putting a multi-billion dollar bond measure to install new hvac systems at school facilities leanne melendezs. all right, but think we're coming to the end of the hot stretch sandia. please. give us some good news. let's get out of this. okay. i have great news for you after this prolonged heat wave tomorrow's day seven. we're done. okay, larry and alma. let me show you live picture. i know it has been intense. it has been brutal. we're almost there exploratorium cameras showing you blue skies right now by the way, the weather service just put out their official record report gilroy 110, san jose 104 both new records for today. they decided not to go with the record for livermore. so that's the update. here's a look at the temperatures triple digits in fairfield and conquered and santa rosa still. it is 96 in napa and 102 degrees still in livermore. so still hot from our santa cruz camera. we're looking at the beach. how come we weren't invited? that's all i have to say. we're really good cool. love there 72 in the city oakland 83 degrees. we're in the upper 90s, palo alto san jose 64 and a

here is abc 7 news reporter leanne melendez.wners knew not to charge their car. bequest was made by the independent system monitor which monitors real-time grid conditions. >> i did not hear it, so i did not know about it. reporter: once we told ahmad of fremont, he immediately opted for charging his ev closer to midday, putting less demand on the grid. >> yeah, if i had known there was an alert, i would do it, because probably it is going to cause problems somewhere else. outages. reporter: but most people, 80% of ev owners, charge their vehicles after work, when they get home. >> the result of that is going to be that the greatest good have to be quite a lot larger. ab 20, 30% larger, just to meet that extra demand. reporter: that is david victor of the uc san diego school of global policy and strategy who says california will have to expand the electrical grid to accommodate the demand for more ev's. people, he says, will also have to be more flexible with their charging times. >> what we need to do is convince people to move

efficiency fund which rate payers already pay into which by the way continues to grow in san francisco leanne melendezws. all right. let's go back and talk a little more about the weather and amma finally some relief. we have been counting down the days sandia. i know it has been such a long stretch of this heat wave. it's over after today. okay, that's the great news alma dan right now behind me. there is a tinge of haze in the air as the air quality is suffering because of the smoke from the mosquito fire now, i do want to turn your attention to something pretty big which is tropical storm k lashing out at southern california. they're getting soaked with rain. they have flood watches there. they also have wind warnings there because tropical storm k will continue to impact them going into the weekend. it is packing 40 mile an hour winds and the track takes it away from the southern california coast over the next few days. it weekends pretty rapidly to a depression. but here's the deal. there's all this deep moisture that's got to go somewhere and it's gonna go into southern california like it is rig

in the newsroom leanne melendez abc 7 news leanne. thank you certainly events, like yesterday's shooting are sobering reminder that thousands of people have fallen victim to gun violence whether you have lost a loved one have been a victim of gun violence yourself or feeling the emotional toll of these incidents we have ways that we can try to help you a lot of resources for you visit abc7news.com/take action moving on bart is getting back on schedule after an earlier delay at the dublin pleasanton station at about 1:30 this afternoon, please responded to reports of a suspicious device inside the station blue line trains were diverted and riders head to use a bus bridge but police gave the all clear pretty quickly and the station reopened just about an hour later oakland school shooting victims a recovering and some are back home tonight. you're going to hear about one man's brush with death and florida is feeling ian's fury tonight as it gains hurricane strength again. stay with us. is 7 news at 5 will be right is 7 news at 5 will be

i'm live in san leandro leanne melendez abc 7 news land. thank you police in oakland or investigating a shooting in the city's little saigon neighborhood happening around 9:30 last night on east 12th street near 12th avenue officers found evidence of a shooting at the scene, but say the victim had gotten their own ride to the hospital before they arrived that person is listed in stable condition this latest shooting took place just five blocks from where a dentist was killed last month and about four miles from uber driver was killed in an armed robbery in july. still ahead here a day of action focusing on preventing gun violence and promoting safety in schools. you're going to hear from students and local lawmakers about this issue plus more than a dozen teachers out sick and students calling parents to leave school early. we'll tell you about the problem at one east bay campus abc 7 news at 5 5 will be right back. i'm mark and i live in vero beach, florida. my wife and i have three children. ruthann and i like to hike. we eat healthy. we

putting a multi-billion dollar bond measure to install new hvac systems at school facilities leanne melendez abc 7 news. yet another challenge for teachers and schools. you can keep track of the temperatures anytime in the weather on demand section of our abc 7 bay area streaming tv app download on roku apple tv, amazon fire and google tv. now to the death of queen elizabeth britain's longest reigning monarch. she passed away today at the age of 96 family rushed to her side earlier after doctors announced they were concerned about her health mourners flocked to buckingham palace to pay their tributes to her majesty some in tears many laying flowers the crowds saying both god saved the queen and god saved the king uk's national anthem is changed to match the reigning monarch, which is now queen elizabeth eldeston charles earlier today a rainbow appeared over buckingham palace as mourners. remember the queen's life and legacy. we're proud. we're proud of her. we're proud of what she's done for us. she's just been steadfast for everything. i think everyone here probably has got the same opinion

