thao supporters say give her a chance. she's only been in office for a short time and this is a problem that will take time to solve. >> we really need the mayor to work with our community. >> reporter: the recall would cost over $4 million. money they believe should go to something productive. >> it makes no sense to have a recall against the district attorney, which is about $4.5 million. and the attempt against the mayor, while the city is in a deficit. and now even more so. these resources need to be utilized to rebuild our community. >> the group pushing to oust the mayor needs to collect about 25,000 signatures to get the recall on the ballot. >>> 600,000 ram trucks are being recalled. the company is required to fix software. they're also paying $1.6 billion to settle civil lawsuits. it shows what can happen when we're dealing with these strong winds we've been talking about. this massive tree toppled onto power lines. we have more on what's happening closer to our own backyards. paul, it was rainy, windy, really col

they say thao needs more time to turn things around. >> a recall would disrupt the process. it could lead to an extended period of chaos and dysfunction within our city. that is the cost that we just cannot afford to pay. >> over the weekend the group trying to recall thao submitted its letter of intent to start gathering signatures. >>> today san francisco became the largest city in the country to formally call for a ceasefire between israel and hamas. >> the resolution is adopted as amended. next item. >> the board of supervisors passed the amended resolution by a vote of 8-3. it also calls on the biden administration to call for a ceasefire demands the release of all hostages and condemns all forms of hateful rhetoric and attacks. >>> still ahead, still serious questions about loose bolts on planes after that scary blowout in the sky. so that's when being done to prevent a disaster in the future? >>> a push on the state capitol to ban tackle football for kids under 12, (vo) meet fargo, the new virtual assistant from wells fargo. fargo makes banking faster, and easier. (wo

thao fired him last february. the commission now has a new deadline of march 1st to give the mayor a new list of finalists. >>> 6:07. police in san francisco are searching for a suspected new year's eve arsonist who has caught on camera. home security video shows a man walking, he's got a gas can new year's night on the street shortly after four cars went up in flames. neighbors say the man targeted a nearby home filled with people waiting until midnight. but that home never caught fire. >> the truck was driving by to put out the fires on the cars, and the arsonist was lying in wait. waited for the fire truck to pass and then lit the fire outside of the garage the children were in. incredibly disturbing. >> no injuries, but if the man in the video looks familiar, certainly contact san francisco police. >>> new at 6:00, a bay area rapper who criticized san francisco mayor london breed is now naming a community leader he says forced him to apologize. rapper and restaurant owner chino yang recently released this song

and recall efforts are underway for mayor sheng thao and district attorney pamela price. what's frustrating for council members is that while leadership is in disarray, crumley continues to rise, starting really just stressing we're just hearing. >> news of repeated homicides of violent crime. break-ins. i have people here knocking on my door. >> mister dyess. somebody broke into my car. mister dyess. somebody stole this morning. somebody stole the tires my car. it's become so bad continues to fight for the city to declare a state of emergency government go ahead and try to reintroduce it. >> the real level of fear that i want to acknowledge people cave across the board right now. i think as a symbolic measure, it could be helpful. and if it is brought before council, i would be supportive of but i do want to clarify that. i'm calling a state of emergency, does not correlate with the city of oakland getting a massive influx of funding or any funding at all. >> both council members say they want more help from other law enforcement agencies, both state and federal we reach

thao's supporters say give her a chance.office for a short time and this is a problem that will take time to solve. >> governing is not an easy task. and we really need co-governing where we have a mayor that can work with our community to make oakland better. >> reporter: thao's supporters say a recall would cost over $4 million in taxpayer money. money they believe should go to something productive rather than something they see as divisive. >> i mean, it makes no sense to have a recall attempt already against the district attorney pamela price. which that's -- about $4.5 million. and now this is an attempt against the mayor, which would be another $4.5 million, while the city is currently in a deficit. it was already projected to be in a deficit and now even more so. these resources need to be utilized to rebuild our community. >> the group pushing to oust the mayor needs to collect about 25,000 signatures to get the recall on the ballot. >>> okay, so listen to this. youth football leagues, coaches and parents and players

up next, here is effort to recall oakland mayor sheng thao moves forward.her group is now urging people to reject that recall. >> and give them a are more time to do her job. plus, a settlement has been reached between the city of la. how in the family of willie mccoy after the 20 year-old was shot and killed by police in 2019 and we continue to honor the life of fallen police officer twan lay who will hear more from family members. we spoke at his memorial we are continui our coverage now for the memorial service that was held for oakland police officer twan lay lay was shot and killed last month in the line of duty while responding to a burglary near jack london square. >> it was a very emotional service at 3 cross church in castro valley. multiple high ranking city and state officials were there, including california attorney general rob bonta. oakland's interim police chief darren allison and oakland mayor sheng thao. we did hear from family members of late including his cousin and uncle. they spoke as well as his brother-in-law who shared just what a g

