. >> as john ramos reports, they will be looking for something that they say is a better fit for theporter: will some elementary is the latest school to undergo a social reckoning, named after a man who has very little in common with this community. all of the elementary schools in the san leandro unified school district are named after past presidents, but woodrow wilson is a bit of a disconnect. >> it's difficult to support the name of the school that would not be supporting the current community. >> reporter: elected in 1912 as the 20th president, wilson headed up princeton university, guided the nation through world war i, and won the nobel peace prize for creating the league of nations, but he was also an ardent white supremacist, justifying the ku klux klan, and writing about the intellectual inferiority of people of color, saying black people were denied the vote, not because their skin was dark, but because, quote, their minds are dark. that doesn't resonate well at one of the most racially diverse schools in the bay areaa e's name on thsc you things like this. >> that might'

john ramos has the story. >> reporter: the polls may say the recall is in trouble, but with three days left to go before the election, democrats aren't ta ything for granted. anger over mask mandates, closed schools and a dinner at the french laundry put gavin newsom in danger of being recalled. this morning those opposed met for a get out the vote rally focusing on african-american and latino neighborhoods. >> everyone got an absentee ballot. we have to make sure they turn it in. >> reporter: it is a turn out game. democrats are the majority, but all along recall supporters have seemed to be more motivated. >> the enthusiasm for yes on recall is very high and like i said i think it has been high. it isn't just building. it's been very high. i think that it hasn't gotten any better for the governor during the course of his recall. >> reporter: polls now show the recall effort losing by 22%. still, democrats and union leaders are concerned about complacency and gathered in san jose dispatching workers door to door to get out the vote. the fact that liz schuller, president of the afl-cio

. >>> i'm john ramos in oakland.cial that mills college has been acquired by another university, we ask what the future holds for this institution. we will have that story, coming up. >>> after a summer robbed by smoke and wildfire, south lake tahoe is back open for business, what you need to know if you are >>> you are watching kpix 5 musa 5:30. >>> right now on kpix 5, and streaming on cbsn bay area. more local news at 5:30. cleaning the air one car at a time. the program offering cash for older cars. >> major changes for oakland mills college, one of the few all women's colleges left in the u.s. >>> first a heads up, business owner on it in the south bay. his call to police may have prevented a terrible tragedy. good evening, i'm elizabeth cook. >> i'm allen marsden. >>> a southbay man is being honored for preventing what authorities say could have been a mass shooting. ken bastida has details. >> reporter: the eye, allen, the santa clara county da is saying simply there was no massacre thanks to one man who saw s

john ramos explains why. >> the cable cars are an iconic symbol of sentences go. so when they stopped running on thursday, a lot of people are wondering what is going on. >> normal morn around morning turnaround looks like this, jammed with tourists waiting for the cable car to take them halfway to the stars. but, this is what it looks like this afternoon. >> do tourists come here wondering where the cable cars are? >> especially this morning, throughout this morning through part of the afternoon, >> last week, the trolleys stopped dead in their tracks. analytical problem on mesa street triggered the fire suppression system shutting the entire line down that has left the community of ambassadors is not a lot to tell tourists. >> cable cars down for right now. they are waiting for parts coming from somewhere. >> the tourists from l.a. are in town for a baseball game and were disappointed they did not get there right. >> it's a staple in san francisco. is a piece of history. so, we were looking forward to it and it's not here. >> for four days, muni has not had much

kpix 5's john ramos has the story. >> reporter: we are often told we should not forget 9/11 , but how are you supposed to remember something that happened before you were even born? the morning of september 11, 2001 was a watershed moment in america, but most of the students at cal state east bay either weren't born or too young to remember it. >> it something you hear in school and classes when the time is coming up, but i am guessing it was a very terrifying experience. >> reporter: as we approach the 20th anniversary, there's an entire generation of young people who have no personal remembrance of the tragedy. they only know what they have been told. >> what i have been told is like, you know, when 9/11 happened it was the end of the 90s and away. >> reporter: or what happened afterwards. >> i do remember a lot of kids at school would make fun of me for being arabic. they would call me a terrorist. for mac they teach in islamic history class, and at the time, thought 9/11 would open a dialogue about america's relationship with the islamic world. >> and yet, over the 20 years, i hav

