighters. spencer christian standing by with rain in the forecast. >> that's true, deion. then cooler air, humid air coming our way and cleaner air i might add. we have high clouds across the bay area, clouds are bright as we approach a sunset. let me give you a live look at conditions from the tower over san francisco. you can see the lingering high clouds. 79 degrees in san francisco, warm for this hour. 75, upper 70s in san jose. 64 at half moon bay. check out this sunset from our emoryville camera. 81 in san jose. 79 at liver more. we're showing this sunset to you from another angle, the east bay hills camera. breezy conditions with showers beginning late thursday, continuing into early friday. of course improved air quality and a lower fire risks. over night we'll continue to see haze in the north bay and high clouds elsewhere. low temperatures in the morning hours will range to upper

jonathan bloom with what stanford accused of obstructing justice to theat the fbinuclear war, and of violating the constitution by taking money from foreign governments and threatening to shut down news organizations that report the truth. if that isn't a case for impeaching and removing a dangerous president, then what has our government become? i'm tom steyer, and like you, i'm a citizen who knows it's up to us to do something. it's why i'm funding this effort to raise our voices together and demand that elected officials take a stand on impeachment. a republican congress once impeached a president for far less. yet today people in congress and his own administration know that this president is a clear and present danger who's mentally unstable and armed with nuclear weapons. and they do nothing. join us and tell your member of congress that they have a moral responsibility to stop doing what's political and start doing what's right. our country depends on it. >>> a scientific breakthrough announced today could pave the way for safer batteries that last longer. all seen pictures of

jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >> it is mind blowing the technology these days. >> really happy to bring people. >>> and we're happy to talk about a change in the forecast favorable for the firefighters. spencer christian standing by with rain in the forecast. >> that's true, deion. then cooler air, humid air coming our way and cleaner air i might add. we have high clouds across the bay area, clouds are bright as we approach a sunset. let me give you a live look at conditions from the tower over san francisco. you can see the lingering high clouds. 79 degrees in san francisco, warm for this hour. 75, upper 70s in san jose. 64 at half moon bay. check out this sunset from our emoryville camera. 81 in san jose. 79 at liver more. we're showing this sunset to you from another angle, the east bay hills camera. breezy conditions with showers beginning late thursday, continuing into early friday. of course improved air quality and a lower fire risks. over night we'll continue to see haze in the north bay and high clouds elsewhere. low temperatures in the morning hours will range to upper 40s to

. >>> abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom went to check out the way they're speaking up against politicsr: halloween can be funny or scary. >> we don't want to ruin the kids' dreams. >> reporter: dreams for this child may also also also also ao >> are you into politics? >> yeah. >> when it came time to decorate. >> we made the house into a full donald trump halloween. featuring donald trump as the definitely. bob mueller has a shark eating republicans. >> reporter: and ryan could follow in their footsteps. if only competent could pronounce the name of russian president. >> that's a gladiator put. >> i'm from russia, and i was so surprised but it's so funny. >> reporter: from flying spiders. >> we got the spire dars. >> reporter: to flying cabinet secretaries. >> we nay not have done a display like this if we lived smd where in the deep south. >> reporter: but here the mil man's on board. some are asking them to leave it up through the year. >> ore at least to christmas. roe >> reporter: unicorns and pirates. >> exactly. >> we have the natural hair for the donald trump color so i think i

jonathan bloom takes you inside. line around these ragingfires, they're expanding t lines around the camp ground. >> we're making room for more tents. >> we came hertoday and trying to get checked in. >> from san jose, santa barra. we bring our 20-man crew, tools, hand saws and ready to work. >> this is qte a challenging fire and we're happy to be here to hp. >> reporter: still others drop what they're doing. >> i'm a rancher. >> reporter: eric roe wen ao drivers a bulldozer. kris we take our out of cowboys hats, put on our fe shirts and load up the dozer and go. reporter: people need supplies and support whi comes from eally far away. a city that springs up over california conservation core. >> we got here at midnight and set up camp. >> reporter: residences as far as away as wyoming and washington. >> we have commander, walmart and supplies set up. >>eporter: they bring that you are own electricity, water and communicatn. there are potentirtable showersa medical clinic. the kitchen is staffed by inmates but like ev

