Prescriptions, rite aid is filing for bankruptcy. What it could mean for you. Good morning. And its monday, october 16th. Im going to start the check of our forecast with drew. Hey, good morning. So we do have some areas of dense fog to start out the day well get that fog lifting over the next couple of hours. But the north bay is the impact area. Were watching from santa rosa to petaluma, were down to half a mile visibility right now. Temperatures also chilly along the coast. And in the north bay, were at 46 and half moon bay, 50in napa, 48in novato. Good morning, San Francisco. Were waking up to 54, 55. Is that current temperature in hayward. So future weather we have that fog early on. Well start to see high clouds stream in another cold front is approaching the region. It wont bring any rain fall, but what it will do, itll turn our skies partly sunny as the day goes on. And today is a cooler afternoon compared to yesterday. So increasing clouds throughout the day. Temperatures mainly in the 60s and in the 70s for your daytime highs. That is your forecast. Lets see how were doing with traffic on this monday. Good morning, gloria. Good morning, drew. Were still following the signaler on the richmondsan rafael bridge. And you could see a live look right now on the bridge. The right three lanes are still blocked this morning. And youll remember we were covering this deadly crash last week and thats why the lanes are still blocked. Theyre expected to reopen in on thursday and lets get a look at your drive times for this morning. Right now, a slowdown on westbound 580 from tracy to dublin. It will take you 36 minutes. Developing news in the war between israel and hamas. A new agreement is allowing civilians to escape through gazas southern border today as israel prepares to escalate the fighting on the ground. And abc News Reporter justin finch has new reaction from President Biden and the new action from the us military to try and stop the fighting overnight in gaza, more explosions as Israeli Defense forces burnishing airstrikes around the clock, targeting the Islamist Militant Group hamas. We will strike hamas from the top through its institutions all the way down to the individuals that conducted the butchery of our babies on the ground. The Israeli Military calling up some 360,000 reservists with a ground incursion into gaza, appearing imminent inside the palestinian territory hospitals are struggling to wait. The injured access to food, water and electricity cut off for days. Things are getting worse day by day, minute by minute. Actually, the idf now ordering more than 1 Million People to evacuate northern gaza, where hamas. S Tunnel Network allows them to hide out, hold hostages and smuggle weapons. President biden on 60 minutes calling hamas cowards and defending israels response. Israel is going after a group of people who engage in barbarism. That is as consequential as the holocaust. But biden also cautioning israel against occupying gaza, which hamas has led since 2007. The us now dispatching a second us Aircraft Carrier to the region in an effort to contain the conflict. But meantime, americans rushing to escape the war zone. We definitely feared for our lives, for our children. We had to hold them quiet. The Us State Department is racing to charter four flights a day from israel in hopes of evacuating 800 us citizens daily. The state Department Also expecting americans will be among those evacuating gaza via the rafah crossing into egypt. Its only set to open for a limited time thanks to a deal brokered between the un, egypt, israel and the us. Justin finch, abc news, washington. On the war in the middle east is leading to tension here at home, including a disturbing murder case in illinois. And gloria, boy and his mom were allegedly targeted by their landlord because of their religion. Thats right, kumasi and there is so much outrage this morning after the stabbing death of a six year old boy and the wounding of his mother. It happened saturday in plainfield. Thats a town just 40 miles southwest of chicago. The local Sheriffs Office says the familys 71 year old landlord is the suspect, but hes been arrested and faces murder, attempted murder and hate crime charges for the attack. Investigators say that the familys muslim faith was the motive for the attack. She said he knocked on the door and that he attempted to choke her and said, you muslims must die. She ran into the bathroom and called 911. And by the time she came out, he had located and murdered her child, six year old wadiya. President joe biden responded to the incident yesterday day, calling the stabbing horrific. The boys mother is listed in serious condition at a local hospital. She is expected to survive. Kumasi thats terrible. Here in the bay area, it has been a weekend defined by passionate rallies, protests and actions. In response to the war, we saw a propane estinien rally in san jose, a small group in the Hindu Community showing support in israel for israel. In fremont and hundreds of people turned out for a second straight day in San Francisco, while stanford has seen a divided campus all week long, we are continuing to keep you updated on whats going on in israel, gaza and here in the bay area. You can find the latest updates any time by going to abc7 news. Com, you can download the abc7 bay area app