an unusual travel advisory... the n-double a- c-p -- telling black passengers to avoid a specific airline. good afternoon, i'm michelle griego. kenny choi is on assignment. an unusual travel advisory. the naacp telling black passengers to avoid american airlines. good afternoon, i'm michelle griego. kenny is off. the naacp says it is warning travelers to use caution when flying american airlines because of what it

calls a pattern of incidents that suggest racial bias. anne makovec reports. >> reporter: in this new travel advisory, the naacp basically warns black people that their safety could be in jeopardy when flying american airlines. >> it doesn't surprise me. >> reporter: that's because this couple say they often face discrimination on flights. >> the service i receive, um, attitudes from the flight attendants. >> reporter: in its new travel advisory, the naacp lists 4 incidents it says points to a corporate culture of racial insensitivity and possible racial bias at american airlines. it warned its members: among the allegations, a black woman booked first class tickets for herself and white companion. she was bumped to coach while her friend stayed in first class. another allegation, a black

woman and her baby were removed from a flight after she wanted her stroller from checked baggage before she left the plane. while american airlines passengers are surprised to hear it -- >> we travel a lot. it's not been my experience. >> it's okay for me and i'm disable. >> reporter: -- they refuse to fly american after this happened three years ago. >> i asked for something to drink and they was like i was bothering them but they had smiles for everybody else. now i would fly a kite before i go over there. >> reporter: the ceo of american airlines says the company is disappointed by the advisory and said: >> reporter: american airlines officials have invited leaders of the naacp to join them in

texas to continue the discussion. anne makovec, kpix 5. new at noon, the trump administration says it will not support california's massive water project plan. today a spokesman for the interior department said they have chosen not to move forward with governor brown's proposed $16 billion project to build two giant water tunnels. the announcement reverses the obama administration's backing for the project. teachers in santa rosa go back to school today getting classrooms ready for students. a significant fire damage clean- up continues on campuses. jessica flores reports from santa rosa. santa rosa city schools will open in phases. the first phase on friday, that's when 13 schools re-open and the second phase on monday. an additional 11 re-open them. right now teachers are in class preparing to welcome back hundreds of students who had to

cope with the fire. ash and soot is toxic in schools. 200 workers have been cleaning campuses and replacing over 3,000 air-conditioning filters at 24 schools. one k through second grade school was damaged. the superintendent says at least 80 staff members lost homes in the fire and district officials say 900 students have addresses listed in the burn zones. but it's still unclear exactly how many students have been displaced. the district is also working out how it will make up for three weeks of lost classroom time. but their priority is getting schools back open. >> the immensity of the tragedy is unprecedented. we cannot predict what will occur once everyone gets back into schools because one of the main things is that not everybody is going to come back to school. >> i think it's one of the -- the saying goes you can as well as you must. we want to get back to the regular schoolday, but we first need to make sure that our students and staff, you know -- their mental health needs are

met. >> reporter: the district will have mental health services on campus as counselors and social workers are even coming from other cities to help out. the district says any student that has been displaced will be eligible for free meals. they will not be checking income. they want to make sure everyone can eat throughout the rest of the year. now, we did put a list of all the schools that are opening on our website. that's cbssf.com. that's under "links & numbers." the list of schools will be opening friday and monday. live in santa rosa, i'm jessica flores, kpix 5. also in sonoma county, officials have opened a debris removal "right of entry" permit center. staff will be on hand to assist residents with paperwork to allow the u.s. government to remove the debris. you won't have to pay if you sign up. >> our understanding is that residents will only be billed that portion of their insurance

for debris removal. so if their insurance reimburses them, that portion for debris removal, that's the portion that they would be billed for. >> the "right of entry" permit center will be open for at least two weeks, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. new video today of a chp helicopter coming to the rescue of a firefighter who was badly hurt in the wine country wildfires. usual the air crew -- you can see the air crew hoisting him up. the firefighter was battling the nuns fire in sonoma. he was airlifted to the hospital over the weekend and will recover. the third day in the trial of an undocumented immigrant charged with killing kate steinle will feature testimony from law enforcement officers who processed the crime scene. during testimony yesterday, jurors saw videos and several pictures showing the length of the pier and the exact spot where steinle was hit. it's still unclear what other witnesses prosecutors will call to the stand. jose inez garcia zarate faces 15 years to life in prison if

