extreme fire danger, parks are closed and turnouts in the east bay as communities gear up for a 20-year wind event. brace yourself. good afternoon. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm dion lim. thousands of people in the east bay could lose electricity for several days due to high fire danger. pg&e is turning it off in lafayette sunday afternoon and restore monday. they have a map and locations of public safety shut offs. we're waiting for it to update to show the precise areas that will be effected. we have team coverage on the upcoming winds. we begin with sand ya hya patelh a look at the wind conditions. >> yeah, dan and dion, look at the winds now. they have relaxed considerably since last night. gusting to 16 mt. hood and you

take a look winds are going to ratchet up which is why a red flag warning goes into effect 11:00 a.m. sunday. 60 to 70 mile an hour winds over th ridges. low humidity, 5 to 15% means extreme fire conditions are expected. so the high wind watch has been issued for the entire bay area sunday afternoon at 4:00 until 10:00 a.m. monday. we're expecting gusts in the hills 60 to 70 potentially causing power outages, downed trees and difficulty driving. i'll have the hour by hour look how strong the winds will be. the weather service is calling it potentially the strongest event of the season so far. >> oh, brother. thanks very much. now to cornell bernard where firefighters are getting ready for this. >> reporter: they certainly are,

dan. this air tanker is leaving from the santa rosa air attack base. they are heading to a fire we're told in hope valley in napa county. firefighters gearing up for a busy weekend. >> so right here is where our tanks are. >> reporter: cal fire division chief says his air tankers are ready standing by at this base loaded with 1200 pounds of fire retarda retardant. >> our air tankers have the loading port on the tail of the aircraft. >> reporter: these aircraft along with this new heletanker that carries 3,000 gallons of water ready for take off if fire bro breaks out. >> this puts us on guard. we have a lot of land that has not yet burned

source. >> reporter: cal fire is staging strike teams in high fire areas. >> we know wind drives wildfires. we're looking at prepositioning firefighters and resources into those areas that are going to be most affected by these winds. >> once a fire comes through, there is never really anything stopping it. >> reporter: bill fletcher is worried living in napa county. his home survived two fires this season. >> it seems like we're the only community in napa that hasn't burned and it makes me nervous because there is a lot of fuel in our neighborhood. >> this is our one mega watt generator we rented for fire season. >> reporter: natalie is ready for the possibility of a psps by pg&e. her rush river brewery has backup power in case power is cut. >> for all of us in the north bay area, i think we just would like to keep our fingers crossed and hope for no more fire events for the year.

>> reporter: that's for sure. you saw air tankers are headed to a fire that has broken out in napa county. let's hope it's not serious but the tankers are on it and will be there in 10 or 15 minutes. cal fire is hoping folks avoid any activity this weekend, which could spark a fire and if a fire does break out where you live, have a plan to evacuate safely. live in santa rosa, cornell bernard. >> thank you very much. firefighters in the east bay have a powerful new tool in helping to battle wildfires. check this thing out. it called conn air 1 an airbus helicopter able to drop water and fire retardant and has room to transport medical patients if needed. in fact, will be staffed with a nurse in flight. stay with abc 7 news for the latest on the wind effevent andt

the latest updates and a special early edition of abc 7 news monday morning at 4:30 a.m. some breaking news now taking place in san lorenzo. you're looking at video from a few minutes ago from sky 7 at a fire burning inside the vacant lorenzo theater near pacio grande. it broke out about 30 minutes ago. this is the second fire at the lorenzo theater actually since june. two new developments now with the scott peterson case. he could face the death penalty a second time. he appeared in a courtroom remotely from san quan ton this morning. the district attorney's office plans to retry the penalty phase of the trial. he's convicted of killing his pregnant wife lacey and their unborn consonar. this summer, the california supreme court overturned the death sentence because of questions about the jury selection process. the conviction itself could be

