Workers are out again this morn, picketing for an increase in pay pay and healthcare services. This is video from sfo that was taken earlier this morning. Those food workers have encouraging news. Later, supervisors will talk about increasing pay. The meeting is scheduled for 3 00. Employees say they have been working without a contract since 2019 ad have not received a raise in years. Travelers at the airport say they have taken notice of the demonstrations. My thoughts are it must be serious and it should be taken into account. Reporter workers plan to picket every day until their demands are met, so if you are planning a flight out of sfo anytime soon, i suggest packing a snack. A fire broke out at it happened around 1 00 and 20 kert on fire. No word yet on any inj. It came less than 24 hours after after caltrans began phase 2 of the encampment clear out. Multiple fires have sparked at the camp, which expands several city blocks and has been home to to hundreds of people. Caltrans plans to fully close the encampment by early november. Federal investigators are now now one step closer to figuringt what sparked the state collect largest fire this year. They were able to seize a pg e transmission pole. 60 buildings have been burned and it is more more than twice the size of it is pg e said in a statement it is cooperating with with the investigation and noted noted the cause of the fire has not been determined. Nasa says mission complete. Its a spacecraft crashed into an asteroid during tests of how the earth will defend itself if a space rock is headed directly towards our planet. The crash happened 7 million miles away. The Space Agency Still received video confirmation but with a bit of a lag. There he goes. You were telling about this this it was a bit anticlima. It was anticlimatic in a sense of it crashing in. What really sparked my joy was seeing seeing how excited they were. They were so proud of this project it has been in the works works for so long and they spent spent so much money on it. I thought it was awesome for that weekend reason. It is still interesting. Lets look at what is going on real fast. As we extend into the afternoon, we are expecting daytime highs to be around average. Lumi skies right now and it will last a little longer. Take a look at the reason why this is happening. The pressure is parked offshore. Offshore. This is what is driving in the marine layer. That onshore breeze is here. This afternoon, it is only peeking in the 60s from the coast all the way into the bay and close to the 70s near sausalito. North, closer to our inland areas, napa and concord and the east bay, we are seeing more sunshine with low80s in sight. It does not last forever. Forever. They will warm up intimate portions of this week as High Pressure starts pullings way in from the south. This is warm air from the equator, divig and. It will dry us up as we head into the rest of the week. We will see sunnier skies inside, even along the areas he. Areas here. Developing, 47 sheriffs deps are on desk duty until they can pass their psychological evaluations. A recent internal audit revealed they each scored a d letter grade. Ds were considered accessible until it changed in 2016. They will have to pass a new exam to be restored to full duty. This is a a copy of the letter those deputies received on friday. It says the Sheriffs Office intends to schedule you another psychological examination and in in the meantime, quote, you will will not be authorized to carry a firearm, make arrests, or issue traffic citations. The Sheriffs Office tells us they took a deeper look at staff files after a 24yearold deputs arrested in an execution style double murder. That happened earlier this month. Here is what what the department had to say at that time. We do very thorough background investigations and i think our people did we miss something . Did we not do something right . Everything i have seen in that has been reported to us would indicate he he was a very good candidate fo. For lawenforcement. More than 18,000 california drivers had their cadillac converters stolen. Now the state state is stepping into health. Governor newsom signed two bills bills designed to make the pricey parts nearly impossible for thieves to sell. It will now now be illegal to purchase from anyone other than a licensed dealer with detailed transaction transaction records required. Fines could be as much as 4000. 4000. The governor did rename uc hastings as the name change follows revelations that the uns founder orchestrated the massacre of native American People pick it will take effect january 1st. It will likely become a category 4 before making landfall in florida and we are tracking the storm as it prepares to laura sure. Preheat your heavens with the the Holiday Season approaching. So is baking season. Wife cakes, and pastries will cost more. That is a pretty short of the the clouds hovering over the ba. We are looking how much the white house relief plan is likely to cost. They say the price tag is looking like 400. 