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Protect striking workers in california. Plus, the fight against retail theft. The bay area cities and counties cashing in big from the governors new plan to crack down. Good morning to you. It is friday. Woohoo praise, praise. What is it . The 16th. The 15th. 15, 15, 15. Were halfway through the month already. Is it the 15th . All day long. All day long. Start to finish. Good morning on the 15th. It is a cooler afternoon. We begin this cooling trend that is going to last through the weekend. But this morning youll step outside. It feels mild. It feels a little bit muggy. Our marine layer is thick this morning. Were dealing with overcast skies, some drizzle along the coast. But despite that mild fuel this morning, were on our way to a cooler afternoon. A live look at san jose. Good morning. Were finding mostly cloudy conditions from this Vantage Point and with our marine layer slow to break down through the next couple of hours, that slows the warming process and that leads to a cooler afternoon and also a breezy afternoon in that cooling trend does continue over the weekend. Well preview that coming up in about eight minutes. Lets say hi to joe and traffic soon on this friday. Thank you, drew. Good morning, everybody. So we are going back to the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on. They flipped on at 534 and you can see just some minor slowing as people approach the toll booths there. But for the most part, the bridge itself is pretty clear. San mateo bridge, its beginning to pick up just a bit in the eastbound and westbound direction, but youre still at the limit. And then our slow down antioch to concord went away. Youre right on time now at 16 minutes. Tracy to dublin. A minor increase from the last time we checked in. Its now 34 minutes for that ride. Kumasi, thanks, jobina. Now to the historic coordinated strike against detroits detroits big three auto companies. Thousands thousands of United Auto Workers members walking off the job in three states overnight after failing to reach new labor deals with the big three and jobina. This strike has the potential to get even bigger. Gmac so what were learning here is that about 13,000 of uaw, 145,000 members are on the picket line at all three auto plants. And that number could grow if a deal isnt reached soon. The president of the United Auto Workers union is not backing down in the fight with ford, General Motors and stellantis members want a 40 increase in wages and stronger benefits like cost of living adjustments. More paid time off pensions and an increase in retiree pay. Ford and gm are offering a new 20 wage increase. Just half of what the union is looking for. The head of gm spoke to Good Morning America saying shes extremely disappointed workers are on strike. When gm does well, our employees do well. Weve had record Profit Sharing over the last several years that our employees have participated in and now, in addition, were putting a 20 growth wage rate increase along with other bonuses that come as a part of that. So this is a very, very Strong Financial offer, again, along with other world class benefits and health care and the fact and i think what our employees most is most important to them is job security. There are ten states from michigan to texas with union plants for all three automakers. That could be impacted by the strike. Automakers say theyre facing extraordinary financial pressures as they build electric and gas powered vehicles. They fear labor costs could drive up vehicle prices above their foreign auto competitors. Reggie jobina, thank you. Weve seen numerous high profile strikes this year, which has led to some calling it labors hot strike summer. Some of the strikes include oakland teachers walking out of the classrooms. Of course, a dual strikes by sagaftra and wga have all but brought hollywood to a halt. Experts say some of the unrest can be tied to the pandemic. The rise in workers striking since the pandemic is significant and again, think it goes back to the fact that the pandemic ruptured the status quo. And when you are in the midst of a crisis where a lot of things that you took for granted have become unraveled, you also recognize that this is an opportunity to make changes, to move yourself forward. As for all of these labor actions potentially doing damage to the economy, it may not be as bad as you fear increase of strikes is an interesting sign of unrest in the labor market and you might think that having a lot of strikes would disrupt out industries and whole sectors to the detriment of economic wellbeing. But in fact, history shows that that is not really the case. There are very few labor actions which have seriously disrupted in the long term, and leaders of the unions always say that when theyre dealing with the size of these companies, that without the power of collective bargaining, workers have very little hope of making gains. Another strike is looming about 60,000 Kaiser Permanente workers have voted to authorize a strike if there is no contract agreement by the end of the month, it would be the Largest Health care strike in us history. Kaiser workers across seven different states are demanding new contracts. Its workers want better pay and for the company to address Staffing Shortages. Kaiser says there are two bargaining sessions with the union next week. Kaiser tells us its committed to reaching an agreement that ensures market competitive pay before that contract expires september 30th, a bill that would provide Unemployment Benefits to striking workers is now heading to governor newsoms desk. The California State Senate passed a bill yesterday after it was approved by the Assembly Earlier this week. If the governor signs a bill, it would take effect in january. The bill would allow striking workers to collect Unemployment Benefits after being on strike for two weeks. San francisco is cashing in big on governor newsoms new plan to crack down on retail theft across the state today, the citys police chief and District Attorney will be joining