lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >>> a lot more to come here tonight. new developments in a bizarre standoff involving a teacher and the parent of a student. >>> plus pg&e is answering some questions when it comes to what happened the night the north bay wildfire started. >>> and it's not a normal halloween for children who lost their homes. but costumed kids ended up with candy in their bags and smiles on their faces nonetheless. >>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. live doppler 7 tracking a pair of storms. hour by hour forecast coming up. >>> but first, dave grohl is in for jimmy kimmel tonight and here's a look at what he has coming up right after abc 7 news at 11:00. >> thanks, dan and dion. i'm dave grohl in for jimmy kimmel, and it's halloween. >> okay. bye. bye. ♪ do you want t ♪music the lord says, "come to me all you who are weary and find life burdensome, and i will give you rest." join us for the majesty of the catholic mass here sunday mornings at 8:30. for more information visit mysundaymass.org >>> a parent who took a teacher hostage at a

lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >>> here's a look at avi's go fund me page. he's now raised, let's see, $8,732. so getting very close to his goal. we do have the link on our website, abc7news.com. >>> a special tribute to the north bay fire victims is now on display at the san francisco symphony. dozens of 18-foot-tall christmas trees have been brought in to transform davy's symphony hall into a holiday extravaganza. a group of san francisco families has sponsored one of the trees in honor of those who lost their homes in the fires. each ornament represents a contribution to fire relief efforts. >> i can't imagine how devastating it is to just lose everything, lose your heirlooms, lose your home, lose anything that's important to you. and i think the christmas spirit is of giving. and i think a lot of those families are feeling that now and hopefully we're helping them to feel that. >> so far the families raised more than $10,000 for the fire victims. they hope their tree will inspire even more donations. beautiful gesture and awfully kind. >> yes. >>> all ri

in san francisco lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >>> meantime, cbs has fired host charlie rose. three more women have now come forward, adding to the eight women who originally accused minimum of sexual misconduct, ranging from groping to nudity. pbs and bloomberg also terminated their relationship with the veteran tv newsman. >>> shifting gears, more than 50 million americans are expected to travel for the thanksgiving holiday. hopefully, the bay area doesn't get this bad. look at that. it's los angeles traffic earlier this evening. actually, that's i-5. how about a look at walnut crek? this is 680 right now. and you can see not a lot of traffic. so easygoing there. and then the golden gate bridge also quite calm. just a couple of cars out there. we do have rain on the way, but will it impact your travel plans? let's check in with meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya? >> that's the million-dollar question. let's first start out with the warmth today. it was a record-setting day. san jose 76 degrees. 81 in santa cruz. both ties for today. pretty warm from redwood city to fremont

in san francisco lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >>> meantime, cbs has fired host charlie rose.ee more women have now come forward, adding to the eight women who originally accused minimum of sexual misconduct, ranging from groping to nudity. pbs and bloomberg also terminated their relationship with the veteran tv newsman. >>> shifting gears, more than 50 million americans are expected to travel for the thanksgiving holiday. hopefully, the bay area doesn't get this bad. look at that. it's los angeles traffic earlier this evening. actually, that's i-5. how about a look at walnut crek? this is 680 right now. and you can see not a lot of traffic. so easygoing there. and then the golden gate bridge also quite calm. just a couple of cars out there. we do have rain on the way, but will it impact your travel plans? let's check in with meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya? >> that's the million-dollar question. let's first start out with the warmth today. it was a record-setting day. san jose 76 degrees. 81 in santa cruz. both ties for today. pretty warm from redwood city to fremont to

lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >>> here's a look at avi's go fund me page. he's now raised, let's see, $8,732. so getting very close to his goal. we do have the link on our website, abc7news.com. >>> a special tribute to the north bay fire victims is now on display at the san francisco symphony. dozens of 18-foot-tall christmas trees have been brought in to transform davy's symphony hall into a holiday extravaganza. a group of san francisco families has sponsored one of the trees in honor of those who lost their homes in the fires. each ornament represents a contribution to fire relief efforts. >> i can't imagine how devastating it is to just lose everything, lose your heirlooms, lose your home, lose anything that's important to you. and i think the christmas spirit is of giving. and i think a lot of those families are feeling that now and hopefully we're helping them to feel that. >> so far the families raised more than $10,000 for the fire victims. they hope their tree will inspire even more donations. beautiful gesture and awfully kind. >> yes. >>> all ri

lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 news. >>> a lot more to come here tonight. new developments in a bizarre standoff involving a teacher and the parent of a student. >>> plus pg&e is answering some questions when it comes to what happened the night the north bay wildfire started. >>> and it's not a normal halloween for children who lost their homes. but costumed kids ended up with candy in their bags and smiles on their faces nonetheless. >>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. live doppler 7 tracking a pair of storms. hour by hour forecast coming up. >>> but first, dave grohl is in for jimmy kimmel tonight and here's a look at what he has coming up right after abc 7 news at 11:00. >> thanks, dan and dion. i'm dave grohl in for jimmy kimmel, and it's halloween. >> okay. bye. ♪ do you want to build a snowman ♪ connection to nature is a right that the trust for public land is fighting to preserve. from boulevards to ball fields and ponds to playgrounds, together we have saved over 3 million acres of land. a park is a gift that is worth protecting. help support the t