hours from now at 7:30 tonight, interim oakland police chief, darren allison, along with shane shane thao will be here to hold an update on this case. in connection to the burglary. when a robbery crew broke into a suspected illegal marijuana grow house on embarcadero in oakland. officer tuan le was working undercover that night and responded in an unmarked police pickup truck. at some point as the suspects were trying to get away, at least one of them opened fire, shooting le in the head, causing him to crash into two other parked cars. he died at the hospital a few hours later. >> we can't continue on the course we're on. something needs to change. >> bishop bob jackson is the pastor at axe full gospel church in oakland, saying the death should be a wake up call to the community. >> i've been here 78 years, and i have never seen oakland look the way it's looking, and the people act the way they're acting. i'm talking about the people committing all these crimes. i've never seen that before. >> reporter: many of the city's crime problems come from two sources. first the fact that opd has

and as a movement to recall, the mayor sheng thao moves forward. another movement is urging people to reject the recall and give them more time to do your job. that francisco city supervisor introduced a resolution. he safely open in the fillmore district in hopes of preventing a food desert in the area. if the store moves forward with its plans to close. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning >> well, good morning to thank you for waking up with his bright and early for the kron. 4 morning news. nays. wednesday, january 10th. i'm reyna harvey. all right. well, we want to start this morning with a check of weather because it has been ever changing. yesterday. we saw the re sprinkles today. john, i'm wondering, do we still have rain forecast? yeah. it's looking likely that we will see some showers this afternoon, especially. >> for the south bay and the inland east bay. those will be areas that see are better dose of rainfall looking likely this morning. things out there com definitely not near as misty as yesterd

many are pointing the finger at mayor sheng thao. in fact a new recall campaign is underway against the mayor, led by retired alameda county superior court judge forte who says the mayor continues to mismanage the police department, starting with her decision to fire former chief, armstrong after coming into office. >> she continues to make mistake after mistake after mistake. it is simply poor judgment on her part. businesses are leaving oakland. she didn't even have, didn't even make the application for a grant to get money for retail theft. >> mayor thao supporters are asking for more time to turn things around. they'll have at least a little as this is just the beginning of the recall process. once they complete the initial application, they will still have to collect at least 25,000 signatures from oakland voters. >>> all right, across the bay, east palo alto is celebrating a big achievement in its crime fighting efforts. the city closed out 2023 without any homicides recorded. that is quite a remarkable turnaround for a city th

go to the store, being a senior citizen, i'm 79 years old. >> reporter: she said she voted for sheng thao, now she wants her out. >> i think she is a very nice person, but i think the job is a little bit too big for her, because of her personality. >> reporter: on monday, she signed a petition to start the recall process. the leader is a retired superior court judge. >> she continues to make mistake after mistake after mistake, it is simply poor judgment from her part. >> reporter: the retired judge claims the mayor's first mistake was firing the popular oakland police chief, armstrong. >> businesses are leaving oakland. she didn't even make the application for a grant to get money for retail theft. >> reporter: oakland police reports violent crime went up by 21% in 2023. >> she is making it worse and we just need to get rid of her. >> reporter: the mayor's supporters are asking for more time to turn things around. they say public safety is a complex issue. but marguerite says she is almost 80 years old, tom -- time is not on her side. this is the beginning of a lengthy process, the peopl

it's all about the possible recall of mayor sheng thao.ours ago, the recall effort is on hold. today some oakland residents were prepared to submit the paperwork to begin a recall. it would have been the first step to try to remove sheng thao from office. but that group decided to postpone mailing in the paperwork, giving them more time to review the documents before officially notifying the mayor of their innt. they tell us they now plan to mail in the paperwork tomorrow. so stay tuned. if that paperwork does get mailed and filed, mayor thao will be the fourth mayor in a row to face a recall threat. we've been through this before. there were recall campaigns against both mayors libby schaaf and jean quan but neither of those petitions got enough signatures to qualify for a vote. there was also a call for ron dellums. none of the previous mayors left office before their terms were up. >>> more evidence that a lot of us are getting sick. wastewater data shows covid is surging again, especially in the south bay. public health leaders are wor

. >> to recall mayor sheng thao. good evening.nks for being with us tonight on kron 4 news at 11, i'm grant lotus and i'm noelle bellow, a former alameda county judge is leading the recall effort and has been collecting signatures. kron four's amanda hari spoke to people against the recall effort. >> she explains why they believe mayor thao needs more time in office. >> using our opened ok, open. jurors are coming together to voice their concerns about yet another recall effort amid efforts to recall alameda county district attorney pamela price. there's a new petition going around this time to recall oakland, mayor sheng thao. you have a diverse community that came out. a group led by severe lockett is asking the public to resist signed the recall petition and instead support mayor town the city council, retired alameda county judge brenda forte is leading. the recall collected more than 250 signatures so far. forte tells kron 4, 1, of the main frustrations with the mayor is crime in oakland, along with the firing of police chief

an effort to recall oakland mayor sheng thao is now underway. signatures, the server notice their intent to recall her. mayor's office has 20 days to respond to the letter. 4 men accused of being involved in a deadly gun battle in a park in east palo alto in 2022. are preparing for trial. police say the children were in the park playing with multiple people. let off more than 30 shots. one person died and 3 others were injured, including one of the men accused 12 are 3 of the men is set to start in march. other has yet to be arraigned. and a fire ripped through chat popular restaurant comics cold last night in marin county. fire crews say no one was hurt. 17 new heart sculptures are to be unveiled at the ferry building today to mark the 20th anniversary since the first collection was released. the sculptures going to be on display through february. 29th. happening today, the lineup for map iraq music festival is set to be released the three-day event is scheduled for memorial day weekend. starting on friday. may 24th. the festival is expected to

