Absolutely merge. Dan andier tracking the weather conditions in h. I. V. Whats thats away sandy will update you on in a moment. Dustin dorsey will share perspective from people in the bay area who used to live in hawaii. Ama lets start with our reporter suzanne. Audio sudan so many people were looking forward to funfilled relaxing vacation but programs some of those people are arriving home from h. I. V. Just now. Some of them are facing aches and possibly art ache. Flames rimmed through this popular Tourist Destination in maui. It destroyed homes in lahaina. It looked really bad, the fact people were jumping in the ocean to save themselves. He rounded the area around 9 00 this morning with his girlfriend and friend. Nervous our original air bookings. He started getting text alerts from United Airlines about delays and then learned about the raging fire in laha lahaina. Looks pretty scary so we dont want to get in the way. Reporter carol arrived from oahu. Theyre keeping close tax on whats happening in maui. Were very concerned. We have Close Friends who live there but we havent heard back from them. Its devastating. I dont know what theyll do. Very difficult, very sad. At s. F. O. , everything trying to fly to maui today has to rearrange their plans. He wanted to take his family on that vacation but because of the devastating fire so i have to change our plan to kona. Reporter this afternoon at s. F. O. We caught up with travelers who just arrivedded from honolulu. One told me her approach and his family had to evacwait from lahaina. Their house is gone. Theyre going to have to stay with family tonight. Reporter whether to visit friends and family or a little r and r, families now realize the magnitude of the fire. Its sad but until be another time. Well go again. Reporter a lot of families tell me theyve been planning far very long time for that maui trim. The family we talked to said they were able to cancel their flight and rebook to it kona and also able to cancel their b. And b. Reservation and locate a new hotel. You can still change your flight and you wont face penalties were told by alaskan and hawaiian airlines. Big fires, the wind. Theres a hurricane passing far to the south of hawaii. Dan our meteorologist is tracking whats happening. There is a cat 4 hurricane. Hurricane dora that is passing south of the hawaiian islands. A strong High Pressure ridge to the north. The winds are funneling between the two so thats why hawaii has been little bit hard with the strong winds and fires that are devastating as that hurricane moves away from the islands. The winds will begin to ease. As we look at the satellite and radar, you can see some of that smoke that is right over parts of maui from the wildfires that are burning and as we look at the wilder perspective, red flag warnings remain up through tonight for these islands. Also, the winds have been flowing. La nigh airport, gusts of 40. Honolulu county over the last couple of days headfasts over 80 miles an hour. Combined with a drought obviously not a good situation there. Theyre going to have to deal with the fire danger and the flames. Once the winds ease up theyll get some relief but not until then. Ama . Ama tussle. The impact from the maui fires can be felt here in the bay area but people who used to live on the island. Dustin dorsey spoke with people worried about family and friends. Reporter devastating damage from wildfires are sadly not uncommon for bay area resident defense. What theyre seeing of their former home maui pretty tough to comprehend whats going on. Are things theyd never believe would ham to the Beautiful Island. I had lost my home to fire in the past. Its really hard for those people. Really hard too watch all of our brothers and sisters on the island go through this after watching year after year everyone go through et it here in the bay area. Reporter theyve struggled to get into sacramento with friends and family. They told us their second home just north of la hainea could soon end up in tan evacuation zone. Really hard to think about front street, a place i always held close to me as a kid. And all of west maui to think that potentially a lot of it or all of it will have to be rebuilt. It would be like if sauce leada burned down. Eric says losing the former capital of the Hawaiian Kingdom and landmarks like the historic banyan tree are irreplaceable. The bay area will step in to help residents in need and rebuild the Beautiful Island on maui. We will be coordinating and monitoring whatever support we can provide. The spirit and community is always there, thats the most important but between my friends and family, no one can put into words the loss of lahaina for what it represents and what it is. Ama our abc 7 bay air app has been sending notifications like this one about the fires. Just download the abc 7 bay area app. Dan a fire putting up a big plume of smoke. We think the fire is bruning in oakland and we have calls into the Oakland Fire Department to get an extract location there. Exact location. Well update you as we learn more. It was a fully involved fire and well update you momentarily. New details on a San Francisco apartment building. 