in oakland, john ramos, kpix 5. >>> officials are still bit debating the issues at city hall. we will let you know what they decide. >>> a house fire triggered evacuations in a sonoma county neighborhood. those flames erupted at a home in penn grove, and quickly sparked nearby spot fires. chopper 5 was over the scene on hornsby lane, when crews worked to get those flames under control. they scrambled from the ground and air to keep the fire from spreading to other homes in the neighborhood. take a look at this video from the ground, a dramatic scene, a house fully involved and got it. at the end, no one was home at the time. >> thankfully we had crews in the area able to respond quickly, and thankful that we had lots of crews to respond as well when we called upon them. >> we are told one firefighter had minor injuries, but is expected to be okay. no word yet on the cause. >>> many parts of the bay area are dealing with fire danger this evening. here's a live look outside of the bone dry east bay hills. >>> the bay area is really feeling the heat right now, and some parts, coo

john ramos has the story you will see only on kpix 5. >> reporter: the three cubs were evacuated frome a lot of the fire refugees, it may be a while before they get back home. the three orphaned cubs, a young brother and sister and an older female, were all found wandering without mothers in the fire zone. they were sent here to the sonoma county wildlife rescue, a 15 acre shelter which is one of only three in the entire state licensed to take bears. >> when these fires are happening in their country, there's only three places they can send them? >> yes. there are a lot of bears they found. >> reporter: doris duncan kept us well back from the enclosure but they don't want the cubs to become familiar with humans. the best view of them is from the office, watching them on surveillance camera. >> these animals require a tremendous amount of privacy. we don't want them to be accustomed to people and get comfortable and lose their fear of people. these are all really important criteria for them to go back to the wild. >> reporter: today, the cubs were active as the brother and sister playe

. >> i'm john ramos is san francisco. it is low rider day in the city. we'll talk about how far this community has come over the years, coming up. >> >> and the desperate effort to save some of the oldest trees on planet from a massive fire burning in southern california. >> using the ocean as a museum. sounds like a novel idea. the environmental message be >>> we have new video into the newsroom of low raiders parading through san francisco streets. today is officially low rider day in the city and goes beyond these iconic cars. john ramos reports it is emblematic of how far the community has come. >> reporter: the low rider automobile. >> reporter: the low riders took over mission street and to those who were here more than 40 years ago, it felt like old times. it was every friday night. friday and saturday nights. this is what it was. >> reporter: they became a symbol of the latino community and a target of police who considered them to be criminal gangs and harassed them for being on the streets. >> it was blatant racism. we're driving low and slow.

in berkeley my john ramos, kpix 5. >>> the governor has until october 10 to sign or veto the bill. >>e bay area getting much closer to seeing more affordable housing. >> this is unprecedented in u.s. history. no state has ever endeavored to invest these kinds of resources. no state has ever committed to investing these resources with an actual strategy and plan to back it up, but i think, on the basis of those assembled here today in the seriousness of purpose which unites us, there is an intentionality, and a political will. >> governor newsom signed a slew of housing bills in alameda today. it is all part of the states california come back plan. the $22 billion project aims to increase affordable housing. it also creates a housing accountability unit designed to support efforts to create housing. $100 million will go towards grants for homeowners willing to build accessory dwelling units, and $800 million will fund affordable housing projects across the state. >>> a former east bay police officer has been charged for a sexual encounter with a minor. the pinole police department says

. >> in the home of the division leaders, john ramos. kpix5. >> the system was last renovated in the 80's. they are planning a project soon. >> very cool. the price tag would be around $625 million. that's a lot. >>> let's catch you up on the forecast. >> od rning to you. happy tuesday. we are looking at temperatures just a bit warmer for today. then we will cool it down as we look ahead to the rest of the week. the treasure island camera looking at the bay bridge. looking at the temperatures. we are in the other's and 60's. low 60's. concord, livermore, san jose. upper 50's in oakland, mid50's in san francisco and mid51 in santa rosa. we are looking at another hot day inland for today. milder temperatures around the bay and along the coast. as we look to the rest of the week we will see temperatures back down to below average. especially as we go through the end of the workweek into the weekend. temperatures have taken a tumble and that cool andrefreshing marine air. a little bit of haze. it should get better as we looka he'd to your we