jonathan bloom talked to them toda >> reporter: you play not know here name but you know ruth mccannon. she's an ierpreter who not only signs she acts. there's something about her you may not know. >> i was borneaf i grew up deaf i went to the school for the deaf. >> rorter: thou she signs for everything. jacobs interprets by herself by critical information calls for a need of speaker. >> her first lange is english mine is sign language. >> so as -- who the flare and can.ity tha only a deaf person >> people of normal hearing use things.xpression to communicate >> some frustrated people take their frustraon on these national guard. we got a lot of trees that fall across the roads that can fall on residence. 's information that everyone needs. were. >> so for deaf people to get it through a native signer is going to make it that much more accessible to them. >> reporter: the interprets came here to serve the community but they didn't expect how grateful the community would be. >> the public feedback is exceptional. we got great comments on facebook. >> reporter: comments from well beyond

al media getting into the spirit of halloween has the neighbors talkingment jonathan bloom went to check out the spooky way they're speaking up about politics. >> are these your halloween costumes? >> yeah. >> halloween can be funny or scary. >> we don't want to ruin the kids. >> creadreams for him can be -- >> i'm a skeleton. >> his name is steve bannon. >> his mom and dad have a passion. >> are your parents super into politics. >> when it was time to decorate. >> we made the house into a very, very trump halloween. featuring donald trump as the devil and pretty much all of the members of the administration. >> it's no secret dan and kathy lean a bit to the left. >> bob mueller at the shark eating republicans. >> john kelley. >> if only he could pronounce the name of russia's president. >> the displays are a hit with the neighbors and most of them seem to like it, even the russian ones. >> i'm from russia. my president, i was surprised but it's so funny. >> the flying spiders. >> we got this jumping out spider. >> to flying cabinet secretaries. >> tom price. price is right. >> the balsa

. >> abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom with that story. >> be advised it is automatic fire from an elevatede cover. >> reporter: it was the one thing no one planned for. >> we thought of active shooter that's a one plain shooter in front of you. >> reporter: hotel security expert says it could start a shift in the industry. >> there'll be certain things to lead down the road. >> reporter: at a monthly meeting of hotel security manager. change is already afoot. >> most housekeepers come in clean, trained not to look at anything and leave. now we're saying look in that room, if there's something suspicious that's bothering you, you should tell someone to further investigate. we learned through other attacks that when people stay in hotels they plan to bring everything with them and leave them there. maps, weapons, cleaning solutions. radios. >> reporter: he said hotels could add sensors. >> look at where you're faced. if people are requesting certain rooms or views, sometimes it's for a firework show. >> reporter: already hotels are changing provely policy given staff more authority to enter

abc7 news reporter jonathan bloom got to know two of them and learned how they work together as a teams is the 1:00 p.m. press rompbs -- >> reporter: you may not know her name but you know ruth mcclenen, the interpreter for the death who doesn't just sign, she acts. >> it's very rocky. where it gets rocky it gets slippery. >> reporter: there's something about her you may not know. >> i was born defshaf, i went t school for the deaf. >> reporter: she can't hear a word but for her teammate. she often interprets. >> her first language is english, mine is sign language. >> reporter: as listens she signs to mcclenen. who adds the flare and clarity only a deaf person can. >> people of normal hearing use normal use sign language. >> we have a lot of trees that could fall across the road, fall on residents or cleaning up a lot of that area. >> reporter: it's information everyone needs. >> for deaf people to get it through a native signer is just going to make it that much more accessible to them. >> reporter: the interpreters came to serve the community but what they didn't expect is just how