12 units were damaged. That affects 37 but only seven cant go home. The firebrick out at a building near eighth and irving. Flames spread to a Hardware Store and a she would behind it. There is construction i going on in that area. No one was hurt and the cause out fire is still under investigation. The suspect arrested for shooting and killing a man yesterday near the lake merritt bart station is do you have in court by the end of the week. The. Is, juan and recess martinez is expected to be arraigned on friday. The shooting happened about 2 30 yesterday. Bart police took the suspect into custody 90 minutes later. So far no information released about another deadly shooting in oakland yesterday. This happened on doolittle drive, the boat park. No information is being recessioned about the victim. Ama happening now, the only Virtual Meeting for people in oakland to share what they want to see in the towns next police chief. After the public forums, the commission will select four police chief candidates. That list will be sent to the mayor who will make the final decision. The last mayor fired commissioner after it was found he didnt hold officers to conduct. Whats being done just isnt working, many say. Oakland mayors most recent newsletter focuses on her commitment to Public Safety. Including a 2 Million Investment in reducing school violence, perhaps to address domestic violence. Better coordination among Public Safety departments. Police staffing our criminal Investigations Division at o. P. D. Is critical as a part of a commitment to reduce crime. If you cant analyze and solve crimes, you wont be able to take people off the treatment. Oakland City Council Member says theres a loath of commitment between the commission and the mayor. The mayor wants to graduate more cadets to the Oakland Police force and also have a group focused on gang and group sykes. We need to look at what we can do more to have an effect. But for her critics, many say its just more of the same. And were not addressing the root causes. The root causes of property crimes and rockies is that people are struggling to survive. The mayors news letter did address issues that can lead to crime but george gleaves says the Oakland PoliceDepartment Remains the largest line item in oaklands general fund and that, he says, remains a problem. The biggest concern that i have is that once again were throwing more funds at a Law Enforcement department that has proven to be disorganized and dysfunctional. He wants to see more money put towards prevention. He doesnt excuse the violence hes seeing on the freethrows but agrees with the mayor that investments of viable employment and Educational Opportunities trample things from the grounds up. In oakland, abc 7 news. Ama and a reminder, our abc 7 news neighborhood safety tracker is available to give you a picture of Public Safety where you live. We have tata for oakland as well as San Francisco and san jose. Dan coming up next, tax and teachers. See how an Appeals Court resolved the issue in alameda. Ama and we put a cruise car for the test. 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Oakland Fire Department tells us the fire is contained but it is going to burn for a while. It is quite involved. A large plume of dark gray smoke will continue to follow this at fits . Er steel in oakland. Part of our commitment to building a bay area better bay area involves education. Teachers in alameda scored a victory after an Appeals Court ruled that the School District can continue to collect a partial tax that helps supplement teachers salaries. Reporter good for education. Thats the reason a majority of alameda voters passed proposition a in 2020, a partial tax that generates an extra 10 million a year for about 450 teachers and 650 district staff. In a market that is pretty thin and competitive right now, you better have a salary offering and a befores offering thats competitive. Our Education System needs as much support as we can get and the population of alameda voted for it. Theyve earned that and we need to Place Education much higher in our priorities than we do. The this particular tax collects 26. 5 cents per square foot on basic live anything with a roof but theres a cap. This means Big Box Stores like target pay no more than that amount. It was thought to be a slam dunk measure until the district was sued. Im paying 26. 