this is cbs news bay area with elizabeth cook . frustration is building. >> are we supposed to keep getting robbed and replacing our thousand dollar windows? >> the problem out here is driving businesses away. >> storefronts smashed and businesses left to tally up their losses. what city leaders say they are doing to keep thieves away. >> i bought for and won the 300 cameras to be placed around the city so that we can help our officers. >> another huge frustration. the oakland a's moved to vegas

growing likelier by the minute. >> this is the first time i will miss opening-day or opening-night and i have no problem doing that. they don't care about us, why should we care about them? >> thank you for joining us this afternoon. i'm elizabeth cook. the city of oakland is dealing with its fair share of challenges right now from crime to the potential loss of its last remaining major sports team. today we are taking a closer look at those challenges as well as the efforts to push through them. first, let's get you caught up on today's news headlines. in the past hour, new york's governor says there is no indication of a terrorist attack and a deadly explosion near niagara falls. two people were killed and four border crossings are closed. the fbi says a car exploded at a checkpoint on the america side of the rainbow bridge border crossing. all cars at the buffalo international airport are currently being screened by bomb sniffing dogs. promising to crack down on retail crime this holiday

season. the governor's office announced that chp is increasing its presence in key retail districts like union square here in san francisco where we have seen smash and grabs in years past. >> it is during this holiday season the merchants and consumers can expect to see an increased presence of high visibility patrols and law enforcement, not only chp and crime task force but also our law enforcement throughout the state. expect the state recently gave out more than $200 million in retail theft prevention grants. san francisco got more than $15 million. san jose with $8 million and oakland did not apply in time. sam altman is back at open ai just days after he was fired. hundreds of employees threatening to leave with him but the san francisco-based company says it has an agreement in principle for altman to make a return with a new board to replace the one that ousted him. let's go to our first alert

weather mag. a breeze on top for thanksgiving. >> we will have some light offshore winds which more than anything will dry out the air. this is a daytime high for wednesday. a lot of numbers in the mid to upper 60s. let's do a quick thanksgiving forecast. we have two locations on here. for san jose, the best for the bay, low 70s tomorrow. plenty of sunshine. that breeze kicks in. liz was talking about the temperatures in the mid 60s. that is about it. the difference here is you are not quite as warm. you will not be in the low 70s tomorrow. let's see what this looks like in the 7-day forecast. we will put some detail on that for the next few days, beyond the holiday. we have already looked at thursday through sunday. come back here and notice what

happens. nothing. no changes. we will be locked in the pattern for a while. we don't see any rain coming our way. we have a great forecast for thanksgiving. today we are focusing on the state of the city of oakland. let's start with crime. overall, it is up 21% compared to the same time last year., signs are down a bit but robberies and burglaries are both up by double digits. home invasions are surging. in the past day, several businesses say they have lost thousands of dollars to break-ins. >> in the early morning hours on monday, a thief stole from

the popular oakland restaurant not once but twice within 15 minutes. first, he took cash from the register and then went back to cleanout $5000 worth of alcohol. >> this one was more heartbreaking because thanksgiving is coming up. it is week of thankfulness and gratefulness. for this to happen while we are away due to my mom having a brain tumor removed. >> reporter: owner nelson, a former top chef contestant said running the kitchen is deeply personal. it reflects his heritage and his love for oakland. >> we are all about community. the bay area. then we have to worry about things like this. >> nelson center weeks ago, someone destroyed a statue of the oakland a's mascot right outside his restaurant. you can see the outline of the bay on

the ground. the vandal also damaged the restaurant's patio in the overnight hours. >> ridiculous. i'm not even surprised. i saw the video of everything getting stolen. >> nick felts is a frequent customer and lives nearby. >> all that food, businesses around here, it is the community. everyone knows each other. it makes oakland feel like home. >> oakland needs the community support to help recoup its losses whether that is pre-ordering holiday meals or dining in. >> the main thing is to support small businesses. san francisco and in oakland, a lot of us have been getting broken into. >> another oakland business is tallying its own losses. the owner of barbecue says on sunday, vandals tagged the

business with graffiti and then try to break into a trailer and then yesterday, the restaurant went up in flames. now, that building is red tagged. investigators are trying to figure out how the fire started. gas stations and oakland are getting hit by burglars. thieves use a backhoe to smash through the window and tear apart an atm. and lincoln square shopping center, a station owner says they were hit twice in one week with someone ramming their garage doors, stealing the cash register and cigarettes. >> what is the city of oakland doing to prevent this crime? mayor sheng thao said in the fruitville neighborhood, she is beefing up foot patrols. >> we are standing up a stronger presence in the fruitville district through mechanisms such as police walking officers that i have doubled. we have all of this with the comprehensive approach we are seeing and we want to do this across the whole city.

>> it has been nine months since oakland had a permanent police chief to lead the department. the police commission has recommended seven candidates and that includes former chief leronne armstrong. he has been fighting to get his job back for most of the year after mayor sheng thao fired him over his handling of an officer misconduct case. oakland's mayor did just name a new chief for the city's violent prevention department. the east oakland native with more than 10 years of experience in reducing crime. the department's second permanent chief since it was first established in 2017. another issue plaguing oakland is car break-ins. the mayor recently introduced a program to try to curb them by luring people downtown with cheaper parking. it is called the five after five program and it is happening at the franklin plaza garage. it is a $5 after 5:00 p.m. on weekdays and all

day on the weekends. city ambassadors monitor the garage and the surrounding streets to get extra lighting and some people are asking why the city is focused on the parking garage program when violent crime numbers are at almost historic highs. others are hopeful this will help move the city in the right direction. >> everybody is frustrated but -- these are baby steps. i hope it means that the city and the mayor are committed to turning this around. >> these other ideas are noble but they don't help with the foundation of public safety and oakland. >> the five after five program runs through the end of the year and then they will reevaluate and decide whether it should continue. we are exploring the challenges and potential solutions with someone who knows oakland like the back of

as we focus on the state of oakland, the next flashpoint is the future of the a's . they are the city's last remaining major sports team and they just got the green light to move to vegas after mlb owners voted unanimously to approve the relocation. the team is planning for a $1.5 billion ballpark but the funding is up in the air. mayor sheng thao says even if the team leaves, she is fighting for the future of haspel in oakland.

