. >> christin ayers reports that linda butler is making an opportunity for others his new priority. >> reporter: it's a sweet were union with friends and family for oakland native dalvin butler back in his hometown after spending seven years teaching high school in hawaii. >> as an educator, we have one of the most important roles and jobs in the world and that's to unlock potential. >> reporter: education has been his passion for himself and others. >> i just got a scholarship. >> reporter: oh in high school he worked at mcdonald's while completing three associates degrees and his diploma. he was on his own living with his aunt after his father passed away and his mom was not able to care for him. >> that was the beginning of a new beginning for me. my teenage self was resilient, determined, persistent because i think it takes a courageous and strong individual to be able to persevere through some of the most difficult obstacles that you can face in your personal life.>> reporter: that and resolve let him to georgetown as an undergrad and then on to johns hopkins for a masters degree

. >>> today, students rising above scholars, struggled as a young teen and christin ayers reports with the inspiration for others with a renewed repter: the classroom is the fun space. >> definitely. each kid has their own necessities but that is what is great about the classroom. >> reporter: she spends her summer as a teaching intern at 826 valencia in san francisco, and educational nonprofit serving under resourced students. it's a job she loves. >> at mmx was important. >> reporter: her parents split when she was small and her mom moved out and suddenly her dad was a single parent. >> really wanted us to have the best we possibly could. a lot of tough love going on in my household. >> reporter: she was always a good student but rebelled and her grades slipped. >> i kind of fell off and i remember getting my first c and not caring about it. >> reporter: she found comfort in sports, taking up wrestling and she found support in the students rising above. >> she helped me see who i was and who i wanted to be. >> reporter: she improved her grades, graduated high school and applied for c

f0 the letters havecome down and christin ayers tells us, a part of oakland is no more. . >> reporter: pertsperts looks different. it is darker, there is no signs and no letters spelling outpertsperts. fans say it is starting to hit them. tonight work trucks streamed out of the parking lot at what was once oracle arena. ter dismantling a logo that had become a part of oakland. >> it is hard to see. f0 especially the warriors have been here for so long. >> that was one of the things i always saw. so it is going to be different not having the sign there. >> reporter: for fans, it is officially the end of an era. e name now a san francisco fixture along with the warriors themselves. the team announced they will kickoff their first pre-season game against the lakers at the new chase center on october 5. it is still a sore spot in the >>hytheye ea lo t raidend this s just s. >> the a's will stay play at the se will the raiders for the 2019 season. and there will be other concerts and events. tonight there are still signs of the brand on the arena south side but soon that will be gone too.

. >> christin ayers has more on the delays. that will affect bart writers as well as drivers.>> reporter: -- riders. >> reporter: you might want to rethink your route, because there are massive delays on the roads and the rams. dan berryman has his saturday all planned out.>> the earliest trained to go to sfo, a flight going to chicago, my daughter going to college. >> reporter: he hoped to leave from lafayette station, but part officials say not so fast. >> no train service between your render -- yorinda and walnut creek stations. >> i have to rethink a lot of my plans. it's going to suck. >> pretty bad. >> reporter: drivers will start to feel the crunch tonight, as part shuts down two lanes of highway 224 to make room for a crane, making multiple upgrades from the antioch to millbrae line, 10,000 feet of train control cables, six switch boxes, and 3 million pounds of rock ballast. >>>>> equipment that has out lived its useful life. -- track equipment. >> it seems like it's never ending, if it is not mechanical, it is one thin

christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> a stretch of 101 is back open in san francisco after a hit-and-run crash tied up traffic for hours. chopper 5 over the scene. the crash caused a truck to slam into the guardrail knocking concrete loose. >>> new video from los angeles coming in. an impatient driver tried to run a psychoest off the road. check it out -- cyclist off the road. check it out. getting out in front of him and slamming on her brakes. at one point she got out of the car. and -- she tumbled off the curb. then she pulled an object out of her car and things got a little scary. >> at that stage i am like what is she going to take out, a gun, a weapon. >> really, we just need better infrastructure and better bike lane systems. >> the cyclist called police and said the case went to court, the driver pled guilty and was sentenced to community service. >> scary. >>> two hours ago, a failed engine seal lead to an emergency for a hawaiian airline flight. oil leaked out causing the causing the cabin to fill with smoke. kpix 5's andria borba with more. >> reporter: passengers boarded the flight

kpix 5's christin ayers was there as they voiced their concerns ahead of the school board's final vote. . >> reporter: tonight isone of the last chances for parents in oakland to speak out about a controversial proposal to merge a high performing school in the oakland hills with a lower performing school. in the flat lands. >> you have failed us. >> let's decide what is best. >> please, don't close my school. >> reporter: tonight parents and teachers urging the board to reconsider. >> you don't have a lot of schools that work in this community. this one does. >> reporter: most in this room stand against a plan to shut down kaiser elementary school in the oakland hills and move the students and teachers. the school district spokesperson says the problem is oakland has too many schools. >> we are trying to get to a point where we are just a more manageable and more efficiently operated school district. >> reporter: and that means cuts that they say should not fall on oakland's most vulnerable. >> if shifts need to be made, then it cannot just be flat land communities that take the hit. >

