Cloud cover. Here is santa rosa, we are down to a quarter mile visibility. We are having visibility issues in the north bay and elsewhere you might have overcast skies but visibility is a ok. Temperatures are slightly warmer compared to this time yesterday. 50s in the north bay and upper 50s to lower 60s and upper 50s from antioch to concord. Here is a live look at the exploratorium camera. The fog is lower compared to yesterday so we are starting out with that marine layer. The sunrise is at 7 02 and the fog thins as the morning goes on with a mostly sunny day with temperatures at or below average for this time of year. We will take a closer look at the afternoon highs as well as a preview of the weekend a forecast. Kumasi a swat standoff is going on inside of a Pleasant HillNordstrom Rack and it began last night and it has gone on for hours. Lena howland is joining us. What is going on right now . Lena hello. This is where Pleasant Hill police say a highspeed car chase ended and the suspect who was wanted for multiple crimes took off on foot before running inside of this Nordstrom Rack behind us. This happened more than nine hours ago which forced the store to be evacuated and in the past hour we have seen officers coming and going from the entrance with the doors open. Several agencies were involved including the contra costa Sheriffs Office, Concord Police and Pleasant Hill police. They took over before calling in the swat team. There is a very large Law Enforcement presence on scene and we have seen a few confused safeway employees just getting here for the workday wondering what is going on as most of their parking lot as well as the gas station parking lot and the full Nordstrom Rack parking lot are taped off. It was unclear what the suspect was wanted was originally wanted for and what caused the chase. We are working on getting more information. As soon as we get that we will bring it to you. Reggie thank you. The other big story, the hurricane. Ian intensifying into a category four hurricane with wind up to 150 mas an hour and it is making its way to florida. Jobina right now ians wrath is being felt across florida as a category four storm but it could intensify before making landfall. Strong wind, rain, and flooding have been seen. This is video from fort lauderdale. The concern is high tide in fort myers happening right as the story makes landfall. Increasing the risk of catastrophic flooding for people who stay behind. The time to evacuate has already passed. After a certain time when Tropical Force Winds are here we will not send out first responders. Two point 5 billion floridians currently under some type of evacuation order. Jobina authorities are warning people to expect at least several feet of storm surge from naples to tampa. Some areas could see 20 inches of rain. Power outages have already started and Utility Companies say they put 30,000 workers on standby to get the power back on. Fema is getting ready stockpiling millions of meals in alabama and travel is about to get more difficult. The Orlando International airport will be shut down later this morning. Reggie we have been updating you with the latest developments with the abc7news app including nez perce include including this push alert. Just search for abc 7 bay area in the app store and you can download that. The Oakland Police chief says that he has heard loud and clear. They are afraid. He announced a shakeup to assign as many officers as possible to confront gun violence. It is my hope that we can identify more individuals responsible for these crimes and bring them to justice and take them out of our community so they stop engaging in that behavior. Reggie eight more investigators were permanently assigned to look into Violent Crime and reinstating the traffic unit that was disbanded because of short staffing. Officers were being told to work overtime to increase police presence. That announcement came hours after the citys 96th homicide of the year, two people were shot just after 10 00 near 98th and eads, both were taken to the hospital where one died. The condition of the other person has not been revealed. Kumasi a new lawsuit claims the city of San Francisco violated the Constitutional Rights of the unhoused by citing, finding, and arresting people. The city, city departments and the mayor are named in the suit. Melanie efforts to clean up San Franciscos streets went too far according to a lawsuit filed on tuesday. Instead of focusing on criminalization policies that are terrorizing unhoused people which is unconstitutional, the city needs to focus on the actual problem which is that it is too expensive for people who grew up and has been and have been longtime residents to actually live here and survive. Melanie he has an attorney with the Lawyers Committee for civil rights of the San Francisco bay area. That agency along with the aclu and the coalition of homelessness alleging the lawsuit that city agencies violated Constitutional Rights i citing, finding, and arresting them as well as taking and destroying their belongings. A macbook pro, a cell phone, a brandnew tent, a toolbox, a work uniform, peoples medications, government id, those are items that the city is taking in remarkable numbers. Melanie the project shared this video with abc7news. They are taking my stuff and throwing it away. They are stealing my stuff which they say you will never get back. It is happened so many times and i will never get a thing back. Melanie he was unhoused for two years. Some people were fair and some people were cruel. Melanie bagging and tagging items to be collected later it does