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Drizzle along the coast and across the city this morning. A live look outside it is cloudy and it is wet out there across the city. Were tracking another cold front which brings a chance of more isolated showers. Today. Its a warmer morning and its also more humid than yesterday. A lot of us begin the day in the 60s. Right now, heres future weather. Its a mostly cloudy start to the day around lunchtime. We may see a fair amount of sunshine. But as that cold front approaches, well see some showers developing in the north bay later on this evening. I think between 3 and 6 p. M. Thats the best chance of finding some wet weather. And then that front is out of here and ill take the cloud cover with it as we head into the Early Morning hours of wednesday. So today, cloudier in the north bay, a bit more sunshine in the south bay. The north bay has that chance of a shower and again, temperatures today very fall like in the mid 60s and the low 70s. Well find warmer weather coming our way in the next couple of days. Reggie, well show you that in about eight minutes. Drew, thank you. Developing news in the middle east. President biden is going to deliver remarks today addressing the war between israel and hamas. That speech is supposed to be happening at ten this morning, our time. At least 11 americans are among the nearly 1600 people killed. Israel has launched an aggressive counteroffensive attack bombarding gaza and hitting more than 1000 military targets. The Israeli Defense minister calls it a total siege, cutting off all gas, electricity and power to gaza. Hamas has threatened to begin executing hostages if israel continues its shelling of residential areas. At least 900 have been killed in israel and the death toll in gaza is nearing 700. Palestinians the secretary general of the un issued a plea for an end to the war. Sir, i recognize the legitimate grievances of the palestinian people, but nothing can justify these acts of terror and the killing, maiming and abduction of civilians. I reiterate my call to immediately he sees these attacks and release all hostages. Countless families are terrified with people trapped or missing in this war. Gloria were hearing from families who are desperate to reunite with their loved ones. Yeah, reggie, as the war between israel and hamas intensifies the fate of up to 150 israeli hostages hangs in the balance. An israeli mother is pleading for the return of her sons, who are just 12 and 16 years old. She describes the last phone call with her boys, which came just as militants were kidnaping them from a safe room. My youngest, it was only 12, saying to them, dont take me. Im too young. And that was it. The line cut off. That was the last time i heard from them. Want my children back home . I want them to fight each other. I want them to annoy each other. I want them to get on my nerves again. I want them back. I want them to be back sleeping in their beds. In an interview with abc news , white house spokesperson john kirby says the administration has not been able to confirm if americans are among the hostages and that the us has remained in constant touch with israeli officials. As thank you, gloria. The big three us airlines have canceled all flights in and out of tel Avivs Ben Gurion airport today. Delta said it would be at least november before it plans to resume flights to israel so that kind of gives us an idea of just how long it expects this conflict to continue. New united and american have canceled flights through the end of the week. United is the only airline to operate a nonstop between San Francisco and tel aviv. That flight, as you can imagine, is on hiatus. El al israels national carrier, continues to operate flights and has even capped its fares. Travelers making their way to the us are sharing their experien. Its the worst experience of my life. I was in florentin i heard the rockets go off and my whole life changed. Other arriving from israel say they are heartbroken because they had to leave family members behind. I couldnt stay over there and i left my dad with a bad condition and i dont know if im going to see him again. And thats really, really sad and breaking my heart. The state department, the faa and the department of transportation have all posted advisories for travelers in and around tel aviv. Local jewish synagogues, Community Groups and israelis in the bay area are banding together to fundraise to support those whove been impacted. Many people we spoke with have direct ties to friends and family in israel whove been killed, taken hostage or injured. Abc seven News Reporter lena howland live in walnut creek this morning where a march and vigil is being planned. Lena yeah, thats right. Today a march of support for israel is set for this evening. Supposed to start right here outside of the Walnut Creek Library. Now organizers say in these times of crisis and uncertainty, the power of unity and support is more vital than ever. Calling on Community Members to come together today to support their to express their unwavering support. Theyre also asking people attending to wear white and carry both israeli and american flags in solid charity against terrorism. We talked to an