Might even get some rain. Drew is following your forecast. Plus, howd you like to start your workweek with some giant pumpkins . We are live in Half Moon Bay. It is the 50th edition, one of the annual fall tradition in. Good morning to you on this monday, october ninth. Yes, were going to start the check of our forecast with drew. Yeah, good morning. Its finally feeling a lot more like fall after our heat wave the past couple of days. A lot of that heat broke yesterday. We now track some moisture moving into Northern California. This cold front is going to reinforce some cooler air today and likely bring a light shower to the north bay. For a lot of us, we will remain dry, but well find mostly cloudy conditions today. Heres a live look outside from the exploratorium camera. Our marine layer is back, so expect limited sunshine today. A lot of cloud cover between 10 a. M. And 4 p. M. Theres that chance of a shower in the north bay. Most areas stay dry today. And those temperatures actually below average for this time of the year in the 60s and 70s as coomassie. Thank you, drew. Developing news an all out war in the middle east this morning with israel imposing a total siege on gaza, saying authorities would cut electricity and block the entry of fuel, fuel and food. Glory is at the live desk with the latest on the crisis. Gloria good morning, kumasi. Israel says it has retaken control around gaza. The total number of deaths has surpassed 1100 as fighting continues for a third day. Now, the violence began early saturday after the militant group hamas fired a barrage of rockets catching israel off guard. This Music Festival turned to panic. Jennifer dantes, 2082 year old daughter kim was at the festival. She is now missing. Kim didnt realize that there was like 7 or 8 toyota vans full of terrorists and they just shot everywhere. They just shot them, slaughtered them like ducks. This says more than 260 bodies were recovered at the scene. Video show Palestinian Militants taking israeli hostages near the border with gaza, including Young Children and the elderly. The government says as many as 100 people have been kidnaped. Speculation is growing over irans possible involvement, but iran says it had nothing to do with israels invasion. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned israelis to brace themselves for the days ahead. He issued this statement. It says, we are embarking on a long and difficult war that was forced on us by a murderous hamas attack. President biden is pledging us support for israel. A Us Carrier Strike group is on its way to the middle east. The pentagon sending weapons and ammunition. And its also moving us warships and fighter jets to the region. Reggie gloria, thank you. New this morning, weve learned at least nine americans have been killed in those attacks. The israeli minister of Strategic Affairs confirms there are americans among those taken hostage. I think it scores of hostages. I can tell you theres also american hostages as part of that number as well. I dont want to get into a specific number here, but these are women. Theyre children. Theyre elderly. Theyre holocaust survivors. This is sick. This video appears to show hamas taking hostages. The American Deputy National Security Adviser said the us believes iran is broadly complicit in these attacks, but doesnt have direct information linking them yet. A Prayer Service for israel is held in San Francisco. Speaker emerita nancy pelosi and mayor london breed attended vowing their support. Abc7 News Reporter cornell bernard has their reaction. Shall i . Prayers for the people of israel. Members of the Jewish Community from across the bay area gathering sunday at congregation sherith israel in San Francisco to show solidarity in the wake of violence launched by hamas. This is the time to stand with us to stand with israel as we face a merciless, merciless enemy. We stand with israel. Speaker emerita nancy pelosi drawing applause after saying there is bypass artisan support and unity for israel in congress. Pelosi sharing a personal story about her own friend in israel, and she texted me just over the well yesterday that her niece and nephew and their infant child had been murdered. So what does that say about these terrorists . I dont i mayor london breed who traveled to israel earlier this year on a sister city visit, vowing her support and these attacks here here in San Francisco, we do not support. We condemn and we stand with the people of israel. I just felt that we need to be with our community. Jean epstein from San Francisco brought his kids who were wrapped in the israeli flag. He is still processing disturbing images from across the world. Hes racines for us. Reminiscent of holocaust women and their children being dragged outside of their homes, murdered in the streets. This Community Taking comfort in their solidarity now praying for peace. Nation shall not lift up sword against nation. Neither shall they experience war anymore. And let us say amen. Now israeli americans from the prodemocracy group unacceptable are appealing to nancy pelosi to help ensure the us do everything it can to bring hostages taken by hamas home safely. They say some are american citizens. Us in the newsroom. Cornell bernard, abc seven news, baytown typekit San Francisco, a rally in support of palestinian selfdefense took a turn when pro israel demonstrators came to counter the protest. Organizers say they stand by the palestinian