Coronavirus california is turning the corner. The number of new infections, hospitalizations and the percent of coronavirus tests coming back with a positive result, all of those categories are down and have been steadily declining for weeks. Look at the graph of cases in the bay area. Our rolling average is represented by the yellow line and you can see its distantly lower from a peak set in mid august. Health is just one participant of our life thats been impacted by the pandemic and its one of five areas where were working to build a better bay area. The economy is another. Youve probably seen the struggle many Small Businesses like restaurants are going through. It been unbelievable. After surviving with only delivery and takeout, some restaurants are allowed to serve customers without door dining. Diners alternated eating, drinking and putting their masks back on. Its a struggle that is not easy for anyone anywhere. Abc 7 News Reporter chris nguyen looking at the big picture from the bay areas biggest county santa clara. Reporter nearly seven months into the pandemic, many restaurants and bars are struggling to survive if they havent already closed up shop. Ive seen a lot of friends i got in the industry with still not working. Reporter at henrys world famous high life, sales are down 60 compared to a year ago. Employees are preparing for a turn in the weather in the midst of an Outdoor Dining season hampered by wildfire smoke. Lighting outside and we bought some heater lamps, were going to be investing in some canapes, as well for when the Colder Weather starts which is right around the corner. We can train south bay residents to eat outside during the winter because many of them have actually been in paris and amsterdam and places that have a lot colder, wetter weather than we do have here. Reporter but adding to the operational challenges, the Governors Office recently suggested that diners keep their masks on in between bites. Ill be touching my food, touching my drink and touching stuff and touching my face. So thats the challenge for me with doing the mask on, mask on, mask off. Reporter Business Owners say its another example of mixed messaging with no regard what is happening at the ground level. Here, sales are roughly a third of normal. Were trying to deal with ever changing regulations, guidelines from the state, from local. Its been really confusing. But i think things kind of stabilized a little bit. Were excited to get Indoor Dining back up and running. Indoor dining in santa clara could resume next week at reduced capacity but not all are planning to participate. 55 south bar and lounge will stay outside for now. This year has been a ship wreck year so we decided what better way to showcase it than ut a ship wreck on the street but now that we do have it and the street closed down, weve been doing better. With winter on the way, the businesses will be tested once again. Chris nguyen, abc 7 news. San francisco restaurants are taking a paired down approach to the governors suggestion that dine rs wear masks between bite. For sure if anybody approaches the table, put your mask on. I dont know about the between bites thing. I havent heard about that. For sure, lets protect our workers and make sure that we get the case load to continue to move in the right direction. Laurie thomas with the Golden Gate Restaurant Association was with us at 4 00 today. She says diners must also wear masks going into or out of a restaurant and walking to the bathroom. She estimates half of restaurants in the city have closed since the pandemic began. As more people work remotely, companies are reducing office space. The problem is where to hold the occasional meeting. Abc 7 News Reporter david louie looks at a solution for the changing workplace. Reporter the shift to remote work tripled the amount of office Space Companies are seeking to sublease in San Francisco with new found freedom to work far away, employees say they still want occasional meetings to stay connected. San franciscos peer space did a survey. 70 of employees feel its important to get together with colleagues in person at least once a month for them to maintain cohesion. Reporter the Bay Area Company created inventory of 20,000 spaces locally and across the u. S. Companies can rent by the hour to hold meetings where safe distancing can be practiced and facilities sanitized. Indoor and outdoor venues are available. As offices close, peer space lets them calculate its more Cost Effective to rent meeting space. Its far cheaper in most cases to have flights and to have these meeting spaces versus a longterm lease. Reporter they have partnered with United Airlines to bundle flights and venues in a onestop shopping solution. Business travel is not expected to return until there is a vaccine. United can bundle perks with the meeting space. Its upgrades. It is day passes to our mileage plus membership lounges so everything that we have, we will mix and match according to what the customers needs are. Reporter another example of the changing workplace. David