jonathan bloom takes you inside. >> reporter: as fires hold the line around these raging fires, they're the lines around the camp ground. >> we're making room for more tents. >> we came here today and trying to get checked in.n.n.n. >> from san jose, santa barra. >> we bring our 20-man crew, tools, hand saws and ready to work. >> this is quite a challenging fire and we're happy to be here to help. >> reporter: still others drop what they're doing. >> i'm a rancher. >> reporter: eric roe wen also drivers a bulldozer. kris we take our out of cowboys hats, put on our fire shirts and load up the dozer and go. >> reporter: people need supplies and support which comes from equally far away. a city that springs up over night with help from the california conservation core. >> we got here at midnight and set up camp. >> reporter: residences as far as away as wyoming and washington. >> we have commander, walmart and supplies set up. >> reporter: they bring that you are own electricity, water and communication. there are potentirtable showersa medical clinic. the kitchen is staffed by inmates but

jonathan bloom talked to them today. >> reporter: you play not know here name but you know ruth mccannon only signs she acts. there's something about her you may not know. >> i was born deaf i grew up deaf i went to the school for the deaf. >> reporter: thou she signs for everything. jacobs interprets by herself by critical information calls for a need of speaker. >> her first lange is english mine is sign language. >> so as -- who as the flare and clarity that only a deaf person can. >> people of normal hearing use vocal expression to communicate things. >> some frustrated people take their frustration on these national guard. we got a lot of trees that fall across the roads that can fall on residence. it's information that everyone needs. were. >> so for deaf people to get it through a native signer is going to make it that much more accessible to them. >> reporter: the interprets came here to serve the community but they didn't expect how grateful the community would be. >> the public feedback is exceptional. we got great comments on facebook. >> reporter: comments from well beyond so

jonathan bloom takes you inside. >> reporter: as firefighters hold the line around these raging wildfires,y're also engs panneding the line around their campground. >> we're moving this fence over to make room for more firefighters coming in. >> reporter: they're arriving from all over. >> we just came here today, trying to get checked in, actually. >> reporter: and from santa barbara and a crew from oregon. >> we're bringing our 20-man hand crew, tools, chain saws and an eagerness to work. >> reporter: some come from mutual aid fire departments across the state. >> this is a challenging fire, we're happy to be here to help. >> reporter: some drop what they're doing. >> i'm a rancher. i was working cattle, branding calves two days ago. >> reporter: he also drives a bulldozer. >> we take uf our cowboy hats and load up our fire shirts and load up the dozers and go. >> reporter: they need people and supplies to support them. often that support comes from equally far away. >> it's really like a small city. >> reporter: a city that springs up overnight with help from the california conservatio

in santa rosa, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >>> coming up 7 on your side michael fenny will join us ont hue a how days of wild fire canwoounry fo. >> we're waiting for officials in santa rosa to begin a community meeting which they'll be updating people on the "wow" means is tyou save 50% or more.ngs. there are three stages of "wow". denial. - is this price right? - acceptance. and boooyah! wait for it. boooyah has three "o's". ♪ grocery outlet bargain market ♪ - this week, classico extra virgin olive oil is just $3.99. (hard exhalation) honey? can we do this tomorrow? (grunts of effort) can we do this tomorrow? if you have heart failure symptoms, your risk of hospitalization could increase, making tomorrow uncertain. but entresto is a medicine that was proven, in the largest heart failure study ever, to help more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading heart failure medicine. women who are pregnant must not take entresto. it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. if you've had angioedema while taking an ace o

i think that's very important. >> jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >>> coming up, get your craziest and bestin thousands of people in the annual costume from last night's $40 million powerball drawing. 27, 35, 38, 57, 66. the powerball number 10. no one got all six numbers. wednesday night's jackpot now goes up to $52 million. >>> happening now, people dressed up in their halloween costumes are running the costume dash 5k. it's an annual run through golden gate park that attracts thousands of people each year. here are some photos from last year's race. runners will hang out in the park after the 5k for a party and a costume contest. i guess they'll have sweaters or jackets or something like that today. >> don't need the sunglasses. it will be pretty gray out there. in fact, the gray should last through midmorning, even late morning in some neighborhoods. looking at 71 later in fremont, 80 in livermore, 73 in napa. just upper 50s at the coast but that fog does pull away in the short term. the sea breeze kicks up. cooler today, even cooler tomorrow. for halloween, slightly warmer that lasts t