not work. It is a morass when you try to retrieve your belongings. It can take several hours and it is hard to find someone willing to help you and it seems like a black hole, really. I do not know very many people who get their things back. Melanie a spokesperson told abc 7 that since june of 2020 it has expanded its permanent Supportive Housing units by 3000 and that the city shelter system has expanded to 3500 beds. The goal is to stop the city from displacing unhoused people were destroying their property. Supporters want the city to invest more in Affordable Housing. I am hoping this is a wakeup call in getting people to adjust their practices. Melanie a spokesperson writes the city is focused on expanding our temporary shelter and permanent Housing Options to alleviate the homelessness crisis. Once we are served with a lawsuit we will review the complaint and respond in court. He says the possibility of losing his housing again is always there. I am concerned with my friends who are still out there. Reggie happening today, Governor Newsom will be in San Francisco to sign a bill accelerating the construction of new housing and will announce new funding for Affordable Housing projects across the state. The governor signed several bills into law one that would protect reproductive rights and another would address gender inequality by requiring companies to post al grays, eliminating the pink attacks and supporting Domestic Violence victims. It will cost you more to buy wine and liquor. Expand the bottle deposit program. Currently wine and liquor bottles are not included in a program that charges a five cent or . 10 deposit. The new law goes into effect in 2024 and supporters say that less than one third of liquor and wine bottles are recycled. Kumasi gas prices continue to search. The average is above six dollars. It is . 10 higher in san jose at 6. 14. 20 . 20 higher at six dollars a gallon. Drew live doppler 7 looking at the tropical satellite when we got the latest from the National Hurricane center nine minutes ago. It is still a major category four storm. They will gusts to 190 miles an hour and here is the eye of ian, about 55 miles away from naples. We estimate that the storm will make landfall between 9 00 a. M. And 11 00 a. M. This morning ringing a catastrophic storm surge, intense rainfall and damaging wind. Once that makes landfall later today it look how slow it moves to the next 24 hours. It crosses the florida peninsula so a lot of rain in a short amount of time for many cities in florida. Heres the rainfall forecast, you see the white color, one to two feet of rain is forecast, a similar story to the north. We are talking six to 12 inches across a huge portion of florida. Back at home it is different, a nice fall day with fog first thing giving way to afternoon sunshine and temperatures below average. 71 in the city. 79, san jose. 82, santa rosa. 86 fairfield with sunny skies. We will look at the weekend forecast and seven minutes. Jobina hello. Very quickly we got an update that you will experience a 10 minute dead delay in the daly city direction. We will bring you a live look in emeryville showing you 80 with headlights traveling westbound and a wind advisory for the altamont pass. Things are looking nice for your commute. Golden gate bridge and then we wrap up with the drive times. Tracy to dublin, 47 minutes. Any to concord, 14 minutes. San rafael to San Francisco, 15 minutes. Reggie Vice President harris making a strong statement in support of taiwan. What she told asian allies. Kumasi how much money a woman will get from the city of San Francisco after being hurt walking on a side rock sidewalk. Reggie the evidence that whats it like having xfinity internet with supersonic wifi . Its fast. Like beyondgigspeed fast. Yeaaaaaaaaay with three times the bandwidth, and the power to connect hundreds of devices at once. Get the xfinity supersonic bundle with unlimited gig speed internet, wifi equipment included and a free 4k streaming box. All for 50 a month with a 2 year internet rate guarantee and no annual contract when you add Xfinity Mobile with unlimited data. Switch today kumasi 5 14. The san jose man convicted in a deadly dui crash in 2018 will be learning his fate. Three people including two children died in the crash. He was driving a toyota camry erratically when he crashed into a cadillac escalade. That led to a Chain Reaction involving a crash with five cars in total. Authorities say that tran was under the influence of marijuana and charged with gross vehicular manslaughter as well as a weapons charge. Chp says those who died were not wearing seatbelts. Reggie a woman is getting a 750,000 settlement from the city of San Francisco after she got hurt walking on a steep sidewalk plantar. Abc7news was in the aa ar nwich seeand you can see the is. The planter box has been filled with concrete and is higher than the actual sidewalk. According to the complaint, the woman walked along the upper part at night when she fell off and seriously got hurt. Neighbors say this section is unsafe especially at night. It is not very well lit, and especially if you do not know the neighborhood. You could reggie stumble. The injured woman had to undergo surgery and physical therapy. Neighbors say people the city should do more to alert people to the danger. Kumasi a Southern California amber alert ended in a tragic and bizarre turn of events. Sheriffs deputies found themselves in a shoot out with the fugitive and murder suspect. This happened yesterday in San Bernardino county. He is accused of abducting his estranged 15yearold daughter, savannah. During