moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news a mentoring program pairing young african-american men in the east bayithakndw being reinstated inh hour. estimated clarification at a school board meeting is what saved it at least for the time being good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley and i'm a dates. you're watching abc 7 news at five live here on abc 7 hulu live and wherever you stream the oakland school board decided to reverse this decision to eliminate the mentoring program as abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow explains at least one school board member now says he originally misunderstood the program's purpose the okay program mentors young students, but recently the oakland award decided to eliminate the program as part of the board's george

floyd resolution meant to remove police officers from oakland schools as a district. we're trying to move away from a policing model of discipline school board. vice president. sam. davis says, he originally did not vote for the program but after hearing from community members last night changed his mind. i thought it was just a few police officers coming on campus to to talk to students about discipline issues, but it's actually really a mentorship and building program that really supports and the ways that they need help oakland police department sergeant. robert smith is the program's volunteer executive director without having a conversation with the ok program. they decided to just vote it down because it involved police bishop bob jackson of oakland's acts full gospel church is the ok programs oakland chapter president the misconception that we were some kind of police organization that's operated by the police to get information on black boys so we can incarcerate them. i don't know what they ignorance was around that when in fact we

are the opposite. we are mentoring leadership development model. focuses on specifically after american males between ages of 12 and 18 years old if mentee is maintain a 2.5 gpa or higher and maintain good citizenship. smith says they're taken unin excursion to celebrate their success. the program has been reinstated for a year and will be considered again next year. we'll be here as long as we can in oakland melanie woodrow abc 7 news also at last night's meeting the oakland unified school district decided that students ages 12 and older who don't have at least one vaccine shot by january 1st. we'll have to switch to independent study or leave the district. it was certainly a tense meeting and at one point it was almost even forced into recess when a woman opposed to the mandate removed her mask only 57% of eligible students in the district have had at least one shot. the district says it will focus on outreach to convinc

some indoor mask requirements are easing in alameda county on monday the county and the city of berkeley which has its own public health department will allow certain fully vaccinated groups of people to unmask. this is for businesses not open to the general public with no more than 100 people religious gatherings offices and gyms are included. everyone has to verify that they're fully vaccinated and not experiencing any covid symptoms more rallies are planned tonight supporting in and out refusal. enforce vaccine mandates protesters are planning to demonstrate against vaccine mandates outside the brentwood and pleasant hill locations contra costa county briefly shut down the pleasant hill in and out after multiple citations for not enforcing the indoor mandate it has since reopened but in and out has decided to stop indoor dining at all of its contra costa county restaurants to avoid the mandate the pinole in san ramon restaurants have also received citations. all of those restaurants are open for through and take out service as well as outdoor dining.

you may notice fewer muni buses starting on monday sfmta ispang. there will be a driver shortage because of san francisco's vaccine mandate so they have been forced to suspend several lines the deadline for some city workers to be fully vaccinated. it's coming up fast november 1st the four lines that will be suspended are on your screen there. there is currently no timeline on when services for these lines will be restored now sf. ta is currently hiring and training new operators. a proposal that aims to pressure the san francisco police department and district attorney's office to release more data on domestic violence move forward in committee today, and now goes to the board of supervisors for a full vote abc 7 news reporter stephanie sierra explains how this could affect the handling of these cases moving forward. san francisco supervisor catherine stephanie says, there's clear evidence victims of domestic violence are being short-served in the criminal justice system today. she called on police and the district attorney to do more number of cases presented to the

da stephanie's bill introduced in may would require sfpd and the da's office to start reporting quarterly to the board of supervisors the cityeptmts on domestic violence cases, and the reporting will include how many calls are made to an iowa one that are domestic violence. it and how many of those calls include a child or a firearm the legislation would also require the number of domestic violence cases presented to the da to be reported along with the charges filed in the outcome of those cases. the bill is coming on the heels of a new report from the family violence council that found 79% of people fleeing abuse and seeking shelter were turned away during the pandemic due to capacity restrictions and heightened demand jenny perlman works with safe and sound a children's. is the organization when a family who's experiencing violence does not have shelter the family will most likely have to return to the house where the abuse is happening according to sfpd in the fourth quarter of

last year. there were 131 arrests for felony domestic violence in san francisco. 86% of those cases were dismissed. only 9% were charged abc 7 reached out to thequtir sample e of that data. to see how many cases were charged throughout the entire year while we didn't get those specifics before our deadline. we did receive the following statement. the numbers dipped during the pandemic in particular during shelter-in-place periods, which affected domestic violence cases in particular as a result our office also devoted significant resources towards expanding support for domestic violence victims to secure housing and transportation during the pandemic the da's office added filing and charging rates for domestic violence. cases have increased from 24% and 2020 to 31% so far this year. i just think that we have to do better by victims stephanie sierra abc 7 news. the man accused of stabbing a

woman on the sidewalk in downtown san francisco. tuesday w c afternoon 27 year old javon knighton is charged with felony assault and attempted murder. police. say he first pushed a senior citizen to the ground and then stabbed and kicked a good samaritan who tried to fnt him for the attack knighton had an arrest warrant for appearing in court for previous misdemeanor charges according to a recent survey muslim students are experiencing increased bullying in middle and high school. all the council on on american islamic relations, california released their findings earlier today nearly 50% of muslim students who were surveyed reported being bullied because of their faith. that's an increase of 10% from last year one of the most glaring statistics is at 25% of those surveyed reported that the bullying came from a teacher or caretaker at their school teachers administrators and or classmates normalize their face their faith-based bullying of muslim students.