phone explosions in the future. >> at stanford, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >> a beach at center of a year's long controversy will be kept open to swimmers and surfers. the declined to hear an appeal of a lower court ruling that forced billionaire venture capitalist to allow public access to martin's beach. next option appealing to the supreme court. he bought the section of the pacific coastline more than $32 million in 2008 and put up gate and signs saying beach closed. earlier this month, to avoid coastal commission fines, he finally opened the gate but only on certain days and hours. >> well from surfing to skiing tonight. in the high sierra, ski resort preparing for skiers and snow boarders tomorrow, before halloween. mount rose on the nevada side of north tahoe will open a beginner run. pictures the ski resort provided on final preparations. the single slope will be open 8 to noon. a lift ticket is $20. most of the snow is man made you can imagine. but they hope of course, that will change soon. it is after all getting close to that time of year. but in the meantime, we have swe

in santa rosa, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >>> coming up 7 on your side michael fenny will join us on the set. >> he'll talk about hue a how days of wild fire can impact napa valley woounry for years. >> we're waiting for officials in santa rosa to begin a community meeting which they'll be updating people on the fire. >>> back to our breaking news in santa rosa, we showed you this picture earlier. this is from the santa rosa post acute center on hoe wen avenue. this is west of anna dell state park. >> patients recovering here are being evacuated. buses taken to safety. >> one of several knew evacuation orders issued in the last couple of hours illustrates this is a very active fire fight. as the winds begin to pick up again later this evening, we anticipate that the fire will again begin to spread, that's the fear anyway that's why new evacuation orders have been issued. we'll keep monitoring this and bring you updates as they become available. this is a live picture from the santa rosa postacute center on hoe wen avenue where people are being taken from harm's way. >>> you're lookin

the audience would like to see some more new stuff. >> and san francisco jonathan bloom, abc 7 news.>> select meteorologist sandy patel is standing by with the forecast. fleet week is about to roar back fleet week is about to roar back into the bay area quite lit food. water. internet. we need it to live. but what we don't need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. i see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. you got me, mark. we just want fast internet for one, simple rate. for all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all... for the this. internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. >>> fleet week is here, thousands of people will be coming to san francisco for the festivities. the main viewing areas for the blue angels will be along fisherman's war of and the marina district as usual. we have the tips on navigating your way in and around. >> people in the bay area love october for what we are given. >> this weather. >> indian summer. >> nice weather and fleet week. >> together and the blue angels attract thousands of peo

so i think i should go political. >> reporter: jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >>> if you're looking fore spooky events to kick off your holiday weekend, go to our website, abc7news.com. we have links to events that go from now through halloween day. >>> good saturday morning. what a beautiful sky out there from our exploratorium camera. some fog, some sunlight. cooler temperatures. as we look live, it's going to be a beautiful day today. still warmth inland with temperatures really coming down at the coast. that fog filling in along the shoreline. if you've been waiting for the cooler weather, you're in luck. today, in concord, 85 degrees tomorrow. we're in the 70s. middle of the week, temperatures drop as our next weather system moves in by late thursday into friday, bringing rain and keeping us well below average. a live look outside, there's the breeze right now. the onshore push allowing for temperatures anywhere from about four to ten degrees cooler today. and it's all due to that onshore push, the low clouds, the fog, and a dominant area of high pressure moving away. with live dop

jonathan bloom is in fairfield with the latest on those evacuatio evacuations. >> i live in silverado and was evacuated on sunday night. >> reporter: state senator bill dodds' warning comes from experience. >> you're not going to get back in. so you need to pack. i wish i'd had that note to myself before i left. >> reporter: in green valley, 90% of residents had heeded the mandatory evacuation order. that means a few remain. >> i have an amazing neighborhood and friends. nd we're here to support each other. i feel good being home with them. >> reporter: some said the heavy police and fire protection is reassuring. >> we're not as vulnerable as the people up in the highlands. >> reporter: some residents left sprinklers running on the roof. one spoke to us through his security camera. >> we came scrambling home and packed up and decided to head out. >> reporter: jonathan lopez told us by phone he cobbled together this system of law sprinklers. >> it's less than ideal, but it's -- it tells me everything i could possibly do to help save our house. >> reporter: for now, nature is helping.