thao, remove carbon forte from her post on the oakland police commission last year. also behind the recall is seneca scott scott ran against out for mayor in 2022, he's also publicly accused a member of taos staff and openly man of being a pedophile with no evidence to support that claim for her part, mayor thao says the recall effort is personal. >> i think what it is that these are this is a recall is being led by people who lost the election against new i'm relieved of their position because they weren't doing their jobs. you see i lead in a very unapologetic way in the sense that if you are not doing the best for the city of oakland because oakland is a city that i love the people here are people. i love the business here and this is i love. and if that means that i have to relieve you of your job duties so that we can find somebody who will be that effective, more effective to do the job. i will definitely do that. >> recall organizers will need 25,000 signatures to get the recall on the november ballot. meanwhile, a coalition of oakland voters that supports may

effort to recall oakland mayor sheng thao is now underway.ers gathering 250 signatures, the server notice to their intent to recall are the mayor's office has 20 days to respond to that letter. 4 men accused of being involved in deadly gun battle in a park in east palo alto. back in 2022, they are now preparing for trial. police say children were in the park plane when multiple people let off shots more than 30 of them. one person died and there are 3 others injured, including one of the men accused trial for the 3 men set to start in march. the other has yet to be arraigned. and a fire ripped through the vote. shack of a popular restaurant comics cold last night. marin county fire crews say nobody was hurt. and 17 new heart sculptures are going to be unveiled at the ferry building today to mark the 20th anniversary since the first collection was released. the sculptures are going to be on display through the february 29th. >> after a months-long delay crab season is now here. the state department official wildlife has opened the commercial d

meantime, the effort to recall oakland, mayor sheng thao is a step closer to collecting signatures. those behind the recall effort say the process cleared a significant hurdle after mayor thao missed her 7 day deadline to respond once they're allowed to circulate petitions. organizers have about 5 months to collect 15,000 signatures from registered oakland voters. >> prominent jewish organization says the u.s. department of education is investigating both the san francisco and oakland unified school districts as kron four's philippe djegal reports the group believes this centers around discrimination against jews. >> the jewish community relations council bay area says it learned thursday that the u.s. department of education says it will investigate the oakland and san francisco unified school district's for possible title 6 violations based on shared ancestry. the civil rights law that prevents discrimination and activities at schools that receive federal funds. the investigations are confirmed on the department of education's website. while we don't know the specifics yet, we are

so mayor thao and councilman gallo will meet today. state of emergency would also open up the budget so that everything is once again on the table. >> march is a long time. i realize there's an interim leader there. >> interim is fine, but we've all had interim leaders and it's not the same as having your leader that's going to take you through the next phase. and i think -- i mean, there's been more than ten interim leaders since february. >> thank you. >>> 5:33 right now. a break in the case of a capitola woman missing for exactly one month. police have arrested her boyfriend in the wake of what they say is new evidence and the discovery of human remains in berkeley. 61-year-old alice herrmann was last seen december 3rd in santa cruz. authorities later found her car parked in front of her boyfriend's home in el cerrito. yesterday they arrested him in santa cruz county. investigators say a tip led them to human remains in tilden park. those are now in the process of being identified. >>> 5:34. san mateo police revealing the first deta

meantime, the effort to recall oakland, mayor thao is a step closer to collecting signatures. those behind the recall effort say the process cleared a significant hurdle after mayor thao mister 7 day deadline to respond to them once they are allowed to circulate petitions. organizers have 5 months to collect 15,000 signatures from registered oakland voters. >> there are now one day away from what will be the biggest game of the year so far for the san francisco forty-niners. yeah. the red and gold are going to be taking on the green bay packers in the divisional round of the nfl playoffs at levi stadium tomorrow evening. in the rain fans in san jose started getting ready early. in fact today, the restaurant sushi confidential held a 49 or pep rally at 05:00am dozens of people watch to past football games, drink beer. 05:00am 8 breed owes 05:00am here up for the playoff game. former forty-niners quarterback and super bowl player john pay. was there. >> i know the last time the browns i won the super bowl. we were the number one seed just like this. we want our game's going and

there's a new petition going around this time to recall oakland, mayor sheng thao. you have a diverse community that came out. a group led by severe lockett is asking the public to resist signed the recall petition and instead support mayor thao the city council, retired alameda county judge brenda forte is leading. the recall collected more than 250 signatures so far. forte tells kron 4, 1, of the main frustrations with the mayor is crime in oakland, along with the firing of police chief leronne armstrong early last year. lockett says the people recalling are incorrect and blaming crime on the mayor who has only been in office for a year. this current administration is dealing with decades to get decades of failed policy. those opposing the recall also say a special election could cost more than 4.5 million dollars in taxpayer money. community safety activist robert mcdaniels is also against the recall in us come together, sit down and talk and that's what the solution together because i don't think one person can do this whole job by. so that's why administration,

