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Starts now. Building a better bay area moving forward finding solutions. This is abc7 news. This breaks my heart and i feel bad for the families. An investigation is underway after a tragedy in san jose. A double drowning at a daycare here thats landed a third child in the hospital. Good evening. Im ahmad daetz. That incident took place shortly after nine this morning at the happy happy daycare located on fleetwood drive in san joses almaden valley. Abc seven News Reporter leslie brinkly has more from investigators, as well as some stunned neighbors. Two year old boy unconscious is breathing as uncertain when he was found drowning, attempting cpr instructions. Now the emergency call came in around 9 a. M. Fire and Police Personnel rushed to this home in the san jose suburb. Happy, happy daycare operates out of a home on fleetwood drive at clover hill drive. Three children were rushed to the hospital where two died. One survived and is said to be in a condition that is not life threatening. The pool is seen from sky seven, has a fence and a gate and a pool cover. The San Jose Police Department Homicide unit and the Santa Clara County das office are conducting a joint investigation into the circumstances around the drownings. Neighbors said the daycare operates from 8 a. M. To 5 p. M. And charges 2000 a month per child. This is a daycare with five children present. All five are accounted for just makes my heart and i feel bad for the families because we do. When i take her to school, we watch. We watch the families bring their kids and so we see their faces. Its a heartbreaking. An abc7 news is learning much more about the prior history of this Daycare Center and its past run ins with state inspectors. Abc7 News Reporter Lauren Martinez has that all new tonight on abc7 news at 11. Today the Us Coast Guard suspended its search for a swimmer reportedly attacked by a shark and pulled under in the waters off Point Reyes National seashore. The National Park service is still searching. The swimmer disappeared off Wildcat Beach along Point Reyes National seashore. Abc seven News Reporter luz pena went to the area and has the latest. The search continues for a swimmer who went missing sunday morning after witnesses say he was attacked by a shark at Point Reyes National seashore. We have personnel at Wildcat Beach looking for any sign of the missing individual. We do actually have jet skis from Golden Gate National Recreation Area coming over, as well as jet skis from Stinson Beach Fire Department. According to witnesses, the missing swimmer was with a group that was celebrating a wedding at the wildcat campsite at around 10 40 a. M. Sunday. The Us Coast Guard received an emergency report that Samantha Edell used her Satellite Phone to help the group call for help. They said it was a shark attack and said that i said, how how bad is it . He said that his friend was attacked and that didnt come out back out of the water and that and so i hit the sos on my satellite communicator and took the communicator down to the beach, which was right below us because we were on the edge of the bluff so that theyd be able to locate. The communicator to get to the area where the swimmer was last seen. Workers here confirmed he had to hike 6 to 7 miles to make it to that spot, an area that is uncommon to swim at the National Park service is categorizing this incident as an unconfirmed shark attack. But stated a strong population of white sharks in the area. Were hoping for the best possible outcome. Um, according to the California Department of fish and wildlife, there have been 210 shark attacks or incidents off the california coast since 1950. In point reyes, beekman says there havent been any fatalities in the last 20 years. Sometimes we get in our head and were like, oh, the water looks nice. Why not just jump in and cool off . Things can change. You never know whats out there. This morning, the Us Coast Guard ended their search by members of the National Park service are set to continue until at least tomorrow in marine county. Luis pena, abc seven news. Governor newsoms choice to finish the term of senator Dianne Feinstein will be sworn in to the us senate tomorrow. Laphonza butler is the governors choice to fill the seat. She will be sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris. Abcs evan News Reporter stephanie sierra has local reaction and more on butlers ties to california senator designate lafont. A butler making history across the us and in california this week, the 44 year old mississippi native is a well known consultant and trusted adviser to Vice President Kamala Harris, who is set to be sworn in as the first lesbian person of color to serve in the us senate. Well she checks all the boxes, at least from Gavin Newsoms perspective. She wanted an africanamerican woman. Thats what he got. Shes also a lesbian. Shes also very active in democratic politics, big with union politics. And she lives just outside washington, d. C. So she doesnt have to move. Despite butler having never served in Public Office on the local, state or federal level, governor gavin newsom told us today, its like shes the only choice. She was outstanding. Shes shes the best choice. She understands how systems work. She is deep understanding of the legislative process, deep understanding of executive process. Shes next level qualified. Butler