peoples right to defend their homeland. At the hands of oppressors. This resistance has been ongoing for 75 years and we will stay in the streets until palestinians are liberated. A demonstrator tells us. Proisrael counterprotesters were throwing things at them like water bottles, cans and eggs. David muir will be reporting and anchoring world news tonight from israel. From israel starting tonight. You can catch him at 330 right after getting answers on abc seven. Coming up, tourism returning to parts of maui devastated by wildfires earlier this year. But not all locals think the island is ready. Then a part of one of San Franciscos busiest streets is set to shut down for two weeks. The workarounds if youre going down Market Street any time soon. 607 on our holiday, we have cooler october days ahead, youll get daytime highs in the first column. Some areas more than 12 degrees below average later on this afternoon. We do have the chance of a light shower in the north bay today. Well go hr by hour on future weather time. That we care for all those who make your family, well, your family. Thats why all of us Work Together to give them the care, and caring, that any family would. Kaiser permanente. For all that is you. Brown Public Transit from fifth to eighth streets will be rerouted starting october 14th and going through the 28th. Sidewalks are still going to be open for pedestrians, but bicycle lanes will be closed. Sfmta says theyre still working on how to reroute the impacted busses. The closures happening for a repaving project. 610 live doppler seven along with satellite. We are tracking an area of low pressure in the Pacific Northwest that is bringing rain this morning to seattle, portland, even parts of Northern California. Eureka seeing some light rain already this morning as this cold front approaches us. These early season fronts tend to fall apart as they make it into our region. And thats what were going to see later today. We will have a chance of a light shower in the north bay later on this morning and this earlier in the afternoon. Heres live. Doppler seven starting to see a little bit of moisture move close to ukiah this morning. But for a lot of us, its just mostly cloudy and its dry today. The exception parts of the north bay this morning from santa rosa points to the north. By 9 a. M, we could see a light shower. But then this front just really falls apart. So any moisture we do see is very light in nature. And rainfall totals less than about a 10th of an inch. Its a cool day today, below average, a far cry from that heat we had last week. 60s and 70s. But warmer weather is on the seven day forecast. Carmassi well show you that in about nine minutes. Thank you, drew. Coming up, the latest workers set to go on strike today as they fight for better pay, schedules and benefits. And Governor Newsom vetoing several bills, including vetoing several bills, including one that could protect t 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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I understand a lot of people are having issues with opening, but we need to survive. Its the only way. The Hawaii Tourism Authority says tourism is the number one driver of the states economy. Mac truck workers are planning to strike this morning after voting down a deal with the company. Union members and workers at plants in three states are seeking their fair share in wages and other issues. Those benefits include better work schedules, health and safety, health care and overtime. 73 of workers voted against the tentative contract deal, and the union says, quote, clearly we are not there yet on an agreement with a total of three different earthquakes shook Northern California yesterday. The first was a preliminary 3. 0 magnitude quake, which hit around. 8 39 a. M, just over four miles west of cobb in lake county. Then a 4. 0 magnitude earthquake, earthquake was later detected at 2 30 p. M, five miles west of cobb and then the third one at 230 in sonoma, sonoma county. It was a magnitude 3. 8. Near the geysers is the Us Geological survey says there was no reports of damage. The now infamous airbnb squatter in Southern California was actually evicted for the same thing in oakland just two months before Elizabeth Hirschhorn moved into a Brentwood Airbnb guest house. She had legal issues with the rental in oaklands rockridge neighborhood. Thats where she made a rental agreement for a room in the home. But after a cleaning dispute, she stopped paying rent. Similarly, her sean had an issue with repairs done to the guest house and the owner offered her an extension. She has since stopped paying rent and the original six month stay has turned into more than two years. Happening today. It is the time of year for the annual fall tradition in halfmoon bay that involves a lot of big pumpkins. Abc7 News Reporter lena howland joining us live from the World Championship. Pumpkin weighoff with a look at what we can expect. Good morning, lena. Good morning, kamasi. This is the super bowl of pumpkin playoffs and its happening right here in Half Moon Bay in less than an hour. We are joined now by last years reigning champion. This is travis gienger. Hes coming here all the way from anoka, minnesota. He won last year and he also won in 2020. So travis, what brings you back for maybe a potential third win . Yeah, were hoping. Were hopeful. But you never know until it gets on the scale. So, yeah, its just a Great Community