to get breaking news alerts and live stream updates. It was once the largest drugstore chain in america and this morning rite aid has officially filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy as it faces mounting debt and lawsuits over its role in the opioid crisis. Abc7 News Reporter lena howland is in walnut creek with a look at the restructuring plan. And lena, that means that more stores will be closing. Yeah. Reggie thats right. And if you go to a neighborhood rite aid today, it should be business as usual. While the company says it is, however, planning to close some of their under performing stores as part of this bankruptcy process, but they have not announced which stores will close just yet. Now, rite aid has more than 2100 pharmacies in 17 states. With the bankruptcy filing last night, the company says it was able to secure 3. 45 billion in new financing from lenders. That money should help it pay employee salaries and carry out its restructuring plan. This all comes after rite aid warned investors in its most recent Financial Report that it expects to lose. Between 650 and 680 million in this fiscal year, which ends in february. Rite aid has faced slowing sales increase competition and recently settled lawsuits for its role in the opioid crisis. Agreeing to pay 30 million as part of the bankruptcy process, the company says it would accelerate the pace of store closures and sell off some of its businesses, including prescription benefit provider Elixir Solutions in a statement, rite aid said the company is making every effort to ensure customers of impacted stores have access to health services, whether at another rite aid or a nearby pharmacy and will work to transfer prescriptions accordingly so that there is no disruption of services as now as part of the plan rite aid also named a new ceo, jeff stein, to serve as head of restructuring. Stein says the Company Plans to remain in business and rite aid says that the company will also be transferring any store associates to other locations where possible. For now, reporting live in walnut creek, lena howland, abc seven news. All right, thank you, lena. Today a piece of bay area coffee history is closing its doors for good. The original philz coffee location in the mission is serving as last cup of joe. The company says it made that difficult decision to not renew its lease after opening there in 2003. Current employees were offered positions at other locations in San Francisco. The company says the mission will always hold a special place in its heart. Qualcomm is the latest tech company laying off workers, according to the chronicle, more than 1200 employees are going to be laid off across california, nearly 200 of those jobs are right here in the bay area for now. This is to start on december 13th. Governor newsom has signed a law to slowly raise the minimum wage for Health Care Workers across the state to 25 per hour over the next decade. It includes support staff like medical techs, nursing assistants and custodians. Is now just days ago, unions representing 85,000 kaiser workers announced a deal to set their minimum hourly wages at 25 for kaiser workers in california. The ratification process for that is scheduled to begin this week. Today is the deadline for your 2022 tax returns to be filed here in california, the traditional midapril deadline got extended until today because of this this years winter. Severe storms. If you dont file by today, the irs can hit you with a late filing penalty. It starts at 5 of the amount due. And the longer you wait, the more you will pay. Time now for doing 510 this morning. Here is live doppler seven along with satellite. And we are tracking another cold front moving into the pacific northwest. This morning. You could see some showers on radar. Well see an increase in cloud cover as the day goes on. As this front gets closer, well find our skies turning partly sunny throughout the day. Itll turn briefly cooler this afternoon compared to yesterday. And there is the chance of an isolated sprinkle mainly around ukiah and points to the north for the majority of the region, its just a day of increasing cloud cover. Look at these rainfall estimates and then again, you could see ukiah and clear lake. Thats the best area of finding a sprinkle throughout the afternoon. Everywhere else you can see the numbers zero on the rainfall estimate map, meaning well just stay dry with those increasing clouds. Heres how your day shapes up. Sons up here at 718, in about two hours, clouds just thicken throughout the day. Its partly sunny and today is briefly cooler compared to yesterday. Most of us just in the 60s and mid 70s for daytime highs. Looking at the three day forecast, this cooldown is short lived because warmer weather is going to move in here and by wednesday day, most of us in the 80s and 90s away from the coast and thursday is even hotter than that. Well preview those temperatures, reggie, coming up in about nine minutes. Drew, thank you. Suing social media. Coming up, the lawsuit being brought against platforms like facebook, instagram and tiktok by some of its youngest users. And social media will soon be on the report card. The subject now being added to californias core curricula. And no photoshop, no camera tricks here. But what is happening ing this this optical illusion is really taking over social media. Well explain the phenomenon. And at 511, a live look outside at the Golden Gate Bridge. Looks like its a little difficult to see time to win is running out in our prize packed kick off the savings Monopoly Game hurry in to play for your chance at over 25 million in prizes and money saving offers like this, and this, or even this. Plus, you still have a shot at up to 100,000 in guaranteed prize money. Stop in while you can still win and shop your Favorite Brands sporting the kick off the savings monopoly tag for unlimited bonus game tickets at lucky with Chevy Silverado and silverado hd, you can take on the mountains. Or you can move them. With the power of up to 36,000 pounds of max available towing. 