israeli american who says she was supposed to fly to israel with her daughters on sunday, but says her airlines canceled their flight from sfo to tel aviv and she knows people that are stranded there. Israelis had their phones and all electronics shut off in celebration of the jewish holiday when the attack started. Its like like we are not there. We are here and we hear all all the sadness and all the scariness from our friends and family in the past, i used to say im proud. Im israeli now. Im kind of scared to say regardless. On the other side things. There was also a rally held in support of palestine in San Francisco over the weekend. As many as 500 protesters packed the area outside of the israeli consulate, saying they want their position to also be heard, chanting free palestine. And they say they support the Palestinian Resistance and the people of palestine, despite being met by a large group of counterprotesters in support of israel. On the other side of the street. Now back here live in the east bay, todays march in support of israel is set to start right around 5 00 this evening outside of the Walnut Creek Library. It will continue onto broadway at main street. Live in walnut creek, lena howland, abc seven news. Thank you, lena. And you can stay with abc seven news for the latest updates on the conflict in conflict in israel. We will have updates on air and on all of our digital platforms. San Francisco Police shot and killed a man who drove through the chinese consulate. Police say he rammed his car through the building while lines of people were sitting inside. Sfpd says they got the call yesterday afternoon to the part of the building thats used to grant visas from the chinese government. But witnesses say the man got out of the car, was shouting about the ccp, otherwise known as the Chinese Communist party. The Us State Department is now working with the consulate to investigate what happened. He clearly tried to get something from his car because the Security Guard did not take it out. Thats what his Security Guard do not take it out. Do not know what that what it meant. But thats when you know the confrontation happened. Everyone was able to get out as police arrived. Police have not said if that man was looking for anyone in particular at the consulate. Also in San Francisco, police were in a heated standoff with a man allegedly armed with knives at a chase bank on masonic avenue. And fulton street. Police say yesterday the man went in and started to verbally antagonize the Bank Employees and escalated the situation by pulling out knives after being uncooperative with officers. Sfpd said they called in the hostage crisis negotiation team. There were flashbangs and pepper spray spray deployed more than 3. 5 hours later, the suspect was screaming while being taken to an ambulance and then to a nearby hospital. This morning, cable cars in San Francisco will be up and running again after an accident that hurt seven riders, sending six of them to the hospital yesterday. A gripman on board a San Francisco cable car activated the emergency brakes. That car was heading down washington street near taylor when witnesses say a black prius turned onto the tracks right right in front of the powell high street car. So the gripman hit the cable cars emergency brake. But that jolted the 14 people on board. It did avoid that collision, though, but some people lost their footing and fell. The guy, the operator, he actually pulled on like a special brake and everybody went forward like it was a horrible sound. I actually thought we hit the car. Witnesses tell investigators the prius drove off. Fortunately, were told all of the injuries are mostly minor. Time now approaching 510 this morning. Heres live doppler seven along with satellite. We are tracking another cold front. We had one yesterday that some s mainly to the north bay and along the coast. Heres our second cold front. The area of low pressure spinning to our north and west. And the front itself is now moving on shore. This front has less moisture than yesterdays front, so were not anticipating widespread rain once again. And its the north bay that has the best chance later on this afternoon, soon of finding those showers. This morning, though, we do have dense fog along the coast. Half moon bay is down to two miles of visibility. Just be aware along the coast and across the city this morning, we are seeing widespread drizzle. So there is wet pavement out there to begin our tuesday. A live look at sfo. It is a great start to our day. Some fog out there, some low visibility along the coast. Well have pockets of drizzle this morning. Well actually see a bit of sunshine by midday. That front will cross us in the afternoon and thats why we include the chance around 4 00 pm of that shower, mainly in the north bay. And then that front will sweep through here in the evening and begin to take the cloud cover with it overnight tonight. But temperatures today , mainly in the 60s and 70s, very similar to where we landed yesterday, very falllike for this time of the year. Looking at the three day forecast tomorrow, we are totally dry. We start to warm up the forecast and that warming continues here on thursday. We will preview the weekend