now at 11:00, oakland's top cop sidelined and federal oversight could drag on, so why are some leaders say they hope the chief stays? from kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> good evening. i'm sara donchey. this revolving door of oakland police chiefs continues with the suspension of chief leronne armstrong and appointment of assistant chief darren allison as assistant head of the department. the town is on its 12th chief in 14 years of the more community leaders are speaking out about armstrong placed on leave and the question tonight, is that positive change or more ups and downs of the department and the city can't handle it? betty yu

got reaction. >> reporter: community leaders told us that they're very concerned about more turbulence in the department. they hope that the chief's placement on administrative leave does not signal that he'll be fired. for carl chan, chief leronne armstrong meant stability and support. >> especially during the aapi period since 2021, we were able to work with the chief and the police department and to provide us all the needed resources. >> reporter: carl is a long time chinatown community leader who appreciates when the chief dedicated an asian liaison officer to the neighborhood and beefed up patrols, but he says the chief has a good working relationship with diverse communities all across oakland. >> when i talk to the people, they are worried because every time when you see the instability, criminals may want to take advantage during this time in committing crimes. >> reporter: the shake-up happened after an independent investigation found article

strong palled to properly handle serious misconduct by a sergeant. authorities say the sergeant first ripped the bumper off a car in a hit-and-run and later fired a gun in a freight elevator at police headquarters. pastor billy dixon at thy word christian center has known chief armstrong personally and professionally. he believes he's effective and credits his work on the city's crime fighting strategy operation ceasefire. >> somebody that we worked with since he was a sergeant, worked with whim as a lieutenant and captain and never been in trouble. >> we make mistakes once in a while and i hope he stays in oakland as the police chief. >> reporter: oakland mayor sheng tao and the city administrator said in a statement the decision was not taken lightly, but we believe that it is critical for the safety of our community that we build trust and confidence between the department and the public. >> let's keep in supporting our

police officers, you know, men and women in the police department. >> reporter: in addition to oakland's mayor and city administrator, the police commission has the power to fire the chief. in a statement friday, it said armstrong sidelining is not a disciplinary action. the search has been called off for a missing san francisco state who was swept away by a rogue wave in pacifica. there are flowers now at espalanade beach for 22-year-old hamzah alsaudi. he was on the sfu wrestling team. he went missing during a polar plunge swim with his friends thursday morning. the coast guard searched for hours but found no sign of him. there is good news and bad news today for the bay area economy. san francisco and santa clara counties' unemployment rates both fell to 2% last month. the san francisco/san mateo area added 6,400 jobs. the east bay gained more than 3,000. santa clara county added 1,800 jobs. all this comes from the state

employment development department. now for the bad news, google is the latest silicon valley tech company laying people off. they announced 12,000 cuts today, about 6% of their overall workforce, and that is especially bad news for people who need their job to stay in the country. >> reporter: it still isn't any easier for people in the tech industry to hear about more layoffs from another major player in the business. >> i just think about them once i hear this news. >> reporter: for hamath, he's thinking of the people who got the news from google friday that they were losing their job. >> they are right now very stressed out and not in a mood to talk about it. >> reporter: he knows families who are on a visa like him dependent on a job to stay in the u.s. they made a life for themselves in the bay area. >> they have developed so much relationships here, developed so much friendships here. they have left their homes back in their home country and their kids are growing here.

>> reporter: recruiter ellen anderson says it's essential to be proactive and start looking for your next job immediately. she knows the feeling firsthand because she's been laid off before and worked in tech. >> i personally within the last two weeks have had a number of candidates coming to me pretty upset, devastated. they were expecting it at all. >> reporter: e low oymentstill harder to find a job right now. >> i would say it's a tough market. >> reporter: there's more of a curve in the industry. >> i have been in the field now for 40 plus years and during that time we've had four or five different realignments and i would say this is one more realignment in tech. >> reporter: former edd director michael burnick points out recent layoffs are largely the result of overhiring during the pandemic. >> i think we're going to

continue to see more layoffs. >> reporter: more layoffs worry workers like hamath, for his daughter and other children like her, if a parent can't find more work immediately, they won't be able to stay here without a green card. >> if i lose a job, i have to go and pack everything right away and take her along with me. >> i have faith in our boys and we're all pretty much healthy, so -- and brock. brock's the man now. indeed he is. fans were out at levi stadium today more than 48 hours before the 9ers are set to take on the dallas cowboys in the next round of the playoffs. never too early, though, right? everybody is excited for the weekend. >> yeah. there's a lot of reasons to party right now. we are watching a disney movie in the making with brock purdy. last year he was last pick of the draft. everyone had a chance to get him. no one with wanted him. sunday will be the ninth postseason meeting between the cowboys and 49ers. that is tied for the most frequent match-up in nfl playoff history. the rivalry dates back to the '70s and

