the principal of esperanza elementary school, just east of ththe skyscrapers of f downtownn the westlakeeieighborhood, downtown los angeles. woman: can you write the name and post it under the correct bird? kids: house finch, mourning dove, european starling, brewer's blackbird, red-tailed hawk, american crow. boy: hooded oriole,e, gray egre, great blue heron, and a mockingbird. rumble: the students love this. they love charging in here and really getting to know at a very deep, profound level what's showing up in our habitat. we observe, we record, we analyze, we share. all of these are important sskills for our students. so, at the verery bottom, do you see the live spider in there? kids: yeah. rumble: i'm surrounded by deerweed, native sages, encilia, but if you go back to 2014, i would have been standing on asphalt. peel back that asphalt, allow the dirt to be there, to plant native plants and create a living laboratory for students to really explore. girl: my name is ramona ramino. i like the garden because we come here and explore nature in the garden. what i see in the garden is h

ninth graders will go to ralph bunch and 12th graders to westlake middle. they've been closed since thursday morning. testing is underway to determ fn -- determine if a cancer-causing chemical is there. >> if you're not up front and transparent, we don't know what to do and the people that know what to do, they're not doing what they're supposed to do. >> year go tooling bring in more experts that can share information with us. >> reporter: final results are expected at the end of the week. we've created a helpful explainer to all your questions on our website, abc 7 news.com. >>> fears the coronavirus is spreading outside china sent stocks plummeting today. its worst day of trading since february 2018. a fourth passenger from the diamond princess cruise ship has died. the white house is seeking $2.5 billion in an emergency request. senators to be briefed tomorrow on an outbreak. >>> and a federal judge has extended a restraining order that blocks the transfer of anyone in travis air force base to costa mageau. >>> shocking video. a senior citizen attacked

ninth graders will go to ralph bunch and 12th graders to westlake middle. they've been closed since thursday morning. testing is underway to determ fn -- determine if a cancer-causing chemical is there. >> if you're not up front and transparent, we don't know what to do and the people that know what to do, they're not doing what they're supposed to do. >> year go tooling bring in more experts that can share information with us. >> reporter: final results are expected at the end of the week. we've created aelpful explainer to all your questions on our website, abc 7 news.com. >>> fears the coronavirus is spreading outside china sent stocks plummeting today. its worst day of trading since february 2018. a fourth passenger from the diamond princess cruise ship has died. the white house is seeking $2.5 billion in an emergency request. senators to be briefed tomorrow on an outbreak. >>> and a federal judge has extended a restraining order that blocks the transfer of anyone in travis air force base to costa mageau. >>> shocking video. a senior citizen attacked an

this is new video from the scene last night in westlakement firefighters say the man was trapped on the second floor but is expected to be okay. the firefighter received minor injures in a fall after that fire was out. >>> antioch officially has the green light after council members approved the hiring of six more officers to bring the total number of sworn officers to 118. that is three more than the city minimum staffing levels. >>> new criticism this morning surrounding governor gavin newsom solution to the homeless crisis. he's calling for a $750 million fund going to regional administrations and analysts warn the new plan likely would not have significant impact. and they say it will complicate existing homeless programs running at the local level. state lawmakers will hold the first hearing tomorrow with mayors from the three largest cities testifying. >>> and john buster replaced mike stoker who the white house abruptly fired last week. the epa region night is headquarters in san francisco. >>> michelle obama elementary school. west contra costa school leaders want to change the

ralph bunchie academy and others will go to the west oakland middle school and seniors will go to westlake. >>> the marin county board of supervisors will vote on the latest application for a delivery only medicinal cannabis business and they will hear from ray group that wants to open a shop with a delivery service behind a whole foods store on miller avenue and that is .75 miles from the campus of tamalpais high school and that is too closed for many in the has strict. they have sent a letter to the board saying that opening this cannabis delivery service would send the wrong message to students. >> the messaging it sends is what is okay and what isn't okay and is cannabis okay? >> only staff would go in and out with zero-foot traffic from the public and they won't even know we are there. >> the company said they will only deliver two medical customers and there will be no walk-ins but the school board said teenagers often walk past the proposed site. >>> teachers, parents and community leaders are rallying to ask the school district if they could avoid more budget cuts after the school

