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>> i don't feel safe bringing him school tomorrow. >> an elementary school in oakland evacuated before classes even began because of email threats. we hear from parents saying it's because of an event highlighting diversity and inclusion. dan: tonight the f.b.i. and sherf' department are investigating. it happened at chabeau elementary school. less than an hour ago tchool district announced police wl stay near campus for the remainder of the week. ama: the threats were motivated by a weekend event called a play date social. reporter: this is the threat received monday morning at the end state, if you want a race war we'll give you one. >> for us to be receiving these threatses, four kids to feel like they're target sas big problem. reporter: this sparking an evacuation of school at 7:30

tuesday. because it was before school hours only 30 students were inside. other families arrive frrg dropoff were turned away. >> to pull up this morning, have my son rush back to the car as if, you know, he was a target, it just -- it just -- it just made everything more magnified. >> parent tamila jackson said the threat started to roll in after the diversity and inclusion committee hosted a get together for black, brown and aapi social over the weekend. >> the social isn't to exclude any students at all. it's to bring the small minority of students that are of color together. reporter: one parent on the committee who did not want her name used ex-flaind much of the play date. >> it was meant to bridge communities between black and brown families. share resources. and also to make the kids feel comfortable. seeing other kids and playing with other kids that look like them in a predominantly white

space. >> here's cap pain lisa osmus of the oakland police department. >> the email had some racial undertones in it and we are investigating that right now. we have asked the f.b.i., they're going to come assist with the investigation. reporter: the oakland mayor said, i am outraged our children, educators and neighbors have been targeted by malicious threats my office is in kangt with oakland unified school district as we seek answers. police cleared the scene and staff were aloud back inside the buildic around noon. class was canceled for students for the rest of the day. as far as tomorrow go, some parents are hesitant to send their kids back. >> people are not in their right mind during these times. and i don't know if i'll bring him tomorrow or the next dior the day after that. reporter: in oakland, lena howland, abc 7 news. dan: over the weekend someone dumped hundreds of shellfish at a u.c. berkley jewish fraternit

house. shellfish are forbidden under jewish law and some are calling it an act of anti-semitism. 234 a statement the from tern says, on the first shabbat of the school year our house at berkley faced an unacceptable act against the jewish community. now more than ever we stand united against anti-semitism and all other forms of hate. berkley police are investigating. ama: happening now, we are monitoring the heat, fire danger, and air quality with team coverage. dan: it's beginning to pick up here. leslie brink lee is live in the east abey with details on the concerns we are facing. ama: let's bring with our -- let's begin with our meteorologist. >> we have that warning going up covering lake solano and napa and sonoma counties. winds gusting 30, 40 miles per

hour later tonight, humidity dropping to 8% to 20% means any fires that develop will quickly spread. so as we go hour-by-hour, the winds ramping up, you'll notice right around middletown, 23 moirps out of the north, as that wind comes dunn the slope, the humidity level is really going to start to come down. down to the teens. 14% lake bariesa. 15% in fairfield. this is concerning which is why the fire danger index reflects this. you notice by 11:00 a.m. tomorrow we are talking about high to very high fire danger across parts of the north bay shaded in yell le and orange. i'll be back with a look at temperatures coming right up. ama: thank you, we continue our team coverage on the air quality and fire danger controls with les lee bring lee who joins us live from the east bay. leslie: the buzzword right now sun healthy air. that's what we can expect through neeforts bay area,

especially out here in the east bay tomorrow. it's almost like a heat dome capping in some pollution here. here's what you can expect. spare the air alerts are fairly frequent in the course of bay area summers but the one forecast for tomorrow is worth paying attention to. >> we're seeing severe air pollution forecasts for tomorrow. it's a combination of high inland temperatures and a high pressure over the bay area. combined with wildfire smoke from the north. it's going to cause ozone to build up. reporter: that means ground level concentrations of ozone are expected to be in the unhealthy range especially for seniors and young children with hazy skies dominating in the east bay. the bay area is warned against exercising outdoor. polluted air is shortening life

spanns more than smoking tobacco. smoking lops off 2.2 years of life spann whereas breathing in air pollution regularly is shown to shorten your life spann by 2.3 years. >> avoid exposure. it has short-term as well as long-term effects on your lungs and whole system. particulate matter is so tiny it go into your bloodstream. reporter: escaping the poor air quality will be more difficult in pooforts northern california since power shut you'ves are likely. >> this will be the first psps event of the year. the first in two years. reporter: pg&e may cut off power to many customers, starting at 3:00 a.m., primarily east of the mendocino forest. >> eight customers in eastern napa county on the east side of lake bariesa could be impacted by the public safety power shut