in albany, christin ayers, kpix5. >>> inside this san francisco theater, a screening of a film about the early days of aids and the heros behind the scenes. including a kpix5 reporter who was determined to tell the story. >>> plus, how one e scooter company is being accused of denying service to the poorer neighborhoods in the bay area. >>> so cool. i haven't seen prices like this ever. >> and a blast from the past. why customers got to experience 1959 for one marvelous day in california. >>> starting next week, you can stream a documentary about an important part of bay area history. there was a special screening tonight. the movie is called five b. and it is about nurses in america's first aids ward right here in san francisco. >> nearly 3,000 cases of aids have already hit this city. half those people have died. >> this documentary stars one of our former stars, former kpix5 political editor hank plante. one of the first reporters to cover the aids crisis here in america. our joe vasquez sat down with hank tonight. >> for me, as one of the first openly gay tv reporters in the coun

kpix 5's christin ayers reports from the scene. >> reporter: tonight oakland police wrapped up their investigation here at the scene of a shoot out that happened in broad daylight and left two men wounded. >> i heard several gunshots. >> reporter: with 30:00 p.m. this afternoon here at -- 2:30 p.m. this afternoon here. four gots and a pause. followed by a rapid -- gunshots and a pause. followed by rapid shots. a business owner knew it was serious when he saw the teenager shaken. >> she ran into the warehouse. and she started crying. >> reporter: he said she begged him to call 911. he hid her inside his shop until police came. >> she was scared for her life. she was running from somebody. i can tell that part. she couldn't talk. she is shaking. >> reporter: it is unclear whether the girl was a witness or an innocent bystander. when authorities arrived they found two men with gunshot wounds. investigators searched a blue honda at the scene but no sign of the shooters. the owner told us as he waited for police a white suv circled the block twice, searching for someone. >> i was squared

but kpix 5's christin ayers shows that she does have a lot of support in oakland. >> reporter: tonight, hundreds of people turned out to this oakland church to see a presidential candidate who is not for her best-selling books, but is still fighting to be taken seriously in the political arena. in auditorium soulful, people sat on the floor of oakland east bay church of religious science. they welcome presidential candidate marianne williamson like a rockstar. >> there's no place i'd rather be than oakland. i feel understood here. >> reporter: being understood is something williamson has struggled with on a national stage. >> this dark psychic force of the collectivized hatred that this president is bringing up in this country. >> reporter: but at the last presidential debate she seemed to find her voice with the proposed policy on reparations for descendents of slaves. >> it's $500 billion, $200-$500 billion' payment of a debt that is owed. that is what reparations is. >> reporter: tonight and oakland county talked ca ra tind hersel a disruptor. it for the people >> reporter: her fans

in oakland, christin ayers, kpix5. >>> on now to the storm watch.orian continues to gather strength in the atlantic. millions are now in the path of a monstrous category 4 storm that is expected to make landfall over the labor day weekend. our chief meteorologist paul deanno is keeping a close eye on this one. >> the forecast track and intensity has changed a lot over the past 24 hours. we are just getting caught up on hurricane dorian now. it is bigger, stronger, it's a category 4 hurricane. it only goes up to 5. with sustained winds up to 140 miles an hour. but, now that landfall in florida is anything but a guarantee. many computer models turn the storm before hitting florida an take it up to the carolinas next wednesday or next thursday. looking at individual computer forecast models, almost every one makes a turn into north florida or keeps the center of the storm offshore. not making landfall in florida. everybody in florida needs to prepare, but this forecast is absolutely changing and trending toward a turn to the north. nikole killion is in

in oakland, christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> a high-speed pursuit cut short due to suspected burglars ranead on into spike strips and san mateo. with the principle of stolen goods. is a look at the suspects. they were spotted after a good samaritan reported the men breaking into a band. police capture the alleged burglars and found this, a car absolutely stuffed with tools. officials suspect they are stolen. though suspects have been booked into the san mateo county jail. >>> a man accused of grabbing multiple women is now under arrest in berkeley. police say william sanchez gomez ride up to the victims on a bicycle . they said happened at least five times over a two week span beginning on july 14. officers arrested the 24-year- old suspect shortly after the last incident . they spotted him on his bike on sacramento street. >>> new audit of oakland police finds that use of force incidents often go unreported. the police department's office of inspector general analyzed nearly 50 encounters from last year, and they found that in at least 17 of the cases, the officers failed to fill out the

