Downhill, moderate to poor tomorrow, but it does improve as we head towards the end of the week. Ill be back with your exact High Temperatures and let you know when well get a break from this heat. Coming up. Kristen, sandhya, thank you. President biden is on an Urgent Mission to keep the israelhamas war from spiraling into a broader conflict. He spent about nine hours in israel today meeting with officials, First Responders and victims families. It comes as rage over an explosion at a gaza strip hospital is spreading. Today, demonstrators set fires at the us embassy in lebanon. There were clashes outside the Israeli Embassy in jordan and protests at the israeli consulate in turkey. The protests come as humanitarian aid is finally being allowed into gaza to help palestinians improve, acted by the conflict. The people of gaza need food, water, medicine, shelter. Today i ask the israeli cabinet, who i met with for some time this morning, to agree to the delivery of life saving humanitarian assistance to civilians in gaza based on the understanding that there will be inspections and that the aid should go to civilians, not to hamas. Also today, the Us Treasury Department announced new sanctions on key members of hamas. The sanctions will cut off some access to their money, which the treasury hopes will lift or limit hamas from buying weapons. Tomorrow, President Biden will address the nation to discuss our response to the conflict in the middle east and the ongoing war in ukraine. Hell speak from the oval office at 5 p. M. You can watch that here on abc seven news. And wherever you stream. Back in washington, d. C. Nearly ■300 people were arrested during a protest at the capitol. Theyre demanding a cease fire in gaza. Many wore t shirts with the words not in our name. Protesters also blocked the intersection in front of the Capitol Building and in the bay area high school. Students were at the center of protest today. Abc seven News ReporterTara Campbell went to one and is live in the newsroom with that part of the story. Yeah, kristen. Kristen and organizers say 1500 students from at least ten schools here in the bay area walked out today. And as with other rallies and protests weve been covering , this war is drawing out a lot of emotion really sign calls for a ceasefire here in gaza, reposted from berkeley to San Francisco. Three palestine students across the bay area joining a National Walkout wednesday. They have been seeing horrific images on the tv of people getting killed. You know, a Million People getting displaced in palestine, palestine, more than 100 students taking to the streets outside galileo high school. How does it feel to be walking with so many of your fellow students today . It feels powerful. It feels like my voice is actually heard in a lot of times. It hasnt been free palestine and on the stairs of San Francisco city hall, more calls for peace as the daughter of an israeli as a jewish woman, as a human being, i say stop the madness. Stop the killing. We call for an immediate cease fire. We call for the opening of a humanitarian corridor to allow aid, medical equipment to enter gaza. The leaders of the world must come together to negotiate a meaningful peace and Lasting Solutions so that people of all sides can live in freedom and with safety free palestine. You just need to be human, just to feel what these people that are getting killed, they breathe a sigh. Now, students and organizers are saying there are likely more walkouts to come. I talked to school staff today on the ground and they told me they were proud of the way students were peacefully raising their voices. Kristen and j. R. Tara, thank you so much. Well continue to keep you updated on whats happening in israel and here at home. Well bring you the latest local connections on tv and on abc7 news. Com. The secret service has declared a National Special security event for aipac. The conference in San Francisco next month will bring more than 30,000 delegates from around the world to the city. And that means security will be tight in the designated higher security zone at Moscone Center and yerba buena gardens, the secret service will put up a 14 foot unscathed fence. That area will be limited to people with credentials only along the outer perimeter. Sfpd will be supported by about 1000 chp officers. The number one priority for the United States secret service, as well as everyone standing here today, is the safety of the world leaders, the attendees coming to the apec summit, but as well as the general public here in San Francisco, the secret service will close 12 blocks around the Moscone Center or the part of the central subway that runs underneath the security zone will also be closed. Aipac runs from november 11th through the 17th. Now to the ongoing efforts in San Francisco to get illegal Street Vendors off the streets. City officials concede warned about safety of now banned all street vending on Mission Street and around bart stations. Downtown abc7 News Reporter luis pena has been following this story for months and is live in the newsroom with the impact on vendors. Thats right jr supervisor ronen is categorizing the ban on street vending as a necessary emergency measure. Shes hoping to start with 90 days, but if it works to keep the ban indefinitely. Its been four months since San Franciscos Street Vendors in the Mission District entered a permitting program. But now theyre being told street vending will be banned next month for 90 days as an emergency measure to address health and safety issues. As vending from Mission Street from 14th to 25th and a small perimeter around the bart stations supervised for hillary. Ronen represents this