leslie brinkley is digging into what is at stake. >> a group called seven hills ranch is spearheading an effort to stop the structure of 30 acres here, which some have dubbed a rossmoor junior. if built, it would support views of mount diablo from 354 housing units, most of them apartment style buildings with parking garages. >> there's also an element where they are single-story buildings, looking kind of like villas. >> the city of walnut creek would weigh in on a list of concerns, including affordability and traffic. >> traffic concerns, if there were a significant development, the impact to the neighborhood. >> my biggest issue is the impact on the environment, density, how many trees they will take out. close to 400, 300 of which are a special species, highly protected, oak trees. >> the developer pointed out what could make this a cutting-edge retirement community with a new medical facility. >> the unique aspect is the health care center next to the main campus, which includes assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing. as residents age and need higher care, their conven

thanks for the update leslie brinkley reporting live in alamo. governor newsome came to san francisco today to announce an emergency order requiring all students to get the covid-19 vaccine. want to get this behind us get this economy moving again. make sure our kids never have to worry about getting a call saying they can't go to school the next day because one of the kids are a staff member we're tested positive. the new mandate will take effect. once the vaccine is fully authorized by the fda for younger age groups. it is expected to be sold out in two phases with students in grade 7 through 12 expected to be vaccinated by july of next year based on current fda timelines. there's no real timeline for kindergarteners. sixth graders as the fda has not approved the vaccine yet for even emergency use in children younger than age 12, although that's expected to come soon. the governor is expecting backlash over the new order if you want to attack someone attack me, i was the first governor of the country to acquire masking for all our public school

leslie brinkley is looking into what is at stake. a group called save seven hills ranch is spearheading an effort to stop construction of a senior community, what some in the group does -- it would views of mount diablo from 354 housing units, most of them apartment style buildings with parking garages. >> there is an element where there are single-story buildings that look like villas. leslie: the city of walnut creek would weigh in on a list of concerns including affordability and traffic. >> traffic concerns, if there were to be a significant development, what the impact would be. >> my issue is the impact on the environment and the density and how many trees they will take out, if they will take out close to 400, 300 of which are special species, highly protected oak trees. leslie: the developer pointed out what could make this a cutting-edge retirement community with a new medical facility. >> the unique aspect is the health care center we build right next to the main campus, which includes assisted living, memory care and nursi

reporter leslie brinkley digs into the dilemma. reporter: the state wants to make it easier for single-family homeowners to build adu's otherwise known as in law units, or their property. but up on these twisty narrow roads in the east bay hills, more people living and parking and potentially blocking emergency vehicles is a big concern. >> there is a one formula fits all for the entire state, and basically, cities have been stripped of their ability to use land use planning. reporter: she says in berkeley just is not the same as bakersfield when it comes to building adu's. that is why she is pushing an ordinance before the city council tonight. >> i am not suggesting that we prohibit adu's, i am suggesting that we limit the number to one rather than two. it is a tiny baby step. reporter: the worry is another firestorm like the one in 1991. more people living in hills means more cars stuck in bottlenecks, trying to >> we saw it in the 91 fire in oakland, in the tunnel fire. we saw it in paradise. we saw it just a few weeks ago in s

i'm leslie brinkley abc 7 news. moving on we are on storm watch tonight as the bay area braces for the next round of rain that's coming in. this is a live look now north from our camera in emeryville and while everything is dry at the moment. that's all about to change later this evening and abc 7 news meteorologist, sandhya patel is here with a forecast. we've been waiting for sandy. absolutely dan beneficial rain coming our way. so let me show it to you the storm on live doppler 7. it's a light level one storm. it is going to be moving. later on tonight and it will bring with it. not just the rain but the wind as well as we show you our local radar here the rain. still off the mendocino coast it will be moving in late tonight going into tomorrow winds are beginning to pick up out of the south mount saint helena 33 miles an hour. the stronger winds are expected later tonight wind advisory 8 pm tonight until 4 am tomorrow. you might want to tie down any loose objects because those strong winds 45 some of the windies

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leslie brinkley covered the fire. leslie talked about what we can learn from this special. leslie: well, i think first of all, we learned a lot from john griffin our photographer back in the day i worked with any more the aftermath of the fires. i think what we would both tell you is that what we can learn is these happen in our backyard. we are not immune just because we're in an urban area. we tend to thing of wildfires as something up there in the mountains or up in the wild land well called them wildfires. they realistically can happen here. it was shocking when this unfolded back in the day. the other thing many of us can learn from rewatching that oakland hills fire is being mindful of an escape route in your own home. people were trapped and being mindful of how to get out of your house and maybe looking to choose to live in a house where you have several ways out could be a lifesaver. dan and ama. dan: as we remember, it just spread so quickly. leslie, you covered those fires what stood out the most either then or as you reflect on it now? what stands out the nose y

live in alamo, leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. kristin: sky seven video from earlier today showing the aftermath of a severe crash on interstate 880, in which two cars involved caught on fire. one of them was fully adult. officials reported to the scene just before noon. five cars were involved in the collision. two were treated for nonserious injuries. casey: denise -- larry: in the south bay this morning, students had to evacuate los alamos high school after reports of a bomb threat. law enforcement received a call that there was an explosive device on campus. shortly after, authorities raised to the school and were pleased to see evacuations were already underway. >> they know how to evacuate. they have done a wonderful job, frankly, in initiating these evacuations. larry: a few hours ago, a search was completed. authorities did not find any explosive devices on campus. authorities are currently investigating where the initial call of the bomb threat came from. kristen: on abuse scandalal women's professional soccer. games canc

