building a better bay area moving forward find solutions, this is abc 7 news. proposed school closures in oakland. good evening. i'm amidates and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us sky 7 is live over downtown oakland. the group has started to march from city hall to school district offices. this is one of several protests that have happened this week. the school board board is set to vote tuesday on there to close merge or downsize more than a dozen campuses abc 7 news senior education reporter land. melendez is live with more on these last-minute efforts the question. i suppose land is will they make a difference? will they help? well, you know down they just

couldn't sit there and do nothing right, you know every time oakland unified announces that closures are necessary. it's followed by protests as you know, in some cases very angry protests and this tends to an impact on the school board so much so that remember in 2019. the district was trying to identify up to 24 schools that had to close or merge over five years to date the board has nott followed through on this day when their school is likely to close students from koramatsu discovery academy in oakland made sure their voices were heard much like the man whose name is on the building fred t. caramatsu who fought against japanese internment camps. freddy kromatsu he told us to speak up for what is right why this school made the closure? listen, not others baffles teachers and staff. it really has been a community

here. most of our staff has been here five or six years most of the students here live in the neighborhood. it's very hard for other people out there to look for schools that they that they that feel like they're at home. and i think they should keep it open next. tuesday's school board vote will not only have an impact on this community, but may also change. choose commitment to the profession and i'm getting my master's right now in biology and i was thinking, you know, do i need to make change if i want to stay in this? sorry. school on the closure list at least 50% of students here are african-american the superintendent of schools has acknowledged. that black kids will be imp acted the most by these closures this school is important to me because i've been here for five years and i and it was very fun, and i do not want to leave the

school a district report found that 15,000 students have left the district or moved out of the city in the past 20 years. this decline has meant that the district receives millions less in state funding another reason for this drastic action is the high cost of taming 80 schools. yes. it's just a building, but it's also a community and it serves the community around here. so, is there any hope that these schools will remain open? well recently the oakland city council approved a resolution asking governor newsom and the state legislature to get rid of the school districts outstanding debt to prevent closures. they justify this by saying that you know, california will have an estimated 45 billion dollar surplus in 22-23. so they're basically saying help us out. but again, dan, what about other districts san francisco? for example? that's true leanne as we reported earlier in the week a

teacher and an administrator ann. they were going on a hunger strike to protest these closures. what's the latest from them? well, you know dan this is what day four for them. i'm told that moses omalade and andre sanchez are camped outside of westlake middle school. that's where they work and are drinking only water with electrolytes and some tea they have said in the past that they will continue with the hunger strike unless the school board changes its mind and that's all i know. okay. actually and very much. today authorities in southern california identified the man arrested for allegedly throwing the punch that injured a 49ers fan from oakland outside sofi stadium on sunday 40 year old daniel luna remains in a medically induced coma abc's 7 news reporter cornell has today's new developments. england police officers trace the vehicle seen in a security video englewood mayor james -- announcing the arrest of a suspects surrounding a fight

outside sofi stadium during the nfc championship game 49ers versus the rams ed left 40 year old niners fan daniel luna from oakland in a medically induced coma 33 year old brian alexis sifuentes roselle from la surrendered to police. he was arrested and charged with felony assault it looked like a tailgate. to me mayor -- says the still unreleased surveillance video that he watched shows the brief fight begin with a pushing match in the stadium parking lot. he says luna wearing a white niners jersey appears to shove a man possibly wearing a yellow rams jersey the individual white jersey. pushes the individual in the yellow jersey the individual in the yellow jersey. pushes the individual in the white jersey and then strikes him once it appears in the face area. the individual in the white jersey falls backwards hits his head on the pavement doesn't move after that. the mayor says, it's unclear. how the fight started luna is in

stable condition in an la hospital as of this briefing his condition is not improved or degraded friends and fellow business owners on piedmont avenue in oakland where daniel luna owns mystera restaurant are encouraged about a break in the case. it is great that that you know, the the investigation is moving forward and that hopefully we'll be able to move forward. he'll be able to move forward with his recovery very quickly. the chief has talked to the mother. she's very grateful that there's an arrestman made but the suspect's mother told our la sister station has a mother. i only know that i raised three excellent children. i know that my son was attacked first and there was a video please wait until you see the video of the incident my son reacted as the mayor said it too. it was not back, it was simply self-defense the da's office now reviewing the case cornell bernard abc 7 news. today the covid-19 death toll in the united states top 900,000