coming up in about nine minutes. Lets see how traffics doing on this tuesday morning. Gloria good morning, drew. Right now, we are following a sigalert. Were getting reports of a deadly crash. This is a live look right now at our richmondsan rafael bridge camera. And you can see there is still activity out there. This is on westbound 580 at the toll plaza heading towards marin county and what were hearing is that at 10 p. M, a big rig crashed into a toll booth, a caught on fire and all of the lanes were closed. However, right now, just the two right lanes are closed. We dont have an estimated time for them reopening. And if you do need alternates, you can take highway 37 or bay bridge. And well keep monitoring this for you throughout the morning. Gloria, thank you. Still ahead, a new world record shattered in Half Moon Bay. And were hearing from the Street Vendor whose hot dog cart was pushed over by a city worker. 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Comcast business, powering possibilities. Worker and the incident, you see it here, caught on video. Its since gone viral, angering many people in the community. Abc seven News Reporter loose pena spoke with the man who says he is thankful for the Community Support. Its been a week since a San Francisco public works employee was caught on video pushing a Street Vendors cart. Today that Street Vendor is speaking for the first time in action. I was embarrassed. It was humiliating. I started thinking i just got here after the incident. Juan carlos describes feeling confused with many people passing by asking if he was okay. He says he doesnt even remember seeing the public works employee running towards him. And im pulling my cart and i feel like somebody pushed it. Yeah, i turned around and all my food was on the ground. This video went viral after a group of Community Organizers demanded for the city to intervene. Over the weekend, those same organizers surprised juan carlos with hundreds of people from across the bay area who wanted to meet him and buy hotdogs from him and his family. The video, it was awful. So we decided to plan a buy out for him because pretty much when he pushed his cart, its like he pushed everything he had because thats how he pays the bills. Thats how he puts food on the table for his kids. Thats how he pays rent. In a matter of hours, juan carlos sold 250 hot dogs in a parking lot in alameda. I didnt imagine that i had so much support. There was a long line in this video. Hes thanking everyone for supporting his family online. Many have donated over 50,000 on a gofundme page. Juan carlos, when he was there, especially him, he didnt expect that big turnout. He was just super happy. He couldnt believe it. Last week, the San Francisco Public Works Department apologized for the employees actions. Today in a joint statement with the city, the Department Said in part, when city staff and for street vending rules, issuing permits upholding health codes and keeping the right of way accessible and safe. Were doing this work on behalf of the public to maintain a healthy and safe environment for all. Juan carlos is hoping for other vendors to also get help, saying many have been mistreated by city workers and october would like to see justice because of what he did. Juan carlos says hes hoping to get a permit soon and start a food business. The Public Works Department said their inspections were mandated by the health department. They cited months of outreach in english, spanish and chinese leading up to the start of this enforcement. As to the city worker in that video, the San Francisco Public Works Department said they are still investigating. In the newsroom. Luis pena, abc seven news. Happening today, the port of San Francisco Commission Meets to consider whether to move the Golden Gate Park ferris wheel to an area near Fishermans Wharf. Supporters of the idea want the ferris wheel to be operated at the wharf by the time apex starts off on november 11th. Thats a pretty tight timeline, but it is possible to move the 150 foot sky. Sky star wheel in time. That apex summit is expected to bring 21 world leaders, 30,000 delegates and 1200 ceos from around the world to the city. San franciscos reputation is at stake, and this could be the beginning of its economic recovery. The city has just one month left to prepare. We had about 250 delegates from around the world. We took them to the tenderloin. And what they said is this happens where were from, too. This is not we dont see what everyone is talking about when, as a major city San Francisco, just like any other major city, it has it. Mayor breed says they are moving to arrest drug dealers and drug users. All in an effort to crack down and spruce up before taking on the global stage. This things been surprising. This things named Michael Jordan because its 23 and the greatest basketball player of all time. So the only thing we got to figure out is it the greatest pumpkin of all times . Whos seven. We knew he was going to win. You you did claim it. I claimed it after i saw his interview yesterday with lena. He had the spirit. And this is Getting National attention. Its all over National News this morning. He deserves it. Yeah. Thats amazing. So there you have it. A