you've event. those are the only customers within the nine counties that will bempacted. reporter: the psps is highly likely but not definite yet. we're waiting to find out from pg&e. in the meantime the air quality management district is asking people to curtail driving if you can, mass transit, stay home. to help that pollution level tomorrow in the bay area. in the east bay, i'm les lee brink lee, abc 7 news. ama: do not forget, track weather conditions with the same to also our abc news weather team uses, download the abc 7 bay area app available wherever you stream. dip. dan: four separate agencies are investigating after sa francisco police shot a man and sent him t hospital with life-threatening injuries. officer responded to jones street in the tender loin about 10:20 last evenire a man armed with a large knife was threatening people. the department said officers tried for 20 minutes to get the

man stowr render. >> officers made consistent attempts to de-escalate the situation and try engage the individual to try and broker a peaceful resolution. i don't have the exact details of what the suspect did that precipitated the shooting. but at some point during the interaction officers felt it was necessary to use deadly force. dan: for now police will only say more than one officer opened fire. they're not releasing the man's age, name or condition. ama: retail theft is a multibillion dollar problem nationwide and it's hitting one community in the bay area particularly hard. today a san mateo county supervisor says he's not taking it anymore. suzanne joins us live with what he plans todo. reporter: when it comes to cracking down on shoplifting, supervisor david cannabis said he's open to all solutions. he wants to create a regional task force.

we've seen the dramatic video. bold, brazen, brash shoplifters. snatching hundreds, thousands of dollars of items in stores across the air a bay area. it's happening all over the country. losses are staggering. >> $30 billion. in retail theft nationally is absolutely egregious. reporter: it's really getting to be a problem in san mateo county. bay area shoplifting numbers increased from 2021 to 2022 but sit around the prepandemic average in. san mateo county, the 2022 shoplifting numbers spiked significantly. 60% higher than the prepandemic average in. june at this lego store, hillsdale shopping cent eric thieves made off with more than $3,500 worth of toys. two days ago that the sephora store in the same mall, they store $4,500 worth of perfume. while arrest were made in both cateses, the supervisor says we

need a call to action. what we're doing right now is not working. prip at the next board of supervisors meeting he's calling for the creation of a regional task force to come up with solutions to the retail theft problem. >> this task force would be three group, sheriffs, it would be, since we have about 20 cities in san mateo county, the chiefs, and it would also be all the chambers of commerce. reporter: he hopes to eventually ex-neand task force. right now california has a c.h.p. organized retail crime task force that increases presence at shopping centers especially during holidays. that task force works with local law enforcement agencies to make arrests and heighten visibility. he said that's not enough. >> now it's reached the tipping point. reporter: shoppers say something needs to be done to curb shoplifting crime. >> i don't think more of the police presence is the answer. i think honestly i would love to see a study conducted on where

this is all coming from and how to best help people. reporter: the soup visor said he thought about trying to implement a retail theft hotline but he said when he called the hot line it redirected him to 911 so right now he doesn't think the hotline would be the most effective use of resources. dan: suzanne, thanks a lot. coming up, get ready for a new bay area mayor as santa clara turns over the key to the city to the queen bee. and what you need to know about beyonce's world tour arriving in david: i'm david goldberg, a bilingual elementary school teacher and president of the california teachers association.

as we start a new school year, there's something new happening in california's public schools. jessie: they're called community schools. david: where parents and families, students and educators are making decisions as one. damien: it's a real sense of community. leslie: we saw double-digit gains in math, in english, and reading scores. david: it's an innovation that's transforming our public schools. narrator: california's community schools: reimagining public education.

dan: the key to santa clara belongs to beyonce. the mayor issued the key to the singer today. her renaissance world tour roll into levi's stadium tomorrow. queen b will be the honorary mayor of santa clara. this is her fifth time performing at levi stadium. she was part of the super bowl halftime show in super bowl 50. ama: her highly anticipated show tomorrow is sold out. they expect a crowd of more than 47,000 people. dan: it's no surprise that setup is well under way. if you're part of the beehive, zach fuentes has more on what you need to know before you go. reporter: the stage was being

set tuesday for one of beyonce's biggest world tours yet. the renaissance tour makes its stop in santa clara wednesday. starting at:00 on wednesday amp the pki lots and box office open. v.i.p. gates open at 4:30, the show starts at 8:00 p.m. no opening act and queen b is known to be pungtule so get there on time. >> if it's too good to be true chances are it probably is. reporter: though the show is sold out, tickets can be found but buy with extreme caution and make an effort to avoid buying them on social media. >> rather than turning to social media, which can offer a good deal but can be fraud as well, look for ticketmaster or stubhub. reporter: levi's recommends buying a prepaid parking pass and will have dropoff zones. one main alternative is v.t.a. that provides service throughout the south bay and can be accessed by bart and call train.