in oakland, christin ayers, kpix 5 . >>> president trump is back in washington after the g-7 summit in france. the chinese government has contacted the u.s. and wants to resume negotiations according to president trump. >> china came out that he wants to see a deal made and he wanted to be made under calm conditions, using the word com, i agree with that. >> join michelle griego for the latest developments starting at 4:30. >>> meanwhile house speaker nancy pelosi is speaking out against gun control. she wants the senate to ask on measures that have cleared the house. >> is a national epidemic, we are not taking no for an answer, we are going to persist relentlessly, constantly until we get the senate to say yes. >> tomorrow she will take action against gun control. >>> how they will help save the environment. >>> the bill that will make it possible for parents to give their children medical marijuana at school. >>> and a rare sighting, a black bear in big surf. ♪ it's time for the biggest sale of the year on the sleep number 360 smart bed. you can adjust your comfort on both sides you

berkeley christin ayers kpix5. >>> today in oakland petal fest, it is a bicycle themed family-friendlyent at jack london square including food, sideshows, live music and unicycle lessons running from 11 am until 5 pm. >>> also today the 36th annual fremont festival of the arts, you can find food, wine and music at what organizers call the largest free street festival west of the mississippi. the event is it paseo padre parkway and walnut avenue running today from 10 am until 6 pm.>> let's check the weather and what can the effect of the biggest festival of the mississippi or west of the mississippi? >> let's look at the view over the airport in san jose, look at the tarmac, plenty of sunshine for the south they. clear skies from the camera that looks over san jose which is the way it will look for much of the south bay and much of the peninsula although things start to get more interesting as you look back at the city from treasure island. look at the low bank of clouds, you can see the salesforce tower sticking up above and in fact there is another view from our camera looking back to

christin ayers , kpix 5. >>> the city is one of many others that say the drugstores and big pharma companies has fueled the opioid epidemic. they aggressively pushed addictive drugs on the patients, cbs and walgreens have yet to respond. >>> residents have fewer options for redeeming recyclables. which operates the largest chain of recycling centers is closing stores. the move shatters over 280 locations. and it was about 750 employees without a job. the trouble started brewing for this company about three years ago, when it closed nearly 200 of its recycling centers. >>> the jury trying to decide if they are responsible for the deaths of 36 people. the two men each phase 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter from the warehouse fire. the jury could not reach a verdict in its first two days of deliberations yoe verdict live, as soon as it is announced. >>> coming up, teenager with 1 million followers on youtube it's booted over hate speech. what forced the company to kick her off their platform. >>> police on the lookout for a woman in disguise, accused of using stolen credit cards. safeway a

and bay point, christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> new video come in of a scary b.a.r.t. confrontation. the surface tonight, a man brandishing a knife on board the train. check this out. a rider posted this video on facebook. >> what's up, what's up? [ bleep ] [ bleep ] >> man pulls out a large knife out from his backpack, while others look on in horror. he unwraps this thing and then gets into a struggle with another man, who tried to wrestle it away. the suspect was arrested eventually by bart police. >>> the fbi says it's bringing in reinforcements to help with her investigation into the gilroy garlic festival shooting. how the community continues to try and heal as the investigation continues. >> reporter: tonight, fbi special agent say they are expecting profilers here in gilroy soon who will try to get inside the shooter's had and explain what motivated him to open fire at the garlic festival on sunday. tonight inside a gilroy church, three survivors of the fatal festival shooting told the congregation -- >> barely missed me by a fraction of an inch sunday. >> reporter: how they m

in vallejo, christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> it's going to be another warm day tomorrow . where can we finally expect to feel the heat? >> we are talking about the hot is what arriving both tomorrow and thursday. those will be the two hottest days. very few spots over 100 degrees today. it will be a widespread, triple digit event in lynn tomorrow. two days, and at the heat warming for solano county and also lake county. 90s and 100s widespread tomorrow away from the bay and away from the coast . here fairfield, you will hit 105 this week in morgan hill, 103 degrees , daly city, that's well above average for you. 78 degrees. relatively normal, everybody in the bay area 10 degrees above average. oakland, you will hit 85, san jose 96, and conquered 105 degrees tomorrow, 70 degrees above average. hottest weather inland.- approach some of the warmest weather we've seen all summer, and it will be hot near the water but it will still be well above average. when the temperatures cool down, and we can preview coming up all and about 10 minutes. >>> some new video coming even in smo

in oakland, christin ayers, kpix5. >>> nvidia tonight of a rescue near grizzly bay in solano county, a coast guard helicopter hoisted a 66-year- old man to safety after he was recoissing for more than 20 hours. the man called authorities yesterday telling them his friend went out jet skiing on saturday and never returned. crews found the victim stranded in a cabin suffering from mild hypothermia. he was taken to the hospital, and is expected to be okay. >>> new at 11:00, san francisco eyeing a new location for another homeless navigation center. industrial park on the waterfront, i-280 in the bayview, and tonight, kpix5's joe vasquez reports some neighbors have their doubts. >> reporter: the city wants to build its newest homeless navigation center here in the lot owned by caltrans. there does not appear to be intense opposition but not everything since a great idea. >> we want to know our streets can be safe. >> reporter: a community meeting tonight, neighbors of the proposed new navigation center had questions for city leaders. destreet and use whatever they use. >> reporter: the c