convicted. a couple of returning republican senators are calling on their colleagues to join them in speaking out against president trump. they are retiring. seth lemon has details on their growing tensions with our commander-in-chief. >> reporter: arizona senator jeff flake says his decision to retire from congress has freed him up to speak out against president trump. >> the longer we go, the more this behavior is normalized. and that is a problem. we can't allow our dialogue to continue this way. >> reporter: he published an op. ed. saying republicans can no longer remain silent waiting for someone else to do something. bob corker is also retiring from the senate and has been critical of the president's behavior saying he debases the country. >> i stand by everything i have said. >> reporter: he told "cbs this morning" that he believes others will join them. >> think that we have a responsibility as elected officials to speak out when there's behavior that's just beyond the pale. and then some of what we've

seen i think fits in that category. >> reporter: the white house is dismissing flake and corker and pointed to the lunch with gop senators where the president got a standing ovation after talking with the group. >> i think the republican party has great unity. when i looked at that room yesterday at lunch, there was tremendous unity in the room. >> reporter: president trump said on twitter: >> his poll numbers were arizona are so low that he couldn't win. and i don't blame him for leaving. >> reporter: his approval in arizona was down to 30% for jeff flake. seth lemon, cbs 2, capitol hill. a "washington post" revealed that democrats funded a dossier of allegations about

president trump's alleged ties to russia. the president has consistently denied any connection to the kremlin or russian operatives and calls the dossier made up. there are three congressional investigations looking into the matter. and special counsel robert mueller has been appointed to investigate whether the trump campaign conspired with russian operatives. new details are emerging about how a u.s. military mission in niger left four americans dead. sources say the soldiers were looking for isis leaders after learning the terrorist group was recruiting and looking to expand. the ambush death of the four americans has many questions whether it was a failure of intelligence, preparation or both. numerous investigations are expected from the u.s. military and lawmakers. new at noon, some world war ii veterans are receiving a national honor nearly 75 years after their service. kpix 5's jackie ward on how their sacrifices are finally being recognized. >> reporter: bipartisan leaders of the u.s. house and senate were able to put politics aside for at least a moment to

present a congressional gold medal in honor of filipino world war ii veterans today. the 73rd anniversary of the battle of a gulf. inside the u.s. capitol, filipino world war ii veterans were awarded the highest civilian honor the united states government can bestow. >> i don't have to tell you that this is a day that's long overdue. >> reporter: in july 1941, more than 250,000 filipino men answered president roosevelt's call to duty. >> most had no formal training. main had never even picked up a weapon before. -- many had never even picked up a weapon before. but they risked and in the case of so many gave their lives fighting under our stars and stripes. >> filipinos fought shoulder to shoulder with americans, american armed forces. your unity was forged through shared sacrifice and common purpose. together, our fighters ensured that freedom will triumph. >> reporter: one of those men

was 100-year-old veteran celestino almeida. >> many have passed away waiting for 75 years for this time to come. >> reporter: almeida has publicly asked for what he calls fair treatment for years. he is glad this day of recognition has finally come. >> in the words of the soldiers creed, i am an american soldier. i am a warrior and member of a team. >> reporter: the united states mint will make eligible filipino veterans or surviving family member a bronze replica of the award. jackie ward, kpix 5. still ahead, uber's facing another lawsuit. we'll lay out the new claims against the san francisco company. plus, you may send your packages early this holiday season. the big rush the postal service is expecting. >> we have a hot day for wednesday. i'll have more coming up.

