Place at a bay area ballpark later this month. Good morning. Its tuesday, october 17th. Yes, starting with a check of traffic with gloria. Yeah well, you know what . Lets get a look outside right now because were going to get a check of that sigalert that weve been following for the past few days. So this is a live look at your richmond, san rafael bridge. And of course, there was that deadly crash there last week. So those right. Three lanes are still closed this morning. That could create some slowdowns a little later on. Right now, though, no slowdowns because it is early, but those lanes are expected to reopen on thursday. And lets get a live look outside. Also on the bay bridge toll plaza, you can see it is very, very foggy out there. This morning. The metering lights are still not on right now. So it is moving pretty smoothly out there this morning. Itll take you about 13 minutes to get from the toll plaza to San Francisco. And now lets get a check of weather with drew. Hey, good morning, gloria. We do have a dense fog advisory in effect for the north bay this until 10 a. M, very similar to yesterday morning. We have low visibility, zero miles in petaluma, a quarter from santa rosa, napa, novato even along the coast right now, we do have dense fog. So we are starting out with some thick fog this morning across parts of the region. 50s and 60s out the door right now for your current temperatures. Heres 9 a. M. Were breaking down that fog, pulling it back to the coastline. A warming trend gets underway here today. So later on this afternoon, temperatures bouncing a bit above average for this time of the year. 70 and low 80s around the bay shoreline, mid 80s and our warmest lots inland up to 76 in oakland today. Brighter skies, 72 in the city, 83. In san jose, up to 85. In santa rosa, kumasi. Thank you, drew. Developing news on the israelhamas war. White house officials are confirming President Biden will be visiting israel tomorrow. The death toll on both sides is now risen to more than 4000 people. And gloria, there are concerns that this could grow in the coming days. Thats right, kumasi there is a growing concern that iran and its proxy hezbollah in lebanon could enter the conflict in the coming days. And thats something that the us does not want to happen. That threat coming as President Biden is set to meet israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu face to face. Mr. Biden is also expected to meet with jordans king, egypts president and the Palestinian National authority during his time overseas. Us secretary of state Antony Blinken in tel aviv yesterday announcing the president s trip after a marathon seven hour meeting with israeli leaders. Hes coming here at a critical moment for israel, for the region and for the world. President biden will underscore our Crystal Clear message to any actor, state or nonstate, trying to take advantage of this crisis to attack israel. Dont to underscore that message. A show of force. 2000 us troops are now on alert for possible deployment and a second Carrier Strike group has moved to the region in hopes of preventing additional attacks. As for those 2000 us troops now on standby, u. S. Officials say if they are deployed, they would serve an advising intelligence and also medical support roles. Reggie. Gloria thank you. At uc berkeley, hundred of propalestinian students filled sproul plaza and blocked access at the cal campus. The demonstrators called for a free palestinian state and for better representation of palestinian students on campus. The rally also attracted a handful of counter demonstrators who held up israeli flags yesterday. Rally remained peaceful last week, protesters supporting israel clashed with propalestinian groups on campus. San francisco da Brooke Jenkins is apologizing for a tweet that she posted about one of the protests that took place in the city over the weekend. In the tweet, jenkins described the event as a pro hamas rally and blamed protesters for death to israel. Graffiti left behind in the downtown area. Jenkins has since deleted that tweet after she says members of the muslim and arab communities reached out. Jenkins wrote, i listened and understand their concerns. And as a result deleted the tweet. I do not support violence that clearly antisemitic graffiti has no place in sf and we must be mindful that a person who chooses to engage in hateful acts is not representative of an entire community or faith. We are tracking developments in israel, gaza and here at home. 24 hours a day. You can find the latest updates anytime at abc7 news. Com. Download the abc7 bay area app to get breaking news alerts and live streams as they happen. Today oakland mayor qingdao will give her first state of the city address the big issue residents are concerned about, we all know is crime. Three people were killed over the weekend and that brought the citys homicide rate above 100 so far this year. Abc7 News Reporter lena howland live in the newsroom with what citizens and residents are asking for this morning. Lena well, kumasi this morning with a dwindling budget, no Permanent Police chief and a damaging crime reputation. It has been a challenging first year for the mayor. On the eve of mayor xiang taos first state of the city address, a Community Safety meeting was held at b. B. Memorial cathedral yesterday night, where Community Members demand a safer oakland, not just complaining, but also advocating for change. After a weekend where we saw three more killings that pushes the citys yearly homicide total into the triple digits at 103. Data from the Oakland Police department shows reports of burglaries, vehicle thefts, robberies and carjackings are all increasing. We need