Team and hospital visitors. This is the hospitals director of infectious diseases. That patient is immediately placed in strict isolation. What that means is a private room, droplet isolation and contact isolation. We would not enter those rooms without complete protection from the droplets. In the hospital we also have several beds that are fully contained isolation units. We would be able to protect other staff and visitors from those patients. Reporter regional is keeping in contact with the cdc and with the county Public Health agency to update procedures. The real challenge is the speed with which people can fly from continent to continent before symptoms appear. Fever usually being the first. During past outbreaks, some airports have used temperature sensors to identify arriving passengers with fever. The number of International Passengers passing through the bay areas three airports is staggering. More than 4. 2 at sfo, 81,000 at oakland and 65,000 at san jose. In san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. The concern over ebola helped tank the stock market. Airline stocks took the biggest hit over fears the first diagnosis in the United States could cause people to curtail their travel plans. The dow lost 238 points today. It may be fall but we are in for some very hot weather. People took advantage of the heat today along the embarcadero in San Francisco. But its going to get even hotter, triple digits in some places by the end of the week. Abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel has a look at the heat advisory out there. Yeah, its going to get hot enough to where we will be worried about heat related illnesses. Lets check out live doppler 7 hd right now. It is clear here in the bay area. I will pull out to show you just how clear it is along the entire california coast, an indication that the offshore flow, the down sloping wind, is blowing that fog away. Heat advisory is in effect as that warmth has already spread to the coast. The heat advisory is for thursday noon until friday 9 00 p. M. , widespread 90s expected. Risk of heatrelated illness. That covers the beaches as well from the San Francisco bay area to the monterey bay area. I will be back with a look at those temperatures as we get closer to the weekend in a few minutes. Dan . Sandhya, thanks very much. You can keep track of heat advisories and up to the minute forecasts any time with the abc 7 news weather app on your phone. Its free to download from apples app store or google play. We have more information at abc7news. Com apps. More problems tonight for fire chief joanne hayeswhite. Last week the rank and fire asked the mayor to replace the chief. Now theres another letter from the department brass. Battalion chief brian rubenstein, a 24 year veteran of the force, signed the letter on behalf of 43 other battalion chiefs. The majority of chiefs in the San FranciscoFire Department have spoken to me and said that they feel like a change in administration is necessary. For us to solve the problems that we have now. Reporter the union says the problems range from ambulance response times to facilities. Mayor ed lee says his office is currently assessing the situation. Chief whites office did not respond to our calls for comment. A show of support tonight for a bay area man accused of setting a series of fires. His friends and family believe this man is innocent and say he has an airtight alibi to prove it. Abc 7 News Reporter nick smith is live outside court in oakland tonight with the story. Nick . Reporter we have covered many of these cases in the past here at superior court but i can tell you its rare that i have seen this level of support come from friends and family. Thats because they say Stephen Peterson is innocent and they will be here every day that he has a Court Appearance because they are convinced cops have the wrong guy. Unless he got possessed by the devil, there is absolutely no way that thats stephen. Reporter Edwina Phillips is among the group that piled into the courtroom to support their friend, Stephen Michael peterson. The 24yearold musician is one of two men accused of setting a string of fires early sunday morning that damaged or destroyed several homes and businesses in alameda. Supporters are convinced they got the wrong guy. Facts are facts. He wasnt even off work. It was impossible. I was with him from 7 00 to 1 45 sunday morning. Working at roosters. Reporter they say he was working as a sound tech at the time Police Accuse him of being across town starting fires. Today we briefed and i can assure you that we are following up every single lead in this case. Reporter the lieutenant says the detectives in her department do not take sides. They are purely objective fact finders. I think the District Attorney is convinced of that as well. Or else he wouldnt have charged. Reporter peterson is held on 750,000 bail. Friends are using social media to voice their support under the hash tag free Stephen Peterson. They have even started a go fund me page to help pay his legal bills. We all need to stick together because theyve got the wrong guy. We dont want this to go further. Reporter the next court date is in two weeks. Nick smith, abc 7 news. The newly appointed Human Trafficking task force is asking for your help tonight. The task force is investigating three cases involving the sex trade and forced labor. Investigators need your help to find more cases. The task force is comprised of representatives from the District Attorneys office. We have an International Case were working right now, multiple countries, international trafficking. Thats sitting with the d. A. s office right now. We are hoping to get charges filed. We will dedicate resources, if we have a task force thats looking, thats going to make it a lot easier. Santa clara countys supervisor says the bay area is one of the 13 