him back in school but it won't at thelimbs a saki says in the d is nsidering west oakland middle westlake middle and lph bunche acade has options to house studentsthe goal is to have everyone back in climb and a week from tuesday, but first final air testing needs to be completed if it indeed shows the same thing these preliminary tests. >>showed that we can get ds back in school sot's it's good ws. we're being cautiously optimistic so hot. >>reporting in kland. dan tho kron 4 news. >>well to the peninsula. now woman is de after police say that the car that she was riding in ran off throad an embament went airborne and then collided with a light le. this happened at around 3 sunday morning on southbound one oh one nearverans boulevard in redwood city. the driver was an 18 year-old woman fr san jose, the passenger also woman was pronouncedead on ene was a factor in that crash and think twice before you go c to drinking and driving. >>don't drink and drive fiing a dozen the driver. uber there's lot of waysto i t home safe that's >>well,he driver of that vehicle is now facing felony dui char

tenth and 11th to west oakland middle, and 12 gridders to westlake middle. >> we do have cushion built in to make sure we get them educated. meantime our students have been doing work at home. >> mcclymonds will remain closed as air testing on property continues. final results are expected at the end of the week. preliminary tests from the weekend showed zero levels of tce throughout the school. but with two student deaths from cancer in recent years, parents are skeptical. >> we're hesitant to allow them to go back because we're not sure, like i said, again, what are the acceptable levels of this. >> the school shut down last week after tce was found in groundwater near the school. officials have yet to trace where it came from, but there are several hazardous waste sites in west oakland. >> we know there is all kinds of distrust, and rightfully so. this is a situation where people of color, poor people have always frankly gotten the shaft in our country. and we need to change this. >> now another meet willing be taking place for parents here at west oakland middle school in about a h

ninth graders will go to ralph bunch, 10th and 11th graders to westlake middle and 12th grade to oak lake high school. >> we want to know if things have changed. >> a year ago there were people openly using drugs over there. what have you done? >> reporter: take a ride with the bart manager and phil mctier to see what b.a.r.t. is doing to keep areas clean. >>> coming up on "7 on your side" does the math, and the results may surprise you. >>> a long, dry spell continues. there is a chance for rain by i work hard and i want my money to work hard too. so i use my freedom unlimited card. even when i'm spending, i'm earning 1.5% cash back on everything i buy. (shouting) earning on headphones! huh? earning. earning. still earning. always earning. i don't know where you're pointing. not that one! the big one. you can't sneak a good earning opportunity past me. in fact... i've got a hand modeling gig that starts right now. earn 1.5% cash back on everything you buy with freedom unlimited. oooh. my hand looks good. chase. make more of what's yours. doprevagen is the number oneild mempharmacist

if you use bhd coming from the westlake area to daly city, avoid that area for now. >>> it is 8:18. >>> our clear conditions, dry and warm continues with no sign of rain. we could get teased late saturday into sunday but i don't think it will make it. here is christina that once know if she can send in the rain from alabama to call? it has rained for 45 days. we are not getting any but a lot of locations are getting a ton of rain including the deep south. we could use some rain and this is what we should get in february but not even close. this will go down as probably a dry february unless something comes in on the 29 it may be 11:00 at night but i don't think so. the problem is these systems are splitting. it goes to the store into nevada, or it says i would just go along the coast in the southern california. i think that is exactly what will happen. we could see snow in the sierra on sunday, but i don't think anything will happen here. it will be cooler with cloud cover. right now clear skies in fairfield already at 60 degrees. sfo at 54 longwood berkeley and alameda at 55. el cerr