district. Her office is getting reports of San Francisco public works employees being attacked and on permitted vendors blocking sidewalks. Shes hoping that by banning street vending in selected areas, those who are selling stolen goods will leave. Its hard to enforce and its just not working. Its not working long enough. This is such a safety problem. We went to the Mission District to speak to vendors. Many had no idea this enforcement is about to happen. This impacts us a lot. Yeah. What else are to be able to live out of . Todos, not only me, but everybody. Every vendor. We spoke to has a permit and now theyre confused, asking why they have to pay the price for the group. Thats not following the rules, as we are a very clean area here in the mission. But if you look across the street, you can tell that its a different, different look. Cesar has two daughters and says hes concerned he wont have enough money to pay rent. Its going to impact us. It gives us nosotros. No tenemos la culpa, porque nosotros. Were not at fault. Mantenido la plaza muy limpia kept the plaza very clean. This is how we make a living. This is how we are able to provide for our families. The Public Works Department is hoping this 90 day pause will help them regain control of the sidewalks taken over by many who are selling stolen property and attacking inspectors. Our inspectors have been offered bulletproof vests. Some of them are availing themselves to that opportunity. They are wearing them. Theyve been punched. Theyve been poked. Theyve had things thrown at them. But Business Owners like aaron harber dont see the point of this drastic change. It seems like, again, its a its a bandaid to look like the government is doing something when there are real problems that need to be solved, even though the emergency measure is still being worked out. Vendors selling food may not be impacted, but theyre still on high alert. This is your income. No puede trabajar en otra cosa. My husband is also sick and he cannot work anywhere else. Now permitted Street Vendors will be able to sell anywhere else in the mission that is not part of the enforcement area. Supervisor ronens office also is working with a nonprofit to provide vendors and enclosed space in the mission to sell goods for these vendors, as well as bart to allow some of these vendors to sell on bart property in the newsroom. Luz pena, abc7 news. Thank you. Oakland mayor cantor told us on midday live today she will not be rehiring former police chief laurent armstrong. Thats despite his making a Police Commission committee shortlist for the position. I am determined to get us out of the federal oversight which we have been under for the last 20 years. The next police chief is going to have to be able to work with the monitor and with the federal judge as well. And i do believe that in this case it will not be leronne armstrong. Armstrong is one of six finalists for the position on tao fired him after an investigation found he mishandled two misconduct cases. He has since been cleared of any wrongdoing. New developments in the San FranciscoUnified School District announced its reached a tentative agreement with its Service Workers union. It would give a 16 pay increase through 2024, plus a one time stipend of 1,300. The union represents just over 1000 employees. The agreement will be finalized by vote in the next board of education meeting. After 18 years. Finally, some answers for the family of Natalee Holloway. The new push to stop the flow of fentanyl into the us. And it all starts at the california mexico border. Did you get the alert . An earthquake hit the bay area . Well, outside of the bay area. But why was the warning so off from im just the flu. coughing, sneezing im quite harmless, really. And when people ask, but arent you linked to dangerous flu complications. coughing, sneezing. . Like pneumonia, heart attack, and hospitalizations . coughing, gasping. . I just say, but im just the flu. sniffs elevator dings its him who . Im just the flu. Fight the flu with higherdose flu vaccines from sanofi. Theyre proven to provide better flu protection than standarddose flu shots in older adults. Theyve even been shown to better protect against flurelated complications. Dont get fluzone® highdose quadrivalent. If youve had a severe allergic reaction to its components. Including egg products, or after previous dose of flu vaccine. Dont get flublok® quadrivalent. If youve had a severe allergic reaction to its components. Tell your health care professional. If youve had severe muscle weakness after a flu shot. People with weakened immune systems may have a lower vaccine response. Demand more from your flu shot. To get a sanofi vaccine, make sure to ask for it by name. Schedule your sanofi flu shot. Available at these preferred national pharmacies. Okay. Neither did i, but there was a 4. 2 magnide ethquake that sok parts of the bay area this morng. It was centered in isleton in the sacramentoelta, sacramento county, about 25 miles or 25 minutes northeast of antioch. Abc7 news viewers told us they felt the shaking there and in stockton and modesto. So we visited isleton today shortly after the quake. No reports of damage or injuries, but a clerk at a local store tells us this was her first time experiencing a quake and it made for a few scary moments. All of a sudden i see everything shaking, like going back and forth like that. And i hear something falling behind me. There was three bottles of the smirnoff that luckily they were plastic. They were not bottles, but living it life. It was it was a very scary. Yeah. Well the earthquake also triggered widespread inspections of levees and other infrastructure in the area. The delta supplies water to an estimated 27 Million People across the state. We checked with multiple agencies, including the state department of water resources, who told us that there was no damage. All right. Joining us now is dr. Robert degroot with the usga Shakealert Operations Team to talk about how things went today. Thank you so much for joining us, dr. Degroot. Thank you. So youre on the team that works on the shake alert, which was used today. Im hearing that it was a little confusing that the initial alert showed the quake was a 5. 