. building a better bay area. moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7 news. >> lot of things burned last year but california is a big state. there's plenty more to burn. it's not looking good. >> a red flag warning in effect for big portions of the bay area. fire crews bracing for a potentially dangerous good mor. h. ank u that red flag warning a look at the weather. good morning. we have a big dome of high pressure building in to northern oregon, northern california and that's allowing for gusty winds. for us it means clear skies and warm weather with a red flag warning in effect already until 6:00 a.m. on monday. the winds in the upper

elevations quite gusty and looking at anywhere from 60 miles an hour 2500 feet and down below fair conditions. north bay hills, east bay and the valleys we have some clouds at the coast. 41 there half moon bay and looking at temperatures in the 50's and 60's. 15 degrees warmer by the delta this morning. while it's cooler at the coast. mount di ablo had a past hour wind gust of 54, throughout the day it sunny and it's warmer today. look at that by 4:90's inland. 80's round the bay. we will talk about a slightly cooler mother's day in a few minutes. >> thank you. as lisa just said the east bay hills and valleys are at extreme risk of fire danger and you can see why. bone dry brush everywhere. abc7 news reporter has a look at how fire crews are getting prepared. >> in 2020 the earliest red

flag warning was in july. according to the oakland fire spokesman michael hunt. this year we are starting two months early. >> with what we are seeing is scary and severe. >> the east bay hills will be on the highest alert. winds and dry conditions played a key role in potentialal wildfires. >> you will see roving patrols in the hills. we prepositioned multiple wild land machines at various stations to respond to any report of a vegetation fire. >> there are over 20,000 resident who live in oakland's highest fire prone areas. normally fire inspections would take place in mid to late may. none of those inspections have taken place. >> we are concerned every year. >> it never has as long as i live here soy hope we keep it that way. >> after last year berkeley

residents passed a tax. this fire season. >> we will be using that money to create an emergency warning system. we are using that money to reduce fire fuels and vegetation management to reduce risk. >> the berkeley mayor reminding residents to have an emergency bag ready and for those in the hills to clear the way for fire engines. >> we have to get the community prepared. >> in oakland abc7 news. prima fire will have extra staffing this weekend. yesterday crews drove the access roads in the hills to make sure brush and debris were cleared out. they say residents should clear dry brush around the home but be sure not to mow it because that can spark a fire. >> we are starting fire season early and we have a lot of wind over the next couple days. very important to just bebe >> fremont firefighters also

recently gave th four wheel fire trucks tune ups and conducted refresher wildfire training. we sent this push alert on the abc7 news app just last night when the red flag warning went this to effect for parts of the bay area. if you want alerts like this on weather conditions throughout the weekend the app is free to download. meantime authorities are investigating after a san francisco police officer shot a burglary suspect near oracle park. this happened just before one yesterday afternoon near brannon and third. officers were investigating a car burglary when one of the officers shot a man in the wrist. two other suspects in the car drove away. investigator its have not said what provoked the shooting. and there is a new push this morning to get more americans vaccinated. this after the country's vaccination rate dropped to two million shots a day. that is a 20% decrease from last week. christine sloan has the latest. >> i have a challenge to dc

residents. >> officials resorting to different methods to encourage vaccinations. in dc free temporary tattoos that say vaxed for mom and dad. the director using the holiday to work for vaccines. >> i rest easy knowing my family will be safe and that is the best mother's day gift i could get. >> this vaccination clinic opening in maine. the hope to reach more unvaccinated people and in phoenix, city officials offering a $75 bonus to city workers who get vaccinated. a doctor saying she expects pfizer to get fda authorization for vaccinating 12 to 15-year-old's next week. they are now planning to seek full approval from the fda for its coronavirus vaccine. right now the vaccine is being distributed under an emergency use authorization which is a different regulatory status.