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Shes only had it for four months, and she says it does hold special significance. Izzy sandoval is transgender. She recently transitioned. She says the truck is a symbol for how far shes come. If you could tell the person or persons who took your van, anything or you could speak to them, what would you say to them . Give it back to me. Ill cook for you for the rest of my life. Please give it back to me because its not just a truck. Its you know, are my dreams, my hopes, my happiness. Anya says her insurance will not cover the theft and estimates the loss is at 45,000. Shes hopeful that someone will come forward if they know where that truck is. A new phase in the effort to recall Alameda CountyDistrict Attorney pamela price is now underway. The group safe or save alameda for everyone, started collecting signatures for the recall over the weekend. They say prices failed to responsibly prosecute criminals. Brenda grisham, who lost her son to gun violence, says the county needs to do more to keep the community safe. The focus of the Das Department is not to just set aside the families that have lost their loved ones. You have to work with these families in order to make a difference and to help other families. Theyre not going to court and letting due process have its way. Were there stepping in and doing plea deals and not, you know, informing the parents of whats going on. And thats unfair. Safe has until march 5th to get more than 70,000 signatures to get the recall on the ballot next year. We asked price about the recall effort last week. She says she was elected by the people of Alameda County and is doing what she was elected to do. A los angeles judge has ruled a group of young people who claim theyve been harmed by social media can sue. Facebook, tiktok and other companies. According to the chronicle, the minors and their parents claim the companys a new. The design of their platforms would maximize use by kids and prove harmful. And they didnt do enough to protect them. Google denied the accusation, saying in a statement to the chronicle, quote, protecting kids across our platforms has always been core to our work. Media literacy classes are now law in california. Its a trend, a growing number of states are joining. Abc7 News ReporterTara Campbell shares why this added subject couldnt be more important. From deep fakes to false stories, california students will soon be getting a lesson in navigating news. Governor newsom signing a bill into law saturday mandate saying Media Literacy be taught in k through 12 classrooms as use of the internet grows and as technologies like ai become more sophisticated, ad and misinformation becomes more complicated. We think its important that californias young people are taught Media Literacy standards. The move comes as a growing number of young people are turning to social media to stay informed. A recent survey from common sense and surveymonkey showing 55 of teenagers are getting their news from social media. At least three times a week. And according to a 2020 survey from the pew research center, the majority of teens today use youtube and tiktok every day. And some report using these sites almost constantly. Its pretty important that people are able to filter through media and discern what might be factual information, what might be a subjective perspective, or what might be outright, outright false. And Assembly Member marc berman agrees. He authored the bill january 6th and the attack on the capitol of the United States is a perfect example of that. Where the big lie lies about the accuracy of our elections spread like wildfire on social media, and people believed it. A recent stanford study showing more than 80 of middle School Students couldnt discern between a sponsored advertis moment and a news story. We think its important that californias youth are taught all these skills so that theyre able to effectively engage in civil society. Tara campbell, abc7 news. Now here is a video that would be hard for anybody to figure out what was going on. This is plane traveling into San Francisco is seemingly defying the laws of physics. It appears to just be sitting still in the air. Its gone viral. It was taken by a man from the window of a nearby plane. The video is actually an optical illusion. Its called the parallax effect. Its a type of visual illusion in which the position of a moving object appears to freeze due to the position of the observer. People were really losing their minds over this over the weekend. Think this is hanging out levitation. Friday, the 