The mighty apatch yeez, is the School Mascot a crib yut to native american spirit or offensive . Good evening, im dan ashley. That is what the school board is debating. Members will vote on wednesday whether the high School Mascot needs to go. Yes. There are some strong feelings about this. Wayne . Long ago, williams shakes spear posed a question, what is in a name . Well, in vallejo, its a battle between Political Correctness and tradition. Last weeks vikt may be the other for apaches if American Indian movement has its way. This activist has been wrenching up the pressure. We cant under play the fact this is an existing culture. They have told you it offends them we need to take note of that. Reporter which is why wednesday, the school board will consider changing the name of the mascot that represented the institution for more than 100 years i dont think. Its apaches everybody knows. Its vallejo. I dont believe its offensism i think were honoring apaches. To young people, i would say theyre not aware of the broader ramifications. Its a battle raging across the nation n Southern California antiarab discrime Nation Committee took issue for this image of its referred arab mascot. In washington, d. C. The Redskins Football Team has been under pressure to change. As have Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves what. Used to be okay snot anymore. It used to be we had to ride in the back of the bus. Was it right then . Is it right now . No. But is it right in vallejo . These games, no. But there they are the same. Tim says he would know racism if he saw it. Ive never seen an indian mascot. Have you seen a feather . Never seen a feather. Heard a drum . No drum beats. Or dancing or anything. Anybody ever say kill apaches . No. Nothing. Times are changing were getting more civil. And contentious. In vallejo, Wayne Freedman abc7 news. Wet weather is on the way and in someplaces it will be the first significant storm since 21 of september. Two months ago, believe it or not. Right now, clouds in the bay area, but moisture still well northwest. You can sow an area off shore, a little bit pushing inland now. Its slowly moving south ward. Pulling back farther you can see a long fetch of moisture reaching out to sea. There is some moisture there well see rain arriving in the north bay. About 5 00 a. M well see more wide spread rain across the north bay. But morning rush doesnt look like well see much rain in the bay area, just mainly up north. Later in the day pockets of rain so afternoon and evening commute could be a slow one as well. Rain is on the way. Ill take a look at how much we can expect in just a few minutes thank you very much. Now is a good time to down load abc7 news weather app. You can keep an eye on live doppler seven hd and you can go to abc7 news. Com apps. A 10yearold student taken into custody today after caught wandering the hall with a knife the boy reportedly told authorities he was tired of being bullied. Vic lee is live with the story. Reporter there are about 100 parents at the meeting. Some of them even talked about their own children being the victims of bullying. Others wanted the district to develop Better Communications when these occur and still, others want more programs to deal with this problem but all of them expressed concerns over what happened today. Parents were shocked at the news. This one did not want to be to be identified said her son has also been the target of bullies. Yaechlt he didnt want to do anything he says boys are bigger than him. It happened just after 8 00 this morning at the start of school. Parents were dropping off kids, police say the fifth grader entered faculty lounge and grabbed a knife. Then walked into the hallway witness he wasnt brandishing just walking witness. Reporter this parent was startled when he saw the 10yearold boy holding a knife. I kind of walked towards the kid he turned and looked at me. Another dad knocked him down the third guy, dad, just picked up the knife and that is it. Reporter the boy reportedly told staff he was tired of being bullied. Wallaces 9yearold daughter says she and her friends tried to avoid that student. Who has been accused of being the bully. That is the girl who was bullying the kid. And she just, like, she doesnt, shes out of control. She cant control herself z its just me and my friends just stay away from her. Reporter some parents said the school needs to do more to stop bullying. This parent said one School Sponsored event called purple week isnt enough. For bullying you you had to wear purple. Just against bullying. Not other meetings . Not that i was aware of. Reporter one parent suffered a mine your cut as he disarmed the boy. The coroner will have to determine how a worker died on a ship docked near port of oakland. Sky seven was overhead afterward. Oakland tribune reports the worker died from a fall from a crane. They carried it down a long ladder to the deck below. Former oakland raider Thomas Howard and another man died of a crash that happened just before 1 1 00 this morning at 5th avenue in oakland. Officers say he slammed into the back side of a semi. It sped across the median and slammed into an suv, killing a 64yearold man. Howard plays with the raiders from 2006 to 2010. He was playing a few games for falcons but released last week. A man accused of leading police on a car chase that injured two women had just gotten out of jail because of prison overcrowding. The 26yearold charged with three felonies including evading police and leaving the scene of an accident. Richmond Police Chasing rothers on tuesday. He slammed his