that's according to account by johns hopkins university. that's more than the population of san francisco more than 80,000 californians have died and today the state topped eight million cases since the start of the pandemic but our test positivity rate continues to drop its 12.7 percent one month ago. was over 20% contrast to county meantime is no longer requiring you to show a vaccination card. inside places like restaurants bars and gyms with 80% of county residents fully vaccinated the health department decided to lift that requirement the data shows infection rates remain high, but the average number of daily cases has likely peaked businesses can still implement their own verification system to better protect customers and employees. mandates in the city fact todayt the latest mandate requires boosters or negative covid-19 tests for answer. all city owned facilities attended by more than 50 people santa clara county is ranked as one of the top 40 healthiest

communities in the country by us news and world report the city of san jose makes up a majority of the population and the city believes covid-19 vaccine and booster requirements have contributed to that ranking party always has been the safety and health of our community as well as our employees. so i think this plays a huge part the second new mandate goes into effect on february 11th. that's when police fire healthcare and other city employees will be required to be boosted. an ordinance in the city of oakland may keep some contra costa county high school students from going to their prom the city now requires vaccinations for indoor events a change since danville's monte vista high booked a venue in oakland. the school principal is fighting for an exception for students. he says have no choice in their vaccination status abc 7 news reporter. zach fuentes has more oakland scottish rite center has long been the local venue. special events including the monte vista high school prom the school booked it again in advance for this.

junior prom they were out of school for such a long period of time and stuck at home. they are all craving these kind of super fun events, dr. kevin ahern the school principal says that when they booked the venue, they thought they would work under alameda county's guidelines for large indoor events vaccinations required or a negative covid test what we want to wear up. was it in december the city of oakland had put together an ordinance that that required vaccination only the city's ordinance only allows a negative covid test instead if a person shows proof of a verified medical exemption, dr. ahern says that excludes roughly 20 unvaccinated students. they're old enough to get vaccinated. but ahern says there could be more to the reasons that they're not so we're talking about minors talking about students under the age of 18. they don't have full control over over choices and so students, you know would may want to get back to me, but their parents are asked or are having them not get vaccinated for one. another dr. ahern sends a proposal to the city asking that

high school's leasing venues be allowed to accept a negative covid test. he said that the high school would offer the test on campus the day before the february 12th prom the proposal went nowhere. we reached out to the city who sent a statement that set in part. the ordinance does not authorize city staff with discretion to grant the exemption proposed. however a person attending a large indoor event such as this may be exempt from the vaccine proof requirement if they are entitled under any applicable. a reasonable accommodation for a medical condition ahern says that he wants to continue the conversation with the city. so that students who have spent two years in the pandemic can enjoy a sense of normalcy even council graduations proms other events. and this is that first opportunity to really celebrate as a class zach fuentes abc 7 news. sonoma county will allow its ban on large gatherings to expire thursday. the county's health officer says covid-19 cases and hospitalizations are declining the ban on indoor gatherings of 50 or more people and outdoor

gatherings of 100 or more went into effect in january on january 12th. in fact to try to keep hospitals from becoming overwhelmed. the county says there are now clear signs that we are past the peak of the winter surge. disbelief and outrage in alameda aimed at a local gym. i don't think anybody in alameda would want to give their business to somebody so bigoted. we went in search of an explanation from the owner after online post came to light plus more money for affordable housing in san francisco. the projects getting

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social justice is a very important part of building a better bay area in the east bay some say a local gym is attacking asians with hurtful and dangerous language abc 7 news. anchor dion limb attempted to have a conversation with the business owner and brings you this story.

asian massage parlors are give happy endings and they're full of sex slaves. you can hear the disbelief in erica peck's voice as she reads with the owner of island personal training wrote on yelp responding to a critical review. ing this tour like total grossips that oh, it just makes me so mad. ny in e mmuny facebook.ite ut i like, oh my god this guy. i don't know what decade he thinks he's living in or country. he thinks he's living in but this is not okay. this screen wrap shows the business advertises their massage therapists speak english kind of rare for the field around these parts and continues to say they're not like shady asian massage parlors. i don't think anybody in alameda would want to give their business to somebody so bigoted island personal training has locations in reading and alameda. i went to the alameda location to speak to the owner.