the Governors Office to outline how this money is going to be used. Abc7 News Reporter lena howland live in San Francisco. This morning with the impact that this money will have here and across the state. Lena well, as high end businesses here in the Union Square Shopping district have been no stranger to retail theft, we have learned that the biggest chunk of funding heading here to the bay area is coming right here to San Francisco. Now, we now know that more a little bit more than 15 million will go to the citys Police Department, but itll be used to hire more officers and boost Crime Prevention efforts. Another 2 million is going to San Franciscos District Attorneys office. Mayor london breed says this is increasing the Police Departments capacity to be more effective and proactive in the city. But she thinks more changes are still needed. Our hope is that this will help, but ultimately you know, like there are some state laws that make it more difficult for us to be as aggressive as we want to be. And we hope that in addition to the resource forces that are desperately needed, that we look at some real changes, she says 2018 state law, which was meant to decriminalize street vending, has made it impossible for the city to enforce a lot of the illegal vending from retail theft thats been going on now. Three other bay area District Attorneys offices are each getting 2 million. Those offices are in alameda, santa clara and sonoma counties and three other local Law Enforcement agencies are getting money to 15 million to the San Mateo County Sheriffs Office. 11 million to the Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office and 8 million to the San Jose Police department. Now the Governors Office is hosting a press conference about this announcement at 10 00 this morning. We have also learned that District Attorney Brooke Jenkins and police chief bill scott will be there live in San Francisco. Lena howland, abc seven news. Thank you, lena. City leaders in oakland say they are planning to petition the Governors Office to try to get some of the money to fight retail crime. And this is because the city was disqualified and because state Officials Say they missed the deadline. A city spokesperson says the Police Department had its applications and materials ready, but the Citys Department of economic and Workforce Development did not submit the application on time. The city administrator called the outcome unacceptable. If youre looking for something new to check out this weekend, we got you covered. The highly anticipated sunset night market is kicking off in San Francisco tonight. 80 vendors are going to be packing irving street and offer an array of asian foods ranging from boba tea to beef noodle soup and ube pies. The event will also include a dance zone with live music and djs and a fun zone for kids. The sunset night market happens between 20th and 23rd avenue and it runs from five until 10 p. M. Coming up, the as proposed relocation when Major League Baseball owners expect the new vegas stadium to open if the upcoming vote goes through. And caught in a good romance with an iconic rock band whos joining the Rolling Stones on their new album, 6 to 9 this morning, looking at the three day forecast, a cooling trend begins today and that will continue into the upcoming weekend. We are going to go hour by hour on future weather plan out your every business deserves a great deal. Thats why comcast business is launching the mobile made free event. With our business internet, new and existing customers can get one year of unlimited mobile for free. Its our best internet. Powered by the next generation 10g network and with 99. 9 reliability. Plus one line of free mobile for an entire year. Its the mobile made free eventhappening now. Get started for just 49. 99 a month. Plus, ask how to get one free line of unlimited mobile. Comcast business, powering possibilities. To get above the fog in store for another Sunny Afternoon away from the coast and fresh air quality through the weekend. Look at all those good indications we have on our aqi. Live doppler seven along with satellite. The story were tracking, this cut off low now is approaching california as it does, its deepening. Our marine layer this morning. It will also bring about a cooling trend through the weekend. So you can see by 10 a. M, still dealing with a lot of fog out there. That cloud cover slow to break down. So that slows the warming process and that will lead to a cooler afternoon today. Cloudy along the coast, sunshine around the bay shoreline and inland. Temperatures slightly, if not average for this time of the year. Carmassi thank you, drew. Still to come on abc seven mornings accessible taxis. Were going to show you cruses new driverless vehicles cater to riders in wheelchairs. Plus, rebrand reading berkeley how the university is considering multiple name changes to clear the air between the school and its sports program. And as we head to break, were taking a live look outside right the feeling of finding the Psoriasis Treatment shes been looking for. Sotyktu is the firstofitskind, oncedaily pill for moderatetosevere plaque psoriasis for the chance at clear or almost clear skin. 