7. But of course, we know that was later quickly revised to 4. 1 and then later to a 4. 2. So that leads me to the question, why the discrepancy . Yes, the shake alert system performed exactly as expected today. And i think the one thing that needs to be realized is that were working with about one second worth of data when that earthquake reaches the surface to get the information processed and then hand it over to the organizations that actually deliver the alerts for the usgs. And so the first few seconds of information was critical. And it turns out that the first stations, the first seismic stations reporting to us actually estimate itd a much higher magnitude. And there are a couple of reasons for that. The station was really close to the epicenter where i think the best analogy for it is, is that if youre really far away from a lightning Lightning Strike, you here, you see the lightning first and then you hear the sound. Imagine being very close to that Lightning Strike where the sound and the light come in right at the same moment. This is what happened with this earthquake is all the seismic waves hit this station all at the same time and really sort of overwhelmed it in the sense that it said, oh, this is a much bigger earthquake than than we thought it was. Right and, you know, because that number is so important, right, because it could affect how people handle it, what they choose to do. And the agencies, whether theyll push out the alert, i guess. How do you get closer and more accurate . Are there things that you might be tweaking or adding or changing in . Oh, absolutely, yes. And the shakealert system is in a constant state of improvement. And we prioritize human safety. And so we want to get those alerts to the people who need them the most. And so were constantly looking at our earthquake Detection Software to improve it. So earthquakes like this actually teach us a lot of important things about how to fine tune the system. Its kind of like fine tuning a musical instrument. We just need to keep working at it and improve it. And these real cases of earthquakes and all over the west coast in california, oregon and washington provide us with the data that we need to improve the system. Right. Right. And i guess accuracy is important because you might be worried about people becoming desensitized. Right . If they see a bigger number and then it turns out it was small or or they go, you know what, this actually i didnt need to hear this. I didnt need to know. Im pretty far away. Thats right. And we want to make sure that people are alerted for the for the shaking. Thats going to mean something to them. And for us right now, that minimum level is sort of like the if you feel a heavy truck passing by your house and you feel that vibration, thats where we begin delivering alerts to people. But yes, we want to make sure that we minimize these the number of alerts sent out and really get them out for the ones that where people will feel that shaking. All right. I mean, look, this whole system is still pretty new. And the fact that we even have an Early Warning system is pretty amazing. I guess next next step is to be able to forecast and predict. I know thats going to be tough, but i wonder if so far based on the performance youve seen, you think the system is, you know, what kind of grade do you give it . Oh, well, the shakealert system, im very biased, but i give it an a, its blazingly fast. Its an amazing system. And the real beauty thats built into it is we not only have an operational system serving 50 Million People in california, oregon and washington, but we also have a fantastic team of researchers at universities like uc berkeley and caltech and university of oregon and washington helping improve the system every day. All right, dr. Robert degroot with usgs Shakealert Operations Team. Thank you so much for your time. Thank you. Well, not everyone felt the earthquake, but i think its safe to say that most of us felt that heat. Oh, yeah. You dont need to be too sensitive to feel that thats coming right at you. Sandia yeah, it was definitely noticed today. A warmer day when you step outside, j. R. And kristen, let me show you how much warmer. 11 degrees warmer in San Francisco, up eight in oakland, san jose, seven degrees warmer in santa rosa. We did have some fog earlier in the morning, but it is gone on live doppler seven. You see its a quiet picture. High pressure is in control of our weather. And with the offshore flow temperatures, hours have risen. Lets take a look at some of the concerns as we do have the hottest day still ahead of us tomorrow. Right along the coastline. Beach hazard statement until 7 a. M. Tomorrow. Theres an increased risk of sneaker waves, especially the west northwest, facing beaches. Those wave heights have been coming up 8 to 11ft. Right now. We have a High Surf Advisory that replaces that beach hazard statement tomorrow. So as large breaking waves bring the risk of rip currents. So definitely be careful, especially if you want to go swim or surf to kind of cool off as we expect those temperatures to soar tomorrow. From our sutro tower camera, you can see blue