lena howland, abc7news. kumasi: if you or somebody you know is going through issues of domestic violence, mental health, or anything, there are resources to help. go to abc7news.com/takeaction. reggie: and delays e over. artemis one, the nasa rocket, blasted off overnight. >> we rise together, back to the moon and beyond! reggie: yeah, the high-stakes mission will send the rocket to the moon as nasa tries to establish a sustainable human presence there i the end of the decade. ryan, you just spoke to nasa about this mission. ryan: such a cool moment for them, a project to put humans back on the moon after that historic mission in the late 60's, early 70's. here is the rocket, taking off in the early hours of the morning on the east coast, just before midnight out west. this rocket is not manned by an astronaut team. a capsule will go around the moon and come back before it lands again on earth in a few weeks. i spoke with an astronaut, who works with nasa, saying it is using new technologies and plans to go

live in san francisco, lena howland. reggie: you can monitor the ballots being processed live in alameda county on the virtual observation deck. it includes live cameras showing ballots being processed. it is the second election that the county has provided the cameras to increase transparency. >> we understand the need for observing and the ability for our voters to know that we are processing their votes properly. this is just another way to ensure and show that everyone's boat is being counted. reggie: the live cameras are streaming at acvote.org and you can vote in person. kumasi: every voter in california gets a mail-in ballots and millions have been returned. the average is running 21%. this ballot tracker is available at our website, abc7news.com and we checked the returns in the bay area. the north bay is leading the way. 33% a ballots have been returned along with 30% in sonoma county. san mateo, santa clara and contra costa are around 25% followed by san francisco and alameda counties. the only local county bel

lena howland, abc 7 news. reggie: in the east bay, you can monitor the ballots being processed live in alameda county. the real-time virtual observation deck includes live cameras showing ballots being processed. this is the second election where the county has provided these cameras to increase transparency in the voting process. >> we understand the need for observing and the ability for voters to know we are processing votes properly. this is just another way for us to ensure and show that everybody's vote is being counted. reggie: the cameras are streaming online, you can also observe in person. kumasi: every voter in california now gets a mail-in ballot and millions have been returned. the average is running just above 21%. this is not that ugly, it is cute. reggie: it has nothing to do with the election. kumasi: you can find this probably on our website, as well as the ballot tracker area -- tracker. we did go through the ballot checker to check returns in the bay area, the north bay is really coming thr

live, lena howland, abc 7 news. kumasi: we know a lot of you have been searching for information on which tech companies have had layoffs. you can find the tracker at abc 7 news.com. reggie: we are expecting an update on the san jose mayoral race. we are far from any final result. amanda del castillo connected with both campaigns. >> too close to call. by wednesday evening, a little more than 4700 votes is all that separated san jose's two mayoral candidates. updated results show relative newcomer matt may hand narrowly leading the race against cindy chavez. >> however this plays out, i will be on city council. i want to be part of the process of bringing our city together going forward. >>nderstanout 50% of ballots hao be counted. it is a process that melinda jackson says could take up to a week to complete. >> we are down to a few hundred or a few thousand votes making the difference. we want to make sure that every vote is counted and we end up with the final result. >> a sentiment echoed by both campaigns. shabb

lena howland has the details. lena: before we get to that, i want to show you a live look and what is happening at meta headquarters. i will step out of the shot to show you. it appears a new banner has gone up over the traditional meta entrance. it appears to be like a camo background with the typical meta logo on top of it. this was just put up within the past five minutes or so. it is not clear who is putting this up although it does appear it could be staff from meta. we just wanted to show you this live look at what is happening on the ground. we are hoping to get more information on what this means coming up in the next few minutes. for now, we will get back to what is happening here. sources close to abc 7 news confirm with yesterday's shakeup, meta is shrinking their massive real estate footprint to cut down on costs. sources say the tech giant is expected to end one of its san francisco office leases and consolidate into one space on howard street. meta says that means -- sharing for people who already sp

