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now from abc7, live breaking news. >> before it's over. >> that will breaking news is chaos erupting after oakland unified school district voted to close a school. good evening. i'm ama daetz. emotions ran high all night as parents, teachers and students fought to save their middle school. cornell bernard is live in oakland where a vote happened minutes ago. cornell? >> reporter: the board just voted 6-1 to close an east oakland middle school. parents, teachers and students very upset about there tonight. oakland teachers are getting ready to vote on a possible strike. >> keep cuss open >> reporter: protesters brought the school board meeting to a

halt. board members forced to leave the stage. >> we oppose any school closures. we will not be con quered these parents, students and teachers fighting to save roots international academy from possible closure. >> you all want to shut us down. at the end of the day, we're still a family and going to remain strong >> reporter: the district says roots academy has poor test scores and only 266 students. >> roots is a quality school and i'm telling you this despite what you say >> reporter: union reps met monday to begin the process of a strike vote for teachers. teachers could be on the picket line s as early as next month. their demands have not changed. >> our students have had smaller class size is, increased investment in student support, such as kerls, nurses librarian. >> reporter: the union wants a 12% salary increase over three years but the district says it's growing deficit won't allow

that. >> we'll be eyeball to give them what we can given the state that we're in >> reporter: the school facing possible closure vows to keep fighting. >> this beginning and doesn't matter we close, we don't. we ain't going nowhere >> reporter: some people in the auditorium yelled recall at the school board when that vote was called. the district says roots academy students will be transferred to other nearby schools. we're live in oakland, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> abc7 news spent a week focusing on the teacher crisis in the bay area. these stories are part of our commitment to building a better bay area, a focus on solutions and improvements to issues we face here. go to abc7news.com to learn more. happening tonight, reports say pg&e cog declare bankruptcy in less than an hour from now. today, a protest erupted during an emergency meeting of california's public utilities commission focusing on pg&e. >> stop this now.

stop this now >> reporter: commission members unanimously approved the utility's plans to secure new loans and obtain credit. that speeds up the process of declaring chapter 11 bankruptcy. pg&e we vealed its plans to do so earlier this month. the utility says it's facing at least $30 billion in liability following several deadly wildfires. new at 11:00, democratic presidential hopeful kamala harris touted the power of truth and unity during a town hall meeting with voters in iowa. >> enough with powerful forces trying to sow hate and division among us. that is reflective of who we are as americans. >> harris spoke about her support of medicare for all, new gun safety measures and opposition to the death penalty and addressed a question about critics who think a man would make a better nominee. >> in my entire career, i've heard people say when i ran and ran as the first woman who would win it's not people aren't ready. it's not your time.

nobody like you has done that before. i haven't listened and i would suggest nobody should listen to that kind of conversation. >> as a senator, harris said she supports border security but will not vote for president tump's wall under nel circumstances. today, president trump said he's skeptical that democrats will approve funding for the wall as government workers headed back to work at least for now. abc news reporter has the latest from washington >> reporter: in what was the first white house briefing in 41 days. >> goon >> reporter: sarah huckabee sanders reassured americans the president does not want another shutdown. >> ideally democrats would take these next three weeks to negotiate in good faith as they've indicated >> reporter: but the president is not taking the option off the table as he continues to push for $5 billion for his border wall. at one point telling "the wall street journal" he believes there's less than a 50% chance a deal will happen. >> the government will either shut down on february 15th again

or i will use the powers afforded to me >> reporter: this as hundreds of thousands of federal workers went back to work for the first time in over a month and now we're learning the cost of that five-week partial government shutdown is far greater than expected. $11 billion in total. the first of the negotiation talks are set for wednesday. five days after the president reopened the government. both sides will meet in public. then continue their talks in private. mo that he abdi, abc news, washington. >> many federal employees returned to work today. others like tsa workers stayed on the job during the government shutdown but 'l rei back pay. >> it was incredible. when we got the news, we had people working over 12-hour days saturday and sunday to get everyone's pay processed. >> i did notice they were a little bit kinder than usual. their spirits were perked up. >> reporter: abc7 news was at

