. 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 day from ten to 20%. then it'll be dropping.

we are looking at a wind advisory here for the delta, fairfield, rio vista and vallejo where we are going to see already looking at winds gusting over 30 miles an hour. temperatures mild from 47 in mountain view to the low 50's in the city. mid-40s's in morgan hill. one of our cool spots and emoryville. numbers in the low to mid50's santa rose anevado. look at that 65 by the delta. fairfield with the gusty winds already and as we look at the winds check out mount diablo. 65 miles an hour north winds. the golden gate bridge. lot of sun. near 90 inland. cool and windy at the coast. >> l ght.k youn. thlls valls tre is weend can really see why these bone dry brush just everywhere. abc7 news poer has a look at how fire crews are getting prepared. >> a 2020 the earliest red flag warning was in

july. according to oakland's fire spokesman michael hunt this year we are saturdaying two months earliful. >> what with we are seeing very scary and severe. >> from 11:00 p.m. friday through 6:00 a.m. monday, the east bay hills will be on the highest alert a red flag warning. 15 miles an hour winds and dry conditions playing a key role. joaquin miller park closed until next week. >> you will see rov ing patrols. we prepositioned multiof muttible wind land item around the city 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 there would be fire inspections in mid to late titae. >> we are concerned has i hope keep it that way. >> after last year's season berkeley residents passed an eight million dollars a year tax. this fire season.

>> we will be use that money to create an emergency warning system. with reuse that 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. we know it'll be a long summer. >> in oakland. fremont fire will have extra staffing weekend. yesterday crews drove the access roads in the hills to make sure brush and debris were cleared out. they say residents should clear mebesure use that can spark a fire. >> we are starting fire season a little early. we got a lot of wind over the next couple days. very important to, you know, just be safe and prevent the fire from actually starting. >> fremont firefighters also recently gave their four wheel fire trucks tune ups

and conducted refresher wildfire training. we sent the push alert on the abc7 news app last night when the red flag warning went into 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 in the app store. meantime authorities 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. police say that 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. investigators have not said what provoked the shooting. there is a new push this morning to get more americans vaccinated. it comes arch the country's vaccination rate dropped to two million shots a day. that is a 20% decrease from last week. christine sloan with the latest. >> very a challenge to residents. >> officials resorting to

different methods to encourage vaccinations in dc, free temporary tattoos that say vaxxed for mom and dad. the cdc 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 year. >> this vaccination clinic opening in maine. 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 pfiz, r to get authorization for vaccinating 12 to 15-year-old's next week. pfizer 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

xt week and omg stbadse bulls and blackhawks game. up to 25% capacity. >> getting everybody back together. mad house of madison is always good to be there in person. if you are watching the bulls or the blackhawks. >> and there's potentially hope for future herd immunity in someplaces like california once a hot spot of the pan democrat nick the united states. >> we never wanted to get to it with a combination of natural infection and vaccination but that's what california went through. >> abc news new york. a pop up vaccine clinic will open today in one of campbell's hardest hit neighborhoods it. will be rosemary elementary in the cadillac winchester neighborhood. the city hopes the weekend hours will help reach residents that have been the most affected by the pandemic. officials say insurance, id's or proof of immigration status are not

required. its open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. appointments also not needed. san francisco health ofcighh mobile vaccination efforts to the richmond district yesterday. they say some richmond district residents voiced concern over access to the vaccine. the area is home to a large number of seniors as well as people with disabilities. many of them rely on public transportation which seeing reduced service because of the pandemic. >> for folk that want to go to mascony and going to city college it's not easy for them to take public transit. having it centrally located into richmond allows richmond residents to walk here, bike here. >> the richmond is also diverse. the clinic included staff who could speak several different languages including mandarin and russian. bay area counties are gearing up for the fta's expected authorization next week of the pfizer

vaccine for kids. in the north bay marin county officials hope to vaccinate half of the 12 to 15- year-old population. that is 7,000 kids. they plan to use evening and weekend hours at vaccine sites and send mobile units to schools. in the south bay santa clara 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 on the scene. kids and their families will get to tour part of the stadium and will get 49ers swag. and for the latest on vaccine appointment openings or if you have questions about the vaccine process, you can ask the abc7 news vaccine team by going to abc7 news.com/vaccine. let's get a check outside as the sun starts to come up. >> pretty

