Has taken a long summer break. Were just a few days into fall now and any rain can help reduce the threat of wildfires as we head into the worst part of our fire season. We really look at it as a great opportunity to get the moisture into the vegetation a little bit to start that fall progression as we look out towards winter. I would say rain is always a welcome arrival for us. Storm is also helping quell the fires burning near the oregon border. Those fires caused our smoky skies, as you know, last week. And as we take a live look outside at San Francisco, its still dry here, but for how long . Lets bring in abc seven news meteorologist sanjay patel for a look at the forecast. Sandhya yeah, and dan and karina, this is beneficial rain that we are expecting. I want to show you live doppler seven right now because we did have some showers move through parts of lake and mendocino counties, just a short time ago. Those showers have not been heavy, but as we just heard from the fire crews, definitely beneficial and welcome rain. Any rain that we get around crescent city, eureka, some places are picking up close to two inches of rain in the last 24 hours. Its an Atmospheric River thats pounding the Pacific Northwest. Were just getting the back end of this cold front. And so its not going to amount to a whole lot, but it will deposit much needed moisture into the vegetation. Its also prompted a high surf advisory, which is for tomorrow between 5 a. M. To 11 p. M, up to 20 footers for the steep sloped beaches means dangerous swimming and surfing conditions. Watch from far as we go hour by hour, you will notice those scattered showers while youre sleeping at 3 a. M, moving through the bay area. The best opportunity for the wet weather to measure will be in the north bay. But were going to continue to see those showers trying to make their way down into the south bay and parts of the east bay. Certainly, winds have been picking up in the hills right now. Mount diablo, 37 miles an hour on hood mountain, 25 miles an hour and 24 for big rock ridge. Were not expecting it to get terribly windy, just breezy as that system comes through and dampens the roadways for parts of your morning commute. Ill be back with a full look at the forecast coming up. Dan . All right, sandhya, thanks very much. And you can access the same weather tracking tools that sandhya uses. Youll find them in the weather section on our abc7 bay area app. All right. Lets turn now to our effort to build a better bay area in oakland. More than 200 Small Business owners are ready to strike. Theyre planning to shut down for part of the day tomorrow to protest the rising level of crime. Abc7 News ReporterLeslie Brinkley spoke with some of those Business Owners tomorrow we will be closed until noon. Restaurant tour. Ryan dixon gets emotional about the crime happening in oakland. Now and how its threatening the Small Business ecosystem that makes oakland. Oakland we are all dying literally and figuratively. Um, so the Business Community has just gotten to the breaking point where every day somebody else is having to choose to close their doors because they can no longer stay in business. Whether theyre getting broken into repeat plea, whether their staff is being held up or assaulted shootings in front of our businesses, just people are afraid to come to downtown oakland right now. So 200 Small Businesses, including restaurants, convenience stores, Clothing Stores and doctors offices are staging a strike on tuesday from 10 a. M. To noon to draw attention to their desperation. They say theyve gotten no response to a list of actionable items they presented to the city. Things like safe parking lots with attendants to deter car break ins. You dont need to strike to get the citys attention. The mayor says theyre working on it with 300 surveillance cameras to be installed by november and more assists from chp. But Business Owners say theyre tired of all the talk they need. Immediate action. You know, our businesses are on the brink of closure due to safety and weve been broken into, as i said, six times in the last year. Weve met with city and council officials, and their answer has been to hire private security. If we leave, theres nothing. And were all ready to leave. So the strike is a final unified cry for help in oakland. Im leslie brinkly, abc7 news. And Oakland City Council member noel gayo talked about the business strike earlier today on our 3 p. M. Program getting answers. He told abc7 news anchor kristin xie that he thinks its a real shame that conditions in oakland are what they are. Too bad that we have to do that. There are some businesses that ive spoken with today that may be closed down for an hour or two. Then there are some that will be closing all day. And certainly, i mean, right now, they need all businesses need all the help they can get and customers and they would like to stay open all day long. But they believe this is the only way that city government, from the mayor to the council and city employees, will understand and get the message that we need to do better when it comes to safety. You can watch interviews like that one every weekday getting answers airs at 3 p. M. Here on abc7 and wherever you stream. The city of San Francisco has received clarification on a legal matter