thrown out in a separate challenge. gig economy workers, uber and lyft have to treat drivers as employees instead of as independent contractors according to the state appeals court. lyft is considering appealing the decision. the decision is part of a lawsuit filed over ab 5, the state law that makes most workers employees instead of independent contractors. it doesn't take effect for at least 30 days, which is well after californians will have voted on proposition 22. the ride share companies have spent about $200 million supporting prop 22 making it the most expensive ballot measure in california's history. this court ruling that deon was mentioning only ups the ante on november 3rd. here is liz kreutz with a closer look at proper 22. >> reporter: the state legislature picked a fight with uber and lyft when it massed ab 5 classifying their drivers as employees. the tech companies are fighting

back with proposition 22. prop 22 classifieds app based drivers as independent contractors instead of employees. it's a direct response to ab 5 state law since january requires many companies to reclassify and pay contract workers as employees. the ride share companies have seen ridership plummet in the pandemic. they threatened to shut down until november but stopped short. while the companies battle it out for voter approval, the state is taking another swing in court before the election. uber and lyft say their drivers favor independence by a 4-1 margin and overwhelming majority favor the initiative. prop 2 2 would gauuarantee an hourly wage and some benefits, the no on 22 campaign says drivers are denied real benefits. the union backed no campaign raised about $5 billion. the yes campaign with major contributions from uber, lyft and door dash raised more than $180 million putting prop 22 in

the top ring of fundraising. the prop 22 campaign is over high tech services but the outcome may depend on old fashioned dollars and cents. >> liz kreutz reporting. for more information on the propositions including prop 22, go to abc7news.com. california saw a big jump in its coronavirus numbers today. there were more than 6100 new diagnosed cases, nearly double the two-week average of 3400. the positivity rate went up to 2.8%. it had been around 2.5. now today, alameda county moved into the orange tier joining santa clara and napa. gyms, churches and restaurants can increase capacity. >> many tenants are unable to pay their rent during the pandemic and the state offered protections on rent increases but a 300 unit low income housing complex in concord is raising rent and tenants are afraid and they're outraged. here is leslie brinkley.

>> reporter: hundreds of residents in the clayton crossing apartments on monument boulevard say they're terrified, they have been trying to negotiate with their landlord to hold off on increasing their rent. >> we don't know if tomorrow we can pay the rent. >> i live with my son. i am a single mother, so i lost my job in march. >> reporter: amla is an unemployed housekeeper. she hasn't been able to pay her sent since may now a substantial monthly rent increase on top of the debt. tenants in california that owe back rent from september to january have until january 31st to pay 25% of what they owe. the residents here say a rent increase makes that even more difficult for them. >> although the rent increase is legal now according to the laws,

they are still here saying it's not fair. so while it's legal, it's not fair. >> reporter: the group shared a letter from the property manager saying clayton crossing rents units under the federal low income housing tax credit progame. that exempts them from state mandates that prohibit rent increases. the letter tells tenants rent increases will not be postponed further. local assistance groups are rallying to help the tenants. >> normal people want fairness and compassion right now during this time. and even if it's a legal thing, our question is but is it just? is it moral? is it fair? >> reporter: i'm leslie brinkley. >> leslie stopped by the leasing office and was told to email the landlord. she did and so far we have had no response. covid testing, just ahead the new tests you can buy at a big box store but are they worth the money?

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saliva covid-19 they are only sold online. the results are provided online through an app made by the company that is billed as being hippa secure, that's what we're told. each kit costs about $130. joining me is special correspondent dr. patel. great to have you with us, always. >> thank you, dan. live from my backseat mobile studio. anything for the abc family. >> thank you for pulling over at least. we appreciate that. what do you think about the costco testing kits? >> i think it's a step in the right direction. since about spring, companies out there have been talking about getting an at home rapid test. this is faster than a lot of traditional tests out there andand easier for people to spit into a vile, they don't have to have a swab stuck up their nose. there is a couple barriers.