new world record at the world championship. Pumpkin weighoff in Half Moon Bay travis, our friend from the morning show, walked away with 54,741. That includes the 30,000 prize for breaking the world record, organizers say, because of the size of the pumpkin that he brought in, they had to buy a new industrial scale that can hold up to five tons. Farmers from all across the country have all ages, came hauling in their prize gourds, and those were all on display for people to touch and to see up close. Wow. And you could see it this weekend at the pumpkin fest if you want to go check it out, you can take your selfie there by the pumpkins. Yeah, i remember about like ten years ago. We like just broke the 2,000 pound mark. So these farmers are getting a lot better. They figured something out how to get a bigger, fatter, but not tastier because they dont eat it. Oh, do you roast the seeds . I roast the seeds when i have a pumpkin. Yeah love that. That is good. But i dont know if this is for that either. You know, probably a lot of seeds. Yeah, i saw i was watching a different newscast yesterday for a second, and they were like, thats a lot of pumpkin pie. Im like, its not. But it isnt. That could make a lot of pies, though. If you did use it. Its not good. Its not good, no. So as they get bigger, are they just not as tasty or what . Okay, this is for size. Oh. Oh got it. And you know, this how . Because weve been doing this every year. Okay since the beginning of time. And drew knew the statistic right at the top of this. Yeah, i remember this. I was like, i remember we were like, oh, we broke 2,000 pounds. And now were like, closing on 3,000 pounds. And i was like, oh my gosh, very impressive. You can count on it. Have we checked for, like, lead bricks inside . Have we like minnesota, would never do that. Would never. Travis would never. He wouldnt know him. Ron dont do wrong. Dont do ron. Im kidding. We love ron root. We love ron. Congrats to all. That is very cool outside this morning. Heres a live look at our san jose camera. It is just cloudy out there. We have pockets of drizzle this morning. Our marine layer is pretty thick and it is creating dense fog along the coast today well find another round of showers, mainly in the north bay with another cold front moving through behind this next front, it turns brighter and a little warmer as we head into wednesday and thursday day looking at rainfall estimates. I would actually call this drizzle estimates because as this front moves through later on this afternoon, soon it will bring some areas of showers, mainly to the north bay. Any shower that pops up outside of the north bay will be very light in nature, very similar to what we experienced yesterday. So today well have cloudier skies in the north bay, brighter skies in the south bay, temperatures mainly in the mid 60s and the mid 70s, very similar to where we landed yesterday afternoon. Now, overnight tonight, behind that front will get rid of a lot of the cloud cover. So well have some chilly spots in the 40s in parts of the north bay around the bay shoreline and will stay in the mid 50s heading into wednesday. Heres the accuweather seven day forecast north bay showers this afternoon and then were bright light and were warmer wednesday and thursday. Thursday is looking delightful heading into friday well bring back that cloud cover late at night. Friday into early saturday. And isolated showers possible but most of the weekend is looking fine, brighter and drier for sunday. Gloria all right, drew. Well, right now, we are continuing to follow this deadly crash right now. And you can see a live look at our richmond, san rafael bridge. This is a sigalert that we are continuing to follow. So this is at westbound 580 at the toll plaza heading to marin county. And if you take a look at the scene right now, there is still some tow trucks out there. Also some Police Vehicles out there as well as they are all working to clear the scene. This could cause some backups for you this morning. We have some footage that we want to show you from last night. This happened about 10 p. M. And were told that a big rig crashed into the toll booth. And were told that both the big rig and the toll booth caught on fire. Eventually, all of those lanes were blocked. And right now, at least the two right lanes are closed. We dont have an estimated time for them reopening. If you need alternate routes, you can take highway 37 or the bay bridge and of course, well continue following this for you this morning, guys. Thats terrible. All right. Thank you, gloria. Coming up, the seven things to know this morning. Celebrate being and advancing the culture of Indigenous People at one bay area campus. The effort to create deeper connections and understand the past treat yourself to rich, ghirardelli chocolate and luscious caramel. Experience ghirardelli caramel squares. In a bag and a bar. Makes life a bite better. 