what are you waiting for? ♪ ♪ >> we spoke to community members about their fears and concern about this incident. >> a local activist killed in his home. >> a massive cleanup effort in the pacific ocean. what may have caused the oil spill and how it is affecting wildlife. >> pushing airlines to require covid vaccination or a negative test. travelers react. >> the hours long facebook and its services is resolved as the company deals with the fallout of a whistleblower going public. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. >> a growing number of cities are requiring proof of

vaccination to dine in restaurants and participating in other outdoor activities. some elected officials are pushing for airlines to institute a similar policy. >> you are watching abc 7 news at 5:00 here. abc 7 news anchor liz kreutz joins us now with details on a proposal from senator feinstein. >> at sfo, passengers appeared to be following the rules and wearing masks. is that enough? should airlines require proof of vaccination or negative covid test? >> yeah, they should. >> i don't agree with it. >> like any mandate, the proposal is contentious but a growing number of experts are urging airlines to make the vaccine the requirement for domestic travel. >> i think it's a great idea to

have vaccine mandates for travel. it ensures immunity on the plane. that makes everyone feel better as they start contemplating travel. >> this mandate. they twittered thready documents his own experience sitting on a five hour flight to a woman who was not keeping her mask on and said she wasn't vaccinated. i understand that she had the freedom not to be vaccinated but the old man next to her has the right to her has the right to fly without getting infected. >> masks are effective but people take them off and on. you eat on a plane soy a plane is a mixed bag. >> the issue is over the new bill by california senator dianne feinstein that would make vaccines, being negative for covid or proof of recent recovery a requirement. >> it is not really fair to do

this to us. >> hannah from seattle says that she is against the mandate unless testing becomes more widely available. >> it is hard to get the test. >> wane and told us that an airline mandate would make him feel more comfortable. >> if they do it, it'd be safer for everybody who flies. >> back here at sfo, did get a statement from the u.s. travel association. they told us they are against this mandate. they said the policy would negatively impact families with children who are not able to get their children vaccinated. >> before you go, i know that we spoke with passengers earlier. what are the airlines saying? >> we did reach out to several of the major airlines but none give us a response. we were pointed in the direction of airlines for america, a lobbying group.

they told us that they are also against the mandate and they point to research that shows that air travel with masks is safe. on the flipside, supporters say that vaccines, not masks, are the long-term solution. >> many inks do you. >> while the international air transport association said today that recovery is been site for the industry. airlines are forecasted to lose $52 billion this year. they are expected to lose $11 billion next year. the iata expects travel demand to double next year. they say that the vaccination rate and the lifting of border restrictions will determine the pace of recovery. the centers for disease control has removed the holiday guidance that appeared on its website on friday. they tell abc news that the vague guidance is not current and they will share more soon. the fda has approved a new

rapid covid test. federal data shows that daily covid deaths are eight times higher than mid july. the daily averages 1500. hospitalizations have dropped by 15% in the last week. >> the oakland mayor took a somber tone discussing violence in his city. >> september 2021 has been the most violent month of the year. it is sad to say that we lost 17 lives in the month of september. >> the violence continued on the first day of october. education activist dirk tilleson was kind down in his own -- gunned down hin his own home. that shooting is sending shock and sadness through the oakland community.

laura anthony spoke with friends and colleagues who remember the man whom they say was a tireless advocate for oakland's most disadvantaged students. >> this is a person who focused on students and equity and families. >> david silver is talking about dirk, the tireless education advocate murdered by an intruder in his home. >> it is not ok that someone who has given so much to others has this happen them. police say that he heard a noise and went to investigate and was shot i the intruder. >> there are some motives we are looking into that i cannot discuss today. we have a couple of angles, none of which should have led to his death. >> he was about internet access

is an educational right. >> tillotson was the founder of gradeschool voices, a nonprofit watchdog for quality and equity. >> the irony is that he was such a giving person, that had someone walked up to him in the middle of the night and said i need something, he would have given it to them. >> investigator is returned to his neighborhood to talk to residents. >> right now, i don't want to be in oakland. we are trying to work together as a community to keep the crime down, but we're not in control. >> a gofundme has been set up to help the tillotson family. that information is on our website. >> moving on, crews continue to work to stop the oil from spreading in southern