6:05 the sunrise. 51 degrees. low # 0's but that's not the whole story. with very a red flag warning to the north and east the city. we have gusty winds right here downtown. we will talk about it all next. >> thank you. also ahead scars that cannot heal. it has 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 chine seconds rocket is hurling back toward earth. why officials say you shouldn't why officials say you shouldn't worry. r sleep? try nature's bounty sleep 3 a unique tri layer supplement, that calms you helps you fall a sleep faster and stay a sleep longer. great sleep comes naturally with sleep 3 only from nature's bounty today's ways of working may work differently tomorrow. but you can work out anything gr with comcast business.ly get fast internet on the network that can deliver gig speeds to the most businesses. flexible tools — like wi-fi you control.

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>> i saw his face and i'm like this is the guy that, you know narcotic stabbed that man that stabd in 2017. >> benjamin recognized the man when he saw this video of the man stabbing two asian senior women. the weapon was so violently thrust into one grandmother that the handle broke off. benjamin was a security guard at this homeless shell sister along 5st and the bryant in 2017 when he witnessed and restrained thompson after he randomly attacked another man. >> he was just lying 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 as 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 back 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 da on why he didn't do more to keep thompson off the streets. you had blamed the judge for the mental health diversion of mr. thompson back in 2020, as the da you and members of your office have every right to object. why did you not object >> he side stepped my question. >> people who suffer from mental illness in way that leave them to get arrested get treatment that can hopefully prevent future criminal conduct. >> that prevention clearly didn't work. two seniors now recovering serious injuries in the hospital. thompson's arraignment has been 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 calls. this is in response to the death of mario gonzalez last month. he died after officers restrained him by putting their knees on his back. three officers are on leave as the department investigates. city officials are looking into requiring nonpolice responses to certain emergencies. that will be discussed at a special city council meeting at 3:00 p.m. on zoom. and taking a live look now now at sfo as air travel nationwide keeps breaking pandemic records. tsa screened about 1.4 million people on thursday. as travel ramps up some pilots who have been furloughed or laidoff need to get retrained before getting back there to the cockpit. south bay flight instructor and expert max trescott

said airlines man i have to stagger bringing pilots back. >> we have kind of a glut of pilot who need to come back and go through the training. you can't bring them all back at once because there aren't sufficient simulators. >> the public should be confident that flying is safe. he said the number of error that happen is relatively small and there are back up processes in place. changes are coming to the dmv's driver's license test. it plans to eliminate the test in 25 languages and narrowing it down to seven. the test will be available in i english, spanish, and others. a memo call itself as part of an effort to modernize the process but doesn't go into specifics it. will also increase the number of questions 18 to 25. it's not clear when all the changes will take effect. and eyes on the sky this weekend as a piece of space debris comes barreling

toward earth. scientists around the world are tracking an out of control chine seconds rocket that was sent toe 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 are saying not to panic. >> so much of what is land is not inhibited. central china and s ib eria and the southwest and canada and the out back of australia. it is true that the chances of getting hit are low. >> scientists aren't sure why the rocket malfunction. the government of china has not commented. you may have spotted a string of lights parade across the sky and no they aren't ufo's. they are satellites that were launched by space x

