us to be able to get vaccines for in-person schooling next year, to get back into activities and sports. >> reporter: while school districts are encouraging the vaccine, so far it doesn't appear the state will require them for entry into school by fall. >> as we roll out the vaccine and see what the vaccination rates are, also to see how often we are having outbreaks related to the school setting, there may be by, let's say winter, some consideration whether that is something we may need or not >> in cont costa they they they set thing up school sites. pleasanton high school will be setting up vaccine sites for young people, as well as others. >> we are looking forward to hosting a vaccine clinic for ages 12 to 15-year-olds in the

next week. we are hoping to send that information out to families soon. >> reporter: starting thursday here in contra costa 12 to 15- year-olds can get their vaccines at any of the county sites. appointments are not necessary but certainly preferred. young people may have a parent with them or a sunnied form. the vaccines are available at cchealth.org to obtain forms. >> you will find the vaccine tracker on abc7news.com/vaccine. now on to education, another pillar of building a better bay area, governor gavin newsom announced the highest level of state school funding in school history. now more live from the newsroom with all the details. lyanne? >> larry, this is a big one. the governor's $14.5 billion plan includes universal, pre-k and college savings accounts

for low income kids. more than $2 billion would go toward, up and downing pre-k to all 4-year-olds by the 2024 academic year. there would also be money for teacher training and mental health services. newsom said the thing he was most excited to announce is a $500 college savings account for every student from a low income family, about 3.7 million children. foster and homeless youth would get an extra $500. >> a young child with even as little as $400 is seven times more likely to go into college because they have a modest amount of savings. without that you don't even think like that. we are putting $2 billion up to create these accounts and create the opportunity for families to focus on financial literacy, focus on developing assets and focusing on getting

their kids to have college- going mindset or a trade school mindset. >> there you have it. the governor said monday the state has a $75 billion surplus. he talked about a $12 million for the homeless crisis, $5 billion for water infrastructure and a round of stimulus checks to two-thirds of californians. here to talk about the education plans is jen fong with the san francisco unified school district. newsom cited san francisco as an inspiration for this program, because as i recall in 2011, san francisco unified was the first in the nation to come up with a plan like this called "consistent to college." has it been successful?

-- "kindergarten to college." >> it has been successful. we will see kids are seven times more likely to go to college if you have a college savings account we believe is absolutely true and we will see an increase in college-going as a result. >> so, when they start kindergarten, how much money does the san francisco unified school district, do i understand, the treasury office, how much do they contribute? >> this is definitely a partnership with the city and an account may be started with $100. then will are then when the students make deposits into the account they with expand the money. >> it really puts the plan of college, of going to college early on in the minds of every child. talk about that. >> yes, "kindergarten to college" has been so important

not for just starting the savings account but the fact they have a savings account. what does savings mean? what does it mean to look forward beyond kindergarten, to look at first grade, fifth grade, what you might do in middle school or high school, and see yourself having this long term plan, and that is possible. the program brings students a chance to see role models who are from similar backgrounds that can help encourage students to keep going with their education and use that money when they up role in college. >> because they start thinking college, college, college early on. teachers have told me it also allows them the opportunity to talk to the kids as young as kindergarten to talk about money. i remember as a child when i had my first savings account that, little book, i remember thinking oh, this is what interest rates mean. so, talk about that, as well. how do the teachers translate

that financial literacy? >> yes. i can talk about also, i actually have two children in the school district. one was older than this initiative and the other was the first class receiving this kindergarten to college. my youngest one talks about saving for college and my oldest one doesn't. i think it is so interesting that they are learning it in school and there is a lot of related curriculum that comes with the kindergarten of college materials that helps the children and the families to learn not just about the money that is needed to pay for college, but how to get into college and how to make that dream accessible for you, even if you don't have someone in your family that has gone to college. >> i understand during field trips some of the teachers take the kids to the bank with the money. >> definitely. one exciting part of this kindergarten to college account is we have some high school interns that are going to be working with some of the