abc7 news reporter jonathan bloom has that part of our coverage. >> reporter: be advised it is automatic fire, fully automatic fire from an elevated position. take cover. >> reporter: it was the one thing no one had planned for. >> we've always thought of active shooters as a one plane shooter directly in front of you. now it's someone above, an active sniper situation which we haven't seen a lot in this country. >> reporter: hotel security expert adam says it could start a shift in the industry. sea i think there will be certain things down the road where you are losing privacy in a hotel. >> reporter: at a monthly meeting of ho he tell managers, he said change is afoot. >> most housekeepers clean, they are trained to not look at anything and they leave. look, is there something suspicious, is there something bho bothering you that you think someone should investigate. >> reporter: they will notice belongs. >> we learn through other attacks, people bring everything with them and leave them there, maps, weapons, cleaning solutions, radios, things that usually don't belong if you're a tou

abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom is at the sonoma state -- sonoma county fairgrounds where one redhelter is providing an answer. >> you ready. first one. ready. go, go, go, go, go. >> oh, so brave, my goodness. >> reporter: this brave little puppy just got his first vaccine from the volunteer vets here at the sonoma county fairgrounds. >> now that he has his shots i'll go and introduce him to some of these dogs so it should be fine. >> reporter: smokey is aptly named. it was smoke an fire that drove him and all these other pets out of their homes across sonoma county. >> just like that gone. you grab whatever you can. this is what i got. >> the red cross knows pets are part of the family. >> we've got dogs, cats, a couple of birds and i think we have a turtle. >> reporter: and they are all here in a shelter for humans where pets are welcome. >> no question this is ideal for people with their pets. certainly one of the less softens katrina there's a lot of people that aren't going to leave their pets. >> reporter: true for debra warren. >> would have had to stay on the streets and s

. >> jonathan bloom joins us live. >> you would not believe how many people apparently don't have to work today. the first day of hardly strictly blue grass is hardly empty. it is packed. the weekend's forecast calls for sunshine and lots of good music. two things that will be absolutely free. >> it brings people back year after year. >> the music. blue grass music, baby. >> and every year it gets bigger. >> wasn't always that way. >> i think eight or ten bands and there was nobody here. >> he randal it all by himself. >> i remember riding in the car with him and you would get cds.. >> it was called strictly blue grass. the musicians became a family. the last doc dotson moved to the great stage in the sky. and so did warren. >> it is a huge gift. >> the gift of a free festival that is now hardly strictly blue grass. >> there's no advertising. i love that. >> if you love the if i hadfidd the steel guitar. >> i love all music and all people had love music and i love these people. >> there is plenty to love here. >> i think the best thing about this place for me is just the crowd. >> a

. >> jonathan bloom is out and about as well. >> in napa, getting updates from officials. anything new? >> reporter: we're here at napa county sheriff's office where the eoc is located. molly, you're keeping close eye on the evacuations and several fires. explain the dynamics of these multiple fire instances you're managing. >> three active large fires going. require three different responses and management of three different issues and evacuation centers. managing evacuating people to safety. >> reporter: you had just added advisory and mandatory evacuation. >> cappel valley road area 20 turtle rock and moss cowight corners. ses quell creek to north valley road. >> reporter: talking about the evacuation warnings, how do you decide and why is it important for public to pay attention? >> we put into effect because we believe structure or life might be a risk if they stay in the area. could be smoke, fire, downed power lines et cetera. put evacuation in when we feel that residents need to leave. we ask them to comply and go to safety. >> reporter: complicating this, major di

abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom has a look at the protections being considered for families who have already lost so much. . >> follvolunteers are helping s through the ashes. >> look through and find valuables that they think may have survived the flames. >> in the place deputy david ednie used to call home. >> when we left during the evacuations, it was so sudden and crazy that my wife left her wedding ring here. oh, wow! that's from when i was a baby. >> but some of the help offered is not free, which have undertaken just huge efforts to address the allegations of price gouging. >> the district attorney told sonoma county supervisors there are 25 open complaints, and at least three could end up in court. whether it's a building contractor or an apartment for rent, they could face jail time if they have raised prices over 10% from what they advertised before the fire. >> if you decide it was a get rich opportunity and jacked your price up, we're going to come after you. >> the d.a. says they considered a local ordinance that could go even further than the state law, even putting of

so i think i should go political. >> reporter: jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >>> if you're looking fors to kick off your holiday weekend, go to our website, abc7news.com. we have links to events that go from now through halloween day. >>> next, all eyes were on this fashion show in paris with chocolate covered dresses. >>> welcome back, everyone. if you play the mega millions lottery, get ready for some big changes. starting today, the game will be more expensive, have bigger prices and longer odds. tickets will now cost $2 each, double their counterpricurrent . the jackpot will increase to $40 million. the odds of winning the big prize increase from 1 in 259 million to 1 in 303 million. however, it will be easier to win a small $1 million prize. lottery officials say the changes are in response to customer requests. here are the winning numbers from last night's drawing. >> nobody picked all six. tuesday night's jackpot goes up to $40 million. >>> time now, 6:57. time to indulge in chocolate without feeling guilty. today is national chocolate day. in france, models hit the runway wear

in fairfield, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> let's head right to spencer, what it means for firefighters and ominous winds that may be coming our way, spend sore. >> that's true, we don't have encouraging news, we have persistent low humidity and strong gusty winds. here's an image showing trails of smoke that has been blowing southward. that was yesterday as well. right now winds at the surface up there are gustying between 12 and 20-mile-per-hour in some locations we have stronger gusties in the higher elevation. and red flag warning remains in effect until 5:00 this afternoon but prior damage elevated. let's skip ahead until tomorrow. letsds lo let's look at how the winds gusties tomorrow 25-mile-per-hour at the peak. still strong but tapering off a bit late saturday. so fire watch will be in effect from 5:00 until 11:00 saturday night has wind continues to be gusty and humidity dangerously low. larry and christen. >> spencer, thank you. >>> devastating fires in the north bay leading to problems all across the bay. big delays at sfo all because of heavy smoke in the a

abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom has the story. >> i'm frustrated. there is not a good public transportation option for me. >> reporter: mia received this letter saying chariot was temporarily pausing service, a delicate way of saying the state suspended its license. >> it's definitely disrupted my day, i have to find a new way to get to work. >> reporter: drivers love the service for cutting their commute in half. neighbors complain it clogs streets and driveways. officially at least, that's not why it shut down. >> we take inspection very seriously. >> reporter: in chariot's annual inspection, the chp found some drivers didn't have the right kind of license for what the state considers a bus, that's any vehicle that holds ten or more people. >> we tell them what we need them to do to fix it. we tell them we're going to come back after a certain number of times. we've done it three times. >> reporter: the chp said it came back in march as well as august. each time it found a handful of drivers still didn't have the proper license. two chariot driver

. >> jonathan bloom got to know two of them and how they work together as a team. >> this is the 1:00 p.m. press conference. >> reporter: you may not know her name but you know ruth at the wildfire briefings the interpreter for the deaf who doesn't just sign. she acts. >> it's very rocky and where it gets rocky it gets slippery. >> i was born deaf. i grew up deaf. i went to school for the deaf. >> reporter: though she signs everything they're saying she can't hear a word of it if not for her teammate. >> we've known each other for years. >> reporter: she often signs by herself but this calls for a native speaker. >> her first language is english. mine is american sign language. >> she signs to mclellan who adds the flare and clarity only a deaf person can. >> people of normal hearing use vocal inflection. that's how i use my facial expressions. >> we had some frustrated people take their frustration out on the national guard. >> reporter: from road closures to safety hazards -- >> we have a lot of trees in there that could fall across the road that could fall on residents. we're clean

abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom has the story. >> i'm frustrated.riot because there is not a good public transportation option for me. >> reporter: mia received this letter saying chariot was temporarily pausine inging serv delicate way of saying the state suspended its license. >> it's disrupted my day, i have to find a new way to get to work. >> reporter: drivers love the service for cutting their commute in half. neighbors complain it clogs highways. in chariot's annual inspection, the chp found some drivers didn't have the right kind of license for what the state considers a bus, that's any vehicle that holds ten or more people. >> we tell them what we need we tell them we're going to come back after a certain number of times. we've done it three times. >> reporter: the chp said it came back in march as well as august. each time it found a handful of drivers still didn't have the proper license. two chariot drivers told us they're currently in school for those licenses and chariot has given them a deadline of december. in the meantime, it's foun

abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom went to check out the spooky way they're speaking up about politicsoween costumes? >> yeah. >> reporter: halloween can be funny or scary. >> i don't want to ruin the kids' dreams. >> reporter: dreams that for 4-year-old ryan may already be nightmares. who is it? >> he's a skeleton. >> reporter: his name is steve bann bannon. are your parents super into politics? >> yeah. >> reporter: when it came time to decorate -- >> we've made the house into a trump halloween featuring donald trump as the devil and pretty much all of the members of the administration. >> reporter: it's no secret dan and cathy lean a bit to the left. >> bob mueller as a shark eating republicans. paul manafort as frankenstein. >> reporter: ryan would follow in their footsteps if only he could pronounce the name of russia's president. the display is quite a hit with the neighbors. most seem to like it, even the russian ones. >> i'm from russia. it's like my president. i was so surprised be. >> reporter: from flying spiders. >> we have this jumping expired. >> reporter: to flying cabin

abc 7 reporter jonathan bloom talk to the chefs being honored this year and explain why they had to wait a little longer. >> surveying going down on tom of the -- >> reporter: hanging before the spots with deliciousness are played. a spot about to get coupled. chef cantu just learned this restaurant is about to get two mish land stars. the bay area has a lot of talented chefs. >> with this new guy we are now above new york. we have more three-star restaurants than new york city. >> reporter: including ben flet where he hand to find out -- as fire tore through mish land decided to wait. >> it was a wise choice. >> reporter: fire threatened the very farms these ingredients come from. >> we were talking about them through the entire experience and try to offer up our hands. >> reporter: with the fires almost contained. >> people need to get back up there. tourist needs to know thing are still going and support these restaurants. >> reporter: just a block away from his three mish land star restaurant, he's picking up another one for modern arts. >> it's a unique restaurant. i don't think of

jonathan bloom has been above the north bay in sky7. joining us with more. >> we're using new sky map 7 technology to take closer look at areas hardest hit by the north bay fires over santa rosa. what it does is puts information over the top of live pictures from the helicopter. major roadways like highway 101 or smaller streets. restaurants destroyed, can put labels over those. buildings otherwise unrecognizable, helps us see what they used to be. technology that you guys have asked us to show more of in the wake of the devastating fires. helps get some of the information that's hard to come by about what homes and buildings survived the fire and which were destroyed. especially in coffey park in santa rosa, virtually nothing else. google earth overlay to show the neighborhood a week ago, houses, trees, sidewalks. take it away and you can see this total devastation that remains on all but a few blocks of the neighborhood. we can number some of the houses. that will show which of the houses were destroyed and which managed to survive th

jonathan bloom is live in san francisco with that part of our coverage. >> on new years eve, thousands will gather here to watch the fireworks. some of the best views will be from up there. of course we know a room with a great view can pose a great risk. today hotel managers met with an expert on preventing it. >> be advised, it is automatic fire, fully automatic fire. take cover. >> it was the one thing no one had planned for. we thought it was a one-plane shooter. it is an active sniper situation. >> you're losing a little privacy in a hotel. and the house keepers come in, they clean, they're trained not to look at anything and they leave. now we're saying, >> we've learned when people stay in hotels, they tend on bring everything with them and leave 30th. ma'ams, cleaning solutions. >> he said they >> sometimes it is to a fireworks show or a venue. >> already, hotels are giving more authority for staff to enter the room. >> i think you will see the do not disturb signs will go away. >> make sure nobody can get in with womens even if he has a license. >>> to this cab driver, it is n