was previously the president of emilys list, the nations largest resource for women in politics, where she campaigned to elect democratic prochoice women across the country before that, she was a regent for the university of california. The director of Public Policy and campaigns at airbnb and the president of the california seiu council, where she spent a decade of her career. And god, does she do a lot of things in that decade . Did she inspire a lot of us . Carmen roberts, the organization executive Vice President , says butler has been an advocate for low wage workers and women of color, adding one of her victories was leading the statewide minimum wage up to 15 per hour. You know, most of us were making 7 to 8 an hour and so that gave us something. Now were on our way to 20 an hour, and none of that would have happened without the tenacity and the work of laphonza butler. Newsom says he first met butler years ago and has since been impressed by her commitment to fighting for everything from civil rights to lgbtq, plus rights. Plus, shes young in some ways. Cant even make all of this up. If i had to literally design from the mind of imagination, put pen to paper, someone i would like, including time of life. Shes just 44 years old and shes going to be such an example for little black girls like my granddaughter who sees someone that looks like her in that position and knows that, you know, stephanie, anything is possible. This choice allowed newsom to follow through on two prior commitments appointing a woman of color at and didnt want to appoint someone who was in the race. I was clear about that. And concern that were so close to the election, just a matter of months. The decision followed mounting pressure from the Congressional Black Caucus thats been voicing support for congresswoman barbara lee. One of three candidates vying for the democratic nomination alongside representatives adam schiff and katie porter. It doesnt help anybody, but it hurts barbara lee the most, and that is barbara lee is already struggling to get off the polls and get money in there. What she would like is for our new senator to turn around and say, i support barbara lee. Well, that happened. Stay tuned. Laphonza butler is expected to be sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris tomorrow in the newsroom. Stephanie sierra, abc seven news. And plans are now set for senator feinsteins Funeral Service thursday. It will now be open to the public outside on the steps of San Francisco city hall starting at 1 p. M. If you are unable to attend, we will be streaming it on our abc7 news bay area app on wednesday. The senators body will lie in state at city hall with the public viewing from 9 a. M. To 7 p. M. A book of condolences is available to sign. Senator feinstein passed away of Natural Causes late last week. The titan of San Francisco and us politics was 90 years old. More than 75,000 Health Care Workers are threatening to strike wednesday morning in what could be the Largest Health care strike in us history. A coalition of kaiser permanente, unions is in a labor dispute with the health care provider. The unions representing nursing assistants, pharmacists and lab technicians, but not doctors and nurses. Theyre doing a three day walkout and is planned starting wednesday. If a new contract deal isnt reached. Kaiser permanente says bargaining is ongoing and its optimistic it can avoid a strike. In a statement, kaiser says, quote, this past week we reached tentative agreements in four key areas travel for continuing education, the use of temporary workers such as traveling nurses , tracking staffing vacancies and dispute resolution. Kaiser says hospitals and Emergency Department will remain open if there is a walkout. Still ahead, a lesson in preparedness as fleet week kicks off. A look ahead to some of this weeks events, including an exercise designed to keep you safe. Also, another billion dollar jackpot up for grabs tonight. The results of the latest powerball drawing. And an old nemesis becomes a new warrior. Cp three makes his golden state debut. Im meteorologist sandy patel. Mild today. Warm to hot weather is ahead. Ill have the forecast coming up when abc7 news at that help power williams racing. [engine revving] [engine revving] [crying] until you do. crying duracell is a proud partner of williams racing. [engine revving] Oakland Airport just before lunchtime ahead of the big airshow starting friday. Oakland is home base for the blues, while theyre in town. Sky seven caught them on the flight line and we cannot forget the marine corps c130, which also came in for landing earlier today in oakland. Fat albert, as its nicknamed, will take part in the air show survey. Flights begin later this week with the official air shows taking place friday, saturday and sunday. The return of fleet week is a huge relief with the week long event expected to bring in a lot of people and tourism dollars to the city. To kick things off, the city held an Emergency Preparedness drill today. Abc seven News Reporter lena howland gives us a look at their exercise fleet week is on after a Government Shutdown scare and its expected to bring up to a Million People to the bay area. Its a great opportunity for us to show them what were all about, bringing in upwards of 1000 Uniformed Service members like Melanie Ricardo from the navy stationed in san diego after serving for 12 years. This is her