includes the catch as well as san francisco's win in dallas last january that went down to the final snap that couldn't get played out. this weekend's game will be rookie quarterback brock purdy's first taste of the rivalry. he's jazzed up right there looking forward to adding his name to 49ers/cowboys rivalry. >> man, this is going to be some kind of netflix documentary or anything like that. i'm not trying to make it bigger like than that, but very thankful to be part of it, the rivalry and everything and having it come back. obviously 2023 is going to be a good one. >> kickoff is sunday at 3:30. vern glenn and i will full coverage that night on gameday at 11:30. lorenzo neal, the fullback, will join us as well. if you can't watch, get the dvrs fired up accident must watch tv. we promise. >> i think people will be awake this time around. >> it's 11:30, come on. we're up every night. >> we'll be partying hopefully. coming up next, elon musk has been under plenty of

scrutiny these past few months, but as of today, he is actually on trial, more on his defense strategy. then as we discussed, the 49ers playoff game right around the corner and the people who live around the corner from here will not forget it anytime soon. the weather is looking good sunday in santa clara for the game, kickoff 3:30, upper 50s at that point, but keep in mind the sun goes down at halftime. if you're going to the game, bring a sweatshirt or jacket. temperatures will cool off in the second half. the rest of the weekend forecast is coming up. here are tonight's guests on "the late show" with stephen colbert tonight at 11:30 after the late news.

elizabeth holmes may have tried to leave the country after she was convicted on fraud charges. she booked a one-way ticket to mexico and prosecutors argue that means holmes is a flight risk. they want her to start serving her 11-year prison sentence now while she appeals her conviction. holmes was convicted last january of defrauding investors while she was in charge of theranos. there is another big tech trial happening in san francisco. elon musk is on trial tonight and its focus, a single tweet he sent back in 2018 long before he took over twitter. wilson walker was in court. >> reporter: those 30 minutes got right to the central question in this case. what was going on in the mind of elon musk? right away shareholder attorney nicholas poric questioned musk about his relationship with twitter, how he uses it for corporate messages and sparked controversy, namely the thailand cave rescue incident,

and how close associates even asked musk to step away from tweeting, but musk pushed back. he says his tweets do not directly affect things like changing stock prices and he described the years around 2018 as being "extremely painful" given how hard he was working at tesla. he almost seemed to convey a kind of physical exhaustion describing that time complaining about short sellers and people he says were trying to kill the auto company. so where is all this discussion going? well, a judge has already ruled that the so-called 4-20 tweet when musked he secured funding to make a tesla go private was false and misleading, but the plaintiffs need to convince the jury it was a tweet that cost them their money. that's why previous witnesses included angry tesla investors and a business expert who described the whole situation as highly unusual. >> so if we know musk wrote the tweet and the judge called it false and misleading, how could he possibly defend himself in

court? we talked to a bay area criminal defense attorney, tony brass. >> i think his defense breaks down into two parts. there's the i thought it was true when i said it. that is a valid legal defense and he's trying to say like well, what i say on twitter might be utter nonsense, but that's very difficult to accept. the real question is are people going to think he's just making up whatever he can to get out of criminal liability here? and the truth is is that being reckless does establish liability in this case. >> obviously a lot to follow and a lot to discuss. we will be keeping our eye on this trial and elon musk will take the stand once again come monday. a nudist club in castro valley has a little problem on its hands. cole canyon roads, the private road that leads to the club, collapsed after the storm, left a big mess. it's the only way in and out ofhe

nudist club that sits on 80 acres. we talked to they have food, water and propane and clothes apparently, which is an important component to that story, but they say this is an expensive fix. >> there's a whole big area up there. we have a parking lot and an office, recreation hall and there's seven homes. so nobody's trapped, just can't drive out. nude when possible, clothed when practical. >> reporter: today's practical. >> today's very practical. nobody's nude except maybe in the hot tub. >> okay. so they have to fix the road themselves and as you can see from that video, it is a massive chasm that has opened up there. the road is private. so they're responsible for all the costs associated with this. they say they've been talking to contractors, but nothing really set so far in terms of fixing that problem that they have. >> how many people? >> i mean it's a really good thing they weren't out there

fixing it naked because that would have been -- >> we couldn't have shown you the video. we could have, would have taken a while, blur out all the things. >> yup. >> it's literally the only thing i can say that won't get me in more trouble. >> i think we'll have to move on. >> no, no. we're going to stay on this two-shot a while just to see how far we can drive you down the rabbit hole. >> it was really hard to write that script. >> everyone makes their own choices. >> yeah. >> yes, they made theirs and we stand in judgment of no person. >> no, we don't. i choose to move on. good-bye. let's talk about weather, shall we? we'll see chilly temperatures the rest of tonight. clothing practical, more than that because temperatures will drop to around freezing farther inland. they're close already. a little bit warmer through the weekend, especially the high temperatures, but it's going to be chilly every morning, some passing high cloud cover with more wind on sunday. i don't think it will have a huge impact the second half of the