. >> abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom explains how to find out if cash is coming your way. >>> to many the simple sound of the street sweeper causes panic. >> i would have moved that car like 5:55 but i just miss it had. >> now he is stuck paying this $73 ticket. >> it's absolutely outrageous. that's insane. there is not enough parking, too many cars. >> patrick mcguire learned that when he first moved to town with his pickup truck. >> i got hit with $2,000 worth of parking tickets in front of my house. >> but for all the people here paying hundreds or even thousands of dollars in parking fines it turns out a fortunate few are due to get money back from the city if the city could find them. >> they have a refund due to them. >> in all the city is holding on to more than half a million dollars belonging to drivers who accidentally paid too much or paid for the same ticket twice. mistakes that mostly happen when people pay by mail. >> these individuals were on this list, we haven't been able to get ahold of them so we're trying other forms of communication. >> they've published the list

abc 7 reporter jonathan bloom talk to the chefs being honored this year and explain why they had to wait. >> surveying going down on tom of the - >> reporter: hanging before the spots with deliciousness are played. a spot about to get coupled. chef cantu just learned this restaurant is about to get two mish land stars. the bay area has a lot of talented chefs. >> with this new guy we are now above new york. we have more three-star restaurants than new york city. >> reporter: including ben flet where he hando find out -- as fire tore through mish land decided to wait. >> it was a wise choice. >> reporter: fire threatened the very farms these ingredients come from. >> we were talking about them through the entire experience and try to offer up our hands. >> reporter: with the fires almost contained. >> people need to get back up there. tourist needs to know thing are still going and support these restaurants. >> reporter: just a block away from his three mish land star restaurant, he's picking up another one for modern arts. >> it's a unique restaurant. i don't think of it as a restaurant,

abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom takes you inside. >> reporter: as firefighters hold the line around the raging wildfires, they're also expanding the line around the campground. >> we are moving this fence over to make room for more tents for firefighters. >> arriving from all over. >> trying to get checked in. >> from san jose and santa barbra. >> we bring the 20-man hand crew, tools, chain saws and eagerness to work. >> some come through mutual aid from fire departments across the state. >> this is quite a challenging fire. and we're happy to be here to help. >> still others drop what they are doing. >> i'm a rancher. i was working cattle branding calves two days ago. >> you he drives a bulldozer. >> we take off the ouk boy hats and put on the fire hats. >> people need supplies to support them and often that support comes from equally far away. >> it's like a small city. >> springing up overnight with help from the california conservation core. >> got here at midnight and set up. >> as far as away as wyoming even boston. >> we have city manager our incident commander. we have wal-m

jonathan bloom with the latest. >> reporter: firefighters from california and five other states are battling the atlas fire and right now starting to get a handle on it. second most active part of the fire is in solano county. as result, 2,500 people have been evacuated, so far no one has died and sheriff wants to keep it that way. >> please be prepared to leave at moment's notice. >> reporter: if you're in path of the fire, pack your bags. state senator bill dodd knows first hand. >> you're not getting back in, you need to pack. i wish i had that note before i left. >> reporter: preparing just in case even though making progress. >> winds are calming down, weather is turning into more favorable conditions for us to get on the ground and fight the fire. >> reporter: 90% have heeded the mandatory evacuation order. a few remain. >> i have amazing neighborhood and friends. supporting each other. being home with them. >> reporter: some say heavy fire is dprk. >> we're not up in the mountains. >> sumo some left sprinklers running on the roof. one spoke through security camera. >> came home, packe