matt boone is in oakland and shows us they're not the only ones trying to increase voter turnout.he horses were a curious sight as they walked up to the alameda county courthouse. that was exactly the point. >> our voices are not going to be heard if we don't make the effort to go vote. and there's some folks out there who are making it really hard for people. and so, we want folks have that fight in them. >> reporter: nia is a volunteer with humble, a nonprofit, that uses horses for outreach in urban areas, founded by briana a noble. she went viral for riding her horse during the black lives matter protests. >> we have one. >> we're inspiring other people that may not have voted before to get out by any means necessary. that means by car, by bike, by skateboard, or for me, by horse. >> reporter: across oakland, efforts have been made to increase turnout in areas with historically low voter participation. >> in the last month or so, we've knocked on about 5,000 doors in district six specifically in oakland. we know that these efforts are really important to motivate people to vote

matt boone is in oakland and shows us they're not the only ones trying to increase voter turnout. the horses were a curious sight as they walked up to the alameda county courthouse. that was exactly the point. >> our voices are not going to be heard if we don't make the effort to go vote. and there's some folks out there who are making it really hard for people. and so, we want folks to have that fight in them. >> reporter: nia is a volunteer with humble, a nonprofit, that uses horses for outreach in urban areas, founded by briana a noble. she went viral for riding her horse during the black lives matter protests. >> we have one. >> we're inspiring other people that may not have voted before to get out by any means necessary. that means by car, by bike, by skateboard, or for me, by horse. >> reporter: across oakland, efforts have been made to increase turnout in areas with historically low voter participation. >> in the last month or so, we've knocked on about 5,000 doors in district six specifically in oakland. we know that these efforts are really important to motivate people to

and we'll begin with abc 7 news reporter matt boon in oakland, matt? >> reporter: liz, it's been warm and windy out here all day. those gusts causing issues overnight behind me they toppled over part of a tree into power lines causing additional power outages for people here in mt. claire. as crews clear the fallen branch, pg&e says it's working to restore power to the 800 or so customers that have been affected. but just down the road in mt. claire village, the stoplights are off and signs like this dot many of the businesses. we did find julia, owner of this store in the dark. her world upside down. the power is out but you're here working. what are you doing? >> i'm working on my taxes. >> reporter: the old faxed way. >> the old fashioned way. >> reporter: while the shut offs may impact her business, she understands the importance thinking back to the oakland fire of 19 91. >> it best not having business for one or two days than not having business for almost a year. >> reporter: up in the hills, resident richard fills up the gas generator for the s

two-bedrooms are down 2 21% to $3900 a month matt boon looks at what this means for the rest of the bay area. >> reporter: all you have to do is walk around a few blocks and the statistics turn into this. people moving out of the city. in this case we bumped into lisa moving up to the north bay. 20 years of city living packed up in a single day. >> when you say i left my heart in san francisco, i really will be leaving it. >> reporter: but with remote work and her own business struggling, lisa says it was time for a change. >> i just wanted more space, more nature, and to be in the outdoors, so i'm leaving the city. >> reporter: she's clearly not alone. rents for a studio apartment in san francisco have gone down 3131 1 311 -- 3 1%. santa clara, san mateo and alameda also. >> you have a hyper inflated market. while rent is down by 30% in some complexes, that doesn't mean the entire city is on sale. >> reporter: david stark is with the association of realtors and says while prices are going down in the city, it a different story elsewhere. >> we may not see the big drops in the out lying

so i'm not surprised. >> reporter: in san francisco, matt boon, abc 7 news. >> a lot of those people moving to the north bay and now dealing with the power shut offs. >> so true, liz. we have high fire danger in the north but particularly in the north bay and higher elevations. let look at current conditions breezy at the surface with wind speeds up to 15 miles per hour but gusty over the higher elevations with gusts over 20 miles per hour at some spots and adds to the high fire danger. temperature change last 24 hours about two to six degrees warmer in most locations then at this time yesterday. here is a view from the tower looking over san francisco where it's 80 right now. 87 oakland. 92, 89 san jose. 86 gilroy and half moon bay. 95 santa rosa and 97 novato and 93 napa and concord and livermore probably warmer tomorrow at this time. this is a view from record heat daytime highs and record high overnight lows and much cooler pattern will begin on sunday. meanwhile, we have this, a red flag warning for virtually all the day area until midday friday. this covers hills and valleys fr