there are more signs of things slowly returning to normal. the grand ole opery opening next week. in chicago now welcoming fans back to the stands for the bulls and blackhawks game. up to 25% capacity. >> everybody back topping. mad house of madison is always good to be there in person. if you are watching the bulls or the blackhawks. >> there is potentially hope for future herd immunity in someplaces like california, once a hot spot of the pandemic. >> we never want it to get to herd imunity with natural infection and vaccination but that's what california went through. a pop up vaccine clinic will open today in one of campbell's hardest hit neighborhoods. the city hopes the weekend hour also help reach resident that have been the most affected by the

pandemic. officials say that insurance id's or proof of immigration status isn't required. its open from nine to four. appointments are also not needed. san francisco health officials brought their mobile efforts to the city's richmond district yesterday. they say some residents voiced concern over access to the vaccine. the area is home to a large number of seniors and people with disabilities. many of them rely on public transportation which seeing reduced service. >> for folk that want to go to mascony and especially city college it's not easy for them to take public transit. having it centrally located in richmond allows richmond residents to walk here, bike here. >> the clinic included staff who could speak several different languages including mandarin, and russian. bay area counties are gearing up for the

expected authorization next week of the pfizer vaccine for kids. marin officials hope to vaccinate half of the 12 to 15-year-old population with in a week of authorization. that is 7,000 kids. they plan to use evening and weekend hours at vaccine sites and send mobile units to some schools. in the south bay santa clara county officials teaming up with the 49ers to host a three day vaccination clinic at levi stadium for 16 to 19-year-old's. the dates and details there on the screen. families and kids and their family also get to tour part of the stadium and get 49ers swag. sounds like a nice activity. vaccine and swag. for the latest on appointment openings or if you have questions abhijit the process you can ask the abc7 news vaccine team by going to abc7 news.com/vaccine. it is hot this week.

>> yeah. we are going to be much warmer today everywhere, even with the winds gusting at the coast right here in the city we are be about eight degrees warm america warmer. we will talk about the weekend warm up and the high fire danger next. scars that can't heal. its been years since this man witnessed a violent attack and now he shares that story only with abc7 news because the suspect is accused of doing it again. and an out of control chinese rocket is hurling back toward earth this weekend. why officials say you shouldn't worry. we will have that coming up.

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. here is a live look outside from the roof camera. ferry building looking so beautiful. the man accused of stabbing two asian seniors along market street didn't show

up for his first court appearance. we spoke to the district attorney and also a man who saw this same suspect stab someone else in 2017. it's an interview you will only see here on abc7. >> i saw -- his face and i'm like this is the guy that stabd that other male in 2017. >> benjamin gonzalez recognized patrick thompson's face and body movements the moment he saw this video i on stained showing a man stabbing two senior asian women while they waited at this bus stop on market street. the weapon was so violently thrust into one 85-year-old grandmother that the handle broke off and punctured her lung. benjamin was a security guard at that homeless shelter in 2017 when he thompson after he randomly attacked another man. >> he was just laying on the bed and he came up and stabbed him in the chest. the look on his face was just

unbelievable at that time. it was very calm but very violent. he tried to push him out the window, broke the chain to the window. >> thompson has a long criminal history including multiple assault was a deadly weapon from 2017 and 2019. he was released on mental health diversion in 2020. >> if something could have been done in 2017, maybe he wouldn't be back on the street causing harm to innocent people. >> thompson was scheduled to appear in court but didn't show. i pressed the district attorney on why he didn't do more to keep thompson off the streets. you have blamed the judge for the mental health diversion of mr. thompson in 2020. as the da you and members of your office have every right to object. why did you not object >> he that prevention clearly did not

work. two seniors now recovering from serious injures in the it>>s nmbeen moved to monday. as for benjamin he said what happened in 2017 changed his life forever. he is now a school crossing guard because he wants to continue helping others, this time children. in the newsroom. abc7 news. happening today alameda will consider changing the way police respond to certain 911 calls. it's in response to the death of mario gonzalez last month. he died after officers restrained him by putting knees had not his back. three officers are on leave as the department investigates. city officials are looking into requiring nonpolice responses to certain emergencies. that is going to be discussed at a special city council meeting at 3:00 p.m. on zoom. let's take a live at air travel nationwide keeps breaking pandemic records. tsa screened about 1.64 million