lena howland is in pittsburgh with what we are learning. lena: good morning. all lanes of highway four have since reopened. they just reopened a little more than one hour ago. this crash has already been cleaned up and both cars have been towed away. i want to go to video of what this looked like only a couple of hours ago. both cars involved appear to be completely mangled. this was called in after midnight after reports of a wrong way driver heading eastbound in the westbound lanes of state road four. chp, i just got off the phone with a spokesman who says three kids and one adult were killed in the car which was a right -- a white hyundai. the driver hit in suv going the right direction, also killed on the scene. the names of the victims have not yet been released. circumstances leading up to this horrific crash are still under investigation. we are working to get you more information about this. as soon as we do, we will bring that to you. reggie: the clock is ticking for twitter employees. they have until 2:00 p.m. today to decide if they will commit to h

live in san francisco, lena howland, abc 7 news. kumasi: we are less than a week away from the midterm election with all eyes control of congress. jobina, which state races should we be watching? jobina: republicans are slightly favored to win back control of the house. whether or not that happens could come down to turned out in some very competitive races in california. latino voters could be critical in determining the outcome. >> each of the districts at play across the state, there is a significant latino electorate. latinos in california could ultimately decide who has the majority come january 2024. jobina: if the democrat can flip district 22 and 27 in the central valley and l.a. county they have a good chance of winning the house. in both districts, latino candidates are representing both parties. paulst -- pollsters say it is pretty tight. kumasi: the most populous city san jose will be electing a new mayor. reggie: we are hearing from both candidates. facing off our cindy chavez and matt mahan. >> just making our case to

i should say ahead of finals abc 7 news reporter lena howland is live at uc berkeley with the potential impact lena. will agreements had been read she even after holding a last minute. over at uc irvine meaning the academic staff at all 10 uc campuses will be walking off the job today including the uc berkeley campus. now we have learned that mak up a little less than 50,000 university of california academic workers from researchers to teaching assistance. this comes after contract talks failed to reach an agreement over the past year union members represented by the united auto workers. say wages are key part of the dispute some university employees make less than 24,000 a year. if people are struggling to make ends meet and struggling to find housing this implies that they won't be able to focus on delivering good education for our students pretty much all of my discussion sections that are led by the graduate student instructors are getting canceled for the week because they're going on strike. on its website university officials say you see continues to negotiate in good faith with

live in san francisco, lena howland, abc 7 news. kumasi: president biden will be in san diego to campaign for democratic congressman mike levine. he is at risk of losing his seat to a republican. san diego is not the only place where there are tight races. some of these could determine which party controls congress. jobina: republicans are favored to win back control of the house. whether or not that happens could come down to turn out and some very competitive california races. in those races, latino voters could be critical in determining the outcome. >> in each of these districts at play, all across the state, is that there is a significant latino electorate. latinos in california could ultimately decide who is the majority come january of 2023. jobina: national models show if the dimmitt -- democrats conflict district 22 and district 27, they can win the house. in both districts, latino candidates are representing both parties. pollsters say a flip of five districts total will determine which party controls congress. reggie: jan

lena howland found bars packed. lena: booked out weeks in advance, and on friday, standing room only. >> this is the home for soccer. lena: the athletic club oakland first open for business just 20 minutes before the last world cup in 2018, but this time around as the u.s. took on england they had a line of people wrapping around the bar just waiting to get in. >> we have been opening early for the soccer games for the four years we have been opening and building a soccer community here, also trying to build a community that is diverse and reflective of oakland. lena: bringing out fans of all backgrounds from across the world, like this person, originally from africa. despite england being favored to win against the u.s., the game ended in a no score draw, giving u.s. fans a reason to celebrate. [cheering] >> i'm blown away by our team, owuc progressed as a country with soccer, as it is not our main sport. we try and push them so hard that we come out with a tie. that is a win for usa. >> it is fantastic to see thes