you mentioned the price point is really high and i think one thing this is going to do that will be positive is hopefully drive competition, several other saliva test that got this emergency use authorization, i would love to see the price target down. >> that's a good point. it will drive competition. how accurate do you think the saliva tests will be? >> so these tests actually have come out to show great results. there was another saliva pcr put head-to-head same samples, with the nasal traditional nose swab and detected as many if not more cases of sars covid 2. this specific test you mentioned earlier is the digital help company that's taken it to market is done by the tests itself is a p 23 lab tech path. this test itself is about 99% sensitive. 98% specific in othr words, you can say to the positive test r positive and negative test are truly negative.

definitely great news there this is an accurate test for those who can take it and afford it. >> okay. let's talk a little bit about we know these testing kits will continue to expand with more competition, there will be more of them out there. let's talk about the vaccine for a few minutes, dr. patel. astrazeneca will be in phase three when it was paused. where are we now? >> dan, and there was a death of a volunteer in brazil earlier this week. that death is being examined right now just to make sure everything with it is transparent and taken care of and i think the public wants to know is it related to the trial itself? now, the fda allowed astrazeneca to go ahead and continue the trial.ssume it's safe to continue. what happens with pauses the

data safety monitoring board are the only people that can unblind the data and look at specific cases and say that person received a vaccine or placebo. everyone would love to see that. it's not surprising when you have multiple trials going on and 30, 40, 60,000 people enrolled. you're bound to have illnesses, some adverse reactions that aren't necessarily related to the actual trial. >> that's a good point and why they do the trials after all. dr. patel, thank you so much for coming on. we appreciate it. continue your journey safely. >> thank you, dan. talk to you soon. >> all right. bye. continuing on this subject, the number of passengers on delta airlines no-fly list for not wearing a mask, that has grown to 460. that is according to an internal memo sent to employees by delta's ceo. delta began requiring non-vented fabric face coverings during flights in may. delta is not alone because united airlines has banned 335 customers and jetblue 64.

american and southwest won't say, though, how many passengers they have banned. let's turn back to the weather forecast. de dion, this serious wind event, i'm anxious to hear about and you are and your viewers are. >> affects a lot of sand ya sa sandhya patel joining us to talk about this historic event. >> it could be, dion and dan. we're talking about a similar setup from 2017. definitely worth watching carefully as we take a look at a live picture now, we'll talk about the winds and fire danger in a moment. you'll notice how beautiful it is outside. winds relaxed. it's a quiet afternoon and blue skies out there, low 70s from santa rosa to napa. 73 in concord and 78 fairfield, a warmer spot and that's not too warm. a view looking back. it's hazy low 60s around san

francisco. low 70s oakland, mown duntain v and live doppler 7 showing patches of fog but most of you are seeing the sun as you will notice here from the golden gate bridge camera and the flag barely swaying in the wind. extreme fire danger sunday. strong gusty winds expected between sunday and tuesday and colder warnings and warmer days next week is what you can expect. so the fire danger index showing you sunday afternoon areas in the north bay will be in the high to very high category. sunday night we go into high and can treem c extreme categories indicating the north bay, east bay hills, santa cruz mountains and low lying areas will be seeing that. remain vigilant and be i aware of surroundings. you'll see 30 mile an hour winds at 3:00. watch the clock 11:00 p.m., 40

mile an hour winslower elevations, stronger at the higher elevations. morning morning 43 ca, monday afternoon still gusty but not as strong at this point. temperatures first thing in the morning will be anywhere from the low 40s to the mid 50s. you probably noticed it was chilly this morning after probably layering up you need to do that again tomorrow morning. there will be fog near the coast and for the afternoon, another mild one low 60s to mid 70s. a few upper 50s right along the coast with clouds lingering. the accuweather seven-day forecast, cool to mild for saturday. enjoy it. it's really quiet but sunday the winds begin to really ramp up and as they do, the fire danger increases with it going into monday extreme fire danger and tuesday, as well. still gusty. although the winds begin to subside, it will be chilly tuesday, wednesday, thursday mornings and the afternoons will be milder as we head into friday, milder morning expected.