in walnut creek, john ramos.x 5. >>> well the same things happening at every car company every dealership in america. the situation is not going to improve until covid is under control and the factories can get up to full production. >>> now at 6:00, what is next for the millions of californians that just lost their federal unemployment and what it means for bay area businesses. >> plus it is warm and hazy in the bay. we will show you where huge crowds managed to escape the smoke. >>> and the new challenge facing bay area food banks that have been helping those in need during the pandemic. >>> and the perception that we are in the pandemic. >> we start with a live look at our nation's capitol. this evening millions of californians will no longer receive federal unemployment benefits. >> now two million californians will have to find a job as they struggle to make ends meet. devin fehely joins trust downtown san jose with the impact on the job market. devon. >> we have been hearing for months from employers that s

. >> kpix 5's john ramos explains the apparent reversal. >> reporter: a surge in violent crime has reopenedether or not more cops mean more safety. a man found shot to death yesterday outside of the coliseum bart station was oakland's 100th murder victim. today, the councilmember introduced a proposal to add two new police academies, when this year and one next. it was a move that the mayor has been advocating as the department has shrunk to 694 sworn officers by the fewest since 2014. >> oakland has the lowest officer per violent crime staffing of any department in america. >> reporter: the council's concern is if the number of cops falls below 678, the city could lose measures the funding, wh

kpix 5 john ramos on the school is now wearing her name. >> reporter: often, visa school renaming efforts have been fraught with anger and controversy, but there was nothing controversial about this one. winepress be in middle school was named for a franciscan missionary. not exactly inspiring stuff for young students. but betty reed's saw skin is like a rock star to them. >> she is like a leader to me. i want to be her they wanted to be someone with a local connection, someone who inspires and his name stands for social justice and equity. >> there was only one name to fit all the criteria and it was not a long debate. >> to bay, on her own centennial, the school was officially rededicated as trance -- betty reid soskin middle school. >> we honor the life you live in the positive example you sent, and the role model you have been for so many. >> reporter: betty has been an eyewitness to american history. she grew up under the bigotry of jim crow, witness to the civil rights struggle, and lived to see and be embraced by america's first african- american president as a park ranger, she pas

. >> john ramos in concord where the southern fall of afghanistan to the taliban has now become a localstory. we will have that story coming up. >>> two weeks until gavin newsom find out if he will still be our governor. a look at how things could play out in his recall election. >>> still ahead at 5:00, a bay area county looking to the past to bring in much-needed water. >>> kpix 5 is live in madera with that story. kenny? >> reporter: this proposed pipeline project would bring in more water and would stretch all the way across the span of the richmond san rafael bridge behind me, and address part of this water shortage. millions of dollars are being spent on this proposed project already, but there still is no greenlight yet. nearly 200,000 marin county residents rely on the mount watershed for drinking water and other needs. the lack of rainfall for years and maybe many more is drying up the reservoir. >> will run out of water? i've had people reach out to me, very anxious, this is a crisis of biblical proportion. >> reporter: the visible water district approved $2.2 million for cons

in oakland, john ramos, kpix 5. >>> university officials say the move will allow them to continue offering graduate and undergraduate degrees. they also say establishing a mills institute on campus will further the school's commitment to issues of gender equity. >>> we now know how many refugees will be settling in california. the state department says more than 5200 will arise in the golden state in the first group of nearly 37,000 evacuees. that is more than any other state. millions of afghans fled afghanistan during the final days of the chaotic u.s. withdrawal last month. >>> this evening, and epic traffic backup after a deadly accident along the notorious stretch of highway one which happened just south of the doubles lied tunnel. authority say a car went over the cliff. here's video into the newsroom from emergency crews, they arin weekend. cars are at standstill backed up for miles, there is no word yet on when it will reopen. >>> just into our newsroom, a water main break has flooded a street in sentences goes out her mission district, video from a citizen at shows water gushing d

. >>> i'm john ramos at cal state east bay. we now have an entire generation people too young to remember 9/11, so what are they being taught, and how is it changing our perception of the event. >>> how the caldor fire could impact the blue waters of lake tahoe. >>> still ahead here at 5:00 -- >>> overall the south bay is not doing a great job in terms of conserving water. emergency planning for kids. we can't predict when an emergency will happen. so that's why it's important to make a plan with your parents. here are a few tips to stay safe. know how to get in touch with your family. write down phone numbers for your parents, siblings and neighbors. pick a place to meet your family if you are not together and can't go home. remind your parents to pack an emergency supply kit. making a plan might feel like homework, but it will help you and your family stay safe during an emergency. >>> south bay communities are consistently falling short of water conservation goals as the drought worsens. some areas are even seeing water use

