>> now at 6:00, mass transit disaster, more than a dozen people dead after trains crashed off of this overpass pick the city's mayor says this happened. >> i don't care if you are republican, democrat, i'm running to be governor for all californians. >> this morning, caitlyn jenner has released her new campaign the recall election, her message to all californians. new guidance on wearing masks outdoors here in the bay area. we are getting specific details for vaccinated and unvaccinated people. good morning, it is tuesday, may 4th. we take a look at your accuweather forecast, mike, looks like it's going to be another warm day. >> it is, ready. good observation good morning to you and kumasi and frances strickland take a look at what's going on or the dry gusty winds are blowing through. fire danger continues until

fire 5:00 today. you can see the lack of marine layer clouds. that's one of the reasons why we are going to have the warmer temperatures today. you can see e la all e breeze al go how 90s n in th upper 80s in bay and the south bay. mid 70s to around 84 the bay. even mid to upper 60s, the cool spot along the coast, reggie? mike, thank you. developing news now, more than 20 people are dead, dozens others are hurt after an overpass carrying metro trains collapsed in mexico city. a train landed on the road below, smashing cars. officials say there are children among the people who died. more than 70 people are injured. here is a live look at the scene this morning. you can see one car hanging from the overpass. the city's mayor says a support beam gave way. the overpass has been plagued by complaints and accusations of irregularities about its

constructions. is shooting near sentences going to national airport is under investigation this morning. investigators say a woman was shot in the leg when someone carjacked her in front of the grand hyatt hotel. that is right at the entrance to the airport terminals. please say it happened just before 8:00 last night. the victim's injuries are described as non-life- threatening. some planes kept their passengers on board as this was all unfolding. this morning, people in san francisco waking up to new guidelines when it comes to mask wearing. the city is following cdc recommendations. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield joining us live on the embarcadero with what you need to know. hi, amy. >> reporter: good morning. we are hearing some relief in out out here among runners at the san francisco city officials have made it a fishbowl and cleared vaccinated people to take off their masks while they are outside getting nerve exercise. the city announcing this week after president biden announced outdoor mask mandate was being dropped. the city's acting health officer said she now welcomes

these commonsense guidelines from the cdc. the city says, vaccinated and nonvaccinated people can work out outdoors without their mask, but nonvaccinated people still need to stay six feet apart. one runner told us this morning, she is excited to finally get this clearance. >> i've tried to stay within local guidance. it's hard come as a runner. it's hard to run with a mouth on. but i've tried to, you know, follow guidance and, you know, provide space where it makes sense. >> now that the city made this announcement yesterday, where are you? >> probably take my mask off when i run. >> reporter: ficials nte masks la gaerings, of people. indoors, the unvaccinated need masks. the vaccinated can take off the masks in small gatherings, especially when they are with other vaccinated people. officials are hoping this will encourage everyone to get

vaccinated. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. 12 to 16-year-old getting vaccinated, once the fda approves it. >> fda extending emergency authorization for fiber pfizer's vaccine to include children as young as 12 years old. kate larsen spoke with bay area families and experts about what's next, when it comes to vaccinating kids. >> reporter: a source tells me, next week, the fda is affected to authorize the use of the pfizer vaccine in 12 to 15-year- olds. a step that brings hope for a safer summer, and school year. but, not everyone is so sure. >> i would lyit out, toe what other people have come unlike any reactions they've been getting. >> reporter: 14-year-old novato resident, nico, does not plan to be the first among his friends to get the vaccine, but he indicated one thing that could push them closer. >> is mask sometimes tend to get annoying.

>> if having the vaccine meant you did not wear your mask as much, would you be more inclined to get it? >> yeah. >> if i was 14, i would get it. >> reporter: nico's father, who is vaccinated himself, would like more information. >> i know at his age group, it's unlikely they even notice the symptoms of covid, so i would like to see what the studies show. >> reporter: david is a stanford project professor of pediatrics. >> do you anticipate there will be changes in the dosing regimen? >> of course. given children size and what we know about potential side effects, that there would be care taken in the clinical trials and dosing regimens, start at lower doses, to make sure that this is as safe as possible. >> reporter: david is also the director of stanford center for biomedical ethics. he says the u.s. should share more with other countries, before vaccinating children. >> even though it's understandable that parents want their kids to be vaccinated as soon as possible, and even though there are significant public health benefits to doing so, given the