13th day monday. Was it because it does look really cool . Yeah i get a window seat every time at sfo. You dont know what you might see. Yeah. We were just talking the other day about ufos. Any excuse to see a ufo, right. I know. Its cool. Yeah. You know what . I didnt see the eclipse. No, i told you i thought about you because drew said, look out the window. Close the door. Close the window. And thats what i did. I looked at, i was like, im not seeing it. And i close the window. We know what . Aprils your time. Its my time. It is your time. April. Next year, we have a total eclipse. Okay. Go travel. Okay texas has texas as youre calling. Okay. Outside this morning, its foggy once again. We do have a dense fog advisory in effect for the north bay from santa rosa to petaluma to novato. You can clearly see that visible quality is reduced down to a quarter of a mile in spots. And this fog is likely going to linger until about 10 a. M. This morning. Just be aware of that. If you are traveling in the north bay, a cold front is approaching Northern California. Itll bring increasing cloud cover throughout the day. A brief cool down and the chance of an isolated sprinkle likely around cloverdale and ukiah. Elsewhere we do remain dry. The forecast headlines, it is partly sunny today. Its just briefly cooler this afternoon. An isolated sprinkle is possible in the north bay and again, i think its around cloverdale, ukiah, thats the best bet. And then well find much warmer weather moving in here wednesday and thursday. Ill show you those numbers in one second. Heres future weather, though. Skies turn partly sunny as the morning goes on. Theres the front and theres that best chance of that line of moisture from cloverdale, cloverdale, ukiah points to the north outside of that, we do remain dry. And the cloud cover is going to stick around really for the next 24 hours, partly sunny skies today, a cooler afternoon into the 60s and 70s. We go overnight tonight, a blend of stars and clouds and numbers mainly in the 50s feature tracker temperatures. Look at wednesday. It gets warmer around here. Widespread 80s and low 90s thursday looks to be the warmest day this week. Likely going back into the 80s in the city 90s in many cities away from the coast. So a brief warm spell is on the way. Heres the accuweather seven day forecast, a brief cooldown, partly sunny today. Then a warming trend takes over with mild to hot temperatures on thursday. We are going to quickly cool off and for the upcoming weekend well find those temperatures back below average for this time of the year. Gloria, good morning, drew. Now it is a little foggy out there this morning in some areas. So keep that in mind when youre driving today. I know i experienced some fog during my drive. This is a live look outside right now on our Golden Gate Bridge camera. And the chp has issued a fog advisory for the Golden Gate Bridge. But the good news is right now, traffic is light. And lets get a look at your mass transit for this morning. Right now, everything is running on time, guys. Thanks, gloria. Coming up, the seven things to know this morning. 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Israels preparing a ground incursion into gaza any time now. A new agreement will allow civilians to escape through gazas southern border border today. Number two, rite aid is set to close more of its 2100 stores after the pharmacy chain filed for bankruptcy yesterday. Its dealing with slowing sales and mounting debt and lawsuits connected to the opioid crisis. Number three, today is the last day for the original philz coffee location in San Franciscos mission district. The store has been open since 2003, but the company has decided not to renew its lease. Number four, House Republicans are expected to try again tomorrow to elect a new house speaker. Congressman jim jordan spent the weekend trying to persuade holdouts to vote for him, but its still unclear if he has enough votes to get that job. And number five, expect partly sunny skies today. Its briefly cooler as a cold front approaches the region. Well find those increasing clouds throughout the morning and those temperatures later today, a bit below average into the 60s and mid 70s. By 4 p. M. And number six right now, no blocking or slowing issues to report on our roads. This is a live look on our highway 80 camera. This is an emeryville and on westbound 80 from highway four to the toll plaza, it will take you 22 minutes. Right now. Number seven, actress and businesswoman Suzanne Somers has died. The san bruno native died at her home yesterday after a long battle with cancer. She was 76 years old. If youre still searching for a Pumpkin Patch to visit this season, maybe try one with dinosaurs. This is a spinner farms Pumpkin Patch in morgan hill. Its just south of san jose. The family who took this video says that they were surprised to see that there were gigantic dinosaurs all around the farm. Whats going on . Did you see that this child on the back of a dinosaur lifting its head up and down . Oh, thats fun. Okay so the Pumpkin Patch has a wide range of activities. You know, the usual stuff. Hay rides, a corn maze, train rides. But there it is. Thats cute. But then also dinosaurs for unexplained reasons. Yes, but doesnt that make it fun . More fun . Sure i have no idea what that has to do with pumpkins, but go for it. Not a thing. Dinosaurs. Dinosaurs come up at 530. The surprise trailer that dropped in theaters over the weekend. First, though, we are continuing our coverage of the war in israel, sparking protests across the country, including here in the bay area. And a live look outside at 527. Well there it is. That feeling you get. When you can du more with less asthma. It starts with dupixent. Dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. Its an addon treatment for specific types of moderatetosevere asthma. And can help improve lung function for better breathing in as little as two weeks. Dupixent helps prevent asthma attacks. And can even reduce or eliminate oral steroids. 