So far they is only the description of what happened from that mother. Theyre also looking to see whether this restaurant or any other businesses in the area might have had video to show what happened before, during or after this alleged assault. In concord, laura anthony, abc7 news. Abc7 news was at dallas ranch middle school. The students mostly seemed convinced the threats are a hoax. And they still have doubts. My mom says there is nothing to worry about. And students have been saying its just a cruel prank. I believe them, but im scared at the same time. Reporter administrators and police think this is a hoax, but theyre warning both students and parents to be safe. Oakhand and fairfield are dealing with threats of clowns and the burlingame and San Mateo Police departments are monitoring posts about clowns. A second pot grow bust in san leandro netted almost 2 million worth of marijuana. Police arrested five people and there could be additional arrests. Officers say they confiscated 1. 6 million worth of marijuana from the home. On september 25th, gunshots led police to another house, converted into an illegal pot grow house. Hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of marijuana was seized if a property inside of the loma fire zone. One man has been booked into jail. Chris nguyen joins us live with the story. Chris . Reporter that property had three green houses. Two were still standing, and dozens of plants were inside. From sky 7, you can see members of the Santa Clara CountyMarijuana Eradication Team busting a grow operation. Authorities have aarrested this man. He is expected to be charged with cultivation and possession of marijuana for sale. Many operations could start a fire. That is why we take these seriously. A total of 89 plants were recovered today. Cash and scales as well as packaged marijuana were also found. And investigators estimate the street value at 700,000. The Sheriffs Office says the property is not where the loma fire started but says its in the same area. In many operations, wiring is not up to code. Reporter its concerning given californias drought and the dry conditions near loma prieta. He. Happening now, firefighters are meeting with people affected by the sobranes fire to look at the big picture of what has within done. The fire burned 130,000 acres near big sur that destroyed 57 homes. An illegal camp fire started this fire in late july. Firefighters expect to have full containment in 10 days. Hurricane matthew is making its way towards path of the southeast. Florida, georgia and carolinas declared states of emergency. People are buying up supplies like food and bottled water and buildings are being boarded up and officials being told to expect the worst. With this storm going up the coast, a small deviation can mean a change along floridas east coast. We have to prepare for a direct hit. Now, the worry is that this could lead to massive destruction not seen since hurricane andrew. Airlines are cancelling hundreds of flights and impact could be felt at sfo. That is where Wayne Freedman is live for us tonight. Wayne . Reporter there are no cancellations at sfo so far tonight. But that could change tomorrow as a hurricane hits the coast. There is a flight from here at 10 30 to Fort Lauderdale on jet blue. That flight now is still departing as scheduled. As evidence of our planet, this qualified as a chamber of commerce day at sfo. Its beautiful. Sunny. Warm. Not a care in the world, unless youre someone that knew you would land in the path of Hurricane Matthew. Up and down the eastern seaboard, residents are cramming gas stations and stores. Theyre buying bottled water, boarding up homes, and theyre trying to get out of town, and here, we have had people just trying to get back there. Has the flight been cancelled . Not yet. For did you get home . Just a lot of rain, people scared to drive. Drivering with blinkers on. You might get trees over. I think its just part of life down there. They expect them, prepare for them. Hurricanes, floridians are like earthquakes to califonians or tornadoes to minnesota. Anything else you left off the list . I cant think of any. And if you dont need to fly there, no worries. From sfo, Wayne Freedman, abc7 news. Now, the hurricane this week took a devastating toll in haiti. Relief agencies are gearing up to raise money to help with the wide spread damage there. Here is david louie, on the Monumental Task that lies ahead. The toughest part for relief agencies is seeing new damage when haiti has yet to recover from an earthquake six years ago. Cameron schmidt was there as a board member of sos childrens villages, a global nonprofit group. There is still massive damage from the earthquake that is visible. Buildings down. Infrastructure hasnt been rebuilt. And homes and families have been separated and ripped apart. Its going to take years for these families to rebuild. Walter riley is chair of the Emergency Relief Fund and is critical the flooding and damage done this week should have been addressed if money raised in 2010 for earthquake relief had been spent properly. The failures to do changes in haiti led to greater