car into a sedan at mcdonald avenue and 6th street. Rogers has been serving a twoyear sentence. Most unions not budging over a provision that management says should not be there. The two sides met in a closed door session the bart workers six weeks paid leave without using up sick or Vacation Days directors say the mistake will cost 40 million over four years. The agency, i should say. After two strikes and four months, riders told us theyre tired of the dispute. This sounds unrealistic youll have objections. Theyre showing bart are not quite on the ball. Bart claims document dated july 19th was signed by manment and chief negotiator only because a temporary employee put it in a stack of papers. A family vowed to continue to fight in the battle to keep their undocumented feather in the u. S. Phillip valdez says he tried for ten years. Supporters said a prayer for him as he reported for deportation back to mexico. But ice granted him a oneyear stay based on eligibility for a seriesa. His family is overjoyed. One more year. There is a border separating us. Weve never seen him. And i dont want to see my dad like this. Phillip says hes been working here and paying taxes 20 years and spent close to 30,000 on attorneys in his efforts to obtain citizenship does california utility watch dog need a watch dog of its own . That is what some are saying about the California Public utilities commission. A just completed report says regulator does not pryer ties sxaft has other gaps in organization around safety. Led by san mateo senator jerry hill, the Senate Subcommittee came to San Francisco today forking a hearing. Were seeing recognition there is a problem today. The hearing is one of many across a number of government bodies since the explosion three years ago. That explows poesed failures and weaknesses this hearing is part of the ongoing process to correct them. P. U. C is always been robbing peter to pay paul. Cpuc commissioner told legislatures they need more people and better training to do a better job and a return sotoso called 0 based Budget Planning should help. Its a budget where the budget should be built from scratch rather than based on the prior year. I believe if we do it correctly it will show there isnt and probably never has been enough staffing. The city manager says she hopes an independent monitor will bey created and she says shes optimistic. Cant say weve seen a strong change yet. But that remains our strongest proof and expectations. Testifying real change is on the way but should take about a year. In San Francisco, abc7 news. You dont have to live in San Francisco to realize streets here are always torn up. Get used to it this, is the new normal. One official says the city can do better. And abc7 news i team examines one of californias heinous crimes through the eyes of the gunmans son. Our efforts to help those injureed and misplaced or displaced by the philippine storm is continuing their sandhya. Right there next to her, cheryl. Theyre both taking your calls. Getting around San Francisco has become a challenge because of unprecedented Street Construction going on. Youve seen it. One supervisor wants to make sure its being done efficiently as possible and therefore, calling for a hearing. Carolyn tyler is live. Many streets are like. For a long time, yes. Supervisor scott weiner says he knows the work is vital. But what he wants to find out if its being coordinate sod there arent delayed and streets arent torn up again and again for different improvement pro projects. Youve noticed construction on streets of San Francisco. From the marina to mission convenient but not too bad. I can handle it. I dont know what theyre doing here. Wla theyre doing are projects, improving water mains and resurfacing streets. Last year 854 blocks were paved highest on record. And 900 expected to be this year any work is going to be disruptive people understand that. We want to make sure that the public is being about how long its going to take. The supervisor believes it could be better for the nation the department of public works is in charge and the director says theyre already holding meetings. He asked the public to be patient. Please ware with us we go through in opportunity. We can fix streets and sidewalks. You can get some amenities that many people have been asking for. The voters passed bond measures and city approved funding to get this long overdue work underway. But when you add in pg e pipeline upgrades this can be a headache. Dcw says over three years, 2300 blocks will be paved. One in every five. The new fourth floor is open for business tonight. We sent an abc7 news camera into the thunl working and you can see the new bore is on the notice there is a back up on the right. First time there are now two tunnels to choose from. Happened several times now. And not a bore at all. Exactly. Love it. Weather was getting boring. Now, rain is getting close weve got clouds increasing right now. Continuing to do so overnight and rain, which is well northwest at the moment is approaching. Across embarcadero, temperatures mid50s just about everywhere. You can see clouds moving in camera view now over San Francisco. Other locations temperatures also in the mid50s from santa rosa to napa. And one more view these forecast features wet spots especially in the north bay for morning commute. Rain spreading later in the day. Then, showers linger wednesday into wednesday morning. Here is a satellite picture. A trail of moisture reaching well out to sea. This is moving into our direction now. So by scombruft just after midnight, rain beginning to push