lena howland is at the airport and this is part of a nationwide action. lena: that is right. american airlines says that the picket lines will have no impact on their operations. the flight attendants are working to secure a contract complete with a wage increase for the first time since 2019. the union representing the workers called the association a professional flight attendants said that even though flight hours have returned to pre-pandemic levels there are thousands fewer flight attendants which makes it more challenging to recover from weather events meaning longer workdays and more rescheduled operations leading to exhaustion and crews timing out. american airlines said "we continue to meet regularly with the association of professional flight attendants to reach an agreement that benefits flight attendants and operation and we expect the right of our flight attendants to participate in informational picketing. however the union says that the airline continue wynne lee rejects contract proposals. they are expected to be out here starting at 11:00 this morning and con

lena howland is live with how people are complete -- with how people are preparing. >> good morning. right now it is 36 degrees according to the temperature gauge right behind us at the michigan plaza. that temperature is only expected to get colder with gusting wind and rain come thursday of this week. that is why the race is on to protect the community from the elements and near freezing temperatures this week. we get a look at how volunteers are getting ready for the storm yesterday. they are a nonprofit outreach working to end hope -- woke -- working to end homelessness. handing out cold-weather supplies to those in need. >> we give out a lot of raincoats, ponchos to people, tends to help them stay out of the elements. >> sonoma water officials hope the approaching storms improved the dismal drowning picture. later this week we have a 100% chance of rain thursday. that is the day you are going to want to plan ahead to leave early for work. pack an umbrella as you leave for the day. kumasi: as the cold weather moves in you contract to put your changes and rain chance with live dop

lena howland is live with what we are learning. lena: right before our show this morning, only about an hour ago, a spokesperson told us that an adult with three kids in the car was heading the wrong way on highway four when they hit an suv with a single driver. all five people dead on scene. here is a look at what things look like earlier today, the crash has since been cleaned up. this is what it looked like a couple hours ago. both cars involved appear to be completely mangled. the wrong way driver was in a white he hyundai, this was originally called and just after midnight as a report of a wrong way driver heading eastbound in the westbound lanes of state route 4, just east of loveridge road. >> arguments arrived on scene and determined a head on collision. right now, we have five victims. >> their condition? >> they suffered fatal injuries. lena: the names of the victims have not been released yet. circumstances leading up to this horrific crash are still under investigation. all lanes of highway 4 have since been reopened, s

live in san francisco, lena howland. kumasi: the safety of our elected officials is taking center stage after the attack on paul pelosi. lawmakers gathered in oakland for an unrelated meeting, but safety was on everyone's minds. >> i don't think it is appropriate to talk about all of the security issues and details, for obvious reasons. but this is an environment where there is so much hatred. kumasi: this summer $10,000 was allocated to each member of congress for additional home security. things like sensors and door locks. you can dive into the details of this case with the abc seven tv app. can download it for apple tv, android tv, or roku. reggie: there are new developments in elon musk's takeover of twitter. he has devolved that she has dissolved the board of directors as he has faced criticism. roy rodriguez is in the newsroom with how -- with the other changes we could see. >> there is already backlash on twitter about possible charges for verified accounts. elon musk, responding to criticism just six hours ago,

live in livermore, lena howland, abc7news. reggie: san francisco once again be hosting world leaders forhe as-pic summit next year. the international summit is an economic forum focused on promoting gross -- growth throughout the asia-pacific region. they will work on new sustainability and decarbonization commitments. kumasi: there are more strict bathroom rules at the whole foods in downtown san francisco after syringes and drug pipesnes says customers now have to show security guards a receipt and then they will get a qr code that lets them go into the restroom. the new policy follows reports store, which is next to a safe drug use site. whole foods managers also recently slashed opening hours after theft and "hostile people." reggie: it's a sad day for longtime fans of the power rangers. jason david frank, known as tommy oliver, the green power ranger, died. he was only 49 years old. he debuted back in 1993 and starred in multiple power ranger movies over his career. his family in france are asking for privacy. -- his fami