california. 144,000 gallons of crude poured into the ocean from the underwater pipeline. officials are looking into whether or not a ship's anchor may have struck the line. the health and wildlife in the area is a major concern. our sister station in los angeles has this story. >> where searching for oiled animals from bolsa chica to laguna and further south. teams are searching on water and land and are not able to clarify how much water has been affected by the oil spill. >> we are collecting information from our teams, calls from the public. we are doing reconnaissance to look at what animals may be out of the general spill area. we are doing overflights to count the number of animals in the area. combining that information, we will have a much better estimate further on as to the damage. to date, we have collected three

live oil birds, one brown pelican, one american coot, one unfortunately, the brown pelican had chronic injuries that required us to humanely euthanize it. we have a fourth bird that was collected from our teams, an oiled sanderling. we have sightings of additional oiled gulls and other shorebirds that are flighted. there difficult to catch. we are pursuing other alternative capture strategies such as missed nets and other techniques to catch them quickly. >> facebook, instagram and what'sapp are back online after being down for hours. the outage came after i whistleblower came forward to share her story. she claims facebook uses its algorithms to amplify hate to extend user engagement.

>> she is a data scientist and a former facebook product manager. >> i realize i will have to do this in a systemic way and i have to get out enough that no one can question that this is real. >> frances haugen it admitting that she was the person who released tens of thousands of pages of internal facebook research -- that it amplifies hate and spreads misinformation and political unrest and that the company knows and hides it. haugen alleges that the documents show that instagram harms teenage girls, citing a facebook internal study that since 13.5% of teenage girls makes thoughts of suicide worse. >> there were conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for facebook. facebook over and over chose to optimize for its own interests. >> haugen was hired under the

stipulation that she would work against misinformation, ultimately being assigned to the civic integrity division of the company, tasked with stopping the spread of misinformation head of the election. she claims that division was disbanded shortly after, a decision she believes led to the january insurrection. >> that feels like a betrayal of democracy. >> a spokesperson wrote, every day our team has to balance protecting the ability of billions of people to express themselves openly with keeping our platform a safe and positive place. to suggest that we encourage bad content and do nothing is not true. after the wall street journal interview, facebook has pause they plan to create an instagram platform solely for children. haugen is scheduled to testify in front of a senate committee on tuesday. >> many businesses have been impacted by the pandemic. a new poll reveals racial

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>> recent uc berkeley institute poll found that small business owners were significantly more negatively impacted by the pandemic of an their counterparts. >> the pandemic has tested businesses of regina harris prior to covid. >> we would travel to woodlan to selling our jackets. -- to atlanta selling our jackets. after the pandemic it, our opportunities were zero. >> no festivals, no business. >> i'm not a quitter. >> instead, she pivoted creating her own patch business. >> i want a line of patches that

spoke to the african-american experience. >> according to a recent berkeley institute of government studies or igs poll of small business owners, black and latino small business owners were more likely to state that covid negatively impacted their business. professor christina mora is the igs codirector. >> the racial disparities translate to the small business owner sphere. >> minority business owners were significantly less likely to state that they had applied for and received pdp loans. >> iiiiiii the process very well. mora says that the poll will be critical to recover from the economic impact of the pandemic. >> if we don't pay attention to

the disparities, we will exacerbate them. >> i'm thankful that there has been this attention brought to us and we are getting the help and support we need. >> in berkeley, melanie woodrow. >> health is on the way to improve internal and infant outcomes in california for families of color. governor newsom signed senate bill 65, known as the california mom nimbus act. will improve research and data collection on racial and socioeconomic factors that contribute to higher rates of maternal and infant mortality in communities of color. >> we are grateful. to reimagine maternity and care in california. when we improve health care and social outcomes for all families, we improve health outcomes for all. >> here is why advocates say the legislation is needed. lack mothers are six times more

likely than white mothers to die within a year of pregnancy. black women in california have a higher rate of death than black women nationally and the rate of black infants dying in california is more than double the statewide infant mortality rate. >> in the south bay, a bay, a ba including santa clara county and local nonprofit partners launched a campaign to end family homelessness by 2025. heading home campaign aims to house 1200 families by next year. >> being homeless is not a crime. living in poverty should not be reason to separate families. our residents should not be living in constant fear of being torn from loved ones because of their housing situation or lack thereof. >> housing community was awarded housing vouchers to provide stable and safe living environments. they plan to expand rent