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The plan calls for a 33 000 seat ballpark on the strip that would open in 2028. Last week, a group called schools over stadium filed a petition to put a bill to fund the ballpark on the ballot in nevada. So unfortunate news this morning. The man behind oaklands famous warriors home has died. And now theres a group thats trying to save the mans home and his two dogs. Lloyd kenmores home was decked out in blue and gold with all kinds of warriors memorabilia and his superfan status entered the spotlight as the dubs dynasty took off. Can more nearly lost the home because of a reverse mortgage his mom took out and he passed away late last month. So now Oakland Animal Services is desperately trying to find homes for his dogs. Baby and rambo. If youre interested, they are at the shelter. Applications are now open for a new program in oakland. Its an effort to help boost local businesses. Mayor shengtao Just Announced activate oakland. It offers 400,000 in grants to help facilitate events like festivals, block parties and pop up shops. Officials say the plan includes an equity component to make sure events are held across the city. The deadline to apply is october 12th. Are the names for uc berkeley too confusing . Thats what a 19 Member Task Force believes and theyve released an 18 page report to outline the changes they suggest. So here are some of the recommendations. Currently, the academic part of the university is called uc berkeley and the task force is recommending changing that to simply berkeley. The athletic entity is currently cal and the Task Force Says it should be just changed to cal berkeley. According to the chronicle. Chancellor carol christ cabinet accepted these recommends options, but the cochair of the Task Force Says a final decision hasnt been made yet. Rock band the Rolling Stones has some new music coming. Yep, they reveal the track list for their first full album in nearly two decades and some huge features are on the list. Iconic bass guitarist for world Famous Rock Group the beatles, former mccartney is confirmed to be on the project. Singer lady gaga is going to be featured on a song titled sweet sounds of heaven. And you can also expect to see elton john. Stevie wonder when the 12 song album comes out and were about a month away. So it comes out on october the 20th. I want to know the age of the person who wrote this story. Is it giving young yeah, iconic bass guitars for world Famous Rock Group the beatles. Oh, so just saying. The beatles. Yeah got it. Yeah its like my friend worked at the station and they were calling these people senior djs. You wonder how old they were. Oh, no. Oh, no, no. They werent even 60 yet. Oh, no, no. They got fried. And rightfully so, though. Dont sing your anybody really let people be. Yes, they are elders and not the elderly. No. But they could be your elder. They could be your elder for sure. Were just say an age or dont or dont. Or dont. Or dont. But calling somebody a senior elderly is just me. What about seasoned, seasoned . Seasoned is you could be a seasoned at any age. Yeah yeah, i like that one. Something new. I like beyonce says you could be my daddy if you want to. And now, how old is that . Actually, now, any age. I was going to say, im like any age. Our in our world daddies are like in their 30s. They really are. And previously it was it was older. Younger. It was older. Okay. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. You know, times are tough. The economy, the times are tough. It changes you. It changes the age gap. It does uh you look for where you can get it. Yeah. People entered the pandemic looking a healthy 23 and came out of 42. I mean, honestly, season, season, season, season and so cute season. Yes you can be seasoned. Yeah you can be very handsome and very seasoned, very. That came in 23, came out. Oh man. Oakland airport camera this morning were dealing with overcast skies. We have a pretty deep marine layer that is giving us some drizzle along the coast right now. Well get sunshine around the bay shoreline and inland, but the coast is going to remain socked in with fog today thanks to that deep marine layer. Were starting a cooling trend today that continues over the weekend. And really for much of the seven day forecast. Just want to get you the latest on hurricane lee as a category one storm continues to weaken as it heads north. But it has a pretty large wind field associated with it already seeing the clouds from the outer bands into new england, parts of the midatlantic this morning, the path will take it into Eastern Maine and nova scotia tomorrow, where we do have Tropical Storm warnings up for Coastal Maine and parts of the cape. Back here at home, its breezy. Later on this afternoon about 15 to 20mph. Temperatures at average or just slightly below average for this time of the year. Well have that Morning Cloud cover slow to break down for sunshine slows the warming process this morning so that cooling trend gets underway here today. Heres the accuweather seven day forecast. Well keep that cooling trend going over the weekend and even early next week. Its below average. Well keep that steady pattern of morning fog to sunshine the next seven days. Jobina thank you, drew. Good morning, everybody. So we are going to the toll plaza because it has officially filled in. So thats the new look for you. Those metering lights came on at 534. It took a little bit for the traffic to get backed up in this area. And its really just to the base of the maze. So its not too bad this morning. And if you make it through those lights and youre traveling westbound, the dry time across the bridge in the westbound direction is going to be 13 minutes. So not too bad. The richmond, san rafael bridge a little slow as well for commuters traveling westbound. Eastbound is perfectly fine there. And then i just wanted to point out our highway for commute because thats the new slow spot as well. Antioch to concord will be 20 minutes. Reggie thank you, jobina. Now were going to turn to ginger zee. She is live in seabright, new jersey with a look at whats coming up on gma. Ginger, you are really up and down the east coast this week. Oh, boy. You know, we like to do that. Reggie kumasi, its great to be with you. So, yes, were just getting sand blasted early this morning here on the jersey shore down the shore. Theyre actually going to be fining people for getting in the water because the rip current risk is that high. And yes, that is from lee. Even though lees like 550 miles to my southeast right now, were even seeing some of the outer kind of cloud shield. You know, im going to be all over this storm as it is now racing toward canada should make a quote, landfall by tomorrow night, but the impacts will be widespread and all the way back to the cape. And so were watching that for coastal new england. Also this morning, the latest on the breaking news i know youve