400 billion. The plan would cal up to 20,000 of debt for borrowers below a certain income income level. Republicans argue that the plan unfairly passes the cost of college onto those who never went. The Biden Administration says it provides relief to the middle class and insist the cost will be offset by other measures, including the the inflation reduction act. Inflation is pushing prices of just about everything up ande are feeling it in our pocket books. Some may have noticed butter has been hit especially hard. They report that butter prices were up 24. 6 year over r over year just in august. Butter butter supply shortages are reportedly to blame and with the the holidays approaching, right on the cusp of peak baking season. That could make the butter bust cost even more. At e at home, the Historic Hotel has been shut down as it faces possible foreclosure. The chronicle reports it is in default on a 56 million mortgage. The indefinite enclose indefinite enclosure includes a restaurant and spa. They have stood atop a hill since 1924. Take a look at the preparations underway. Patients in st. Petersburg are being evacuated to Higher Ground and others are hunkering down, filling sandbags and entering into grocery stores. Hurricane n is barreling towards florida. The storm is pouring heavy rains rains over cuba and drenching the island with a storm surge. That could be up to 14 feet high. Ian is on track and that could bring it to florida within within the next day or so. Right right now, we are in st. Petersburg, florida. Thank you for genus. Officials are telling telling residents to take things things seriously. People actually doing what they are told to . For the most part, yes. Officials were concerned about how many people would actually be hitting the road yesterday. The typical time to get from the the west coast to the east coasf florida takes about two hours, and they are warning people to be inside your vehicle from four four to 10 hours if you want to get to the west coast of florida. Ron desantis has already been telling residents, listen, you need to be wherever it is you want to ride out the storm by 9 00 tonight. Time is running out for people to get out of the way of hurricane ian. Ian. The storm has strengthened and those along floridas gulf coast will start seeing rain and and worsening conditions tonight. Overnight and into this morning, some of the modeling has been done and it is now projecting a landfall south of tampa bay. Reporter storm surges the biggest concern. The governor says it could be historic. In in some areas, there will be catastrophic flooding and lifethreatening storm surge. Residence up and down the gulf coast are boarding up, stocking up, and filling sandbags, trying to get ready. Ians tremendous size was seen from International Space statio. Space station. A state of emergency has been declared in y florida county. Forecasters expect ian to impact just about everybody in the states. Some of those counties that are more interior, you could apsley see Power Outages and you you can see in lynn flooding. Reporter some hospitals in the tampa area are airlifting patients to other facilities while they can. None of us know what we will get. Reporter nasa is not taking any chances. They rolled the rocket back indoors. The tampa bay area has not had a major hurricane make direct landfall since 1921, so if the current track holds, for those who live, they are likely to see storm surge like never before, which is why people who were living in in lowlying areas have been told to get out now. Deonna . You caowinin the wind. Since you have been here, have you felt the winds and the rain worsen . We saw little bit of rain last night. We are seeing some f the wind pick up but in the tampa bay region, we are not exd not expected to start seeing cos deteriorate until later tonightd overnight and early tomorrow morning. For now, this is the calm before the storm. Just to reiterate, ron desantis says, hey, this is temporary. Later, know where you are going to be and that is where you will ride out the storm. Do not go out in the middle of this. It could be a major rain event. The forecasts are shifting. Some of them are showing this could really linger over the state and and that is when we get to the potential for storm surge and what officials are saying could be up to 15 feet. I hope people are paying attention. Cristian benavides, thank you so much for that report. I know the weather is more mild here, but we are keeping our eye on florida. As mentioned, if you have friends or loved one you need to really pay attention. The yd i lived there, i did two evacuations and it is not a fun time. Is take a look at this hurricane, where it is at and where it is going. It is a category three. The winds are starting to amplify as it is out out over the sea. Earlier, that i just popped off cuba. The temperatures, they are