Region with the help of the intl rescue committee. One man is nog a new life in San Francisco with with his wife and son and that is thanks to his son, a u. S. Ma. U. S. Marine. Lauren toms was there as they reunited this weekend. Reporter today was the day major has been waiting for. It is the turning of a new chapter between him and his former afghan interpreter, cl. A cl. A guy who had his back durig the majors 2012 deployment when when they truly bonded as friends. He is a little goofy. Really sweet. Hes got a big heart and there wasnt ever a time i could could think that anybody on our team asked him to do something that he said he didnt want to. To do. Reporter zia became a u. S. Citizen several years ago, but despite help, his wife remained in afghanistan through the withdrawal of troops last year, while pregnant with their son. The Internet Connection is really weak. Reporter that message was left on august 20th, 2021 in tht of mass evacuations. While both zia and were desperate to find his wife. I said, can she wear any cols that i can see her and she can stand out in a crowd . Otherwise theres no chance i will see her. She wore a pink he job. I s like, come with me. We are going going to get you out of here. Reporter he recounts the chc the chaotic story of the evacuations. A story the major says he hasnt talked much about. A little emotional, to be hot be honest. I havent looked at these in a while. I dont know f im worthy of these words, but he said, you are a hero, i wont wont forget you helped me in sh a difficult time. Im proud of you. Be safe. God bless you. Reporter that was the last time he saw zias wife. Zia and his wife have since resettled in resettled in the bay area, providing a new life for his wife and their ninemonthold s. Ninemonthold son. Today, the major gets to see his friend he considers family in a whole new. New life. Weird experience to think about seeing him here. I havent havent seen either of them in a in a place other than afghanist. Than afghanistan. Reporter you can feel the butterflies of anticipation as we drive to the restaurant chosen by zia. He is quiet. Anxious to see his friend and family who shine a bright light on the efforts he made in afgha. In afghanistan. Oh yeah there he is. Whats up, dude . Reporter you can feel the joy in their embrace like childhood friends. Good to see you. Hi how are . Are you . Oh my gosh. He is cutet cute. Must get it from his mom. Not you. Just kidding. What a reunion. How was he able to track down zias wife . Reporter juliette, this was was such a wonderful story. Its its one of the key themes of fleet week that the major was able to give me a few more details into the evacuation. Hed me once he did locate zias wife wife in that pink hijab, they had a two mile walk to get to the tarmac where the c17 would would eventually depart from and , remember, she is five months pregnant at this time and it ist is august in afghanistan. I cant imagine that was easy on either of them. But once he did get to that airfield, the major had to get back to work. He had to help help thousands of other people o evacuate if get afghanistan. He left her there in the company oa couple of his unit members but he told me he was able to return return at about 1 00 a. M. Later that evening and found her sleeg on the tarmac after a long couple of days. Instead, he left left her a water and a couple o. Of mras. Those are meals ready to eat. He never saw her again. They now tell me they are all h, based in california and plan on seeing a lot more of each other. Other. What was that like for you it moment when they were reuniting . Reuniting . Reporter it took everything to not start crying. It was a bl moment and one i truly wont fo. Thank you. A bipartisan bill in Congress Congress would help afghan refugees gain permanent legal status in the u. S. Many only have temporary authorization to. To stay. The afghan adjustment act would streamline the process the process for getting a green card, but there was some opposition from republicans whod security concerns. Its unclear when congress will take up the. The issue. A lot of other news to get to. We are a month out to the november 8th election. Keep an e on your mailbox. Eyelets started started going out today. In some in some places around the area you can already drop them off. Danville has set up boxes at the at the Sycamore Park and ride and the town servicenter. Governor newsom has released hit his first tv ad of the electionr election, for californias prop one which would enshrine the rit the right to abortion and contrs in the state constitution. All across the country, clinics are being shut down by extreme republican politicians. State after state, fundamental freedoms are vanishing. Women are under attack. But this november, we say, not here. The ad makes newsom the secod largest contributor to the prop one campaign. The governor has y taken the fight for abortion rightsut ofthstate. He used camn money to put up boards in half n states like florida and texas ag texas advertising california as a sanctuary for abortions. A moe that led to speculation about hs future political ambitions. Sports betting is one of the big issues on the ballot next m. An iconic bay area Radio StationRadio Station is betting big on it becoming official. Kj o officially made the switch todao a sports gambling format. All four Division Series in major league baseball. That is what radio listenersd today after clicking on a new program called 810 a. M. , the spread. Last week, station owner owner Cumulus Media abruptly tok abruptly took the talk radio off off the air. They say the switcs more of a costcutting move than than an aggressive investment in sports gambling. Things arent looking great for the two sportg Sports Betting on the ballot. Ballot. Prop 26 with only 31 ot from likely voters. There you g. You go. 31 . It would allow Sports Betting at tribal casinos casinos and race tracks. Pop prop 27 would allow online. That is receiving only about 27. 