louie, abc 7 news. Local mayor optimistic about opening schools as numbers drop but the School District and Teachers Union have yet to negotiate a memorandum. Abc 7 News ReporterLyanne Melendez explains what that process would entail. Reporter technically, oakland Public Schools could open october 13th according to the Alameda CountyHealth Department because covid cases dropped. For example, testing for the virus in the district found the number of cases declining. It is encouraging to see the numbers going down especially in some of hour hardest hit communities like the latin ex community. But weve got to make sure its safe for children and the incredible teachers. Reporter there are several factors standing in the way of reopening schools there. One of them is that there men r men rand memorandum. If the district really knows thats what they want to do, start negotiating now before we get to that point so you have something in written to say okay, its time, we have this inviting. Let get started. Reporter the head negotiator of the Oakland Education Association told us Teachers Want to see two safety components met before negotiations begin. One is that we have the data for the city of oakland and all zip codes and that we have near zero rates. The second piece is the appropriate ppe and safety precautions. Reporter oakland unified has been working on a reopening plan since last spring. The district maintains it will follow the science, but worries that the outcomes are constantly changing. We have no plans to go back in any kind of large scale format before the end of december. So it will be at least january before something happens. But i cant tell you even if its going to be january. Reporter the question remains will they be able to reopen at all this school year . In oakland, Lyanne Melendez, abc 7 news. For a look at the ways in which coronavirus has changed our workplaces, schools and health, go to abc7news. Com coronavirus. In a region home to some of the safest cities in the country, there have been several daytime attacks that are disturbing. Abc 7 news anchor dion lim has the video captured in sunnyvale. She got attacked literally she got attacked. I mean, you dont know youre not prepared for Something Like that. Reporter the video youre watching shows two women out for a walk in sunnyvale around midday on wednesday when a man suddenly runs by, pretends to trip and drop something. One of the women pauses and thats when her gold necklace is ripped from her neck. Thats something that doesnt usually happen on this street. Reporter many online and in person describe their neighborhood as multi cultural and say the victims are south asian. I spoke to a number of Indian American women in this community that didnt want to go on camera but feel they are targeted for gold jewelry and warning each other not to wear it out. Please, honor your cultures but when youre walking around, maybe its a good idea to cover it, wear a scarf. Reporter just an hour before this incident, sunnyvales department of Public Safety helped Mountain View police helped arrest the man involving a knife along jackson street. While both investigations continue, authorities dont believe one race in particular was targeted but these were crimes of opportunity. Resident katy says she refuses to let this disrupt her life. Things happen all the time in safe neighborhoods, right . But you cant live in fear. Reporter in sunnyvale, dion lim, abc 7 news. The Investigation Continues into the death of San Francisco firefighter jason cortez. The 13year veteran died yesterday as we reported after he fell three stories during a training accident. Cal osha requires a Safety Officers in certain cases involving dangerous hazards. Its unclear if one was required or present yesterday. Abc 7 news iteam reporter stephanie sierra talked with the founder of an organization that studies safety protocols for safe responders. What hazards would have to be present to require having a Safety Officer be in a reasonable proximity to the scene of the accident . Were producing an atmosphere due to smoke and fire that meets that requirement then we are at that time having a Safety Officer on scene. We asked cal osha if a Safety Officer was required but the agency would only confirm that a comprehensive investigation is underway. Firefighters working the glass fire in the north bay are making progress and theyre also taking time for a moment of silence. Hear who the moment honored, next. Im wayne freedman. Down heard of the concerns about smoke tank or wine, how about smoke tank and cannabis . Thats coming up. Im Spencer Christian. Our cooler than average pattern will continue a little longer with perhaps a side of drizzle. Ill have the accuweather im looking at your mri. Your shoulder seems to be healing nicely. Im sorry baby. I dont want you to play with that. singing twinkle, twinkle little star. How i wonder what you are. How are you doing . Schedule a video visit with your doctor. Kaiser permanente. Thrive. The unfair money bail system. He, accused of rape. While he, accused