>> officer sheng thao -- joseph lu three was an immigrant and patriot and took his oath of citizenship on 9/11. he went to oakland high. he graduated during a global pandemic. he hustled to work and was elected to work in the specialized unit that tackled the city's most difficult challenges. i want to say thank you so much to the oakland police officers association for literally putting on this memorial for officer tuan le and i know our community is hurting right now. we all need to wrap our hands around our public servants, especially our police officers, 911 responders and firefighters as well. we continue to owe his family a debt of gratitude and we know that we will all be here to support his wife, his baby, his dogs and his mother as well too. >> one of the things we heard about officer tuan le is his connection to the vietnamese community and connecting them as a bridge to the city of oakland. how important is it to get those type of create -- >> it is incredibly important to make sure we have community policing. the trust building officers who go into the community and not onl

to oakland, in-n-out is out as you decry another closed business due to crime concerns, mayor sheng thao is sending in reinforcements. is it too little, too late? >>> the warriors are back in action today after the tragic passing of their assistant coach, dejean milojevic. the team will host the atlanta hawks and they will play with heavy hearts without their beloved coach. for the rest of the season the dubs will plan to wear a dm patch, his initials on their jerseys, in honor of their late assistant coach. >>> it has been one year since the half moon bay mass shooting that left seven farmworkers dead and another wounded . out of the tragedy, the stories of people living with the aftermath. pedro felix romero perez , lost his brother josÉ in the attack. >> [ speaking in a global language ] >> pedro was with his brother when the gunfire hit. he says josÉ was a good person who often gave him advice and leaned on his brother. pedro was also shot during the rampage and his body is still recovering. >>> the morning commute all throughout the bay area was filled with rain and a lot of traffic

mayor sheng thao know. yeah, a former alameda county judge is actually leading the effort to recall the mayor. he's the one collecting signatures. scrappers amanda hari explains why the people against this believe the mayor needs more time in office to prove herself. >> using our opened ok, oakland jurors are coming together to voice their concerns about yet another recall effort amid efforts to recall alameda county district attorney pamela price. there's a new petition going around this time to recall oakland, mayor sheng thao. you have a diverse community that came out. a group led by severe lockett is asking the public to resist signed the recall petition and instead support mayor thao the city council, retired alameda county judge brenda forte is leading. the recall collected more than 250 signatures so far. forte tells kron 4, 1, of the main frustrations with the mayor is crime in oakland, along with the firing of police chief leronne armstrong early last year. lockett says the people recalling are in

. >>> also today, opponents of sheng thao and pamela price held a rally today to support a recall for boleers. they will s signatures to begin the process for mayor sheng thao on monday. >> we are saying no more crying, the crime and the murder rate is incredibly off the charts. >>> we will break down the next steps in the recall process and when voters could ultimately decide. >>> in berkeley, people's park remains closed to the public, we spotted several police officers securing the area today, uc berkeley wants to build student housing but activists want the park to be what it has always been, a place for free speech and a place for people to go. yesterday officers swooped in surrounding the park kicking out campers. police arrested a total of nine people. roads are blocked off. >>> i'm anne makovec with the latest on a hazmat situation in fremont today, the fire department has given the all clear, it happened at an ice reduction facility. the shelter in place order went into effect just before noon for the entire neighborhood, our chopper captured video of crews and hazmat suits d

and recall efforts are underway for mayor sheng thao and district attorney pamela price. what's frustrating for council members is that while leadership is in disarray, crumley continues to rise, starting really just stressing we're just hearing. >> news of repeated homicides of violent crime. break-ins. i have people here knocking on my door. >> mister gallo, somebody broke into my car. mister dyess. somebody stole this morning. somebody stole the tires my car. it's become so bad continues to fight for the city to declare a state of emergency. governor go ahead and try to reintroduce it. >> the real level of fear that i want to acknowledge people have across the board right now. i think as a symbolic measure, it could be helpful. and if it is brought before council, i would be supportive of but i do want to clarify that. i'm calling a state of emergency, does not correlate with the city of oakland getting a massive influx of funding or any funding at all. >> both council members say they want more help from other law enforcement agencies, both state and federal. we reach

hurdle after mayor thao missed her 7 day deadline to respond.d to circulate petitions, organizers will have about 5 months to collect the 15,000 signatures. they need from registered oakland voters. well, 5.45, let's get a check of the weather here. we've got john standing by in the weather center with a look at the rain that's expected to start falling today. and last, how long, john, for the foreseeable future have pretty much? yeah, we are staying wet. >> through the weekend on into early next week and then you'll get a little breather. and then we're back towards the middle of next week. so it's a very busy forecast to be talking. but hey, it is great to be doing some catch-up orcas first snowpack goes in the sierra nevada here in the bay area. we've got our own dose of heavy rainfall around the corner. you can see skies this morning are a lot clearer than yesterday morning, which is on the surface. maybe not what you expected yesterday. looking at the forecast. it was so foggy yesterday morning, but i told you how today was going to start c

the concerns about the crime have ramped up those calls for the recall of mayor sheng thao. and that's something that we are breaking down what the next steps are now the organizers of the recall say they want her out and they say that they have moved along the process. now, kron four's justin campbell takes a look. >> mayor sheng thao has been served with this notice of intention. organizers gathered 250 signatures to serve her notice of their intent to recall her career imploding and ultimately under her leadership leading the recall petition is brenda forte, a retired alameda county judge. >> she says one of the main reason for the recall is crime is out of control, along with the firing of the police chief, the wrong armstrong forte says it's time to move on. people asking how can they decide which kron. 4 reached out to mayor sheng thao office but has not heard back. >> her office has 20 days to respond to the letter once the 250 signatures are verified, organizers will begin to collect signatures. >> to get the recall on the ballot. forte says they will need 25,000 ver