crisis in south america, and given the crisis in india, both out of self-interest and humanitarian reasons, we really ought to be focusing more right now on international relief efforts. >> reporter: kate larsen, abc7 news. our report by kaiser health says cvs and walgreens are responsible for most of the wasted vaccine doses here in the u.s. combined, they account for at least 128,000 wasted doses. cvs says most of their doses can be attributed to the effort to vaccinate long-term care facilities. walgreens says the discarded vaccine accounts for less than half of a percent of the total doses it's administered. ac transit has resumed its vaccine shuttle this week, after temporarily deactivating it. the shuttle will run from coliseum bart to the coliseum vaccination site every 15 minutes, between and clock in the morning and 7:00 in the evening. the shuttle will be ceasing operations on sunday.

you can check for the latest stories and updates on the pandemic on our abc7 connected tv app, available on roku, amazon fire, apple tv, and android tv . just search abc7 bay area to download it now. new this morning, governor newson's recall is heating up with two people running to replace him launching their campaigns. we are getting an exclusive first look at caitlyn jenner's new ad that debuted on gma. >> california needs a disruptor, a compassionate disruptor. i came here with a dream 48 years ago, to be the greatest athlete in the world. now i enter a different kind of race, arguably my most important one yet.yet.yet.yet.y. >> in the ad, jenner goes on to say she is running to be governor for all californians. just days into her campaign, jenner is now being accused of betraying the transgender community. over the weekend, she seemed to side with a recent republican- led wave of her legislation that limits transit rights in at least 31 states. she told tmz, she supports banning trans-female athletes from girls sports in school.

jenner is the most high profile trans-woman to ever run for political office. san diego businessman john cox is launching a new ad campaign today. you likely already seen it during commercial breaks here on abc7 this morning. he is kicking off a bus tour today for his campaign and he is calling it the meat to the beast tour. he is very literal about this, because there is a 1000 pound live bear on board. cox will visit six cities this week and what his campaign calls a shake up to sacramento and to fix the problems facing california. the tour starts in sacramento this morning, then he will go to yacht bill this afternoon, to french laundry. of course, that's the restaurant that became infamous when governor newson attended a birthday party there, amid a surge of covid cases in november. coming up, california on the rebound, as air travel picks up again, the state tourism industry looking to cash in, steps being taken today.

plus, we spotted the historic streetcars on th rails again in san francisco when service will resume for the first time since the pandemic shut everything down. and it's about what, 6:08 am this morning, that means the sun is about to come up. you see the clear conditions from the tower. outdoor activities, another day of 60s at the coast and 90s inland with strong sunshine and

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storms are threatening other parts of the south today. in fact, nearly 60 tornadoes have been reported in several states over the past few days. here is a look at where we expect severe weather today, which will be hail, larger than an inch, and tornadoes are possible from alexandria, louisiana, all the way over to about commas, georgia. so that is quite a population that needs to be repaired. back here at home, nothing that, quite the opposite. low to mid 50s through the tri- valley as you head from walnut creek, lafayette, northwood, mid to upper 50s. 4, northern contra costa county, mid to upper 60s. mid-50s to upper 50s around most of the bay on the 47 at pacifica and 61 in novato right now. another one of our warm spots. temperatures will warm rapidly it today inland and around the bay, 70 to 80 around noon, 77 to 85 at 4:00. when we leave the coast back in the 60s. good news, today all the way through friday, good to moderate air quality, which is healthy for all of us. we will take a look at the

mother's day weekend, coming up. here is francis with the commute. hi, francis. hi, mike. we will start off with a look at the south bay, 118 80 interchange in san jose. good news for the peninsula, the road work on 101 has been cleared through san mateo and san bruno in both directions. so that's been cleared a little bit earlier. at the bay bridge toll plaza, seek metering lights were turned on at about 6:06 am. look at the backup, it has already grown to the 880 over crossing. there's also a wind advisory for the misha bridge, the lookout for that, earlier crash cleared in the dublin interchange pick the right is low, with on 580, tracy to dublin is 42 minutes, kumasi? thank you, francis. this is exciting, the historic streetcars are going to be back in service on san francisco's f line, starting next saturday. we spotted some practice runs yesterday. metro stations will also reopen with full service being restored in july. the ingleside third. also, the j church returned as

service routes in december, and the letter m and l routes are still going to be operating as buses. that's good to see. all right, the historic streetcars, painted ladies, and the golden gate bridge, all icons of san francisco. what about san jose? the crucial vote today on a possible new landmark. from a restaurant chain with many locations in the bay area is showing its appreciation for teachers on tuesdays. the freebies they can get all this month. as we head to break, let's take a live look outside