of stealing 5. The stanford rapist could afford bail; got out the same day. The Senior Citizen could not; forced to wait in jail nearly a year. Voting yes on prop 25 ends this failed system, replacing it with one based on Public Safety. Because the size of your wallet shouldnt determine whether or not youre in jail. Vote yes on prop 25 to end money bail. Vote yes on prop 25 they do one of the most deven in normal times. S, our Frontline Health care workers. And when these heroes lack the resources they need, that risky job gets ten times harder. Prop fifteen makes corporations pay their fair share. To invest in our communities, in our clinics, in the essential workers who treat everyone rich, poor, and inbetween. Whether its this pandemic or the next health crisis, vote yes on prop fifteen. For all of us. Wildfires in the north bay threatened the great crop with smoke taint. It has broad consequences. The big picture in Sonoma County. Reporter harvest time in Sonoma County, weve heard about the grapes and concerns about how smoke taint from fires will eliminate some vintages but here is something new. Thats ash right here. Reporter its a great concern to eric pearson who is part biologist, part grower and a fulltime ceo at spark in glen allen. Right now his crop is coming in. This is not broccoli. No. Reporter named dr. Order, wedding crasher or san fernando valley. Its cannabis. Reporter towering, flowering cannabis, acres of it and in Sonoma County, growers have concerns about smoke taint, as well. Smoke taint in cannabis is different from smoke taint in grapes. In grapes it affects taste. With cannabis it ed threaten ticks. People dont want ashes on their pot and if those ashes happen to be polluted, they dont want that pot at all. There is organic smoke from a forest, which is whats on these plants because there is no structures nearby but if you have a structure fire, you could have chemicals you want to test for to make sure its not contaminating the product. Reporter after the fire, eric had some 20,000 plants to clear of ash. That process continued today. Its necessary considering the cannabis is easily a 100 million a year taxable product in Sonoma County and growing both figuratively and literally. Wine industry is sort of flattening so know Sonoma County could use tourism money. Reporter the ash this year will not be a game breaker for eric considering how several other legal growers lost their entire crops tthssre. Buven as those flames fade, it is clear that consequence continues. In Sonoma County, wade freed mama wayne freedman. More evacuations were lifted today as the glass fire reached 66 containment. Cal fire says crews saw minimal fire behavior but 67,000 acres burned. 700 homes have been destroyed and as this fire continues to burn in the north bay, today marks three years since the deadly tubs fire that started. During a cal fire briefing this morning, firefighters remembered those who died. We would like to close out with a 30second moment of silence for the people that the 22 souls that lost their lives on october 8th and 9th. The tubs fire burned more than 36,000 acres and destroyed more than 5600 buildings. The august complex is still burning in Northern California into humbled counties. This week it became a giga fire burning more than is million acres. It been active for 5 two days and 62 contained. 52 structures have been destroyed. You can track wildfires and air quality statewide with our exclusive wildfire tracker update in realtime with the latest information from cal fire. The abc 7 fire tracker is available now at abc7news. Com and the abc 7 news app and dan, the weather has been helping firefighters the last couple days. It really has, ama. Weve seen a big transition and Spencer Christian is tracking whats in store. This is great for the fire lines. It really is, dan and ama. We had much cooler than average weather the last couple days. It will continue a couple more days. We might get sprinkles tomorrow or overnight tonight into saturday. That will be helpful, as well. Here is a look at current wind surface winds that weve got breezy conditions with wind speeds right now between ten and 15 Miles Per Hour generally across the bay area and we talked about how cool it has been. You can see the 24 hour temperature change indicates its cooler now than at this time yesterday in most bay area locations. Lets look at the current readings. This is a view from the rooftop across the bay. 59 in San Francisco. 