damage by the rain. By the winds at this time. There is little excuse. But that is not thank you couraging him and others to raise money again to help residents. The lack of clean water could lead to another cholera outbreak. Cholera, increasing the risk to many people. And Emergency Medical Team is waiting to be activated and sos with 300 people on staff is already in place to provide relief. Nonprofit groups are asking for cash donations, not supplies because needs change quickly. David louie, abc7 news. Needs change quickly. So does the story. Stay up to date on the abc7 news app and enable push alerts to get breaking news updates as they happen. The search is forn an inmate who cutoff his ankle monitoring bracelet in santa rosa. This is the missing inmate, Michael Christopher jones. The Sonoma County sheriff doesnt consider him a threat to Public Safety but does want to find him. Hard to believe, but we have less than five weeks until election day. Two people who want to serve in the senate are using a tactic you do not often see. No. At 6 00 the campaign is recruiting drag queens to wring in votes. If you ripped out that mexican thing again. Local reaction to mike pences casual comment that ignited a social media fire storm. Ill have an update on Hurricane Matthew and a look at the fleet week warm up in just a moment as abc7 news at 6 00 continues. Two candidates using drag queens in a pitch for votes. Its a battle between jane kim and scott weiner. Carolyn tyler joins us live with the story. Reporter many people credit ru pauls reality race with bringing drag queens into the main stream. But politicians pitching them to woo voters is probably a first. Its a tight election battle for the state senate. Both have what is likely an only in San Francisco campaign weapon. The city celebrated drag queens. Weiners facebook video features three queens singing his praises for doing the work on muni, housing and hiv services. Its great to find a hook so people enjoy the message. Its not just a serious political message. Its a serious message in a fun wrapper. Reporter drag queens dressed jane kim as one of their own for a political event supporting her work for affordable housing, minimum wage and access to education. Many drag queens are super politically engaged and rallying their followers to vote and letting them know who they feel represents their values. They may be having a moment in this campaign, but consider the history of the Performance Art itself as political expression. Of the queens, as activists. Drag and politics have never been completely separate. A former contestant on drag race. Drag queens where the first to throw the stones at stone wall to riot at comptons. When a drag queen speaks or sings, people listen. Were a city that refers and celebrates our queens. Scott weiner may have to pull his video, a parody of a katy perry song, and unless she intervenes, sony records ordered it taken down. Thank you, carolyn. We have a valuable tool on abc7news. Com politics to help you prepare. Just click the iek yn for the your voice, your vote election guide and enter your zip code and street address and youll get a resource showing you candidates, measures as well as where, where, and how to vote. You can create a list with choices to help you keep track of your ballot on abc7news. Com politics and abc7 news app. Great resource. It is. A reversal in a murder case in San Francisco. Investigators released a man once considered the prime suspect. Bell was arrested in connection with the death of donna motaliano found stabbed to death in pacific heights. Getting real about gun violence, lieutenant governor, oaklands mayor, nfl star Marcus Peters and the group youth alive took part in the conversation. The. Todays moderator is a member of youth alive, believing young people possess the power to improve oakland. It starts with this and so if we cant work together, we cant move nowhere. I feel like children should be communicating. Students shared personal experiences and hope their stories can empower change. International walk to school day today. Abc7 news spotted lots of smililing faces, promoting the vision 0 campaign, to promote safer streets, by adding new crosswalks and heat detectors around schools. A group dedicated to preservation has a strong warning about the embarcadero. The National Trust added embarcadero to the countrys most at risk historic places. Two reasons, earthquakes and rising sea levels. We have a Large Population on a given day which makes it a concern on how were going to be able to care for, reach, and exattract anybody who is a victim of the incidents. One spokeswoman says they did a study that found repairs would cost 2 billion to 5 billion. Were going to start with a look at Hurricane Matthew. It threatens much of florida and watches and warnings have been Tropical Storm warning for the southern tip of florida. Taking a look at projected path of the storm. Its a category 3 right now, powerful, dangerous storm. As it approaches the tip of florida, moved up along the coastline on friday. Still, then, expected to make a turn towards northeast by saturday, and weakens to