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Dozens of House Republicans now refusing to back ohio representative jim jordan to thousand Rite Aid Stores now on the chopping block as the pharmacy chain navigates its way through chapter 11 bankruptcy. And what weve learned about the companys plans overnight. Good morning, everybody. Its monday, october 16th. We start with weather. Hi, drew. Hey, good morning. We begin today with a dense fog advisory in effect for the valleys of the north bay. This lingering until 10 a. M. All areas shaded in gray. You could see why, because spots like petaluma were down to a quarter of a mile visibility. So there are some thick fog to be found this morning outside of the north bay and along the coast. We are doing quite well when it comes to our visibility. That ten is as good as it gets this morning. Future weather showing you its a day featuring increasing clouds, partly sunny skies as a cold front approaches the region. And as it does, it will bring about a briefly cooler afternoon today compared to yesterday. So expect partly sunny conditions later on today. Temperatures mainly in the 60s and 70s by about 4 p. M. That is your forecast on your monday. Those roads are doing with gloria good morning. Good morning, drew. Right now, one of our busier spots is walnut creek. So lets get a live look right now on our walnut creek camera. This is at highway 680. Even though it is, again, one of our busier spots right now. Traffic is moving nicely on southbound 680 through walnut creek. And lets get a look at our drive times for this morning right now, a slowdown. Were seeing is on westbound 580 from tracy to dublin. Thats usually one of our slowdowns right now that will take you 43 minutes as. Thank you, gloria. Developing news now on the israel hamas war. An imminent Ground Invasion of gaza by israel has put more pressure on evacuate efforts today. Well see if it happens. A southern Border Crossing is supposed to be open for a few hours to help get more people out of gaza. But at last check, that hadnt occurred. More than 1300 israelis have died since the hamas assault began. More than 2300in gaza have been killed. Officials say nearly 200 people are being held hostage in gaza. The death toll on us citizens is climbing now at 30. 13 others are unaccounted for. Secretary of state Antony Blinken has returned to israel today for meetings with Israeli Government officials. And this morning, the white house says President Biden has been invited to israel and is now considering a trip there in the coming days. On cbss 60 minutes, the president spoke about his administrations balancing of both the wars in ukraine and israel and his role in maintaining world order. The most powerful nation in the history, not in the world. In the history of the world. The history of the world. We can take care of both of these and still maintain our Overall International defense. We have the capacity to do this and we have an obligation to we are the essential nations to paraphrase the former secretary of state. And if we dont, who does . President biden said while taking out hamas extremists is necessary, he warned israel of occupying gaza, saying it would be a, quote, big mistake. Back here in the bay area, there is an urgent push to get ten Sonoma County residents out of israel and back home safely. Abc seven news spoke with one of them who is currently in tel aviv. Tessa morgan tells us she is still on track to leave tomorrow. Her bags are packed. Theyre ready by the door. Morgan traveled to israel ten months ago with the jewish youth group. She says the situation has become terrifying. North bay congressman Mike Thompsons office is working to bring the group of ten back home safely. Propalestinian rallies in the south bay drew massive crowds saturday and sunday. Hundreds came out to march and pray yesterday near santana row in san jose. The Palestinian Group say they are alarmed with israels military escalation in gaza and they are worried about the fate of relatives there. Why are we out here . Because we want to put a halt to israeli bombardment of gaza. Theres there are two paths we can take. We could either bomb gaza and just flatten the strip, kill thousands of people, mostly civilian, or we could have a two state solution and a similar protest took place in San Francisco. Hundreds of people also rallied in San Francisco yesterday in support of the people of israel. The group condemned hamass actions and demanded the safe return of kidnaped families and kids. Whats going to happen to this kid . Hes four years old, four years old. How is he going to hold on in hamas