>> night a school community is in shock after a youth counselor was arrested after assaulting a student on campus. there may be other victims. good evening, i'm on a gaetz. >> i'm dan. the school has already taken action to ensure safety in the wake of the rest. >> investigators are crediting the victims mother for alerting the police about the sexual assaults. reporter: there is a certain level of trust on a school's campus that the children will be safe and protected, but sadly that trust was broken when a student was sexually assaulted on campus. the news of the superintendent.

>> heart was out to the potential victims. reporter: at least one minor was involved in inappropriate sexual contact with silvio. he worked at a counselor for new hope for youth that operated at a school. the organization specializes in youth outreach and enter mention and hung up on us only called for comment. he was arrested after at least 25 incidents in the span from january to october of this year. >> the sexual assaults occurred in a classroom at harvard school as well as an suspects vehicle. the victim is no longer a student at the school. she has moved on to high school. he would pick her up at her current high school in his vehicle where other acts occurred. these are not the only sexual assaults of minors on the campus this year. last year, they arrested music teacher israel santiago at the dual language academy. reporter: what needs to be done to philly to prevent the sum happening in the future? >> we have done our own analysis

of our processes of what is that we are doing internally to make sure that all of our staff is very clear about how we deal with this kind of thing. reporter: the district tells us have also cut ties with new hope for youth. the mother of the female student alerted police to the sexual assault and the urge other parents do the same. >> we want to make sure that very strong family communication exists so that children are able to come forward to parents and that parents know what their children are up to and other adults in the lives of other children are up to. reporter: police are asking other victims of these assaults to come forward and reach out to the department. >> details in the attack against a manager at antioch habit burger grill last month. the manager lost and i in the attack. police arrested isaac white carter this morning.

the 19-year-old man -- manager stood up against the man for bullying a teenager with special needs before the attack. antioch police said they called on u.s.e spect. >> it sends a message to our detectives are going to work tirelessly until we saw these cases. this is something that is very serious. we never want people to come to our community and feel like they are in danger. >> he is facing felony charges for mayhem and assault called -- causing great bodily injury. >> san francisco board of supervisors will hold a final vote tomorrow on whether to allow city police to deploy robots in situations requiring deadly force. activists were out today trying to get supervisors to vote against plan. san francisco supervisor voted in favor of the killer robots and hero in a tweet today that he has decided to vote against the plan. please have said they use robots in deadly force situations only

in extreme the rare cases. >> another major issue facing san francisco as the ongoing homelessness and drug crisis. the cities tenderloin's center just closed yesterday, which help reduce overdose deaths and help those in need to connect with services. as our abc news explains, something like a new york's worst hospitalization program is a possible solution here. reporter: under mayor eric adams, new york as a forcing a new policy which allows police and other first responders to force people into hospitals if they think they cannot take care of themselves. >> some people need to look at what we are doing and saying that we are trying to do something to take away the right of people. no, we are not. the right is it that people should be able to live in dignity. >> state senator says about 1% of those un-housed in san francisco suffer from severe mental illnesses and/or drug addiction. >> people who are truly not able

to make decisions for themselves and who are spirally towards death, it is not progressive. it is not humane to just allow people to deteriorate and die on our streets when we can help them. reporter: people like this woman seen here on a ring camera grabbing and tossing a food delivery bag and pounding on a residential door. san francisco already has a forced treatment program ordered by the courts, but it falls short of what new york is trying to do. >> but to get that treatment, the person has to be taken first to an emergency crisis unit at least eight times in a year. in other words, a repeat offender. reporter: last march, governor newsom merged a program called care court intended to provide those individuals with the services they need. but for some, forcing people into treatment is a violation of their human rights. what set them aside for a moment, advocates for the homeless will tell you that san

francisco does not have the space and means to treat everyone. >> they don't have the capacity, hospital capacity, hospital costs are enormous and there is just not the hospital capacity for that. there is not the service capacity. there is not the staffing opacity. reporter: many agree it is doubtful that this time san francisco has the will to follow in new york's footsteps. in san francisco, leanne melendez, abc7news. >> earthquake hit this afternoon just east of san jose along the calaveras alt. luckily, there are no reports of any damage. me to the after the hurricane hit, abc7news team sent out this push alert and began livestreaming. if you would like to stay on top of breaking news as it happens, download the abc7 news bay area app and enable push alerts. >> lester now to the weather. after a wet start of the day, it is mostly dry, but we are not done with the rain yet.