that the mayor says will allow the city to resume efforts to get the unhoused off the streets. A lawsuit was filed a year ago that put the city shut down of homeless encampments on hold. One of the issues defining the term involuntary homeless. The ninth circuit of appeals has ruled individuals are not involved, truly homeless if they have declined a specific offer of available shelter or otherwise have access to such shelter or the means to obtain it. The mayor responded to the ruling, saying, quote, we now have a path forward to enforce these laws against voluntary homeless individuals, as we previously had in the past. The fact that it took us nearly nine months to get this clarification is frustrating. But we have to focus on moving forward. A notorious bay area serial rapist and killer who eluded capture for decades has died in prison. John Arthur Guthrie was convicted of the murders of three people, a High School Sophomore in germany who was raped and strangled and two women at stanford. Guthrie served only six years for the murder of a High School Girl at a us army base in germany. He was released in 1969 and came to california. Once here, he killed at least two more times in the 70s to stanford students, including the daughter of the Athletic Director and hall of fame football coach chuck taylor. For more than 40 years, he escaped justice until police using dna evidence linked him to the murders at stanford. I spoke today with a reporter who has covered the case extensively for years. Is grace and all of your years of reporting this story, you have long been convinced that getreu was responsible for other killings as well. But we may never know with his death and that is incredibly vexing. But hopefully with the advances in dna and we have a dozen other cases that we believe that hes responsible for working hand in glove with the serial killer son who was a very moral guy. Hopefully we will find an answer and we will close some of these cases. And were very, very close. Convicted killer john Arthur Guthrie died friday at the state prison in stockton at the age of 79. Happening today, you can order free covid tests from the federal government once again today, the health and Human Services department relaunched the program. It suspended in may. Covid hospitalizations have been on the rise since july, and you can get four free tests per household by placing your order at covid test. Gov. The biden administered nation says itll continue making the tests available to people without insurance through Community Outreach programs. Two new studies could make diagnosing long covid easier for doctors, researchers say they may have found potential biomarkers for the illness. One study compared 273 blood samples and found those with long covid had lower levels of cortisol. The other study found patients hospitalized with covid were more likely to have damage to their lungs, brain or kidneys. President biden returns to the bay area tomorrow. His first stop is here, the atherton home of philanthropists mark heising and liz simons. Thats where he will there will be a democratic fundraiser to benefit the president s reelection campaign. Sky seven flew over this massive property earlier today and we caught some of the set up for the party. Biden has two more Campaign Fundraisers to attend on wednesday before he leaves town. And now to the indictment of one of the us senates most powerful members. New jersey senator bob menendez and his wife are accused of taking cash and bars of gold owed in exchange for favorable business deals. According to the indictment 100,000 in gold was found in menendez home, along with 480,000 in cash, some of it hidden in liners in his jackets at a luxury Mercedes Benz was also discovered. All of it prosecutors say, from menendez accepting bribes. He remains defiant, however, insisting he will not resign. Hes where moneys drawn from. My personal savings account based on the income that i have lawfully derived over those 30 years. Its the second time menendez has been indicted on criminal charges. The first case ended in a hung jury and prosecutors decided not to retry him. Congress has until the end of the week to avert a Government Shutdown next, we look at how a shutdown could impact San Franciscos fleet week scheduled to start next monday. 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So even if republicans in the house eventually agree on a bill, a Government Shutdown may not be averted. Tense times in washington. Among the many potential disruptions we could see from a Government Shutdown fleet week. It kicks off in San Francisco on october 2nd, a week from today. And abc7 News Reporter suzanne fawn takes a closer look at the potential impact. The fate of fleet week in San Francisco may be up in the air because of an impending federal Government Shutdown. For dina and jesse villareal, who are visiting from grass valley. Thats hard to stomach and those are things you look forward to every year to see, especially as a local. We reached out to Sf Fleet Week Association to ask them what impact a Government Shutdown would have. The executive director responded saying, quote, San Francisco fleet week is standing by to take guidance from the navy and our other military partners. Currently, our staff are continuing planning, as