subsidies to 200 families annually. the campaign has 1000 homes that will be dedicated to families i. >> hollywood is facing a possible work shut down. iatse has authorized the president to declare a strike. the union represent more than 60,000 behind-the-scenes workers. iatse says that the pandemic has increased unsafe and harmful work hours. it is seeking pay increases for the lowest paid and protections run meal breaks and rest. >> we need not just rest between the workdays and over the weekend but an actual meal break during the day to eat and drink water. to take a break. >> 98% of union members voted for the strike which would be its first-ever. it is unclear when workers might walk off the job but if they do, production on most tv shows and movies would stop. >> after a pause for the

pandemic, fleet week is back. that is the unmistakable sound of the blue angels as they roared into the bay area. the signature squadron will use oakland airport as their home-based. they is set for thursday and then the air show friday through sunday. >> five former athletes are being celebrated for contributions to bay area pro sports. headlining the hall of fame class will be bruce bochy who won three world series with san francisco giants in 2010, 2012, and 2014. brian young will also be honored. the ceremony begins at 6:30 at oracle park. >> let's take a live look outside. you can see a lot of fog in the

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we make getting care easy so you can get back on the court quicker. >> it is going to be nice-looking whether in the days to come. let me show you a live picture from our east bay hills as we look toward mount diablo. look at how hazy it is. we do have an air quality advisory today. tomorrow, good to moderate air quality and wednesday and thursday, something to look forward to. good air quality for the entire bay area. not so good for the central valley. you'll notice unhealthy air here. stockton is poor for sensitive groups. a little bit of smoke in the upper atmosphere which is affecting the air quality done below for parts of the peninsula.

in the east bay and south bay it is moderate. look at live doppler 7. we have a system pushing into the northwest. that will be sending up higher clouds but has also started bringing up that southerly surge. you can see a beautiful view from the emeryville camera. 69 in the city, 81 in oakland. if you're not feeling it inland, just wait. from the san jose camera you can see another hazy view. 94 in fairfield. you topped out. in the upper 90's conquered and livermore in the low 90's. fog and high clouds overnight. cooler weather for the workweek. there is a slight chance of drizzle and showers between friday and saturday. it's not looking promising but we will keep you posted. we start tomorrow with cloudiness.

the fog continues to stream in. morning temperatures will be in the 40's to the 60's tomorrow afternoon. you are looking at the 80's inland as opposed to the 90's. look at what is coming on wednesday. even cooler weather. we keep that downward trend going on thursday. even into friday when most of you will be in the 60's. we will have to switch from short sleeves to longsleeved. on friday, there might be some drizzle and a slight chance of showers going into saturday. the models have been backing off. a cooling trend tomorrow, cleaner air. cooler for wednesday and thursday. temperatures will bottom out friday with a possibility of a couple drops between friday and saturday, warming backup by monday.

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>> a quick reminder that you can get our life newscast, breaking news, the weather and much more with our new bay area app. it's on apple tv, fire tv and roku. search and download it for free. >> finally in the east bay, there was beautiful weather for this golf tournament. >> dan ashley was off today to raise money for a good cause. 150 golfers took the event raises money to send underserved kids to summer camp. last year because of covid we did a virtual event and it was great. summer camp means the world. >> dan has hosted the event

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tonight, tonight, several breaking headlines as we come on the air. the major outage for hours, affecting billions on facebook, instagram and whatsapp. all owned by facebook. what the company is now saying tonight. facebook platforms going down in the u.s. and countries around the world. what we're learning at this hour. and it comes after the facebook whistle-blower revealed herself on "60 minutes," revealing thousands of pages of internal documents what she says facebook knowingly does involving its users. facebook responding tonight and terry moran with late reporting. also tonight, the massive oil leak worsening along the california coast. up to 130,000 gallons of oil from an underwater pipeline. oil washing onshore, killing wildlife, beaches closed. matt gutman out on the ocean