of people out here. And the town goes nuts over giant pumpkins. It really does. It really does. Thats kind of the understatement this morning. But i want to talk about your drive over here. I realize you drove some 33 miles and or 33 hours through the night to get here. Tell us about the journey, bringing this pumpkin here. So bringing a pumpkin, 35 hours is no joke. I mean, you got San Francisco traffic. You know how that is. And you know, youre dodging bob and weave and motorcycles. But yeah, we got it here. So wow. What are you looking forward to most this year . I guess its just seeing the people and putting smiles on peoples faces when they see the size of these things. Theyre like, how did that even grow . So wow. And you were trying to break your own record. I remember last year, your pumpkin, we were here for that, weighed in at just over 2500. And i think the 60 pounds. Yeah, 2560. So this should be close. Well see. Yeah, it could be close. Yeah, it could go quite heavy and it could go a little lighter. Who knows. But it feels nice. So. And organizers have said that they actually had to purchase a completely new to scale. Do you know anything about that . Yeah, i said this things not going away on a 4x4 scale. I said, it needs something bigger. I mean, the things seven foot five long by six, seven. So its pretty big. But yeah, they had to buy a new scale for it. Oh, my gosh. Wow. And are you hopeful that you will shatter your own records and potentially be a world record . Yeah yeah. I mean, theres always that hope. I mean, were right there. So so its just these things can go 500 pounds bigger or smaller. So so theres that range. But and my last question, what is your secret to growing the perfect giant pumpkin . A lot of water, a lot of fertilizer and a lot of care throughout the year. I mean, its 184 days of straight labor of love. Amazing. Well, good luck to you, travis. We are so excited for you and thank you for joining us so early. Our 2022 reigning champion hoping to win his third title here this morning. Again, this weighoff starts at 7 00 and is expected to wrap up right around 11. For now, reporting live in Half Moon Bay, im lena howland, abc seven news. Im pulling for travis lena i dont know if you knew this, but anoka, minnesota is considered the halloween capital of the world. Thats where this man is from. Oh, wow. I wonder why that is. Yeah what do they do there that is so special . I dont know. They grow a world class gourds. I mean, its got to be a part of it. It could be a thrice winner today, right . Right. I like that. I would have felt like salem would have been the halloween capital of the world. Right . Or somewhere like that. Yeah. Although, you know that that history is like a little. Its interesting. Theres a lot going on there. Its a little spooky ooky. Its a little problematic. You know, the witch trials. Yeah. But they go all out for halloween. I have been there and it is pretty incredible. Yeah, they do a they do a lot as they should. They embrace their history. Theyre like, listen, here we go. Some stuff happened and. And now heres our haunted house. Yeah. And a haunted hotel, you know. Okay, lets see. A ghost. Yeah. Outside this morning. Heres a live look from our exploratorium camera. Our marine layer has returned, and thats going to bring us cooler weather the next few days. Now were tracking back to back cold fronts. One today, one tomorrow. And with these fronts in the north bay, we could have a couple of isolated light showers in the forecast. But for a lot of us, its just a lot of cloud cover. It feels a lot more like fall this week. But as we head towards thursday and friday, we will see some warmer weather move in this morning. Live. Doppler seven have a couple of returns on live doppler seven near ukiah. Lakeport right now this is the area well watch closely later today for the best chance of seeing more light showers. For most of us this front as it gets closer, its just going to fall apart. There is a lot of moisture in eureka right now, but these early season fronts, when they go south, they lose a lot of their rain. So were not tracking any widespread steady rainfall for today. Its more isolated in nature. And the best chance is in the north bay looking at today and tomorrow, those two cold fronts there you can see the best chance of any measurable precip is mainly in the north bay and mainly around ukiah. For a lot of us, when you start seeing these numbers around 1 100, its very unlikely that well see steady rainfall, but not out of the question that we could see a light shower along the coast even today and tomorrow. So we have a lot of cloud cover today because a lot more like fall 60s and 70. And well keep those temperatures close to average over the next couple of days. Accuweather seven day forecast a lingering chance in the north bay tomorrow. Then were brighter and were warmer by thursday and friday. The early call on the weekend mix of sun and clouds and temperatures very falllike both days gloria. All right drew right now were going to get a look at your traffic. And so far, traffic is looking pretty good this morning. This is a look at our bay bridge toll plaza camera traffic is starting to stack up a little bit in the middle lanes to the end of the parking lot. The metering lights flipped on at 538 this morning and going from the toll plaza to San Francisco, itll take you about 22 minutes. And taking a look at your drive times this mo