County wrapped up a short time ago. Abc 7 news was inside the Santa Rosa High School south gym tonight. Our government officials were on hand to answer questions about the lengthy cleanup process. The epa says it will start removing Hazardous Materials like, refrigerators, tomorrow in coffey park. Residents cannot refuse that. It will take several months to the get to every home. Army corps of engineers will remove everything. The service will be free. Residents can opt out. But will need to pay a private can tractor for the ter vservic. The army corps does not think people will rebuild until springtime. And our reporter was at to nights meeting. He will have more on what residents are saying tonight at 11 00. Full containment expected tomorrow on the biggest napa and Sonoma County fires. The biggest is the nuns fire at 56,000 acres. Now, 94 contained. The atlas fire is at 98 containment, the tubbs fire between calistoga, santa rosa. 95 contained. Farther north, the small pocket fire near geyserville is 94 contained. Right now, that is according to cal fire. All encouraging news in terms of containment figures. Bear fire in Santa Cruz Mountains is 100 contained. Good news there as well. Santa cruz sentinel reports, the Sheriffs Office is prepared to arrest the person who started it. A News Conference is scheduled tomorrow morning where new information is expected to be released on the criminal investigation. The blaze broke out on october 16th. Near the town of boulder creek. The fire charre 391 acres and destroyed at least four structures. Tonight the 49ers are weighing in on the debate over gun control. It has to do with players taking a knee. And the distrust between police and the communities that they serve. Abc 7 news reporter, david louis has the story from levi stadium in santa clara. The niners may be last in the division, but first in the league to bring police into a new initiative to make peace with the communities. Yes, cops are ticked off at player protests aimed at them. Right or wrong. Time to move ahead. We cannot dwell on what upsets us. Our responsibility to our communities, and to our fellow officers is too great to sacrifice because of hard feelings. We need to move the ball forward. The niners have lined up nine Police Associations to sign a pledge to create a dialogue with citizens to Foster Mental Health services and the support of proposed ban on bump stocks, device used in the Las Vegas Mass Shooting that turns a semiautomatic into an all right mati matic automatic. You just have common respect for one another and better understanding where everyone is coming from. I think that collectively will make us a Better Community and better society. Niners will contribute half a million. York hopes other groups will sign the pledge. 49ers save t 49ers safety likes is initiative. But hopes it to continue until the nfl embraces his and other players issue of oppression. We are freeitrying. What the 49ers are doing is a testament. Stepping up play. Make an effort. Oakland, san Jose Santa ClaraPolice Groups signed the pledge. So did agencies in l. A. And new york. In santa clara, david louis, abc 7 news. The high school on lockdown twice after two separate reports of of students bringing guns to school. Early earl today, Police Arrested a 14yearold buyho waved a handgun in the School Bathroom apparently. No one was hurt. In the second Incident Police talked to another student off campus. But no weapon has been found. There have been three other incidents around the bay area this week. Involving students bringing guns to school. Berkeley police need your help tonight to find a man suspected of punching someone and birling into the victim with his car. You are looking at a picture of the man taken at the scene on ashby avenue last thursday. The man drove a mercedes sedan with paper plates from a dealership. Police tell us. All started when the victim was riding in a car and yelled at the suspect about his erratic driving. Well this map shows you where their dispute turned violent on ashby avenue near Berkeley Branch of the medical center. The park range whose gun was stolen june 27th, 2017 from his suv testified in the kate steinle homicide case. Prosecutors say the stolen gun was used to kill the 392yearo392 yea 3932yearold woman. More on a revealing testimony in court. Backpack with a fully loaded handgun was placed on the floor behind the drivers seat. Thats what park ranger, testified in court today. When he came back from having dinner with his three children and fiancee, the back seat window was smashed out. And the bag stolen. Prosecutors said the gun was used in the shooting death of kate steinle. Standing between two coworkers, badge, credentials and second gun clip were taken. The federal park ranger who works for the bureau of Land Management told the jury he felt comfortable leaving the gun in the suv. Parked in San Franciscos embarcadero district. Car was locked. Well little. And suv had tinted windows. No question that he acted negligently. And he, he triggered course of events. That led to the death of kate steinle. Evidence speaks loudest. The park ranger acknowledged the Owners Manual for the 239 suggests keeping the handgun unloaded for the users safety. He had driven up with his children with the suv. In court revealed several pieces of clothing were also missing from the suv. The defense has are gaud that the alleged shooter, jose inez garcia serate found the gun on the pier in a piece of cloth and discharged accidentally. The cloth never found. In San Francisco, leeann m melendez. A warm day across the bay area. Nice outside. Our meteorologist and the forecast. We inch towards halloween. Seeing big changes we head towards halloween. High tuesday at record levels. In san jose. And take a look at san jose. 91 degrees. That is actually a new record, for today, a good 21 degrees above average. Tide the record of 93 degrees. 