63 at oakland and Mountain View 65 at both san jose and gilroy and 59 half moon bay. Looking northward, 63 at santa rosa and thnovato and fairfield and mid 60s concord and livermore and the view for the explore camera at pier 15 looking at part of the financial district. These are forecast features cloudy with morning mist and drizzle likely. Mix of clouds and sun tomorrow and sprinkles are possible on saturday. Our air quality is still not so good. In fact, its going to be poor tomorrow and saturday in the north bay and only moderate in other regions so next two days will be spare the air days and as the air quality improves on sunday and monday, it will probably improve to the moderate level. Here is a little forecast animation for you taking you into the overnight hours tonight. Well get sprinkles, patchy sprinkles or drizzle into the Early Morning hours. Morning compumuters may have reduced visibility. Lets go beyond tomorrow. Take you into late tomorrow. Midnight tomorrow night or 12 00 a. M. Saturday, notice a little rainfall activity or sprinkle activity offshore. Some of that will work its way likely on shore. Earlier, we thought it would be mainly a north bay event but as we update this animation, you can see there may be a sprinkle or two as far south as the peninsula and santa cruz mountains. Its not going to be a wide spread rainfall event for the bay area but there could be some wet spots on saturday. The forecast for rainfall totals indicates most of the rain from the system of course will be to our north well to the north but there could be one or. 2 of an inch spread across the bay area. Lets back up to tonights conditions under cloudy skies, high and low clouds with drizzling conditions. Overnight lows in the mid 50s. Tomorrows highs will range from low 60s to the costa upper 60s around the bay to mid and upper 70s inland. Here is the accuweather forecast. Warming begins on sunday and as we look at next weeks forecast, you can see summerlike warmth will be back tuesday, wednesday and thursday. Dan and ama . All right. Were not putting away the flipflops just yet. Good to know, spencer. Not quite. All right. When you hear someone is matching funds, you might think of a big company, right . Our next story is a 9year all californians will be able to vote safely from home. Every active, registered voter will receive a votebymail ballot with a unique barcode. You can track it using wheres my ballot . And youll receive automatic notifications by text, email or voice call to let you know the status of your ballot once you mail it, drop it off at your polling place or at a drop box. Vote by mail ballots. Simple, safe, secure. Counted. Learn more at vote. Ca. Gov im voting yes on prop 19. Nineteen limits taxes on seniors. It limits property tax on people like me. Nineteen limits taxes on wildfire victims. It says so right here. If 19 passes, seniors can move closer to family or medical care. I looked at moving but i cant afford the taxes. Will you help californias most vulnerable . Vote yes on prop 19. When you take a it all begins to unravel. Ann ravels no reformer, shes backed by big corporations whove poured hundreds of thousands into her campaign. And she opposes ballot measures to make the economy more fair for working people. Only dave cortese is endorsed by the California Democratic party. Hes helping us battle the pandemic with a sciencebased approach. And expanding Health Services and child care to those in need. For state senate, Democrat Dave cortese. Taking california for a ride. Companies like uber, lyft, doordash. Breaking state employment laws for years. Now these multibilliondollar companies wrote deceptive prop 22 to buy themselves a new law. To deny drivers the rights they deserve. No sick leave. No workers comp. No unemployment benefits. Vote no on the deceptive uber, lyft, doordash prop 22. One ride california doesnt want to take. You know, one of our favorite things to do is highlight the people in our Community Working to build a better bay area. The good deeds come in many forms. Abc 7 news Dustin Dorsey shows you how an Elementary School student reporter the images of the wildfires burning impact many. For this 9yearold it made her want to get to work. So when i was checkchecking, news and i saw the fires were burning, i felt sad their homes and neighborhood was burning so i just wanted to spring them a smile. Reporter at a young age she wanted to make a difference. She started a go fund me page with the goal of 100 with each dollar raised to be matched from her own biggie bank. Please donate money for the halloween goody bags for the children that lost their home due to the wildfire in california. Reporter in a few days, the total was more than quadrupled of her original goal. Were really proud because its something we never thought that crossed or mind we could help in this way. I see from cartoons there are many people helping and also in real life like people are helping so i also wanted to help. Reporter proceeds of the donations will head straight to the live. The other money will go towards an idea of holiday for halloween. In times of need, the good people of the world say what can i do. In pandemic i want to make everyone happy in this pandemic. If i can do it, you guys can try to do it. I just love she was inspired and it makes all of us feel a little inspiration, too, i think. It sure does, 9 years old and so compassionate towards others. We love anna. Great job. Absolutely. What could a coronavirus treatment that President Trump received soon be available to the rest of us . Coming up, what the company is doing to make that happen. The president says hell