bunche academy. 10 and and 11th graders at west oakland middle school, and 12th graders will head to westlake. >>> movie mogul harvey weinstein was found guilty in a split at his trial. weinstein was found guilty was sexually assaulting a production assistant in 2006, and third degree rape of a woman in 2013. the jury found him not guilty on the most serious charge of predatory sexual assault, which could have resulted in a life sentence. the jury's verdict followed three weeks of testimony. weinstein did not testify in his own defense. >> harvey weinstein has finally been held accountable for crimes he committed. the women came forward courageously and at great risk made that happen. weinstein is a vicious sexual predator who used his power to assault, and silence his victims. >> the judge sent weinstein directly to jail. >>> all righty, this spring weather is just not what you expect in february. that's what we're getting. temperatures today again into the 60s and low 70s. tomorrow, warmer still. maybe some upper 7s, with maybe a couple of low 80s, as you look outside. there's no fog. clear

and 11th graders will go to the west oakland middle school and 12th graders will go to school at westlake. >> i have a high school are now and it's so stressful. to worry about seniors or juniors getting ready to take the tests, it's a lot. >> that raise my blood pressure a little bit and i haven't been in college for a minute here. >>> westbound 580, it's a mass. they've just cleared the crash we were talking about at the dublin interchange. the damage is done and it's very slow. on 580 westbound through livermore and pleasanton, it will be very, very slow and i recommend if you aren't going to the freeway by absolute choice, put the trip off if you can. that is a tall order for the morning if you have to get to work or school. the rest of the east bay commute is all right with minor crashes. the bay bridge toll plaza is backed up for a 20 minute delay and san jose, the south bay commute looks all right. can i get to san jose? san jose traffic looks good northbound. 6:09 and let's bring in steve with the weather. >>> a very quiet start with no fog that we know of and no clouds, there wil

school district is considering west oakland, middle school, westlake middle school d ralph academy has opons for students to be a house the goal is to have everyone back in the climate is next week. once they're testing is complete. >>for your money is morning facebookwill pay you up to $5 to record your voice and the coronavirus bringing a fresh dose of worry the markets. janking is live at the nasdaq with the stories and more hedging yes good morning to try what a way to me back to the workweek of the dow right now is down 750 points. >>believe it or not that's an improvement we've been down 997 so not quite around number of a 1000 but pretty darned close andt s a coronavirus that is causing of selli that we're seeing today of those cases in italy in particularhe ju incases there that was a surprise to ll street for 2 reasons one. there was kind of sense and maybe it was starting to be contained and th to have such a high number of cases outside of asia. rattling the way thworst performer of y the because it does a lot of its assembly of s iphones in china now the trump administratio

bunche academy, 10th and 11th graders will be going to west oakland middle school and 12th graders to westlakeonds has been closed since thursday. testing is under way to determine if a cancer causing chemical is inside the school after it was found in groundwater near campus. preliminary tests on saturday showed no signs of the chemical. the final results are expected at the end of the week. >> oakland's former police chief is firing back at the city this morning days after she was fired by the city's police commission. anne kirkpatrick sat down with us and says she will ask the u.s. department of justice to investigate. she is considering legal action. the basis may be alleged retaliation because she would not approve towing fees for commissioner harris. now kirkpatrick has advice for anyone wishing to be the next chief. >> if you have a family or children or parents, anyone who is relying on their income, do not come to oakland because they will not have a job for long. and they need to think twice. >> is it toxic? >> yes. the political environment can be toxic. >> we did not reach commissi

tenth and 11th graders are going to the west oakland middle school and seniors and 12th graders, at westlake. >>> the marin county board of supervisors will vote on the latest application for delivery only medicinal cannabis businesses. a shop may try to get permission to open on miller avenue, .7 miles from tamalpais high school and mill valley. parents, teachers and administrators say that is too close. they say opening this service would send the wrong message to students. >> the messaging it sends is around what is okay and isn't okay. should we be using cannabis? >> there would be zero-foot traffic. they won't even know we are there. >> the company said they will only deliver two medical customers and there will be no walk-ins but the school board said teenagers often walk back by that proposed site. >>> an appeals court upheld the ruling against funding for abortions with supporters saying the ruling would make it more difficult for women who are trying to get an abortion. the ninth circuit court of appeals upheld a rule banning taxpayer-funded clinics from making abortion referrals. t