youngsters and we have plans to try to try to figure out how to put money in the high school intern's account and have them talk to younger kids about what it means to save for college. >> jen fong from the san francisco school district. i remember the district saying we plant the initial seed and it up to you to grow it so thank you very much. >> thank you. well in the meantime there is outrage from parents, students and lawmakers now that new details are emerging about san francisco unify's plan to bring seniors back to school, but not for long, and maybe even to their own school. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield explains. >> reporter: shawn mahan would be doing this, distance learning, only inside a high school classroom instead of home if he agrees with this plan to bring seniors back to school. it would not be at his high school but another one in the district. >> that will not cut it at all. if i return to school, i want it to be at my school and with

my teachers at school. what is the -- why go somewhere else and do zoom again, or keep doing zoom when i can do it from the comfort and safety of my own home. >> reporter: shawn's mom follows parents' community colleges on message boards, some saying why now? the district would qualify for $12 million for getting kids back in the classroom. >> the emojis in message, that angry, red-orange face all the time, that is what people feel that, little emoji. >> reporter: the assemblyman phil ting that represents san francisco is upset too saying the law was meant to incentivize schools to get all kids back to classrooms. >> they would be doing the absolute bare minimum which is disappointing. >> shawn says he will just stay home, he is almost done with

high school, anyway. >> it is a huge turnoff for a lot of students knowing they cannot return to their own school. me included. i want to be back at my academy i. >> i feel like they are using them as a pawn like we need this money so can you do this. >> a written statement detailed the plan. it included a quote from the superintendent saying we look forward to seeing more students back in person for last few weeks and can't wait to be back fully in person in the fall. in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. the president of santa clara university has resigned. he is enters a rehab program. father kevin o'brien made the announcement today in. a statement he said concerns were raised in march about his behavior in certain social settings. he wrote an investigation determined it would be best for him to enter a program for alcohol and stress management issues. father o'brien says the program is expected to take four to six months. in the meantime an acting president will step in for now

as the university figures out its next steps. one of the bay area parents charged in the college admissions varsity blue scandal was sentenced to three months in prison today. he pleaded guilty in february to paying $50,000 to fix his son's act score. the prosecutors said he lived a double life because he founded a social impact fund that sought to bring positive change while using wealth and privilege to get his son into a prestigious college. the city of oakland waterfront ball fair and accurate for the as did not come as a surprise for oakland mayor libby schaaff. she appear on midday live. >> i was not blind sided with the commissioner. i have been in regular conversations and i appreciate him underscoring the urgency and the clarity that a new waterfront ballpark is the only path to keeping the as in oakland. >> schaaff's statement comes a day after maldas to begin looki

other cities in case the howard terminal ballpark plan is rejected. while the team will finance the ballpark itself, there are concerns about the $855 million price tag for infrastructure improvements. the mayor believes, though, that can be worked out. >> we are going to need the port, the county and the state to participate in these outside improvements to the transportation systems, to the public benefits that we expect, but it absolutely can get done. we have gotten a lot done this year with the governor's certification and the environmental impact report. huge milestone. this is our moment. we are going to get this in front of our city council before the end of july for them to take that usual vote. >> the as have asked the city council to vote on the ballpark plan before their summer recess. as the mayor mentioned in july, but so far no commitment has been made. >>stngup a7

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in the north bay, in santa rosa, where officially fire season begins next week, there is more to it than what that. abc7 news reporter wayne freedman joins us live with more on the brush problem and the solution. wayne? >> reporter: take a look around me. this is brush seven feet high. it is a problem, especially in santa rosa. this brush right here worse than what we saw in 2017 before the fires. it has to go. let's not romanticize dried brush. this is so-called golden state oftafeels ffently about it. e, >> it makes me really mad, you know. it makes me mad because everybody up here is pretty much burnt down. >> reporter: including him.

