melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> so many people doing what they can to make it work. all right. let's switch gears and focus on the weather, dan. >> yeah, thanks ama. drew tuma is here with the forecast that is really going to be steamy for the next couple of days, drew, exactly what we don't need. >> we're tracking those winds closely, but we're also tracking hot temperatures the next couple of days. lots of talk over the next 48 hours. clear as could be no, more marine lawer from our sutro tower camera. as we approach midnight, we have a lot of cities close to if not still 70s. we have off store winds this time of year, not only do the winds race down the hill and speed up but also warm the air around them. that's why we see warm air having another warm night on the way tomorrow night. red flag warning is in effect now and lasting for the next 36 hours until friday morning. all areas shaded in red, the north bay, east bay hills and also santa cruz mountains where we have those offshore winds already gusting over 45-miles-per-hour at times. again, we have really dry vegetation,

melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> so many people doing what they can to make it work. all right. let's switch gears and focus on the weather, dan. >> yeah, thanks ama. drew tuma is here with the forecast that is really going to be steamy for the next couple of days, drew, exactly what we don't need. >> we're tracking those winds closely, but we're also tracking hot temperatures the next couple of days. lots of talk over the next 48 hours. clear as could be no, more marine lawer from our sutro tower camera. as we approach midnight, we have a lot of cities close to if not still 70s. we have off store winds this time of year, not only do the winds race down the hill and speed up but also warm the air around them. that's why we see warm air having another warm night on the way tomorrow night. red flag warning is in effect now and lasting for the next 36 hours until friday morning. all areas shaded in red, the north bay, east bay hills and also santa cruz mountains where we have those offshore winds already gusting over 45-miles-per-hour at times. again, we have really dry vegetation,

as abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow shows us, she caught the attention of local organizers. >> reporterunners will tell you half the fun is getting lost on a long run, not thinking about anything. but when emily hu recently ran a virtual marathon around san francisco, she was carefully calculating every turn. >> making sure over and over again that it did hit the 26.2 miles that i needed it to hit. >> reporter: hu took up racing a few years ago. her first marathon, right here in san francisco in 2018. >> i think it got me addicted to running races in general. >> reporter: most recently she planned to run the chicago marathon. >> racing is not something you can do with social distancing in place. >> reporter: given the option of completing the race virtually, hu had an idea. >> i wanted to do something cool with the route that i ran. >> reporter: she estimates she spent three hours mapping her course to spell out "vote 2020." >> i thought that "vote" as a very good message that applies to everyone, no matter what your political preferences. >> reporter: hu finished in 4:10:39. >>s most e

abc 7 news i-team reporter melanie woodrow has covered the shooting since june. today she asked governor newsom if he'd be willing to meet with the monterosa family. >> reporter: protesters gaffered outside governor gavin newsom's house. sisters michelle and ashley monterosa. >> we're practicing our first amendment right which is freedom of speech. we posed no threat. >> reporter: the sisters say they want to speak to the governor about their brother's death have have received no response from his office. a police officer fired from the back seat of an unmarked vehicle through the windshield, kiting and killing him. he had been outside a walgreens where there had been a looting. moving his hands towards his waist area, revealing what they thought was the butt of a handgun. it turned out to be a hammer. the officers' body camera video captured this exchange. >> what did he point at us? hey, he pointed a gun at us. >> reporter: solano county district attorney recused herself from the case. the attorney general declined to investigate, though the a.g.'s office is in

melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> we've been covering education all week long.d all of our building a better bay area education week stories again on abc7news.com. you can also watch them on the abc 7 news app. >>> in the east bay children can now enjoy playgrounds across berkeley again after they were closed due to covid-19 restrictions since march. families are being asked to keep their visits under 30 minutes so it will be a short trip and socially distance from people who are not part of their household. city workers have posted occupancy limits for specific play areas and equipment too. >>> this is something fun to do with the family. six flags discovery kingdom believes it has the answer for a safe halloween celebration for the entire team this year. the theme park opens its boo 2020 halloween event today. friendly ghouls and goblins with festive halloween -- animals will be part of the displays this year. on the park toned down its halloween events this year so younger guests can enjoy it too. >> we wanted to create a new event that's more accessible to f