worst places in the u. S. For Human Trafficking. You can contact the Sheriffs Office if you know of any such activity. Well, it is heartache and hope for bay area baseball fans. As you may know, the as lost in an incredible game last night to kansas city. They were up until the royals rallied for a wild card walkoff in the twelfth inning. You lose a game of that magnitude, its an empty feeling. You come in today, say goodbye to the guys and take some time to reflect. We were really beat up. I dont know that most know how beat up we were. Almost at every position, we had some guys injured. Coco has to come out of the game like that, it means hes hurting. It would be significant, if we got to the next round, we wouldnt have had him. So tough. That, as manager bob melvin this afternoon. First pitch is being thrown as the giants play pittsburgh for the National League wild card game in pittsburgh. The giants ballpark is open for fans to watch it here on the big screen. Abc 7 News ReporterAlyssa Harrington is there live. Go, giants. Reporter yeah, go giants. Im wearing my orange. The giants are playing in pittsburgh tonight but fans are packing at t park hoping that the season does not end tonight. The giants are holding a Free Viewing Party at their home stadium. Giants fans continue to arrive decked out in black and orange. They are excited and nervous. The winner of tonights game advances to the playoffs. The loser is eliminated. Pitching for the giants is madison bumgarner, a 25yearold lefthander. Fans rallying at at t park say theres a lot at stake but they are confident the team will come through. This place is going to rock tonight. You will think theres 50,000 people here. You watch. Madisons going to get it. We won in 2010, 2012 so why not 2014 . Go, giants reporter the wild card wednesday rally here at at t park is free for fans. Former players are here. So is the mascot. If the giants win tonight, their next home game in San Francisco will be next monday. Alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. If. We are talking when. We are counting on this. Thanks a lot. We have been getting some great fan photos from our abc 7 news viewers. We appreciate it. This young as fan was pretty excited to see oakland in the wild card game even if the outcome was not ideal. You can bet this giants fan from antioch will be rooting for San Francisco as they take on the pirates tonight. Email your fan photos or tweet them to us. We would love to get as many of them on the air and online as we possibly can. We will switch from giants orange to pink. Thats right. Thinking about pink, you may think you are wearing rosecolored glasses at one San Francisco hotel. Why that is. Plus the big event that is hours away. We will flip the switch tonight at 7 00. Also here tonight, a beloved grandmother and familys fight to make sure she did not die in vain. She used to call us every day. To say hey. What the family is demanding from city officials. We need to break up. Is it the biting . Cuz i can stop . No i love you and your show. Its cable. Customers are more satisfied with uverse. Switch and we can Stay Together forever. Forever . Ow. Im not gonna lie to you. Its also the biting. Break up with cable. Choose uverse tv from 19 a month for 2 years. Chinatown residents met today to draw attention to Pedestrian Safety issues throughout San Francisco, particularly in chinatown. The gathering follows the death of an elderly woman who was struck and killed by a car. The 78yearold died ten days ago at the intersection of stockton and sacramento street. The driver is charged with vehicular manslaughter. Her son cannot believe shes gone. Im still hoping this is just a nightmare. She used to call us every day, to say hey, remember to, exercise, eat right. The family posted this video of their mother on youtube. She was the 13th Pedestrian Fatality in San Francisco this year. Stockton is considered one of the citys most dangerous streets for pedestrians. Facebook is apologizing for the companys real name policy. Drag queens and other activists have been meeting with facebook officials about this policy. It requires people to use their real names on their accounts. Drag queens say using their stage names provides them safety. In a post on his page, chief product officer chris cox says we owe you a better experience using facebook and we are going to fix the way this policy gets handled. A protest was planned over this issue tomorrow. It has now turned into a victory rally. There are still so many questions tonight about the ebola case diagnosed in dallas. Thats one of the things i talked about to abc world news tonight anchor david muir earlier today. The ebola case in the u. S. , the children he came in contact with, the schools now undergoing extensive cleaning, and this question, why was he sent home from the hospital at first . Also breaking tonight, the head of the secret service now out after that armed intruder got deep into the white house. And the pickpockets when youre targeted without even knowing it and now its been caught on tape. We will show you the video. Before you go, i love your pink tie. It is the color of the day. It is. Youve got pink on, too. I know this is dear to your family. Abc news is going pink for our mothers, daughters, grand mothers. We will turn the Empire State Building pink right here. World news tonight is coming up right after this newscast at 5 30 on abc 7. What do you do with food that has gone past the sellby date stamped on the package . A lot of folks get rid of it but 7 on your sides Michael Finney says dont throw it out. Thats good to know. We have been saying this over and over. How many reports have i done on this . Many. People are not getting the message. We will try again. Dont do it. Food Safety Experts say we throw out thousands of dollars worth of food that is perfectly safe to eat. Many