professional security teams or policemen to guard the blocks, either walking or just having a presence as a deterrent. Things have truly changed. The stealing. All the businesses are closed down, all the empty buildings we have just as ridiculous ahead of state of the city address, a group called neighbors together oakland will be holding a protest just outside of city hall as they demand accountability from the mayor. They say under her administration in oakland leads the nation in stolen vehicles. It missed a crucial grant deadline costing millions and rising crime has led to rampant business loss. Its the state of the city address is expected to start at two this afternoon in oakland. City Council Chambers live in the newsroom, lena howland, abc seven news. Thank you, lena. And we will make sure you get the full picture of crime where you live. Thanks to the hard data in our interactive abc seven neighborhood safety tracker, itll show you a wide range of Public Safety stats for oakland, san jose, as well as San Francisco. Youll find it on the front page of abc7 news. Com. Another town in the bay area is banning Public Comments by zoom because of people dropping into Public Meetings to say hateful things. Last night san pablo voted to end zoom and telephone comments. So weve had a handful of Public Comments, but again this is precautionary because of the emergence of zoom bombing. So we dont want to create the platform or these zoom bombing can occur with that hate speech. And again, this is also contingent with your city diversity policy, where you need to denounce this, that type of behavior and hate speech by policy. Walnut creek bans zoom Public Comments earlier this year for that same reason. And now San Francisco is considering a ban as well after a racist zoom ambush a few weeks back during a board of supervisors meeting. Today marks one of the most significant days in bay area history, 34 years since the 1989 loma prieta earthquake. The marinas really hard hit. There are cracks everywhere. Oh, my god. Look at that. The freeway has just completely collapsed east. The 6. 9 quake rocked the San Francisco bay area and other parts of Northern California. To the shock was centered ten miles northeast of santa cruz on the san andreas fault, striking at 5 04 p. M. 63 people were killed, thousands more were hurt. The loma prieta quake would cost 5. 6 billion in total losses. Our abc seven originals documentary the earthquake effect talks through the potentially dangerous situation in every bay area resident faces should an earthquake like the 1989 loma prieta happened. Today, you can watch the earthquake effect on the abc7 news bay area app available wherever you stream. We all think we might know what to do, but really seconds matter and having a plan is critical. So we want to make sure youre prepared. If you go to our website abc7 news. Com prepare norcal. We have a guide to make sure you and your family are ready. Now take a look at live doppler seven along with satellite. We have have a High Pressure building over the next couple of days and that is going to bring about a warming trend across the region. But we do have some thick fog this morning. A dense fog advisory is in effect for the valleys of the north bay until 10 a. M. This morning. That includes san rafael yountville, santa rosa, even along the coast from bodega bay up through sea ranch, we are seeing some thick fog this morning. Take a look at visibility right now. Zero is as bad as it gets and thats what were seeing in petaluma this morning. That is thick fog. If youre traveling 101 37 in the region. And we will see napa at a mile visibility novato down to a quarter of a mile. Visibility and this fog is going to linger until about 10 a. M. This morning. So we have several hours to deal with this dense fog advisory outside this morning. Well track those pockets of fog. Well have brighter skies as the day goes on. And todays a warmer afternoon. A warming trend gets underway here. Well go into the mid 70s around the bay shoreline, mid 80s and our warmest spots inland. And that warming trend really takes off over the next couple of days. Tomorrow, 90s return inland and then this heat is going to peak here on thursday. It is going to feel hot across the region. Widespread 80s and 90s away from the coast. Well take a closer look at these afternoon temperatures, neighborhood by neighborhood coming up in about nine minutes. Reggie, thank you, drew. Deadline extension. The new date to file your federal tax return. Catching speeding drivers. Does tons of speed cameras set to be installed through San Francisco. 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San francisco Municipal Transit Authority will be studying potential location options throughout 2020 for the locations will get final approval at a public meeting, and then sfmta will have an ad campaign to make people make sure people know about 30 days before the cameras are turned on. The deadline to file your 2022 federal tax returns is being extended again. The irs postponed tax deadlines for taxpayers in 55 of the 58 california counties to november 16th. The extension does not include residents of lassen, modoc and shasta counties. The irs initially extended the traditional filing deadline to yesterday because of last winters storms. Its important to note this change does not apply to state taxes as the deadline to file those was yesterday. California is investing 500 million to improve student math and reading scores. State superintendent of public instruction Tony Thurmond said the money will go to higher literacy coaches and math teachers. Educators school staff and administrators will be eligible for professional Development