first San Francisco fleet week. Im absolutely so excited for the food. I hear that you guys have amazing seafood and clam chowder, so im just so excited to get out there and put on my uniform and eat some amazing food. But before the parade of ships air show live music and more, its business. First at the San Francisco department of Emergency Management is holding their annual Emergency Preparedness drill. A lot of people think fleet week is just the air show and ships, but this is a week where its just an Incredible Opportunity for First Responder guys to meet each other and to Work Together and to really learn from how were going to help one another after a big emergency. Tsay captain doug langenberg, Commanding Officer of the uss john murtha, says this exercise involves support across local, state and federal partners. All to test different methods of communication in the event of a major disaster. Were going to use the marine corps, the navy, coast guard, as well as your local Police Department and Fire Department are going to all Work Together in this exercise in case of a disaster response. We would be there ready to engage in, provide our support. The different agencies are testing communication on radios , Satellite Phones and whats called voice over ip phones. We like to have redundancy in all of our communications. As we know, after a major catastrophic earthquake in San Francisco, some of our cell towers might go down. And we need to be able to communicate with other forms of communication. So thats why were testing our radios. After todays training exercise, there is still so much more to look forward to this fleet week. Weve got the parade of ships happening on friday morning as well as the air show on friday, saturday and sunday, on top of opportunities for live music throughout the city this week in San Francisco, lena howland, abc seven news. And we have the full schedule of fleet week events up on our website from the bands to the blue angels. Check it out at abc7 news. Com and its never too early to talk about the weekend weather because we want to make sure its great for everything. Lets get to meteorologist sandhya patel. Sandhya and a fleet week festivities will be getting underway and the weather could not be better. So lets take a look as to what you can expect later on this week when the blue angels take to the skies friday. Warm and sunny, mid 80s in the morning. Its going to be in the 50 was great visibility on saturday. Plenty of sun, 79 degrees here in San Francisco. And for sundays air show, it will be cooler and there will be some fog, but hopefully they can maneuver around it. So heres whats going to bring us the warm weather. High pressure is starting to take control of our weather. That area of low pressure brought us the showers over the weekend. On saturday, as you know, mammoth reported snow. So pretty exciting stuff as we look at live doppler seven, though, you will notice some high clouds up above, some fog down below near the coast and around the bay. Now winds have been onshore so far, gusting to about 23 at sfo sustained 25 miles an hour in San Francisco. So lighter breeze inland at 18 miles an hour in fairfield, exploratorium cameras showing you a little bit of that fog over San Francisco as we look toward Salesforce Tower its comfortable mid 50s. Oakland, 58 degrees. Youre in the 60s from Mountain View to san jose, currently 59 in palo alto and 54 in half moon bay. As we look from our Oakland Airport camera visibility is okay from this Vantage Point mid 50s novato santa rosa, 61 right now in napa. Some of our milder spots in the upper 60s from fairfield to concord. Livermore, youre at 63 degrees. And from our Golden Gate Bridge camera, we are seeing a little bit of a murky view areas of fog overnight, sunny and warmer tomorrow. Warm to hot weather from wednesday through friday for the entire bay area and we are looking at heightened fire danger and the possibility of nearrecord temperatures. There are a couple of cities that will get close to records. Well see if they materialize tomorrow morning. Watch out. There will be fog not just near parts of the coastline, but around the bay shoreline as well as we head into the afternoon hours, we start to see some breaks in that fog layer and the sun starts to pop up. But we will still see some lingering fog near the coastline. And in the morning, you are going to be seeing the upper 40s to the low 60s in terms of temperatures, some of the cooler spots in the north bay santa rosa, 48 degrees, definitely one of those mornings where you will need that extra layer, just like this morning, tomorrow afternoon in the south bay, youre looking at temperatures in the low to upper 80s from san jose to gilroy, 83. In san jose, 80 degrees in sunnyvale on the peninsula. Its going to be a nice day. 78 in Mountain View. Warmer than today. 