skip the next debate if it has to be held virtually but other president s have debated challengers they do one of the most deven in normal times. S, our Frontline Health care workers. And when these heroes lack the resources they need, that risky job gets ten times harder. Prop fifteen makes corporations pay their fair share. To invest in our communities, in our clinics, in the essential workers who treat everyone rich, poor, and inbetween. Whether its this pandemic or the next health crisis, vote yes on prop fifteen. For all of us. Sharing a debate stage you saw it with the Vice President ial candidates last night and with the president ial contenders a week ago but next week, it might not happen. The commission on president ial debates announced this morning the second debate between joe biden and President Trump will be virtual. Shortly afterward, trump said that he would refuse to participate but candidates have debated from remote locations before. In fact, more than 50 years ago. Miriam hernandez from our sister station in los angeles shows you how. Lets look at the situation with regard to Economic Growth as it is. Reporter 1960 a first ever virtual president ial debate. By a network of electronic facilities which permits each candidate to see and hear the other. If the United States must meet the commitment on berlin. Reporter the democraic candidate, john kenny in new york and republican Vice PresidentRichard Nixon in los angeles. In fact, in the very studio where abc 7 broadcasts the news. Part of a complex that was also home base to American Band stand and the soap general hospital. This debate turned out to be crucial. Nixon has a razor thin edge in the polls. Kenny nearly won the election. A survey later found more than half of all voters said they had been influenced by the televised debates that year. Since then, they have been mustsee tv. The debates are really the only time candidates are forced to be together. Reporter uscs gordon stable says the debates are not all about substance. The draw for many viewers is like reality tv. A surprise like a fly, an unexpected moment. Facial responses or even their ability to make humor or light of an unscripted moment. There is a lieu mhumanity about debate because they arent scripted. Youre talking about zingers. Absolutely. I wont exploit for political purposes my opponents youth and inexperience. Reporter the town hall throws candidates another curve, how they engage. No surprise that President Trump rejected doing this virtually because it could send a message the president was ill, another reminder of the pandemic. What has changed since 1960, the viewers s ability to record and share, gaffes and got yas. Watching a 90minute debate is not everyones favorite. If there is a moment he says thats the moment i understood who they were or what matters is valuable for the campaigns. Two moments from last nights Vice President ial debate are getting lots of attention online today. Two political experts joined us on getting answers today and both agreed one was a unique moment. Mr. Vice president , youre interrupting me, may i continue . A lot of women identified lets say with that line and said ive been there and i wonder if that may have hurt Vice President pence with those suburban women voters. And of course, the other moment still getting a ton of buzz, yes, we said buzz. This one, that fly that sat on Vice President pences head for a couple minutes all over social media. It sure is, ama in a big way. The covid19 Research Effort known as operation warp speed may be kicking into a higher gear, two Drug Companies are asking the government to make their treatments available even though they are finishing Clinical Trial. It all President Trumps treatment for covid19 may be touching off a race to get similar medications to market, reagain ron the company that makes an antibody given to the president announced it will ask for emergency use authorization that comes just days after eli lilly said it would make the same request for its antibody treatment. Coincidence . That may have had something to do with it but they would have been doing this soon anyway and i think it a matter of the two companies trying to decide who is going to get the leg up. Reporter she is involved with the Clinical Trial of regeneron. Its important to understand the antibodies are basically an engineered version of the covid fighting antibodies produced by our immune systems. They are well understood but still require testing. Granted we know they work well and are pretty safe but we have to make sure with this new pathogen. Reporter with strong support from the trump administration, the fda issued several including one for the drug hydroxychloroquine that was later reversed. Still, there is interest in the antibodies as more than just treatment but possibly as a short term substitute for a vaccine. Scenarios where it might be very dangerous for someone to get coronavirus and having some kind of time limit ever limed p might be useful. Reporter shes a researcher with ucsf conducting trials on