27 support. Whats happening around the bay area now . More than 50 tenants forced out of their San Francisco sky rise by a burst oe earlier this year. Now they areg the building developer. They claim hines Interest Limited pap limited partnership claimed two water leaks and failed to repair to repair them before they caused catastrophe. Tenants prod tenants promised reimbursement for their expenses and they failed to secure their propertyt property that they had to leave behind. 11 one woman claims someone stole jewelry and a checkbook which was used to cast cash fraudulent checks in her name. If you compound that type of insecurity with the instability weve been provided and us being being uprooted from our lives, it is just really tough. Sorry. Hines representatives denied the allegations and claimed they paid roughly 13 million towars the expenses of their displaceds displaced tenants adding, we believe that during the course of pretrial discovery, the court and the public will understande true extent of our efforts to help those who had to leave their homes during these unfortunate and unforeseen events. The search is on for the driver who hit and killed a bicyclist and kept going. A secd car can later struck the victim in the roadway early sunday morning. That driver stayed at the scene. Still ahead, protecting homes homes across the state from raging wildfires. The new blueprint for building in areas that are high risk. I really have never seen anything like it. I will introduce you to an auctioneer d auctioneer named frank. Wait until you hear his story and a very special way he raises money raises money for local charitie. Local charities. Later, we take you to Half Moon Bay for the massive gourd that just squashee squashed the mornings are our time, and i couldnt let stiff joints slow me down. So i started taking osteo biflex every day because it has joint shield. Clinically shown to improve joint comfort within 7 days. Osteo biflex available at your local retailer and club. Have Heart Failure and still experience unresolved symptoms . Heart failure and seemingly unrelated symptoms like carpal tunnel syndrome. Shortness of breath. Irregular heartbeat. And lower back pain could mean something more serious called attrcm a rare, underdiagnosed disease that worsens over time, so its important to recognize the signs. Sound like you . Call your cardiologist and ask about attrcm. Naomi every year the wildfires, the smoke seems to get worse. Jessica there is actual particles sound like you . On every single surface. Dr. Cooke california has the worst air pollution in the country. The top 2 causes are vehicles and wildfires. Prop 30 helps clean our air. It will reduce the tailpipe emissions that poison our air kevin and helps prevent the wildfires that create toxic smoke thats why calfire firefighters, the American Lung association, and the coalition for clean air support prop 30. Naomi im voting yes on 30. Welcome back. It is Fire Prevention week. In california,e all know all too well how quickly fire season can spiral out of control. Today, rob walter announced guidelines to help local governments address e risk when considering the relevant projects in fire prone areas. Our former governor said it. This is the new normal. Today, e are adding on to his words. This is the new normal. When it comes to development, we cant e business as usual. We must adjust and change. Guidelines include restrictions on new developments developments including how many new homes are built in one location. Some of the factors that will be considered are topography and wind patterns, how easy it would be to evacuat, and access to emergency service. Emergency services. Lets bring in paul heggen ad talk about this. Several decades decades ago we had that thinkin. That thinking. Better late than never. Fortunately, the threat isnt that high this year because of that september rainfall that we. We had. One rain event helped to helped to knockdown the fire th. It could be a lot worse. The short time term, we have a lot of that, fog. Lets take a look at the big picture pattern. Things not going to change much through the rest of the week. Overall, we are tracking this little system camped out off the the coast of southern california. A chance for popup showers but too far away to directly impact our weather. Wam weather inland but persistent onshore breeze at ground level or sea level will continue throughout the week. Even with offshore winds further up. Temps up. Temperatures around the bay are still going to be several ds below average. Big contrast to england. There is the fog swallowing up downtown. 61 degrees in oakland. Not much wa. Much warmer. Further inland, temperatures in the low 80s. Upper 60s and 70s for san jose and santa rosa. Santa rosa made it up to around 80 degrees earlier but have cooled off rap. Off rapidly. The fog is going to going to spread out to begin the the day tomorrow. It will backup fairly quickly for those inland inland parts of the bay area. By by lunchtime, that fog lingering lingering right around the coast right around the coast and peekg through the golden gate. Similao what we had over the weekend. For much of next week. Temperatures tonight, close to normal. Load to mid 50s for most for most of us. Good dog walking walking weather tomorrow for lola who is in valley where s are going to top out just above0 degrees. She is an alumnus of the Border Collie rescue associ. Rescue association. Check that out. She is a rescue from around around the campfire four years ago. Temperatures nearly ideal in her neck of the woods. Other temperatures will vary widely. 60s around the coast. Temperatures inland still severl degrees above average. 