captivity . I dont know. We need to bring our people home. Its not about whos right. Even if you are propalestinian, you should stand with us on the peninsula, a similar event took place over the weekend. Stanford students tied blue ribbons all around campus in response to antiisraeli messages written in chalk and on banners. Abc sevens parent company, the walt disney company, is donating 2 million to organizations providing humanitarian aid in israel. Ceo bob iger condemned the attacks, saying the company will continue to work to find ways to support the region and to help those affected by the war 1 million is going to an organization working on blood bank services. The other million is going to groups that focus on helping kids. And there may be tough conversations for parents and kids as it relates to this war. We want to make sure you have helpful ways to approach the topic on our website. We uploaded a full page of ideas of videos and workshops to get the conversation started. You can visit abc7 news. Com take action new developments in the effort to elect a new house speaker. Gloria another vote is supposed to happen soon. It is reggie. Abc news is reporting that House Republicans are expected to vote again tomorrow to elect a new speaker. Its been nearly two weeks since Kevin Mccarthys his removal and congress has been in a state of gridlock ever since. All potential legislation or funding for israel or ukraine is on pause until a leader can be elected. Representative jim jordan is putting his name forward once again ahead of tomorrows vote. However he faces stiff opposition from a sizable number of members in his own party. Theres not a person in america, and that includes the republican conference that is going to get 217 votes out of this body, just not Kevin Mccarthy and a former President Trump have endorsed jim jordan for speaker. But 55 House Republicans currently say they will not vote for jordan. Kumasi thank you, gloria. Your Neighborhood Drug store could soon be closing. Rite aid has officially filed for bankruptcy as it tries to dig itself out of billion of dollars in debt. The pharmacy chain says its all part of a restructuring plan. So how is it going to impact customers . Abc seven News Reporter lena howland live in walnut creek with more on what rite aid is saying about this. Lena well, after 60 years in business rite aid says its planning to close some of its Underperforming Stores as part of this bankruptcy process. But they have not announced, which locations will be closing just yet. Now, rite aid has more than 2100 pharmacies in 17 states with the pharmacy or with the bankruptcy filing last night. The company says it was able to secure 3. 45 billion in new financing from lenders. That money should help it pay employee salaries and carry out its restructuring plan. This all comes after rite aid warned investors in its most recent Financial Report that it expects to lose. Between 650 and 680 million in this fiscal year, which ends in february. Rite aid has faced slowing sales, increased competition and recently settled lawsuits for its role in the opioid crisis. Agreeing to pay 30 million as part of the bankruptcy plan. Rite aid also appointed a new ceo, jeff stein, to serve as the head of restructuring. Stein says the Company Plans to remain in business. And in a statement said the Court Supervised process provides rite aid with legal tools to accelerate our footprint. Optimization in an efficient and orderly manner. And we look forward to working closely with our landlords to determine the best path forward for each of our stores and for the local chains that are closing. Rite aid says the company will also transfer associates to other locations where possible. Live in walnut creek, lena howland, abc seven news. Thank you, lena. A group of west oakland residents are taking their Community Safety into their own hands in an effort to address concerns about violence in the community. They came together yesterday for a we keep us safe event. The group discussed Community Efforts to promote safety. They also cleaned up a Neighborhood Park and hosted a free food giveaway. Members and friends of glide Memorial Church in San Francisco had an extra reason to rejoice at sundays service, the church introduced their new ceo, dr. Gina fromer brings more than four decades of experience leading organizations. She relied on help from glide in the late 1980s as a young mom, dr. Fromers fromer was most recently ceo of the Childrens Council of San Francisco. There she oversaw a 236 million budget that calling out Climate Change through what some are calling chi activism rich city raised. A activist group of kayakers rallied in front of chevrons richmond refining tree yesterday. The group says the goal was to let chevron know that they have as much right on the water as they do. Ultimately the group is planning to protect the land, soil and air by speaking out through demonstrations. People in richmond are those of us who have been most harmed by the effects of fossil fuel operations over the last century deserve to be at the forefront of the Decision Making process. You know, those of us in richmond have been on the receiving end of harm from the from the fossil fuel industry for over 120 years. The group says it wants corporations to know they cant dilute their land, soil and water without them fighting back like taylor swift craze cannot be denied. The heiress tour concert film now breaking records after taking over really movie theaters nationwide. Remembering a tv icon on a look back at the career of Suzanne Somers, including her bay area beginnings. But first, a check on the weather with meteorologist drew tuma. Hey, good morning, reggie. 