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the board of supervisors is set to approve an african-american reparations advisory committee. and over the next two years, this committee will be examining how slavery, segregation, redlining, predatory financial practices, and other issues contributed to the wealth gap and disparities affecting black people in the city. will also explore financial compensation for the descendents of enslaved people. today, that has any say cancel is going to vote on construction of a new landmark, here it is, the breeze renovation. recently won a contest to create a new landmark for the city. the structure will have 500 flexible rods standing 200 feet tall and each rod represents the hundreds of people and companies that make up silicon valley. there's going to be a viewing deck at the top. if this is approved, developers and the city will create a construction timeis california month. today, nonprofit, visit california, will be talking about new projections in data about the recovery of the travel industry. this comes as the tsa screened more than 1.6 million people across the country on sunday. it's not close to pre-pandemic levels, but it is still 10 times higher than travel compared with this time last

year. >> we are traveling with masks, we are traveling with hand sanitizer, cleaning supplies, calling ahead to see if there's restrictions in place. but when it comes to the volume of people traveling, that is definitely going to feel more normal than we have seen in the past years. >> the tsa also reports a daily streak of more than 1 million screenings since march 11th. a woman from utah has had an unforgettable trip to hawaii. look at this. at 29 weeks along her pregnancy, she went into labor midway through a flight last week, to hawaii. a family physician and three neonatal intensive care nurses happened to be on board. >> that was super emotional. we all teared up. i think it's so crazy for all of us. it's been crazy since that happened. >> for three hours, they kept the premature newborn stable. to top it all off, mom says, she didn't know she was

pregnant. they went to the hawaii hospital, not just any hawaii hospital, they want to copy onto lonnie hospital, where i was born. is also where barack obama was born. they are doing well. >> listen, me reading that story yesterday was just like, and then, and then. >> well did you hear the part about how some of these doctors and nurses, they were trained in emergency medicine to be done not in the hospital? so they used shoelaces to cut the umbilical cord. >> how fortunate is this, that they were all disliked, let's go to hawaii at the same time as this woman. >> right? you know, is it a coincidence? i think not. these people were brought together for a purpose. >> but also to go there. >> what were you going to say,

what routing were you going to say? >> it wasn't rude, just a question, i was just so surprised she did not know, but i gets it is just possible. >> that is always so surprising, but also, you know, her baby was tiny. >> i'm glad it worked out. >> me too. >> i didn't know you could macgyver childbirth, but it sounds like they did and now mom and child will be in the barack obama reggie aqui wing of the hospital. hospital. hosp all right, i have some good news. i want to take you to vacaville. look at the relative humidity, 59%. remember this high yesterday was about 19%. we are starting to see a little bit of a modification. there's still a high fire danger there, but without relative humidity up a little bit, and it does help the situation. to 5:00 this evening, we have that warning.. 15, warmer than average again today. that fire danger, just today. backed average, cooler weather thursday and friday.

mother's day is trending sunny and just a little bit warmer than what we thought yesterday. i will show you that a second. high pressure dominating the eastern pacific, and that's why we've got the warm sunny weather from 80 in sunnyvale, 84 in san jose, to about 80 in morgan hill. on the peninsula, 75 in san bruno, 84. about a 9 degrees bread there. on the coast side, mid to upper 60s and low to mid 70s for downtown south san francisco and sausalito. low to mid 60s north pecos with some of our fastest breezes. as you go into the valleys, about 85 to 89 degrees. so significantly warmer. mid to upper 70s and low 80s, we will say that, for the east bay. and as you head into the valleys, 87 in san ramon to a very warm 93 in brentwood. in fact, very warm to the central valley, low to mid 90s there. that's why we have the fire danger continuing. look at tonight. oh yes, the clouds are back, the temperatures will be in the 40s and 50s and the fire threat will be over. the biggest cooling tomorrow will be the day on the coast, then they will move inland for thursday and friday.