howland is live in the newsroom with some tips if you're looking for those good deals by lena. hey reggie. good morning. cyber. monday is all about knowing what to buy today experts say you'll want to stay away from high ticket items like mattresses and furniture because better deals can actually be found on president's day. this comes as americans spent more than nine billion dollars shopping online during black friday this year a 2% increase from last year and hire them forecasted still cyber monday spending is expected to top eleven billion dollars today with the deepest discounts expected to be on tvs laptops and beauty products this year a minute inflation to cope with higher prices many shoppers are turning to flexible payment plan. so according to 1 estimate by now pay later payments increased by 78% on black friday compared to the previous week. week cyber, monday's roots are in tech. so anything that is tech related that you did not get on black friday, but that you want the cyber monday is the time to get it. keep in mind a huge factor looming over the holiday season

lena howland is live in the newsroom with the message you need to hear before the holidays. lena: in santa clara county there has been an abrupt increase in rsv casey's. -- cases. that combined with the flu and covid is putting stress on the medical system. county health officials are planning to give us an update on the number of beds available countywide, including pediatric beds going into this holiday weekend. the chief of pediatric pulmonary medicine at lucile packard children's hospital, dr. david kornfield, believes more children are getting rsv because less were exposed to it over the past few years. >> it makes sense when there are some neat kids that have not seen the virus and now many of them are being infected for the first time that there will be relatively more children infected. lena: health officials are urging the public to vaccinate against the flu and get a covid booster if it has been six months since your last shot. there is no vaccine for rsv. california is seeing more rsv cases sooner in the season than in 2018, 2019, 20, and 2021. the update is expec

our reporter lena howland is live at the hall of justice, where the suspect is set to appear later today. lena: four days after the attack on paul poulos he his own home, the suspect, a 42-year-old david, will face a judge for the first time today at the hall of justice. keep in mind, he is facing both state and federal charges. this comes after district attorney brooke jenkins filed a laundry list of charges against him yesterday, including attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon, residential burglary, elder abuse, false imprisonment of an elder, on top of threats to a public official and their family. the man also faces federal assault and attempted kidnapping charges. local legal analyst stephen clark says the fact that there are already are all charges, along with the states charges, says something. >> this is very much in response to the events of january 6, because the federal government is now saying we are going to protect our members of congress, and this kind of behavior is going to be prosecuted very vigorously. lena: another new detail we learned yesterday, the man tol

lena howland is live at sfo with what you need to know if you are traveling today. lena: sfo tells me they are expecting the busiest travel season since before the pandemic with the highest passenger traffic levels. as you can tell from all of these cars passing by, dropping passengers off on the day before thanksgiving, it has been a steady line since right around 4:30. this is expected to be the busiest stretch of travel in years as aaa predicts 54.6 million people will travel 50 miles or more this thanksgiving holiday. they say that is 1.5% higher than last year. sfo ad 5 at makesp 85er 2019 holiday tral rt suggest t airpory d prepared. i definitely left early. i know this is the worst time to travel. lena: another tip to save you some time, do not check a bag if you're planning on flying. for folks hitting the roads, interstate 80 from the bay bridge toll plaza to san pablo dam road is expected to be 80% busier than normal today, especially between 4:00 and 5:00 tonight. other busy areas will be parts of 580 east, 680, and 101. sfo is encouraging travelers to ge

