live in south san francisco, amy holly field, abc 7 news. >> sign of the times, isn't it? thank you. >>> developing news now, a south bay school is trashed, windows broken, furniture wrecked. investigation into who vandalized the school is underway. today, that school is shut down. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live in san jose. matt? >> reporter: 111 students are elsewhere right now. here at the school, they are replacing windows damaged thursday morning. this is just the beginning of the repairs and massive cleanup. may 4th was going to be a special day, tomorrow, the preschool and kindergarten, their annual starwars party. rather than a celebration, it was sadness. the school's owner arrived after 6:00 a.m. thursday. >> the amount of devastation and destruction that went down in this room is just -- it's so senseless. >> reporter: the school was vandalized, rooms ransacked. furniture destroyed. windows broken. >> like a hurricane hit. they have destroyed diapers and creams and i mean, they have strewn hot sauce across the carpet. did my best to keep it from the stu

. >> it's teaming up with an app called scoop and abc7 news reporter amy holly field shows you how ity. >> reporter: they are so determined to unclog these highways, they are willing to pay you to car pool. >> there are so many empty seats in cars, you know, that could be filled. and for every filled seat we're essentially taking another car off the road. >> reporter: they have partnered with the app scoop finding commuters going to the same place at the same time and connects them. it costs $5 per ride. but the county will now pay $2 each ride each direction. >> we were thinking about more and scoop said no, let's start with $2. they've done similar things in other bay area communities and feel like $2 has made a difference. >> reporter: they just started car pooling and says he likes it. >> car pooling is a tremendous alternative to bart and other ways to commute to the city. the commute has become onerous and overcrowded. >> reporter: other commuters tell us it sounds like a good idea. >> traffic is insane and anything -- it's worth trying. >> reporter: but they aren't sure it woul

in emeryville, amy holly field, abc7 news. >> well, san francisco's panhandle park is getting some tlc from the city. those old benches thash cracked and decaying are slowly being replaced by new ones. they are getting new bicycle racks with concrete platforms. they are looking to overhaul the panhandle playground. meeting gets underway in the next hour at the park branch library to discuss the improvements. >> is russia a bigger threat than isis? >> russians, who are trying -- who try to destroy the very fundamental of democracy. >> the ongoing investigation into russian ties with the white house and the new person that is being looked into now. >> and the benefit concert plans underway right now for victims of the manchester bo >> announcer: live where you live, this is abc7 news. >> and here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. state regulators say this weekend's water slide accident in dublin was extremely rare. as you can see, a boy flew off the slide causing only minor injuries thankfully. inspectors are now looking at the water levels which could cause hydro planing and the

reporting live in san francisco, amy holly field, abc 7 news. >> thank you so much. may day marches are taking place around the bay area today. here's a look at what's happening outside in oakland this morning. abc 7 news reporter is there tweeting out this video saying it's a ceremony yal blockade at this point. those chained across the door do let people come and go. >> there's another demonstration in ogawa, and more are planned in san jose later today. a full list on the website, abc7news.com. >> protests are not having a traffic impact on the area right know. in the meantime, we have issues, especially on 880 earlier today, two deadly crashes this morning. >> you are tracking this as it unfolded. really tough backup. where do we stand now? >> i want to start things off here, our first deadly crash this morning. we had four fatalities total with three separate issues. this happened near morina boulevard at 1:00 this morning. that heavily damaged vehicle you saw, that was rear ended and sent into a semi. the driver of the vehicle was killed and did die at the scen

amy holly field, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> this was the first car fire to light up the night in brentwood. next door neighbors, to the next story in oakland, police looking for a shooter leaving a man wounded. again, this was a wounding overnight. the victim was in a car when he was struck and taken to highland hospital and in critical, but stable condition. the police have not revealed a motive. >>> a man with dementia is home safe following an all night search. 71-year-old robert ridge walked into his house at 5:30 this morning after hitch hicking from downtown san rafael. 21 members of the search and rescue team and k-9 unit looked for rich. he disappeared shopping with his wife. she went into the mall, and he drove off, leaving a message he was at city hall. the couple's suv was found later with the keys in it. rich was nowhere to be found. we don't know who helped rich get home, but he appears to be okay. >>> the public is getting a look at video showing a deadly shooting involving san francisco police officers at a subway sandwich shop. police showed the video yesterday for the firs