abc 7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian spoke to a woman who she and heard rumors about kevin spacey. >> bellowing profanitieprofanit. to senior vice presidents, to actresses, to filmmakers. >> she worked her way up back in the '90s. she caught harvey weinstein's eye while she worked in the mail room. >> harvey requested that i become up and be his assistant. >> she turned the job down because of the environment. >> there was a terror there and control. >> still, she insists two decades ago talk was always about weinstein's temper, narcissism and bullying and not about accusations of sexual assault or rape. >> we didn't know. because we would have stood up for these young actresses. we would have stood up for them. >> meantime, in new york city investigators are building their case against weinstein after boardwalk empire actress accused weinstein of sexually assaulting her twice. >> go arrest mr. weinstein, we need arrest warrant. that requires a court order. so we want to get our evidence first before we do something like that. >> weinstein's representative says, "any allegnsio nonc

abc 7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian is live at stanford with the story. lisa? >> reporter: dan, about $6,000 was security tonight. spencer spoke in that building behind me, and just over there beyond those bushes. that's where protests happened, and they were all peaceful, led by students. >> speak for me tonight. >> reporter: minutes after conservative author robert spencer started to speak the once packed room cleared out. >> you are little totalitarians and neo brownshirts. and you are a stain on stanford university. >> reporter: it was an orchestrated move by students who opposed spencer's presence on campus. the university's young republicans sponsored the event. many students expressed outrage that spencer, the director of the website jihadwatch, was invited. >> racism isn't welcome. bigotry isn't welcome on this campus. and we can't set a precedent for giving people who are espousing hatred to have a platform on this campus. >> are you a racist? are you an islamophobe? >> i'm neither one. islam is not a race. jihad, mass murder is not a race. >> reporter

abc 7 news reporter lisa amin gulezian is live at stanford with the story. lisa?porter: dan, about $6,000 was spent on security tonight. spencer spoke in that building behind me, and just over there beyond those bushes. that's where protests happened, and they were all peaceful, led by students. >> speak for me tonight. >> reporter: minutes after conservative author robert spencer started to speak the once packed room cleared out. >> you are little totalitarians and neo brownshirts. and you are a stain on stanford university. >> reporter: it was an orchestrated move by students who opposed spencer's presence on campus. the university's young republicans sponsored the event. many students expressed outrage that spencer, the director of the website jihadwatch, was invited. >> racism isn't welcome. bigotry isn't welcome on this campus. and we can't set a precedent for giving people who are espousing hatred to have a platform on this campus. >> are you a racist? are you an islamophobe? >> i'm neither one. islam is not a race. jihad, mass murder is not a race. >> repor

lisa amin gulezian. >> a young man taking action and you are helping.ake a look at the go fund me page. and, yes, it is $8,882 of the $9,000 goal. it keeps growing. we have the link for you on our website if you'd like to help, abc7news.com. >>> a special tribute to the north bay fire victims is on display at the san francisco symphony. dozens of 18-foot-tall christmas trees have been brought in to transform the hall into a holiday extravaganza. a group of families sponsored one of the trees in honor of those who lost their homes in the fires. each ornament represents a contribution to fire relief efforts. >> i can't imagine how devastating it is to lose everything, your heirlooms, your home, everything important to you. i think the christmas spirit is giving and a lot of families are feeling that now and hopefully we're helping them to feel that. >> so far the families raised more than $10,000 for the fire victims. they hope their tree will inspire even more donations. >> that's really nice. good to see. >> i think a lot of times after something happen

lisa amin gulezian, abc 7 >>> one of the exits at b.a.r.t.'s streets is now closed. it was blocked off to begin work on a new canopy over an kaes lator at the station. b.a.r.t. says it will protect passengers from the escalators and the escalators from the elements and provide another layer of security. completion is expected next year. b.a.r.t. plans to install 22 new canopies at its stations. the estimated cost $66 million. >>> check out this temperature change from 24 hours ago to this morning up to 14 degrees warmer. the only place cooler along the peninsula coast. let's look at temperatures down in the south bay. we have 51 in los gatos. 52 in the santa teresa neighborhood and los altos hills. we have 49 in newark. look at this, 44 at lafayette. danville and also livermore. the same thing in napa and novato, 53 in san pablo and san francisco right now. a look at san mateo bridge getting busy this morning and the roads are going to be wet in the north bay during the evening commute. the rest of us will be dry. mass transit, cool this morning to mild this afternoo

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