usual, for the greatest fleet week ever. Well make adjustments as needed as we receive guidance. With just days to go to pass a spending bill, Congress Remains at a standstill. The federal government has started to plan for the possibility of a shutdown. That could mean disruptions at our national parks. Fort point muir woods, even trips to alcatraz could be impacted. Jj ross is visiting from ireland. He watched the movie escape from alcatraz. Ive seen the Clint Eastwood films like an that and quite interesting. His heart is set on seeing the famous landmark. It would be very disappointing after coming all this way. Its one of the vineyards ive longed to see for quite a number of years. Jane goddard, whos visiting San Francisco from australia, is still trying to grasp the idea of a Government Shutdown. It seems crazy in australia. The government always manages to come to an agreement to get the budget through so people can get paid and Public Servants can go to work. I wish that they could all work together. Thats why our elected officials are there to represent us as the people we should not have a breakdown in our our system. Some say the federal government coming to a standstill would hurt San Francisco and its bottom line. I think its a shame if they do have a shutdown just because the tourist industry in San Francisco, the local economy, they all count on tourist dollars. And if this is all shut down, then were the people wont come. Right . As many as 4 million us workers could lose pay as a result of a Government Shutdown in the newsroom. Suzannephan abc7 news. Suzanne, thank you. The jewish holiday of yom kippur ended just a short time ago at sundown. In this tradition, its customary for people to fast for a period of 25 hours to atone for their sins. It comes ten days after rosh hashanah, which marks the new year and spooky season is approaching and the Winchester Mystery House will send people back in time for an interactive halloween experi ence. Unhinged house warming has returned for its 100th year in san jose. Heres an inside peek at what you can expect. Join us and experience the wonders of eternal salvation. The crimson harbinger or society awaits you. I going do you stay with me forever. This time. Why did you leave for so long . Mama . I missed you. But our master, hes very demanding. Even wires everything we do. So just so. Shes coming for you next. Mary oh, my mary. Dont you know what is upon us . Shadows have overtaken us all. You like my doll collection in mary . Oh, my mary. Is everything all right in there . Oh, thank. Die dont you know what is upon us . The shadows have always taken us all. Its coming here. Its in this room. Dont you feel it . You should get out of this house while you can. That way. That way. Get in there. Whats whats that. Halloween. Already its here. I dont know. Im staying away from the haunted houses. I cant do it anymore. But if you want to go. Tickets are limited and unhinged. Will only be available on certain days. It runs through halloween. Its good fun, of course. Love it. Its really already starting to feel like fall out there. We are in the fall season and it has gotten cooler. Indeed. Yeah. Lets check in with sandhya patel right now to talk about the weather and what we can expect. And were going to talk about the rain, of course. Yes, of course. So if i were you, i would dan and karina, just make sure you have an umbrella first thing tomorrow morning by the door so you dont forget about it. Its going to be hit and miss showers. All right. Good evening. All lets take a look at live doppler seven. There is some wet weather right now moving through yountville as we show you live. Doppler seven right across highway 29, dry creek road. Were getting you down to street level here. And as we widen the picture, the focus of the moisture so far has been the Pacific Northwest, Northern California. This has been just bringing beneficial rain to this area. As you know, theyve been dealing with those fires. Cazadero in the far northwestern corner of Sonoma County has picked up about a 10th of an inch here locally in the bay area. They do have flood watch for parts of oregon and also Northern California because of the burn scar areas. Potential is there for some mud slides and stuff like that. So Golden Gate Bridge camera showing you still dry out there , but we are expecting some showers to move through this area as well. Upper 60s, San Francisco, oakland, mountain view, 70 in san jose, 64 degrees right now in palo alto. And from our east bay hills camera, you can see some clouds gathering i should say. Oakland airport camera, some clouds gathering right now. Upper 60s, santa rosa, napa, 64 in fairfield, still pretty mild. Concord livermore mid to upper 60s. And a live view from our santa cruz camera. Watch out for the waves as they are building as that storm is approaching scattered showers tonight through Early Morning. Sunny and milder weather midweek and we do have a cooler pattern coming our way towards the end of the week. So were going to go hour by hour time. This out for you, 10 00 tonight. We have those showers in the north bay as we head towards the wee hours of the morning. Those showers start to slide south and east at two, three in the morning, 5 00, you will notice a few showers just coming right