san francisco's hyde street pier when it reopened today. some ships are still off-limits till they can be inspected for damage caused by storms a few weeks ago. police are investigating the attack of a san francisco man on his way to work near fisherman's wharf on beach street between clom bus and hyde saturday night. news reporter kate larsson joins us live with what happened. kate? >> reporter: well, ama, i have seen surveillance which shows a group of men running down the sidewalk ramp on beach street supposedly chasing the victim. sfpd asked me mot to reveal that surveillance for fear it might compromise their investigation which they say is still very much ongoing. police say a 32-year-old san francisco man was on his way to work at the argue go naught hotel saturday night when he was attacked on beach street near a backdoor to the hotel. >> again, victim not moving. blood is everywhere. suspect group of five or six

males >> reporter: police say the suspects punched, kicked and threw the victim against this brick wall. when help arrived, he was lying here on the ground with serious head wounds, slipping in and out of consciousness 37 but he was able to tell officers what happened. >> the male stated that he was walking to work and he noticed six males on the street. as he passed those males he noticed they were following him. moments later, he was attacked from behind and his backpack was stolen. >> the person who was attacked i hope he's okay >> reporter: sara sosoatu works at sees candy 20 yards from the scene. suspects were seen hanging out in front of the candy store before the attack when the store was already closed. >> it's terrifying especially a group of people sitting and waiting to do something. >> i'm not surprised. this area always has a lot of crazy peoples >> reporter: mabel also works here and says she gets straight into an uber or lyft after work

at night. >> when it's dark, we don't really walk around >> reporter: now, i have been in touch with san francisco general hospital where the victim is still being treated. sfpd says he has very serious injuries but fortunately has been improving. live at fisherman's wharf, kate larsson. >> hank you so much. in developing news, four houston police officers are in who the lopt after being wounded during a shoot-out the governor described as horrific. they faced gunfire serving a search warrant at a home. police shot and killed two suspects who fired. two of the four wounded officers are in critical condition. a fifth suffered a knee injury. the police chief says black tar heroin was being sold from the home the officers raided. millions of americans are dealing with extreme little cold weather tonight. forecasters can warn temperatures could soon plunge to you 30 below zero. in wisconsin, drivers spent part

of tooled digging out their cars. trucks covered atlanta's streets with salt before know snow arrived. they are hosting super bowl liii this week. locally, we lucked out with another mild day with some clouds that allowed for really gorgeous sunsets as you see here. it's all about to change though. meteorologist sandhya patel joins us with a couple days of rain in the forecast. >> more than a couple of days. but it's better than what we've been seeing as of late which has been spring-like conditions even if you've enjoyed it, you know we need rain. live doppler 7 right now showing you clouds, sprinkles, unseasonably mild. temperatures anywhere from about 5 to 9 degrees above average. guess what, a system is heading towards southern california. this system here, it's a little disturban disturbance, might send us a few sprinkles. the pattern looks more like winter on our wider imagery, a level one system arrives

wednesday. quarter to 3/4 inch for most areas. stronger storm follows. i'll be back with the timeline coming up. >> burglars are targeting cars in one peninsula neighborhood. see the video and what police are saying about the suspects. >> are you paying attention to the people parking here in hand i dapped spots in one person in san jose did and what they did next you have to see to believe. we'll have that will story next. >> and have you purchased some fresh fruit lately in the big recall at some popular stores. >> first, here's a look what's coming up on "jimmy kimmel live" after abc news at 11:00. >> thanks. we've got a sloth on the show for you tonight. >> i don't bring many insects. i'm not and i sect

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a woman in the south bay says she was targeted for having an invisible disability and says she parked in a handicapped spot with a visible placard. when she returned to her car, it was covered in dog feces. manny has our story from san jose >> reporter: shellie nichol chandar says dirty looks come with her handicapped placard. she parked while showing a home to new clients. >> went in for about ten minutes. when we came out, there was just poop all over my car >> reporter: we blurred the feces but she documented the display on facebook. >> they decided to atmosphere dog feces all over my car. >> this was so violent and so cr s celo at just felt like i needed to do it in hopes that the person would actually see the video and feel kind of poopy