you hi. i'm from channel 7. i'm looking for. jason wilson at first he seemed amenable to speaking to me. very much. okay. thank you moments later. wilson pops. his head outside says we can talk later and shuts the door question for you though, cynthia twil is one of the founders of stop aapi hate and an executive director with chinese for affirmative action. it is very triggering given what happened at the atlantic area shooting we're coming up on that anniversary where asian women and asian businesses were targeted and this kind of racist rhetoric and commentary. adds to i think these persistent stereotypes that are so not just offensive but really put our communities in danger after our visit. i checked and island personal trainings website appeared to be down. however, his reading location facebook still. joe's posts from last may saying

other massage parlors are dirty and smell like chinese food. jojo says she hopes speaking out will create an educational experience for all i really hope that he can learn he can he can open up learn and grow and become a part of the wonderful community that's here in alameda. i visited island personal training again in the afternoon and made several calls and did not hear back in alameda dion lim abc 7 news. firefighters say a two alarm fire at the tesla factory in fremont is under investigation fire broke out after 1pm today fremont fire officials. say it burned outside the factory and the burned material. were mostly cardboard packing materials and pallets fire was knocked down around 2:30. there are no reports of injuries and the cause is under investigation. san francisco police are searching for the people who shot the owner of a car they were breaking into police. say the shooting happened last night around nine o'clock near 9th and folsom streets. the victim was shot when he approached the suspects as they were breaking into his car

investigators. say the 40 year old man has non-life threatening injuries police have not released any suspect information. a bittersweet celebration in dublin today as the alameda county sheriff's office recruits graduate graduated rather in the 172nd class of the regional. enforcement trading academy the ceremony took place with one empt. care and honor of 28 year old david nguyen who was fatally shot on interstate 580 in oakland one month ago today. in fact, this is a photo of barbour owen accepting a proclamation and honoring and an honorary diploma on her brother's behalf speakers paid tribute to david and expressed pride over the unity showed by his fellow recruits after his tragic death. they also spoke of the significance of future in law enforcement. were each now for a family of others? who like you? have pledged to never betray their integrity their character or the public's trust. and all 18 alameda county

sheriff's recruits graduated from the academy as did 30 recruits from 13 other agencies former richmond police. chief. chris. magnus is now officially on the job as commissioner of us customs and border protection homeland security chief alejandro mallorcas administered the office to magnus today in washington magnus will oversee three core missions of the country's largest law enforcement agency counterterrorism border security and trade enforcement the 61 year old served as richmond's chief of police from 2006 to 2016. san francisco is getting 200 million dollars to help with its affordable housing crisis. the money will provide the final funding to build four shovel ready projects. they include sites in the tenderloin patrol hill treasure island and remodeling project on market street this project on the embarcadero is another example of a low housing project that just opened in november the funding for the new project is from the american rescue plan

passed by congress last year construction is expected to begin in the coming weeks. alright, let's move on. let's taking a live look outside. it was a sunny but hazy day across the bay area. yes, and the weekend is upon us meteorologist. meteorologist. sandia patel will have welcome to the happiest place on earth! where your happy... is everywhere! anywhere! he's the “pew-pew! pew-pew!” kinda happy. they're even happy-er. and you?! you're the ha-pee-ist of them all! because this place... has all the happy you never knew could exist. so you're a new kind of happy, every time you visit. welcome to your happiest place on earth! only at the disneyland resort. make every visit your happiest for as low as $110 per day for a disneyland® resort 3-day, 1-park ticket.