of alameda and contra costa countys will be impacted as we mentioned and as abc 7 news reporter matt boone reports it means many east bay parks will also be closed. >> reporter: beth black and her dog osa walk around the oakland hills several times a week. she says she's not working forward to the closure. >> i think it's especially right now with covid, getting outside is important. >> reporter: starting sunday sibley park along with ten other popular east bay parks will be shut down. >> it's hard to live anxious, all the time and i think sometimes you're like when's the power going to go out. >> reporter: the dry hills and overgrown vegetation on everybody's minds. >> it's cool so it's kind of deceptive now. we're on alert. >> reporter: in alameda county pg&e says 39,000 customers could lose power starting sunday. bracing for the shutoffs, this home had a solar system with a battery installed in august. ann hoskins works with the solar company sun run. their demand has doubled in northern california since last october. >> really, over the last two months, i think customers are all questi

matt boon spoke with an employee next door who said that bullets cut through the walls. >> he tried to shoot the wall down. he let off six rounds. >> reporter: bernardo works right next to the wss shoe store. >> it hit the back room and then one of the bullets hit this wall down here as well. >> it was a good thing -- >> it was a good thing we evacuated. nobody was there>> reporter: police cleared them out evacuating a nearby super market as well, telling others to shelter in place. >> we had a six block perimeter set up. >> reporter: the suspect took one of the employees hostage. police were able to safely negotiate the release of the employee around 2:00 but said the suspect kept firing more rounds. >> the armed gunman is in distress, highly agitated. very challenging with the communication. >> police say the suspect was wanted in connection to a double homicide last week on 84th avenue in oakland. after six hours they coaxed him out, bringing him in to custody. >> we will continue to demonstrate to our community that we are serious about reducing the violence and for those that are

matt boon spoke with an employee next door who said that bullets cut through the walls. >> he tried to shoot the wall down. he let off six rounds. >> reporter: bernardo works right next to the wss shoe store. >> it hit the back room and then one of the bullets hit this wall down here as well. >> it was a good thing -- >> it was a good thing we evacuated. nobody was there>> reporter: police cleared them out evacuating a nearby super market as well, telling others to shelter in place. >> we had a six block perimeter set up. >> reporter: the suspect took one of the employees hostage. police were able to safely negotiate the release of the employee around 2:00 but said the suspect kept firing more rounds. >> the armed gunman is in distress, highly agitated. very challenging with the communication. >> police say the suspect was wanted in connection to a double homicide last week on 84th avenue in oakland. after six hours they coaxed him out, bringing him in to custody. >> we will continue to demonstrate to our community that we are serious about reducing the violence and for those that are

matt boone is in lafayette where it was the first day a group of choir students were able to sing together. >> reporter: well as we know students have been at home since march confined to their bedrooms and their devices ding distance learning. but for the first time since march students got to come back here to the high school together in small groups. ♪ >> reporter: even with masks on and plenty of social distance, it's the closest bruce's choir students have been in months. >> until wednesday i hadn't heard my singers sing in person, and they hadn't heard each other. >> reporter: kate says she'd been waiting for this day. >> it was exciting. it was especially good to come back to hear music. >> reporter: it's not a full reopening but it's a start says associate superintendent ada glimmy. >> as we went into a phase in model. >> reporter: they've learned from other high schools that have opened too early and they're closely eyeing the surge in cases in other parts of the country. >> safety and health has to be priority so we are looking at those numbers to really concerning. >> reporter:

abc 7 news reporter matt boone went to the port of oakland to find out what's being done to prepare forhip aged don. >> the port of oakland is coming back to life after a slow year. >> import cargo is up nearly 11%. >> port spokesperson says almost all the ships that come to oakland have to stop in los angeles or long beach first, which are being slammed right now. shipping giant mayors sent out an advisory to their customers warning a rush has created a bottleneck for ships entering port, resulting in significant port congestion. oakland's wait times have not been bad but ships that get delayed show up to oakland. >> once or twice a month you will notice a container ship at anchor in san francisco bay. those ships are waiting for a berth vacancy so they can tie up. >> reporter: truckers on the ground say it should be echbz busier this time of night and say they're still suffering from a covid related slump. >> it's been slow. >> we're not busy like we used to be before. >> reporter: they expect to see the pent up demand continue through december, but doesn't expect the holiday shopping

of alameda and contra costa counties will be impacted as we mentioned and as abc 7 news reporter matt boone reports it means many east bay parks will also be closed. >> reporter: beth black and her dog osa walk around the oakland hills several times a week. she says she's not working forward to the closure. >> i think it's especially right now with covid, getting outside is important. >> reporter: starting sunday sibley park along with ten other popular east bay parks will be shut down. >> it's hard to live anxious, all the time and i think sometimes you're like when's the power going to go out. >> reporter: the dry hills and overgrown vegetation on everybody's minds. >> it's cool so it's kind of deceptive now. but it's -- you know, we're on alert. >> reporter: in alameda county pg&e says 39,000 customers could lose power starting sunday. bracing for the shutoffs, this home in oakland had a solar system with a battery installed in august. >> this version of it is a tesla power wall. >> reporter: ann hoskins works with the company called sun run. their demand has doubled in northern californ