real political change in this country in san rafael leanne melendez abc 7 news and abc news is honoringd latin american heritage month tonight with sullivanation mi gente groundbreakers and change makers it all starts tonight at 10:00 then you can watch it again streaming on hulu starting tomorrow. make sure you check that out. all right. well check this out another gorgeous day around here. yeah, although i wasn't sure what to make of it is like the sun would score make up your mind is what you telling mother nature, right? yeah, dan, and i'm a temperature is below average. the wind has been coming in coming off the ocean and that's what brought about the cooler air, but then at times like mama said the sun came out and you're wondering if you really need to take off that sweatshirt or put it back on. hey, let's tell you something exciting. all right. i know it's summer we have rain chances in the forecast. it's a level one system right now. best possibility of rain is going to be sunday monday. although we do have slight chances on saturday and on tuesday as well right now. we do have

in san francisco, leanne melendez abc7 news. ssues for decades. you can get in touch with her online. for twitter, facebook and internet -- instagram handles are on your screen. ama: studying in scorching heat is a challenge that some students living at cal state east will experience first-hand. many of the dorms do not have air conditioning. as our reporter explains, the university is making plans to help students find cool places the study. >> on top of this hill, cal state east students and not have to worry about how temperatures. this weekend will be different. >> it is only a heater. i'm not sure i know the technical parts, we don't have ac reporter: this freshman says his dorm only has fans, no ac. he will have to find cool weather somewhere else on campus. >> i will go to the library because we do not have ac. reporter: the university is telling students not to exhaust themselves or getting to class. >> have a very large campus. students have to walk between buildings. pace yourself, take your time. h cal state east bay s

in the newsroom leanne melendez abc 7 news. >> you might recall that earthquake that jolted santa rosat week. apparently it brought some good with it. a creek back to life, the quake shook loose a water source. experts say the water level has risen six inches and the creek's water is flowing seven times as previous rate. >> it may befall, but winter is coming according to the uc berkeley central sierra snow lab. they posted this video of snow mixed with rain coming down at about 6800 feet. we love seeing this. we had early rain and now early snow. >> i woke up to wet patios in oakland this morning always welcome. >> i looked out the car had raindrops, it sprinkled this morning while i was swimming. not quite time to queue being crosby in white christmas, let's take a look at radar. you look for the blue and white and there was some thunderstorms. pretty impressive early in the season, this is the way it looks, you can see the storms from the inland east bay camera, that is elmer peake and east bay hills looking off to the east we do not have the vertical development that we need for he

leanne melendez, abc7news.at needs to be done to make these zero omission dreams a reality. to check out the full special called california dreaming, go to the abc 7 bay area streaming tv app. tv app. we will what's the difference between prop 26 and prop 27? 26? not one dime to get people off the streets and into housing 27 generates hundreds of million to help solve homelessness. the choice is clear yes on prop 27. what's the difference between prop 26 and prop 27? 26 is a money grab that doesn't guarantee a cent for non-gaming tribes. 27 requires 15% of all state revenues go to non-gaming tribes. the choice is clear. yes, on 27. larry: dan has a death-defying story. reporter: something spotted in the backyard of my home yesterday. it's an important reminder of one of the possible dangers when the weather gets this hot. check it out. >> there he is right there. reporter: a rattlesnake removed late last night by joe from j&r reptile rescue. it was found after my wife spotted it curled up in an empty planter. y

let's go to abc 7 news reporter leanne melendez. she's been reporting live for since this started from the east oakland campus, leanne. yeah, well, we're at the area where parents were picking up the kids. so if you could imagine dan envision this the school is about half a mile away. so shortly after 12 o'clock or so. you know hundreds of students were led by their teachers staff also police officers escorted here to this safe place. it's the parking lot of a church. again about half a mile away so they can be picked up by their parents or relative. they have of course all been picked up since then, but it was a very emotional moment for everybody here, but i want to point out something that the spokesperson for the oakland unified school district john sasaki touched upon regarding security now a lot of you may remember or perhaps not that in 2020 the oakland unified school board voted to eliminate their own police department now oakland unified was one of those few rare school district that had its own police department. well that