food labels are stamped with a date to sell by or use by. However, it doesnt mean the food will be unsafe to eat after that date. Instead, its simply what the manufacturer says it has determined that is the last day the food is at its highest quality. What most people think it means is that the food is bad after that date and they shouldnt eat it. It could be hazardous so they tend to throw it out. You want another reason not to throw out all the food . Research shows a family of four throws out 2300 worth of perfectly good food each year. Thats a vacation. Big smartphones are becoming big sellers but they also present a big fashion problem. These phones dont fit in small pockets. Now a startup called bond company is redesigning or i should say designing clothes just for those gadgets. The shirts come with pockets roomy enough for the bigger iphones, galaxies and tablets. The shirts also come with secret pockets for earbuds. Prices range from 50 to 90 each. Today is october 1st, time to think trick or treat. Today the Spirit Halloween store announced the most popular costumes this year. Among the favorites, the characters from the movie frozen like elsa, super heroes like batman, spiderman and captain america, characters from the game of thrones, books and tv series. Also, old favorites like teenaged mutant ninja turtles. And princesses from disney, the Parent Company of abc 7. Thank you so much. Families affected by the napa earthquake started applying for Emergency Assistance today, much needed. 1 million in grants from the Napa Valley Community federation is now available. Meanwhile, today is the last day the county Health Department is surveying residents on the impact of the quake. Rebuilding is going slowly. Seven buildings at Napa State Hospital are still all but offlimits. And just today, scaffolding collapsed outside one building which was workers were trying to get back on its feet. This happened at the restaurante allegria on first street. No one was hurt when the scaffolding came down. You probably heard that pink is the color of the month as Many Organizations raise awareness for Breast Cancer. Tonight we focus on the Breast CancerEmergency Fund. What it does for low income women who are diagnosed. Heres abc 7 News Reporter lyanne melendez. Reporter its anitas first day working with the Breast CancerEmergency Fund. She probably knows more about the organization than most people. Thats because before she took the job, she was a cancer patient herself. It was peace of mind. I know i will always get the support so i can finish school and i can do Something Else that i want. Reporter the Breast CancerEmergency Fund helps women diagnosed with Breast Cancer pay their rent, utilities and other Living Expenses while they undergo treatment. Nearly all of them are in hourly jobs. They usually dont have insurance from their employer. They dont have medical leave. Reporter the organization was created within the Emergency Fund. It was an opportunity 14 years ago for the men involved in hiv work to give back to the women who had been care givers in the very earliest days of hiv. Reporter anita will now help asian women diagnosed with Breast Cancer navigate through the system. I found out especially for the new immigrants, they dont know where to get help. Reporter the organization has many supporters, including the ritzcarlton which has created a drink called the girls. For every cocktail sold, the Emergency Fund will get 1. The hotel will also donate 10 for each seating. Its part of the hotels commitment to their communities around the world. Underprivileged children, poverty, Environmental Conservation in the communities in which we do our business. Reporter tonight and through the month, the hotel will be illuminated pink, shining light on the issue of Breast Cancer. Lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. Lets show you a live picture, bit of breaking news, president obama has just arrived in gary, indiana, literally 30 seconds ago. He came down the steps from air force one. Thats right. He met earlier today with Benjamin Netanyahu from israel, and talked about a lot of substantive issues. He is still trying to get back on track after a man set fire to an air Traffic Control center near there. He planned to land in chicago but is now in gary, indiana. He plans to speak at Northwestern University tomorrow. Live pictures of the president in indiana tonight. A look ahead with meteorologist sandhya patel. Some warnings, because its awfully hot out there. Sandhya . Yeah, those temperatures came up today, they are only going to soar tomorrow. Thats whats prompting the heat advisory. It is warm outside. A pictureperfect day in the 70s still here in San Francisco. Let me show you the highs so far around the bay area. 93 degrees in santa rosa. Got up to 87 in livermore. 85 san jose. 87 in oakland. 82 San Francisco. Even Half Moon Bay along with santa cruz in the low 80s. Whats interesting is Half Moon Bay at noon hit 81 and then by 1 00 p. M. , it was already dropping to the low 70s, an indication that we still have a sea breeze. As that sea breeze gets weaker and becomes a little more absent, we will see the temperatures come up drastically as we head towards the next couple days. Live doppler 7 hd tracking clear skies. There is a red flag warning south of us. Ventura, Los Angeles County beginning at midnight tonight until 6 00 p. M. Thursday, if you are traveling in that direction. This is where you should travel if you want to get away from the hot weather. Santa cruz is just a beautiful day, warm, sunny. Temperatures right now mid 70s in San Francisco. 78 in oakland. 84 degrees in san carlos. 83, san jose. Current looks at ocean beach, its nothing but clear skies. Temperatures in the upper 80s. Santa rosa, napa, fairfield. 