in october of 2017 it was found grove where the tubbs fire entered santa rosa on its way to burning 4,000 of hundred homes and conditions now are worse than they were then. >> i am telling you, the technology in fountain grove changed. >> reporter: this area used to be open with grass woodlands but when the trees burned, it lost the canopy. more light means more sun. more sun means thicker growth. so next year they begin an inspection and mitigation program. >> our goal of the inspection program is not only to protect our community, but also to protect our rebuilds. >> reporter: starting may 17, fire crews will canvas every vacant part of santa rosa, a monthlong process, the beginning of fire season here, one month earlier than usual. >> to us it means we are dealing with an earlier start and long, hot, dry summer. >> reporter: they want brush cut back by 30 feet from homes at the minimum. if property owners don't get that done, the fire department will and then send a bill.

michael irwin has already done the work. he is putting in a drought resistant line. the punishes on his palm tree remind him of a frightening night. no better teacher than a brush fire. >> it was fa. or co loin there is one inadvertent benefit from, of all things, the drought. the fire department wants this cut down to four inches, but there is so little water property owners will only have to cut it once in most cases. wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> wayne, thank you. san jose is taking action to deal with illegal fireworks during this doubt. councilmembers voted to hold people liable if they host gatherings with illegal fireworks. that would include liability for fire damage which could get very expensive. the san jose fire department plans to ramp up their enforcement ahead of the july 4th holiday. they plan to use surveillance drones and launch an online

reporting tool. as we bring in spencer christian for a look at the weather, it is is cooler but the last thing anybody needs is wildfires caused by fireworks. >> yes. the relative humidity is increasing and the s have cooled down so that is promising in terms of preventing wildfire, but you are right, we need to be cautious and sensible. breezy conditions right now across the bay area. we will have wind speeds up to 23 miles per hour. not powerful gusts but a breezy pattern that will remain with us for a while. the cooling that began yesterday continues today. the 24-hour temperature change indicates it is 5 to 8 degrees cooler right now in most bay area elections than this time yesterday. a look out over sca finger of fog is reaching out over the city and bay. 59 degrees here in san francisco. across the bay in oakland 64. low 70s in mountain view and san jose. 82 at morgan hill and will 54 degrees at half moon bay. here is a view from mt. tam

with lots of fog spilling through the golden gate bridge pushing through the bay. 72 degrees in santa rosa. napa 71. novato 79 degrees. fairfield 78. concord and live mother in the mid-80s. here is a few at the golden gate bridge. you can see the gray. the may gray is with us again. these are forecasted features. we will see areas of expanding clouds and fire during the overnight and early morning hours. more gray as the cooling trend continues and drizzle early friday morning, maybe sprinkles or light showers on saturday. here is the forecast animation for tonight. high clouds increasing as well as low clouds and fog near the coast and bay. as we look at the overnight low, temperatures mainly in the upper 40s to low 50s. cooler in some inland spots. a little milder near the bay and inland even. tomorrow's highs 56 degrees at half moon bay. oakland 73. san jose 77. inland east bacon cord 79.

north bay low to mid i 70s. further north it will be warmer. here is the forecast animation friday evening through the weekend. chances of light rain or showers on saturday morning, but widely scattered and very light. one of the concerns here is that there may be dry lightning associated if the atmosphere is unstable enough, you get into the midday hours. but at the moment we are not putting out any advisories on that. bear in mind it could happen, but we don't expect the rain to amount to much and it certainly won't be beneficial rain. the cooling conditions into the weekend. monday may be the coolest day in the forecast with 70s inland on monday. the temperatures moderate and get back to a more seasonal range on tuesday and wednesday. mary? >> all right. i will take that. thank you, spencer. oh, no, don't worry about it. top women in business are sharing words of wisdom and experience during the annual professional business women of california conference. >> it really boils down to are you willing to try?

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physical attacks against the asian-american pacific islander community are top of mind here locally and across

the country. the ramifications are important part of our coverage. brutal americans carry everyday, pain inflicted by hurtful words and stereotypes. abc7 news race reporter julian glover spoke about how much words really matter. >> others have much worse racism in their lives, but i remember this one time, it with us in middle school. out of nowhere in the hallway this girl that i kind of knew turned around and said my parents say that you bombed the harbor. my dad was a little boy living

on the island when it got bombed, so i made that very clear to her that it was my family that was attacked. >> reporter: words can cut deep and the wounds last a lifetime. >> these are things that i don't think i even told my parents. i am kimberly and i american woman. back in first grade and the photographer said honey, can you open your eyes? and i went, my eyes are open. so all my life and in all my pictures you can see my eyes are -- you can see the whites of my eyes because i open them very wide. >> reporter: painful memories seared into the sub conscious of microaggressions that feel like anything but small. >> the real consequences of microaggressions is the negotiation they are additive.