. >> reporter: john ramos, kpix 5. >>> fire maps updates its renderings each time major work is done, and they say that could be valuable for mincing insurance companies to continue coverage in those high risk areas. >>> now at 6:00, a crew of small fires are being investigated as suspicious. the fires broke out around 10:00 p.m. last night, and were put out by midnight. all of the fires were located around 2 to 3 miles north and west of healdsburg. six of them were on mill creek road. some of the fires reached as much as 2 acres in size. because the fires were suspicious, law enforcement is patrolling the area. state senator mark mcgwire is urging anyone with security footage in the area to check with the sheriff's office. >>> still ahead on kpix 5 news at 6:00, and cbsn bay area -- >>> some encouraging numbers from around california raising some new questions. is the worst of the pandemic behind us, and is delta the worst variant threat we are going to face? >>> a group of south bay parents fighting to get their children out of classrooms once again. >> >>> on the fight against coro

. >>> firefighters not just getting physically fit >>> you are watching john ramos news at 5:30. a >>> right now on kpix 5, and streaming on cbsn bay area, the caldor fire wipes out an entire sierra community . the town were only a few homes still stand. >>> bay area firefighters are certainly in tip top shape, but what about their mental health? the new tips for managing stress amid challenging fire season. >>> rewriting the rules of the road. soon a stop sign in california may not mean the same things to drivers as cyclists. good evening. i'm elizabeth cook. >>> allen martin. the stop sign is one of the most recognizable symbols in the world. its meaning is completely clear. >> but california is on the verge of letting cyclists sail on through. >> reporter: we spoke to some cyclists in berkeley about the new law, and there is a mixed reaction. the cyclists told us that there are certain scenarios where they could see it would be a benefit for everyone on the road race, but there are other scenarios where they saw that looking at a stop sign like a yield sign could be very probl

. >>> i'm john ramos in san >>> you're watching kpix 5 news at 5:30. >>> right now on kpix 5, streaming on cbsn bay area. more local news at 5:30, including a problem with san francisco's iconic cable cars out of service. >>> a possible game changer in the fight against covid-19. how soon kids could be eligible for the vaccine. >>> first at 5:30, a heartbreaking story of businesses that have reopened their doors after the pandemic lockdowns, but then did not survive. >> good evening, i'm elizabeth cook. >> i'm allen martin. some businesses still struggling are women and minority owned. kpix 5 len ramirez live in san jose with the results of an eye- opening business survey, lem? >> reporter: the survey was done by facebook which surveyed all of the small businesses around the world that use its platform. it found that just like the pandemic itself, latino owned businesses continue to be some of the hardest hit and the slowest to recover. >> we lost one of our businesses on this street. >> reporter: bonnie alvarez can count several mostly latino owned small businesses that have closed on

immigrant rights advocates taking to the streets of sonoma county and a show of support for do john ramoslk the walk in the immigration debate. >> reporter: it wasn't that long ago that immigrant bashing was more overt but at least it was part of a discussion and today things have quieted down a lot, but quiet isn't always what you want when you are trying to change things. >> we are walking 12 miles in the name of the 12 million undocumented and we have waited long enough and it has been decades and decades. >> reporter: about 100 immigrants and their advocates took off and for our march from santa rosa to the town of healdsburg. in a show of organized strength, they passed by restaurants and vineyards cultivated and harvested by immigrant workers and the intention was to urge local leaders both in congress and county government to work

plus -- >>> i'm john ramos in san leandro. another school, another name change, as a social justice reckoning continues. we will have that story coming up. >>> fresh off clinching a playoff spot last night, the giants take on the potteries as they get to work trying to take care of the n.l. west. cool and breezy as the fog rolls in, and we look ahead to a rain chance in the extended forecast, coming up. ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ >>> a road improvement project in the south bay is getting new pushback from residents. it involves removing several trees along busy middlefield road and shoreline boulevard in mountain view. kpix 5's max darrow says some neighbors are not happy. >> reporter: there's a plan in place here in mountain view to add more traffic lanes to shoreline boulevard to accommodate traffic as a neighborhood gross, but now there is growing pushback to the plan, and it has to do with the trees. the inter