the shoot out she emerged from the truck. The suspects truck wearing body armor and a helmet. Officials say that savanna ran towards deputies and they opened fire. The deputies pulled up and rendered medical aid and realize that this was savanna in the Tactical Gear and they immediately transport her to another local area hospital and savanna is pronounced deceased. Kumasi he also died in the shootout. He is suspected of killing his daughters mother on monday. New details in the case against elizabeth holmes. The judge has called off the upcoming october 3 hearing instead. The judge will hold a status conference through zoom to address her motion for a new trial and discuss new hearing dates. She is convicted of four charges related to fraud and faces 20 years in prison for lying to investors. Vice president Kamala Harris is in japan while on her asian trip. She has condemned actions by china while pledging american support to taiwan. As we anticipate continued aggressive behavior from beijing, as it attempts to unilaterally undermine the status quo. The United States believes that peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait is an essential feature of a free and open indo pacific. And we will continue to fly, sale, and operate undaunted and unafraid wherever and whenever International Law allows. Kumasi china considers taiwan a part of its country while taiwan and many others do not. Harris will also visit south korea as part of her trip. President biden is set to meet with the chinese president in november. More evidence that the school day should start later. Reggie it could help improve their mental health. Scientists agree that starting school after 8 00 a. M. Is better for teenagers because of hormonal changes happening in their bodies meaning that they need more sleep and they should wake up later. California already jumped on this research and the law went into effect this school year mandating that middle school start no earlier than 8 00 a. M. In High School Start no earlier than 8 30 a. M. Drew i wouldve loved that. Kumasi what time was yours . Drew 7 20 and we had block scheduling so classes were 90 minutes. Reggie we had that. Drew i remember having english first. And i wanted to fall asleep. Reggie we started at 7 40, i think. One year we started at 7 15 because we had a bunch of snow days. And we had to make that up. Drew how is that your fault . Reggie that is what i am saying. We are being punished because of the lord . That does not make any sense. Drew the lord giveth and then he taketh away. Reggie you want to sled . Get ready for the schedule to slide. Drew we got out at 3 30. Kumasi i feel that was normal. Reggie i got out at 2 15. You had asked afterschool activities and there was a play that i was probably in. Drew starring, front and center. The lead. He did not get his beauty sleep, he was mad. Let us go outside. This is the east bay hills camera and we have fog that is dense in the north bay and hear forecast headlines. Breezy and sunny with temperatures warmer tomorrow and friday. Into the weekend we cool off to average or below average temperatures. Here is live doppler. You can see a ni troug moving into the position the Pacific Northwest and some rain associated with it. For us, keeping temperatures at or below average. Highs in the microclimate, good air quality. Sunny skies, 82, morgan hill. Along the peninsula sunshine and 78, redwood city. 67, pacifica with sunshine along the coast. 66, daly city. Mostly sunny skies and high clouds from time to time. Good air quality. 82, cloverdale. 72 sausalito. The east bay sunshine. 72 richmond with good air quality. Inland this feels nice in the upper 70s and lower 80s. 83, antioch and 82 in livermore. The marine layer is disorganized so we see a mix of stars and clouds, not a uniform layer and temperatures in the 50s. Mild and breezy today, nothing intense. The weekend is cooler, expect sunshine in the 70s and 80s and not much change. Kumasi coming up the seven things to know. Reggie the potential treatment for alzheimers, what doctors discovered. Kumasi what makes this new horse at a california alright, the reason why your dishes arent as clean as youd like. Isnt your dishwasher, its the detergent. I recommend cascade platinum and a new routine. Lets watch it work only cascade uses dawn. As a builtin prerinse system. It rehydrates dried on food. Lifts it off. And breaks it down. For Sparkling Clean dishes the first time. Ok, who wants to start . Just scrape. Load. And were done cascade platinum. Scrape, load, done. Liz, you nerd, cough if youre in here shh i took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. Cascade platinum. What about robs dry cough . Works on that too, and lasts 12 hours. 12 hours . who studies that long . Mucinex dm relieves wet and dry coughs. Kumasi 5 24 and here are the seven things to know. New video of intense wind and rain slamming florida. Overnight Hurricane Ian strengthened to a category four storm and it is close to becoming category 5. Millions of people are in its path. Reggie the Committee Investigating the january 6 insurrection canceled a hearing because of Hurricane Ian. They plan to reschedule for a later date. Kumasi breaking news the east bay, there is a standoff happening at the Nordstrom Rack store in Pleasant Hill starting yesterday evening and there was a Large Police Presence. Lena wsreie novso will binan fna anun awards for Affordable Housing projects. Drew a cooler afternoon with temperatures in the 70s along the shoreline, low and mid 80s inland with morning fog to afternoon sunshine. Jobina we have a multi car crash s