85 in santa rosa. 82, oakland. Warm, concord. Napa. 92 degrees. Half moon bay. 67. Take a look at air quality. Going to continue to suffer tomorrow. As the warmth is not going away immediately. So spare the air alert is up for tomorrow. The east bay. Santa clara. Moderate. Bay area. Spare the air is the latest the calendar year, since the first time this late in the season theyre issuing this. Not because of the smoke. Because of the heat. Light winds. And the car exhaust. So take a look at live d dopple seven. You will notice, some changes already under way. Right now, point reyes is where we are starting to see some fog. Fog expanding and thats not, the only change that is coming. Ill be back with details coming up including halloween forecast. Dan. Great. Thank you so much. New report says many cars in the new express lane on 680, contra costa shouldnt be there. Metropolitan transportation commission. Says 40 of the people driving new lanes do not have a fast track transponder. Violators notified by mail. But wont be penalized at least for now. Ists are using the lane. If they dont have fast track, they will not receive a violation penalty for the first weeks. When the notice comes, they will be invoiced for total amount only. The lanes open three weeks ago on southbound 680 from rudger. And on north 680. The mtc says overall lanes are working as expecked with traffic moving faster than in the mixed flow lanes. All right, busy night. Lot more to got to on abc 7 at 9 00. Hear about the stanford scientist who for the first time can see exactly where, and why, batteries in your gadgets catch fire. Also, the move by a California Court that means a beautiful peninsula beach involved in a years long legal battle. Well stay open. The ski resort and high sierra preparing to open for the season tomorrow. Tomorrow, no kidding. Theyll be skiing. More to come stay with me. vo want to be happy with your next vehicle purchase . At enterprise, we guarantee it. Head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Change your thinking about buying your next one. Scientific breakthrough could pave the way for safer batteries that last longer. We have seen videos and gadgets that caught fire unexpectedly. Jonathan bloom went to the stanford lab where researchers are finally getting a closer look at why some batteries explode. Punctured the battery. When you puncture a battery it catches fire. Some batteries catch fire on its own. From hoverboard to Samsung Galaxy note 7. Turns out the batteries were punctured at atomic level. When you charge the battery. Lithium metal will tend to grow these needle like structures, dendrites. Pierce the separator and create short circuits. The biggest thing that keeps batteries from getting smaller and holding more energy. Getting a closer look at the problem was almost impossible. Metal. Light. It has the a very low melting point. This video shows tiny needles falling apart under the microscope. The very active looking at them with the powerful electron beam makes them disintegrate. Liquid nitrogen. This turned out to be the solution. A technique that within a nobel prize for use in biology. Freezes the battery before it breaks down. We are able to finally stablize the materials. And, zoom in up to a million times magnification. Because it had never been done before, there is no instruction manual for getting a frozen battery into an electron microscope. Turns out it required a trip to the hardware store. This funnel goes in. Funnel, flashlight. Therm thermos, let them transfer samples out of the airtight glove box. I can take it out of the box. Under liquid nitrogen. Get to atomic. We can see atoms. By seeing what theyre made of. Researchers can find ways to get rid of them. National Accelerator Lab is Backing Research to pave the ways for batteries that last ten times as long. Mooaw you can drieve. To prevent car fires. Phone explosions in the future. At stanford, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. A beach at center of a years long controversy will be kept open to swimmers and surfers. The declined to hear an appeal of a Lower Court Ruling that forced billionaire venture capitalist to allow Public Access to martins beach. Next option appealing to the supreme court. He bought the section of the pacific coastline more than 32 million in 2008 and put up gate and signs saying beach closed. Earlier this month, to avoid Coastal Commission fines, he finally opened the gate but only on certain days and hours. Well from surfing to skiing tonight. In the high sierra, ski resort preparing for skiers and snow boarders tomorrow, before halloween. Mount rose on the nevada side of north tahoe will open a beginner run. Pictures the ski resort provided on final preparations. The single slope will be open 8 to noon. A lift ticket is 20. Most of the snow is man made you can imagine. But they hope of course, that will change soon. It is after all getting close to that time of year. But in the meantime, we have swelter around the bay area. And meteorologist is back with more on the heat wave. Sandy. Dan from swelter to some slick roadways. Next week this time, major changes. Already seeing some of the changes under way as you check out live doppler 7. Right now. The fog has started to close in. Along the mendicino coast. Parts of point reyes. See that in the overnight. Want to show you where temperatures are heading over the next few days. San joses average high is 73. Still going to be warm. 86. 