540 this morning, were looking at live doppler seven along with satellite on your monday. We are tracking another cold front. You can clearly see it with all the cloud cover on satellite. A little bit of rain is showing up, just beginning to move onshore across parts of Northern California for us today. What well find is that clouds will increase throughout the morning. Well turn to partly sunny skies this afternoon. Much of this moisture is not going to hit us. Its extreme portions of the north bay, i would say north of santa rosa that has any chance of finding measurable precipitation. You can see the best shot, finding any accumu elating rainfall, probably ukiah , clear lake and points to the north. For most of us, its just a dry day today, partly sunny skies and we are briefly cooler today compared to yesterday. Outside right now we do have some chilly numbers along the coast and in the north bay, a dense fog advisory is in effect for the valleys of the north bay until 10 a. M. This morning. Not only low visibility, but youre starting out with numbers in the 40s right now. So certainly a fall chill to the atmosphere. 57, though, in the city. Good morning, san jose. Youre at 58 degrees. Heres how the day shapes up. Well find those clouds increasing throughout the morning. Well turn partly sunny by the afternoon and temperatures are a little bit cooler compared to yesterday. A bit below average to mainly in the mid 60s. And the mid 70s. But things will change starting tomorrow. A warming trend will get underway here. And were tracking another warm spell coming our way with the warmest days wednesday and thursday. By wednesday, well call it mild to hot around here. 90s return inland. Lots of 80s around the bay shoreline, even warm along the coast in the 70s and thursdays even hotter than that. 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During the fifth season, she famously demanded a raise to make the same that costar john ritters was reportedly, john ritter was reportedly making a move she said led to her firing. Summers only rose from there becoming a singer, business mogul and best selling author, tackling subjects of aging, beauty and wellness. As you believe in yourself and you focus and youre willing to work like a dog, you can make your dreams come true. Summer was said to be in good spirits in her final days. She was surrounded by family before her death yesterday. Today is actually her birthday. She would have been 77 years old. British film star Michael Caine announced he will be retiring from acting the two Time Academy Award winner confirmed his retirement on the best of today podcast over the weekend. Hes well known for his role in the batman movie movie series, i should say kingsman and inception. The 90 year old says his last acting gig was the great escaper, which came out earlier this month. He made his acting debut in 1956 movie theaters became concert venues over the weekend as swifty showed up for the new taylor swift movie, the eras tour film swifties broke records in attendance, coming in first place in north america. Critics say its easily the biggest opening for a concert film of all time so far. Its made more than the 73 million, more than 73 million. Its on pace to beat the biggest october opening ever, which was joker released in 2019. There was a surprise trailer in theaters for anyone who saw the eras tour film. The first trailer for the mean girls musical movie. We cant show it to you because it hasnt officially released online yet. But some fans took video in theaters of the 32nd teaser showing the burn book, the iconic christmas talent show dance scene, a cameo by creator tina fey and the infamous number one mean girl, regina george. It is set to hit theaters in january. Pop icon madonna kicked off her celebration tour in london. The superstar returned to the stage saturday after delaying the tour because of a health issue. 65 year old suffered from a bacterial infection in june that forced her to cancel all her north america leg of the tour during a performance, she paid tribute to late singing legends prince Sinead Oconnor and michael jackson. Her second night of the london show is on tuesday. Mother is back and you ready . Because you got the tickets . I do have the tickets. I tried to not watch the spoilers and then i ended up watching vogue. Okay, because that is my Favorite Song of all time, right . And i saw something. Her daughter was also in it. Oh, i think two of her daughters. Okay. I think that im not sure. I think lordes. Did you see it . Did you watch the clip . I saw real fast. It was like two seconds. But her daughter, so one of her daughters is voguing. Yeah. Is on stage voguing and it is so fun to watch. And i think lordes is judging with her. Yes. I think the younger daughter is voguing, right . Yeah. Yeah. And lordes who is now a grown woman, right. Like, who is this time flies. Honestly yeah, im happy to see. Send me an article. He said it got a good