well, number one, john ramos spain at the final pga tournament. currently finishing a shot clear for him to win the fedex cup title in atlanta. to renew that robbery next month. okay, that is high sports is looking for now. thanks so much, andy. well, that's it for me and install this new valve, but don't go away. molina will be here in just a moment with much more today, please. ah, news. news, news. news . it shows the world and changed the us forever, but after a vengeful war and africanist on how much has changed, and at what cost al jazeera looks back on 20 years since the $911.00 attacks talked to al jazeera, we could what gives you hope that there is going to be peace because of the situation on the ground seems to be pointing, otherwise we listen. we were never on whatever road to off migration. we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that imagine on sera, eye, witness accounts, and historical events. from arab israeli conflict and sinai. i witness dissident 1st hand from beginning to end to espionage and the occupied we

j tools, season and events when the ball and john ramos is closest rival at the championship and one and senior from a 3 point lead over the u. s. stuff that they want to be so on kept there and see what actions that come europe or the writing champions after they went in scotland 2 years ago. on a few minutes time, the closing ceremony, the paralympics will get in the way in tokyo house japan want to go metals on the funnel. they have competition with shawna finishing on top of the middle table. overall, the head of the international parliamentary committee has admitted to having continuous stance over whether the event could or should have taken place to to cove it 90. there were many times when when we thought these games cannot happen, even before the post bomb and after the performance. but if i may, again, i would like to highlight just the fact that from the japanese side we all had the support. they were solid firm, they were always assertive, they were always positive. we are going to the leave these games maxed up and we'll be hoping home support can help him to victory the

john ramos explains how, why and what people think about it. >> the golden gate national recreation area is part of the park system built for the benefit of the people but now it looks like the people who use the parks are going to be called upon to help contribute. >> this is national public lands day, a day when all national parks are free to visit. baker beach with a spectacular view of the golden gate bridge is always free but it may not be true for much longer for those who drive here. they want to begin charging three dollars per hour up to $10 per day to park which is not going over so well for those that are used to it being free. >> some people are not able to afford even coming out and that would be another criteria where they will not be able to come and enjoy it. >> the fees will be charged at baker beach, china beach, stinson beach, rodeo beach, lands' end, navy memorial and for concrete and the port district says it needs the money for basic necessities like trash collection and janitorial services. >> we are looking at the fees as a last resort for the cost that have drama

. >> reporter: in union city, john ramos, kpix 5. >>> the union city flight 93 memorial was built in 2007 and now holds observances every five years. the next one is scheduled for 25th anniversary in 2026. >>> still ahead on kpix 5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, the historic service at a bay area church today and how it is marking a new chapter of inclusivity. >>> how the tragic events of 9/11 are inspiring people of 9/11 to give back today. >> they came together. they worked together as a team. they tried to do something and they came close. >> after 10, 20 years after sacrificing his own life to save countless others, we'll look at the lasting legacy of the bay area hero of 9/11. >>> in the forecast, some parts of the bay area warmed up as much as nine degrees up in the north bay. we didn't all do that much, but it was warmer today. we'll look ahead to tomorrow and so what you can expect for sunday as a result of that coming up. >>> san jose police are looking for a shooter who gunned down two people overnight. it happened near cadillac drive and winchester boulevard around 11:30.

immigrant rights advocates taking to the streets of sonoma county and a show of support for do john ramos reports on their effort to walk the walk in the immigration debate. >> reporter: it wasn't that long ago that immigrant bashing was more overt but at least it was part of a discussion and today things have quieted down a lot, but quiet isn't always what you want when you are trying to change things. >> we are walking 12 miles in the name of the 12 million undocumented and we have waited long enough and it has been decades and decades. >> reporter: about 100 immigrants and their advocates took off and for our march from santa rosa to the town of healdsburg. in a show of organized strength, they passed by restaurants and vineyards cultivated and harvested by immigrant workers and the intention was to urge local leaders both in congress and county government to work harder to provide the undocumented with legal resident status. >> we work the hardest jobs here. we maintain the wine industry here. we deserve a path to citizenship and safe and healthy workplaces. >> reporter: she said maki