been covering overnight, the autoworkers going on strike. The ceo of gm is going to join us to discuss. Plus the little known method for how some homebuyers are getting mortgages for as low as 3. Rates are more than double that right now. So is that too good to be true . If youre seeing Something Like that . Well get into all of it and more right here on gma. All right, ginger, well be watching the effects of this storm coming through. Were still actually trying to get over the whole hurricane plain. Yes. Trip you drive, you flying. Yes. Yes. Because im so used to being here for the hurricane, you know, like in the middle of the eye wall, like letting it hit me at the ground. Very different being at that kind of flight level all inside the eye wall. Ill never forget it. I would definitely do it again. And the good news is, is noaa does these for atmospheric rivers. So i might be able to come over and see you all. They do it for snow. They do so many different areas of study. And then, you know, ill put the patch on or take some dramamine next time. Thats a lesson. Ive got a plan. We all we learn and we grow. Ginger we will see you at 7 00 david as we start a new school year, theres something new happening in californias public schools. Theyre called Community Schools. Leslie it really is shared leadership with families, students, educators, and communities. Jessie i feel like were really valued as partners. David its a more innovative, holistic approach. Grant in addition to academic services, we look at serving the whole family. Narrator wellness centers, food pantries, and parental education. Jessie theyre already making a difference. 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A few weeks ago, he was running around a School Parking lot in east palo alto. Rescuers captured him. Vets examined him, and he was given a clean bill of health. An ideal situation is that hes in a relatively predator proof environment that can protect him, but he has like places where he can jump up to and maybe fly, you know, because theyll fly to like low branches and things, you know, perhaps if theres like a tree or even like a house tree or Something Like that, the Peninsula Humane Society is only looking to adopt wingo star to someone who is an experienced bird owner. Its also important to know what kind of food peacocks eat. Chick chicken nuts, vegetables and fruit. I should say chicken feed. Sorry, thats very different from chicken in his adoption fee is just 20 bucks. But again, for the right experience owner next to 630, ball dropped in oakland. How the city is trying to get last minute grant money to fight crime after it missed a crucial state deadline. Then fewer dollars for a major bay area city. Why mayor matt mehan says painful cuts could be ahead in san jose. As we head to break, a live look outside. It is now 627 and were coming now at 630. Opportunity missed amid rising crime rates. Why oakland leaders say theyre now scrambling to get aid from the state after missing that application deadline. And one step closer to a 28th amendment, how the state is trying to get stricter gun control on the constitution and what would and what would be a first for the nation and surge pricing at bars. The new trend that has a lot of people talking. Look im tired of they already have that its called happy hour and thats a discount. This is uh we protest when the dynamic pricing needs to stop. It needs to stop. Its too much. Right. I know started this, uber got on it, and then they said, oh, lets copy it for everything. No. Anyway welcome to friday, september 15th. Yes, were going to get to that in a moment. Were going to check in with drew for a look at the forecast. So today we begin a cooling trend, but this morning it feels mild out there. Its a little muggy as well with temperatures were starting out in the low and mid 60s for a lot of us right now. Despite that mild start, we have a lot of cloud cover this morning, which is evident by the tam cam that marine layer is deep, bringing coastal drizzle and those clouds are slow to clear today. So sunshine is slow to appear. That slows the warming process and thus we get a cooler afternoon on the way. Its also a little breezy by 4 00 pm, that cooling trend will continue for the weekend as well. Well preview that coming up in about eight minutes. But lets check in with jobina and see how traffic is on this friday. Thank you, drew. Good morning, everybody. We are going to zoom in to San Francisco because this is the last weekday that youre going to have to deal with the closures because of dreamforce. They officially end on the 17th. So Howard Street between third and Fourth Street still closed today. But this is the last weekday. Youll have to mess with all of that in fairfield, we do have a crash. Were looking at on westbound 80 at sassoon valley road. No delay in the spot, which is good news. No delay either on the golden gate bridge. You have clear conditions, both directions and no fog advisories. And that spot, but it is very slow westbound on the richmondsan rafael bridge. Tsay. Thanks jobina. Millions of dollars in new funding to fight organized retail crime heading to the bay area and today governor newsoms office is set to give more details about the plan to improve safety across the state. Abc7 News Reporter lena howland live in San Francisco with a breakdown of how much some local cities are going to be getting. Lena well, weve learned the biggest chunk of funding headed to the bay area area is coming right here to San Francisco. Its meant to provide some relief to these businesses like these here in the Union Square Shopping district that have been no stranger to retail theft. Now, the San Francisco Police Department will be getting a little bit more than 15 million. It will be used to hire more officers and boost Crime Prevention efforts while 2 million is going to San Franciscos District Attorneys office. Mayor london breed says their focus is not just on the higher end shops here in union square, but also on pharmacies and Grocery Stores, as union square has not been as problematic. And in fact, when weve had a few incidents, people have been not only arrested, but are facing prosecution as we speak. And many of those items have been returned, turned to the various locations. And so we have a bit of a grip on whats happening in union square. But we do have real problems at a number of our pharmacies and Grocery Stores in our city that need to be addressed. Three other bay area District Attorneys offices are each getting 2 million. Those offices are in alameda, santa clara and sonoma counties and three other local Law Enforcement agencies are getting money to 15 million to the San Mateo County Sheriffs Office. 