in oakland, amy holly field, abc7 news. house canyon road in fremonte injured at 5:45 this morning. sky 7 was over the crash shortly after it happened on a bridge. both lanes were closed while paramedics worked on the two victims. one major injuries. house canyon road fully reopened just before 8:00 this morning. >> in san jose, the red cross is now helping two families who escaped from a burning home this morning. sky 7 captured some incredible video here before fire crews ardcaveridth ot anoue summer s south of the city's almlu neighborhood. chris nguyen has more on the other problem left behind from the fire. >> reporter: you could see black smoke pouring into the sky. in the aftermath, a homeowner grateful to be alive. >> i heard some popping outside the house. so, when i checked, i saw smoke and that's why i started calling everybody that there's fire. >> reporter: fire crews respond ed just after 11:00 this morning to a one alarm fire on summer street just east of interstate 680. two familieho w this home were able to escape without injury. neighbors applauding the san jose fi

abc7 news reporter amy holly field tells us parents are offering up their own solutions. >> reporter:rotesters and posters. kindergartner treasure thompson was very proud of hers. >> it says, i love mom. >> they also say they have new information, an opinion from a berkeley engineer that lum elementary school in alameda could be saved. proposal from smith engineering said it could be installed quickly and affordably to protect the school in the event of an earthquake. >> we can retrofit this building the way to make it structurally sound. >> reporter: district officials say they ran this new idea by their hired expert and got a different opinion. >> we did ask architects who have been working in the field for decades and we asked our structural engineer if it would be possible. they said it might be possible, but it would be very, very expensive and that it actually would be a two to three-year project and not necessarily an eight-month project. >> reporter: the district says the school needs to be shut down based on several opinions, including three soil engineers who agree there is

live in oakland, amy holly field, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> in the south bay, expect to soon learn the ie decdentity ofn shot and killed last night around 10:00. officers were patrolling the area when they heard gunshots. by the time they found the victim, it was too late. the man was hit at least once and died at the hospital. so far, police have made no arrests. >>> new developments in a story we brought you weeks ago. we are talking about flairing at the refinery, and it's been happening on and off since may 5th, and now it's causing issues for people who live and work nearby. an oil residue dripped in the refinery is coating vehicles. take a look. they are now offering free car wash vouchers and some people are getting sick. >> had one employee throw up. i had sent 30 to the emergency room. we didn't get any notice about anything going on. >> the mayor patterson says she's disappointed with the communication and cooperation between the refinery and the city. the refinery is offline until next month. one report shows gas prices climb with the refinery's delayed restart. zplmplgt

in san francisco, amy holly field, abc7 news. >> we just love that whale video. you can see more of it on our abc7 news facebook page and be sure to share with your friends to show them how perfect it is where you live. >> b.a.r.t. officials today are promising riders they'll have working emergency lights at every station in the event of power outages. the agency is promising the upgrades and inspections after two recent pg&e outages, but stations in san francisco and richmond in the dark. this is what it looked like at the montgomery station on the april 21st when the major black out left parts of san francisco without electricity. emergency lights were supposed to come on, but they didn't. >> we immediately launched an investigation. test every single system at every single station. and what we found was 14 stations didn't have working emergency back up power. >> the agency says it has since installed temporary generators at those affected stations until a permanent fix is in place. >> so, was it racial profiling or maybe a deputy who was just doing his job? up

in south san francisco, amy holly field, abc7 news. >> announcer: now your accuweather forecast withncer christian. >> almost as fast as the wind we have right now. a live look at doppler few clouds. a wind advisory is in effect until 9:00 tomorrow night for virtually all of the bay area, bay and hills mainly, not so much the inland valleys. wind may gust over 45 miles per hour during this period of time. there is a possibility of downed trees and power lines. bear that in mind. it is also an airport weather warning in effect until 3:00 tomorrow morning. wind around some of the airports could gust as high as 60 miles per hour so you can see why that advisory is in effect. tomorrow windy, not only at the coast, but all across the bay area. cooler than average. we'll see high temperatures reaching only into the mid to upper 50s on the coast. only mid 60s in most bay side locations, 70 in m 70 in m 70 in locations. we're using san jose as the trend indicator. mild tomorrow by eight degrees. before temperatures drop off mid week, that will be the pattern around most of the bay area. here