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use anymore as metaphors for bad and good. >> reporter: intuit is using a software program from a san francisco based writer that uses artificial intelligence to review and suggest changes to word choices. >> we can't be the language police and we can't be out there checking everything everyone wrote. using a tool helps everybody make better choices and helps them see what they didn't see in the first place. >> reporter: writer ceo says the goal is to encourage the use of respectful people first language. >> we got to put together that combines language from organizations that spent a long time thinking and working in this space. >> reporter: suggested corrections are just that, cultural sensitivity and historic meaning, every writer and change can benefit from a human editor's watchful eye. >> formulas and codes behind

artificial intelligence can't do that on their own. they have to be used in tandem and combination with the human factor. >> reporter: words can be hurt, words can be powerful. david louie, ab kr brkbc 7 news >> so well said. in the final installment of our america, living while black we focus on policing and the work being done to change how police interact with black

in the final installment of "our america" living while black we're focussing on the policing

of the community. more than 10 million arrests reported today fbi on average, black people were five times more likely to be arrested than white people in the same community in 2018. that number is the same in san francisco but higher in the suburbs. it's seven times as likely in berkeley, 11 times in palo alto and five times in coupe ecupert. black people fear any stop could turn deadly. working to change how police interact working with the black community. we start with a mom worried bout policing because her son is black but he's also autistic. >> hi. how are you? ♪ ♪ >> did you go to school today? did you have school? >> yes. >> did you have a great day at school? >> a few years ago, i moved with my kids and their dad to a new

community to a small suburb. we're excited about the move and looking forward to it but for us as a family of color, as we think about the things we need to do before we got there, something that was really important is we needed to take our younger son who has a severe form of autism to the police station because we wanted to make sure that he was not seen as a stranger in the community. did you get to sea your friends? >> yes. >> good. i'm glad you did. i'm glad you had a great day. i miss you. he is a teenager now. he's just a great kid. he is sweet and kind and even though his language is very limited, he's very emotionally expressive. he's very social. likes connecting with people. loves to build, lovers to draw, loves to sing and listen to

music and he loves the outdoors. i love you. >> i love you, mom. >> give me kiss. >> the fear was number one he wouldn't be assumed to be a resident of the community. number two, he'd be seen as a threat, as a stranger, as someone who could potentially be violent or cause harm and none of these things are true. for me as a mother, i had a fear what could potentially go wrong and the situations he could be in where he absolutely couldn't protect himself. being black and having autism means there's always more to think about. he's already vulnerable because he's a black male and he's that much more vulnerable because he's so limited in his ability to communicate and in his

ability to regulate his behavior. >> think about police interaction. everything is vocal queues. when you don't have communication l abilities, that puts you had a huge barrier and police officers aren't trained to know how to respond to that. they aren't trained to know okay, what do i do if i pull over someone who has autism? what do i do if i make a traffic stop and they can't speak to me? they're left stranded and that scares them. when they're scared, we see what happens. i truly believe that law enforcement needs better education specifically around working with a vulnerable communities. there has to be better education. there are community members like they have the same right. they should have the same privileges and they should have the same sense of safety and

protection in the community. >> not just that there is a risk of helplessness because he's a black male. not just because that's an isolated factor. yo u ha you have the communication aspect he can't respond to the police. >> he doesn't understand what they're saying or his rights. how can he protect himself? if they are asking him questions and he doesn't understand what the questions are or doesn't have the verbal ability to answer, how can he advocate for himself? so we made a conscious effort to bring our son to the police station to introduce him there to the folks there, let them know who he is, what his limitations are and what our expectations were for how they treat him in the community. i was pleased that they responded positively to it but i knew that couldn't be a

justification to let my guard down. does it feel unfair that families like ours are in situations where we have to advocate for a vulnerable family member like that? absolutely it does but the reality is if you're a black person in this country, you're already aware that's the added burden we carry. if police are going to be continuing to be called in to engage with people that have these disabilities and have these challenges, they have to be better informed how to do that safely. i hope that we're making it easier for the next bla bla that community and faces the same sort of unfair scrutiny. so my hope is that in the long run each of those are bricks in

the wall. >> bye bye, mom. >> i love you, bye, bye. >> real change is going to come through the difficult conversations that i think people are starting to have uncomfortable but really important conversations. black people can't change this. black people don't own the power structures to change this. this is about acknowledges what's real and making real change of the systems and that's a driven through honest conversation about what is happening. >> what a sweet family facing a truly valid concern. why are more black people stopped and zursearched and is defending the police the solution? next, the police chief of one of the largest cities has a frank conversation with a group of black youth leaders.