but it won't be at the climbs a saki says in the usd is considering west oakland middle westlake middle and ralph bunche academy has options to house students. the goal is to have everyone back at the climate is a week from tuesday, but first final air testing needs to be completed and is it indeed shows the same thing these preliminary tests. >>showed and we can get kids back in school so it's it's good news. we're being cautiously optimistic so far. >>the school district has to community meeting set up for tomorrow one at 00:30am in the morning and the other at 5 30 in the evening, both of those will be at west oakland, middle and they are open to the public reporting live in west oakland, dan thorn kron 4 news. thank you so much dan and now this just in to the kron 4 news room, a fairfield man has been arrested in connection with the dui hit and run crash that killed his 2 year-old nephew. >>this happened just before 2 o'clock this afternoon at a mobile home park and west texas treated officers say the 32 year-old so suit hey as initially left the scene but then later returned to the

and it happened in westlake. firefighters say the man was trapped on the second floor.news here is that he is expected to be okay. the firefighter received minor injuries in a fall after that fire was out. >>> antioch plans to add more police officers having the green light to do so. council members last night approving to hire six more officers. that are will bring the total number of sworn in officers to 118. that is three more than the city's minimum staffing levels. >>> new criticism this horning surrounding the dpofr surrounding -- the governors plan to accept solve the homeless crisis. the governor is called for $750 million fund going to administrators but nonpartisan legislative analysts warn the new plan likely would not make a significant impact. state lawmakers will hold their first in depth hearing on the issue tomorrow with mayors from the bay area three largest cities testifying. >>> a former pg&e attorney has been appointed new leader of the pacific coast branch of the environmental protection agency. john busterrod replacing mike stoker who the white hou

we have new video from the scene overnight in westlake. firefighters say the man was trapped on the second floor. the good news here is that he's expected to be okay. the firefighter received minor injuries in a fall after the fire was out. >>> new criticism this morning surrounding governor newsom's plan to help solve california homeless crisis. the governor is calling for a $750 million fund that will go to regional administrators but nonpartisan legislative analysts warn that that new plan likely would not have significant impact and it would complicate existing homeless programs running at the local level. state lawmakers will hold the first in depth hearing on the issue tomorrow with mayors from the bay area three largest cities testifying. >>> it is been exactly one week since the president was found not guilty in his impeachment trial. >> one week and now, scott mcgrew, new crisis. >> mega crisis. it is centering around the president's former campaign adviser roger stone. we had glimmers of how bad this would be for the white house

ralph bunche high school 10th and 11th graders attending west oakland, middle and seniors reporting westlakesome days the students will begoing on field trips they're going to going to e young museum there to be going to pixar things like that is going to be every time an excitingly for them little bit different exciting is not how some parents are deribing this current situation. >>somebody to clean up the whole city, including he water. somebody needs come out he and open up a proper school reporting in oakland. >>dan thorn kron 4ews. >>6.34, it's be about a year since the death of the san jose woman ba larson and her family is still seeking justice lice say an undocumented immigrant you just saw his mug shot carlos carranza at he staled beaten stabbed th9 year-old evidence includes security video showing him outside of her home that very day carranza has yet to enter a formal pl to the chargea plea hearing lt friday was stponed to allow the defense more time to assess his mental health. >>so they want to look into all aspects of this case before they enter a ea because they may not know w

bunche high school 10th and 11th graders attending west oakland middle and seniors reporting to westlake usd says some days the students will be going on field trips they're going to going to the de young museum they're going to pixar things like that is going to every time an exciting week for them little bit different exciting is not how some parents are describing this current situation. >>somebody to clean up the whole city, including the water. somebody needs to come out here and open up a proper school. >>we're told the second round air testing begins on wednesday and will run through friday. the results of that testing are expected to be ready by either the end of this week or the beginning of next week reporting live in oakland dan thorn kron 4 news died and developing news now out of the east bay, a 12 year-old girl has died after being hit by a car that fled the scene it happened a crow canyon and mantar road just off 5 80 in castro valley. according to police the driver is described as a 25 to 35 year-old white or hispanic man driving a lifted the black ford f one 50 pickup tr