this week. our photographer caught a look at them over san jose. the satellite train was visible for just a few minutes as it traveled toward the southeast. space x sleeped to provide high speed internet across the world. all right. i know we are all just saying don't worry about this rocket that will come barreling toward earth. with very no idea where it'll hit or when but it'll all be fine. >> don't worry about it. i like that. you do need to worry about the weather because we are going in the direction that we always do but sooner this time of year than we have. of course our red flag warning is what i'm talking about the earliest we have seen in early may where ve got the north bay mountains, the east bay hills and valleys under the red flag warning for a gusty upper elevation winds, warming and drying trend in low relative humidity. as we look at live doppler 7, nothing but sunshine over the bay area. had some fog around half moon bay and this is down around santa cruz where we will

reach around 80 degrees today. it's 51 in the city. 49 in oakland. 46 in mountain view. 50 for you, 46 morgan hill and on the coast we are in the mid-40s's. we had dropped off in to the upper 30's earlier. looking at low 50's santa rosa, mid50's nevado with 65 by the delta. that's due to the gusty winds from the upper elevations being channeled through the delta and the strait. 50 in concord and looking at the winds right now they are at 64 miles an hour. now 57 miles an our. orange and purple to mount saint helena down through ben lomin. it's windy and that's above 2,000 feet and the upper elevation relative humidity is dry only in the 20% range. this will go down to perhaps the teens, maybe even some single digits out by the delta. looking at the roof camera. nice view here. dry and gusty winds elevating that fire danger for

the red flag warning. north and east bay hills as well as the east bay valleys. sunny and warmer for the weekend but tomorrow will be a few degrees cooler than today and looking halt the cooler weather through the middle of next week taking us into next weekend. there is a lo wi moing. it'sfr pa and faireld d then the coast looking at those gusty winds around the bay. certainly today. 1:00 and then throughout the 3, 4:00 hour will continue to see the breezy, warm winds from the north transporting that dryer air all across the bay area. as we look at your sunday, still have some 90's but they are shoved further out toward the sea sacramento valley and we are looking at temperatures maybe a few degrees cooler here. still warm. above average. 70's and 80's for most but we get right back into it monday. though the winds subside the temperatures still very warm into monday and tuesday

with widespread 90's from the east bay valleys and then we will have the cool numbers at the coast but the on shore winds just relevant gated to the shoreline today with low 60's half moon bay. 60 in ocean beach and looking at numbers around the bay today from the low 90's inland, mid-80s's for you in san jose looking at 89 in santa rosa. pretty windy out there in the city. 72 degrees average high is 67. that's where we were about yesterday. we will be warmer and windy today. form for mother's day very similar but a few degrees cooler then looking at the winds again into monday afternoon with a hot weather returning. aids walk san francisco is just eight day away on sunday, may 16th. this year's virtual event is live at home will stream online at abc7, we are a proud sponsor of the star studded event featuring billy porter, tony gold win, ben platt and more.

proceeds benefit hiv, aids service organizations across the bay area. there is still time to register and raise funds. visit aids walk.net. we hate -- last week was the red flag warning. sacramento valley now here in our own neighborhood. i don't think anyone is surprised. we just have to be careful. >> we really do. now we are aware of what that means. we are all on guard and we will be caution and ready. >> with rebetter at it. we are. we have had a lot of practice. thank you. just ahead, home suite home. a bay area concert promoter finds a way to bring live museum wick measures to keep everybody safe keep everybody safe from california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now or call during business hours.

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. >> that's nashville tennessee based singer steve poltz in someone's piedmont home. he played this private concert for about 20 masked socially distance add tens. its part of an in your driveway or backyard series created by san francisco based concert promoter 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 deliberating a connection between the artists and the fan. >> turner started backyard concerts last fall and they have only brown in popularity. booking fees range from one to $5,000 depending on the artist. and we will celebrate mother's day tomorrow. this year it'll be extra special for one woman. now a coronavirus survivor with a new baby. . >> at 37 weeks pregnant, a 35- year-old was at henry mayo hospital faced a problem.