into good portion of the north bay. And by 5 00 in the morning well expect slow commute for locations north of the golden gate. 5 00 in the afternoon, rain broken up and pockets move together east bay and south bay. Near monterey bay. Well see snow but expect that to be mainly into Higher Elevations then more rain coming through wednesday. Perhaps up to an inch and a half and south bay mountains through central part only totals of about 1500 near the coast to about four tenths of an inch inland in the east bay. Now, lets talk about whats happening there. Snow levels tomorrow will be at 600 feet going higher as milder air moves in. Is might be a good idea to take chains with you in case you might need them. Overnight, rain developing in the north bachlt low temperatures low 50s so mild overnight, then, tomorrow, cool, high temperatures reaching only into mid to upper 50s on the coast low 60s most inland locations. Here is the accuweather forecast. After wednesdays showers well have smiez and mild days throughout the weekend. Here we go once again. Milder than average november pattern. Heading towards thanksgiving week. Interesting. Coming up next, typhoon relief drive. Michael finney is there now well have that just ahead. You got to love the weekend. Its like everyone came to, if its good, lets save it for the weekend. So heres to the kfc ten buck weekend bucket. Ten pieces, ten bucks. Any recipe. Just ten bucks every saturday and sunday. Today tastes so good. So many people calling were raising money for the philippines. Here is the number to call. Do it now. And seven on your sides Michael Finney is live with volunteers taking your pledges just incredible outpouring tonight. Iet is amazing. Talk about generous, 500 people have called up and donated. Weve been here since 11 00 today and will be here past 11 30 tonight. American red cross. Theyve taken over phone lines here and working with abc7 news. All of abc7 actually. Weve been working hard to put this together for last week. So what are the needs . Immediate needs are shelter, food, water and basic just supplies for sanitation, hygiene, clean water. Woo weve heard they have good, trained volunteers on the ground. They need supplies correct some they are getting through. And there are supplies making their way. This is kathleen mcclay. Storms receiving calls here people want to make sure were not overlooking it. What do you say to those folks . Red cross is very busy. In the philippines. That is the American Red Cross setting up shelters in three states, supplying basic needs of the people hurt there. You can go online and donate if you want to donate to the victims here in this country. Again, let me give you the number here for philippines. Reporting live, im Michael Finney. Thank you, michael. And again, well be here all night. Until 11 35 p. M. Do us a favor and make a call help people in need. And there is more still to come here on abc7 news at 6 00. A call from this florida neighborhood. Another run in with the law for a man who killed trayv nochlt martin. How destructive a tornado can be. A south bay man tells i team how his dad turnedaa a h [ female announcer ] welcome one and all to a tastier festive feast. So much to sip and savor, a feeding frenzy to say the least. A turkey from safeway is just what they crave. A hero of the table, so delicious theyll rave. Fresh, natural, frozen. Its the best selection around. Spend 30 and a frozen safeway turkey is just 59 cents a pound. So raise your glass, pull up a chair, grab a plate. This tastier thanksgiving is well worth the wait. Safeway. Ingredients for life. George zimmerman is under arrest again tonight in florida. Here is the mug shot a cording to deputies he threat yned his girlfriend with a shotgun, shoved her out of her house and barricaded the door. Zimmerman taken into custody after a 911 call he claims he never pulled a gun and the girlfriend smashed the table. Zimmerman has been charged with assault and battery and held without bail until a hearing tomorrow. A massive clean up is under way after dozens of tornadoes rip add considers parts of the mid west. 80 tornadoes were reported yesterday. In one hardest hit cities, washington illinois, blocks were flattened a tornado there damaged 500 homes. You dont think this happens i endont think all day, i said its just in a ring. Its going to be fine. Its not. Meteorologists say it appears to be the most powerful november tornado in history in illinois the storm accounted for more than half of the tornado Warnings Issued in illinois since 1986. Look at. That wow. A team of american nurse arrived in the philippines this video shows them working with victims of typhoon haiyan and a clinic on the island of panay. The Philippine Government says 4 Million People have been displaced by the typhoon the death toll nearly 4,000. 