68 half moon bay. Downtown San Francisco, 73 degrees. A little bit of a breeze right near the coastline and in the north bay, youre looking at temperatures in the low to mid 80s from san rafael to santa rosa, 82 in vallejo, 80 in napa, heading into the east bay, 78 degrees in oakland, getting you up to 82 in castro valley, the sun shining. Its a warm day. I mean, you couldnt ask for better october weather, 86in concord, 88 degrees in fairfield, 87 in brentwood. Now on wednesday, were going to turn up the heat. Temperatures going up into the 90s as thursday, mid 90s. You will notice along the coastline, its pretty warm as well. On friday, we hold on to that hot weather. But one thing that we are concerned about is gusty offshore winds developing small window where we see that happen between late tuesday night and wednesday. You will notice the wind directions out of the northeast, calistoga, middletown, 25 to 27 miles an hour. Its a very drying wind. So that is whats bringing us the concern about fire danger. Just be vigilant, especially this time of year. Accuweather 70 forecast. Its a warming trend that gets underway and continues through much of the workweek. Were talking about mid 90s inland upper 70s to low 80s along the coastline. Thursday, friday the heat holds inland and then youll notice turning cooler the second half of your weekend going into columbus day. Its going to be a big change, cloudier and cooler may even have to introduce a few showers. Alma. All right. Thank you so much, sandhya. Bart has a new police chief and hes a familiar face. Interim chief Kevin Franklin will move into the position permanently. Franklin is a 27 year veteran of the department. He has served as interim chief since may. Since then, franklin says hes made safety for riders a priority. Commitment making sure that bart is safe for everyone is more than just a job. Its a vital task that i take extremely personally. I have deep roots in the bay area and with bart, i was born in oakland and grew up in the east bay. And whats more, my parents and family still ride bart regularly. Im confident in the direction were headed on rider safety, but i also know we have a lot more work ahead of us. Im up for that challenge, franklin says. Barts response to priority calls is now down to four minutes. Among the fastest in the bay area. Still ahead, the role Law Enforcement is playing in San Franciscos fentanyl crisis. And in this case, were not talking about the police. Why theyre finding it so difficult to convict drug dealers and whos ultimately responsible for allowing them to go back on the is it possible my network could take my business to the next level . It is with comcast business. Powering all your devices with gigspeed wifi. And you get fast downloads and uploads. Pick it up pick it up oh we got this because its powered by the next generation 10g network. More speed for your business . 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Here are your winning numbers. 12 to 26, 27 for 43, 47. Powerball is five today in San Francisco, abc seven news anchor dion lim cut the ribbon on the new Asian Art Museum terrace with mayor london breed. It was a Beautiful Day outside for the unveiling of the citys largest outdoor rooftop art experience since the east west bank. Art terrace is now open to the public. Dion was the emcee. City officials and the banks ceo were there for the debut, welcoming guests for the first time. The space features contemporary art from emerging and world renowned artists. The warriors are about a month away from the start of their season. Today, the public got a first look at this years team, and that includes the arrival of former rival chris paul. The warriors traded for the future hall of famer in the off season after battles with him while he was with the clippers rockets and suns. Everyones getting used to cp3 and blue and gold. Its been going really well. First time i actually put the uniform on was for my new state farm commercials. I took a picture of my locker in the uniform and the jersey and i put it in my family group chat and they was like, oh, thats thats going to take some getting used to. So its definitely been a process. But, but the coolest part about it has been hooping. Real quick, what do you think of him in that uniform . It looks good. Yeah, it looks good. I like it. As opposed to the opposite person for sure. Chris has been an all way of winning for so many years. And now to be on the same team with him, its just a huge honor for myself. I think hes going to help us so much, especially from a leadership standpoint. Cp being on this team is, you know, hell take it to another level. You know, hes one of the best point guards to, you know, to ever do it. Any time you get to learn from a guy like chris paul, youre lucky. You know . And so for me, im looking forward to the opportunity. When you talk about mastering the point guard position, he mastered that position. Hes one of the most incredible playmakers weve seen in this league. Well, Training Camp begins tomorrow for the warriors first preseason game is this saturday against the lakers at chase. Since the 49 ers moved to levis stadium. An Economic Impact report shows the fortyniners has moved to that stadium, has generated 2 million to the local community. Team president al guido joined us for our 3 p. M. Show getting answers and talked about whats made that possible and whats to come. Its amazing to sit here today, almost ten years or ten years since the day that we opened levis stadium, and to think that we generated 2 billion of Economic Impact for this region, over 12,000 people, or nearly 12,000 people that it impacted directly in jobs related to working on the stadium and that would not happen without our Community Partners here in santa clara and san jose. San francisco and oakland. As it relates to super bowl 50 and the other events weve put on, weve hosted probably the most events of any other open air stadium since we really been here at levis, and thats given two years of a global pandemic. And so, look, the first ten years have been phenomenal on and off the field. I know were excited about the current team on the field right now and on the business side, were also really getting ready to ramp up for super bowl 60 and the world cup in 2026 on top of all the revenue from sporting even on track to pay off stadium related debt obligations decades ahead of schedule. Well, we do have some sad news to report about a former 40 niners super bowl champion, russ francis has died. He was one of two People Killed in a plane crash yesterday. Francis and his friend who was Vice President of the aircraft owners and Pilots Association crashed shortly after takeoff from an airport in lake placid, new york. 