What it wants to do to rebiled the east bay congressman told us it would be a mistake to replace pelosi. Shes too valuable now. For the country and caucus. Shes been a great leader. Others like democratic central economy member told us he sees the democrat as the best choice to lead the party into the future. Especially during a trump administration. I understand the inkling in making a leadership change. One of the things that has been the hallmark is whenever members come to her, if its just a few of them, and expressing concerns about how things are done, she listens. Democrats now have their leadership votes set for november 30th so challengers have two weeks to step up. Laura anthony, abc7 news. Californias retiring senator Barbara Boxer introduced legislation to abolish the electoral college, wanting president ial elections to be decided by the popular vote. Donald trump won through the electoral college. Hillary clinton is leading by a million. Some votes are still being counted, keep in mind. Senator boxer spoke with us about one hurdle to making this change. This is common sense. And it will be an uphill battle. Small states like it the way it is. Its not right, every persons vote should count. If they dont in this system. Well, were continuing to see protests and rallies and reaction to results of the election across the country and here in the bay area. Abc7 news joins us live from san mateo with a message from high school students. Vic . Reporter the rally here at central park downtown san mateo was loud and peaceful. Students said their message was one of respect and understanding and this despite the harsh and divisive rhetoric of the elections. At the park, the young demonstrators were joined by those from aragon and hillsdale high schools. The crowd grew to a thousand students. The largest came from san mateo high, about 300 left classrooms and others in the school of 1700 did not join. Theyre just walking and go with everybody else, be followers. That is what i think people are doing today. Election is over. And all of these rallies are kind of pointless to me. As a march towards central park, those along the way expressed their support. Jessica is an alum from san mateo high. Seeing these kids support something makes me crowd. Justin wanted to clarify a misconception. Pro love, pro understanding, not antitrump. This election divided many people. Well stay united. We should come together as one. Were from different back grounds. No hate. Just love. For students, it was democracy in action. Vic lee, abc7 news. Stanford students held a rally demanding unity and acceptance of all people. This video was taken of, this picture. A separate protest took place today in downtown palo alto. About 200 people gathered, most high school students. When you see news, you can share it with us using abc7 news. We might show it on air or online. In fighting is plaguing president elect trumps Transition Team. He would not say what he discussed with trump and staff. Others are leaving trumps camp, highlevel advisor mike rogers stepped down along with others that worked for chris christie. He led the Transition Team until yesterday. I think trump should pick a secretary of state that agrees with his foreign policy. And the thing donald trump said over again is that he was opposed to the iraq war. I hope donald trump will pick somebody consistent. A former Bush Administration official tweeted after his exchange that others should stay away. Tweeting theyre angry, arrogant, screaming and you lost. Will be ugly. Now, since the election, 200 incidents of hatebased intimidation and harassment have been reported according to the southern poverty law center. Alisa harrington is live. Police made an arrest in one case. Alisa . Reporter Police Detained a man here at fort mason. The man is accused of attacking a la tina nanny while with two little kids. A la tina nanny was carry caring for two todders when attacked. The childrens mother wrote a man in black came from behind, pulled her hair and neck and told her no latinos here in spanish. Nathan sergeant says a jogger helped the nanny and called police. Officers did detain a man who fit the description. They have not decided whether or not to file charges for a hate crime. They believe the man has Mental Illness and transported him to the hospital. The woman suffered some scratches, i understand, and was shaken by the experience. This is just one of several reported hate crimes many feel have been fuelled by the president ial election. At uc berkeley, a couple men allegedly threatened and taunted a muslim student. In san jose, a student told abc7 news someone pulled off her head scarf next week. Were going to take threats seriously. I do think that the uptick is representative of people feeling they can act out in their discriminatory attitudes. Its not going to happen. The mayor is working with police and city attorney, urging calmness in the city. Alisa harrington, abc7 news. A case of battery in redwood city appears to be racially motivated. Police arrested Michael Coggins they say he yelled derogatory remarks in a gas station employee. In San Francisco, karen shared this video of a car on fire on market street. You can see a man walk away. A small fire burns in the back seat. Abc7 news was there in front of the mall minutes after the fire was out, no one was hurt. Investigators are looking for a man they believe threw something, causing the fire. A claim of victory from scott weiner in the race for state senate. His opponent says its been one week since the election, and he declared victory in the race. The chronicle reports there are 93,000 ballots to count. Weiner leads by four points with 52 of the