a category 2 which is a very strong hurricane, then, expected to take a very strange and sharp turn and dip in the bay area, everything is calm and clear and sunny skies. Current readings 59 degrees in half moon bay. Mid to upper 60s enland and temperatures in the low to mid70s so mild, but not warm. Its going to get warmer. Taking a look at santa cruz beach, a warming trend continues through saturday. And there is a showers, low temperatures mid to upper 40s and then, tomorrow, look for sunny skies, breezy once again at the coast and highs will range into mid60s and well see low to mid70s around the bay and low 80s inland. We expect sunny skies throughout the weekend and temperatures rise foo mid70s on friday and saturday. Dropping into upper 60s on sunday. And here is the accuweather forecast. Friday, inland areas upper 80s to low 90s and sunday, will start to cool down around the bay and on the coast sunday. Columbus day looks like a mild, sunny day. And there is a slight chance of showers wednesday or thursday. A fleet cmohappy birthday i survived a heart attack. Im doing all i can to keep from having another one. And im taking brilinta. For people whove been hospitalized for a heart attack. I take brilinta with a baby aspirin. No more than one hundred milligrams as it affects how well it works. Brilinta helps keep my platelets from sticking together and forming a clot. Brilinta reduced the chance of another heart attack. Or dying from one. It worked better than plavix. Dont stop taking brilinta without talking to your doctor since stopping it too soon increases your risk of clots in your stent, heart attack, stroke, and even death. Brilinta may cause bruising or bleeding more easily, or serious, sometimes fatal bleeding. Dont take brilinta if you have bleeding, like stomach ulcers, a history of bleeding in the brain, or severe liver problems. Tell your doctor about bleeding, new or unexpected shortness of breath, any planned surgery, and all medicines you take. Talk to your doctor about brilinta. Im doing all i can. That includes brilinta. If you cant afford your medication, astra zeneca may be able to help. Theyre bringing crime, when mextheyre rapists. Ople. Are you going to have a massive Deportation Force . Youre going to have a Deportation Force. Were rounding em up in a very humane way, in a very nice way. Were going to build a wall. Thats not america. Were all californians. Im tom steyer. Its time to speak out. Please, register. And vote. Vote. Nextgen California Action Committee is responsible for the content of this advertising. Prop 64 makes marijuana legal in california for adults 21 and over. And heres what else it does bans marijuana use in public. Permits sales only at licensed marijuana businesses, not at grocery or convenience stores. And prop 64 generates a billion in new tax revenue for california to fund afterschool programs and job training and placement initiatives. Learn more at yeson64. Org vote yes on 64. Giants fans are taking in the teams do or die happening now in new york city. Its colorless now in the 4th. This viewer showed a photo of her daughter holding a poster that reads 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, post season, believe it. The giants retweeted with the quote, what she said. You can share your photos with us. Just post them on social media with abc7now so we can find them and feature them. What she said, absolutely. Pilots, meet players. Blue angels stop by the warriors practice, posing for pictures with coach steve kerr, steph curry and others on the team. The team tweeted these photos. Blue angels are in the bay area as part of fleet week and so is a group of marines and sailors today. The group met with injured service men and women involved in recovery and rehab while suffering from strokes, traumatic brain injuries and pairal sis. Its another marine with a traumatic event. They pull through and so it makes me feel i can do the same thing, myself. The active members, patients, hospital staff and volunteers say that this shows the true spirit of camaraderie. A testimonial to the marines motto, semper fi, always loyal. Members of the an fran manning and urban Research Association or spur joined in on a tour of one of the newest developments, aimed at helping parents with Sick Children in mission bay. The house provides free temporary housing to families of seriously will children undergoing care at the hospital. It provides a home away from home so parents can spend time close to their Children Free from financial concerns. Very important. Well, three words sparked a social media backlash against one of the Vice President ial candidates. The context and comments around with a was said during last nights Vice President ial debate. A message about far more than computing. Anxious moments for two families when a bank holds afoot and lighthearted i take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. The east and the west are mine. The north and the south are mine. All seems beautiful to me. They prey on our children, spending billions. Addicting 17,000 California Kids each year. Eventually killing onethird of them. Now Tobacco