of alameda and contra costa counties will be impacted as we mentioned and as abc 7 news reporter matt boone reports it means many east bay parks will also be closed. >> reporter: beth black and her dog osa walk around the oakland hills several times a week. she says she's not looking forward to the closure. >> i think it's especially right now with covid, getting outside is important. >> reporter: starting sunday sibley park along with ten other popular east bay parks will be shut dn. >> it's hard to live anxious, all the time and i think sometimes you're like when's the power going to go out. >> reporter: the dry hills and overgrown vegetation on everybody's minds. >> it's cool so it's kind of deceptive now. but it's -- you know, we're on alert. >> reporter: in alameda county pg&e says 39,000 customers could lose power starting sunday. bracing for the shutoffs, this home in oakland had a solar system with a battery installed in august. >> this version of it is a tesla power wall. >> reporter: ann hoskins works with the solar company sun run. their demand has doubled in northern california

abc 7 news reporter matt boone is in lafayette where it was the first day a group of choir students were able to sing together. >> reporter: well as we know students have been at home since march confined to their bedrooms and their devices doing distance learning. but for the first time since march students got to come back here to the high school together in small groups. ♪ >> reporter: even with masks on and plenty of social distance, it's the closest bruce's choir students have been in months. >> until wednesday i hadn't heard my singers sing in person, and they hadn't heard each other. >> reporter: kate says she'd been waiting for this day. >> it was exciting. it was especially good to come back to hear music. >> reporter: it's not a full reopening but it's a start says associate superintendent ada glimmy. >> as we went into a phase in model. >> reporter: they've learned from other high schools that have opened too early and they're closely eyeing the surge in cases in other parts of the country. >> safety and health has to be priority so we are looking at those numbers to really co

abc 7 news reporter matt boone shows us how the observations are changing with the times. >> reporterit's not the first year that indigenous people's day and columbus say are celebrated on the same day here in the bay area, but it is the first year it's being done without the statue of christopher columbus, which was taken down here at coyte tower back in june. the podium where columbus once stood remains bare and the streets of north beach relatively quiet. the italian heritage events moved online this year, minus a small parade yesterday. >> what we're dealing with, not being able to celebrate like we normally do. >> reporter: bill is the president of the san francisco italian heritage festival and parade. celebrated the weekend of columbus day. this year he says the message was less about history than trying to help existing businesses. >> that was our message, support local businesses, support italian businesses in north beach and the greater bay area. while still coming together to celebrate our italian heritage. ♪ >> reporter: meantime, the yearly indigenous people's celebration

abc 7 news reporter matt boone is in lafayette where it was the first day a group of choir students were able to sing together. >> reporter: well as we know students have been at home since march confined to their bedrooms and their devices doing distance learning. but for the first time since march students got to come back here to the high school together in small groups. ♪ >> reporter: even with masks on and plenty of social distance, it's the closest bruce's choir students have been in months. >> until wednesday i hadn't heard my singers sing in person, and they hadn't heard each other. >> reporter: kate says she'd been waiting for this day. >> it was exciting. it was especially good to come back to hear music. >> reporter: it's not a full reopening but it's a start says associate superintendent ada glimmy. >> as we went into a phase in model. >> reporter: they've learned from other high schools that have opened too early and they're closely eyeing the surge in cases in other parts of the country. >> safety and health has to be priority so we are looking at those numbers to really co

abc 7 news reporter matt boone went to the port of oakland to find out what's being done to prepare forhip aged don. >> the port of oakland is coming back to life after a >> import cargo is up nearly 11%. >> port spokesperson says almost all the ships that come to oakland have to stop in los angeles or long beach first, which are being slammed right now. shipping giant mayors sent out an advisory to their customers warning a rush has created a bottleneck for ships entering port, resulting in significant port congestion. oakland's wait times have not been bad but ships that get delayed show up to oakland. >> once or twice a month you will notice a container ship at anchor in san francisco bay. those ships are waiting for a berth vacancy so they can tie up. >> reporter: truckers on the ground say it should be echbz busier this time of night and say they're still suffering from a covid related slump. >> it's been slow. >> we're not busy like we used to be before. >> reporter: they expect to see the pent up demand continue through december, but doesn't expect the holiday shopping season to