11 million to the Santa Clara County Sheriffs Office and 8 million to the San Jose Police department. Now the Governors Office will be hosting a press conference about this funding at 10 00 this morning. And we have learned that the District Attorney, Brooke Jenkins, and police chief bill scott are both expected to be there live in San Francisco. Lena howland, abc seven news. Thanks lena. Well, the city of oakland isnt getting any of that money to fight retail crime because the city missed the deadline to apply. And now city leaders say they are petitioning the Governors Office to salvage some funds. Many local Business Owners are asking how the ball got dropped, especially when the city is currently suffering through multiple crises like the recent spike in crime. State Officials Say oakland blamed its late application on a technical issue. But Oakland City Council member noel gayo says he cant believe the city missed such a valuable opportunity. Where the City Administration making excuses that we didnt apply on time or submit the proper work. Thats just an excuse that the residents and businesses are not going to accept. A spokesperson for the city says theyre reviewing everything that went wrong to try to make sure Something Like this does not happen again. Oakland City Council President Nikki Fortunato bass says theyre also actively exploring other grants and partnerships. The naacp in oakland issued a statement on this, saying in part, quote, this is a devastating blow to citizens and Small Businesses whove been clamoring for Crime Prevention measures which could have been funded by the millions of dollars in grants offered by the state. This money could have been used for extra police patrols. Squad cars and automated license plate readers to track down suspected perpetrators of crimes. We have demanded that the city declare a Public Safety emergency and focus its attention on securing resources from the state and others to combat mushrooming crime. In oakland, a major gun control proposal by governor gavin newsom has cleared the state assembly. Newsoms right to safety bill calls for the legislature, as in other states, to come together to vote in favor of a constitutional convention. The governor wants to impose a socalled 28th amendment, which would require universal background checks and raise the firearm, purchase to age 21. If it also instituted a firearm purchase. Waiting period and banned civilians from purchasing assault weapons. San jose mayor matt mehan says painful cuts could be coming after the city approved new contracts for its workers earlier this week. We are already making modest cuts this year, but its really the projects actions next year and the year after where our Budget Office tells us we will likely need to cut 20 million in ongoing spending. Thats going to be painful and sadly, it will disproportionately impact our most vulnerable residents unless we get very lucky and have higher than expected tax revenue. The City Councils approved agreement is with two unions representing 4500 workers to pay for those raises. San jose is looking to cut School Crossing guards and may have to even reduce the number of days for the bike and pedestrian friendly viva chi event. Mieremet says san joses park and Recs Department is looking now to outside fundraising to keep that event going on. Walnut creek woman is talking about a scary attack that happened to her on bart. She says she was riding from walnut creek to San Francisco back in may. In the middle of the afternoon, she says a man started following her from car to car. She was moving to avoid him. Eventually, she says, he yelled at her and then she decided to get off. But he grabbed her purse when she held on, she says the man dragged her, hitting her head on a bart car. Strangers helped out and called police. Such a scary situation, being stuck on bart and having somebody who i felt was a predator. I didnt really know what he was going to do to me. The attacker has not been found. That woman says she will never take bart again. Barts police chief says the Transit Agency has been making security improvements since it happened and that includes running shorter trains. So they dont feel as empty. Abc news has learned new details on the hackers who breached several Prominent Hotels in the las vegas strip. The group reportedly compromised hotel Computer Systems casino machines and guest personal data. In one case, it only took ten minutes. Jobina is tracking all of that from the live desk. Thank you, reggie. So you win in vegas and you get an iou. Yeah some people are not having that, but thats what reportedly happened here. Abc news has learned a russian Hacking Network as reggie mentioned, provided that ransomware used to a group known as scattered spider, reportedly based in the us and europe mgm property computers, including at the bellagio and mgm grand, went down on tuesday, resulting in days of long check in lines and casino machines offline, with reports of ious given out to winners. The Financial Times reports the hackers originally tried to manipulate the slot Machine Software for unsuccessful. They then hacked the resorts systems in exchange for money. Figured out who worked at mgm , and they decided to call into the help desk and pretend that they were one of the existing employees. Days earlier, hackers targeted caesars palace, compromising the hotels Loyalty Program data and including Social Security