real political change in this country in san rafael leanne melendez ab c's abc news is honoring hispanic and latin american heritage month tonight with soul of a nation mi gente groundbreakers and changemakers it airs at 10 pm. you can watch it again streaming on hulu starting tomorrow. san francisco's bayview hunters point neighborhood will be home to the city's newest park the recreation and parks department broke ground today on the future india basin waterfront park construction begins. an 18-month environmental cleanup of the land shore and water india basin waterfront park will be located near hunters point boulevard and haas street. that's named suggests. the park is right along the water. it will include two new piers of floating dock and historic marine rails. it is amazing to be here literally in one of the most beautiful blade bays on the planet and to know that this shoreline is continuing to be restored and made more accessible to this neighborhood is one of those things that i think is a dream we never dared to imagine i think many of us, construction will include the rehab

the idea is to start working now on making it a heat proof city in san francisco leanne melendez abcyeah, and it sounds like by what we can expect over the next couple days. we needed to be a he proof city even though san francisco is not that bad compared to surrounding cities. that's true karina. we'll probably have highs in the upper 70s maybe around 80, but we could use some heat proofing across the rest of the region. that's for sure because we have a an excessive heat warning it effect. it goes into effect of our morning at 11 o'clock. it'll be an effect until 8 pm tuesday for virtually all of the bay area except those locations right around the bay shore line and on the coast high temperatures will be up to our perhaps even above 107 degrees under these conditions. of course. temperatures mainly in the mid-60s, but as you push farther inland to the east we have current temperature readings in the mid 70s at this hour of the night his view from our rooftop camera looking across the embarcadero where the wind is calm. so that's making it feel even warmer and more uncomfortable f

land melendez is in the newsroom with more on the project and leanne wyatt took so long. well, dan, those who qualify and trust me, there will be many will be selected through a lottery system now new york city has been building affordable housing for teachers for decades now. san francisco is so late to the game because of the politics number one and 20 years ago when they were about to build the first complex of 45 unit building in the sunset. we didn't have the kind of affordability crisis that we have today. the san francisco school district owns the land where the old francis scott key. annex was located in the sunset district in 18 months. the new housing development will look like this 135 units to be rented exclusively to teachers and staff of the school district if you're teaching our kids in san francisco, you should be able to raise your kids in san francisco. people attending today's groundbreaking ceremony said it was long overdue that may be so but you have to remember that the concept of building teacher housing was proposed nearly 20 years ago with the con

one trying to diffuse any kind of conflict to make sure there is no retaliation in the newsroom leanne melendezabc 7 news. let's hope there's not leanne. thank you very much. obviously, this is a very important story and we'll keep you informed about how the survivors are doing and whether the suspects have been caught you'll find the updates on our website abc7news.com and through our abc 7 bay area app. i'm meteorologist sandia patel hurricane ian getting ready for another landfall. i'll have the very latest path plus to look at which direction our temperatures are going here locally as we head into the weekend when abc 7 news at 6 weekend when abc 7 news at 6 cont don't mind me. i'm just the flu. i'm quite harmless, really. and when people ask, “but aren't you linked to dangerous flu complications, like pneumonia, heart attack, and hospitalizations?” i just say, “but, i'm just the flu.” it's him! who? i'm just the flu! fight the flu with sanofi flu vaccines, which help prevent flu in older adults. they've even been shown to provide better protection from flu-related complications compared to

today is the same as it was in 2013 prepare students for the work of the future in san francisco leanne melendez abc 7 news. leanne has been reporting on bay area school issues for decades and it is why she is our senior education reporter you can get in touch with her online her twitter facebook and instagram handles are all right there on your screen. puerto rico is under a state of emergency after hurricane fiona knocked out power to the entire island many areas are still recovering from hurricane maria five years ago a sarah bn now the region is coping with hurricane fiona. i never thought that we would be here again, maria acevedo campbell is president of san jose's puerto rican civic club a nonprofit that jumped into action five years ago to help people living through the nightmare that hurricane caused they were able to get boots on the ground faster than most large organizations. we help ricky martin with the distribution of thousands of bags of food. we had a great outpour of love from the santa clara county from the bay area everyone helped and people remember that now they're hoping t

the idea is to start working now on making it a heat proof city in san francisco leanne melendez abcr day holiday weekend the losses followed a rally that came after the august jobs report showed moderate growth the dow fell nearly 338 points the nasdaq dropped about 155 and the s&p 500 lost about 43 points to close the week just under 4,000. the inflation reduction act has a lot in it for consumers. so, how do you make it work for your family 7 on your side's michael? finney is taking a deep dive into that and has the information for you now michael dan. i took a deep dive into a very shallow pool of information. there's a lot we do not know that no one knows the inflation reduction act of 2022 has 730 pages. we are still waiting for guidance from the irs and some lawmakers and we won't get some of that information for at least another year. however, there are some decisions to be made now that can save you and your family money. it comes to cash savings. there are two main concerns for consumers home energy savings and money for buying an electric or alternative energy automobile.