school bullying is not merely an inconvenience. and should not be a right of passage for students. care california says islamophobia is being fueled by portrayals of muslims in the media travel bans and remarks made by some politicians a new candidate is running for the job of santa clara county sheriff sergeant. christine nagai has spent nearly two decades in the department and will run against embattled sheriff lori smith. the guy says she is in the race to restore honesty and integrity to the santa clara sheriff's office in august, san jose mayor sam. licardo called for sheriff smith to resign. i mean a number of use of force incidents and a bribery investigation the election is in june of year, the only other candidate so far is former santa clara county sheriff's captain kevin jensen who declared his candidacy last month smith defeated jensen in 2014. earlier today bart's board of directors received a presentation on the plan to reopen restrooms at its stations. the transit agency is planning

on reopening restrooms at two of its busiest stations 19th street, oakland and powell street in downtown. san francisco have been closed since the terrorist attacks on 9/11 because of security co ad proposals on how to distribute funding for station modernization projects, which will be difficult to complete with the agency's current lack of funding. we've got so many needs and so many bas needs that i i just don't see us going to this grand scale. on station modernization at this point unless we can get our structural deficits under control. the board also provided an update on ridership, which is slowly improving this year. bart has seen an average of more than 110,000 daily trips, which is 25% of 2019 levels facebook. ceo mark zuckburgers zuckerberg says his company is pivoting into its next chapter and today he announced its new name. tell you the reason behind the name change plus the south bay water company is now getting ready to implement the toughest

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hello meta today ceo mark zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as meta it's all in an effort to encompass its virtual reality vision for the future abc 7 news reporter dustin dorsey explains what the metaverse is and how soon experts expect it to become mainstream. if there's anything that we could be sure of in life. it's that change is inevitable even in facebook that tech giant that revolutionized social media announced today that their company is going beyond to reflect who we are and what we i am proud to announce that starting today. our company is now. better from social reality to to virtual reality metadives head first into the world of the metaverse with with the use of tools like headsets and

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in san francisco's golden gate park before outside lands the three-day music festival begins tomorrow abc 7 news reporter. tim johns is live with what you need to know if you're planning to attend. hi, tim. hey, dan, you know i got to got you a lot of people are very excited that outside. is coming back this weekend here at golden gate park organizers are expecting a pre-pandemic sized crowd of over 70,000 people now, they tell me they are working hard to make sure that everyone has fun, but also

stay safe. after a two-year wait outside lands is back at golden gate park. it is amazing to be back here. the three-day music festival has been a part of the culture of the city drawing people from all around the country this year organizers tell us it's sold out and they're expecting crowds of around 70,000 people. that was always our mission here was to do something that it could be an iconic representation of so many elements of the cultural experience of the bay area. but as covid safety protocols that include things like all vendors wearing masks and screening festival goers at security when they arrive everybody here who's coming to the festival has to be vaccinated or showproof of a covid negative test within 72 hours. beyond the health measures last weekend's reign is also a safety consideration grounds crews spent thursday afternoon, making

sure all nearby trees were safe and that the soil was sturdy making sure to avoid any potential accidents. well, we know the park has done an amazing job working with us to prepare the festival grounds at large. we feel very confident in the mitigation efforts that we've taken to deal with all the rain and weather. happen but while there is a lot of excitement around the festival. not everyone is happy in years past festival goers have caused damage to nearby residential neighborhoods with everything from litter being thrown on streets to traffic issues and even some using private driveways as bathrooms and while residents we talked to say they understand only so much can be done. they sometimes wish for more. it doesn't seem like they've done much to to fix the issue now just for some contextual information normally outside lands takes place in august. obviously this year it has been moved to halloween weekends that has caused some concern among local residents, especially those with young children.

however, neighbors told us today that they have had communication with festival organizers and that young trick-or-treaters safety will be taken into consideration. i'm live in golden gate park tim johns abc 7 news. alright, tim. very much. and you see that sunshine shining on it. is that what that thing? was that right yellowstone, very nice. meteorologist. cindy patel is here with the outside lands and halloween forecasts. yeah, and for outside lands, i mean this will be music to your ears if you're going down in ahmad. it's gonna be beautiful weather not as warm as it was today, but certainly will be nice to go out and enjoy. so let's take a look at the forecast for tomorrow morning fog a mild afternoon temperatures in the mid 60s cloudy and cooler on saturday. it could be a couple sprinkles, but it's not a game changer and then mostly cloudy on sunday now, let's check out those temperatures right now. how about 80s and cloverdale santa rosa temperatures? well above average many 70s showing up right now. so it is definitely a mild to warm day and if you're really