the competing eli lilly drug. She sees a need to strike an effective balance. We want to get life saving therapy to people but we need to make sure we complete the work that weve set out to do. Reporter the ultimate authority to grant emergency use authorizations rests with alex aczar, head of health and Human Services and a former executive at eli lilly, both bay area researchers say transparency is critical. I would say if there were some interest in there, that other people need to weigh in as well besides he although he is going to be the ultimate decision maker. Reporter for his part aczar promised to ignore politics and base all decisions on the science. And late today, the president s physician says President Trump will resume public activities on saturday as that will be day ten since his diagnosis. The honor of telling stories, the bay area women documentdoc documenting the environments. Are you ready for amazon prime day . You will be. Im Michael Finney. 7 on your side is straight ahead. They do one of the most deven in normal times. S, our Frontline Health care workers. And when these heroes lack the resources they need, that risky job gets ten times harder. Prop fifteen makes corporations pay their fair share. To invest in our communities, in our clinics, in the essential workers who treat everyone rich, poor, and inbetween. Whether its this pandemic or the next health crisis, vote yes on prop fifteen. For all of us. Traffic and air pollution will be even worse after the pandemic. Thats why we support measure rr to keep caltrain running. Which is at risk of shutdown because of the crisis. To keep millions of cars off our roads, to reduce air pollution and fight climate change. And measure rr helps essential workers like me get to work and keep our communities healthy. Relieve traffic. Reduce pollution. Rescue caltrain. [all] yes on measure rr. Are you ready for next weeks big sell. It set for october 13th and 14th. Ma Michael Finney has been checking it out. Dan, i dont know if youre ready to hear this but they are calling this the beginning of the Holiday Shopping season. The beginning. Were not even to mid october yet and get this, theyre comparing the deals to black friday so is that a fair comparison . The pandemic has impacted prime day more than just by its delay this year but what shoppers are searching for during the twoday sale. Sasha is with pcmag. Com. Were seeing intense interest in people upgrading home electron in this cases and makes perfect sense. They are work electronics and School Electronics and life electronics. Were looking at computers, electronic doorbells but we are mostocused on in home entertainment. So the number one thing people want to buy on prime day is tvs and streaming devices. A lot of people are looking to upgrade tvs after being stuck at home for six months. So you probably have spent a lot of time looking at your tv. Youre probably thinking can i make this better and amazon has good discounts on tvs. Pc mag says the deals are real but before buying make sure you know what the product is selling for when not on sale. Prime day is not your last chance for a deal this year. Black friday is still expected to be huge. And remember, not everything you want may be on sale during prime day. We anticipate that the new iphone line is going to come out on october 13th. The same day as prime day. Apple is not going to be offering big deals on those through amazon. You have to look at apple themselves. On social media there is a lot of chatter you guys about not shopping on prime day so that all the voters ballots can get through and be counted. And thats totally false. Packages are handled completely different from ballots and letters and not only that, amazon prime doesnt use just the mail exclusively. So dont shop if youre worried about the ballots getting through. Theyll get through just fine. All right. Sounds good. Good clarification. Thank you. Cooler and cloudier weather in the forecast even a chance of rain. And more than that spencer has the sevenday forecast next. And take a look at the pier 39 camera in San Francisco we have for you. Were streaming this live cam and others from around the bay area 24 7 on the new connected tv app on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and download the app to check it out with the newscast live and on demand. They are just all californians will be able to vote safely from home. Every active, registered voter will receive a votebymail ballot with a unique barcode. You can track it using wheres my ballot . And youll receive automatic notifications by text, email or voice call to let you know the status of your ballot once you mail it, drop it off at your polling place or at a drop box. Vote by mail ballots. Simple, safe, secure. Counted. Learn more at vote. Ca. Gov its rising. The pain is coming. In the tubbs fire. The flames, the ash, it was terrifying. Thousands of family homes are destroyed in wildfires. Families are forced to move and higher property taxes are a huge problem. Prop 19 limits taxes on wildfire victims so