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in a kkk custom. i will tell you how parents and students are reacting. anchor 2: explain your vaccination status or have your next semester put on hold. a college student about what this policy could mean for graduation. anchor: an afghan family on their way home to the bay area. over and his crew on the ground as they get evacuated. anchor 2: changing forecast -- meteorologist: changing forecast for the weekend. abc 7 news at 11:00 starts right now. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. anchor: students at east bay high school understandably unemotional and demanding answers after a student dresses up in a kkk custom. thank you for joining us. i'm -- -- dan ashley ama: i mama dates. dan: j.r. stone has a look at what action administrators are taking. reporter: this kkk cost of by a student at pittsburgh high school on wednesday has been confiscated according to a note

from the school principal that went out to all parents. other students, though, very upset about what they witnessed at school and saw in this photo. >> i was surprised, how the principle or none of the security agents stopped him or anything like that. reporter: students tell us there was a costume contest on lunch on wednesday, and that is the day the costume was worn. in a note that went out to parents on thursday, the principal says the student in the ku klux klan costume admitted to wearing it on a dare. >> even if it was a dare, that was still disrespectful to our kind and stuff. that's still disrespectful. reporter: according to the principles note, the student where the cost of more through -- costume through four periods without being told to take it off. it was told he wore the costume during certain times and not during class. >> why would you let people come to school on a dare like that? reporter: the note says the student in the costume has been assigned consequences. he will participate in the school's restorative justice

process to learn how his actions have impacted and harmed others. and in that process, will help repair harm he has caused. some we spoke with satan stronger display area measures should be taken here. >> he should be expelled, no comment. it is what it is. that's disrespectful. to e now i did reach out to the principal and the superintendent to get their take on all of this, but have yet to hear back. reporting in pittsburgh, j.r. stone, abc 7 news. dan: and there's this, another controversy at any's pay high school. the east bay times is reporting a photo surfaced on social media showing two high school students reenacting the death of george floyd. the letter from the school president sent to parents, "last week, i shared the disappointing news that individuals in our community did not act in keeping with our community expectations. we have handled that situation appropriately and will not share

additional details about the consequences for those students as we would in any discipline manner." remember, when it comes to issues of race and social justice, abc 7 is helping you take action. check out our list of resources on how to find your ally. go to abc7news.com/takeaction. ama: turning now to the pandemic, there's a covid-19 outbreak at burbank high school with at least seven cases. hundreds of close contacts have been notified. starting monday, contra costa and alameda -- alameda county's will loosen the max -- mask mandate for some people. and researchers from the ohio state university say their unique breath test can identify covid-19 in critically ill patients. they've applied to the fda for emergency youths authorization. -- emergency use authorization. dan: there is concern offering g

vaccination requirements. that's something we are focused on as we are workers -- working on building a better bay area. and unvaccinated tempered disco universities tells students abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo because of tonight's deadline, she fears what this could mean for her future. amanda: submit your covid vaccination record or request an exemption today to avoid a spring registration hold. san francisco state student says this notification is a threat to her future. the major is taking design online classes only. graduate -- she planned to graduate next semester. >> people have donated time and money to this institution, and other are denying the right to go there because of this, something that is going inside of our bodies. amanda: it's california state university system policy, as students were required by thursday or risk on hold for next semester's classes even if you take classes remotely. >> there are situations going

into the library to study, going into an academic building where it's going to be impossible to confirm on an individual basis. amanda:ras falngorfs ss she woun compliance, although the review process would take some time. >> what happens if they deny my exemption form? it's too late for me to apply somewhere else. and all this other stuff, and i'm just. amanda: in his state -- statement, says where students do not qualify to be exempt and are not vaccinated, all campus presidents were provided alternatives, adding it in the best interest in the students, the csu, and the state of california for them to be enrolled with appropriate safeguards than to be dropped completely. according to bobby king with fs state, more than 98% of students have uploaded proof of vaccinations. he says less than 2% requested

exemptions. i'm amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. ama: if you have questions about mandates, policies, you can ask our vaccine team. just go to abc7news.com/vaccine and click on the big blue box. dan: running for the exits, nearly 300 people evacuated from the airport. and lined up outside, flights were stopped for a time but have resumed. 7:30 tonight, witnesses thought they heard gunshots. it turns out there were no shots fired. police didn't find a gun either. two people were detained. two people did get injured while fleeing the terminal. one of the stake into the hospital but the injuries are not major. ama: mark zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as meta. the new name symbolizes the company's goal of building the company's future meta-verse. it will bring the internet to life in a virtual world where people can meet, work, and play.