people on thursday as travel ramps up some pilot who have been furloughed or laid off need to get trained before getting back in the cockpit. south bay flight instructor said that airlines may be forced to stagger bringing pilots back. >> right now we have kind of a glut of pilots who need to come back in and go through the training and you can't bring them back at once because there's not enough simulator time. >> he stressed that flying same he said the number of error that happen is relatively small and there are back in place. changes are coming to the dmv's driver's license test. it plans on eliminating the test in 25 languages and getting it down to seven. the test will be available in english, spanish, chinese, vietnamese and armenian. a memo called it part of an effort to modernize the

process but doesn't go into specifics. it'll increase the number of questions from 18 to 25. it's not clear when all the changes will take effect. eyes will be on the sky this weekend as a piece of space debris comes barreling toward earth. scientist around the world are tracking an out of control chinese rocket that was sent to space last week. space track which is working with the united states space force on tracking the rocket is estimating a reentry between 2:00 p.m. pacific time today and 2:00 a.m. tomorrow. nobody is exactly sure where on earth it'll end up. experts say not to panic. >> so much of what is land is not inhabited. so much of central china and the pacific -- the southwest and canada and the out back of australia. it is true that the chances of getting hit are >> scitistaren the rocket

malfunctioned. the government of china hasn't commented. you may have spotted a strange of lights parading across the sky last night and no, they aren't ufo's. they are starling satellite that were launched by space x this week. our photographer caught a look over san jose. it's a little hard to see but you can see the lights there. the satellite train was visible for just a few minutes as it traveled to the southeast. space x developed to provide high speed internet across the world. nothing to worry about. just a giant space debris barreling toward earth. >> man, nobody knows where but don't worry about it. all right. yeah, ready for hot weather again we certainly have had that -- a piece of that any way. over the past few weeks and right on time for the weekend. we are looking at numbers coming up above average and big dome of high pressure building in. allowithofshore winds. here look at live whe that as it builds in

allowing for the off shore winds and that warming with the dryer air in place. mixing down to the surface eventually. it's other degrees right now in oakland and look at the delta. 64 degrees. we have looking at about 15 degrees of warming there while it's cooler at the coast. half moon bay, 39 degrees. 52 in santa rosa and the wind gusts, 48 miles an hour out of the north. you can see mount saint hele na and mount saint tam. the northerly wind's have been gusting all night long. that warmer air in the delta and the dryer air, 26% relative humidity. for 5:00 in the morning that's very dry as we go through the day. that will drop to about 10% and that's why we have this red flag warning over the hills of the north and east bay and the valleys of our east bay. here say look outside where we are looking at the clear conditions, dry, gusty winds with elevated fire danger through early monday. sunny and warmer for mother's

day weekend. a few degrees cooler for tomorrow and then the real cool pattern arrives the middle of next week into next weekend. here is a look at those winds. they will continue to build through midmorning, after sunrise and as we get toward about 1:00 you can see the wind gust from the delta, napa, livermore, 26 to 37 miles an hour. at the coast it'll be quite gusty. sunny and looking at temperatures for your sunday. 60's, 70's, 80's. just a few 90's but look what happens after mother's day. the heat builds back again into your monday. mid-90s inland. a little warmer around the bay into tuesday, still well above average. remember we should see low 70's in san jose this time of year. upper 80's into tuesday, then looks like we will start to cool off. despite the 60's here it'll feel cooler. the winds will be gusting throughout the afternoon out of the north northwest. about 15 but then we will gust

to over 25, maybe 30 miles an hour at the coast. highs today from the low 70's downtown, windy afternoon, 60's half moon bay. 89 santa rosa. look for 91 in concord. 90 this afternoon in livermore. it'll be breezy over the east bay hills with the red flag warning in to the valleys of the east bay. 80 in santa cruz. the seven day forecast, we have windy, high fire danger today, tomorrow and then into monday. then looking at the temperatures coming down slightly by tuesday. elsewhere we have that sea breeze well established and then looking at the trend for cooler weather. aids walk san francisco is just eight day away on sunday, may 16th at 10:00 a.m. this year's virtual vent, live at home will stream online and right here on abc7. we are proud sponsor of the star studded event featuring billy porter, tony goldman, rosie perez and many more. proceeds benefit hiv aids