>> i had to put my life in the hands of the doctors and of god and i just hoped that i was going to make it. she had coronavirus. she had to get on a ventilator but wanted to hang on for her unbjornson. >> i was so scared i would leave the baby without a mother. my newborn and 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 we all hugged my mom and she was coronavirus positive too. >> pretty fast she started to get sicker and sicker. >> doctors moved quickly to deliver her son and then transferred her to providence saint john's to be put on a machine. >> put her on the bypass machine. 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 fume 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 coronavirus related pain. she misses her dad but this mother's day the pandemic has made her realize what she is thankful for. >> feeling blessed because i'm here. my mom is still here. my mother-in-law is still here. my siblings are still here. >> okay. oakland is holding its mother of the year award ceremony today. this year is lakeisha young the co founder ceo of the oakland reach. a parent run group that helps families and 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

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through 6:00 monday. napa, sonoma, saint helena and gurnville. the winds 15 to 30 miles an hour gusting to near 60. here is the wind advisory from fairfield to vallejo. it is breezy already out there. pretty view here from san francisco. we are in the 50's, upper 40's oakland and half moon bay. 50 in san jose. another shot of the golden gate bridge. nice and clear. we had a little fog earlier half moon bay. 54nevado. the delta, 65 degrees with the winds already responsible for that warming around the delta and with the upper elevation winds blowing all weekend. our warming trend just getting going this morningw. rein the 07's to 80's to near 90 inland this afternoon. >> already. thank you. the just about every day firefighters in the bay area have been dealing some sort of wildfire. california recently hired about 1400 more reghrsstted

in the north bay. cornell bernard is there and it's a story you will only see here. >> chainsaws ripping in to dry brush inside one of marin county's deepest canyons. >> no easy work. >> meet cal fire's newest recruits. their first week on the job. >> they are learning how to cut fire lines creating a fire break-in case a fire happens here. >> congratulations on your new job. >> one of 1400 new firefighters hired by the at r be another brutal fire season. >> i took the job because i wanted to labor. i was working in an office and this is an opportunity to do something that is pretty important work it. matters. >> the training going well with a few hicrups. 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 oteasy work. >> right. we train for it. >> this crew came to marin to train because their traditional training grounds have burned. >> we didn't get the april showers. it's already fire season. >> captain brandon said look around. grass and brush is trying out by the day. >> lot of things burned last year. there's plenty more to burn. it's in the looking good. >> keep swinging. >> this training session can end the moment a fire breaks out and then it's off to the fire line. christian is ready. >> what are you expecting for this fire season >> to work really hard and be gone a while. if marin. abc7 news. india's daily death toll topped 4,000 for the first time today. it comes after the country reported more than 400,000 cases for the third day in a row. this is a staggering number.

more than 21 million people have been sick in total and it's believed that number could be under counted. while the surge in india has spun into a full blown health crisis, quietly behind the scenes doctors and others in the bay area have been working nonstop to help. while many have roots in india their compassion goes beyond their backgrounds. dan ashley has the details. >> a doctor is busy on her normal rounds at stanford hospital. if they are more tiring than usual it may be the result the human crisis half a world away. >> just called to check on you. how are you feel something. >> it's the middle of night when she started her second shift at home using social media and remote connections to relay critical information to her patients in india. people caught in the tragic surge. >> health care system there 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 separate for advice. sometimes for basic things like taking asprin or tylenol. >> big questions that my oxygen levels have been under 90%. the hospital is eight hours away. should i go or should i stay at home >> feeling the shortages of oxygen, ventilators and other devices has become a life and death struggle. enter stanford professor who we first met several years ago when he launched a worldwide search collaborative. now is he biting to an even more urgent collaborative called india covid sos. >> 300 across the world, many of them with on the ground footings in india. academics, engineers. >> it's also an on lime strzok force that's