families can move without a tax penalty. Nineteen will help rebuild lives. Vote yes on 19. Sacomfortably explore ouror incredible selection. With safe instore guidance, or order online, and pick up your products curbside come discover the perfect floor at the perfect price however is perfect for you. Explore floor decor instore or online. The unfair money bail system. He, accused of rape. While he, accutein 5 the stanford rapist could afford bail; got out the same day. The Senior Citizen could not; forced to wait in jail nearly a year. Voting yes on prop 25 ends this failed system, replacing it with one based on Public Safety. Because the size of your wallet shouldnt determine whether or not youre in jail. Vote yes on prop 25 to end money bail. About the covid19 virus. Its real. Its dangerous. And we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. Wear a mask. Wash your hands. Stay six feet apart. We can do this. If we do it together. Well, an east bay marathon swimmer took the plunge and swam in record time in less than 13 hours. Not only did she break a record but raising awareness for diversity in aquatic sports. 2016 i started training for my first marathon swim and then that kind of started my journey. The idea of doing something that would challenge me mentally and physically thats close to home. I started at sea bright beach in santa cruz and finished at San Carlos Beach monterey. Getting into open water, its cold, there is animals in there and i just remember jumping in and feeling a sense of freedom. I felt very nervous for the first three hours. The little blue lights you see in front are kathryn swimming. The fog was so thick. Couldnt tell the difference between the pwater and the sky and i was getting stung in the face by jelly fish because i couldnt see them. Those i got over my arms and legs but 55 stings is pretty good. You know, when i felt myself slowing down, i would dig in deeper. I wanted to see if it was possible. What really pushed me to keep going was knowing that i had the chance to get this record as well i knew i could use it to raise awareness for diversity in aquatics, which is something myself and others are working on. I didnt see shore until i had about 500 yards to go. It was really exciting to be done. I worked so hard getting the record was a cherry on top. That highlights the journey. I broke the Overall Record by about 18 minutes minutes and 14 seconds. In doing the swim i hope it inspires other people to get in the water and just try it out. She is amazing. And you can share her story with your friends. Youll find it on abc7news. Com. Congratulations to her. Absolutely. What a great story. Here is another great story were excited to share. An aspiring film maker and student is this years recipient of the pete wilson scholarship. Pete anchored here for many years. David louie who judged entries from across the United States and even from overseas shows you why she was selected. We remember abc 7 news anchor pete wilson as a journalist who could do it all anchoring, reporting and hosting a talk show. He would be proud an annual scholarship bearing his name has gone this year to a uc graduate student who similarly does it all. Michaela writes, produces, shoots and edits but her path is far from traditional. She grew up in boll i lived in france and the u. K. I got scholarships wherever i could find them. I learned how to shoot and edit. Her body and work reflects her indeindependence. Shes 34 a decade older than her classmates. You can start as an adult to gain new skills and remake yourself and im seeking out these stories of people rising from adversity and hardship and making their own path. One such documentary is entitled fragile shot in wisconsin it follows the struggle of an 84yearold womans determination to compete in the male dominated sport of ice boating. She used a drone to capture unusual angles. Technology definitely opens up the possibility to tell some stories that previously would have been a little more difficult to tell. If you were hungry today reporter another documentary focused on native americans making corn soup. A project focuses on women of color finding identities through their connection with the ocean. Se receives 2,000 from the Radio Television digital news foundation. David louie, abc 7 news. And our congratulations to michaela, the recipient of this years pete wilson scholarship. Wonderful. Shes doing great work. Impressive. Absolutely. Very great work. All right. Let turn our attention to weather for one last check what is going on outside, spencer . Everyone is asking about this rain approaching as the weekend approaches so let start with the forecast animation. Beginning at 5 00 tomorrow morning, the morning commute will be under way and notice well have lots of low clouds and high clouds and patchy drizzle. Those green spots representing drizzle. There may be spots of wet pavement greeting morning computers and bright spots during the day but another wave of cloud and moisture will come in tomorrow night around midnight into saturday morning