abc7 news reporter wayne freedman is on the story. we apologize, we don't have audio for that. hopefully we will get back to that moment. first, dan, you have the next story for us. >>> we will come back to that story in a moment. a surprise announcement in san francisco, school superintendent vincent matthews says he will now stay on the job for a year to deal with a number of crises department. matthews had announced his retirement but he will stay on., and contentious issues, the school board's decision to rename 44 schools. tomorrow, the board is expected to reverse its decision to change the names of any school associated with slavery, colonization, and other forms of racial oppression. critics pointed out some historical inaccuracies with the list, as well as taking issue with the board focusing on school names instead of reopening schools for in person learning. the board may also deal with a lawsuit filed by allison collins. she is suing the district and five fellow board members over the decision to strip her of the vice presidency and her committee positioned over the

. >>> that is quite a change from this time last year, as abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman shows us in this report. >> reporter: if you feel like dancing, you would not have been alone at sfo today. dancing carefully? you had company. >> coronavirus scares me. >> but you are traveling. >> and he to see my daughter, i would only do it for her. >> reporter: why would people to fight the centers for disease control recommendations on this good friday before easter? >> i'm going home to minneapolis. >> i miss my girlfriend. >> my mom's 84th birthday. >> reporter: hence, all the people in a hurry when sfo protected record crowds for the pandemic. that pandemic part is a qualifier. numbers tell a story. all three bay area were airports report numbers roughly 30% of normal. today at sfo, they expect 25,000 travelers. on this day, a year ago, this is what 3200 looked like back then. the baggage claim existential cavern. stay healthy with six feet of space warned one sign, as if that was going to be an issue. to date, even the bags could remain safely apart. some of the first time pandemic f

in ukiah wayne freedman, abc7 ews.iah wayne freedman, abc7 >>> a new trend in covid cases in places where they're climbing. how the cdc says kids may be spreading the virus. >> and the new push to decode data science. sometimes that means refocusing on the youngest among us. >>> first, a check on the weather with meteorologist mike nicco. >> good morning, everybody, on this tuesday. we're waking up pretty close to where we were yesterday. maybe a couple of degrees cooler, but the cloud cover is definitely out there, and keeping us right around 50 degrees across the south bay. we go from from from from from 51 in cupertino. very homogenized thanks to the blanket of cloud cover. you can see the cameras on the ferry building, where the winds are gusting up to 11 miles per hour, coming in from the west, which means we are going to remain a little cool near the coast. look at those near 50s. 58 around the bay at noon. then we break free of some of the cloud cover and hit 65 at 5:00, back to 58 at 7:00. inland, we'll break f

we sent wayne freedman out there. if you are expecting crowds, he reports it has become a relative term. >>> if you feel like dancing, you would not be alone. but dancing carefully? you had company. >> coronavirus cares -- scares me. >> but you're traveling? >> i need to see my daughter. i would only do it for her. >> reporter: why would defy the cdc? >> i'm going home to minneapolis. >> i miss my girlfriend. >> it's my mom's 84th birthday. >> sfo predicted record crowds for the pandemic. the pandemic part is the qualifier. >> the numbers tell the story. in all three burial -- area airports, there were 25,000 travelers on this day. one year 3200 looked like back then. the baggage claim felt like an existential cavern. stay healthy with 6 feet of space warned one sign, as if that was going to be an issue. to date, even the bags could remain safely apart. some of the first time pandemic flyers did notice. >> they increased security for one thing. >> nobody was in your way. people were polite. masks were still in latex i

wayne freedman journeyed to lake sonoma at the top of dry creek valll time of in sonoma county's dryk creek creek creek cre way, and promises, promises. if you want to keep the grand illusion, stay away from the top of the valley. at lake sonoma, assign hints at a sobering reality. rick herbert runs the resort area with beer and ice and boats for rent. >> the edge of the lawn is where the normal high water is. >> reporter: that's not the case, this year. it has become the ramp to nowhere. receding water has taken the docs beyond normal reach. >> this is no man's land. >> reporter: have you seen this before? >> never at this time of year. >> reporter: hello? the water should be near the concrete pilings at the bridge. it is so low that the exposed lake shore looks like a moonscape. the water level is already down 40 feet. where i'm standing right now is where it should be at the end of a bad season. >> it is the driest year we have seen, drier than 1977. >> reporter: lake sonoma provides most of the water for 600,000 people in this co expect mandatory cutbacks, even now, some people d

. >> that's why we put wayne freedman on the story.und. >> reporter: it is the kind of video one might expect in a big city, but not a relatively small town. ab that is why ukiah residents are so upset about this one. it shows police officers dealing with a deranged homeless man walking naked down the street. frank shot this video from a few feet away. >> the gentleman was not aggressive towards the officer. he did not a grants towards the officer. >> he is homeless and bipolar. when a local hospital refused to treat him in crisis, he self medicated on lsd, got hot, took off his clothes, and went for a walk causing no problems. then the ukiah police arrived. video from other angles show them using pepper spray and trying to subdue him. >> he was not coherent. he couldn't follow directions. when you are sick like that and you are under the influence of drugs, you can understand. he was in his own world. >> reporter: and other video shows ukiah police surrounding him, slamming his head into the ground, kicking him, and hitting him in the