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driveway, backyard series created by kc turner. >> it's a way to bring music to people safely, very small, private, and bring that joy of what music is and that is delivering a connection between the artist and fan. >> he started backyard concerts last fall and they have only grown in popularity. booking fees range from one to $5,000 depending on the artist. we will celebrate mother's day tomorrow. this year it'll be extra special for one woman. now a sure vier with a new baby. denise from our sister station in los angeles has the story. >> at 37 weeks pregnant, 35- year-old natalie was at the hospital faced a problem. >> i had to put my life in the hands of the doctors and of god and i just hope that i was going to veor

but wanted to hang on for her unbjornson. >> i was so scared i would leave the baby without a mother. you know, not only my newborn but i had a 4-year-old at home. if was late october. her dad had just died from a sudden heart attack. she learned he had coronavirus. >> in the moments of grief, you know we all hugged my mom and my mom was coronavirus positive too many. >> she started to get sicker and sickern. >> doctors moved quickly to deliver her son and then transferred her to providence saint john's health to be put on a machine. >> put her on the machine and for about three weeks she was just nearly as sick as you can get. >> icu medical director and her staff monitored her closely. after nearly a month natalie came out, weak and unable to speak. she watched her father's funeral on face time. >> knowing we had lost my dad and i didn't think my

mom could take losing a daughter too. >> she still has pain. she misses her dad but this mother's day the pandemic has mad her realize what she is thank many for. >> feeling blessed because i'm here and my mom is still here. my mother-in-law is still here. it's just being grateful for those that are still here. >> abc7 news. >> oakland is holding it's -- its yearly mother's day of the year award ceremony today. this year they are honoring the co founder and ceo of the oakland ranch. it's a parent run group that helps families and under served communities demand -- open reach -- it's helping under served communities demand high quality schools for children. young said she wants to give kids the same opportunities she had like going to college and graduating. congratulations. some donors have helped a new york mom out of a

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solutions. this is abc7 news. good morning. thank you again for joining us. a red flag warning is in effect for most ofe bay area. we are going to start this half hour with another look at the weather. >> yes. are you right. remember last weekend it was the sacramento valley in the delta. now today we are talking about the upper elevations of the north bay. the east bay hills and the valleys. highlighted here in red. already, looking at gusty upper elevation winds and we will see them at the surface or feel them later on today. right now it's above a thousand feet. looking at relative humidity at 25% in the hills now to about 10% later on today. here are the affected areas from pleasant on, look at the gusty winds and the wind advisory this is for the delta for vallejo and fairfield. this is all the way through today. that red flag warning goes through monday. these winds will be gusting to

over 35 miles an hour by the delta. 46 in san mateo many fo39 half moon bay. 56 in san rafael. it's a warm, sunny day with those gusty winds this morning in the upper elevations and then breezy this afternoon. 60's at the coast. 80's as you go inland to near 90 and we will talk about mother's day in just a few minutes. >> thank you. just about every day firefighters in the bay area have been dealing some sort of wildfire. california recently hired about firefighters started their training in the north bay. cornell bernard was there and it's a story you you will only see here on abc7. >> a chorus of chainsaws ripping in to dry brush. indeofneman't

canyons. >> meet cal fire's newest recruits. they are learning how to cut fire lines, creating a fire break-in case a fire happens here. >> congratulations on your new job. >> thank you. >> christian is one of 1400 new firefighters hired by the state in preparation for what could be another brutal fire season. >> i took the job because i wanted to labor. i was working in an office. this is an opportunity to do something that is pretty important work. >> the training going well with a few hiccups. the new recruits have help from veteran firefighters like marcus fletcher. >> my way of helping out with the newer ones and giving them experience. >> this is not easy work you are doing. >> right. we train for it. this crew came to marin to train today because they say their traditional training grounds have already burned. >> we didn't get the april showers to bring may flowers. >> captain brandon said look