>>> i feel that mayor thao is derelict in her duties as a leader. >> right now at 5:00, a push to recall the mayor of oakland. ahead, a live report on what oaklanders are doing and the reason they say they need to act now. >>> and protesting in people's park. uc berkeley continues to clear the area this morning for housing construction. we'll take a look at the pushback and looming court battle. >>> plus, moving you forward. new research about that go-to drug used to treat covid. we're talking with a bay area doctor about how effective paxlovid really is and why so many people are sick are respiratory bugs right now. >>> this is "today in the bay." >> good morning, to you. very happy friday as well. i'm scott mcgrew. >> a whole first week. we made it. i'm kris sanchez in for laura garcia. marcus is also off. cinthia is in for mike. we know more people are going back to work, but more people are also planning getaways for the weekend. >> we have a little bit of everything in this weekend's forecast. we're going to start out chilly this morning, a few spots getting in on some light rain, b

. >>> the effort to recall oakland mayor sheng thao is moving forward.ht, oakland residents showed up to submit the paperwork to begin a recall effort against mayor sheng thao. would have been the first step to try to remove her from office but they decided to postpone mailing the paperwork to allow more time to review it before officially notifying the mayor of their intent. they now tell us they plan to mail it in tomorrow. this comes hours after the demonstration at city hall. demonstrators called on city leaders to take action to curb crime. they also expressed frustration that a new police chief hasn't been selected yet. >> in any city, in any state in any country, public safety is the number one priority. in any city, the most, most important decision is not the mayor, it is the police chief. he directs the officers on the street. >> the group is urging others to support the recall of alameda county district attorney pamela pace. >>> scary moment tonight at a pleasant hill neighborhood. a car crashed right into a home and that led to a gas leak. it

. >> reporter: the retired judge claims mayor thao's first mistake was firing the popular oakland policehief laron armstrong. >> businesses are leaving oakland. she didn't even have, didn't even make the application for a grant to get money for r■etail heft. >> reporter: oakland police report violent crime went up by 21% in 2023 compared to 2022. >> she is making it worse, and we just need to get rid of her. >> reporter: mayor thao supporters are asking for more time to turn things around. they say public safety is a complex issue. but marguerite says she's almost 80 years old. time is not on her side. she wants change now. >> it's not safe here in oakland to live. >> as with any recall, we like to ask the experts how likely is this to actually happen in the end? is it a long shot, is it achievable? professor of politics james taylor seems to think a mayoral recall would be an uphill climb. >> it requires a level of political sophistication that would have to be multipronged and multifronted and coordinated. >> some important context here, this is all just getting started. organizers sti

if mayor sheng thao declares a state of emergency, she would not be the first mayor in the u.s. to do that this year. we just saw the swearing-in of a new philadelphia mayor, and immediately she declared a state of emergency over public safety, rising violent crime, and lack of police officers. it wouldn't be unprecedented. >> citizens want action, and mayors are seen as willing to deliver. >>> also new at 11:00, in san francisco, thieves rammed an suv into a bank of america before it opened and got away with cash. this happened around 3:30 this morning on balboa street. officers say the suspects were last seen driving south on 39th. one customer we spoke with was surprised by the brazen break-in. >> got to stop these thieves, you know? put them in jail. don't let them out. they'll do it again. >> they haven't stopped them yet. so far, no arrests. police asking, though, anyone with information to come forward. >>> also new at 11:00, a driver is in the hospital after their car was hit by a caltrain in burlingame. this happened around 6:00 this morning at the broadway crossing. 36

oakland mayor sheng thao now wants to revive operation cease-fire. it is a program that provides individual who is committed crimes with mentors and job resources. the audit said that program reduced oakland homicides by more than 40% between the years of 2012 and 2017. but during the pandemic, the city failed to maintain it. community members say they want a meeting with the mayor to help chart that path forward. >> this audit provides damning evidence of how the previous administration failed oaklanders by arbitrarily abandoning a program that was prove on the reduce violent crime. >> mayor sheng thao says in a statement that oakland became a national model for reducing gun violence under that original operation cease-fire. >>> right now, sharks players are making a little girl's day, and it is a dream come true for her. ahead on nbc bay area, we'll show you the heartwarming story behind her trip from wisconsin to the ice in san jose. >>> plus, the economy is looking up in a lot of ways, and it seems that americans finally agree with the economic i

announced today by mayor sheng thao. this was something that was used when you were the chief here about five years ago. does it work, and why does it work so effectively? >> it is evidence-based. the model does work, and there are plenty of studies that have also looked at oakland historically, and we do know the model works. >> chief kirkpatrick, if it worked so well, why did oakland cut the program back in 2020? i know it's all about money, but is this not a priority? >> well, it was unfortunate that they did. when i left at the top of 2020 is when they stepped away from the attention that it needed, and so it is one of those strategies you either are all in, or you're not. and if you're not all in, it is not going to yield the results. >> when you say all in, is that from the mayor's office, from the police chief's office? i mean who are all the players involved here? >> first and foremost, it is going to be out of the chief's office, the executive command. the chief really has to be all in. and so i know that i was,