themselves >> reporter: she said it goes back to the lesson, never judge a book by its cover. in this case, never judge a person by their placard. she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2012. added stress numbed her left leg making it difficult for her to walk. her mother-in-law was involved in a serious accident which left her in the hospital. >> the we left an hour later after seeing her suffering. >> reporter: she shares this is message with the person behind the poop. >> consider the fact that disabilities aren't always visible and that they don't realize what is it took for me that day to get up and meet clients and go around for the day >> reporter: amanda del castillo, abc7 news. >> on the peninsula, the manhunt is on tonight for a pair of thieves who targeted car after car. video captured them in the act on the west side of san mateo. you can see one man get into two cars can, one right after the other. police say the burglaries

happened saturday between midnight and 7:30 a.m. they got into both unlocked cars and they also smash add the windows of locked vehicles. if you recently bought nectarines at costco, check them. a new york based company is recalling the fruit with the brand.rio. they could contain analyst tieria that could lead to fatal infections in young children. peaches and plums sold in other states are impacted also by the recall. so far no illnesses have been reported. we want to switch gears and check on our weather because maybe one more day of dry skies out there, sandhya? >> that's right. enjoy it, take advantage of it because it's changing. take a look from our east bay hills camera, the sun setting at 5:29 tonight. it was just brilliant. doesn't get much better than this. temperatures this afternoon in the low 60s to low 70s here in the bay area.

and since we're on that trend of milder than average, we're going to continue it for another day. look at concord's high tomorrow. 63 degrees. but don't get too used to the idea of spring-like conditions because those temperatures will be dropping into the workweek into the 50s which will be a reality collect for the bay area that it is still winter and we are heading towards february. one of our wettest months. live doppler 7 right now, a weak disturbance skirting the coast. sprinkles not out of the question heading into tomorrow morning's commute. temperatures now in the 40s and 50s. really comfortable thanks to all the clouds around. nothing like the midwest. this is windchills can we're talking about, minus 28 in fargo, 17 below zero in minneapolis. ouch. 21 below in green bay. it's only going to get cold ker, dangerous windchills expected as an arctic blast air invades minus 45 in minneapolis wednesday morning.

same thing for chicago. minus 45 for fargo. that is brutal cold. obviously, could cause frostbite. we'll pass on that. a live picture from the east bay hills camera. spotty sprinkles possible tomorrow. wet pattern starts on wednesday. the stronger storm arrives on friday. 4:00 a.m. tomorrow, not out of the question see a few sprinkles developing. 5:30 perhaps a light shower heading down the peninsula into the santa cruz mountains. at 7:00 a.m. in the south bay, this is not an we're wide rain event, tomorrow morning temperatures in the 40s, 50s. plenty of clouds around tomorrow afternoon. you're looking at temperatures in the low to mid 60s. another mild day with a mix of sun and clouds. here's a look at the storm impact scale. light level one coming in on wednesday. light to moderate rain. .25 to .75 for most of you. wednesday morning, start to see a few showers developing 2:00 p.m. beginning to develop

elsewhere as we head towards 5:00 p.m. pocket offices moderate rain shaded in oranges and yell lowses. that will actually start to move inland by 7:30 wednesday night, continuing into late wednesday night and even into thursday morning's commute. at this point, we'll keep the level one in and bring in a level two. a moderate strength storm for friday. moderate to heavy rain. strong winds and a chance of thunder. you can download the accuweather app. accuweather seven-day forecast, mild. rain is back with a level one wednesday into thursday morning and a level two storm, moderate strength wet and gusty for friday with scatters showers saturday. colder system arrives on sunday keeping it a chance on monday. several feet of snow in the sierra down to about 3500, 4,000 feet by the weekend. and also the potential for some snow flurries here over the highest peaks. >> sounds good. tomorrow on "good morning

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"black panther" is coming back to theaters. disney the parent company of abc7 announced today the film will play for free february 1st through the 7th at 250amc theaters nationwide. it's all to celebrate black history month. disney says it's also giving a $1.5 million grant to the united negro college fund. it was directeded by oakland born ryan koogler, nominated for six oscars including best picture. >> abc7 is the only place you can watch the oscars. they'll be handed out sunday, february 24th at 5:00 p.m. all right. time to turn to sports. mindi bach is here tonight.

>> the warriors are finally finally on their way home after ten days away and five games on the road. the final game against the pacers tonight got off a slippery start.

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