and drivers license numbers. Caesars paid the ransom, reportedly 15 million. Experts warn all big corporations are at risk of similar hacks unless employees are properly trained. And caesars is now offering Identity Theft protection and Credit Monitoring Services to those affected. And at mgm, its not just Las Vegas Hotels affected other properties nationwide were hit too. Kumasi, thank you. Jobina in the south bay, one dance group is creating new traditions this hispanic and latin American Heritage month on some ballet folklorico culebra is san joses first lgbtq plus for lyrical dance group. Regardless of gender, members in the group can dance in dresses or pants and exhibit called dance with pride is up at sdsus. Dr. Martin luther king junior library, displaying the history of the Traditional Mexican dance group through photos and costumes as jsus research and social sciences. Librarian essie barroso, roma perez curated this exhibit and joined the group back in january. It was like incredibly touching for me because i just i just saw it as so beautiful and empowering. And thats what makes them so innovative and amazing. The exhibit is open to the public. Itll run until september 24th. Still to come on abc seven mornings updated booster shots when you can expect some bay area pharmacies to be giving out these new vaccines and a live look right now at the big board at the new york stock exchange. Were down by about 40 points right now. Another update on the markets next. Hunter biden indicted the charges. The president s son is now facing. And stay with us on the abc seven bay area streaming app at seven for abc, seven at seven. Were live every weekday from 7 to 8 a. M. You can download the app now wherever you stream. 640 this morning. This is the exploratorium camera showing you. We begin our day with gray conditions. Our marine layer is about 2000ft deep. This morning and it is bringing some pockets of drizzle along the coast right now. Also some dense fog on the coast. Half moon bay, less than two miles. Visibility but despite having overcast skies elsewhere, were not seeing any issues when it comes to our visibility. Ten is as good as it gets when it comes to miles out there. It is feeling muggy, if not humid. This morning. Well get dew point and these numbers measure how much moisture is in the atmosphere and when theyre in the upper 50s to the lower 60s right now that is pretty humid for us. So were starting out mild and muggy. But the afternoon will actually feature cooler weather moving in compared to yesterday. Thats because the marine layer is slow to break down because its so deep. That slows the warming process. So temperatures today are average, if not slightly below average for this time of the year, mid and upper 80s. Inland, a lot of 60s and 70s around the bay shoreline will keep that cloud cover along the coast all day today with sunshine away from the coast this afternoon. Soon that cooling trend begins today for Rosh Hashanah in the evening it is quite pleasant, but we will have that cooler weather continuing into the weekend and that does continue for much of next week. Well show you that seven day forecast every business deserves a great deal. Thats why comcast business is launching the mobile made free event. With our business internet, new and existing customers can get one year of unlimited mobile for free. Its our best internet. Powered by the next generation 10g network and with 99. 9 reliability. Plus one line of free mobile for an entire year. Its the mobile made free eventhappening now. Get started for just 49. 99 a month. Plus, ask how to get one free line of unlimited mobile. Comcast business, powering possibilities. Put its best foot forward for that conference, especially since marc benioff was threatening to pull it next year if they didnt clean up their act. If the city can transform for visitors for these few days, why cant it be like that . Every day . We wondered that, so we asked it right to mayor london breed herself. And here was her response that the city is Getting Better overall. When we looked at the data, everyone one could be at risk for hospitalization or death if not vaccinated. Certainly if you have immunocompromising conditions or other medical issues, they can put you more at risk. But no one is safe. Well, obviously, that wasnt the mayor. Sorry about that. She was quick to mention that Jp Morgan Chase hosted its convention in San Francisco back in january, and they wrote about their experience saying that it was incredible. Again she is reiterating that San Francisco is Getting Better every day. Now were going to turn to your Morning Money report and im going to turn to this camera now. Im going to stay here. Google has reached a 93 dollar privacy settlement after it was accused of collecting. Sorry, were having some problems here. Google has reached a 93 million privacy settlement after it was accused of collecting consumer data without consent. The settlement was announced by state attorney general rob bonta after a multiyear investigation as part of the settlement. The tech company will need to disclose more about how it tracks peoples whereabouts and the data it collects. Google did not admit liability in agreeing to that settlement. And now, hopefully, well take a live look at the new york stock exchange. And we are yay, we are down 57 points this morning. Well, it is likely the end of an era for a north bay studio that made a lot of movie magic. The original soundstage and Production Facility in san rafael for industrial light and magic, founded by george lucas, is going away. So lucas ended up moving his special effects shop to the presidio in 2005. But many props and models from famous movies are still there in san rafael, including the millennium falcon and anchor from the pirates of the caribbean and a model of chewbaccas head. The building currently houses 3210 studios, which is going out of business as a longtime employee, says the landlord is planning to repurpose the building. Its a travesty. I mean, this is a historic place. The other part of it is its a tragedy for the bay area filmmaking community. The employee is now launching a Gofundme Campaign trying to save the campus. We reached out to the buildings owner. We havent heard back yet, but disney is the Parent Company of industrial light and magic and abc seven news. Most of us have dealt with surge pricing for an uber, but what about when you go to the bar . This is apparently already happening at one of the uks most popular pub chains, stonegate group, which owns popular chains, chains, slug and lettuce. And yates is charging 0. 