announcement comes as the company is facing backlash from the leaked facebook papers that claimed the company ignored reports of the harms the social network created. tech experts say just because the timing works for them doesn't mean it will lead to success. >> yeah, it may, identified the departments at risk and he's doing a structural change to limit the amount of damage that regulation is letting them do to the company. ama: still, he says he could see this virtual world become mainstream within the next decade. dan: some big sports news tonight. oakland a's manager bob melvin is heading south to san diego. the a's extended melvin's contact -- contract for next season, but he was allowed to interview with the padres, who lured him away with a three year deal. he led the a's to six postseason appearances and won two manager of the year awards.

sports director larry beil will have more on this later. ama: the golden state warriors are honoring estate crossing guard who honored -- who -- ashley deas volunteered in lafayette. he was struck by area should be -- by an suv after pushing a student to safety. one so wasn -- son son son crosswalk and witnessed the accident. the warriors wanted to remember him as a hero. >> is a true hero in my eyes. he's a role model for all of us, especially the kids in the next generation. >> nothing will bring ashley back. he will find peace and comfort from the outpouring of love, support from the bay area communities. ama: warriors star steph curry reached out to the family and greeted them before the game. the family remembered him as a

big bay area sports fan who would have loved being at tonight's game. dan: nice moment tonight. san jose water hosted a meeting, addressing how its planned waters restrictions. customers would be required to cut water use by 15% from their 2019 levels or pay surcharges, a surcharge of $7.13 would be added to bills for extra units of water used. it took about 100 questions on this from the community. >> as we state, we're going to retained the fees collected. how are we justifying keeping those fees? seems like a cash grab. >> so, i did address the question before, and i can unequivocally tell you it's not a cash grab. dan: these surcharges will take effect november 15. ama: in the north bay, residents near the russia county are

dealing with major county -- damage from the storm. a large tree damage a home and a jeep. in chlorine will, a -- garden built, a slid off. don't think keeping it from falling off the hillside. they told people to evacuate. dan: outside lance return tomorrow. it was canceled last year because of the pandemic. tens of thousands of people are expected to pack old and gate part for the festival. attendees must have proof of covid vaccination or a negative covid test within the past 72 hours. ama: a california family evacuate afghanistan. our crew on the ground as they get help. sandhya: i will have a a forecast that will not hunt you coming up. larry: warriors looking to keep their perfect record intact, -- steph curry.

is a enough? dan: here's a look at what is coming up and jimmy kimmel live right at -- after abc 7 news. >> we have so much show tonight, i might get sick. are you in the antman movie? >> i'm not at liberty to talk about it. >> i understand. >> but we can talk about it when i.e. dinner. ♪ the bennetts really know how to put their wifi to work. whether it's work work. works for me. school work it worked! or a workout.

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dan: tonight, and emotional

update to evacuate some of its team members from afghanistan. ama: another family is safely out of the country and on their way home to northern california. dan: cheryl jennings has cover the organization for years and has this update from delhi, qatar. repoer: this was the late-night scene at the airport in doha, qatar, afghan families who have been evacuated from kabul and had the documents processed at a military base. they were greeted by a very excited piece founder. >> we're feeling well. we're feeling good. and that ceo have he have he reporter: to see that bus come in, escorted by the police and be able to see that family, the one family we have worked so hard to get them safely.

we cannot show the faces of him and his family because they have relatives in afghanistan who might be at risk. we also changed his name to protect him. the family lives in northern california. they were on vacation in afghanistan when their world turned upside down and they became trapped. >> we tried our the more crowd and mismanagement, we were not able to do that. children have become injured. >> but multiple times he attempted to go to the airport. one have his children broke his leg due to the stampede we saw in the horrific situation in august, 2021. >> they are getting to everyone and taking care of ch and every person. reporter: heidi and her team have been relentless about

evacuating their most at risk employees. she and her husband first flew to islamabad, turkey to be home to the same time zone right after the taliban came into power. then heidi and i came to delhi, qatar with a personal appeal to anyone connected to the rescue effort. slowly, afghan families are getting out. sherry's family has been through so much and they're finally here at the airport, ready to head back home and start their lives all over again with memories they will never forget. and roots of peace is hoping to evacuate more afghan employees who might be at risk. and many of them are roots of peace women, women who have started their own businesses, looked to roots of peace as a role model, and hired 80 women. those women are now highly at risk. air being hunted, running from home to home. i'm not going to give up on