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And the jury was not persuaded by his story. And did find him guilty. 20 year old Eduardo Rosales silva had been arrested in may 2022 for possession to sell cocaine, fentanyl and meth, but was released by a judge. Less than a month later. He was arrested a second time for selling drugs and again was released by the court. He was finally kept in jail after the fourth arrest. He will be sentenced on october 6th. According to jenkins, so far this year, there were 511 individuals with open bench warrants who failed to appear in court after they were released by the judge. We wanted to get some context and asked if this kind of leniency is followed in other bay area counties. I mean, if somebody has no record whatsoever and theyve got a stable address in the like most of the time, they may not be kept in custody, but if theres a second time, not 3 or 4. A second time, theyre going to occupy the San Mateo County jail. But before San Franciscos da was able to convict rosales, silva, three similar drug dealing cases resulted in a hung jury. It may not come as a surprise that San Francisco jurors tend to be more liberal and sympathy stick. In a recent newspaper, editors article, someone who served on a jury explained why they decided to vote to acquit a drug dealer from honduras. Quote, i believe the evidence showedhat the accused, who ill call esteban to protect his identity was coerced into selling drugs against his will. I hope that he will now have the opportunity to rebuild his life and separate himself from the coercion and violence that have gotten him here. A few months ago, i went to the tenderloin to ask those who werent using drugs in spanish if it was true that some drug dealers were being coerced and threatened and they chose not to answer. Last may, a survey of 500 potential San Francisco voters conducted by emc Research Found that 70 of them said sanctuary city policies should not be extend to those undocumented people selling drugs. Supervisor Hillary Ronen i think that this is a distraction. I dont think that low level drug dealers from central, its from from honduras are the real cause of this drug crisis. Instead, ronen blamed the makers of oxycontin for the current Opioid Crisis in San Francisco. But shouldnt we do something about it now, though . Shouldnt we do something about that now . 100 . And that combined with poverty is what led to the crisis in the streets today. Not immigrants. Still, even the former speaker of the house had to concede that one way out of this crisis was to bring in the Drug Enforcement administration. The dea. Nancy pelosi writing to attorney general merrick garland. Eople are dying from fentanyl and violence. We hope to hear soon about a designation of operation overdrive for San Francisco to combat the cartels. Weve got critics who are handwringers and navel gazers and defenders of the status quo without even having the courage to admit that theyre defending the status quo. We need to try new approaches. So we turn to sacramento to see if the state is taking harsher action and found that lawmakers there are still taking a lukewarm approach to the fentanyl crisis. For example, three bills introduced in the California Legislature did not advance. Ab 367 to add sentencing enhancement for those who serious injure or kill through fentanyl poisoning. Rejected ab 955 to increase penalties for dealers who sell fentanyl over social media rejected ab 1058 to increase penalties for those possessing a large amount of fentanyl. Also rejected. Prosecutors worry what will happen if courts arent given the tools to convict drug dealers. In the 1980s and 90s the crack cocaine epidemic led to harsh sentences mainly against african americans. But in 2014, when california voters passed proposition 47, making simple drug possession for first time users a misdemeanor rather than a felony, that eliminated jail sentences and made offenders eligible for Drug Diversion programs. They have adopted an approach that no to do that will shove us back into the 1990s. That is their attitude, that attitude to me is a sorely mistaken attitude that is costing human lives. But theres a difference here. According to the cdc, more than 150 people die every day in this country from overdoses related to fentanyl with crack cocaine in the 80s and 90s. The causes of death among those who used or sold it were homicides and aids. In the newsroom, leanne melendez, abc seven news, the care act begins today in california. Its a program meant to get more people with Severe Mental Health disorders into treatment , even if the person doesnt want the assistance. Ace