review, right . Yeah. Yeah, it did. Yeah. So youre going to show two, right . Oh, of course ill be there. When is it . January. February. February. Okay cool. Yeah, towards the end of february. Im excited. That looks so its going to be a great show. You can still get tickets. Probably. Yeah. I mean, come on. Come on over. Hey, maybe good morning. Lets go outside. Heres a live look at the tam cam showing you a little bit of fog from this vantage point. We do have dense fog in the north bay. Dense fog advisory in effect until 10 a. M, partly sunny skies. Thats your day to day. Were briefly cooler this afternoon as a cold front approaches and there is the chance of an isolated sprinkle in the north bay. And i think the best chance of that sprinkle is north of santa rosa. So most of the area is dry today. We are much warmer on wednesday and thursday. Another warm spell coming our way. Heres the dense fog in the north bay. Were down to a quarter of a mile in both santa rosa and petaluma. This morning. Be aware of that. That fog is going to linger until about, say, 10 a. M. This morning. The next several hours. Heres our cold front that will bring about the increase in cloud cover. That slight chance of a sprinkle in parts of cloverdale, ukiah. There you can see by 3 p. M. That chance of some wet weather between ukiah and cloverdale. But thats about it for the rest of us. Its partly sunny temperatures in the mid 60s to the mid and upper 70s for daytime highs today. Well keep a bit of that cloud cover overnight tonight and numbers mainly falling into the 50s. By midweek it is set to get warm around here once again. Widespread 80s and 90s. Thursday looks to be the warmest day on the 70 forecast. Go back into the 80s for sf mid 80s, low 90s around the bay shoreline and our warmest spots inland going to the low and mid 90s. So heres the accuweather seven day forecast partly sunny today. Then our warming trend takes over with summer like weather wednesday and thursday before we rapidly cool down heading into the weekend. By saturday and sunday, temperatures a bit below average for this time of the year. Gloria, good morning, drew. Right now, traffic is starting to fill up in some areas. This is a live look right now at our bay bridge toll plaza camera and the metering lights flipped on at 535 this morning. So right now you will get a little bit of a traffic there if you go on westbound 80 from the toll plaza to San Francisco, that will take you 21 minutes. Right now and we do still have that sigalert thats in effect right now for the richmondsan rafael bridge. And remember, those right three lanes are blocked. So keep that in mind if youre driving in that area. Guys, thanks. 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Roblox parents need to protect their kids online, just as they would in the real world. Police say darius milatovic took the girl from wayne, new jersey, to baird, delaware. Her parents reporting the 11 year old missing and authorities finding her soon after. Abc reaching out to roblox, asking them to confirm the two conversed on the platform and roblox providing this statement, saying they have reached out to Law Enforcement and are offering our help. And we work tirelessly to prevent grooming on our platform and have a team of thousands of moderators who enforce a strict set of community standards. Coming up at 7 a. M, well have the tips. Parents need to keep your kids safe online in with your gma. First, look, im Andrew Dymburt, abc news, new york. 555 this morning we are taking a live look outside from our tam cam. We have areas of patchy dense fog along the coast and in the valleys of the north bay. Today a dense fog advisory in effect until 10 a. M. There. Air quality. We are breathing easy. Good to go today, tomorrow, wednesday, and really for the foreseeable future. We dont have any issues with our aqi. Live doppler seven along with satellite here comes our next cold front as it approaches the region. It will bring about increasing cloud cover throughout the day. Well turn partly sunny this afternoon. Any rainfall is really around cloverdale, ukiah, clear lake, thats about it for everybody else. We are dry today. And briefly cooler underneath those, partly sunny skies. So taking a look at your day planner today, what youll find is that we will get a bit of sunshine early on, some dense fog, and then well turn partly sunny with those temperatures, mainly in the 60s and in the 70s. But this cooldown is brief. Warmer weather begins to move in here and by wednesday it is mild to hot 80s and 90s away from the coast. Kumasi. Thank you, drew. New at six, we are tracking the situation in the middle east. The impending action that could mean a new phase in the war between israel and hamas. Plus, Governor Newsom sending new money muniz way. How it could make your commute a bit nicer as San Francisco prepares to host a world dignitaries just weeks from now. But first, a live look outside. Its 556. The live look outside. Its 556. The news at six is next. You can make the stars align. Because when we come together, hope and joy will shine. Help us make every wish come true. This october. Spirits come home to rest. Arrrgh . All month long. With hallowstream on disney . [screaming] home is where the haunt is. Boo only on disney . 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