that's get to abc7 meteorologist for the latest. sandhya: we will have to hold onto the umbrellas because as you look at doppler seven, we see some more showers developing. first, let's get you into street-level radar where it is raining right now right around american canyon. you will notice as we look towards the highway 12, some showers on napa valley road. as we pan around the region, you will notice some lightning strikes about 75 miles away. don't be surprised if you run into a downpour, and maybe even some hail. right now at mount hamilton, we are seeing some showers on our storm impact scale. it is a light level one storm bringing some snow to the mountains. this system is not completely done with us yet. as we check out what is ahead, we will notice that the showers are going to come in waves. we will call it occasional showers, intensifying later tonight and into tomorrow morning. certainly had the possibility of thunderstorms here in the bay area peered i will be back with a closer look as to when we will

see some more rain this week. coming up. >> thanks a lot. we will see you in a few minutes. uc berkeley announced it has hired a new chief of the campus police department. yolanda pittman served as assistant chief of capitol police during the january 6 insurrection. she was appointed acting chief two days after the attack becoming the first black woman police chief of the capitol police department. she will begin as a chief of uc berkeley police february of next year. >> in the south bay, the santa clara county district attorney's office is quitting twitter. the office of the da says it is because of an increase in hateful rhetoric on the platform. abc7news reporter has more. reporter: the decision to leave twitter has been weeks in the making according to the district attorney jeff rosen especially since twitter's new ownership under elon musk. >> i noticed the proliferation of hate speech and racism and anti-semitism on the twitter platform that really started me

thinking as to why my office in the taxpayers and the people they represent in this wonderful diverse community, why i am using a platform that is making money by getting eyeballs to look at things that are racist and anti-semitic. reporter: rose and placing the blame on elon musk. >> the straw that broke the camel's back was the owner of twitter posting a well-known anti-semitic and racist meme, pepe the frog. reporter: the director of communication at east bay points to raising intimate somatic and racist tweets. >> the new york times has reported on the weekend that racist slurs against african-americans have more than tripled since elon musk took over. 60% more anti-semitic tweets. there are twice the number of hate tweets against gay people. reporter: he says along with the rise in fake accounts, the rater -- rhetoric puts agencies at

risk on a platform that had been useful to them. >> some of it has to do with the principles that these agencies and departments are sworn to uphold. they are just not confident that they can fulfill their mandate, fulfill their mission with the way that things are going right now on the platform. reporter: so far, elon musk has not issued any response to rosen's move. last week he said hate speech has not risen since he took over twitter. for now, rosen is calling for other da's to also leave twitter. >> have other ways to medicate with the public the radio, television, other social media, and using a twitter platform is not necessary. reporter: jacks went has, abc7news. >> after the break, illness overwhelming our health care system. we will take a look at the impact of rsp, flu, and covid. you will hear from

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anchor: four weeks we have been reporting about the triple threat of rsv, the flu, and covid. now it is here. new data from the cdc suggests that california is a hot zone for flu cases as covid rates are simultaneously on the rise. abc7news reporter leslie brinkley has a latest on the season of sickness. reporter: in some parts of the bay area, shelves are picked clean of common cold and flu remedies as flu cases exploding california. the cdc says a state of california is now experiencing super high levels of influenza. the state department of public health says that it is a severe flu epidemic in southern california and just a bit more moderate at the moment here in the bay area. at the same time, covid cases have jumped by 50% in the past week. levels of are as the seem to be stabilizing and not rising. >> they will all go but same

time and i'll come down the same time, it's not true. reporter: dr. rheingold that is all but the combination of the illnesses stressing our health care system. >> cases of the flu continue to be the highest that we have seen at this time of year and a decade. if you do get sick, present your provider for early care. there are prescription antivirals to treat the flu and covid-19. reporter: the cdc is again suggesting people voluntarily wear masks indoors to reduce their chances of getting sick in the next few weeks. >> it's a perfect storm for a terrible holiday season. i know everyone is tired of getting shots. we all have booster fatigue, but understand you could get really, really sick this year and ruin your holiday celebrations if you don't get vaccinated. reporter: is not too late to get both vaccines. experts say stargate protection than a week of the booster. >> reducing your individual

exposure and masking when you're indoors, good handwashing, avoiding crowds. reporter: here we go again. in the east bay, abc7news. anchor: pfizer and biontech are looking to update their covid vaccine for kids six months to four years old. they filed permission with the food and drug administration to use their new vaccine series. if authorized, children in that age group will still receive the original version of the vaccine as their first two doses. than the updated covid 19 vaccine which is formulated to target omicron subvariants ba.4 and ba.5. anchor: happening now, special city council meeting in san francisco to -- san jose for two seats. district eight in district 10 were vacated by matt may hand and sylvia arenas who was elected to the santa clara board of supervisors. here's a look at the meeting. according to city rules, empty

seats can be filled by a vote of current councilmembers by special election or through an appointment until a special election takes ways. anchor: in the east bay, a tied race for -- this comes after a hand recount confirmed the districts to candidates andrew bud and cesar zappa both received the same number of votes. 1921. now four weeks after election day, the winner will be determined tomorrow when the city clerk draws a name out of a bag. the drawing is scheduled to take place at city hall

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before you head out to the airport. reporter: hi, thank you and i am here with kaylee. where are we kaylee? >> we are at the oak lane dish coffee collective at the airport. reporter: cheers to that. i know this is a new addition, let's get into it because they have beer here just in case you want to get someone something because you forgot, and you are now traveling in on your way there, you can grab a t-shirt. also some local copyright? >> yes, it we feature a selection of local coffee roasters along with the oak lane dish gear that we talked about. also some great snacks, bowls, sandwiches. anything you need for a flight to catch. reporter: speaking of flights, there are some new routes of able as well. >> yes, last week we were so pleased to announce that floors el salvador will be starting new nonstop service four times weekly to san salvador.