San Francisco will be one of the first seven counties in california to implement the new program. Its the only bay area county taking part at this time. The idea is to have the court step in for people with untreated Mental Illness to try to get them stable housing and other services. Thousands of people on the citys streets may qualify, but people dont have to be unhoused to qualify. Its been a Controversial Program because judges have the last say in ordering a treatment plan and bail was denied. Again today for the man accused of killing tech executive bob lee. A judge heard arguments from nima. Mommys new defense team, but ultimately denied bail. Momeni is accused of stabbing the cash app founder in april in San Francisco. Bail for momeni was previously denied when he had a different attorney. Today, prosecutors said nothing had changed since then other than them getting access to mommys cell phone, which showed Text Messages from his own family, calling him a, quote, lunatic and psychotic. Balwanis attorney reacted to the judges decision. Im disappointed in the courts ruling. I think that there are conditions that the court could have set. I dont think that this is a guaranteed no bond situation. And we believe that we made the right arguments. But we you know, we respect the judges decision because thats what we have to do. He says his client is ready for the trial to begin and get his day in court. Former President Donald Trump was back in a courtroom in new york today, this time in a civil fraud case brought by new York Attorney general Letitia James. She accuses trump and his eldest sons of lying about the net worth of their assets. Abc News Reporter reena roy has the latest. Former President Trump inside a new york city courthouse slamming new York Attorney general Letitia James whose charges brought him there. Its a disgrace. Theyre trying to damage me so that i dont do as well as im doing in the election. But james says this civil fraud case, more than four years in the making, is about holding the Trump Organization. The former president and his eldest sons accountable, accusing them of inflating their net worth by as much as 2. 2 billion. No matter how powerful you are, no matter how much money you think you may have, no one is above the law. She was met with cheers and applause as she entered the courthouse where Opening Statements began. In the first day of the trial, trump at some point slumped in his chair, arms crossed, shaking his head as he listened to prosecutors lay out their case. The state alleging the defendants were lying year after year and that they knew a High Net Worth was necessary to get and maintain certain financial benefits. Trumps legal team firing back, saying the attorney general has no case and that trump has not committed any fraud when Many Properties which ive sold are worth much more than were listed in the financial statement. Its by double and triple what do you have to do . And were wasting our time on this trial. His lead attorney saying theyll prove that there are many ways to value assets and that trump has made billions of dollars building one of the most successful real estate empires in the world. But the judge has already determined that the Trump Organization had committed fraud for years over inflating the value of its assets. This trial will only determine how much the company will pay in damages and penalties. The state has asked for at least 250 million. Trump could lose control of some of his most prized assets in new york, including trump tower, and also be banned from conducting business in the state. Both sides plan to call witnesses to testify. The state says it plans to call donald trump himself to take the stand as its final witness. Reena roy, abc news, new york. A lot more to come. Another financial squeeze for millions of americans. Student loan repayments back on again. The biden administrations plan to bring some relief and negotiations resume between the studios and the writers guild. This time pay and performance are not the sticking you got two jacks. And then my grand slam. I signed a ball for you. Okay. And it says papa i love you. Why did you do that . Because youve taught me everything about baseball. Oh hunny bunny, thats so sweet. Every day, businesses everywhere are asking is it possible . With comcast business. It is. Is it possible to help keep our Online Platform safe from cyberthreats . Absolutely. Can we provide health care virtually anywhere . We can help with that. Is it possible to use predictive monitoring to address operations issues . We can help with that, too. 