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black drivers are not only more likely to be pulled over by police but searched than whites. that with racial disparities in policing are sparring frank conversations what is behind the numbers. >> george floyd! > reporter: while the killings of george floyd and breonna taylor dominated the news, policing and racism can be found

every day in interactions like traffic stops. the data journalism team examined millions of traffic and pedestrian stops in more than a dozen american cities and found black americans in big cities across the country were more likely to be stopped and searched by police. in chicago and san francisco, black people were stopped at a rate four times higher than white people. in los angeles and philadelphia, it was three times more likely and in new york where police stops are mostly pedestrians, the city's black residents were eight times more likely to be stopped by police and searched, as well. in houston, while traffic stop rates were about equal between black and whites, black drivers were three times more likely to be subjected to a police search than white people. what's behind the numbers and what is being done to change them? >> how are you? >> that's what five young men from the chauncey glover project asked the police chief. >> i have a question. this might be off topic. i did my little research and the

population of black people and white people being body searched and vehicle serarched are different so black people more often get searched. why is that? >> we're looking deeper into that. it depends on whether it's a consent search where you ask somebody for consent and part of it is because you're making an arrest. i invited the center for police equity. they are looking at data but the consent searches you have to pay close attention to because those can be fishing expeditions, right? >> the chief, a cuban immigrant was widely praised for showing s solidarity with protesters but criticized for not releasing sooner police video from the april shooting death of nicolaus chavez who had a history of mental illness. >> when you hear the phrase defund the police, what is your initial thought, the resources and money you-all have can be

put into issues of mental health, homeless, health care, education, even. what is your take on that? >> you know, that's a great question because defund the police means different things to different people. defund the police to some people means apologize accomplish tbol don't need police. move all of this out of the police when there is no system in place to replace the police. i support the concept of the police should be doing what the police should be doing and we're actually having mental health professionals at our dispatch center when the call comes in, they're actually sending and referring folks to help without involving the police at all. so we're dog a ling a lot of th just not enough and we need to do more. >> to improve community relations, the chief says the department will track officers and hold them accountable for out reach. >> we'll make that relatipolici

connecting with people outside of the 911 call to build relations developing in the policy and how betrack we track enforce it. if we did the proper investment and education and work programs and quality housing and especially in mental health, and addiction treatment, then a generation from now you could reduce the police without a problem. and you-all, you're going to be the next generation of leaders from this community. you need to keep pushing us. >> get his good size. >> thank you. >> proud of you. thanks for the conversation. >> they're both his good side. good to see police connecting with black youth. coming up, the youngest mayor of a city here in california is using the racism he's faced to change policing and it's already saving lives.

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from police reform to depending the police, cities around the country are trying to rethink policing. in california on average, $487 is spent per capita on police versus $1300 spent on health and $394 on highways. in stockton, the youngest mayor of a mayor city is changing policing and has brought down the homicide rate without

spending money putting more officers on the streets. >> today we are honored to have with us one of america's most dynamic young leaders. michael tubs became the youngest mayor when he was elected in his hometown of stockton at the age of 26. he's become not just a great leader but a role model for students and young people everywhere. ho he graduated from stanford university and returned to stockton to give back to his community, to give back, to give back, to give back to his community. ♪ ♪ >> so good to see so many familiar faces. i'm still getting used to seeing everyone as small boxes on the screen. >> i made it my mission to be the best mayor of stockton and show the city and this country