notice those temperatures, 50s, 60s, 70s. that is average for this time of the year, two days out of the seven-day forecast. temperatures are not going to be warmer than average. have a good day, kumasi, reggie? thank you, mike, now we are checking in with ginger to see what's coming up on gma. hi, ginger. >> good morning, kumasi. reggie, mike, everybody, great to be with you. at the tuesday here on gma. we will keep going on your coverage of 20 people dead and dozens injured in mexico city, after that devastating train claps. we got some new details there. also, the severe weather, i don't know if you saw the pictures coming out of georgia and more states yesterday, but tornadoes, lines of damaging wind raking the land, really from texas to maryland. there are new threats happening as we speak. steve wilson is in georgia, i will check the latest for the states that need to be on alert today. new details on bill and melinda gates divorcing after nearly 30 years of marriage, what it could mean for their billion-dollar fortune and philanthropy, and what happens in general, when the superrich call it quits?

thus, young adults are under more stress than ever to be perfect. how you can talk to your kids about redefining what success looks like, and -- may the fourth be with you. th we are celebrating star wars day, and one of the masters of the star wars universe is getting ready to launch a new show. we will speak to him and so much more coming up right here on gma. thank you, reggie, for the tweets. the may 4th tweets, it made my day. >> looks, meeting you two years ago, that was awesome. ginger and i met at galaxies edge at disneyland when it was opening. i don't know about you, ginger, but life has never been the same since. >> no, yeah, it really hasn't. kumasi, you are next. i'm coming out there in a couple of weeks. we have to do all three of us. >> are you? i'm so ready, yes. >> that will be so great. >> let's

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welcome back, everyone. today is national teacher appreciation day. one bay area establishment is saying thank you by giving teachers a free meal. curry up now serves indian street food and started as a food truck. now they have 10 locations across the bay area. every tuesday this month, ol st bring your school id. tiffany and company unveiled its first ever engagement ring for men. the ring comes in platinum and titanium designs, with a diamond in the center. the jeweler is naming the ring after its founder, charles lewis tiffany. introduce the company's iconic women's engagement rings in 1886. the men's ring will be available at tiffany's in new york this month. what do you think?you think?youh what you think of that? >> who asked for it? did men ask for this? >> i didn't.

>> i just wonder if men e like is this a thing? >> speaking for myself, no. no. i think it also depends on who's paying for this wedding. >> that's true.that's true.thath if you are going to bankroll, find. if it's the two of you, no, none of this. you have an open bar to pay for, hopefully. and a little dj. >> no rings for you. >> no ring for you. coming up next at 6:30, janet jackson is elevating her upcoming birthday with an auction for charity. the personal items that you can bid on later this month. lawmakers across the country are using covid restrictions. i'm reporting in washington, coming up, are we easing up too early? as we head to break, taking a live look outside at the beautiful sunrise right now.

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building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc7 >> now at six:30, new mask guidance. san francisco announcing rules for vaccinated and unvaccinated people. a study compares the risk of getting blood clots from covid-19 against the johnson & johnson vaccine, and the findings might ease some fears about getting the shot. may the force be with you on this may 4th. how one is bay city is going to be celebrating star wars day. good morning, everybody. we are going to start our day with a forecast from mike. hey, mike. >> good morning, kumasi, reggie. hi, everybody. let's talk about the red flag warning, give you an update on those critical conditions that are most in the central valley,

then slipping into solano county. we've been watching solano county this morning and there is not quite as dry as it was yesterday. the winds aren't quite as fast. so hopefully that trend will continue. we know for sure by 5:00, the red flag warning will and. so, what to do toddo toddo toddd avoid open flames, yes, properly discard cigarettes. don't get anything hot near the grass, because the grass is as dry as it normally is in july. we are two months ahead of how dry the fuels are, if you will. and if a fire starts, call 911. don't try and do yourself. without wind, it'll spread rapidly. temperatures today, 60s at the coast, 70s around the bay, 80s inland from noon all the way to 4:00. we will talk about the mother's day for class coming up, next. the city of san francisco is making official official. no masks needed when you take a run order out walking the dog if you are vaccinated or if you are not and can still maintain distance. abc7 news reporter, amy hollyfield live along the embarcadero. what are you seeing this