5 cents prosecutor square foot and target is paying about four cents per square foot. Reporter the alameda resident believes the partial tax should have been applied uniformly and fairly with no caps but the summit said there were risks associated with not setting a cap on big business. Setting a maximum on that tax was a way to get out there, get the revenue we needed and potentially take the temperature down on organized opposition that might come down and outspend us. Reporter this could over School Districts like this one to find different ways of supplementing salaries. As of 2022, any partial Tax Initiative proposed by voters would require a simple majority to pass, no longer a 2 3 votes. Abc 7 news. Dan lee an has been on Bay Area Stores for decades. Her social Media Contact information is there on your screen. You can contact herrion line. Ama san rafaels Ritter Center gave away backpacks filled with School Essentials to 175 children. Children also got 100 gift cards from the center to buy new school clothes. The c. E. O. Of the center says the need has increased in recent years. These lowincome families sometimes have to make hard choices, like between gasoline and these times of things. We want children to have a fair start in school. The center will consider expanding its back to school event next year. The School Year Starts the 23rd. Sandhya . Sandhya several more districts are going back. Tomorrow, san jose unified School District back in session and as those kids get out to school theyll be agreemented by fog, low clouds. 62 decrees, a little bit of drizzle. By noontime, mid 70s and at 3 00 p. M. , 80 degrees. Also back to school forlessenton high School District. By 3 00 p. M. , sunshine and mild weather, 84 degrees. Look at our tower cameras right now. You can see a combination of sun from some cameras and fog from golden gate. Golden gate hard to see. I do want to show you live doppler 7. Left overmoisture from a tropical storm, eugene is moving into southern california. Commuter models hinted at the possibility of something. Now its looking like between late tomorrow night and early friday we may see more. So stay tuned. We do have the low clouds and the fog near the coast and around the bay and a good breeze. Gusting to 35 onshore in oakland right now. In the 80s inland, 50s coastsside. Once again, drive carefully, visibility is low. Low clouds overnight. Isolated shower chance for friday and hot summer weather returns inland this weekend. So this isolated shower chance will come from that former tropical storm, if we see anything. Certainly tomorrow morning youll see some damp roadways. Marine layers pretty deep and tomorrow night, low level cloudiness inching towards us. The southern portion of monterrey county, showers developing and here in the bay area, maybe an isolated shower or two early friday so keep in mind in case something does show up. First thing tomorrow morning, watch out for the fog and drizzle. 50s and 60s. Tomorrow, sunshine inland, 80s, 60s coastside and breezy with lingering clouds. The temperatures will remain in the middle 80s for a few days. Isolated chance of a few showers friday morning and then the warming gets underway for the weekend. Low 80s, inland. Mid 90s. Coastside. Close to triple digits by wednesday of next week but it should be nice at the coast if you dont like the heat. Dan coming up next, a shift happening in San Francisco. It wont beongefore more people are dying in ama the city of San Francisco will soon see a population shift. Dan fewer people are having babies and there are a lot more elderly people in the city as well. Thats a problem to city official pena. City population is shrinking. Were seeing right now a little over 7,000 births a year. We expect that to decline to roughly around 6,000 in the next 40 years. There are two factors working together towards this decline. Families overall are choosing to have smaller families and the second is that women are starting to have children at later ages, which means they have less time to have more children. According to the state official, theyre projecting San Francisco will have more people dying due to age than babies being born by 2025. Youll see higher depth counts. The childrens counsel of San Francisco says the coast conscious of living continues to push families out of the city. Housing is really a big problem and we hear that from all our clients and families were working with. 60 of San Francisco children ages 0 to 5 live in a household that struggles to make ends meet. For families that have children under 5, the cost of child care can be around 30 of your income and thats if youre making ends meet, which requires about 165,000 for a twoadult household with two young kids. Child care can cost 20,000 to 25,000 a year for kids. The research is showing all sorts of decisions being made by young San Francisco cans, that theyre hesitating to take on the costs of having a family here and, of course, we want the city to be family friendly. And every year that San Franciscos population shrinks, experts flee that can also translate to a weaker economy. Dan a lot more to bring you here. Theres less than one week before two san jose unions could start a pivotal strike. Ama and next up, a perspective on the fires burning from maui by a reporter who happened to be on vacation there. Dan and a live fire in oakland at fits . Er steel by jackson square. The fire is ontarioed but firefighters say its still going to burn for quite some time. Well continue to update. 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Ama the oakland fired tells Fire Department tells abc 7 news the fire is contained but is expected to sm