1600 people are missing and after ten days officials have yet to assess damage on some of the islands. Water and rice are ready for distribution in the hardest hit city the u. S. Pledged 10 million in aid here is how you can help directly. Call the number on the screen. And pledge your support. The shooting rampage in cupertino two years ago is one of the worst crimes in california history. Now the killers son is providing new insight of that terrible day. I began reaching out on the day of the shooting. That led to this interview two years later. I discovered there were many warning signs. There is blood all over. To the world sharif almond was a did he ranged killer walking into a safety meeting at a quarry with a handgun and ak 47 and shot nine coworkers. Please, please, theyre going to die. Hold on so i can get started okay. . Thank you to this young man he was just dad. Hes a typical dad he would go to my Football Games go, to my track meets. He was just there for me. In addition to driving a truck he was a local cable access celebrity. By doing shows i do, people are in tune and attached to those shows. Because its about the heart and compassion. He often bragged about sparring with mike tyson and appearing in the film pursuit of happiness film. Sharif junior says he was a private man. My dad was was writing about that job. He just he felt something was wrong whatever is going on up there. Investigators confiscated notebooks and they are under seechlt a a source tells me they contain page after page of angry ramblings about his life, his children, and his job at the quarry. He bottled a lot of stuff in. And i never knew that about him. A lot of people didnt know he was going through anger. I just wish expressed it and i believe if he would have expressed it, who knows what the outcome would be, now. Just days before the massacre he did talk about work issues to a friend in sacramento showing off his new ak 47. What are you going to do with that . He was like man, these people at my job keep messing with me. His mother wakes up up saying turn on the tv. When i saw it the name popped up i woke up like this is happening here i called my sister. Its one of the things youre just shock. So you just dont know what to do. Hours dragged on. Police could not find almond a surveillance camera caught him walking with a rifle slung over his shoulder then shot a woman trying to take her car. Police found weapons stashed and believe he had prepared for a final stand. He was on the run for over a day. Yes did you talk to him . No. Did you anyone . My dad never had a cell phone. Didnt believe in cell phones. Sheriff deputies spotted him hiding in a driveway just five miles from the quarry. They fired shots but almond killed himself. It was too much for his son to take. What went through your mind . What emotions . Three days i was parking on the train tracks and write facebook statuses saying the train never comes. He found new direction as an author the book hes self publishing explores how stereo types sometimes guide how we treat each other yes, it mentions his father. This man used to be positive in z. A mentor drove him to kill three people . Sharif struggles to understand why . What made your dad snap . Everybody has suspicions what are yours . Someone made him mad, i think that is the someone what else could it be . Lawsuit saw almond was threatening coworkers and they complained but management did nothing. The company e mailed me lawsuits are unwarrant asked have no merit. Shraif says he will never change his name he shared with his father saying he was a great man that pushed him to pursue his dreams coming up next economicing in with Michael Finney and five yoon relief drive. Because we know how much you do to make the holidays just right. From ornaments to ottomans, memories are made with ikea. American red cross teamed up to help victims of typhoon haiyan in the philippines. And Michael Finney is live with how you can get involved. Im glad theyre here today and working hard. Generosity of the bay area has been stunning. More than 500 callers giving us money. As a matter of fact just a moment ago. Cheryl took a donation for a thousand dollars. But we dont need a thousand from you. We just need something. You can see the workers have been here since 11 00 this morning theyll be here until 11 35 tonight give us a call. Again weve been talking to cynthia shaw throughout this. Remarkable event. You know were always thrilled of generosity of the community they come out every time there is a disaster and share with those that are less fortunate z met a huge tragedy. What will money go for . Youre saying they have trained l volunteers on the ground . Correct. They have half a million trained volunteers. This gives them resources to buy food, medicines, water, mosquito nets. And what they need. Can they get to where the need exists . Roads were impass wrabl but more roads are being able to get through. Theyre getting into affected areas and now, we need to get those where theyre most needed. And that is whats happening here tonight . Helping get those resources thank you very much again, let me give you that number. We will be here all night tonight 9 35 so please call n anything you can afford to give, we want to hear about it. Today, american rod cross offices im Michael Finney. Yes. Thank you well extend to it later. Just ahead spencer return was just ahead spencer return was you got to love the weekend. Its like everyone came to, if its good, lets save it for the weekend. So heres to the kfc ten buck weekend bucket. Ten pieces, ten bucks. Any recipe. Just ten bucks every saturday and sunday. Today tastes so good. We want to take just a moment to show you how dan spent part of his weekend. [ music ] the land of the free and the home of the brave that is of course dan nailing the National Anthem prior to the warriors game saturday night at oracle arena. Wow. Exciting that must have been. It was. Gets your pulse up. Very grateful to the warriors for letting me do. That look what they gave me. Im jealous. The best part . Number seven, perfect. Checking on the forecast right now. Spencer will hum a few bars of that. Alleyoop goes to ashley. Moisture just to our northwest. Will be moving into the north bay during morning hours. How about this picture sent to us by our own david louie showing clouds over campbell. David