morning? >> reporter: i'm seeing some masks. people are still wearing them, but we are also hearing some relief from some runners who tell us they are very excited that they officially now have clearance from the city to take their mask off, if they are outside exercising, and they are vaccinated. the city of san francisco issuing a statement one week after president biden issued his announcement that the outdoor mask mandate was being dropped. the city's acting health officer says, she now welcomes these commonsense guidelines from the cdc. the city says, vaccinated and nonvaccinated people can work out outdoors, without their masks, but nonvaccinated people still need to say six feet apart. one runner told us this morning, this is a relief. she said it's pretty difficult to exercise with that mask on. >> i mean, it's really good. if you run in the morning, it's starting to get a bit warm and masks are starting to be very uncomfortable. so knowing that a lot of people are vaccinated right here in fe

more comfortable. >> reporter: now, officials still want to see masks in large gatherings like games or parades, with hundreds of people. indoors, they are saying the unvaccinated need masks. the vaccinated can take off their masks in small gatherings, especially when they are with other vaccinated people. officials are hoping all of this will encourage everyone to go out and get their vaccine. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you, amy. the u.s. has reached a new milestone, the seven day average of covid-19 cases is below 50,000 for the first time since october. states are now lifting restrictions, driving the country back to work. abc7 news reporter iker john c has my easing of restrictions is happening too soon. >> reporter: good morning, health experts say the 617 variant currently circulating in india is more transmissible, but our vaccines should hold up against it. nevertheless, the country is taking steps from prevented to

becoming the dominant strain. this morning, the u.s. is banning trouble from india by non-us citizens. this as the 617 variant has already been identified in three states. >> our vaccines are going to hold up against the variant from india. >> reporter: this comes as hospitals in india are overrun by a record-breaking 400,000 new cases a day. the u.s., stepping up to help, sending sip shipments of oxygen, vaccines and supplies. here in the states, different story. demand in the country is down significantly, plunging 126% to 2.4 million doses a day. stoking new fears from health experts. >> we want to get to a level of herd immunity, where you can go about your day-to-day life and not have to worry about exposure. >> still, states are lubeare lue moving to lower covid resections. the governors in new york, new jersey, and connecticut, declaring a significant easing lowi stbusinesstoy reenon 19th.

>> thisciate with summer can go forward. >> reporter: florida is a spending all covid related public health orders statewide, effective immediately. today, oklahoma following suit, as the governor is withdrawing the state of emergency, declaring it is time to return to normal. several florida mayors have come out against the governor's decision to spend covid restrictions. st. petersburg mayor telling abc news, he is frustrated, saying, quote, that is it governor doesn't always know what each individual community needs because they are not here, they don't live here. abc7 news, washington. you are more likely to get a rare blood clot from a covid- 19 infection, rather than the johnson & johnson vaccine. this is according to a new report from the american heart association and the american stroke association's stroke council leadership. this looked at symptoms and treatment for those rare blood clots, reported by some people who received the j&j vaccine. experts say the clots are rare in both cases, but the risk is 8 to 10 times higher if you

actually become infected with covid. use of the vaccine in the u.s. has resumed after a brief pause last month. in the south bay, santa clara county has a new approach to get people vaccinated. part of the parking lot at the santa teresa light rail station transformed into a covid-19 vaccination site. san jose city councilmember gimenez calls it a prime location. >> it's a microcosm of the city. it's about one third asian, one third light white, one third latino. so we have challenges, the city at large has been trying to get the word out. >> it was laid out correctly in the parking lot. everybody knew what they were doing. >> no residency requirements. you can walk up or drive through with or without an appointment, and that site is going to be open weekdays through the summer, as long as there is demand. in the east bay, contra costa county said it's vaccine supply is now so plentiful that it's opening up its clinics to

anybody, no matter where they live. officials there say anyone 16 and older can make an appointment or visit a walk-in clinic. you can keep track of california's vaccination progress on our website, abc7news.com/vaccine. it'll show you how we are doing statewide. at this point, more than 60% had at least one shot. you can also break it down by county, to see which percentages are vaccinated where you live. tensions in the republican party seem to be at the breaking point. they are at odds over former president trump's false claim that the election was rigged. in a tweet, wyoming congresswoman liz cheney says the election was not stolen. her vocal criticism of trunk has put many gop leaders in a bind. some of them don't want to fully embrace trumps claims, but they also don't want to publicly criticize him. some house republicans are pushing for another vote come in challenging cheney's leadership. she holds the third highest position among house republicans. trump could be back on facebook and instagram this week. facebook plans to announce its decision about his accounts tomorrow. an oversight board said, there were more than 9000 public