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efficiency fund which rate pairs already pay into which by the way continues to grow in san francisco leanne melendezews. well happening today bart is having a party to celebrate 50 years of service here in the bay area and you're invited it's happening at the lake merritt station in oakland from 11 to 4 today. bard says it's 50th birthday party and family fun. festival will include food trucks music games prizes and the opening of a time capsule now if you need a ride to get to the celebration bart is also offering a 50% discount on fares for this entire month as a thank you to writers. still ahead on abc 7 mornings for the first time stanford has inducted an all-w. omen's fame where the timing is extra special. and here's a live look atop our roof camera. you can see sunrise in the beautiful shot of the bay bridge i cool down is coming this weekend and francine lawson will have that forecast in just a few minutes. living with metastatic breast cancer means being relentless. because every day matters. and having more of them is possible with verzenio. the only one of its kind proven to help you live

thing to hold on to is that the heat in san francisco is but a fleeting thing in san francisco leanne melendezabc 7 news you can check temperatures anytime in the weather on demand section of the abc 7 bay area streaming tv app downloaded for roku apple tv, amazon fire and google tv. evacuation orders are in for those living in the path of the mill fire they have now been lifted that fire burning in siskiyou county is 40% contained the california department of forestry and fire protection says the fire has grown by less than 10 acres since yesterday. it's burned about 4,200 acres overall though and 100 buildings. 66 year old woman and a 73 year old woman both died in the fire, but authorities have not released their names. they're currently more than a dozen fires actually burning across california. take a look. one of the biggest is the mountain fire also in siskiyou county so far this fire season nearly a quarter of a million acres have burned in the state of california. holiday travel the return home from holiday weekend crowded roads crowded planes too changing labor laws. the new bills si

will happen to that mural one of three by rivera located in san francisco abc 7 news reporter leanne melendezrivera in 1931. its home has always been the san francisco art institute on chestnut street, but that same institution which operated for 150 years closed in july due to a series of financial hardships one week before they did conservators had just finished restoring the mural historian will maneus prefers the term conserved conservation means you clean it up and you take care of the little glitches you in pain them and all that in the meantime. i know the murals in good shape, but the public's access to the mural is now in question. there is also an effort to preserve the institutes historical archives documents like these two copies of what was paid to rivera for the mural a check for 2500 and another for 500 which was a lot of money at that time. that's jeff gundersen of the art institute today the mural may be worth an estimated 50. the university of california owns the land and the building and was in a lease agreement with the art institute. now the mural could be detached and tr

land melendez is in the newsroom with more on the project and leanne wyatt took so long.fy and trust me, there will be many will be selected through a lottery system now new york city has been building affordable housing for teachers for decades now. san francisco is so late to the game because of the politics number one and 20 years ago when they were about to build the first complex of 45 unit building in the sunset. we didn't have the kind of affordability crisis that we have today. the san francisco school district owns the land where the old francis scott key. annex was located in the sunset district in 18 months. the new housing development will look like this 135 units to be rented exclusively to teachers and staff of the school district if you're teaching our kids in san francisco, you should be able to raise your kids in san fr

melendez witness. it's the so-called backpack peddling that is proving hard to stop leanne. that's right. so we went we saw and the program i have to say is having some success. but it's those backpacks who shoplift and almost immediately try to sell the items on the street. they and those who buy the stuff and try to resell them continue to break the law and continue to be a challenge to law enforcement. the corner of 24th admissions streets has always been bustling with people selling goods after the city demanded permits. the sidewalks now seem less crowded to date the city has issued 49 permits in almost all cases. the city has waived the $430 fee. so you got a permit vendors like jose escalante were more than happy to show us their permit. a lot of folks are very happy that finally, you know, the city is doing something to restore some sort of, you know order and systems so that it's not what it has been it's been off but as we witness its nearly impossible to make everyone comply. it's the so-called backpack peddlers that continue to break the law rafael gutierrez told me he sees it

melendez has been talking to parents and other community members there at a nearby church where the parents and kids have been reunifying together leanne. i know you've seen some powerful reaction to what's happened today. yeah, you know liz and this is their reality teachers and staff are trained to escort their students when there is an active shooter involved and this is exactly what happened today. you know, they did it in an orderly fashion. the school is about the campus is about half a mile away from here and you know, this was where parents were told come and pick your students keller and mountain the intersection. it was very busy for what for a long time. and especially when we arrived and when we first got here, you know the teachers and staff were very concerned because they asked us please give the students a little bit of space and and absolutely we understand that and we also understand that the teachers and the staff and the principles also needed their own. to at what? we are experiencing too often here with children taking violence as their measure of addressing their issues is it's not healthy and it has not served o