that service starts in march, and we are obviously very excited to be sharing this new international route announcement and looking forward to march when it kicks off. reporter: that is very exciting. that is for people leaving oakland. so you have loved ones who are coming to the town. they touched down in terminal two, and there is something really special there. >> yes, currently we have portions of the national aids memorial quilt on display in terminal two on display. it is actually stored nearby with our neighbors in a facility on doolittle, and we wanted to use the available space to highlight are important neighbor that does some great work. so the panels are memorializing lives lost to aids and the actual panels on display currently have ties to oakland airport employees will there be an employee or one of their family members, or some connection to the airport. it's really a special piece for us. reporter: thank you so much and

thank you for letting us know about all the new additions here at the airport, new tips as well. we are going to continue enjoying our fresh water. it's actually water in these pups not coffee. that's fine because we are having a great time here at oakland airport. i will send it back to you and we'll have some other exciting details coming up at 6:00. anchor: we look forward to that. anchor: we are tracking a lot of of rain this week. anchor: is nice to have. our meteorologist is here. sandhya: this is lovely to have. take a look at zephyr cove right now. the snow is coming down in the sierra snowpack is getting built right now. it is 175% of average. let's hope this continues as we check out the live doppler 7. you'll notice at the snow is coming down. it is light in tahoe right now but certainly will continue to fall. winter weather advisory until 4:00 a.m. tomorrow. additional eight to 12 inches of snow is expected making it

difficult to get around. keep that in mind. as we look at our local radar, we are tracking some showers moving into the north bay right now. as you notice, right around dillon beach, tomatoes road, around mullis. you will definitely need rain gear as you're stepping out. they fill highway getting the wet weather. in terms of rainfall totals, how much do we get the last 72 hours? we are over two inches in petaluma. you will notice .5 inch in san francisco. 1.24 in santa rosa and just under that at oakland adding a good soaking. 42 hundredths and it san jose. live views from our tower camera and you will see is a mix of sun, clouds, and if you are up in the mountains, the snow falling. temperatures right now in the 40's in the 50's as we check out this live view from our santa cruz camera will more time just a beautiful scene here. showers and possibly a thunderstorm tonight. a dry wednesday and cold start inland in our next storm comes

in by thursday evening. is closer to abc7news, we have our storm impact scale. this is a light level one. today and tomorrow are looking at scattered showers possible thunder and brief heavy rain in a hail chance not out of the question. rainfall will intensify a 10:00 tonight. you'll notice during the wee hours of the morning, it might be pounding the pavement. 5:00 tomorrow is the commute begins, scattered showers around. pack your umbrellas and be prepared for some slow spots around the region as we head into 9:00 a.m.. lingering showers primarily focused in the southern end of our viewing area in the early afternoon and evening before this it winds down. in terms of additional rainfall totals, a few hundredths of an inch to about three quarters of an inch. higher totals in the north bay locations. morning temperatures in the 30's, 40's. need a light jacket. in the afternoon, we'll go with 50's. sun breaking through the northern part of our viewing area and a few showers lingering in the southern. level 1 storm for tomorrow, showers merely in the morning,

unless you're in the south bay. short break wednesday and then a level 1 storm for thursday going into friday. another one coming in over the weekend. it's good to see these rain opportunities everything will day except for a couple of days. i know people need to get things done like shop and get that tree . they will have the opportunity i think tomorrow evening going into wednesday. anchor: take a look at this. a live look at the mauna loa abruption in hawaii. according to the latest map from the u.s. ds, the lava flow is two miles from the intersection of the old saddle road and dano k highway p is the main thoroughfare in the area. it is about 50 feet per hour. hawaii national guard activated about 20 guardsmen to help with the eruption and traffic control in the area. the volcano began erupting just before midnight on november 27. were l

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openly lgbtq+ members. three new a api female democratic lawmakers were added. legislature also welcomed for the first time an african-american woman to the state senate as well as the first sick up woman in the first be enemies democrat. anchor: holiday tradition returned in san francisco for the first time in three years bringing the sounds of the season to local school kids. 3000 students got to enjoy a free holiday symphony performance. the experience started with taking and the wonder of the season and with davies symphony hall ornately decorated. >> hearing the kids and watching their eyes light up as they walk in the halls and hear the trees and see the decorations is just -- and makes it such a festive moment. >> providing that exposure to kids at such a young age we feel like is a great opportunity for them just to see different traditions. anchor: local performers take part in the concert that features holiday music from

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tonight, federal investigators on the scene, a targeted attack on two power substations, plunging thousands into the dark, no power, no water. the substations heavily damaged by gunfire. authorities calling it a malicious attack in north carolina. a state of emergency tonight in moore county. what authorities are now saying. mona kosar abdi on the scene for us. also tonight, the georgia senate race. raphael warnock, herschel walker. who has the advantage from early voting going into tomorrow's election day in georgia? and herschel walker turning to donald trump tonight for a tele-rally for help, after trump suggested in recent days getting rid of parts of the u.s. constitution. rachel scott in georgia. the major news in the war in ukraine. ukraine launching an

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