in the newsroom, i'm kate larsen, back to you. >> all right, kate. back to you. >>> now to a scare in the east bay. thousands of bay point and pittsburg residents are back in their homes tonight. last night they were forced to evacuate when a nearby chevron pipeline caught sfire. reportern is live in bay point where crews are working to find a cause. >> yeah, alma, chevron crews are still out here monitoring the situation. they're thankful no one was hurt, but many residents describe last night as chaos, complaining that the vaubzs were handled poorly with people not knowing what to do or where to go. the lights are back on tonight in bay point after thousands of residents were forced to evacuate last night. >> it was kind of scary, you know. we didn't know what to do. like they're telling us we're going blow up. >> cecilia mccoy says she only had time to grab her 6-year-old daughter and a pair of shoes before rushing out the door. her family slept in the car at the pittsburg bart station. >> no sleep, not sure what's going on. and we're still not su

abc7 news reporter kate larsen is there live to explain. >> reporter: well, dan, a lot of businessesosing money because as you can see, they're very hard to spot behind these construction fences and then actually, in just the past few hours, sfmta shut down this southbound lane so they could work down the street even more. after three years in business, messiah says she's shaking off her losses and closing out for good at the bootleg bar and kitchen. >> fence went up in september of 2017, just a chain metal fence, and i was like, hm. >> reporter: over the past year, that fence has expanded into a full blown construction site, right in front of her bar on van ness avenue and green street. >> one day i showed up and there was no entrance to my store front so i said, well, we're closed today. maybe they'll fix it tomorrow. the next day, we were open for business, it wasn't fixed. >> reporter: for nine months, she reached out to city hall and sf mta and was finally given this sign. >> this sign isn't going to keep your business afloat when you have no more parking spaces and nowhere for

live in san francisco, kate larsen, abc7 news. >> what a tough spot for those businesses. >>> now, we hope you'll join this conversation about coming up with solutions to help the bay area's biggest problems. use #betterbayarea to share your ideas. together, we can make progress on building a better bay area. >>> a family-run san francisco company dating back to 1899 has been sold. the mattress company makes hand crafted luxury mattresses at its factory on minnesota street. pleasant mattress out of fresno bought the company and will move production out of san francisco in january. three showrooms until the bin t are expected to stay open. >>> a shark attack off the coast of san francisco. what we've learned about the man who was bitten while diving. >>> the hurricane is walloping the coast of mexico right now. we're going to take a look at the damage so far and where the storm is headed next. >>> i'll have the latest on that storm plus a look at our local forecast, which includes a warming trend as we head toward the weekend. >>> all that's ahead but first, here's a look at what's com

. >> kate larsen. >> reporter: eye shadow on, lipstick on point and fake blood in full effect. the terror vault is finally open for scares. we felt there should be a really great haunt in san francisco and there wasn't one. self-proclaimed >> to find the room is almost next to impossible. enter jordan langer and none plus ultra. >> the san francisco has been underutilized. we took over the space about a year and a half ago. >> the mint, which ones housed half the u.s. gold supply has its own built-in horror stories all part of the immersive halloween experience. >> a maintenance work who are was stealing gold flakes, killing rats and slicing their bellies and hiding the gold inside. >> reporter: if you want the extra scare, you can opt in with this necklace. you put it on and it means you're volunteering to become part of the show. you can go to abc7news.com to find out how you can be the mint's next victim. in san francisco, kate larsen, abc 7 news. >> well done, i'll give them that. >> i wanted to see what happened once you put the necklace on. >> would you willingly go throu

live in san francisco, i'm kate larsen. back to you. >>> this week we'll be seeing our first fall storm. abc7 news mooelgs san patel is with it. >> right now we're just seeing clouds across the entire bay area, but that is going do be changing as we head towards monday night into tuesday. so the storm is still off the coast, but when it gets here, everyone is going to see wet weather. monday it is confined mainly to the north bay. so monday a few sprinkles as we head into the afternoon. as we head into the 6:00 p.m. to the 8:00 p.m. hours. still showers continue in the north bay, and then spreading as we head towards tuesday. tuesday is when we put the storm impact scale on. light to moderate rain, .10 to .6 for most of you and there is a possibility of thunder. >>> tomorrow remarks the 25th anniversary of a crime that shook the bay area and tranltr people around the world. polly class was kidnapped from a slumber party in petaluma. a jury convicted richard allen davis for the murder. california passes the three strikes law

in san francisco, i'm kate larsen, abc 7 news. >>> that's a collection of things. >>> absolutely. >>> arrests announced from the deadly rally last year in charlottesville, virginia. one is from the bay area. we'll have the details next. >>> your action with the members was sharp and partisan and that concerns me. >>> a possible break with the partisan ranks in the senate. >>> here's the story making headlines at 4:30. our first significant rain of the season was blamed for a partial roof collapse at a san rafael store home goods this morning. the mall has temporarily close thad store. no word on when san francisco salesforce transit center could reopen much the next step installing temporary shoring to take a load off the two cracked beams. fremont street running beneath the center is expected to open next friday. a new lawsuit accuses bishops in the bay area of covering up alleged sexual abuse by catholic priests. attorneys want to, quote, force all the bishops in california to come clean with the secrets they know. >>> today's senate judiciary chair, chuck grassley doesn't know the

i'm kate larsen.eam practice for a small fee benefiting the warriors community foundation. it will be at 2:30 this afternoon at oracle. ck a $5, parking is free and the first 10,000 fans, they get the same championships hat. the warriors website. lisa is here with a look at our weekend forecast. fleetweek in just a few hours. >> warmer, windier today. here's a beautiful look outside. you can see how saturated the colors look. upper elevations winds gusting to near 60 miles an hour over our east bay hills. we'll see relative humidity drop today. there are the current winds. 0s >>> thanks so much, >>> welcome back to "gma." on this sunday morning. happening right now, sworn in, brett kavanaugh now justice kavanaugh taking the oath overnight. joining the nation's highest court. ending what was, at times, an ugly battle over his nomination. president trump wasting no time celebrating his victory at a rally overnight in topeka, kansas. while protesters crowded the steps of the capitol and took to the stree

i'm kate larsen. we're going to look at weather with lisa argen. it's already worm in san francisco today. >> i know, we were just talking about it. 67 degrees right now downtown, so the winds have mixed up the atmosphere allowing the warmth to stay with us. the city is free of fog. there's a big over into the east bay, but overall look at they mild temperatures. low 60s up in clear lake, 63 had oakland, how about 70 in fremont. we do have a red flag warning in effect for not only the north and east bay hills, but the interior valleys. the winds will still be a factor, sustained 20 to 30 miles an hour, and here's a look at the highlighted areas for the wind advisories until monday morning. this is all throughout today, tonight, into tomorrow. right now the surface winds gusting to 25 miles an hour in napa and fairfield all out of the north. we are looking at temperatures warmer today. 70s by noontime, and mid 80s later on. kate? >> thanks, lisa. >>> the senate has officially confirmed brett kavanaugh as the next supreme court justice. he was sworn

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