80s for e north bay. Low to mid 80s inland inland in the santa clara valle. Clara valley. Some of the warmest locations reaching the d the mid to upper 80s. Even with warm temperatures inland, fire threat not that high with a fog foggy start, it will climb slig. Climb slightly. The highest values in our fire danger index which combines all the factors we look at to evaluate fire thrt fire threat, we will top out around two or three on the zeroo 10 scale. Thats where we are going to be tomorrow afternoon. E will keep an eye on things just in case. Temperatures will change around the bay. Looks like a little warmup for san fo and oakland by friday. Temperatures back down as we head into the weekend. Noticeable change for parts of e of the bay area. Above average r parts of the weekend back to near average temperatures for a couple of days saturday and sun. And sunday. That is not going to going to last long. We are in fr another warmup as we head into the middle of next week. We look look at the two week outlook cog up at 7 00. Paul, thank you. Fleet week went out on a hige high note. Five bay area marchig bands faced off in the annual challenge at golden gate park. Earlier, we introduced you to te Pittsburg High School marching band out to defend their title from 2019. At 7 00, we will show will show you how they fared in todays competition. Coming up, being an auctioneer can be a challenging job, which is what makes th prop 27 sends 90 of profits from online Sports Betting to outofstate corporations in places like new york and boston. No wonder its so popular. Out there. Yeah i cant believe those idiots are going to fall for this. 90 hey mark, did you know california is sending us all their money . Suckers. Those idiots [ laughter ] imagine that, a whole state made up of suckers. Vote no on 27. Its a terrible deal for california. We win. You lose. Im karen. Im living with hiv and im on cabenuva. For adults who are undetectable, cabenuva is the only complete, longacting hiv treatment you can get every other month. Its two injections from a healthcare provider. I really like the flexibility. And for me, its one less thing to think about while traveling. Dont receive cabenuva if youre allergic to its ingredients or if you taking certain medicines, which may interact with cabenuva. Serious side effects include allergic reactions postinjection reactions, liver problems, and depression. If you have a rash and other allergic reaction symptoms, stop cabenuva and get medical help right away. Tell your doctor if you have liver problems or Mental Health concerns, and if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or considering pregnancy. Some of the most common side effects include injectionsite reactions, fever, and tiredness. If you switch to cabenuva, attend all treatment appointments. Ready to treat your hiv in a different way . Ask your doctor about everyothermonth cabenuva. With everyothermonth cabenuva, im good to go. This weekend an event for angels in the trivalley were rg were raising money to help provide meals to Cancer PatientsCancer Patients and their careg. Their caregivers. I want to share this event with you and the auctioneer who blew us all away. Here is why. And sold it is always fun to mc an event especially with a front auctioneer, this guy. I learned a secret about frank. My full name is and no onn say my name, so they just call me big frank. Thats not a secret. I will tell you in a second. First, we were there for culinary angels,a nonprofit whose volunteers prepe nourishing meals and delivered to adults with serious medical s and their caregivers. 95 are ug are undergoing cancer treatment. Frank, take it away. Okay, back to the secret abot frank. Every time we have an auction item, i have looked to e who is eating. Frank is death. I am legally deaf. How do you do this . I do it because people cant lie to a deaf person. I read your lips as you are going alond along and thats how i get throh this world. He gets people to bid and that is certainly a welcome seae seat site for lisa, who started the nonprofit in 2016. She and her daughter are Breast Cancer survivors. This disease does not discri. Not discriminate. Under a full moon in the valley, in a vineyard, watch big big frank as he watches the cro. The crowd. He may not be able to to hear, but he can see. If you see me go to the back, the back, i got a 900, 1000, 1400 i will take you right to to what they said. What their limit is. How do you know when my jokes my jokes are funny . Ive got to be standing in front of you. Plus, you are suca big smiler. You are going to give it away instantly. And, sold pretty amazing. Big frank helped raise a lot of money for the culinary angels. 150,000 that night. They have the ability to feed more people in the trivalley going through a cancer challenge and their caregiver. Go to culinary angels. Org and we have more information on kpix. Com. Still ahead, giant boards battling it out for top living with metastatic Breast Cancer means being relentless. Because every day matters. 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Tell your doctor if you have pain or swelling in your arms or legs, shortness of breath, chest pain, and rapid breathing or heart rate, or if youre nursing, pregnant or plan to be. Every day matters. And i want more of them. Ask your doctor about everyday verzenio. A giant gourd from minnesotad the competition at the annual hf moon bay pumpkin weighoff. Growers trucked in their entries from all over the country for the 49th world cham. World championship. 23,000 wow. This years winner is Travis Gienger of minnesota. His 2560 pound pumpkin is the largest ever grown in north ame. North america. Along season to grow and a lot of fertilizer i guess. Good seed. Good genetics. And the music in the backgro. The background. Travis gienger