and notice more green showing up for saturday. There may be some light sprinkles on saturday as well. We expect them to be widely scattered but there could be some measurable rain coming our way on saturday. Here is the overnight view with clouds at high end low levels and drizzle. Low temperatures in the mid 50s. Tomorrows highs will range from 60s at the costa upper 60s around the bay and mid to upper 70s inland and as we go into the weekend two more spare the air days coming our way tomorrow and saturday. Warming trend begins on sunday and most of next week will feel like summer again with inland highs near or above 90 degrees. Dont put the flipflops away yet. Thats what ama said. They will come in handy. Thanks. All right. Lets get to Chris Alvarez because we have a lot of baseball to cover. The boys of summer playing in the fall. Major League Baseball playoffs continue. One team advancing in the American League bring out the bats. Another highscoring game between oakland and houston. How the they do one of the most deven in normal times. S, our Frontline Health care workers. And when these heroes lack the resources they need, that risky job gets ten times harder. Prop fifteen makes corporations pay their fair share. To invest in our communities, in our clinics, in the essential workers who treat everyone rich, poor, and inbetween. Whether its this pandemic or the next health crisis, vote yes on prop fifteen. For all of us. When you take a it all begins to unravel. Ann ravels no reformer, shes backed by big corporations whove poured hundreds of thousands into her campaign. And she opposes ballot measures to make the economy more fair for working people. Only dave cortese is endorsed by the California Democratic party. Hes helping us battle the pandemic with a sciencebased approach. And expanding Health Services and child care to those in need. For state senate, Democrat Dave cortese. Another win or go home day for the as. The question was could the as bats and bullpen keep up with houston in game four . Zack greinke on the hill for the stros and the as got to like this strike first two on for lea him. The ball lands in left center and the as to the 30 lead. Top four same score matt ol sin to right. Does he have a homer . Josh reddick and look at the catch over the short wall there. The as bench cant believe it. Frankie got the start for oak labld in the fourth. Houston down a run and carlos correia, he knew that was gone. That made it a 53 houston lead. Houston hit four home runs as a team, two from Michael Brantly solo to right center. Ball was flying out of the yard once again. 64 houston. Houston led by seven entering the ninth. Oakland did score twice but the rally was too little too late. Houston wins 116. Dusty bakers astros on in the eighth season comes to an end. We couldnt hold them down in any facet as far as the pitching went. We had stretches where we did both out of the bullpen and rotation but nothing sustained through nine innings and thats why they won the series. Hopefully it doesnt happen next year. We just got to keep our head up. Keep working. Keep dreaming about moving forward and winning a world series. Tough loz fss for the as. The braves looking to sweep the marlins. Marcel base hit to right. Onerun score and the braves strike first. Later in the frame two on for travis. Lift off to right center and it will go off the wall and take a friendly bounce. Two rbi double makes it 30 braves. Part of a fourrun inning four. Atlanta braves pitching allows five hits. Braves win 70 advancing to the National League championship. They will play the dodgers over the padres. Niners return to the practice field looking for the first win at levis. Note on your practice report, jimmy garoppolo, dre Green Limited and deebo samuel did not practice today. Garoppolo back at practice for the niners. Coach shannon didnt want to reveal his plan whether mullins would start if jimmy cant go sunday. Whoever will play quarterback sunday, tight end George Kittle will be there. Photoc the focus turns to the dolphins. If we want to get and get back to the super bowl and a chance to get to the playoffs, we have to play better. Good thing about kyle, he doesnt sugarcoat anything and has to go back to work and get wins under our belt. Niners looking for the first win at home thissen is. Several schedule changes due to covid19. The Buffalo Bills titans game scheduled for sunday has been moved to tuesday night. Tennessee has the biggest outbreak with 23 positive tests for covid19 since september 24th. The patriots had a couple of them including cam newton and stephon gilmore. The broncos patriots game will be monday in new england. The thing with football theyre not in a bubble. You cant play doubleheaders like baseball. The difficulty is to schedule it and keep the nfl season going. It more difficult because football is a violent sport, you need a week to get ready for the next game. Baseball can move id around. Football having trouble but trying to keep the nfl season going. 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