lena howland joining us with more on when you should leave and this might have you rethink your travel plans. lena: good morning. if you are planning on traveling for thanksgiving by card this year, believe it or not, today is the best day of the week to get to where you need to go by car. according to google maps data from last year, the best time to start your thanksgiving drive is not any time -- is anytime after 9:00 tonight. 54.6 million people will travel 50 miles or more this thanksgiving holiday with the majority traveling by car. they say that is 1.5% higher than 2021 making this year the third is he is travel season for the thanksgiving holiday and steer 2000. -- since the year 2000. >> the best time to take to the roads is before 8:00 a.m. and after 8:00 p.m. p travel times between 4:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. friday, saturday and sunday. about 42% higher than normal volume. lena: the worst time to travel by car in the bay area is wednesday from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. on eastbound interstate 80 from maritime street near the bay bridge toll plaza to san pablo dam road. do not forget to

lena howland, abc7news. kumasi: we sent out the alert for paul pelosi turning home through the abc7news app. you can download the app for more. make sure you enable the push alert feature. reggie: millions of americans are worried about the threat of political violence. this was conducted after the attack on paul pelosi. nearly nine in 10 people worry that political divisions are increasing the risk of politically motivated violence in the country. who gets the blame, however, differs sharply between partisan and ideological groups. 31% blame the republican party, 20 5% blame the democratic party, and 32% blame both parties equally. just 11% lane neither -- blame neither. 261,000 jobs were added in october, but the unemployment rate rose to 3.7%. that's the smallest number of jobs since december 2020. economists also say the labor force participation rate went down to 62 point 2%. that's not a positive sign. in a healthy economy, more people are joining the work or send looking for jobs -- workforce and look

abc 7 news reporter lena howland live this morning with how residents are reporting -- are preparing. lena: beaches across the northern coast are bracing for the possibility of high surf. in lynn, bracing for widespread rain and a good chance of thunderstorms. there's a look at the weather overnight in contra costa county. just after midnight, rain really coming down, sometimes even raining sideways, also bringing in pretty intense wind. this filled streets with standing water, while most of us were sleeping, before quickly moving east. marin county and f.a.r. battalion chiefs is cautiously optimistic this will close the book on a dry fire season. >> we're looking at rain coming sunday night, monday night come into tuesday. any additional rainfall we get is going to help really put an end to fire season, hopefully, for us and will in california. lena: we were also up in mill valley yesterday, or we saw people getting ready with everything from foods and parts, to stuff that stops leaks. a hardware store told us they are expecting to sell out as soon as the first raindrops fall. a good

lena howland is live at the walnut creek bart station with more. >> hi, good morning. bart says whether these changes will happen is going to depend largely on if they have enough public interest. that is why they are asking for your feedback. part just released this survey called bart vetro 2030 and beyond. it is asking folks across the bay area if they would take part more if they were to add a sixth line and more trains after 9:00 p.m. the two options would expand east bay service during daylight and early evening hours. and expand evening service in the core of its system. >> what happens during all seven days now is we go from a fine line service during the day and early evening at nine a cut p.m., it goes to three line service. one of the interesting possibilities is a chance to expand that evening service to have more trance made trips. reporter: bart spokesperson chris fully paid says in order to do that, they would look at adding a portion of the red line from richmond to daly city that would continue past 9:00 p.m. and add a portion of the green line from a b

lena howland, abc 7 news. kumasi: you can check the forecast and see live doppler 7 anytime with the abc 7 bay area streaming app. all of it is available on the weather on demand section. downloaded for roku, amazon fire tv, and google tv. reggie: we are one day away from the final votes in the midterm elections. the biggest names from each party are on the campaign trail. jobina: what voters decide will have an impact on the nation for decades. that is one reason democrats and republicans were on the ground and nickel states like georgia and arizona. in pennsylvania three presidents were on the campaign trail. former president obama and joe biden together for a rare appearance to rally support for john fetterman. pres. obama: truth and facts and logic and reason and basic decency are on the ballot. democracy itself is on the ballot. jobina: john fetterman and tv personality dr. oz are in a close race for eight open senate seat in pennsylvania. president trump rallied for dr. oz, teasing his own entry into the