82. Weekend. Sunday. Monday. Going to be right where you should be. Or even cooler than there mall for this time of year. Do get ready for some big changes in our weather. Right now, live look from our east bay hills camera. You can seep a view. Back toward the bay. San francisco. Visibility its good. 69. San jose, warm, at 75. Half moon bay, cool spot at 55 degrees. Look at the lovely shot. From the camera, looking towards San Francisco, downtown. 63, santa rosa. In the 50s, fairfield to places like half moon bay. Concord, liver more in the 60s. A live picture from the emoryville camera. The span. May not look that way. Warm bay inland tomorrow. Sharper, cooler over the weekend. No tricks just a treat for halloween. Look at hour bile hoy hour fore. Seeing fog roll closer. 5 00 a. M. Near the coastline. Morning commute will include, areas of low visibility. Around the afternoon hours. Most of the fog will pull away. There will be a little sliver along parts of the coast. That will help to bring those temperatures down some more. Especially near the coastline. First thing tomorrow morning. Upper 40s to the upper 50s t it is going to be a cooler night. So tomorrow, when you get going. Good idea to just grab a jacket or sweater. Later in the afternoon. Lose that jacket or swelter. It will be a warm one again in the south bay. 86. San jose. 83. On the peninsula. 81, san mateo. Redwood city. The coastline. Nice, mild. 70. Half moon bay. 72. Downtown, San Francisco. 77 degrees. 70, daly city. North bay. Going to feel different. With that fog rolling in. And just hanging tough around bodega bay. Cooler day. 68. 88. 80, oakland. Head inland, warmth with us. 85 degrees in concord. 86, fairfield. 87 in livermore. A look what you need to watch out for. Head to the beach tomorrow afternoon. Through saturday afternoon. Evening. We have a beach hazard statement. Current wave heights. 6 to 7 feet. Energetic, north westerly swell coming in will wing breakers up to 20 feet. Watch out for rip curt ends. And here is the exciting news. Big switch up in the weather. November 3. A chance of showers developing. Certainly looking wet. Friday night. Going into saturday. Keep that wet weather going. It is november. And in the sierra, this is going to turn into fresh powder. Accuweather sevenday forecast. Morning fog giving way to sunshine in most areas. Cooler day saturday. Notice the temperatures. Mid 60s to mid 80s. Temperatures, will tumble sunday. Upper 50s to upper 70s. In the autumn chill with us monday. In time for halloween. Going to feel like halloween, dan. Low sects to mid 70s. Slight chance of showers next thursday. Friday, saturday, sunday of the following weekend download the app. Check out temperature swings. Hour bite hour. Minute by minute. Toasty. Go from really warm to really school. This time of year. Thank you very much. Much more ahead at 9 00. Beast mode. Works at staying in shape. Despite suspension. Not his usual workout partners. That story when we show you the pictures. Also not one, not two. 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Ask your eye doctor about restasis multidose®. Savings card holders pay as little as 0 for three bottles. Start saving today at restasis. Com. Extreme heat may have led to a Record Number of home runs in game two of the world series. One night ago. Dont know if you watched that. Dodgers and astros come beend for eight home runs in 11 innings of play. At the games start. 93 degrees. Making one of the hottest post season games of all time. Brushfire also burning within sight of dodger stayed yuchl in l. A. Major league baseball, reports teams hit more home runs in warmer weather. 3. 1 of atbats and home runs in colder temperatures versus 4. 4 in warmer temperatures. While we are talking sports. Tomorrow is al adles tribute day at the arena. Warriors will honor the 1975 Championship Team head coach. As part of festivities, theyll be giving away this bobblehead. Really well done. Take a look at this. We have an exclusive look at the inspired suit. That steve kerr will be wearing tomorrow. Shiny black suit. Bright floral undershirt was designed in San Francisco of couture design. Designer european clothing. He had pockets. And, and used to be the color, and that was the fashion. Bring the color on top. Made, with the shinier fabric. He also tailored a modern suit in warriors blue with yellow. Which he is delivering to kerr today. Unfortunately not at the game because he is in the hospital. We understand his condition is not serious. Doing okay. Sorry we couldnt show you the bobblehead. Take my word for it really well done. Cute. Much more ahead on abc 7 news at 9 00. Mystery unveiled. Thousand of jfk files are out tonight. Next why one decision by President Trump is fufli ifueli theer yaez to theories tonight. Sexual harassment allegations from five women. His employer taking action. His employer taking action. Google announcing a at at t, we believe in access. His employer taking action. Google announcing a the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. 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