. >>> the effort to recall oakland mayor sheng thao is moving forward. tonight, oakland residents showed up to submit the paperwork to begin a recall effort against mayor sheng thao. would have been the first step to try to remove her from office but they decided to postpone mailing the paperwork to allow more time to review it before officially notifying the mayor of their intent. they now tell us they plan to mail it in tomorrow. this comes hours after the demonstration at city hall. demonstrators called on city leaders to take action to curb crime. they also expressed frustration that a new police chief hasn't been selected yet. >> in any city, in any state in any country, public safety is the number one priority. in any city, the most, most important decision is not the mayor, it is the police chief. he directs the officers on the street. >> the group is urging others to support the recall of alameda county district attorney pamela pace. >>> scary moment tonight at a pleasant hill neighborhood. a car crashed right into a home and that led to a gas le

east bay, first with alameda county district attorney, now a recall effort for oakland mayor, sheng thao organizers say they have more than enough signatures to file paperwork tomorrow. nbc bay area's jaclyn marino joins us now with details for that. >> reporter: residents say they are fed up there behind this, residents say not only fed up with crime in the city but the last of a tour police chief, the recent shooting of officer le and dropping the ball to combat retail theft, organizers and volunteers were gathering signatures this month , tonight, and they say people showed up. >> i feel that mayor is derelict in her duties as a leader. >> reporter: sean has lived in oakland for 15 years. he also owns a commercial property near jack london square. >> our commercial building has been burglarized like six five times in 2023 and it cost is a really significant amount of money each time. >> reporter: tonight he volunteers to collect signatures, he posted on next door that he would be in the montclair neighborhood and one by one, residents showed up, including loretta, and oakland native.

the city council member leading this push just met with oakland mayor sheng thao. he joins us in a few minutes. >>> another headline that we are watching, a pro-palestinian protest forced the california assembly to end its meeting today. demonstrators were calling for a ceasefire in gaza. lawmakers cleared the chamber there in sacramento as protesters hung those banners and chanted. the protest lasted for about three hours before the demonstrators walked out of the building singing. ♪♪ now this all comes after a letter circulated among state capitol staffers urging their bosses to support a ceasefire. republicans in the assembly say they plan to introduce a resolution condemning hamas later this month. >>> also tonight, potentially dangerous surf along our coast, and we have snow in the sierra. we're seeing the remnants of that storm that just left the bay area. we're getting a good dose of snow in the sierra. yesterday the snowpack was at its lowest level in a decade. right now it's 25% of what we normally see at the beginning of january. but take a look. all of t

now. >> decided to place the blame for oakland's crime problems directly at the door of mayor sheng thaothis point has been in office just over a year. town was quick to point out as she did to kron 4 news last week, the cities rise in crime began before she took office. crime in oakland has been on a steady rise since 2019. 3 years before i took office and it is dishonest for anyone to state that crime started rising under my watch only looking at the numbers. that statement is true in certain areas. for example, total homicides started to increase in 2019, but the numbers have remained relatively steady over the last 3 years. shootings with injury have risen since 2019. and while there was a slight dip in 2022, 2023 saw those numbers go back up again. robbery is a different story. well, it's gone slightly up and down over the last 5 years, the 38% increase between 2022 2023. was dramatic. turning to property crime. auto burglaries were high in 2019, then dropped for a year and have been rising ever since to a level in 2023. not seen in the last 10 years. commercial burglaries have also

people behind the recall effort say the process cleared a significant hurdle after mayor thao mister seven-day deadline to respond to the effort once they're allowed to circulate petitions organizers have about 5 months to collect 15,000 signatures from registered oakland voters. think story we're following tonight, an organization that works to exonerate wrongfully convicted people is now reviewing the scott peterson murder case. t los angeles innocence project confirmed today they're investigating peterson's claim of actual innocence. peterson was convicted of murdering his pregnant wife, laci and their unborn child. back in 2004. >> he is currently serving life in prison without parole. kron four's dan thorn spoke with the legal analyst about the in a sense projects and involvement. he joins us now live in the newsroom with more. noel, though, los angeles innocence project getting involved is. >> certainly attention grabbing considering the high-profile nature of this case. the kron 4 legal analyst michael cardoza says their involvement. he's also leading people to jump to conclus

there's a new petition going around this time to recall oakland, mayor sheng thao right here. have a diverse community that came out. we got pastors. we've got no little years. we got community focus on the grail. a group led by severe lockett is asking the public to resist, signed the recall petition and instead support mayor town the city council retired alameda county judge brenda forte. >> is leading the recall and has collected more than 250 signatures so far. forte tells kron 4, 1, of the main frustrations with the mayor is crime clipped along with the firing of police chief leronne armstrong early last year. lockett says the people recalling are incorrect and blaming crime on the mayor who has only been in office for a year and that she's working to make a difference. this mayor dardis current administration is dealing with decades to get decades of failed policies. this current administration has invested a cease-fire is current ministrations has invested in public safety initiatives in technologies. that's going to keep this community safe. those opposing the recall a