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Number three, House Republicans will be holding an official Candidate Forum today where members will debate who is best fit to take the gavel as the new speaker tomorrow. Will they hold an internal secret ballot election to officially select their nominee . Number four, San Francisco police shot and killed a man after he drove through the chinese consulate in San Francisco. People ran from the building while Security Guard confronted the man. No one else inside that building was hurt. Number five, it is cloudy out there this morning. Pockets of drizzle and dense fog along the coast as we go throughout the day, well track another cold front moving through. And as it does this afternoon, it will bring another shot of showers in the north bay. But its a quick moving system. Those clouds begin clearing out of here later on tonight. And number six, were continuing to follow a deadly crash that could cause some delays for you this morning. This is a live look at our richmondsan rafael bridge camera. Were getting reports of a deadly crash at westbound 580 at the toll plaza heading towards marin county. And were told a big rig crashed into a tollbooth. Both caught on fire. Right now, at least just the two right lanes are closed and we dont have an estimated time for reopening. Number seven, amazon prime members can get a jump start on holiday shopping. This is a fall prime event and it runs today, tomorrow and it has all time low prices on several products. And there are new deals available every hour. New developments in the search for oaklands police chief. Coming up at 530. The familiar name on the list of recommendations given to mayor shengtao and another selfdriving robo car Company Expanding service in San Francisco. What you need to know about waymos latest announcement but his vision dimmed with age. He had amd. I didnt know it then, but it can progress to ga, an advanced form of the disease. 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So we certainly have some wet roadways out there close to the coast. First thing, temperatures are warmer this morning and its a bit more humid as we track another cold front that will bring another chance of showers, mainly to the north bay later on this afternoon. Here is future weather, a lot of cloud cover this morning. Well actually see some decent amount of sunshine right around lunchtime. But then those clouds fill back in as that cold front gets here even closer and into the evening. Thats when well track some scattered light showers in the north bay. But the fast moving front, its going to clear out that cloud cover as we approach late tonight and early tomorrow morning. So cloudier skies in the north bay, brighter skies in the south bay that chance of a shower this evening in the north bay temperature wise. Well go into the mid 60s and the mid 70s this afternoon noon thats weather. Lets get a check of traffic with gloria good morning. Good morning, drew. We do have a Traffic Alert for you this morning and we are learning that one person has died in this crash that weve been following all morning long. You can see this live look right now at our richmondsan rafael bridge camera. This is at westbound 580 at the toll plaza heading towards marin county. This happened at 10 p. M. And were told a big rig crashed into a toll booth. Both caught on fire right now, at least the two right lanes are closed and we dont have an estimated time for reopening. If you need an alternate route, you can take highway 37 or the bay bridge. But again, one person has died in this crash. And well continue to follow it for you this morning. Thank you, gloria. Developing news in the middle east. Israel is escalating its war with the Islamist Militant Group hamas. Nearly 1600 people are dead on both sides of this fight, including at least 11 americans. Abc News Reporter justin finch has the latest from washington this morning. Israel at war. Israel Defense Forces released new video showing its airstrikes. The idf says theyve taken out more than 1000 targets across gaza as it hunts down hamas. Abcs ian pannell there on the ground as israels military moves south towards gaza and what could be a step towards a ground invasion. These are armored personnel carriers essentially heading up towards the front line. Were seeing a lot of men, a lot of munitions and a lot of movement. This is starting to look really like a country at war. Israel also imposing a gaza siege, blocking food, water and utility into the palestinian territory. Civilians in gaza now scrambling to save survivors trapped beneath rubble and caught in the crossfire for now coming to light. Evidence the Israel Attack have been months in the making. Video showing fighters training on motorized paragliders, practicing their surprise arrival into israel. All the family of 19 year old karina akayev worried for her safety after video circulated online of her being taken into gaza and bargetto she wants she just wants her to come home, back safe, safe and sound. Hamas now claims to have more than 100 hostages and is threatening to execute a civilian hostage whenever israel targets Gaza Civilians without warning, a us official tells abc news the us is providing Intelligence Surveillance and reconnaissance support to israels special Operations Forces in its efforts to learn more about the status of those hostages, President Biden is set to give remarks later today about the war in israel. Meantime, the us continues to surge military resources, including an Aircraft