Grants so that they can help teach reading and math in schools. It will take the entire team at a school and at a district to support our students, as that team might be a specialist at or a reading coach. There are roles for the principal to play. California is also investing 4 billion in other programs like universal preschool, Mental Health resources and programs to close the achievement gap. It grew deeper during the pandemic. Dot those eyes and cross those ts cursive will be coming back to california classrooms. The writing style has been somewhat of a lost art. Abc7 news south bay reporter lauren martinez. Looking at why its about to make a comeback. Traditional handwrite eating is making a comeback in california schools. On friday, Governor Newsom signed a bill that would require cursive instruction in first through sixth grade. Handwriting actually activates different parts of the brain that do not get activated when printing block letters or typing. Can you read what this says . Learning how to read and write in cursive is going to be new for students and for some teachers. For 13 years, our Teacher Education programs have said cursive is not part of the standards we have quite a chunk of teachers who have not taught it and who havent needed to teach it, and some who probably were not taught it themselves in english and language arts, private tutor said its important to be open to Different Things for different kids. A lot of the neurodiverse and learning disabled kids ive worked with actually do better with cursive. Ive read that it has something to do with a different part of the brain, that the same part that you use for drawing and those flowing movements can really help the kids. They dont have to keep picking up the pencil. Victoria lara is a calligrapher based out of napa and works throughout the bay area for years ago, lara turned her passion into a business and started blossom an ink studio. I do in studio and on site events, so ive worked with big brands, local businesses. Lara said learning cursive has helped transfer her skill of lettering to engravings and wood burning. Having something handwritten is just its a different feeling. Its a very emotional feeling behind it. Lara said her son in high school wasnt taught cursive as much and hes learned the skill more through her calligraphy. Now hes used to it. He definitely takes them a little bit longer to read the note cards or whatever it is, but he definitely has gotten used to it. Now and thats something that i told him, honey, like we need to we need to work on your person in the south bay. Lauren martinez, abc7 news. Theres a cursive divide at this anchor desk. It sure is. Fan yes, i think its a devil. The devil. When youre left hand, when youre a left handed and im left handed, youve just got to be careful. Sometimes it smears, but its okay. Just be careful. Waste of my time. I tilt the paper anyway. Oracle park is going pink for barbie. Its hosting a movie night on halloween weekend. Yes, you can dress up. You can even win a prize for the best barbie costume. So oracle park posted the announcement on x, formerly known as twitter. It says calling all barbies, kens. And of course, allens tickets are not allen and you to make sure allen is included. Tickets are 24. Theyre on sale right now for barbie movie night at oracle park. Its going to be next friday, october 27th. You can reserve a spot on the field ball park seats are available, too. Organizers say a portion of every ticket sold will go to the barbie dream gap project. It takes on gender stereotypes, types and biases that limit girls full potential. How fun that is. Fun. What a cool idea. I love that. It just gets to be in the ballpark and your costume running around. Well, maybe not. Not running. Run the bases. I know. Sit down and watch this movie. Yeah, theyre going to be a lot of barbies and kens for sure. Yeah, i forgot about allen. I know. You know. Is he part of the community . Yeah for sure. I think he was. He was obsessed with ken. It felt like. Okay, just like, you know, kens chasing barbie, allens chasing ken. Just like. Yeah, go round and round the circle of, like, circle of like, who hasnt been there outside this morning. Take a look at the fog. It is dense in spots at the bay bridge toll plaza. You can see we have that low cloud cover right now. We have a dense fog advisory this morning until 10 a. M. Its not only here, but also in the north bay. We have some thick fog that were dealing with, a warming trend gets underway here later on this afternoon and that brings the possibility of record heat wednesday and thursday. Lets time out some of this cloud cover. Heres 8 a. M. Were still dealing with that fog across the region after 10 a. M. That cloud cover breaks down, pulls back to the coast for sunshine away from the coast. And that will bring about a bright afternoon and a warmer afternoon compared to yesterday. Looking at highs today, well go from fog to sunshine in the north bay wide spread 80s from san rafael to santa rosa, 83 in napa, the city today fog to sunshine 72, 76 in oakland, about 83. In san jose, 85. The high in concord overnight tonight. Were not expected ng any widespread dense fog heading into wednesday, but we will have a mix of stars and clouds and temperatures dipping into the 50s heading into midweek. So future tracker temperatures, here we go. Even warmer tomorrow afternoon. Were 90s start to make the return in our warmest cities away from the coast and then watch what happens on thursday, thursday is the hottest day this week mid 80s in the city near 90. In oakland, mid 90s for san jose. Widespread mid 90s away from the coast. So it is going to feel very warm by thursday afternoon