lena howland is live at the walnut creek art station. lena? >> part says if the changes will happen is going to depend largely on if they get enough public interest. that is why they are asking for your feedback. bart released this survey called bart metro 2030 and beyond. it is asking folks across the bay area if they would take part more if they added a sixth line and if they added more trains after 9:00 p.m. the two options would expand east bay service during daylight and early evening hours and expand evening service in the core of its system. >> what happens during all seven days is we go to from a five line service during the day and early evening at nine a clock p.m. it goes to three line service. one of the interesting possibilities here is a chance to expand the evening service and have more trips. >> arts spokesperson says in order to do that they would look at adding a portion of the redline from richmond to daly city which would continue past 9:00 at night and also add a portion of the greenline from bay fair to daly city. everybo

lena howland is live if you're looking for those deals. >> cyber monday is all about knowing what divide today. you will want to stay away from high ticket items like mattresses and furniture because better deals can be found on president's day. americans spend more than $9 billion shopping online this year, a 2% increase than last year and higher than forecasted. still, cyber monday spec and is expected to top $11 billion today with the deepest discounts expected to be on televisions, laptops, and the product this year. i made inflation to cope with higher prices, many shoppers are turning to flexible payment plans. according to one estimate, buy now-pay later payments increased by 70% on black friday compared to the previous week. >> cyber monday roots are intact. anything that is tech-related that you did not differ that you want, cyber monday is the time to get it. >> keep in mind a huge factor looming over the holiday season is inflation at a 40 year high right now. cool the economy and bring down spending. as for larger purchases, this thursday is when appliances are expected to be

abc seven news reporter lena howland joining us live from sfo with what you need to know if you are traveling today. reporter: good morning. as --hotels are telling me they expect the highest passenger travel level since before the pandemic this holiday season. that traffic is well underway as you can see from the long line of cars coming through behind me on the day before thanksgiving. this is expected to be the busiest stretch of travel in years. aaa predicts 54 point 6 million people will travel 50 miles or more this thanksgiving holiday. they say that is 1.5% higher than last year. in total, sfo expecting to see around 5 million passengers between thanksgiving and new year's day. that makes up 85% of the 2019 holiday travel season altogether. experts suggest getting to the airport early and be prepared. >> i definitely left early. i know this is the wod most hectic time for travels. reporter: another tip to save you time. do not check a bag if you are planning on flying this week. if you are hitting the roads today, interstate 80 east from approximately the bay bridge toll plaza to san p

lena howland live in san francisco. many are warning we should tone down the political rhetoric fueling threats of violence. >> that's right. after the attack on paul pelosi in the middle of the night here inside of his pacific heights home, calls from other local political leaders and national political leaders as well continue to grow in terms of putting out calls for change. data from the u.s. capitol police threat assessment team shows that threats against lawmakers have more than doubled since 2017. some, like representative eric swalwell, have been very open about ongoing threats to not just themselves but also their families. following pelosi's attack, local leaders say the divisiveness needs to stop and they are putting out a warning to tone down the political rhetoric fueling threats and violence. ro khanna says immediate steps need to be taken. >> it is probably impractical to have that kind of security for 535 members of congress and the senate. there should be assessments of residences to make sure that they

lena howland live in san francisco. many are warning we should tone down the political rhetoric fueling threats of violence. >> that's right. after the attack on paul pelosi in the middle of the night here inside of his pacific heights home, calls from other local political leaders and national political leaders as well continue to grow in terms of putting out calls for change. data from the u.s. capitol police threat assessment team shows that threats against lawmakers have more than doubled since 2017. some, like representative eric swalwell, have been very open about ongoing threats to not just themselves but also their families. following pelosi's attack, local leaders say the divisiveness needs to stop and they are putting out a warning to tone down the political rhetoric fueling threats and violence. ro khanna says immediate steps need to be taken. >> it is probably impractical to have that kind of security for 535 members of congress and the senate. there should be assessments of residences to make sure that they