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Well, he doesnt have my support anymore, and he doesnt have the support of a requisite number of republicans to continue as the republican speaker. Now, we may continue as the House Speaker and he may continue as the speaker of the democrats house in some sort of uni party coalition. But he is not going to be a speaker in power as a consequence of republican votes. Were going to be with you. Now, there hasnt been a consistent republican name mentioned as a possible replacement to Speaker Mccarthy. In a post on ex tonight. Hes responding with three words. As you see here. Bring it on. Student loan payments are now officially due once again after being paused for three years during the pandemic. Nearly 28 million americans will have to start repaying their loans. Now, earlier this year, the Supreme Court blocked president bidens attempt to clear 20,000 in student loans. His administration recently launched a smaller plan called save, which orders the Education Department to give a one year grace period to borrowers who miss payments. Some borrowers say it will be hard, adding an extra bill into their budget. Its just a tightening of the belt across class, across all areas. You need to live in a house. You need to pay groceries , you need to eat, and then from there on, you kind of have to figure out where to skimp and save the Federal Reserve estimates average repayments will range between 2 to 300. Negotiations to end the hollywood actors strike resumed this week. Now, one of the biggest sticking points isnt about pay or performance, but Rather Technology and artificial intelligence. Since Carlos Granda from our sister station in los angeles has the latest on negotiations, we didnt know they were messing with us. Yeah, we showed up and theyre like, oh, its twins day. Youre not seeing double. It was twins day for striking sagaftra workers. And after the rider settled, they now hope there will soon be two contracts as well. The fact that the writers have a deal now and its secure , it brings a lot of hope to the line. So the energy out here is really good. The writers returned to work last week and some shows are coming back, including the late night talk shows. Sagaftra is back at the table today with the alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers for the First Time Since they joined writers on strike on july 14th. The fact that four of hollywoods top leaders are sitting back down with the sag after negotiate ing Committee Really bodes positively for these negotiations. We saw that, of course, with the wga just a couple of weeks ago. Im glad that were finally getting back to the table. I think its about time. Im glad that our negotiating committee is really putting up a fight with the amptp. The negotiations for actors involve streaming residuals similar to the writers, but there are some unique issues such as i. This is about technology. This is an entire new world. They want to replace people with. I mean, entirely replace them that will never fly. Eventually theyre going to have to drop the idea of scan you once use you forever. Of course, sagaftra leadership was looking at what the wga was able to negotiate and figuring out what fits into what were looking for and what we need to address separately. It took five days after writers and studios resumed talks to reach a deal and people here are hoping it could be just as fast. Now, im hoping that today everyone is sitting down and well get this solved and get a fair deal and get back to work. Thats what we all want. You know, Carlos Granda, abc seven news. Now, the actors strike continues, but guess what . The Writers Strike is now over and that that clears the way for tonights return of Jimmy Kimmel Live. You can catch an all new episode right here on abc seven. Tonights guests include arnold schwarzenegger. Again, that is an all new Jimmy Kimmel Live tonight right after abc seven news at 11. Still ahead tonight, a senior who hasnt lost her zest for life. The recent stunt that landed her in the re that help power williams racing. [engine revving] [engine revving] [crying] until you do. crying duracell is a proud partner of williams racing. [engine revving] looking at the jump for the record books at 104 years old, Dorothy Hoffner is hoping to be named the oldest person ever to skydive. She took the leap over ottawa, illinois, this weekend. The company is working with Guinness World records to certify that jump. Dorothy also skydive at age 100. Good for her. Gosh. And it was a perfect day out there. Not bad here either. No brave woman, alma, know was going to say at that age. I know. Good for her. Yeah, absolutely. It was a gorgeous day today here in the bay area. Just the start of what were going to see. Were going to warm it up this entire week for the workweek. So get ready for october heat. I do want to show you what it looks like right now from San Francisco. This is sutro tower looking at downtown town. And you can see the real shallow marine layer thats out there. Its not really going to go far because it is so shallow and its going to continue to get compressed as High Pressure builds. So it will become almost nonexistent as we head towards the middle of the workweek. Areas of fog overnight. Sunny and warmer tomorrow. Warm to hot weather wednesday through friday. And we are looking at heightened fire danger. And near record temperatures ahead. So lets look at the temperature trend for livermore. The average high is 82 degrees for your tuesday. Were going to be up into the 86 degree range. Those temperatures are just going to continue to climb into the mid 90s as we head towards the end of the workweek. And into the weekend. And then the temperatures will really drop off sunday and columbus day. Lets take a look at live doppler seven right now. We do have some higher clouds passing through and some patchy fog right along the coastline. That fog is around the bay as well. And as we look at the Bigger Picture here, do you remember those showers that came through . Thats the system that brought us the showers on saturday, brought snow to mammoth. High pressure is now taking control of the weather. And as it gets closer and closer to us, were