Carrier and fighter jets just in finch, abc news, washington. Local jewish synagogues, Community Groups and israelis in the bay area are banding together to fundraise and support those impacted. Many people we spoke with have direct ties to friends and family in israel who have been killed, taken hostage or are injured. Abc seven News Reporter lena howland is live in walnut creek this morning where a march and a vigil is planned. Lena. Organizers say in these times of crisis and uncertainty, the power of support and unity has never been more vital. Thats why a march of support for israel is being held this evening here just outside of the Walnut Creek Library. It is being sponsored by a number of jewish congregations. Organizers are asking people attending to wear white and carry both israeli and american flags in solidarity against terrorism. They say as israel is facing a critical moment in its history, they cannot remain passive observer is encouraging people to take action. We talked to rabbi Dovber Berkowitz with the chabad of contra costa, one of the sponsors for todays march. Hes knitting together to support in the local Jewish Community in the face of what he called horrific attacks. And he says theres a concern about safety here. Closer to home to locally, people are concerned and people are very worried about about security. This is locally, this isnt in israel. People feel like there is a antisemitic undertone in of course, were in touch with with law enforcement. Were in touch with Security Company bars and so on and so forth for the coming, you know, couple of weeks out. On the other side of things, there was also a rally held in support of palestine in San Francisco over the weekend. As many as 500 protesters packed the area outside of the israeli consulate saying they want their position to also be heard, chanting free palestine. They say they support the Palestinian Resistance and the people of palestine, despite being met by a large group of counterprotest protesters in support of israel on the other side of the street. Now, todays march in support of israel here in the east bay is scheduled to start at 5 00 here, just outside of the Walnut Creek Library in walnut creek. Lena howland, abc seven news. All right, lena, thank you so much. And stay with abc seven news for the latest updates on the conflict in israel. Well have updates on air and on all of our digital platforms. Today, candidates for House Speaker will be taking part in a forum to persuade House Republicans to vote for them to replace Kevin Mccarthy. Mccarthy was ousted one week ago after he secured a last minute budget deal with the help of House Democrats to avoid a government shutdown. Initially, he said he didnt intend to run again. But yesterday, the former speaker said hes willing to resume serving as speaker if enough republicans who voted in favor of his ouster are open to his reinstatement. Congressman jim jordan and Steve Scalise have announced publicly that they are running for the job in the race for the white house. Robert f kennedy jr is going independent. Gloria is at the live desk with more on this big announcement tonight and how his siblings are reacting to the news. William good morning, kumasi. Robert f kennedy jr launched a long shot bid for the democratic nomination in april, but his position on vaccines and abortion were out of the partys mainstream. He announced he is leaving the Democratic Party to run as an independent. The democrats are frightened that im going to spoil the election for President Biden and the republicans are frightened that im going to spoil it for president trump. The truth is, theyre both right. Kennedys own siblings denounced his run as an independent, saying, quote, bobby might share the same name as our father, but he does not share the same values or vision or judgment. We denounce his candidacy and believe it to be perilous for our country. After his announcement, the Republican National committee called kennedy a radical. The democratic National Committee did not respond. The other shakeup in the race comes on the republican side. Former texas congressman will hurd has dropped out and is now endorsing nikki haley. Gloria, thank you. New developments. Members of the Writers Guild of america ratified a new labor contract with Hollywood Studios that officially closes the book on a strike that brought film and tv production to a halt for nearly five months. The terms of this new agreement run through may first of 2026. Negotiations are ongoing between studio and sagaftra, which is the actors union. Actors have been on the picket line since midjuly. In its first three weeks, economic losses from the United Auto Workers strike have exceeded 5. 