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as wayne freedman explains, the situation is exacerbated by covid-19 on the jail system, and what thatcused of doing in the city after his release. >> reporter: this is the home surveillance video that has much of petaluma angry. it shows a homeless suspect allegedly breaking the window of a car with a shovel, and that was just the beginning. >> this was his favorite car. >> reporter: miranda lives a couple blocks away. she found every window broken in her car and another in the living room. she is one of 11 victims, mostly on bernice court. >> i almost don't care about the damage as much as i feel unsafe. >> this is his third such attack on homes and vehicles. >> reporter: daniel gibbs across the street confirmed the information from petaluma police after finding damage to 2 of her cars and the bedroom window. >> the glass flew all over me and my husband, all over the bed. >> he stood calmly in the street, waited for the police, and asked for a cigarette. >> he looked calm. he looked unperturbed. >> reporter: beyond the damage, within hours of his arrest, he was a free man again, rele

in marin county, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> it is the little things but what we need is a lot of rainwe are not getting rain anytime soon but perhaps in about seven, eight days we may see a pattern change with rain moving into northern california. stay tuned for that. i want to show you a view from our suitor tower camera. look at san francisco. it's so clear. you can see all the way across downtown, city hall, the bay bridge. here's a look at the 24-hour temperature change. it's running warmer than what we were yesterday by 8 degrees in livermore. 7 degrees in san carlos. 9 degree san jose. many inland areas and basic communities feels like summer. here's a look at live doppler 7. no rain or clouds are now. that will be changing come tomorrow. fog will increase along the coast by morning and higher clouds filtering the sunshine. coastal areas come down a few degrees. bay and inland on the mild to warm side. 87 antioch. that will be one of our warmest spots. 80 of your field. 71 oakland. 80 san jose. 79 san rafael. 65 san francisco. 60 half moon bay. friday is cooler. claudia skies. a

more from wayne freedman. >> reporter: a relative calm between exploding bombshells are related to mayor dominic and calls for his resignation. >> it's a bit disgusting. >> the town council is reeling. >> is horrible, horrible has happened, and we need to fix it. >> reporter: last week an investigation revealed four women who accuse the mayor of sexual misconduct beginning in 2003. sophia williams was one of them. she said there would be more. >> to hear the other stories made me realize that there's probably a lot of the comes with stories just like mine or worse. >> moore have come forward including esther lemus who serves on the town council and for the county as a deputy district attorney. that office has sent its investigation to the state attorney general. in the meantime he has accused her of sexually victimizing him. i find it laughable that mr. foppoli is saying he's a victim. if i'd done anything wrong i would except responsibility and resign, but i have not work wednesday night the town council will ask for that. councilmember deborah fudge. >> we vehemently condemned the acti

wayne freedman is live at oracle park. the extra steps certainly didn't affect the fun people were having, right? >> reporter: no, it is opening day. of course, it is the first major big eventbig eventbig evet crowd in san francisco since covid began. other than that, you know these teams. it is spring, it's renewal, there is hope. you throw in the covid element and you have a completely different ball game. >> reporter: any ball game going giants fan knows what this means, especially after a long winter of of of of >> we are all masked up and nowhere to go. >> reporter: never has the process of going to a ball game felt so good. >> the torture begins again. >> reporter: now you know the hoops fans jumped through to get to the major leagues. they need to show proof of a vaccination or proof they passed the covid-19 test. then they go through this. >> an airplane after after afte >> reporter: you are happy to see so many people, even if getting inside looked like a science-fiction movie. >> you get to see other humans excit

in sacramento, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >>> unfortunately, we haven't had a lot of rain, larry. >> yeah, we are hoping for not a lot of fires, but you are right, it is so dry out there. meanwhile, the weather is getting quite pleasant. here's a look at what's happening, right now. it is breezy again. it's been breezy all week long. the wind in san francisco -- it is breezy everywhere else as well. here is the view from emeryville. we will take a look at temperature readings. 52 in san francisco, cool in the city, 56 in oakland, 64 in san jose, and 50 and half moon bay. we have little puffs of low clouds moving through. at the moment, it is clear. and the temperature readings right now, 60 degrees in santa rosa, 66, 7 degrees in concorde, it's pretty mild over there -- and the view at santa cruz beach where you may want to go this weekend, of course --appropriately distanced, because it's going to be warm, but not quite so warm along the beaches. it is going to be mainly over the inland. along the coast, these are forecast futures. there is a cooler pattern developing next week. ove

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