around. grass and brush is drying out by the day. >> california is a big state. there's plenty more to burn. it's not looking good. >> keep swinging. >> the training session can end the moment a fire breaks out and then it's off to the fire line. christian is ready. way. do you expect for this season >> to work really hard and be gone a while. >> in marin county. india's daily coronavirus death toll topped 4,000 for the first time this week. it comes after the country reported more than 400,000 for the third day in a row. it is a staggering number. more than 21 million people have been sickened in total and experts believe believe that figure could be under counted. while the surge in india has spun out of -- you know really spun into a full blown health crisis behind the scene doctors, engineers and others have been working nonstop to help. while many have roots in india

their compassion goes far beyond their grounds. dan ashley has the details. >> a doctor is busy on her normal rounds at stanford hospital. if they are more exhausting than usual it could be because of the human crisis half a world away. >> just called to check on you. >> it's now the middle of the night when she starts her second shift at home using social media and remote connections to relay critical information to patients in india. people caught in the tragic coronavirus surge that's left thousands dead in a 24 hour period. >> the health care system is very overwhelmed right now. several of my family members and friends are doctors out there who are like just overwhelmed. >> she said many of the patients are desperate for advice. sometimes for basic things like taking asprin or tylenol. >> big question that my oxygen levels have been under 90% for so many hours. the hospital is eight hours

away. should i go or should i stay at home >> feeling the shortages of oxygen, ventilators and other device is a life and death struggle. a bio engineering professor who was launching a worldwide search collaborative. now he is contributing to an even more urgent virtual collaborative called india, covid sos. >> 300 across the world. many of them with on the footings in india. academics, engineers. >> it's also a online strike force that's collecting everything from cpap machines to open source plans to build equipment. while both are from india they say the volunteer movement is about far more than natianalism. >> he will be in the sense of the forever pandemic if we just let every country fend for itself.

>> i know that the world will do the right thing because they want to do the right thing. most people want to do the right thing. we want to he. dan ashley rep such sad stories coming out of india right now. this weekend a shipment of breathing equipment clicked by volunteers in the bay area is expected to leave by cargo flight for india. for the first time in california's recorded history the year ovyear population dropped. kate larson found out what is behind the decline and how long it might last. >> in 2020 a year dominated by the pandemic california's population fell by 182,000. the state announced a .46% drop in the population to just under 39.5 million people. >> i was really cramped in our two bedroom apartment. >> randy white moved from mountain view to tulsa, oklahoma five months ago. a grant program calla

ga to reloteand he has four bedroom works remotely for stanford's it department. >> from my personal experience actually moving, it was almost like the wild west. there was uhauls everywhere leaving the state. >> example cal's cost of living and new work from home lifestyles weren't the only factors in population decline. >> we had 50,000 people die and we weren't seeing as many kids being born. >> consistent in the message, state senator scott weiner said the lack avenue fordable housing continues to create problems as, especially in the bay area. of the ten largest california cities, san francisco and san jose saw some of the largest declines in population while oakland made modest gains in 2020. >> it's middle income working class people who don't feel like -- don't see a future for themselves here in terms of being able to afford a home. we need to build a lot more

housing. >> according to state data immigration restrictions resulted in a loss of 100,000 people but the state is expected to return to a slightly positive growth. >> assuming we get normal immigration. we may actually see higher than the last couple of years growth. >> is there anything that would bring you back to california >> it is really hard to justify going back, especially in the south bay. it's just so expensive. >> kate larson. abc7 news. still ahead, a new exhibit at the legion of honor. >> and let's take a live look outside as we head to break. you can see the golden gate bridge here. big giant moon. we will check in with lisa about what we can expect this weekend coming up.