86 currently in livermore. From the east bay hills camera, you are looking at mount diablo with blue skies overhead and heres a look at the forecast. Hot inland the next three days. We have a heat advisory for thursday and friday, increased fire danger comes along with it. You see the pacific satellite picture and really, its this area of High Pressure with the offshore winds thats going to keep us in this hot pattern for the bay area for the start of your weekend. So really, the next three days. Take a look at the wind forecast beginning tonight, going into tomorrow. Those winds really start to switch back around offshore again quickly tomorrow morning. We are going to see rapid warmups. Temperatures will be on the warm to hot side tomorrow afternoon. Tomorrow morning, i dont think you have to worry about a jacket or a sweater. Mid 50s to the upper 60s, little breezy in the hills, and tomorrow afternoon, your highs will look like this. Hot in gilroy, 99. 97 morgan hill and the south bay. 92, san jose. Cupertino. 97 in los gatos. 92 redwood city. 85 in Half Moon Bay. Downtown San Francisco, south San Francisco in the mid 80s. It will be warm even in daly city, low 80s there. North bay, 92 sonoma, clear lake, 93 santa rosa. Napa up to 94 degrees. Oakland, 89 along with san leandro, 91. Fremont. Inland spots, you will get hot. 95 in walnut creek, 93 pittsburg, concord, livermore. A look at the accuweather sevenday forecast, and you will notice the word hot repeated three times over. Mid to upper 90s inland. Temperatures in the mid 80s along the coast thursday, friday. By saturday, you notice the dropoff to the low 80s. Sunday is when we will actually get some relief from the heat. Low 70s to low 90s and its a cooler pattern next week. Cheryl, dan, i think not one bottle, not two bottles of water but perhaps a nice drink sunday . You are speaking my language. Just ahead, fining over feeding . The bay area city punishing i have 40,ney do you have in your pocket right now . N 21. Could something that small make an impact on something as big as your retirement . I dont think so. Well if you start putting that towards your retirement every week and let it grow over time, for twenty to thirty years, that retirement challenge might not seem so big after all. Walruses are coming ashore in record numbers. Take a look at this picture. This is hard to even understand this. Roughly 35,000 of them packing the shoreline in alaska. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says it cannot find any sea ice on which to rest because of Climate Change and the warming water. As of today, if you feed the squirrels in berkeley, you could be fined. The squirrels are turning into a big problem, especially at Caesar Chavez park off the bay. The officials are worried the squirrels will burro into an underground level of clay. It is now illegal to feed the rodents at all city parks. Violators will face fines of 100 after an initial warning period. City workers are putting the finishing touches on a rainbow crosswalk in San Franciscos Castro District today. Its part of an 8 million project to improve the neighborhood. The sidewalks are being widened and repaved. New lights are being added and trees planted along the street. It will be the home of the rainbow honor walk with plaques of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender heroines and heroes. The walk is scheduled to be finished next month and is coming along really, really well. Two mean vying to become san joses next mayor will face off in another debate. They go headtohead again at the Roosevelt Community center in san jose tonight at 7 30. There will be four additional debates. You can find the information on when and where on our website, abc7news. Com. Just ahead, taking a risk and having it pay off. I left my heart thats Tony Bennetts signature song, obviously. How he is setting records by going cheek to cheek. Well be right back. But when it came to medicare, ig was glad i could get a little help. vo ingrid and robert called anthem blue and found an atle help. 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The remarkable progress being made by an injured bear cub. All coming up on abc 7 news at 6 00. Thats a great story. Right now, we all love tony bennett, dont we . He left his heart in San Francisco. He did. At 88 useyears old, believe it not, the legendary singer is still leaving his mark on the Billboard Music charts. Although im not a great romancer anything goes hes really reinvented his career. More popular than ever. Anything goes for bennett like breaking his own record being the oldest living artist to top the billboard 200 chart with his duet album cheek to cheek featuring lady gaga. Bennett took that title in 2011 from bob dylan, who was 67 at the time with his duet project. I love thatmusic. Cheek to cheek has sold 131,000 copies in its debut week. Can you imagine . So happy to hear that. I got to meet him a few weeks ago. He was the most gracious, nice guy. Fabulous. Incredible. That will do it for us. For all of us here, we appreciate your time. See you again at 6 00. Welcome to world news tonight. Several breaking stories. The first case of ebola in the u. S. , and we now know who this patient is. And the frantic race to find everyone he came in contact with. The children, the schools being cleaned tonight. Letters sent home to parents. And we ask, why was he sent home from the hospital the first time he went . Dr. Besser standing by with your questions answered. Also breaking, the head of the secret service out of a job tonight. After that armed intruder at the white house. And this evening, the other dangerous moment, the president in the elevator. Storm warning. More than 40 million americans bracing for extreme weather in the next 24 hours. And look at this. When youre a target and have no idea. The accused pickpocket caught on tape. Just 45 seconds and she has everything she wants. The one thing to pte