>> reporter: evelyn teaches asian communications studies at the university of san francisco. >> all these things attack who you are and who you are capable of being. >> reporter: they are packed full of preconceived notions about someone and their identity. >> people say your upping is so good with the expectation that, what, my english would be accented or i would have poor grammar or speak broken english? i am not sure. that always made me sad. >> i am, i am christian versus hea. i moved to america when i was 8. >> with race in a professional setting it begins with my name. i use my angelo sized name. i also have a chinese name which i don't use on-air because i was told early on when i was starting my career that edit mick names didn't

well on tv. i am not sure if it is because i am an asian woman or just a woman, but i find myself constantly being talked over. >> and how we perceive those around us. >> that i am docile, or, you know, eager to please. >> reporter: so, how can we all just do better? >> i am jarred and i am filipino. >> you can't ignore people's experiences and not ignore microaggressions, too, because they are significant. >> understanding there could be more than meets the eye. that is a big step. >> culture ability reminds us to listen, listen to the people around you, be open to learning. >> solidarity to me in this moment looks like people of all colors supporting each other

when one has been agreed, the other will step up to say i am with you. >> reporter: a reminder that words matter, putting in the effort to understand the person you are saying them to matters even more. julian glover, abc7 news. >> so grateful, julian, for seeking us out, to ask us to share our stories. he did such an amazing job. i think it is when you hear other people's stories, right, and you go, huh, i never thought about that. that is actually a little similar to what i went through, and that is when we start to understand each other. i am so grateful to julian. >> i tell you, kristen,ism shocked at hearing some of these stories. the level of ignorance out there, the amount of education we have to do for people that don't even realize they are engaging in these slurs and how hurtful they can be. >> yeah. >> we have a lot of work to do here. >> when i was listening to kimmie, i thought that is me,

too. opening my eyes super why because kids are pulling the slanty eyes on you when you are a kid. it stays with you. it is like death by a thousand cuts. we will continue this conversation. join this friday when we dedicate the 4:00 p.m. hour to an abc7 news bay area conversation. stop the hate. learn what you can do to help protect the aapi communities. that is friday. see you then. san francisco assemblyman phil ting and the asia pacific islander legislative caucus requesting $200 million from the state budget to address aapi hate. the money would go toward victim services and prevention, establishing a hate crimes hotline and fighting hate incidents in schools. money would also go to rebuilding and revitalizing various chinatowns, japantowns, koreatowns and other aapi neighborhoods. >> we are asking for another $20 million in culture

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i am not surprised about the ioc and their lack of savvy with public relations. they really specialize more in extortion of countries that are bidding on games. that is their thing. but, what is shocking to me is i read the story today and only 2% of the japanese population has been vaccinated, so if we are 11 weeks out from the games, 2%. i mean, spencer, this is like

you are taking about the ultimate super-spreader activity here. >> it sounds like it could be, larry. i would be concerned about going there. what is the ioc saying? we will listen to what people have to say but we are not going to let it matter? what? >> i feel -- you know, first, safety has to come first. other sports have been able resume with safety protocol. i know it is complex but safety has to trump everything else. >> their vaccination rates are low but their case rates are also low. they haven't allowed foreigners to really travel there. this will bring another whole element and potentially bring more people with co-defendant to the island depending on how they test people that come in. i can see the concern of residents. here is one, you guys.