vote. A protest to stop the Dakota Access pipeline. Demonstrators gathered in front of a citibank branch. Another group rallied in more than 80 cities nationwide. The pipeline would carry oil from north dakota to illinois and under missouri river. Its like where is it safe to destroy water sources . Its got to go under the river in order to get to where its going. And it doesnt need to be going in the first place. Yesterday, the army corps of engineer saying additional discussion with the tribe and analysis are warranted. Coming up next, were live on the campus of cal, student rally had nothing to do with a pipe line. Dozens of people showing up to support a victim. Dozens of pockets of springels but rainfall is still a few days away. Abc7 news at 6 00 continues. An architecture professor made a complaint is speaking out. Melanie woodrow is on campus. The student received support from dozens of others today. Melanie . Lots of support student. He writes i believe the campus current has exaggerated complaints. Uc berkeley says a meeting was held about this, and decisions have been made in support of needs and dozens of students calling for change. Here to support phd candidate eva hadberg fisher saying her professor harassed her from 2010 to 2014. What happened was four years of escalating isolation and intimidation. And the report showed a hostile work environment. A report found most of the claims were sustained. I feel validated. He is concerned people are rushing to judgment based on release of a report supposedly confidential. An emailed statement says he is not scheduled to teach, the university does not prejudge any ongoing process or impose punitive sanctions prior to completion of procedures. Students who support him say that is not enough. We want his suspension. If found guilty, we want his tenure to be removed. There is a big effort last year to address Sexual Harassment on campus and this a problem. Fisher says she hopes will change the way students are treated. In berkeley, abc7 news. New at 6 00, police in lafayette will be on the move soon, agreeing on a deal to move the department into this building on mount diablo boulevard. Looks like it has plenty of parking. We have reported negotiations to renew the lease broke down. The landlord expects the department to be home in 4 to 5 months. This morning a San Francisco woman accomplished something never done before. Her Group Successfully swam across the dead sea. Abc7 news anchor kristin zee is live with this deathdefying feat. They achieved the check out what they did in seven hours, swimming in life threatening conditions using a special mask to guard against the extreme salt content. Why take on this challenge . The International Group wants to shine the light on the shrinking of the body of water. Kim trained for this in San Francisco bay. Abc7 news did a story last year when she became the first woman to swim from the Farallon Islands to golden gate bridge. Kim talked with us after the swim. We have aches and pains and chaffing but were pretty excited and marvelling at what we did. Ken swen had the backing of sir richard branson. Her coworkers where kim is a Community Engagement manager all are extremely proud today. Thanks kristin. Yup. Rain is on the way, but its still days off. Pockets of moisture around the bay area. You can see we have had a wave of high clouds and scattered sprinkles but no actually measurable rainfall. And so you can encounter wet spots but again, its not going to be a rainy night. Looking toward San Francisco, 58 degrees in the city. 60 in oakland, 61 in san jose. 59 in gilroy. 57 half moon bay. Check out this view from our abc7 camera here. Looking back at Embarcadero Center and beyond, other readings 55 degrees in santa rosa. Its cool now. 60 in hayward. This is a forecast cool, breezy and a next chance of rain this weekend. Taking a look at our overnight forecast, well see the thin high clouds sweeping out for a while, giving us clear skies and a chilly Early Morning and by afternoon, mainly sunny skies. There could be a spot or two of sprinkles in the Early Morning hours. Mid to upper 40s and low 50s near the bay. Fog near the coast. Tomorrows highs ranging from about 60 at the coast. Only low and mid60s inland and around the bay. Approaching storm ranks one, saturday, sunday, bringing up to an inch and a half of rainfall and will be breezy at times as well. Here is the forecast. Starting at 5 00 a. M. Saturday into sunday, it does wind down, indications to expect rainfall ranging from nearly seven tenth of an inch to an inch in San Francisco and inch and a half in santa rosa. Looks like a wet weekend. Here is the accuweather forecast. Cool side, warming up a tad friday. That is an official term, tad. Over the weekend, rain saturday, sunday, and will be a tad drier monday, tuesday. And maybe a scosh. Maybe a scosh as well. Coming up, when someone elses financial problems are in your backyard. Homeown heavy, labored breathing heavy, labored breathing coughing breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask breathing through oxygen mask covered california. Its more than just health care. Its life care. This is a video of the ribbon cutting, the resort and spa features 200 hotel rooms and an outdoor pool area. Well, this golf course is still green but finances are in the red. As a result, its closing down. Petaluma adobe creek is the backyard of about 300 homes. The homeowners paying for privilege of proximity wonder what will happen to property values. These are my clothes. It might be a stretch to feel sorry but this is adobe creek golf club. Playing out with his wallet as collateral. Yes. Every owner paid a premium. Last week, after