those 34 additional afghans who are most at risk. >> and the culture is the main backbone of afghanistan, therefore roots of peace is one of the biggest pieces of working afghanistan. this is our promise. and me and other colleagues, w e will support activities to do our best. >> it's time to harvest the fresh fruits that we have planted, 6 million fruit trees in all 34 provinces, the legacy, the sustainable legacy that roots of peace leaves behind 20 years after the war has ended. indo hall, qatar, cheryl jennings, abc 7 news. ama: and the land cultivated for farming by roots of peace has been cleared of landmines and other war degree. another key emission. you can find more on their efforts and other ways to find afghan reviews on our website,

abc7news.com. dan: that organization making such a difference. let's turn our attention to the trick or treat forecast. ama: it's coming up quickly. sandhya: it's going to be all treats this coming weekend. let me show you a live picture, absolutely gorgeous view of san francisco as we look from our emeryville camera. it is going to turn cooler tomorrow. we have temperatures near 80 in san jose and santa rosa. you are going to come down anywhere from three to seven degrees. look at oakland from 78 to 67, 11 degrees cooler tomorrow. we do have some fog near the coast. no rain just yet but i want to show you that atmospheric river did. we saw slight improvement. the extreme drought went down from 87 to 83%, exceptional covering the state came down from already 6% to 39% -- 39%. northbay, now you are in extreme

drought. it will take many just before we get rid of it completely but it's a start. san francisco looking good, foggy areas in the morning, cooler in the afternoon, driver halloween and several days of temperatures right now in the 50's and 60's, want to show you the forecast for outside land for the next day tomorrow, partly sunny at noon time. going to become triple at 3:00, clavier and what we saw today by 7:00 p.m., temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50's. it's going to be dries skies for the halloween forecast, pleasant start at 5:00, temperatures in the 50's, 60's, looking at a beautiful evening, only treats coming your way for those trick-or-treaters. temperatures will be in the 40's and 50's. watch out for the fog. afternoon highs on the mild side , but loaded mid-seventies inland and the clouds will increase. leading up to a weak system on

saturday that may bring us a few spotty showers really quickly early in the morning and then pretty much gone. we don't have a storm impact scale for saturday. it's going to be very spotty, very quick in nature. monday, we have a wet weather pattern setting up that's when to linger into tuesday with another storm coming your way wednesday into thursday. when all is said and done, those two storms combined will bring us some decent rain. the first one is light amounts, .1 inches to .5 inches. some of our wettest spots will be over 1.5 inches. the accuweather 7 day forecast, morning fog, cooler afternoon, couple of showers not out of the question, creeping clouds for halloween, but dry and level 1 system for monday, wednesday, and thursday i'm a that there's a storm right now looking like it's going to bring us some wet, windy weather. so

ama: earlier today, abc 7 morning anchor reggie aqui monitored a pan or -- panel. >> i just remember walking by the campus and sing these great people who were really way ahead of their time at their trying to let us know about national coming out day. ama: panelists included the host of queer eye on netflix and the executive director of san francisco's office of transgender initiatives. if you'd like, you can watch

>> good evening. bob melvin celebrated his birthday today, his present? a three year deal to manage the

san diego padres, leaving the a's in a deal nobody saw coming. he spent 11 years in green and gold, writing the ups and downs of a franchise forever rebuilding and tearing down. the a's gave melvin permission to interview despite extending his contract this past summer. they will receive no compensation in return. he is the second winningest skipper in a's history, 800 50 career victories. his departure fuels victories they are heading for another firesale this winter. 12 years ago today, the nba debut of steph curry. who knew he would become the greatest shooter ever? the niners trent williams sat courtside, looking like the warriors were going to coast to victory, laying it up. i see you. he was hitting crazy shots. one foot runner from 25 feet. who even takes that shot? splash. what did i just do? turnovers killed golden state.

here's where it goes terribly wrong30 f lead in the fourth, damion lee to the rescue, three ball, corner pocket, ties it at 98. nice season. they couldn't stop maranda. he's creating something out of nothing here and curry didn't score in the fourth or over time, so the dubs go to d-league for the tie. warriors suffered their first lead. to the ice we go, shark head, great halloween costume, sharks hosting montreal. makes one safe but mike coffman is there for the rebound. sharks with their chances, jake allen, 40 five saves, second-most in a shut out in canadian history. san jose falls 4=0. after starting 4-0, they have lost four straight. green bay short of receivers because of covid, 10 point lead

and he got absolutely crushed. add bill, please? 3.5 minutes to, packers up three and gold denied. 95 yards down the field, turn around, does not turn around, arizona, their first loss of the year sport

>> ama: take is so much for one -- for watching. dan: for all of us, we appreciate your time. right now on jimmy kimmel, j

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