i'm leslie brinkley abc 7 news scary. lift has released its first ever safety report shows the company received more than 4,100 reports of sexual assault. this is from 2017 through 2019 360 of those cases were rape. they're also 10 reported deaths from physical assaults uber's first report revealed nearly 6,000 reports of sexual assault involving passengers and drivers as well as 64 reports of rape again same time frame 2017 to 2019 an effort to put some of these numbers into better context both the uber and lyft say there were no reported safety incidents for more than 99% of their trips during that same time period target says it is closing its downtown san francisco store on bush street on november 20th because of for sales employees will be offered the option to transfer to other stores. the bush street. target is in the financial district, which does not have the same amount of foot traffic. it had before the pandemic now target says a published report that shoplifting threats were forcing the closure of the large mi

i'm leslie brinkley. abc7 news. dan: abc7 news is committed to building a bay area. and education is one of the major issue that is we focus on. a big focus right now is the teacher shortage including finding substitute teacher. the shortage so bad that some districts are asking counselors and staff to nil as subs. >> the south san francisco unified school district sent out a dire message today, they're experiencing such a shortage in substitute teachers the district staff and a superintendent herself are being used to fill in as subs. >> it's obviously not an ideal situation. >> volatile that's the word i have for it. >> san jose unified have been asking counselors to fill in when they can't find a substitute. >> the pool of substitute teachers was diminished during the covid school closure year >> she says in order to recruit substitute teachers some districts are raising their daily rate. >> some have gone from $100 a day to $200 or $280 up up to, $350 a day. >> the substitute shortages is part of the statewide teacher shortage driven in part teachers choosing not

i am leslie brinkley, abc 7c 7c7 news. >> i only heard them. i was pressed against the window.ands of people will come to san francisco to enjoy the blue angels. san francisco is the only city in the country hosting this event because the city's covid numbers are so low. businesses that have suffered during the pandemic could not be happier. >> fleet week has been one of those san francisco traditions. laster when it was canceled because of the pandemic, many of those who lost out were restaurants. >> it a sense of normalcy. -- it is a sense of normalcy. >> san francisco is the only city in the country hosting a fleet week. the other cities were forced to cancel. >> follow the covid restrictions so you don't get in trouble. make sure you do your part because we are still in a pandemic. >> the navy band -- the destroyers played at this iconic corner of fisherman's wharf. these military bands will be performing in every area of san francisco from the marina to the bayview. fleet week in a way is a sign of a new beginning. >> everybody is ready for li d it is like we all forgot wh

leslie brinkley is live at heather farm park in walnut creek for an overview of the damage and the cleanup in that area. >> things or at least start to look back to normal here. heather farm park, big pond menasha pond in the middle of the park overflowed its banks yesterday. it has all receded, getting back to normal. streets were flooded throughout the used bay. storm drains clogged. those issues are starting to get resolved. >> all of a sudden, it felttt an earthquake. the house just moved. it was a flood. >> this homeowner had a huge tree come crashing onto his home at 3:00 a.m.. thankfully not smashing windows, but creating chaos. >> we see a lot of down due to the big storm we had. it is unexpected. our crews are dispatched all the way from orlanda to tiburon. reporter: in arminda, a mudslide first -- oozed onto the court set a tennis club as an overwhelming amount of rain fell. this map from contra costa county shows totals across the region topping six inches in danville, rossmoor, and atop mount diablo. nearly seven inches fell in moraga. debris flows were enormous, usually an ear

leslie brinkley is live with the story. >> i am here at heather farm park and this is a the natural pondpeople know really overflowed yesterday. i have been told it is since back to normal and that's the case across much of the east bay today, getting back to normal. many calls for help in various municipalities. streets flooded, but all of that is getting resolved. >> all of the sudden, it felt like an earthquake. the >> house just moved. >>this homeowner and the berkeley hills had a huge hawthorn tree come crashing onto his home. thankfully not smashing windows but certainly creating chaos. >> we've seen trees fn trees trees coming down. it was really unexpected. we have multiple cause -- multiple calls. our crews are dispatched all the way from orinda. >> a mudslide collapsed fen fenf the tennis club as an overwhelming amount of rain fell. this map shows totals across the region topping six inches in danville, rossville and mount. nearly seven inches fell in moraga. debris flows were enormous. usually an early-season storm has lighter rain. even though crews were prepared, this monste

order leslie brinkley who worked on this special i had a friend who went up to try to help and endedinhalation because he was just overwhelmed but what are we going to learn in this special us? well, i think what we le that fires can and do happen in our backyards. i think we all think of wildfires as being in up in the mountains up and open space in parks bordering open space, but this was a true urban wildfire in the sense that this fire was approaching the city of berkeley. it was a scary moment in time. i think we that i think we also learned and i know i did personally from covering the fire. it's good to live somewhere where you know, you're escape routes and it's good to know that you've got perhaps you live somewhere where there. to escape routes not just one narrow one lane road going away from your home. so a lot of lessons to be taken away from this larry and kristen and leslie you cover the east bay hills fires for a long time after and and just going there in the aftermath what stood out to you because just looking at the video i think deathly and desolate is how it feel