behind the campaign say that mayor thao, mister 7 day deadline to respond to and once the organizerswed to circulate petitions, they'll have 5 months to collect 15,000 signatures from registered city voters. mayor, tell us said here on kron 4 about the recall campaign is organized by her political opponents who previously ran for office against her. out of fairfield. police arrested a man accused of kidnapping a child. police say 48 year-old wilson toya approached a 13 year-old well, she was on her way to school friday and tried luring her into his car vehicles. picture there on your screen. a fortunately police say a good samaritan pulled over and got the girl safely to campus. the girl told her teachers about what happened. police responded and arrested the suspect. coming up on the kron morning news with more rain on the way. how pg and e crews are working to prevent power outages. >> plus, the federal government is investigating some bay area schools. we explain why. after the break, the wife of a forty-niners player proving that sportswear is not going out of style any time soon

kron 4 news reached out to oakland mayor sheng thao about the steps. kaiser is taking. >> her office issued this statement, quote, mayor thao regularly collaborate with business leaders on our shared vision of promoting safe and thriving oakland, kaiser is a valued employer and partner in addressing community safety. the mayor also added that progress is being made with a reduction in property crime. >> if you can't keep people safe and people can have their businesses here, that should be a wake-up call for the elected officials that they need to do better. >> in oakland, theresa kron, 4 news. >> the search for a suspect under way in rohnert park after a man is shot and killed in a walmart parking lot. there happened last night at the location on golf course. road police say the victim was shot in the chest. no word tonight on his identity. but anyone with information is being asked to call rohnert park police. >> take a good look. stanford police are looking for this man who they say broke into student housing. the burglaries happened on december 27t

, this comes as mayor thao begins her second year in office. the group leaving the recall campaign announced last weekend they have collected enough signatures to officially start the process . we spoke to the mayor about the effort she says that she is focused on creating a better oakland. >> i have the best job in the world, that is because everyday i wake up and i get a chance and opportunity to fight for a safer, more affordable, better oakland. so i asked all oakland orsted help me achieve that vision with hope and collaboration, really push aside any fear. >> reporter: recall organizer still have to collect signatures from 10% of lenders before the effort is put to voters on a ballot that is about 25,000 signatures. >>> some breaking news of alejo where law-enforcement have blocked off part of a neighborhood in the area of sousa way and conan drive. our chopper flew over that area just a few minutes ago. there is a sedan with some damage to the side, smashed into a fence. we are trying to find out more information . but law enforcement ve

now they have no idea what they are going to do. >> thank you. >> reporter: mayor thao says there are two officers walking the corridor. and in-n-out is not the only business in the neighborhood closing. and this is right by the airport. and then the same plaza, raising cane's became drive-through only to prevent break-ins. >>> also in oakland, a 2-year-old is home safe tonight after being kidnapped in a suspected carjacking not too far from that area. police say the toddler was in the backseat when they were stolen yesterday. this happened on 85th avenue near the coliseum. the child was later found in san leandro. and she was tracking it by using the find my iphone app. >>> and leading deputies to tiburon in the area of tiburon boulevard and greenwood cove drive. officers were able to recover the stolen cars as well. >>> all right, let's get to the first alert weather, shall we? they caught some of the leftover showers and hanging around this afternoon after the bulk of the rain move through. and in san jose, people needed their umbrellas and the dogs, they needed their jackets as ev

. >> kron 4 news reached out to oakland mayor sheng thao about the steps kaiser is taking her office issued this statement, quote, mayor thao regularly collaborate with business leaders on our shared vision of promoting safe and thriving oakland, kaiser is a valued employer and partner in addressing community safety. the mayor also added that progress is being made with a reduction in property crime. >> if you can't keep people safe and people can have their businesses here, that should be a wake-up call to the elected officials that they need to do better. >> in oakland, theresa kron, 4 news. >> all right. sticker shock for quite a few pg and e customers these days, even for folks who new the utility was raising rates this year january bills more than doubling for some folks. kron four's rob nesbitt joining us in studio now with more on how much more rates may continue to rise. rob noel in grant rate increases for pg. e customers have piled up in the last year. >> and another could be coming in march. even some customers doing the math say their bills just don't add up. the start of