workplace. according to tech news website -- "the information:" two women -- both former engineers at uber -- are suing the company. th faced uber is facing new allegations of section imand sexual harassment sexism and sexual harassment in the company. a lawsuit by two female engineers say they were discriminated against. uber has no comment. they say it has made changes to its pay equity issues. earlier this year, another former engineer said she and other women complained about advances by a male supervisor. the u.s. postal service is

anticipating an extra heavy haul this holiday season. it says it will deliver more than 15 billion pieces of mail between thanksgiving and new year's day. it will deliver 850 million packages, more than a 10% increase from last year. to accommodate the rush, they will expand sunday delivery in areas with high package volume. let's take a look at the big board now. see how the markets are doing. you can see the dow is down about 110 points. veteran rock band metallica has announced a benefit concert for people affected by the wine country wildfires. >> the recent tragic events of the napa county, sonoma county areas has left us saddened and flabbergasted and try to in some way bond together and help. >> they will play at at&t park in san francisco november 9th. dave matthews and other artists will also take part. the tickets go on sale friday. metallica says all money raised

from ticket sales will go to tipping point community, a group that set up an emergency fund for fire relief. good to see them giving back. the heat is on. >> another hot day out there today. it's not as hot as what we had yesterday but we are still getting the same offshore wind and that's what's causing all of this. we have a marine layer in the seven-day forecast. another hot day above average today. offshore winds down compared to yesterday. they why gusting over the oakland hills now. our camera in oakland is bouncing up and down a little bit. i just checked. it's about 7-mile-per-hour sustained winds. temperatures in oakland 70 degrees. livermore 79. san francisco 75. san jose already in the 80s. santa rosa already in the 80s, as well. here's what's going on. we have that high pressure still and it's just hanging over california. that's what's sending the wind coming off of the land right towards the coast. but if we look to the future

here, we have this low way out there in the pacific. that's expected to head towards us eventually and that shifts our weather. it's going to cause our temperatures to cool off. we are going to have to wait for it. temperatures highs in mountain view, 90, 88, 85 union city. afternoon highs in the east bay in the upper 80s to low 90s for some spots. now, don't expect to break records today. a lot of folks did yesterday like santa rosa and napa. temperatures still will be in the mid- to upper 80s right around the bay. low 90s as we head further north. cloverdale 90 degrees today. ukiah at 89 for your afternoon highs. so where does this stand compared to the average temperatures? we should be here. upper 60s, low 70s. and instead, we are at low 80s, mid-80s, even low 90s. so about 17 degrees above average for san jose. sunset tonight at 6:18. and here's a look at what we're going to see once we start to get that cooling saturday, sunday. yay!

look at that. we'll have near normal temperatures for san francisco. your seven-day forecast shows this: marine layer could be back next week with 60s at the beaches. >> doesn't look bad for the 31st. >> halloween. >> thanks for reminding me. all right. the music world lost a legend. fats domino died at the age of 89 of natural causes. his signature sound helped define rock and roll. ♪[ music ] i found my thrill on blueberry hill ♪ ♪[ music ] >> antoine fats domino made his chart topper blueberry hill in 1956. he picked up the name fats while playing in louisiana. he was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 1986. he lived in new orleans' ninth

ward with his wife and family until almost losing it in hurricane katrina. he sold 110 million records worldwide over his lifetime. we'll be right back. ♪[ music ]

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time for our tip of the day. tony and stephanie have a pasta recipe. >> reporter: here we're going to make a pasta dish with beautiful tomato. >> we are running out of time to make tomato dishes but around this time of year they are bursting. >> great flavor. >> so the great thing i like using these for pasta sauce is because they have a lot of pectin so they make them with starch and cream. it's made with a creamy looking sauce with the pasta water. >> bucatini on there. i like that because these are kind of a chunky sauce. and also, it's nice to coat it. it goes inside of it. it's really great. and then we roast it up -- grab that. we roasted up some garlic but we'll add that in now. i don't want to overcook this. i want to bring it back to

temperature. if you overcook it, it will get soggy. >> beautiful. makes such a beautiful sauce. >> it does. it coats it. the bucatini has already changed color to this nice orange. >> i love how you make that turn when you plate it up. >> i do the yellow tomatoes earlier only something like five minutes. not much earlier. i just want them to really start to bind. >> all right. >> and then on top of all of that, some olives. >> bucatini pasta with tomatoes. >> i'm so excited. >> i love this. >> so excited, i can't talk. >> oh. the sheriff's office just >> delicious. >> that's so, so great. >> summer is still here.

new information coming in about the kidnapping a person. the sheriff's office released the 911 audio from the woman's husband a year ago when she disappeared. that's it for the news at noon. >> it won't be as hot. it will be cooler at the bay or the beach. maybe lunch outside. we're hungry. let's go.

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