Companies are spending millions to. Defeat prop 56. Because in every state thats raised tobacco taxes, smoking rates go down. So who are you going to trust . Pediatricians, cancer groups and the califronia pta who all. Support prop 56. Or the Tobacco Companies trying to kill it. Vote yes on 56. Vice president ial candidates met for a debate and the lingering praise is that phrase that mexican thing bif mike pence regarding undocumented immigrants. You whipped out that mexican thing again. That phrase became a hash tag on twitter. I think people have reasons to be offended when youre able to dismiss a race by saying that mexican thing. On twitter, people posted pictures of their grandparents, and wrote, american citizens who paid taxes. That mexico thing is my dad, serving his country in vietnam, and that mexico thing is when we vote. Once pence said it, someone created thatmexicanthing. Com. There are criminal aliens in this country, tim, who have come in illegally, perpetrating violence. You want to use a broad brush against mexicans on that . And he said many of them are good people. Ken goldstein is a professor of politics at usf. People who are offended by what pence said and tweeted and spoke about what pence said are going to have to come out and vote on november 8th. There has been a 25 increase in the number of citizenship applications compared to last year but some may not be processed in time for the election. In the newsroom, abc7 news. Mike pence was back on the campaign trail today, Holding Events in virginia and pennsylvania. And while speaking in nevada his running mate, donald trump raised pences performance in the debate. Im getting a lot of credit because that is my so called choice, my first hire, as wed say. The Donald Trump Campaign denied a report trump wasnt happy his running mate up staged him. Senator tim kaine campaigned in philadelphia. Hillary clinton didnt hold official events but spoke about his performance at a fundraiser she was hosting in washington, d. C. I thought tim did a great job and every time he tried to push mike pence to defend what donald trump has said and done, pence just bobbed and weaved, tried to get out of the way. Clinton spent the day preparing for sunday nights debate in st. Louis. The two candidates who want the seat to represent california in the u. S. Senate will face off in a debate tonight. You can watch Camela Harris and l loretta as well, and if you cant catch the debate at 7 00 p. M. , you can watch a rebroadcast 1 32 a. M. Thursday morning. Palo alto based Biotech Company pharanos mans to close labs and layoff more than 300 workers. Just months ago, health regulators banned her for operating a lab two years. She founded the company in 2003 as a way to revolutionize blood testing by offering a range of tests using just a few drops. The claimed it could diagnose several conditions with one drop of blood. Testing debunked that claim. 15 million settlements have been reached between the city of San Francisco and a the family of a girl who died in a camp. She had a severe peanut allergy and died after biting into a homemade rice kripys treat that contained peanut butter, her parents helped pass a state law requiring epi pens in schools and changes at city campsites to hopefully prevent this from happening again. The fight against aids got a boost today at the sales force dream force Convention Going on in San Francisco. Kristin zee is here to explain what happened. Kristin . Reporter you know sales force ceo mark benioff is known for his philanthropy. Today, standing alongside nancy pelosi and San Francisco mayor ed lee. Sales force is encouraging customers to support red. Bono started the foundation, today, sales force set up this pop up store to attendees with buy things such as the special red computer kit with proceeds going toward the campaign. Perhaps the mostimportant thing we do is remind everybody to do something for someone else. Checking for you now, the campaign has raised 360,000, it started out with 1 million target but promises of matching donations p benioff and bill gates, it is now 4 million, which is music to the ears of bono. Who will perform at the cow palace. You can see the stage is set for a beautiful day. Very good. Thank you, kristin. Ever heard of a bank that wont take your money . Michael finney did. The battle he helped a woman win just a week before she sold her house, and moved. Its been five years since we lost a there were anxious moments for a family in danville after the family waited for a sale of a home. This is really a close call. A danville widow was just day rz from finalizing the sale of her home, but the bank said it couldnt accept the payoff. Nina tyson was ready to move into her new home in tracy. Ninas husband, kenneth died of a heart attack in 2008, taking out an equity loan in his name. When nina tried to pay off the hoon, chase said it couldnt accept the money because it wasnt in her name. I didnt know what i was going to do. I was having to prepare to move out of a home that had been sold. This happened just a week before the scheduled close. The Title Company refused to release half of