collecting everything from machines that can double as ventilators to open source plans to build equipment. while both are natives of india the volunteer movement is about father more than national pride. >> regoing to be in this sense of a 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. we want to help. >> we all do. >> we do. it's just heartbreaking what is happening there. that it was dan ashley reporting this week a shipment of breathing equipment collected by volunteers here in the bay edto by cargo flight for india. moving on now for the first time in the california recorded history the state's year over year population dropped. kate larson found out what is behind the decline and how long it may 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 his family from mountain view to tulsa, oklahoma five months ago. a grant program called tulsa remote gave him $10,000 to relocate and he now has a four bedroom house where he 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. >> california's cost of living and new work from home lifestyle weren't the only factors in population decline. >> we had 50,000 die and we weren't seeing as many kids being born. >> consistent in his message sate sewn interest scott weiner said his lack of afford hack housing continues to create problems, 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 and working class people who don't feel like -- don't see a future for themselves in terms of being able to afford a home. we need to build a lot more housing. >> cording to state data immigration restrictions during the pandemic resulted in a loss of 100,000 people but the department of finance said the state is expected to return to a slightly positive growth. >> assuming we get back to normal immigration. which may actually see higher than the last couple of years growth. >> is there anything that would bring you back to california. >> it's hard to justify going back, especially in the south bay. it is just so expensive. >> kate larson. abc7 news. >> still ahead, a new exhibit at san francisco's legion of honor stirring up emotion. >> and let's take a look

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where the statue of francis scott key once stood. it was toppled last summer. all right. let's get a check of the weather. >> we get our strong winds right around sunrise and that was about 30 minutes ago. this is mount tap. upper elevation winds gusting to 30 miles an hour. it's 56 at about 2,000 feet and that is where we have the gusty winds. we will detail the red flag warning when we come back. >> thank you. also next the giants celebrate willie mays the 0th birthday. could they top off a night with a win for him and remain in first place we have the highlights in sports. majestic mountains...

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. just beautiful from our sutro tower camera. let's talk sports. the warrior also be back in action as they battle for playoff positioning 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 a second place padres at oracle park. first pitch at 1:05 and the american league west leading a's face the rays at the oakland coliseum. that game start as the 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 highlight. >> part baseball, part birthday as the giants honored willie mays who just turned 90 leading in to the weekd ri. drivround a 1956oldsmobi. look at buster posey here. that's the most for him since 2017 this early.

giants were up 4-0. the padres score four in the 6th to tie it up. eric deep to straight away center field. bottom seven. austin slater. high, deep, victory on orange friday. 5-4 giants the final. let's get to the a's. coliseum drumerns back and doing their thing. humans in the park. a's and rays and sean dealing. struck out the side in the third. 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 september brown going downtown. his first walk off home america the bigs. good night game over drive home safely and then celebrate. a's win 2-1. red's pitcher wade miley threw the 4th no hitter of this 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 were happy early but what about late eric carlson, only six goals. this is his 7th. sharks led 2-0 early on arizona. this team cannot hold the lead. phil, his 9st of of the year. coyotes score five straight. the earthquakes in salt trailing 1-40. scores on the rebound to high. just a few minutes later a header. his 12th goal against salt lake. the most he has against any mls 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 on morning sports.

i'm larry beal. >> it is motherweekend it. will be a very warm one. >> it is. in fact we are looking at this morning temperatures really not all that cool. we had a little fog if you are up really early but now it's pretty much gone. all due to a ridge of high pressure to the north. that's bringing in dry northerly winds. they are gusting in the upper elevations and that will bring in the lower relative humidity and the warm temperatures. here is a live look outside from our su it, ro tower camera where temperatures are in and around the 50 degrees mark. 51 san francisco. 49 oakland and it's 47 in mountain view with 50 in san jose. mid-40s's morgan hill and at the coast its clearing at 48. you can notice already that the camera is shaking and we have had wind gusts above 60 miles an hour. mount diablo. nevado with the delta. its been in the 60's all night long. you have had the gusty winds and as much as

