Probably a good thing here in the winds we are getting a bit on shore which is kind of been the program for a little while well see that heading on into the weekend. As well live shot coming in from timber on there you can see the fog still pretty much firmly in place but its starting to lift elsewhere across the bay. Temperatures are still in the 50s up here the north bay east bay, youre looking at approaching middle 60s, 58 cool degrees for san jose and for comparison, were a little bit warmer in the east bay this morning. Cooler in the north bay. The breakdown for you look at that shot there of the sfo the smoggy look 83 gogos on by high noon at 3 oclock were talking 92 marty. All right dave thanks a lot to start in the east bay this morning, several big stories happening in oakland this week. And that includes demonstrations over the shooting of jacob lake in wisconsin also some businesses will be allowed to reopen starting today and thats big news as well joining us to talk about
Of their own home as they were allowed to return late last night so theyre the First Community to do so the hope is to have areas like felton and the highway 90 corridor to have those areas open sooner than later those of the new places that they were targeting today, theyre throwing 2000 firefighters at this and it is working because the number of acres burned its not exploding, it is sitting right now at 82,540 acres and thats up only a 1000 acres from yesterday containment also up youre sitting now at 26 . Containment but firefighters still have their hands full, its basically a race between them and the fire to get to feel that has not been touched yet. Were going to have to start removing trees. The are unsafe. Weve got potentially take out additional power lines across roadways or in danger structures. So like i said its multiphase when we start pushing forward with the entire mitigation process of this incident and its going to take a while. I mean everyone to be patient. Were w
That vehicle was traveling at highway speeds, they would have been hard to see. Reporter the chp says this is the 25th accident involving a wrong way driver in the bay area. Ten were fatal resulting in 19 deaths. 18 of the 25 accidents involved dui drivers. Its very sad to here. Reporter solomon knew the driver who was killed. He said the night shift is tough, drivers on the road can be tired or drunk which is a big concern for taxi drivers. This is the second wrong way accident in which he knew the taxi driver. Its not safe. Its not the first time. We see a lot of that. Reporter chp is also investigating whether the passengers in the taxicab were wearing their seat belts because on tofe he p was ejected. Reporting live, abc 7 news. Abc 7 news is admitted building a better bay area. Some b. A. R. T. Riders are worried the systems vision or the future will undermine their needs for today. As part of the longterm plan, b. A. R. T. Is converting many of the parking lots at its east bay st
Community. Very important for the community. Reporter this sign has been up since soon after chavezs death. It may not be here much longer. I think its ridiculous. I think its ridiculous. I think its embarrassing. Reporter the middle school portion of the campus was renamed ravenswood during a restructuring a few years ago. Since this site will become a middle school exclusively, there has been talk of dropping the chavez name all together and referring to the site solely as ravenswood. Its a proposal that triggered an angry response from some, including a District Board member. Im absolutely shocked. Cesar chavez is such a symbolic individual for the latino community. I think for many communities. Reporter the interim proud of having the chavez name in the school community. We will do everything to ensure his name and legacy remain in our district in order to provide future generations of students the opportunity to learn about a Great American hero. Critics say that doesnt ensure a s
Excited to be welcoming Laura Meckler. She is a National Education writer for the Washington Post, where covers education across the country as well as National Education policy and politics. She previously reports on the white house president ial politics, immigration and health care for wall street journal. As as health and social policy for the associated press. Her honors include nieman fellowship and livingston award for National Reporting, and she was part of the that won a george polk for justice reporting and she is a fellow at washingtonian was laura was due to be here today but instead weve got Jesse Holland which is just as good a nationally renowned journalist, educator and author with, a portfolio of stories that challenge perspectives, reshape narratives, inspire change. Hes the author of the Award Winning Nonfiction Books the invisibles, the untold story africanamerican slaves inside the white and black men built the capital. Discovering African American history. And aro