responses concerning trumps suspension from facebook and instagram. his accounts on both lifeforms were indefinitely logged off, the day after the insurrection of the capital. twitter and youtube also suspended his accounts. happening today, more drought restrictions could be announced in north bay. marin county water district is expected to take action after recently approving the first widespread restrictions on water customers, because of worsening drought conditions. officials with the marin municipal water district will be voting on, voting today on imposing more of those restrictions. they include limitingude limitig springer irrigation, to just two days a week. according to our media partner, the marin ij, the proposed new restrictions could take effect immediately. starting this month, two dozen fire stations in alameda county will be hoisting flags during dangerous fire weather conditions. the fire weather flags let people know when there's a red flag warning, so people can avoid activities that could inadvertently start fires, like

doing yardwork with combustion engine equipment, or driving in or parking on >> we will have to be careful today, mike. >> yeah, yeah i like that, too. anyway you can raise awareness, so people can adjust their habits accordingly. i like that. again, today, especially solano county, central valley, that is where we have the red flag warning and critical fire conditions. we are off to a warmer start this morning. that is going to help propel us to another warmer than average afternoon. right now, it is coolest in the sunset. sunny side, and know we valley, upper 40s there. everybody else in the low to mid 50s, with sunshine across san francisco. you can see 50s just about everywhere right now, until you get around pittsburgh, 65. tracy, it is 71 71 71 71 already. all right, for the kids heading off to school, not much is going to change. 49 to 56, temperatures at 7:00. by the time we end school, 66 of the coast, 78 around the bay

and 86 will be sunny, dry comfortable too, not quite as comfortable inland. so the fire danger is really the only issue i have with your commute. what i mean by fire danger, if you get too close to some dry vegetation with a hot car or chains dragging from a trailer, that spark of fire, then that could make it spread rather rapidly. the wind is good, that's why i put caution in there. as far as the pollen, if moderate. a couple of new flavors, butternut and walnut, new allergens from our trees and the uv index, very high today. 15 to 20 minute burn time. let's talk more about the commute with francis. hi, francis. hi, mike, there's an accident in the south bay, south on 17, but everything has been cleared to the center divide. i will show you a live camera shot in san jose, that shows traffic moving pretty low on 280 right there at the highway 17 interchange. that is moving right across your screen. bay bridge toll plaza is backed up towardcrsitengveen tneright

wait to get across this span. also, there's a problem on westbound by dav at grant line road. the crash is slowing things down on westbound 205 out of tracy, so you can see it's crawling, then it picks up as you had the ultima pass. a brush fire has been reported westbound 4 in pittsburgh off to the right hand side. is causing alliterative slowing. also you want both hands on the wheel for the drive across the venetia bridge, where there is a wind advisory right now. >> thank you, francis. it'll be a busy summer for many students have fallen behind, because of distance learning. program helping to make up the learning loss. looking live at the big board at the new york stock exchange, where we are down about 100 points. we will have another update in a couple of

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the man suspected of assaulting and yelling racial slurs at the president of oakland chinatown chamber of commerce has been charged with a crime. the attack on carl chen happened while he was walking near eighth and broadway last week. police arrested 25-year-old james lee ramsey, shortly after. he has been charged with assault, a hate crime, and a parole violation. in the east bay, hundreds of oakland tech high school students marched in the name of mario gonzalez. a comes two weeks after the man died, after being held down by alameda police. the group walk from the fruitvale bart station, to the alameda police department. he died after several officers pinned him to the ground for more than gonzalez in high school said, watching that body camera footage brought her to tears. >> so many people are affected by the loss of it's rippled throughout the community, and it also ripples

throughout the community, not just in a tragic way, but an impressive way. >> members of gonzales's family also took part in this march, including his son. the officers involved in gonzales's arrest are now on paid administrative leave. today, san francisco health commission will hear a proposal to reduce the number of officers who guard zuckerberg general hospital. the proposal from the apartment of public health calls for eliminating 11 of the 29 sheriff deputy positions. they will be replaced with trained healthcare workers. that proposal comes after some hospital staff raise concerns about deputies disproportionately using force against patients of color. a scary moment at the minneapolis airport. an investigation underway, after a nine-year-old boy disappeared on a luggage conveyor belt. surveillance video shows the boy getting pulled onto the belt. he wanted wandered away from his family and on to the