25 more a pint during peak beer hours. This dynamic pricing, as theyre calling it, is going to impact about 800 of the companys 4000 locations. The company says the change will help to offset increased staffing and licensing costs, but its not going over too well with people on social media. Some say they have noticed fewer people in their local pubs. Well, this week just keeps Getting Better and better for fans of boyband nsync. So just days after this, where they reunited to present an award at the vmas, now they are releasing a new song for the first time in more than 20 years. I just let me take you to a better place. Drew was right. The band released a 42nd clip of the song. Its called better place. Its part of the soundtrack for the new trolls movie. Justin timberlake voices, one of the characters in the movie, and the song itself will officially come out in about two weeks on a cd. He blew on it. Oh my gosh, were doing research. So they said their last song 20 years ago was girlfriend. You remember that song girlfriend and ill treat you good. So that was the last song we got from them. Good okay, im here for this. Its giving like, joyful energy. Its that same duo, lipa disco beat thats on everything. Yeah. Im wondering who produced it. Its almost sounds like it could be pharrell. And they work with pharrell a lot, so it makes sense. Well investigate for you. It works. Yeah based on five seconds. Yeah, like they got the harmonies together outside this morning. Lets take you to pier 39. The sea lions, they are just enjoying a little time napping this morning underneath those overcast skies is look at them just all bunched up on those docks this morning. We will have that cloud cover lingering for most of the morning across the city. Its just a deep marine layer right now. It is giving us morning drizzle along the coast. Well get sunshine around the bay shoreline and inland this afternoon, but the coast will stay socked in with that fog all day long. Cooler weather moves in today and that continues over the weekend with temperatures going below average not only through the weekend, but for much of next week. Winds pick up a bit this afternoon. That onshore flow is with us, not as strong as the past couple of afternoons. Likely about 15 to 20mph. But it strengthens tomorrow afternoon. So saturday afternoons, pretty breezy, if not gusty. Well probably find some winds gusting 20 to 25mph tomorrow afternoon. Were underneath a steady pattern of morning marine layer giving way to sunshine. But today you can clearly see that cloud contour is hugging the coastline all day long. So its a cloudy coast. Sunshine away from the coast, mid and upper 80s in our warmest spots inland 60s and 70s around the bay shoreline. I think its one of those days across the city. We are fighting the cloud cover for much of the day. So limited sunshine in sf brighter in oakland. Sunny in san jose, napa quite comfortable coming in at 77 degrees overnight tonight well redo it again. Our marine layer strengthens it pushes inland. We turn overcast once again in most spots with coastal drizzle and temperatures in the 50s and 60s heading into saturday. That cooling trend does continue even into sunday. Most of us just in the 60s and 70s to finish out the weekend. Heres the accuweather seven day forecast. Well have a steady pattern of clouds. The sun and cooler weather through early next week. Jobina. Thank you, drew. Good morning, everybody. Were going to zoom into a san mateo. Bless you because were following a crash right now. Its going to be on northbound 101 at third avenue. So theres not a slowdown thats popping up on our sensors yet. But just be aware of that if its a part of your commute this morning, the bay bridge toll plaza is certainly packed. It took a while to get here, but now it is definitely there. The backup metering lights came on at 534. Its nice and light, though, in san jose as we show you to 80. No slowdowns for the most part throughout the south bay. Of course, ill let you know if that changes. Reggie and kumasi. All right. Thank you, jobina. So happening right now, parts of the east coast from massachusetts to maine, they are preparing for heavy rain, strong winds and really dangerous surf because hurricane lee is making its way up the coast. It hit bermuda last night. The governor of maine has declared a state of emergency and has requested federal help. This morning, Hunter Bidens attorney is telling Good Morning America prosecutors are bending to political pressure by indicting the president s son on felony gun charges. Hunter biden has been charged with two counts of false statements in purchasing a firearm and a third count of illegally obtaining a firearm while addicted to drugs. The charges were brought by special counsel david weiss, who was appointed by donald trump to investigate hunter biden in 2019. Experts say its pretty rare for the Justice Department to bring charges like these against a non violent offender. If convicted, hunter biden could face up to 25 years in prison. A federal jury has awarded a kentucky couple 100,000 after they were refused a marriage license by kim davis in 2015. And this Story Went National when the former rowan county clerk declared that issuing marriage licenses to same sex couples went against her religious beliefs. Earlier that year, the Supreme Court declared same sex marriage legal in all 50 states. Davis lost reelection to her Clerk Position in 2018. If you want to feel the sensation of floating through a galaxy of stars, the San Francisco museum