good with the camera there. State wide tomorrow will be looking at wet weather over the northern half of the state. And notice its cooling down. Highs into the 70s and tomorrow, just 50s and 60s, highs from mid to upper 50s at the coast to just low 60s around the bay and inland here is the accuweather forecast. Some lingering showers on wednesday. Then we dry out thursday well have sunny mild day as head through the weekend and into next week. Yes much needed rain is on the way finally. Were working to get dans anthem web site check that out. And you can get information on the storm with weather app. Yes. Puts power of live doppler seven in your pocket x its free. When Severe Weather strikes abc7 news will be on air. Watch us live on 79 and concord. Track storms on live doppler seven hd. With so many micro climates you never if its going to be sunny in San Francisco or cloudy in san jose. Follow live doppler seven hd and weather team on twitter ask facebook. Its all built into a new weather app. Catch a snap shot of crazy weather . Share it. Upload to you reports. Check out other weather watcher photos. Who knows . You might see your picture on tv. Have you seen the weather app . Clear, 66 degrees. It can be set to follow you whenever you go. Have family in new york . You can check the weather anywhere. Find out Current Conditions or check out your detailed accuweather forecast. Right down to the hour. Its all on abc7 weather app only weather app putting experienced weather team in your pocket. And its free. You can down load at abc7 news. Com apps. And keep an eye on commute conditions in the morning, its going to be raining join us at 4 30 a. M. Right now, collin rush is in for larry beil. Congratulations by the way. Thank you. It was an honor. Raths went through the roof sure. Lets talk about niners. Legal or not, great water cooler conversation. The hit on drew breeze has everyone talking. Why the play had him wavin its great having at t uverse high Speed Internet. Walter likes to download fixit videos. And watch boardwalk empire. It helps sam with math. [ beeping ]. And online gaming. 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Howard is one of two people who died in an Early Morning car crash. He played two games with the falcons this year before being released last week. Over the years ive interviewed howard numerous times to practice after games and as a guest. I can tell you that he was genuine and gracious. He was fun loving and chairitable. He had his own foundation five years with silver and black he was always front and center at community events. With his out of nowhere threetouchdown performance yesterday, mat molloy forcing dennis allen to make a decision. If Terrell Pryer is healthy enough against tennessee who does he start . Pro pelling raiders to a victory. I havent talked to him yet. Im not sure where he was physically. But i will say this, i will say that it was with that performance, he earned the right to be in the discussion for sure. This could become the raiders version of kaepernij smith . We will see. And 49ers recovered only to have it recovered by a o pregame for monday take a few night football. Into this is the most embarrassing call in the National Football league since tough ruling tom braidy. If they fine this kid goshing on record and fine this kid im going to do something personally im going to pay half, half. Our interpretation is that we have a grade a player if there is a penalty we, you know we give him a minus. We did not assign a minus on that play. Wow. Now its time for vernon every week he has a special access to 49ers star right after each game. Yesterdays loss in new orleans a tough pill to swal yes for niners. Mike shumann asked about turn the page today. It will be practice the way we practice. We practice hard. Get back into practice. Get a good game plan. Ready for the redskins and just getting ready to take the road. Come back with a victory. You know . Have you to expect nothing but best for ourselves and have to expect to get victory. Would be nice to do it on monday night. It will be amazing to do it monday night. And youre going home next week. I know there will be family there. Going home, it was cool. But you know, i just keep one thing in mind. Just playing every week. One week at a time. Looking forward to the super bowl. You can watch on abc7 news. Comment our next edition is a week from tonight. As davis mentioned niners on the road to battle in washington for monday night football. Only on abc7 news. For five seasons tim hudson and barry zito starting rotation teammates with as. Now, its zito on the way out, hudson on the way in as zitos replacement. Hudson ask giants agreeing to terms today. The 38yearold won 8 and 7 with a 3. 97 era for the raves. Raylewi. Yeah. I chip in, too. But very ten or something. Sorry. Youre in for. 1 . Something like that thank you. Join me tonight at 9 00 on cable channel 13. Coming up, supplement was potentially dangerous ingredients. Researchers say the government doing nothing to warn you about it. Holiday shopping season is in full swing. Taking a look at when youll find best deals and its not black friday. See you at 9 00 and 11 00. But that is this edition of abc7 news at 6 00. The seven on your side hot hot line open tonight in partnership with the red cross to help people in the philippines will be accepting donations until 11 35 call, maybe youll get to talk with cheryl or sanda. Well see you at 9 00 and 11 00. Aa a liz, theres something wrong with pete. [overly dramatic music] oh, my god, is he dead . Ii dont know what happened