warm. It we are just getting out of the summer season. That allows for rapid intensification. It will get up to a category four this afternoon. This is where it it is tracking, just south of tampa, allowing for storm surge to be a big issue for a lot of people locally. This is just in the tampa bay area. Current cons Current Conditions are really mild. We are starting off the week with mild conditions across across the board but we will see see a midweek warmup. Partly cloudy skies for us today as low low pressure is still the driving factor. We are seeing cooler temperatures and an onshore flow keeping us nice and and brisk. It will be a little n in the 80s. We will see 90 is returning by friday as High Pressure starts building its way way in, warming us up. That is the big weather story. Is a midweek warming trend. Nonetheless, we are above average for the next eight to 14 14 days, issued by the climate prediction center. As we take a look at these afternoon daytime highs, 80s are in the forecast. That is not bad. 60s along the coastline is average. Even in san rafael, we are 77. This is beautiful trail walking weather. Weather. You can take your bike out. Were expecting 70s through 70s through San Francisco and 8s and upper 80s, where we want to highlight the friday being one of the warmest for us. We will keep you updated but for now, back to you. Thank you. Next, the sound of of mariachi music. We are looking at a teacher who is growing the next generation an heritage month month and there is a soundtrack. Soundtrack. Kiet do shows us the the man keeping mariachi music alive in the Central Valley ande profound impact he is having on his students. Reporter here we are in the salinas valley. This is home to some of the most for tile land on the planet and a teacher by the name of Julian Estrada is growing the next generation of mariachi musicians. How will they sigh owned . One, two, three. Reporter this is the start of the newest season of mariachi mariachi juvenil alisal in the Alisal Union School district. For many of these students, they they are touching a guitar for just the second time in their lives. It is something more, just sounds being made, you know . That is part of the everyday learning that is what we strive for every day. They will see the the initial starting point to now seeing them in their first performance. A lot of parents cried. What are we lo reportthis h been in his ood his greatgrandfather, jesus ruiz guzman, began playing in the early 1900s as a way to share information during the mexican revolution and realized he could play to earn a decent living. Now, the kids think thy are learning just music. This is not just a typical music class. We also teach them a little bit of history. Every song we sing, there is always a meaning behind it and we try to tell them, hey, this is the history of mariachi. We are now the second half of the book. Reporter reporter for Vicente Mariscal rivera, who is back for for a second year, the dedication and commitment is real. Free practice sessions a week completing four hours on saturday mornings, for the entire school year. Ask vicente ask Vicente Mariscal rivera ayariachi music, what do you do you want people to get from r music . I want them to get inspired. Reporter his father played in a band for several years and mariachi deepens their connection. For us, it is important he continue with the culture of mexico here. It would be like a dream for me, that we both get together and practice music together. Reporter retaining culture takes work. What makes it worth it . Making my parents proud. Reporter there are now nearly 20 Elementary School mariachi bands across the count. The country. Alisals the only e on the central coast. Now, in is fifth season, they have taught at least 500 students. If your great grandpa could see you now, now, what do you think he would say . He would be proud. Reporter music, history, culture, and pride. With mariot, it is all one and the same. In salinas, kiet do, kpix 5. What a great teacher, teaching the music to those kids. A homecoming dance has been d for now. How high sealers are dealing with it. Some visitors are occupying m a gym, bats. Theyre forcing tht to postpone their dance. The district learned about the mexican bats after consulting with a Wildlife Rescue group. They could not get them to leave leave in times for saturdays stance. Unfortunately, they cannot remove them from the raf, so experts say if you see a bat because Susan Sarandon is coming on, and were going to talk about her new country show thats like dynasty. Its so delicious. Im obsessed. [music playing] [applause] aah hello, and welcome, everyone. I cannot wait to see those clothes on these doggy models, rusty ross matthews. We have a legend at the desk. Im losing my mind, everybody. Losing my mind. Fun fact she cleaned apartments to fund her way through college. Its Susan Sarandon. Susan sarandon yes. [applause] Susan Sarandon thank you. Thank you