of modern art will house a popular exhibition by japanese artist yayoi kusama. The exhibition is scheduled to open october 14th. It will feature kusamas renowned infinity rooms, which turn mirrored spaces into a universe of luminous color and endless reflection for everybody inside. This will be the artists first solo exhibit in northern california. That looks really cool. It does look fun. We constantly see new dances going viral on tiktok. Now the social media platform is teaming up with billboard to find the nations most popular music. The new tiktok billboard top 50 will have lists excuse me will. List of recording artists battling it out for the number one spot. So the list will track songs that are streamed the most on the platform. Pm the ratings will be based on creations, views and user engagement. So far, a new rap artist, sexy reds. Skyy wrecker is number one. This week. The other artists on the list doja cat taylor swift and ice spice. All right. Up next, the seven things you need to know today. A reminder, you can watch all of our newscasts live. And on demand through the abc7 bay area. Connected tv app. Were on apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv and roku. You can download that app now and start streaming. And as we head to break, we are taking a live look outside right now. Lets see, theres our friend. Hes out there. Its a pretty nice friday, 653. Well be right back. You are great. Youre great students. I heard youre a really good in school. How can the community move forward and make progress . What is a viable solution . And we just really love to see that kind of support happening in so many of our communities. The home appraisal process appears to be broken, at least broken for black and brown families every day at abc7, were building toward something better, a better bay area just an investor youre an owner. That means your priorities are ours too. Our retirement tools and advice can help you leave a legacy for the ones you love. Thats the value of ownership. Union launched a strike against americas big three automakers. Currently, the strike involves less than 13,000 of uaw, 145,000 workers at a small number of plants. But the uaw has threatened to expand that if that strike deal is not reached. Number two, about 60,000 kaiser workers could go on strike if a new contract agreement isnt reached by the end of the month. They want higher wages and for kaiser to address a Staffing Shortage if a strike happens, it would be the Largest Health care strike in us history. Number three, San Francisco is cashing in pretty big on californias new plan to crack down on retail theft across the state. Today, the citys police chief and the District Attorney will be joining the governor to outline how the money is going to be used. Number four, authorities in maui have announced plans to begin escorting residents and Business Owners into fire ravaged lahaina to survey their property starting september 25th. People will be provided with protective gear and instructed on how to properly sift through debris. Number five, a cooling trend gets underway here today. I mean, what a beautiful picture. This is our mount tam camera. We have all that cloud cover down below thanks to our marine layer. Its about 2000ft deep, which is bringing us some coastal drizzle. This morning. Air quality. We are good to go across the board today through the weekend and early next week that aqi, it is going to be green across the board dense fog though along the coast. Half moon bay right now coming in with two and a half miles. Visibility away from the coast. We do have overcast skies, but most of us seeing that number ten, thats as good as it gets when it comes to our visibility. Its a little mild out there. Also a little muggy as well. Youll feel that mild air first thing as we start out in the low and mid 60s out the door on this friday. But we are going to get a cooler afternoon on the way today. So heres how the day shapes up that morning. Marine layer really slow to break down. That slows the warming process. That sunshine not as fast to appear in a lot of spots today. The afternoon well keep those clouds stuck along the coastline. Sunshine away from the coast and those temperatures at or just slightly below average for this time of the year. So looking at the three day forecast, here we go. Cooler afternoon today for Rosh Hashanah in the evening. It is pleasant. Well have temperatures in the 60s and 70s later this evening. Over the weekend, cooler weather just continues saturdays, the warmer of the two days. Both days feature a lot of sunshine. But look at sunday. Most of us just staying in the 60s and 70s to finish out the weekend. Number six, the bay bridge toll plaza is our pack spot. This morning. Metering lights came on at 534. Your traffic is going to be backed into the maze and speeds under the limit if youre traveling westbound and on the bridge. And the same thing goes with the richmondsan rafael bridge. We have some reports of a stalled vehicle at the center span. So just be aware of those delays to. And number seven, are you wearing your sunglasses wrong . Apparently gen z says a if you wear them all the way, pushed u your nose. This is a trend thats gone viral on tiktok. So gen z believes youre supposed to wear them halfway down your nose. So theyre all wearing them wrong. Allegedly but defeats the purpose isnt the sun just in your eyes again . Yes. So do you really wear them for the sun . I do. Oh what, you dont wear them for the sun . Yes, but sometimes you just wear them just because an accessory more so functional. Yeah. Were you all ever glasses indoors, people. Sunglasses inside . No, but i should start preparing for oakland runway show. Yes. Good morning america. For our viewers in the west, breaking news. Historic strike happening right now. No deal for the First Time Ever the united autoworkers take action against the big three automakers at the same time. Nearly 13,000 workers walking off the job. Gms Ceo Mary Barra joins us live. Bracing for hurricane lee. Maine declares a state of emery