baggage conveyor system. delta airline staff stopped the belt, but he escaped onto another one. that brought him to the screening area. then he crawled out and jumped down. airport police found him on injured in less than four minutes, and they returned him to his parents. is for cisco unified school district is creating a roadmap, to help students get back on track. the newly appointed group, rise, will be meeting for the first time on thursday. it's going to be discussing ways to generate the funding needed to address learning loss. this group wants to add more enrichment programs throughout the year. parts of the plan will be implemented on day one of the new school year, which starts on august 1st. >> for an example, have an extra hour of class, with certified teachers that are hired through summer together, after school, to make up for those kids that are behind, to make up before they go to the afterschool programs. >> funding for rides will come to federal, state and city governments and philanthropists.

san francisco main library staff cheered as the public walked into the building for the first time in more than a year. the library reopened yesterday, only the first floor is available for the public right now. the chinatown and mission bay branches will reopen in two weeks with some other branches following next month. >> i like to see that. all right, everyone time for the morning money report. the honest company, cofounded by jessica alba, is going public tomorrow. honest specializes in wellness and baby care products that are made without harmful chemicals. the company plans to sell nearly 26 million shares at $14- $17 each. at $17 a share, honest could be valued at $1 billion. t'take a live look at the new york stock exchange as trading gets underway this morning. you can see we are still down right now by about 165 points. janet jackson, celebrate her birthday, by cleaning out her closet for charity. the legendary singer,

auctioning off more than 1000 of her own items. they include some of the famous outfit that she wore during her music videos for rhythm nation and screen. the auction goes from may 14th through may 16th. it's jackson's 55th birthday weekend. this three-day event will take place in beverly hills, also online and all the money raised will benefit compassion international, which supports children in need worldwide. >> i think that last outfit was from offer you video. >> really? >> yeah, i recognize >> i want some old-school genic, like escapade. >> escapade. >> or, i don't know. >> like black cat? what about pleasure principle? >> maybe. >> the ripped black jeans? that was real simple. >> yeah, like that. simple little cut crop top, just the one where the man is doing like this. >> level never do without you.

>> yes, that one. >> that was good. directed by the great herb ritz. >> yes, i like that outfit. >> she was wearing a blonde wig. >> that could be a part of it too. >> that could be a part of it. >> reggie will have a complete symposium coming up on twitter and facebook live. >> i know my janet. >> yes you do. very impressive, sir. very impressive. here's a look at sfo. normally we will be looking at cloud shooting through the san bernardino gap, but not today. we don't see any from mount tam either. let's talk about a whole lot of sunshine and warm temperatures today. don't forget about that enhance fire danger, especially in solano county. marine layer comes back tonight, that'll cooler temperatures back into the 40s and 50s and make it more humid and take away that fire threat. it'll be mostly sunny this mother's day weekend, and it's trending a little bit warmer than average. not quite this warm, but it's going to be close, low to mid

80s to the south bay. we do have upper 80s in morgan hill and gilroy, 84 in san jose. mid to upper 70s in san bruno, san mateo, south of there, low to mid 80s on the peninsula. on the coast side, even with sunshine today, mid to upper 60s for you, that is pretty mild and low to mid 70s in downtown, south san francisco, sausalito. low to mid 60s, cuyler north pecos, 85 to 89 through your northbay valleys. along these stores, 76 at richmond, 82 at hercules, most of around 77 to 80 degrees, and into the valleys we go, this is where you find the greatest amount of warmth, 87 in san ramon, to brentwood at 93 degrees. now here we are at 7:00 this evening, and watched the clouds up along the peninsula coast, and then rapidly spread to the east. this is the changiis going to takewathe fi threat, and mid 40 to mid-50s. it's also going to jumpstart the cooling trend in the afternoon hours, for the coast and the day. it'll eventually make it inland by thursday. thursday and friday, those 50s,