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. welcome back. a new monument honoring african american history is planned for san francisco's golden gate park. the mayor said that if it gets final approval it should be installed in time for juneteenth. the installation features hundreds of statues representing slaves around where the statue of francis scott key one stood. protestors toppled that statue last summer. let's get another check of the weather. we were barely 40 degrees last hour. to the mid-60s's by the delta. low 50's san francisco, what a beautiful shot here. at the coast, it'll be windy with 60's but we are heading in to a fire danger

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. let's talk sportsst the warrior also be back in action as they battle for playoff positioning. it's just five games left in the regular season. they host the thunder at chase center. tipoff is at 7:00 p.m. this afternoon the national league west leading giants take on the second place padres at oracle park. first pitch at 1:05. the american league west leading a's face the ray as at the oakland coliseum. that game starts at 1:07. last night the giants gained a game on every team in the nl west with their

victory over san diego. here is larry bealw the highlights in this morning's sports. >> good morning. part baseball, part birthday as the giants honored willie mays. willie, driven round the park in a 1956oldsmobile, cutting the cake with god son, barry bonds. look at buster posey here. opts field, two run homer. his 8th of the year. that's the most for him since 2017 this early. giants were up 4-0. the padres score four in the 6th. eric, deep to straight away center field. bottom seven. austin slater, high, deep, means victory on orange friday. 5-4 giants the final. let's get to the a's. drumerns back and doing their thing. humans in the park. a's and rays and sean is dealing. struck out the side in the 3rd.

he was perfect through six. had a no hitter through seven. struck out ten in seven and a third. this game was tied at one each. we go head to the 9th. seth brown going down down. his first ever walk off home america the binges. good night game over. drive home safely ask then celebrate, bathee me in gatorade. wade miley threw the 4th no hitter of the young season. he struck out eight. it's the earliest in the calendar year with four no no's since 1917. sadly for cleveland second time the indians have been no hit this season. to the ice, sharks fans at the tank. they are were happy early but what about late eric carlson only goals all of last year. this is his 7th. sharks led 2-0 early on arizona but this team just can't hold a lead. phil, his 9th of the year

against team teale. coyot es score five straight. the earthquakes -- chris off the ben. instand offense. then just a few minutes later the header, his 12th goal against salt lake. the most he has against any nls team. 2-1 the final and the quakes in first in the mls west. have a great weekend everybody. especially mother's day. that's a wrap open morning sports. i'm larry beal. >> that's you. we are celebrating you all weekend. >> yeah. i have no kids home. >> we will -- celebrate any way for sure. it'll be a warm weekend. red flag warning out there for the north bay. the hills of the north bay. the east bay. we are talking napa, sonoma, so mount di ablo. livermore, danville, awful the valleys of the east bay.

all due to a big ridge of high pressure allowing for the north winds from the upper elevations to mix down to the surface, drying out motam. it's 51 in the city. 48 in mountain view with 45 morgan hill. at the coast we went from the upper 30's to the mid-40s's and so sunny out there. little over exposed this shot. 52 santa rosa. 54nevado. it's 48 in napa. that's all due to that wind. we will have that funneling effect again. 53 in concord. livermore at 49. here is a look at the winds, those colors indicate over 50 miles an hour mount diablo. mount tam. all out of the north and with relative humidity at 20 to 30%. that's low for 5:00 in the morning. some of these area around the delta will be in the single digits by later on this afternoon. have you to be careful even around the bay area. 30% by late in the afternoon. so this of course is the summer

and fall situation but getting a jump start on it with our dry fuel. dry and gusty winds elevated fire danger throughout the weekend. sunny and warmer. we will see a few degrees of cooling for mother's day but big time cooling at lives. the endst week into next weekend. there is a look at the winds over the east bay. the north bay. up to 30 miles an hour. this is 8:00 and then right on through the afternoon they continue from the coast. look at napa and the delta. just windy all afternoon as well as discovery bay and livermore and then taking you through 7:00. it's a breezy afternoon. as we look at the highs today well above avenue frank san jose, 82 in sunnyvale. low 80's for new redwood city. downtown 72, average high 67. and we are windy along the coast. half moon bay looking at low 60's, wind gusts over 25 milessa unhour. the oranges and reds indicate