wanting to go out and enjoy the beach just watch out for those waves because we do have a beach hazard statement until six o'clock tonight northwest release swell breakers. into 20 feet bringing a risk of rip currents live doppler 7 showing you no fog on the coast, but that will be changing come later on tonight. now. i want to give you an update on the drought, you know, the atmospheric river dumped a lot of rain and maybe some people are wondering how did it do in terms of our drought? did it make an impact? well, there's a minor improvement parts of california going from 87% to 83% in the extreme category and exceptional category coming down as well and here in the bay area north is where we saw the improvement more reds as opposed to the burgundy there. so going from exceptional to extreme. we're still in a drought. it's going to take a lot more storms to take us out of it. obviously live look from our golden gate bridge camera blue skies out there some fog redevelops overnight tonight isolated showers saturday dry for halloween and unsettled pattern is setting up for next week.

all right, it's not going to be any tricks for halloween dry. skies is just completely a treat five o'clock a pleasant start temperature is stays it does get cooler later on in the night. so good idea to just dress and layers. maybe a jacket underneath those costumes, but it's going to be a nice treat for all of you going out to hour by hour we go tomorrow morning fog and high clouds really the clouds will continue to increase saturday could see a couple of sprinkles or an isolated shower on saturday morning in the north bay and really for the rest of you. it's just gonna be a lot of cloud cover morning temperatures will be in the 40s 50s afternoon highs looking like this still gonna be mild but not as warm as it was today lows 60s to the mid-70s certainly an increase in the cloud cover as well. now we go into next week our first system brings us rain on monday. it will bring a rain snow mix to the sierra lingering showers and then tuesday you will notice a short break other than a couple of morning showers wednesdays or next opportunity. thursday is looking wet. so we'll take all those systems as long as we can get them the

accuweather 7 day forecast increasing clouds tomorrow isolated showers, not a game changer as i mentioned for. they dry for halloween level one system for monday wednesday and thursday. oh, yeah. looking nice again. thanks, sandy. all right, crab traps, maybe banned as dungeness crab season approaches. that's because of new regulations from the california department of fish and wildlife as well as the fish and game commission. the goal is to prevent a marine life entanglement, including whales and sea turtles the fish and wildlife director is set to review data to assess the environmental impacts of crab traps for both recreational and commercial crab fishing. the first hearing will be held on november 1st the bay area creational dungeness crab season is scheduled to open on november 6. well learning about science the environment and nature in a fun new way coming up. we have a peak of the new and improved junior museum and zoo in the south bay as it gets ready to welcome guests back that will happen next week and

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back on this year and it's just days away. that means more candy for the kiddos. let's be honest sugar has been made out to be a demon in recent years, which means there can be some anxiety around letting your

kids dive into that treat bag. but doesn't have to be that way. i chatted with registered dietitian nutritionists megan mcnamee of feeding littles to get some tips on how to handle the candy hall. we all love a good scare for halloween, but i'm guessing some parents would say there are a few things scarier than a kid obsessed with their halloween. candy bag megan. what do we do? i think sometimes we are so worried that our kids are going to go so crazy on candy because we're worried about maybe our own issues with candy or sugar and we're kind of bringing in. our stuff to the table when it comes to that. it's supposed to be a time when kids are celebrating running around being kids and getting candy and it's okay for them to be excited about it and to like candy and want to eat it the bigger deal we make about candy the more obsessive. they will become about candy. all right. so here's what megan suggests make sure they have a filling dinner with some protein so that they're not starving when they go out to trick or treat once they're home remove anything unsafe think choking hazards or

food allergies. let them organize the candy like eyoo and then let them whi harpaoreopl butll she says the short-term experience of letting them feel how the candy feels in their body. maybe they had a little too much. maybe they had just the right amount really gives them a long-term payout you have to learn how to deal with sugar because it's in the world. it is not a demon. there's a place for all foods and you know, that's straight from the the nutritionist who specializes in pediatrics. so glad you did this piece. i'm a great information and you're right. it's just once a year and if you don't want the candy send it to me, i'll eat it finally tonight the junior museum and zoo in palo alto will reopen next month. or three-year closure. yes. we were invited to the opening of the newly designed children's museum in zoo at the reconda cultural park. it's great since 1940. the institution is offered to interactive opportunities to learn about science and nature and now the junior museum and zoo has rebuilt an expanded and it offers a series of

interactive exhibits and an up-close interaction with animals. all right. thanks for joining us. i'm on a date. i'm dan ashley. we appreciate your time. we'll see what the bennetts really know how to put their wifi to work. whether it's work work. works for me.

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tonight, breaking news. former new york governor andrew cuomo now criminally charged. the albany d.a. saying a criminal complaint now filed. accusing cuomo of forcibly touching an unnamed woman. the claims resembling those from a former aide who says he groped her at the governor's mansion. what we've just learned and stephanie ramos standing by. also tonight, president biden's domestic agenda. what the president has now declared. the president delaying his overseas trip to visit capitol hill. what happened inside that room today and will there be a vote? rachel scott live on the hill tonight. the showdown over covid vaccine mandates here in new york city. new york city firefighters defying the mayor. reports of garbage in the streets. some sanitation workers against

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