they sent that pick twur a get well card to luke sasha fleeshman. >> reporter: students at maybeck high school walked into class wearing skirts. both females and males the director says he couldn't be prouder. he put on a skirt, too. >> it's always great to see students rallying in support of another student. in this case, you know, given the horrific events that took place. >> reporter: they're supporting luke fleeshman, who also goes by the name sasha. sasha set on fire while sleeping on a bus, wearing a skirt at the time. the skirt was set on fire. >> everyone is upset. sasha's closest friends are extremely upset. but it's obviously something they've never had to deal with before. it's pretty bizarre. >> reporter: they decided to make a statement, encouraging 110 students here at this high school to wear skirts. candice turtle said her daughter was among them. >> she did wear a skirt today. and i am proud of her and all of the maybeck kids for showing their support to sasha. we hope he gets better soon ask comes back to maybeck to take tests and finish applying to college. >> reporte

charged with a hate crime and set to make a plea friday accused of setting an 18-year-old luke sasha fleeshman on fire in oakland fleeshman was wearing a skirt, identified as gender neutral. >> abc7 news is getting reports of people feeling a jolt when small earthquakes rattled the bay area this afternoon the first a getting tweets including felt like a big jolt in danville z san francisco, sunset district felt like a truck passing by. >> work crews took a step forward in efforts to tear down old eastern span of the bay bridge. ex-cave yafting machines began ripping up sections of the old upper deck, taking ut hundreds of feet of concrete ask rebar. cruise trying to keep it tidy. the new bridge so close to old, that flying debris could be a threat so they're being careful there are environmental concerns. >> the bridge has lead paint on it. who knows how much gas and oil spilled on the deck. and there are boats passing through here. >> abc7 news is tweeting some cool pictures of the span. here you can see people climbing a staircase to get from lower deck to upper deck. you can see there is a

oakland police have made an arrest but they're still looking for help on a bizarre attack on luke sasha fleeshman. his clothes were set on fire on an ac transit bus. laura anthony is live. are laura? >> hi, carolyn. we do know this crime is being investigated as a possible hate crime. and part because of the victims' gender identity. police here want two good samaritans to come forward. they have two people that can be seen on surveillance video trying to help this victim put out flames. >> they have to wake up and realize life is too short for killing and beating each other up. >>> a neighbor shot this skween his cell phone. moments after responding to a call a passenger had been burned on an ac transit bus monday evening. it happened on 57 line here intersection of mcarthur. the 18-year-old was asleep. police say a local student lit the skirt on fire. fellow students know him as sasha. >> luke is an excellent student here. and this point we're respecting the privacy of the family. so we don't have any further comment at this point. >> the mother told our media partner the bay area news group fl

. >> friends and family of luke sasha fleeshman are planning a march. a suspect is being charged as an adult. sasha faces skin graft surgeries the family reopened its donation page to help with expenses. we have a link on this for you on our web site. you'll find it under see it on tv. >> oakland police looking for whoever opened fire on a car near bancroft and seminary avenues this afternoon. >> there is more information about that run away muni train from wednesday morning. muni says passengerses were never in danger but that is not necessarily so. we have new details. >>> when a muni kt line train took off yesterday morning if passengers had done nothing the train would have come to a stop at the next station. control mode they have to press a button to stop the train. >> without an operator, it's ideal to have an operator in the cab when operating these trains in automatic control. >> susan moore was engrossed in her cell phone. >> i don't want to say totally frantic but was like raised voice. like there is no driver on the train. >> morris says pas

luke fleeshman was asleep on the bus. when police say a high school student let his clothing on fire. fellow students know him as sasha. >> luke is an excellent student. at this point we're respecting the privacy of the family. >> reporter: the mother told our media partner fleeshman did not identify as a man or woman, but as binary gender and feels comfortable wearing a skirt. a 16-year-old oakland high school student has been arrested for seth fleeshman on fire and could be charged with a hate crime. >> they tried to stomp out the flames. >> police putting out a plea for two other passengers seen to come forward. >> you can see that the citizens had a difficult time extinguishing flames we want to reach out to them. our investigators would like to talk to them. >> reporter: roger lives next door to the family. >> my neighbors is one of the best hearted person in the -- i mean, as a neighbor and i know him for a long time. and his kid is very polite. >> fleeshman is being treated in a burn center. the suspect being held in juvenile detention center n oakland, abc7 news. >>> tonight relatives of a missing vallejo woma

luke fleeshman was asleep on the bus. when police say a high school student let his clothing on fire. fellow students know him as sasha. >> luke is an excellent student. at this point we're respecting the privacy of the family. >> reporter: the mother told our media partner fleeshman did not identify as a man or woman, but as binary gender and feels comfortable wearing a skirt. a 16-year-old oakland high school student has been arrested for seth fleeshman on fire and could be charged with a hate crime. >> they tried to stomp out the flames. >> police putting out a plea for two other passengers seen to come forward. >> you can see that the citizens had a difficult time extinguishing flames we want to reach out to them. our investigators would like to talk to them. >> reporter: roger lives next door to the family. >> my neighbors is one of the best hearted person in the -- i mean, as a neighbor and i know him for a long time. and his kid is very polite. >> fleeshman is being treated in a burn center. the suspect being held in juvenile detention center n oakland, abc7 news. >>> tonight relatives of a missing vallejo woma