going to see the offshore winds picking up. And were going to notice that the temperatures really rise and youre going to feel it by the time the end of the workweek arrives and as we head towards the fleet week forecast, you can see warm and sunny on friday in the mid 80s getting up to about 79 on saturday. So the heat backs off just a little bit in the city. Great visibility for the air show, though, by sunday. We are talking about some fog and cooler weather as we look at the fog from our mount tam cam. Look at how gorgeous that is right now and look at the temperatures mid to upper 50s from San Francisco to oakland, 63 in Mountain View, san jose, youre at a comfortable 65 degrees. Heres a live view from our emeryville camera and really visibility looks okay. This is 80 here and heres a look at your temperatures. Novato 54, santa rosa, 55. Youre in the 60s from napa to upper 60s. Fairfield concord, 63 and livermore and a live view from santa cruz camera right now all is calm air quality is going to be good to moderate tomorrow. Notice as the heat builds, more areas go into the moderate category on wednesday and thursday and friday, all areas will be in the moderate category as High Pressure puts a lid on the atmosphere and doesnt allow the atmosphere to mix out. So were going to see the air quality starting to decline, but still safe to be outside as of right now. So tomorrow morning, some fog around the coast in the bay tomorrow afternoon, an we start to see some of that fog pulling away. But there will be some that will linger along the coast. So its not going to be a hot day tomorrow, thats for sure. Temperatures in the 40s and 50s for most of you, 60 in antioch tomorrow morning. I would grab that extra layer tomorrow afternoon. I think its going to be nice enough that you can get away with short sleeve weather in the inland areas in the mid 80s to upper 80s. Fairfield, 88 degrees, 83 in san jose, 78. In oakland, 73. In the city 68. Half moon bay 83. San rafael up to 85 degrees in santa rosa. There will be plenty of sun for your tuesday, but we are watching is offshore winds developing late tuesday night going into wednesday. Notice the direction out of the northeast. Its a very drying wind down sloping wind, 25 to 27 miles an hour. That is what is concerning as it will be a couple of days past when you got some wet weather over the weekend. So fuels get dried out and the fire danger, as you will notice, starts to increase as we go into midnight wednesday. It goes into the high category for parts of the north bay. Heres a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. Were going to turn up the heat the next several days mid 90s for thursday through saturday inland. Its going to feel like summer upper 70s to low 80s coast side temperatures start to back off around the coast and the bay as we head into the second half of your weekend and into columbus day. Alma. All right. Thank you, sandhya. According to a new study, california fans arent leaving anytime soon. Despite the complaints you might hear. A recent study from the Federal Reserve of dallas ranked california as the fourth stickiest state in the country. Stickiness is a measure of how many people born in a state still live there. Us census data from 2021 shows 73 of people born in california still live here in case you were wondering, the stickiest state is texas. The least sticky state. Wyoming, only 45 of wyoming natives still live there. Well, its estimated more than 79 Million People worldwide live with a stutter. Ive met people who are like , yeah, i got up on stage and did poetry, or ive got up on stage and i did comedy because i saw you and ive just talked to tons of people who stutter, who have never seen a person stutter so openly. Nina g is part of a small but mighty group of people in the bay area who aim to create a more welcoming world for those who stutter by spreading awareness and acceptance of the speech disorder. Learn more by watching our abc7 originals documentary more than my stutter is available on abc7 news. Com and wherever you stream. Abc7 news. Up next. Wheres dan ashley tonight . He stepped away from the desk this evening to take part in a very heartwarming cause that is near and dear to him. Well explain on everything with just one card. Chase freedom unlimited. So, if youre off the racking. 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Its a chance to go bond with counselors from around the world, see kids from other parts of the country and just do all of the fun summer camp activities that every kid should get the chance to do at least once in their lives. They they get to be kids. If youd like to help dan give kids a summer camp experience, just go to friends of camp. Org for more information on. All right. Remember that abc seven news is streaming 24 over seven. Get the abc abc7 bay area app so you can join us whenever you want. Wherever you are. That is going to do it for this edition of abc seven news. We thank you so much for joining us. Im ahmad daetz for sandhya patel and all of us thank you for spending a little bit of time with this is abc 724 live in San Francisco, live in the south bay in san jose in concord. Live in oakland. Yes youre watching abc seven news live. Many time anywhere we are. We are. We are. We are. We are. We are where you are. Never miss a moment of the news that matters to you. 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