mid, upper 80's for you. sonoma, vallejo, warm day there. over to the east bay with 79 in san leandroo840 in heyward and low 80's in fremont. you go inland another five to ten degrees of warming from 88 in pleasanton with 90 in pittsburgh. these winds are going to be very gusty here and the dropping relative humidity. we will continue to see the winds over night into our sunday where a couple degrees cooler but the red flag warning continues because by sunday afternoon, we are going to see the winds pick up and into your monday as well. looking at the warmth returning. inland with 90's. both afternoons. monday and tuesday. then as the numbers drop off the winds will be more on shore and that will bring that national ac all across the bay area. not only through the end of the week, looks like into next weekend as well. so, weekend -- it'll be nice. enjoy it but be aware out

there. >> absolutely. we will. certainly. thank you. all right. stick with us. we will be right back or -- i think we have a story we want to share with you about a year of lereopening of the national dialogue on race and violence. yesterday there was a new exhibit opened here in the will chance to consider some of the themes. some of the images that you will see in this story may be unsettling. we went to experience them. >> walking through the familiar gates of san francisco's legion of honor the effect is even more startling. two bronze figures sprawled on the cement covered in blankets, only the disturbing glimps es of hands and feet. they are are the work of an artist who was already working on the exhibit in 2018 when three young african american women were

attacked by a man at the mcarthur bart station. an 18-year-old would not survive. >> it was triggered by that incident. the moment she told me she was making those works we knew they had to be in the show. >> the works represent an artis tic attempt to capture the broader significance the violence. that. particular murder was one that went viral and it was one of the first that started national mourning. >> the exhibit is called i'm speaking, are you listening and the installation's look at broader themes of disconnect between man and the earth, people and cultures, perhaps at the root of violence throughout history. as visitors wander through individual galleries they encounter african pieces against the classical european art the museum is

celebrated for. sometimes creating tension. raced in south africa natasha is the new curator of african art. >> how do you think people will react when they walk through and they see that or how do you hope they may react >> i hope that people will react -- you know sort of like positively but in -- also in a kind of surprised way, you know >> for me art is a tool. it's a communication tool. >> she is feminist, activist, and most of her work i would say is around social inequality. >> the exhibit reflects an ongoing evolution in the approach. a fresh way of looking at european works through a broader lens. still, it's a view that starts with all the violence and force of a sharp chisel. the moment visitors walk through the gate. >> those art works that neah wilson inspired. why did you choose to put them at the front it's the first thing people

see. >> it's a wake it is meant to be this moment of deep reflection. >> in san francisco, abc7 news. >> the exhibit opened yesterday and it runs through early november. the museum is requiring visitors to book tickets in advance. next the rush is on with mother's day just a day away. we have expert advice if you

. the rush is on at the flower marte in san francisco. mother's day is the biggest flower day of compared to last year when the pandemic shut the marte down in march of 2020 and it stayed closed until just days before the holiday. >> mother's day last year was a huge holiday. nobody could take mom out to dinner.

it was basically the only thing you could do. if are you still trying to died what kind of flower to give your mom start with her favorite color and go from there. next on abc7 mornings at 6:00 a.m. a red flag warning raising concerns about sparking wildfires in the bay area. how long is it going to be in effect and the new push americans vaccinated. ♪ tex-mex. tex-mex. ♪

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. lot of things burned last year but california is a big state. there's plenty more to burn. it's not looking good. >> a red flag warning in effect for big portions of the bay area. fire crews bracing for a potentially dangerous weekend. good morning. thank you again for joining us. it's saturday, may 8th. let's start with that red flag warning and a quick look at the weather with lisa. hi. we are talking about snow. the mountains of the north bay, the hills of the east bay and the valleys of the east bay where red flag warning takes us through early monday. there's a look at live doppler 7. big dome of high pressure building in to the north. the highlighted areas in red, pleasanton, the east foothills, down to mount hamilton. at effected areas where the wind wills gust. the relative humidity throughout the