that black people, that young black people and young black men can lead and govern. >> y'all need something. >> i remember having a conservation about the subty of golf courses. i receive emails and phone calls for calling me a thug and a monkey for trying to be fiscally responsible. a lot of it is rooted in anti blackness and racism. like the critiques are not rooted in fact but that i'm criminal, which plays into stereo types of black people being criminal. >> the top story is truly inspiration inspirational. with his father in prison, he was raised by a single mother. >> for my dad and the conversation i had with him when i was 12 visiting him in prison,

just talking about how for black kids with parents in prison and young mothers who grew up in poverty, prison is a likely option. that's what people expect of you. so you have to behave differently. i made it my mission to have no interactions with police. my freshman year at stanford, my first monday, then police chief got on tv, on tv on a press conference and said i've instructed my officers to stop every black person they see and ask them why are they here because they were tenant robb y robberies that happened, six of the accused folks were african american. >> if my officers see an african american with a du rag on his head, the officers will stop him and find out who that person is. >> i have 50 of my class mates to go to a city counsel meeting. we came with four demands including the resignation of the police chief. i think those experiences

informed the way i work with closely with my police chief now to make it so kids don't grow up the way i did, you don't want to see cops at all. >> we look at the data we can be more informed on reducing the footprint of over policing in our neighborhoods. >> i'm lucky i'm able to do the job with someone i see eye to eye with on the vast majority of issues. when we do disagree, it's about pace and how quickly things should move, right? the work we've beendoing when gun violence reduction where we've added different roles besides cop to the equation. we've added case manager. we've added violence out reach worker and we've seen what adding those roles, we've had a 40% reduction of homicides each of the last three years because everyone is doing their part. cops are doing what they do but not the only solution or tool. we have to deal with our problem. even now the officers say these strategies are helpful and

making our community safer. ♪ ♪ sometimes we laugh, sometimes we cry but i guess you know now, baby ♪ >> i'm proud of the fact i'm a husband. i'm not a great husband but i'm a pretty good one. i do my best. proud of the fact i'm a fatther. the kitchen. i hope to say to him we've made progress and we don't have racism in the police department. you'll be treated like everyone else and you have no reason to fear, ♪ ♪ >> it's actually incredibly tragic to see this but despite the racism, it's probably still the best time in the history of this country to be a black person. think about that. we have people in the streets risking covid protesting saying

my life matters. black lives matter. and still, it's better than seven years ago when we could be this lynched where we had law enforcement meeting people for trying to vote. all those people had a lot more reasons to quit than i do and they saw a better day that despite the injustices in the world, the big bosses on the side of justice i think tomorrow deserves people in today who kind of sees it for what it could be and wants to do everything we can while here to make that better for them and that's what our ancestors did for us. >> what an incredible passion he has for change. we have vetted resources to help you navigate issues and for more information, go to abc7news.com/our apmerica and click on

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♪ >> everything in life is like a dance for me. everything's moving. for me, if you don't move it's like you can't breathe. it's like a fish, they have to continue moving to breathe. even when they're asleep. they're still moving. i would say i came out of my mother's womb dancing. i'm antoine hunter, also known as purple fire crow. i'm deaf and have other disabilities.

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the unfair money bail system. he, accused of rape. while he, accused of stealing $5. the stanford rapist could afford bail; got out the same day. the senior citizen could not; forced to wait in jail nearly a year. voting yes on prop 25 ends this failed system, replacing it with one based on public safety. because the size of your wallet shouldn't determine whether or not you're in jail. vote yes on prop 25 to end money bail. vote yes on prop 25 it's rising. the pain is coming.

this man's been sitting in jail 15 years. it's time to get him out. >> that's lawyer for scott peterson, new developments in the case as peterson could face the death penalty again. wildfire worries, bay area gets ready for what is expected to be strongest wind storm of the year. >> ten thousands of pg&e customers could lose power to reduce the risk. which areas? near you? raising rent in pandemic, hundreds of concord tenants outraged as low welcome housing complex doesn't fall under state protections. >> announcer: building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. abc7 news. new fire in napa county as the bay area gets ready for biggest wind event of the year. time lapse of fire in low chili's