15 degrees warmer compared to yesterday. concord 50, livermore 58 and the 24 hour temperature change, cooler little bit around the way and at the coast. here is where it's warm america the north bay. all because of those upper elevation winds, north bay mountains, east bay hills and then the valleys looking at a red flag warning today. there it is. 53-mile an hour wind gusts mount diablo. and you notice the direction out of the north northeast. you know how dry we are. this is just going to make it worse. as we look at emoryville, nice and sunny out there with good air quality. dry and gusty winds as our fire danger is elevated all weekend long. monday morning the wind wills start to dial backw. he will stay hot into wednesday. sunny, warmer for the weekend. today is the warmer day out of the weekend. looking at the cooler weather from the middle of next week. looks like into next weekend. there is a look at our winds and already breezy to

gusty over the east bay hills. the upper elevations and as we get in to the afternoon, the warmer and dry winds start to mix down to the surface and it's a breezy to windy day for your saturday with the winds at the coast. numbers five to ten, even 15 degrees throughout the afternoon. you can see all the low 08's from santa clara, 87 in morgan hill. breezy to gusty winds on the peninsula, mid to upper 70's, san bruno, san mateo and in the city low 70's but the wind wills be howling throughout the afternoon. not only at the coast but as we get through the valleys of the east bay. 88 in sonoma, 87 san . guy d ndifarto mount tap, mount diablo. 79 san leandro. those warm winds throughout the afternoon with 87

san ramone. 92 brentwood, livermore at 90 degrees. the accuweather seven day forecast, the red flag warning extends until monday morning. temperatures in the 60's at the coast. 80 around the bay. low 90's inland. nice tomorrow for mother's day. a few degrees cooler but still the red flag warning for the gusty northerly winds and the low relative humidity through early monday. we stay hot inland on tuesday and by wednesday you will feel a little bit of cooling inland but the on shore flow will be with us throughout the entire period but we will be be draw out the weekend. the on shore flow brings the higher relevant testify humidity. that's some good news. >> thank you. that is. thank you. this year has seen a raw reopening of our national dialogue on race and violence. yesterday a new exhibit opened here in the bay area that will offer a chance to consider some of those themes through a powerful lens. we should tell you that some of the images you will

see may be unsettling. we went to experience them. >> walking through the familiar neo classical gates of san francisco's legion of honor, two bronze figures sprawled on the cement, covered in blankets. they are the work of an artist already working on the exhibit in 2018 when three young african american women were attacked by a knife wielding man at the mcarthur bart station in oakland. an 18-year-old would not survive. >> it was triggered precisely by that incident. the moment she told me that she was making those works we knew they had to be in the show. >> the curator said the works represent an artistic attempt to capture the much broader significance of the violence. >> that particular murder was

one that went viral it. was one of first that started national mourning. >> the exhibit is called i am speaking, are you listening 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 go through individual galleries they see the african pieces next to the classical, european art the museum is celebrated for. sometimes creating tension. raced in south africa natash is the new curator of african art. >> how do you think people will react when they walk through and see that >> i hope 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 a 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 central worked through a broader lens. it's a view that start was all the violence and force of a sharp chisel. the moment visitors walk through the gate. >> those art works that she inspired, why did you choose to put them at the very front of the museum it's the first thing that people see. >> it's a wake it is meant to be this moment of deep reflection. >> in san francisco, abc7 news. >> and the exhibit opened yesterday and through early nov the museum is requiring visitors to book tickets in advance. next the is on with mother's day just a day

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and then go from there. we are excited to celebrate you tomorrow. >> thank you. yeah. should be a fun day. nice weather. it'll get hotter. warming and drying trend. already underway. a red flag warning for the mountains of the north bay. the hills of the east bay and the valleys. look at all the highlighted areas from san ramone to danville, pleasanton and livermore. highs at the coast in the low 60's. gusty winds near 80 around fremont and oakland day with low 90's out by the delta. we will take you through monday. the winds let up. we stay hot there into tuesday. cooler by the end of the week. >> all right. thank you. thank you all for joining us here on abc7 mornings. abc7 news continues at 9:00 a.m. we will leave with you this live look outside this morning. have a great day.

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