two decades, ownership announced this place will close. Im concerned about losing the government course and open space, and views. And reduction in the value of property. Adobe creek could not talk on camera today, off camera, they told us theyve done everything to keep it going, putting 100,000 into irrigation last year, but the players are not coming out. Theyre not breaking even. The club house never opened and never attracted golfers. That is their loss leader. I think they decided to let it close and show we cant make money here. Asking the mayor, he is concerned first and fore most about homeowners and property values. To stepping in and saving this place, that would take a miracle shot. The city is not in a position to build parks for kids. The city cannot subsidize a golf course. That is just not in the cards. Tonight, a meeting of the Homeowner Association which met with course ownership yesterday. Details, a solution, and everyone is hoping. Coming up, the fight for 15 comes to san jose. Why the main issue isnt about the cost of raising minimum wage. Plus. I get it. Were high schooler but still needed money for a the city of san jose is debating whether to raise the minimum wage to 15. The issue is the timing. It is currently 10 an hour. San francisco pays 13 in january, oakland raising its minimum wage slightly. Why many say this is long overdue in Silicon Valleys largest city. 35 employees work at the pizza company. The owner sees pros and cons of a wage hike by 2019. Restaurants and businesses are struggling. I thi i think they find a way to make it work. That means higher prices on menu to ab sore costs of raising salaries for in 2010, they led students in the fight for 15 other move manies, saying the city dragging its feet. Theyre going to 13. By july, well go to 11 something, or 12. That is too late. The mayor says hes confident about the support for wage increase but the details of the time line still needs to be ironed out. We have had conversations. There seems to be a consensus that theyll have time to adjust. Advocates say a wage increase is long overdue in the largest Silicon Valley city where the cost of living continues to raise. In san jose, supervisors are voting on proposed legislation to cut rentals. The Company Offered to cap rentals at 90 days and offered to create a mandatory Registration System after a judge indicated hed likely rule in favor of the city in a lawsuit over home sharing regulations. For the first time, people can use marijuana legally in public. Including in bars and restaurants. Denver, colorado passed a law that does not allow smoking marijuana inside, but outside smoking could be created legally. Yesterday was a deadline for mail in ballots that take long to process because they have to be sorted and counted. So, what happens to them after that . They to into storage, then, we can destroy them. The ballots are stored in case results are contested. Anyone with kids in school say it is important. Dozens havent received payment months after events. Michael finney got involved and joins us nouf. Michael . This was costly not just for schools, but nonprofits but churches and trips. They wanted to help the environment by recycling electronic waste and earn money. Many were left to wonder what happened. The kids play hard in San Francisco. They play loud at sheldon high in sacramento. Schools everywhere, they have to raise money to keep on playing. We need balls, pumps, and more opportunities to go places. They care about the environment and so, it was a perfect fit. Washington and sheldon partnered with this company to hold free events like this one. Residents would drop off electronics. The money coming from state fees when you pay a new tv or computer. It was hard work un loading vehicles full of electronics. It rained on us. However, after the school year, the group said allgreen still hadnt paid them. 7 on your side heard the same complaint. Hard work for nothing. Allgreen blamed california saying emails, the money we get for doing this is how were able to make a donation. Unfortunately, the state has not paid us like theyre supposed to. Sheldon high parent and washington high teacher lawrence yee asked state officials why arent you paying for our stuff. Allgreen has not submitted a payment claim to calorie cycle. State documents show they sold some School Materials to another recycler. The owner gave a ted talk on recycling. Would you like to live life at your personal best . Yes. And runs a business called titanium success. We have been saying the state is not paying us. Documented show they tried to reek cycle into the state cycling fund. The state saying he didnt follow rules like certifying waste of recycled material. As its more district, the way you collect material makes iment possible to get paid for 100 of it. Saying it was so cumbersome, he stopped holding ewaste fundraisers telling us hes trying to pay groups from 2015. Why would we pay people who just had an event . There are kedz and schools waiting to get paid. He said it barely covered costs. Hes paying groups out of his pocket and says most have now gotten paid. Were doing everything we can and moefst are coming from a personal check book. We told them were happy to do a wire. Youre going to get paid. He did. He sent 1820 to washington high. To sheldon, hes paying the kids 1020. He says hes close to reaching a settlement and expects to be paid by the end of the year. When he does, he says hell give donations waiting for funds. Great news for crab lovers. Take a look at the first catch of the year. Why toxic algae bloom can help fishermen and those who love to eat crab. Plus. 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