the proceedings from the sale because the bank wont lift the lien. Nina could not buy her new home in tracy. It was very stressful. Because i i was i dont want to say terrified but pretty much terrified. Adding to frustration, nina had been making payments on the equity loan since her husband died. And jay said she was right to do so but didnt have to. A finance expert was more blunt. You shouldnt be saddled with someones debt, even if that is your spouse. Chase said she had two choices. Continue to pay the loan and enjoy the benefits without receiving credit on her Credit Report or reapply for a loan under her own name. The more pressing matter for nina is completing the sale of her home and moving into her new one. She contacted 7 on your side for help. Chase told us it was aware kenneth died but needed a death certificate. Nina submitted it and everything was cleared up. They apologized for any inconvenience. And they were sorry for my loss. Chase told us wed never want to hold someone responsible for debt not theirs which is why we ensure were closing a loan with appropriate documentation. After receiving the information we worked quickly to close this loan in a week. I love 7 on your side. I was so thankful. So appreciative. That is what were all about. I do want to thank chase, they got on this and were very happy to help. I want to hear from you if you have a problem, 7 on your side hot line is open monday through friday, from 10 00 a. M. To 2 00 p. M. And that number 4159548151. You can reach me through my Facebook Page and abc7news. Com. So special. Glad it worked out. She was terrified. Understandably. Yes. Well, San Franciscos biggest tech employer hosts the citys biggest tech conference this week. If you tell them theyve got their head in a cloud, theyd alla lot of its a hoax. Bal warminits a hoax. Itll get cooler. Itll get warmer. Its called weather. We need some Global Warming we need leaders who get it. So that we can move away from coal and oil to clean energy. Im tom steyer. If you want to do something about climate change, you can. Please. Register and vote. Nextgen California Action Committee is responsible for the content of this advertising. Narrator it wasnt that long ago. Years of devastating cutbacks to our schools. 30,000 teachers laid off. Class sizes increased. Art and music programs cut. We cant ever go back. Ryan ruelas so vote yes on proposition 55. Reagan duncan prop 55 prevents 4 billion in new cuts to our schools. Letty munozgonzalez simply by maintaining the current tax rate on the wealthiest californians. Ryan ruelas no new education cuts, and no new taxes. Reagan duncan vote yes on 55. Sarah morgan to help our children thrive. Gill more girls deeb yeahed 16 years ago today, the Online Streaming Service transformed coffee shops into the fictional lukes diner. The cups also revealed snap chat codes ta unlessed a special gillmore girls filt dwrer. The Biggest Software conference in the world is the biggest tech event in San Francisco. 170,000 people are in town for dream force. Hello, dream force, how are you feeling today . Rapper william kicked off the dream force key note with a video raising money for education. Philanthropy has been a focus for the head of sales force. Mark benio. F has seen his company through the age of the web and smart phone. Now, were seeing this new world. Consumers use. It youre talking to siri . Yes. Can i get an uber . That works. That is artificial intelligence. Now, sales force wants to bring it to business. Were so excited about sales force, einstein. Its clear for the giant fuzfuz fuzzy einstein. I never told einstein who my competitors are. It figured it out. For the excitement, for many people the take away was the message about real intelligence. If the crowd headed through metal detectors looks like a tsunami of people. There is a tsunami of every hood, every day. Its lack of opportunity, no investment on education. A tsunami of crime. William says take a look at the crowd. The obvious color tone in the room. There are other folks like me in the hood that can contribute. It struck me because i didnt see it at first. You know . After saying it, like, wow, hes right. And we need to do something about that. The message to techies . Help out your local schools so the next generations dream force looks different. I think geekdom can change inner cities forever. Subject of opportunity, the biggest job fair in the bay area leads tonights bay Area Business watch. Abc7 news was in city college where the room was packed with job seekers. There were 79 companies on hand and over 100 recruiters. The state is looking for Prison Guards and abc7 was there looking for talented workers as well. Today, the federal government finalized new rules for prepaid cards. A lot of customers who dont have Bank Accounts use these cards. The new rules give card holders protections similar to standard checking accounts like free access to account information, disclosure of fees and overdraft protection. Today is five years since the death of steve jobs. His successor tweeted a quote from jobs, most important have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. Feels