60s, and 70s, those are average temperatures. notice how we will be warmer than average quickly saturday through mother's day sunday and into monday. have a great day. back to you. thank you, mike. happening today, a court hearing in san jose for elizabeth holmes. she is a stanford dropout, accused of misleading investors about her now failed blood testing startup she and her second-in-command are facing multiple fraud and conspiracy charges, which stem from allegations that they engaged in a multimillion dollar scheme to defraud investors, doctors, and patients. prosecutors say holmes claimed the technology required a few drops of blood to test for several diseases at a fraction of the cost. both have pleaded not guilty. bill and melinda gates are ending their marria afte27ar they certaly a lot of announcemn wegrow together as a couple in this next phase of our lives. they met in 1987 at microsoft.

the company bill cofounded in the 70s. he is now worth nearly $130 billion. the couple has given away nearly $55 billion, since creating their foundation in 2000. is considered the most influential private foundation on the world. court records show, the couple did not have a prenup. google is playing ball with the nba. wnba, i should say. this is the latest company to sign on to the change maker program, which aims to elevate female athletes. google will now be joining nike, at&t, and deloitte, to transform the leads marketing community driven programming and player and fan experience. the company will also be the presenting sponsor of the wnba's 25th season, which will air on espn. on inaugural event in the east bay aims to change the future of professional golf. african american tour qwest held its first fundraising government yesterday in alameda. the nonprofit supports diversity in golf. even organizers say is 1% of

pga pros are african-american, and women still face many obstacles. >> there is still some courses who won't allow women as members. there is still a lot of barriers for women. >> it's about the life skills, right? honesty, integrity, respect. these are core values that you learn, here on the golf course. >> tour qwest's goal is to develop five pga or lpga tour playing professionals over the next 10 years. there's now a formula to help you choose a movie that lifts your spirits. a new study reveals why certain films make us smile. researchers say, they typically include these plot points. an outsider, searching for love, whoever comes adverse circumstances, scenes with strong emotions that tug on your heartstrings. and they offa researidentified ready woman and love

good films. marble is revealing new details about the sequel for black panther. and a newly released video, marvel announced black panther 2, wakonda forever, set to be released on july 8th, 2022. the character that is played by the late chadwick boseman will not be recast. >> issue repeating everything you say? >> i was like, woman, let me say it. it's my turn. >> i know. they are a division which is the parent company of abc7. >> you are channeling her. may the 4th be with you. today is may 4th or star wars day, to celebrate the u.s. postal service will hold a belt virtual event to launch the new droid snaps. it features the droid from the star wars universe coming including the beloved r2-d2, cpl and remediate. they were a nod to the commitment of lucasfilm and to

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because that's power down time. it is 6:58. if you're just joining us, here are the seven things you need to know this morning. number one, more than 20 people have died, dozens of other people hurt after an overpass carrying metro trains collapsed in mexico city. the train landed on a road below, smashing cars. number two, high fire danger continues in solano county, through 5:00 this evening. number three, starting today, the u.s. is banning travel from india, by non-us citizens. the biden administration is acting in response to a

devastating surgeen global reco cases. number four, san francisco is issuing mass guidelines for fully vaccinated people, which max cdc recommendations. city says vaccinated and nonvaccinated people can exercise outdoors, without mass, but nonvaccinated people still need to be to be to apart. number five, an exclusive first look at caitlyn jenner's new ad in her campaign from california governor. in it, she described herself as the compassionate disruptor, running for all californians. republican john cox has also released an ad this this number six, all of the slowing is confined to the east bay this morning, west town 80 is slow as you make your way through emeryville. the bay bridge toll plaza, backup to the 80 over crossing. number seven, if this is your thing, mcdonald is giving away a free full size mcflurry today, all you have to do is download the mcdonald's app and scan and offer code. >> are we more team mcflurry or team blizzard here? >> i like blizzards.

>> francis? >> i will go with what's free today. >> now we at least 20 dead and dozens good morning, america. breaking news, catastrophic train collapse. the terrifying moments caught on camera as a commuter train plunges into traffic, splitting in two. at least 20 dead and dozens injured in mexico city. first responders climb through twisted steel and shattered glass to rescue those trapped right now. tornado outbreak slamming the south and east. homes ripped apart. 90-mile-an-hour winds tossing this semi truck on its side. the new threats this morning. roaring back. new york, new jersey and connecticut ending most covid restrictions in two weeks. bars, restaurants, gyms and more set to fully reopen their doors, but as weekly cases fall below 50,000, the new concerns about reaching herd immunity as that travel ban from covid-ravaged india takes effect overnight.