what would get you to get the vaccine. i know we wanted them, anyway, but how about free bobo a for teens. that is the hope at a vaccination clinic at gilroy high school where santa clara county offered free bow baa for teens. and high school students 16 and older who get their shots at levy high school are getting 49ers swag and gift cards. across the country in ohio the governor announced they would be doing drawings for people 18 and older with a prize of $1 million. >> i don't want the tea, but i will take a million dollars. i got the vaccine anyway, but that would be a nice windfall for doing the right thing and getting the vaccine. >> what do you think? incentives could give people on the border a nudge, right? >> i will skip the tea and go for the lottery, a chance to get a million dollars -- well, our chances are slim but still i find that more appealing than the tea. i am sure lots of people would

rather have the bow baa. >> i will take you bobo a tea, the delish bubbles. i am in. i think it is great to incentivize young people. why not? it is harmless. but it does something else. in addition to incentivizing young people it raises awareness about the vaccine process and people getting the vaccine as we are talking about the vaccine. >> right. >> i was pretty when i heard the carol king and the all female '80s pop band the go-gos

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. stough we continue our special series california dreaming. we take a closer look at the issues threatening the california dream, as well as the people working to keep that dream alive. for many, homeownership is part of the california dream, although home prices in the golden state are already among the highest in the country, california is now experiencing one of its hottest real estate markets on record. >> if you look at the demographic statistics, there have been fairly ominous trends of late with more folks leaving the state and a slowing in the overall population, but if you look at the housing market numbers, what you see is that those numbers are really a relative drop in the bucket compared to the almost 40 million person state that california is. and california has continued to be an economic success

story. we continue to be at the forefront in terms of job creation, in terms of growth in home sales and home prices. >> if you list your house at a reasonable price you will get multiple offers, $10,000 to $40,000 to $50,000 over and we have heard of even more. >> reporter: california is experiencing the hottest real estate market ever, across the state homes selling above list price, in some areas 5% above the asking price. homes are selling more quickly, as well. the number of days homes are on the market has rapidly decreased since the start of 2020. in the los angeles metro area the median period from the listing of a home to its pending sale was cut in half from 26 to 13 days. and in some inland metro areas like riverside, the number of days homes are on the market have dropped by two-thirds, going from 30 days to ten days. the fresno record area has seen

record demand. the median days on the market is down to just nine. >> a market like this really yun scores the value proposition of why so many folks want to get into homeownership in the first place. you are accumulating equity and that is the end game for homeownership and one to the key benefits and values of it is you prove not only your own quality of life but you build the kind of wealth that leads to the intergenerational improvements that have been coined that american dream, the value of that equity i think can't be overit is ad. a lot of these trends that are happening, sales growing 2.7%, mortgage interest rates, etc., is all taking place in the rest of the united states. in california we have such a tight housing supply that it makes the market competition that you are seeing creep up across the board even more intense here in california. >> in november we had kind of a budget in our mind. this would be the max we would

go to. we have certainly blown out that number and still finding a shortage. >> in all of riverside there are only 208 houses for sale at this moment. >> the haen ryobusin the wake o crisis and the recovery has been heavy on housing because, you know, our homes are more important to us than ever before because we are working out of them, living out of them, etc. that has created this perfect storm that has led to this competitive market environment. >> reporter: in some area, however, like san francisco and san jose, this is simply a continuation of a long term trend. >> the number one thing that california has going for us, we have a strong economy and high wage jobs and we continue to grow, even with all our issues, which, of course, we still need to address, but we are creating lots of good students for homeownership and weal ti. we are optimistic the buyer

demand we are seeing today will continue and get stronger as the broader macro economic picture continues to heal over the next 12 to 18 months. >> you can stream all of our california dreaming stories on demand including our latest 30 minute california dreaming special right now on our abc7 news bay area connected tv app. download the free app now on roku, fire tv, android tv as well as apple service. >> all right. you can get your free weather forecast that you don't have to download right now because we have spencer christian here have. quickly recapping, increasing high and low clouds. upper 40s to low 40s. tomorrow skies will be bright away from the coast. upper 50s at the coast to mainly low and mid-80s inland. here is the accuweather seven- day forecast. maybe a little drizzle with the low clouds on friday morning. we expect some sprinkles on saturday morning, but they will be really light. they won't amount to much.

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