what a beautiful april day we had today. i mean, it feels like it sand. yeah with these temperatures. oh, yeah, absolutely. just wait until next week. it's gonna feel like it even more because we're gonna bring in a lot of 70s today highs were in the load of mid 60s gilroy got up though to 69 degrees. i want to show you some live pictures from our suture tower camera looking at san francisco. you will notice that there is some haze right there. we also have some haze from our vulner camera and it's hard to miss the one from our tam cam. san rafael is looking. okay, so let's show you the view from our tam cam as we pan around if you're having some trouble breathing haze maybe to to blame tree pollen is running high and be problematic you can

see just how hazy it is visibility is not so great air quality will be moderate for your saturday sunday. most areas will be moderate a couple of spots like the south central bay good and then monday tuesday, we'll bring in a few extra good air quality locations. what's bringing all this? well, we have the stagnant air mass down sloping wind that is dragging some of that hazy air into the region and as you take a look here a moderate air quality across most of the bay area santa cruz and santa rosa reporting good air quality. right now temperatures are in the 50s and the 60s. so if you're heading out 56 in livermore 55 half moon bay might want to grab a light jacket live look from our east bay hills camera beautiful view as we look at the sunset here. hazy skies warmer weather for the weekend temperatures continue to rise next week. and records are possible wednesday and thursday in case you're getting away. you don't want to deal with the haze. it's going to be mainly sunny and mild at our local airports light breeze loaded upper 60s. honolulu is looking at scattered showers warm weather 80 degrees

new york city chicago, you know, they're dealing with that major winter storm low 20s to low 30s, but mostly sunny los angeles 72 and sunny. i want to show you a computer animation hour by hour high clouds continuing to stream through tonight tomorrow morning. we start out with those clouds and then the clouds but look what shows up the fog starts to play touch and go with the coast and it'll be around for your sunday afternoon and evening along the coast morning temperatures will be in the mid 30s to upper 40s. i don't think as cold. thanks to the high cloud cover this morning. we had low 30s in our coldest inland valleys afternoon highs in the south bay 66 san jose 67 gilroy. it's gonna be pretty mild on the peninsula mid-60s for redwood city 62 pacifica downtown san francisco a nice day in the north north bay 63, san rafael upper. sees around santa rosa 66, calistoga. you want sunshine 63 in oakland 64 fremont inland area 64 concord 63 in livermore and climate prediction center is saying much of the west will be

warm later next week, which of course includes the bay area 70 to 80 percent of above average temperatures. you'll see it here in the accuweather 7-day forecast weekend is the warm-up no sign of winter, unfortunately and as we head towards wednesday thursday, mid-70s could be record. adding numbers mid-70s to low 80s are our records upper 60s along the coast. so not what we want to see but it is definitely going to feel like spring by then. i'm in dan. yeah, certainly. all right. thank you, sandia. well, it's a big weekend of sports in las vegas and here on abc 7 too. first up the nhl all-star game at t-mobile arena home of the vegas golden knights timo myers representing the san jose sharks and it's his first ever all-star selection. you can watch the all-star game tomorrow at noon right here on abc 7 and sunday at noon you can watch the nfl pro bowl on abc 7. it's also in las vegas at the home of the las vegas raiders. first fridays are back what you can

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eat or android android tv device. alright take a look at this. recently had some dolphins joined them at rincon point in santa barbara county. jim. russo says he shot this video last month and that great. it shows several dolphins a surfing just a few feet away from the people brucie says in his 40 years of photographing waves and surfers. this is the best example of who the real surfers are. yeah, they were shown up by those dolls. that's so neat. super cool. all right. well finally tonight happening now the streets of oakland are filling up for the return of a favorite. the city's first friday celebration is underway. once again, we were there as organizers set up this afternoon and it's scheduled for the first friday of each. month, but january's event was canceled because of spiking covid cases tonight. the theme is black love there will be live performances and fashion show as well. nice to see that back after having to cancel last month. yes, definitely. all right world news tonight with david muir is coming up next. thanks for joining us. i'm on the dates and i'm dan

ashley for sandia patel all of us here. we appreciate your time. we'll see you again in half an hour for abc 7 news at six. oh, it's not a pretty picture of the san mateo bridge.

tonight, the storm right now, the dangerous commute. black ice, freezing rain on the highways, temperatures plunging, wind chills below zero. treacherous driving tonight from philadelphia to new york to boston. and the ice and bitter cold as far south as texas. some drivers on i-10 stranded more than 16 hours in texas. thousands without power. rob marciano tracking the system tonight, and what's coming in right behind it for much of the country. late today, former vice president mike pence and what he declared about former president trump. jonathan karl standing by. on this friday night, the u.s. reaching a grim milestone -- 900,000 american lives lost in this pandemic. but there are new signs tonight that we could be turning a corner. and the new study on masks.

we'll break it down.