>> there are lots of people who don't necessarily ride to the stadium on a regular basis the way they do with football games. what people need to know it will make life much easier if they load fare on their mobile faces on head of time. reporter: v.t.a. suggests adding the clipper card to your phone to do this. this is your stop, the great american station, steps away from the stadium. the curfew is extended for the concert and v.t.a. will run for as long as it takes to clear the stadium but that's not the case for other transit agencies you may need to connect to. >> be on the train at 11:15 to catch the lasting rebart train. proif we have everything you need to know before heading out to see beyonce on wednesday on our website. dan: tomorrow evening, join us at 5:30 and 7:00 for live coverage of bey in the bay.abc e

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wine group. the vineyard is best known for its buttery chardonnay. it includes production facilities, two tasting rooms and 7,000 acres of sustainable farmed vineyards. they say the rombauer leadership and wine making team will remain in place. dan: time to dhoang weather. ama: let's check on the air quality. sandhya: that air quality has been suffering as you take a look at the live picture from our mount tam cam. notice the haze in the area. air quality advisory still up today due to smoke from northern california and oregon wildfires. while it is good to moderate there have been times it hasn't been so great. it's only going to get worse as smog builds. tomorrow's spare the air alert has been issued for smog and wildfire smoke. east bay and santa clara valley will have poor quality.

as we look at the smoke forecast, increase in northerly winds, stronger north winds will drag more smoke down to the bay area. tomorrow morning at 9:00, it'll be smokier than what we have been experienced. still hazy toward tomorrow evening. here's a reason for the increase in the winds. low pressure to the north. high pressure building. in tomorrow the wind will come down out of the north, a stronger wind. that will bring in more of the smoke. keep your doors and windows shut. put your a.c. on recirculate if you do have one to avoid exposure. temperatures today in the 90's inland, 60's, coastside, as we check out a live view from our camera, plenty of sun in san francisco. fire danger elevated starting late tonight. warm to hot and hazy tomorrow. and a big drop in temperatures coming friday. even a slight chance of showers, possibly lingering into saturday. so we go hour-by-hour. 6:00 tonight. 60's coastside. still very warm inland as we go

into 8:00 p.m. 70's and 80's inland. slow dropoff in those temperatures and then rapidly those numbers will rise again tomorrow afternoon into the 80's and 90's bien intime by early afternoon already nearing triple digits and some of you will end up in the triple digits while inland. breezy tomorrow morning in the hill, also parts to have the north bay. temperatures in the 50's, 60's. clear start tomorrow afternoon. it's going on the hottest day with 100 degrees in concord and fairfield. 70 in half-moon bay. hazy across the bay area. and for the b in the -- for the bey in the bay, 4:30 as the gates oach, 89 degrees. sunny and very warm and by 11:00 p.m. temperature will drop off to the upper 60's. when beyonce takes the stage we're talking about warm weather. now let's turn your attention quickly to hurricane idalia. it is quickly gaining strength. she's moving toward the big bend

of florida, expected to make landfall there the continuation of the strengthening is expected. it is a category 2 storm right now with 105-mile-per-hour winds. expected to become a cat 3 by 11:00 a.m. tomorrow morning as it approaches the gulf coast of florida. it will still maintain hurricane status as a one, crossing over the southeast and making its away across the atlantic. storm surge up to 15 feet. rainfall up to a foot. damaging winds. these are some of the biggest threats along with tornadoes. the accuweather seven-day forecast, hazy and warm to hot for your wednesday. heat easing thursday. it'll be a big drop in temperatures friday. windy, possibility of some showers. we're only in the 7 #-s -- 70's going into sampled below average and still a lingering chance of showers. we'll turn it around for the second half of the holiday weekend.

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dan: a brand new farmers market kicked off today in snoam. the first event was held at sneaj city hall and featured various flea market vepped course. people bought fresh fruit, vegetables, apparel, local art too. the market will happen every tuesday from noon until 3:00 p.m. ama: nice. we still have much more news ahead. dan: we do. let's go to our anchor corina nova. >> tonight we continue our weather conference with sandia. plus what you need to know about air quality. sandhyia will break it down for us.

the advocacy group shares which rattle snaiks are venomous, how to avoid them and why raltlesnakes actually make good neighbors. join us for those stories and more at 5:30 on abc 7 bay area streaming tv. dan, ama. dan: good neighbors but don't get too close. ama: beautiful creatures. download the abc 7 app or head to abc7news.com to join karina in a minute. dan: "world news tonight with david muir" is next.

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tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. the new track just in, the u.s. bracing for this major hurricane. set to slam into florida within hours. hurricane idalia gaining strength at this hour. a slight shift to the track in the most recent forecast. when it's now set to hit as a major te