. >> reporter: the retired judge claims mayor thao's first mistake was firing the popular oakland police chief laron armstrong. >> businesses are leaving oakland. she didn't even have, didn't even make the application for a grant to get money for r■etail heft. >> reporter: oakland police report violent crime went up by 21% in 2023 compared to 2022. >> she is making it worse, and we just need to get rid of her. >> reporter: mayor thao supporters are asking for more time to turn things around. they say public safety is a complex issue. but marguerite says she's almost 80 years old. time is not on her side. she wants change now. >> it's not safe here in oakland to live. >> as with any recall, we like to ask the experts how likely is this to actually happen in the end? is it a long shot, is it achievable? professor of politics james taylor seems to think a mayoral recall would be an uphill climb. >> it requires a level of political sophistication that would have to be multipronged and multifronted and coordinated. >> some important context here, this is all just getting started. organizers s

held up signs targeting alameda county district attorney pamela price as well as oakland mayor sheng thao and councilmember carroll fife and nikki fortunato bas. they also mourned officer lay's death and claimed that his killing is the latest proof that oakland mayor sheng thao should declare a state of emergency. councilmember noel gallo also echoing those concerns. >> the promise that mayor thao had made about declaring a state of emergency. if the police chief was not in place by the end of the year and that was the end of 2023. and that came and went right now. there's a very clear man from the neighbors, the neighborhood we to declare a state of emergency here in the city of oakland. and the bottom line is we need more police presence in our >> the council and they're claiming a declaration would open up more resources, including police offers service to better respond to crime. new now at 2, the man who died from a fireworks related injury in san francisco early on new year's day has now been identified. 18 year-old marciano and tone gordon was injured by fireworks on treasure islan

they now tell us they will mail the paperwork and notify mayor thao today. the effort needs 10% of signatures from oakland's registered voters to move forward. the mayor's office tells nbc bay area it has no comment on the recall effort. >>> also, in oakland a group of demonstrators gathered yesterday at city hall calling on city leaders to take action to curb crime. they also expressed frustration the city has been without a police chief nearly one year. a council member agrees that fast-tracking hiring a new police chief would prioritize oakland's safety. >> if any city in any state in any country, public safety is the number one priority. and in any city, the most, most important position is not the mayor. it's the police chief. he directses officers on street. >> also supporting district attorney pamela price. >>> one typically quiet east bay neighborhood a car crashed right into this pleasant hills home causing a gas leak. it happened around 6:30 in the area of susan lane and doris drive right behind grocery outlet on contra costa boulevard. the people

. >> after former police chief leronne armstrong was fired by mayor sheng thao last february. a lot of crime has gone up during that time. most notably property crimes. but as kron four's, dan kerman reports, most of those crimes have been trending upwards for years. >> some decided to place the blame for oakland's crime problems directly at the door of mayor sheng thao who at this point has been in office just over a year. town was quick to point out as she did to kron 4 news last week, the cities rise in crime began before she took office. crime in oakland has been on a steady rise since 2019. 3 years before i took office and it is dishonest for anyone to state that crime started rising under my watch only looking at the numbers. that statement is true in certain areas. for example, total homicides started to increase in 2019, but the numbers have remained relatively steady over the last 3 years. shootings with injury have risen since 2019. and while there was a slight dip in 2022, 2023 saw those numbers go back up again. robbery is a different story. well, it's gone slightl

mayor sheng thao is leadership are moving forward with an effort to recall her. but first, protesters from 2 different rallies clashing in el serino. one of the incidents resulted in an israeli flag our top story to 30 also police are now looking for man, they say took a woman's israeli flag and burned it during a pair of doing protest. >> here's video from the scene from saturday. demonstrators are calling for a cease-fire in gaza and police say they along with a small group of counter demonstrators marched from albany to also and police say at some point after the marching stopped, the man pictured here shoved a woman to the ground who was holding an israeli flag. he then took that flag, police say and burned it in the street. she suffered minor injuries and also police are now investigating this incident as a hate crime. they're asking anyone with information or if you recognize that guy there to contact police, we'll stay in the east bay because oakland polic are investigating 4 homicides in just the first week of the year as violent crime continues to rise,

east bay, first with alameda county district attorney, now a recall effort for oakland mayor, sheng thao. >> organizers say they have more than enough signatures to file paperwork tomorrow. nbc bay area's jaclyn marino joins us now with details for that. >> reporter: residents say they are fed up there behind this, residents say not only fed up with crime in the city but the last of a tour police chief, the recent shooting of officer le and dropping the ball to combat retail theft, organizers and volunteers were gathering signatures this month , tonight, and they say people showed up. >> i feel that mayor is derelict in her duties as a leader. >> reporter: sean has lived in oakland for 15 years. he also owns a commercial property near jack london square. >> our commercial building has been burglarized like six five times in 2023 and it cost is a really significant amount of money each time. >> reporter: tonight he volunteers to collect signatures, he posted on next door that he would be in the montclair neighborhood and one by one, residents showed up, including loretta, and oakland nati

. >>> this morning, a group pushing to recall oakland mayor sheng thao, they say they've had enough trouble in the city to call for a change, and they say they have the support to get that rolling. >> "today in the bay"'s thom jensen joins us live from the east bay with more on where that recall effort stands now. >> reporter: good morning, scott and kris. the first part of this long process is filing what's called a notice of intention. organizers say that they need 250 signatures before they can file that. they say they now have those 250 signatures, and they're ready to file that notice of intention later on today. those organizers were out in the montclair neighborhood last night gathering signatures. they say they're not only fed up with the crime in oakland, which has increased, but the recent shooting especially of oakland police officer tuan le, and the city dropping the ball on grant money to fight retail theft. one supporter points to what she describes as a lack of response from the mayor's office when concerns are brought up, and the fact the city has remained without a permanen