abc 7 news i-team reporting melanie woodrow digs into the data. >> it's almost like we transformed under covid. what does it mean to make sure a child has basic access to education? >> reporter: it used to be making sure you got to school and hat the right supplies, now it's having the right device, connectivity, bandwidth and a safe quiet space to learn you been sbruped. >> and not everyone is living in those kinds of housing conditions. >> hedy chang is founder of an organization whose mission includes reducing chronic absences. >> for one group of kids t kids who have access to technology, showing up to school is much easier than before. for another group of kids, it's much harder because they don't have the technology, the internet and so absences are going to be much more concentrated. in those populations. >> reporter: data shows greater increases in absences in distance learning for some ethnic groups more than others, in san mateo, absences for pacific islander students increased nearly 60% this year. absences for hispanic students increased nearly 7%. these groups have been disp

for the i-team, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> we've been covering education all week long. you can read our building a better bay area education week stories, again on abc7news.com. and inside of the abc 7 news app. >>> in the east bay, children can now enjoy playgrounds across berkeley again. after they were closed due to covid-19 restrictions since march, families are being asked to keep their visits under 30 minutes, so it will have to be a short trip, and to socially distance from people who are not in their household. city workers have also posted occupancy limits for specific play areas, and equipment as you see there in the video. >>> six flags discovery kingdom believes it has the answer for a safe halloween celebration. the theme park opens its boo 2020 halloween event today. friendly ghouls and goblins with festive costumes can entertain guests from a distance and animals will also be a part of this year's attractions. the theme park toned down its halloween events this year to draw in a younger audience. >> we wanted to create a new event that's more accessible t

. >> reporter: melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> incredible effort. all right. all right. when we come the unfair money bail system. he, accused of rape. while he, accused of stealing $5. the stanford rapist could afford bail; got out the same day. the senior citizen could not; forced to wait in jail nearly a year. voting yes on prop 25 ends this failed system, replacing it with one based on public safety. because the size of your wallet shouldn't determine whether or not you're in jail. vote yes on prop 25 to end money bail. when was the last time your property tax bill went down? what? never. are you kidding me? for years, the residential burden has gone up. while the corporate burden has gone down. prop 15 reverses that. it closes corporate loopholes and invests in schools, small business, and firefighters. and when the big corporations pay more, your tax bill goes down. that's right. a savings of a hundred twenty-one dollars a year for the average home. give homeowners a break. vote yes on 15. but that's tough to do on a fixed income. i'd be hit with a tax penalty for

. >> abc7 news i-team melanie woodrow is live with the new details. >> reporter: the termination follows an internal investigation by the police department. officer ryan mcmahan was fired for violating department policies by engaging in unsafe conduct and neglect for basic firearm safety. in march chief williams announced his intention to fire mcmahan for his involvement in the fatal 2019 officer-involved shooting of willy mccoy. he was sleeping with a gun in his lap at a taco bell drive-through. police say he reached for the gun. mccoy was one of six officers to fire 65 rounds at mccoy. he was involved in the 2018 shooting of rendell foster. she say he was riding his bike without a headlight at night. >> that they would terminate him for technical issues related to endangering another officer, and not have terminated him for shooting an unarmed man in the back and shooting a sleeping person. it is really outrageous. and it is fairly consistent with our ongoing belief that the city of vallejo refuses to properly discipline and supervise employees. >> reporter: a special prosecutor the ov

the university announcing it is renaming a college once named after woodrow wilson after melanie hobsonstripped from the college after it was determined his, quote, racism makes him an inappropriate namesake. those are your headlines. over to you. maria: all right. cheryl, thank you so much. the origins of the russia probe continue to get highlighted. director of national intelligence john ratcliffe shared more than 1,000 pages of documents with u.s. attorney john durham to aid in his probe of the russia investigation, what was the predicate, why did they start investigating trump in the first place. the senate homeland security committee subpoenaed cambridge professor stefan hel stefan halr records of his involvement. here's what president trump told me yesterday. what comes next, mr. president. we can have all of the documents and see what happened. unless john durham comes out with a report or indictments, unless bill barr comes out with a ruling here, do you think this is resonating on the american people? >> these people should be indicted. this was the greatest political crime in