like days are getting shorter, youre right. They are. The sun has officially set at 6 45. And sun rises after 7 00 a. M. Tomorrow. If you want to see what the days look like, post your pictures online. On days getting shorter but next few days ahead may be getting warmer. Clear skies now and sunny skies for next several days from coast to inland tomorrow. Breezy at the coast. Highs into mid60s and low to mid70s around the bay and low 80s inland. And as we look ahead, feet week warm up looks like this. Highs in the mid70s and a cooling down sunday, and there will be a sustained warm up in our inland areas, livermore, peaking at 93 degrees saturday, but warm at 89 sunday, before temperatures dive a little bit on monday. Here is the accuweather forecast. You can see warming on friday, continuing to warm up on saturday. Low 90s inland. Warmest spots saturday and sunday. And a cool down monday, which is columbus day in all regions of the bay area, cooling continues tuesday and a slight, slight chance of rain by mid week or late next week. Okay. Thank you spencer. Okay. Time to check on our giants. Yes. Larry beil is here with that. It is pure heat in new york. The latest on the giants wild card game against the mets and how good can the warriors be with kevin durant . An good evening, giants facing the mets, what a match up of noah cindergard nicknamed four. Four was dealing the first of nine batters based. There is no chance on 98 Miles Per Hour heat. Striking out 10 so far, bumgarters strike out was no score after three. Giants first base runner came out on a walk on the fourth. Denard span, maybe his body came off the bag there. Replay says out. Giants do not have a hit. And are scoreless in the 6th inning. What a finish in new york. Fans will look at the addition of kevin durant and say the 2016 warriors have a chance to be the greatest yet. And we put no stock on up an absurd ayeah of shooters and scorers. He believes this team can be special. This team could be better than anything in the history. That is potentially. You have to find a way together and if they can find that i think this offensive worry about itself. Dan boyle retired today, had 605 points and almost 1100 career games and spent 17 years in the nhl. Not getting drafted out of college. I had a coach tell me grow three inches and gain 20 pounds and you can play for me. It helped me get better. Just helped me with an attitude. Im not going to settle for this. Tough player. 49ers may have caught a break here, too. Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer will not play, hes been ruled out and hes a good player. And actually turn that into a game performance. Niners both 1 and 3 in the short week for the home team to be a big advantage. Regardless, you cant skip any part of your normal preparation. If anything, you have to be doing more from the physical aspect. From a mental aspect, its just everything sped up. So when you watch extra film in the morning you just stick to the same routine and watch the same amount of film. Regardless if its a short week or not. Last time raiders opened was 2002. And youll remember that is the year they went to the super bowl. Derek carr with nine touchdowns and one pick. He credits success on talent around him now. We have a great weapon with our punter. We had a great weapon with defense. We needed them, theyd come up big. So i need to learn. You know . I needed to learn that i dont have to make every play. That is something that took stress off me and coach said you dont have to do it all by yourself. And it kind of made me realize it is a different perspective. And we have breaking news. Giants now have a base hit. Runner at second in the sixth inning with two outs and a very tight game. Thank you. Join us tonight at 9 00, coming up, the limit to life. Researchers say they found the longest age any of us can expect to live. At 9 00. And the stage is set for the Senate Debate between Kamela Harris and loretta sanchez. The most talked about moments between the two democrats vying to replace barbara boxer. Here is tonights prime time line up. Stay with us for abc7 news at 11 00. That is it for this edition of abc7 news. Look for breaking news on abc7 news bay area. From all of us, we appreciate your time, hope to see you again at 9 00 and 11 00. This is jeopardy introducing todays contestants a consultant and Rideshare Driver from bethesda, maryland. A kitchen manager from columbus, ohio. And our returning champion, a phd candidate from chicago, illinois. Whose 12day cash winnings total. And now here is the host of jeopardy alex trebek thank you, johnny. Thank you, folks. And thank you, ladies and gentlemen. I know there are many of you who keep track of these things, but for those who dont, you should know thh his win yesterday, seth wilson moved past arthur chu into fifth place on our list of alltime game winners on jeopardy [ applause ] matt jackson is one game ahead of you. But margie and eric are going to cause problems for you, perhaps. Lets see what happens. Here we go. All right. What are the categories today . 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