5 billion. The previous record held by the 2019 uaw strike against general motors, cost 4 billion. Anderson Economic Group estimates the impact of the strike will grow as it expands to more sites. Uaw leadership says they are optimistic about the outcome. They say the three big automakers have caved to some key union demands. As former Oakland Police chief laurent armstrong, who was fired back in february, has reapplied for his old position with the police department. According to the chronicle, armstrong is one of the 2020 candidates who applied for the job and the Police Commission is now recommending armstrong along with six other candidates as finalists. This is all happening as the city announced an extension to the application deadline to friday from the request of the firm conducting the hiring process. Selfdriving robot car company waymo is expanding in San Francisco. Its Driverless Cars will now serve the entire city, serve as was previously limited to the Downtown Core Fishermans Wharf and a few other neighborhoods. Waymo is also expanding the number of users who can hail a ride from a few thousand to tens of thousands of people who have asked to be put on their wait list. Coming up, the mrna Information Campaign about the war in israel shared and reshared by high profile social media users. Could there be a new sport added to the olympics . Were going to show you which ones are being considered. But first, a check on the weather with drew. Hey, good morning. Live doppler seven along with satellite. It is active again this morning. This is the second cold front we are tracking this week. We had one yesterday that brought some light showers mainly to the north bay and along the coast. Heres our second front. You can clearly see it defined on radar. Rain in the pacific northwest. And now were starting to see that rain move into northern california. This front has even less moisture to work with than the one we had yesterday. So were not anticipating widespread rain. Its the north bay once again having the best chance of showers this afternoon. Some dense fog along the coast this morning. Half moon bay coming in at two miles. Visibility also some coastal drizzle and drizzle over the city this morning, causing some wet roadways as you begin your tuesday commute outside at sfo, you can clearly see we are overcast. It is gray out there. Its a mostly cloudy start to the day. Well see an increase in sunshine around lunchtime. But dont be fooled because that cold front moves in here in the afternoon. That brings back a lot of the cloud cover. Thats the best chance of finding a shower in the north bay and temperatures mainly in the 60s and 70s very similar to where we landed yesterday. But tomorrow its a much different forecast. We get rid of the cloud cover, we bring back the sunshine, well start to warm up and by thursday well start to see 80s return. And our warmest areas. Well take a closer look at these high temperatures later on this weekend. Preview the weekend forecast coming up in nine minut we care for all those who make your family, well, your family. 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Now hes being called to action once more, but says his reserve unit is allowing him time to process the traumatic event. They support me and tell me i need to take my time to process what ive been through. Coming up at 7 a. M, well have more of these stories and complete live coverage from israel with your gma first look. Im andrew dymburt, abc news, new york. Misinformation is appearing in multiple places on elon musk platform x over the weekend after the surprise attack on israel by hamas. A fake white house news release falsely claimed the us was sending billions of dollars in new aid to israel. In response. It quickly spread through thousands of x users. Musk added to the confusion by recommending users keep tabs by following an account reportedly known for spreading false information. He later deleted his post on x. A hacker is claiming to be selling millions of pieces of data stolen from the family genetics site. 23 and me. The data is up for sale on underground forums and the first batch includes data with those of jewish history. The company has acknowledged the reported leak, but stated the company itself hasnt been breached. They say the hacker collected passwords and usernames stolen from the other hacked websites and simply tried them on 23 and me and investigation is underway in 23 and me is urging people to change their passwords and to use two factor authentication on their website. Several chinese american organizations are planning an event in dc to mark a milestone. The host of conference to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the repeal of the chinese exclusion act of 1882. That act banned chinese laborers from entering the us for ten years and denied them citizenship. We try to communicate, Share Exchange ideas and build some kind of consensus. How can we go ahead to run against the similar discrimination as president roosevelt repealed the chinese exclusion act in december of 1943 . This years conference will take place on december 5th. Flag football could soon be an olympic sport. Organizers for the 2028 la olympics are considering new sports when the summer games return to the us for the first time in 32 years. Also on that possible list, cricket, lacrosse, squash, baseball and softball all. A final decision will be made in the coming days. Is lacrosse played globally . I dont know. I think it is. Or is it . Im not an expert. I feel like its a very east coast, east coast specific. Likely anyway, breakdancings this year. So is yeah. Coming to paris. Thats all. I really i really want to see that. So badly. I want to know how they score. I want to know the rubric. What are they looking for . Like, what makes it clean . Break dance is music selection. Is that part of the point system . Im very surprised. Pick a pickleball isnt on here. Well, thats like in its infancy, like you got to give it some baseball and softball. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know, right . Theyve been around. How long . A minute. But the power and the money and the influence behind this pickleball movement. Yeah, the pr man. Im surprised we havent talked about pickleball already in this newscast because they are pitching story swease 49, and its back. So who knows . Who knows . Always a chance outside this morning. It is cloudy. We have some drizzle along the coast. This is san jose this morning, starting out with those mostly cloudy conditions. You can see the ceiling of cloud cover. So we have pockets of drizzle this morning. Some dense fog along the coast. Another round of showers in the north bay today with another cold front. But behind this cold front will turn brighter and warmer tomorrow. And for thursday, looking at rainfall estimates, i like to call this drizzle estimates because it is not a substantial rain maker by any means, but it will bring some moisture mainly to the north bay and the coast, mainly in the afternoon. And as it does, itll bring a lot of cloud cover too. So were cloudier in the north bay, a little bit brighter in the south bay where we will remain dry today. Temperatures in the mid 60s to the mid 70s overnight tonight, that front is out of here. It will take that cloud cover with it. So well wake up tomorrow morning to bright skies and some chilly temperatures. Some of our coldest spots will begin in the 40s tomorrow morning. Now future tracker temperatures will start to warm up. Those numbers heading into tomorrow afternoon. Well start to hit average for this time of year. But by thursday day, well start to see some 80s make a comeback. So thursday, youll feel that warmer weather above average conditions even into friday. Heres the accuweather seven day forecast. We have those north bay showers today mainly in the afternoon. Tomorrow its bright and a warmup hits us by thursday. Its looking nice out there friday night into early saturday, we could have an isolated shower. Nothing widespread but much of the weekend. Saturday afternoon to sunday. Were dry and certainly brighter to finish out the weekend. Gloria all right, drew. Well, unfortunately, we are following some crashes this morning that could cause some backups. So right now, we are getting reports of a crash. This is a rollover crash and car fire in orinda westbound 24 past wilder road. And were getting reports of a car that overturned 5 to 6 times. It caught on fire. And right now only the left lane is open. Traffic is stopped at Stevens Drive and we are continuing to follow this deadly crash. This is a look at our richmondsan rafael bridge. And were told that the two right lanes are still closed right now and one person died in this wreck. So well continue to follow these for you throughout the morning. Stay we made it bmo has arrived. Hello . You said it. Hello to more ways to save money, grow your wealth, grow your business. Just what we needed, another big bank. Not so fast. 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Were celebrating hispanic and latin American Heritage month here at abc7 and this morning a focus on raider nation and its humongous latino fan base among the largest in the nfl. Ask any raiders diehard and theyll likely agree. Chicano culture and the raiders go almost hand in hand. It partly has to do with two former raider legends who broke barrier after barrier in the sport, leading them to super bowl victories during the teams first stint in oakland and in l. A. Tom flores, jim plunkett. All the latinos that ran through there, all the latinos that work there, all the latinos in south los angeles, oakland, california, here in vegas. Love for the raiders is a unifying tradition beyond any border or nationality. Fans say cheering for the silver and black is a form of family passed down through their parents or grandparents. The Powerball Lottery losing streak is still going strong because nobody hit the jackpot last night. So we do it all over again. On wednesday, the payout is now up to historic territory with no winners. Wednesdays jackpot now is. 1. 73 billion, and that is the second largest in us lottery history. If you win, call me. If you win your cash payout is more. Million. And we want that for you. Well, thats rude. Thats only like half. Well, you know what i mean. You mean its a billion if i win here is your forecast. If youre out getting that run in or walking the pup, we just have a lot of cloud cover this morning. Some coastal drizzle as well, some drizzle across the city. Temperatures not really moving. All that much. Were in the upper 50s, the lower 60s, even as we approach about noon today outside this morning, it is a cloudy one from sfo were in and out of the clouds this morning. This afternoon, as a cold front moves through here. Itll bring a shower to the north bay. Elsewhere we stay mainly dry. Temperatures in the 60s and 70s. Carmassi. Thanks, drew. New at six. 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