weekend, but a noticeable breeze. futurecast, we can zoom through the next few days because there's no rain, a few passing high clouds tomorrow, a little more cloud cover to start the day sunday. it's just going to filter the sunshine. it won't block it. then we are back to clear skies sunday night continuing into monday, full sunshine for the beginning of next week as temperatures return to near average which means mostly upper 50s with a few spots reaching up to around 60 degrees. the dry weather is going to continue a while. the six to ten-day outlook from the climate prediction center which takes us almost to the end of january still shows a significant chance of drier than normal conditions, in fact, near zero precipitation for the next ten days. it's what we need to recover from the recent stretch of incredibly wet weather, but eventually we would like some lighter showers to return and the eight to 14-day outlook from the climate prediction center shows a good chance of wetter than normal conditions to begin the month of february, not necessarily return of the atmospheric river parade, but still some signs that we aren't going to have a repeat of the

two months of dry weather we had last year. right now clear skies and temperatures dropping off. it's 46 in san francisco, but otherwise mid- to upper 30s to around 40 degrees and low to mid-30s inland by tomorrow morning, a lot of spots around freezing, which is below average by 5 to 10 cosetting and not that close. temperatures are going to reach down to around 40 degrees near the bay and along the coast. highs tomorrow, mid-50s along the coast, down the peninsula and around the south end of the bay, upper 50s in the santa clara valley including in san jose 58 degrees. a little cooler to start the day inland in the east bay, so a little cooler in the afternoon, low to mid-50s for highs with mid-50s in san francisco and oakland, mostly mid-50s north of the golden gate, some of the warmer spots in the upper 50s around santarosa, but everybody stays short of sixth one more day. more 60s appear on the map next week, even a few days of

slightly above average temperatures by wednesday, thursday and friday and absolutely zero rain in the entire seven-day forecast and the weather does look good for the 9ers game against dallas on sunday. that's a good future forecast right there. how about this for a segway? the warriors' future looked really good tonight. the stars had the night off, but like i said, the future went to work in cleveland. how the young dubs took a page out of steph curry and klay thompson's book coming up next. then berkeley, the victim of a nationwide movie

i don't know. i think we might have a new strategy for the road warriors. >> we'll see how it pays off. just sit all the starters. second night of back-to-back for golden state meaning, yes, the stars sat. also, the warriors hadn't beaten a team above .500 on the road this season, low expectations but a great performance. steph curry and klay thompson, two of the four starters sitting out in cleveland. the shooters out didn't affect golden state's shooting. seven different dubs hit multiple threes, rookie patrick baldwin jr. one of those players. early second half jordan poole knocks down the triple here. golden state was up 11. poole led the warriors with 32. later in the third donte divincenzo gets the steal and a little throwdown. golden state had a 19-point lead. less than two minutes, cavs had cut the deficit to

four. ty jerome heaves it up there desperately and buries it. jerome scored a season high 22. how about the shorthanded warriors? they make 23 three's and win 120-114 to finish the road trip and get this, 3-2, finally a positive road trip. college hoops, tara vanderveer and fourth-ranked stanford hosting utah. utah was hanging around cameron brink. brink had 25 points, 14 boards. stanford was up eight. midway through the fourth, haley jones the spin, splits defenders, what a move from the pac-12's finest. jones had 25 points helping stanford to a big top ten win. the cardinal defeat the eighth-ranked utes 74-62. stanford is 18-2 on the year. fight at the crypt tonight, hall of fame tight end shannon sharpe letting the memphis grizzlies players hear. it steven adams came th

after adams is separated, that's ja morant's dad in the sunglasses and sweater. we got broadcasters on the floor who also happens to be a famer. everybody was separated. they hugged. all is good there and lakers beat the grizzlies 122-121. griz and dubs renew their rivalry that gets heated at times wednesday at chase center. >> he had some really prolific quote about they don't want the smoke. >> they got the smoke. >> thank you. we appreciate it. it's just not the same watching movies at home. when it's a comedy, you don't laugh out loud. when you want to cry, you don't want to cry by yourself. >> the very last movie theater, the city of berkeley going dark, why some say it feels like the

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o's sketch long two-year fest officially returned today for its 20th year. the 2 1/2 week festival includes big name comedians, actors throughout th they do improv, standup comedy, music and all-star reunions. sketch fest runs through february 5th. for schedules and tickets, go to our website, kpix.com. so it is time to celebrate the lunar new year, the year of the rabbit officially beginning sunday, but today dozens of families in daly city got a head start with performances by a chinese drum troupe, a chinese calligrapher and a balloon artist and an appearance from a rabbit. it is the end of an era in the east bay. berkeley's last commercially-operated movie theater is about to close down. andrea nakano talked to people who say it feels like they're losing out on a lot more. >> reporter: this theater has

been here 100 years, a familiar place where locals come to watch a movie. many say losing this theater would be like losing a part of berkeley. >> didn't really surprise me, to tell you the truth. this was the last one. it was a matter of time. >> reporter: james frederickson has been a frequent visitor of the shops, restaurants and theaters in downtown berkeley for the last 45 years. >> berkeley is not the berkeley that it was and i don't think it's going to get any more interesting. i think it's going to get a lot more boring. >> reporter: the regal theater location is slated to be one of 39 nationwide that will close its doors next month according to "business insider." regal's parent company cineworld filed for bankruptcy last year. as long time fixtures of this berkeley community disappear, many can't help to be disappointed, especially when the city is about to lose one of its last theaters. >> just not the same watching movies at home even if