>> i am going to continue to keep fighting. i know the fans will ensure that the a's branding stays in the city of oakland. >> the a's will play their home games at the coliseum until the end of the 2024 season when their lease expires. after that, they will have to find a temporary home. the new ballpark in vegas is not expected to open until 2028. as for loyal a's fans, they want the team to stay as long as possible. >> this thing is far from over. they got to play somewhere for four years. we have enough fans to express themselves in some sort of way and we will try to do everything we can to disrupt that. >> some fans are planning to boycott next season's opening day. 20 me like now is oakland city councilmember noel gallo. thank you for joining us. let's start with talking about

the a's. big of a blow is this not just from a revenue standpoint but also for an image standpoint? >> i grew up in the city of oakland. i went to see the a's at the world series. i even went to high school with some of their ex-players. darrell stewart, i went to the same high school playing baseball and so forth. he has made an effort to buy the a's or to buy a team to locate them to oakland. the reality is, we are meeting with some legal counsel that has defended other cities, whether it is football or baseball action. we are meeting with them to see if we can put together a challenge legally. we can have the major-league baseball commissioner keep his commitment that he would provide expansion team's to relocate to cities like oakland. >> you look at the coliseum

site and there is so much potential. >> the perfect site. 150 acres. all city-owned and county owned. a matter of fact, the a's own half of it but they are under a legal suit. everything is there. we have the airports, b.a.r.t. and the reality is, what bothers me is the dishonesty . the citizens of oakland have invested over $7 billion in transportation. they have the airport, the highway, the bus to accommodate the coliseum and the arena. not only that but we also have $80 million through a bond where we brought the teams to rebuild the coliseum. the reality is, for me, we need to keep the a's in oakland. if not, give us an expansion team that we can

continue to develop. i know that there is excuses in the beginning, the discussion. he said it would be privately invested and built but all of the sudden, down the middle of the road, we need taxpayer dollars to continue to build it. next week we meet with attorneys that are professional in this business to see if we can come up with a plan. >> let's talk about the police chief. why has it taken so long to name a new chief of your police department? >> i am a big fan of chief armstrong. i have known him since the early days here in oakland. he would come to not only walk with me but also assign officers on a regular basis to that area from downtown to the fruitville area and so forth. i think he's the

right choice. i know he has reapplied but i see him coaching basketball now . he is the right choice for oakland. >> do you have faith that the current administration is doing everything they can? >> i disagree with what the mayor's office has done. we still have this negotiated settlement agreement monitored. it has a lot to do with the firing of chief armstrong. the city of oakland has spent over $20 million having that monitor show up to tell you what is wrong with the police department. i think that oakland right now, when it comes to public safety in any city, in any county, it is the number one priority. what oakland has is a collaboration from the state and the federal government. we are starting to see that. i grew up in oakland

with challenge. if i did not have it, it was all right for me to steal it. right now, there is an attitude of young people under the age of 24, 18 years of age, committing a lot of crimes because there is no pushback. what i am glad to see, last week, now at the u.s. marshals have returned, dealing with prostitution and human trafficking, i have the fbi on the street and the highway patrol is becoming more visible. and, the cooperation of the sheriff's department. going through an experience here in oakland, what helped us was the curfew. if i was under 18, i had to be home by 10:00 because you got to go to school. we also had a gang injunction that dealt with those that are involving gangs. we have had leadership from the council that has supported more

police officers like we used to have. >> lots of issues. >> we need more officers on the street. not only more officers but i would like to bring in the national guard as other cities have done when they are in an emergency. we certainly have an emergency in oakland. >> noel gallo, thank you for joining us. one of oakland's longtime faith and community leaders weighs in on all of this on the state of the city right now and how it can overcome some of its greatest challenges. stay with us.

we continue now with our conversation about the state of the city of oakland and we want to get the perspective of one of the city's longtime faith and community leaders. 20 me live now is senior pastor of axel gospel church in oakland, bishop bob jackson. thank you for joining us this afternoon. >> we have been talking about the state of crime in the city of oakland but what are you hearing from city -- from people in the community? is it crime or something deeper than that? >> the thing i hear all the time is that the city is not safe . it is not safe for the people. it is not safe for elderly people. it is not safe for the children. it is just not safe. there are 113 homicides already and growing. a number of car break-ins,

home invasion robberies, you name it. it seems to be happening in the city of oakland. it seems that nobody has a plan. our mayor said she had a plan for public safety but we are still waiting on the plan. whatever it is, it is not working. nothing is working. nobody is talking about what we need to do. it seems to be escalating. >> what do you think needs to happen? >> i have tried to get the law enforcement together to try to work and fit it in silos and work together as a team because we don't have enough officers and we don't have enough sheriff's deputies or oakland police officers. all of them have a problem with recruiting more men and women to become a law enforcement officer. it seems like nobody is interested in doing that. if somebody has to maintain the safety of the community, someone has to do law and order. people are calling 911. we don't even have

people to answer the phones at 911. we don't have police to send out and the criminals know this. therefore, they are just running free to do anything and everything they can do because they know we're short all the way around. >> before we go, you are such a positive person. we spent the whole show talking about what oakland is facing. what are you most hopeful for? >> i am hopeful about the city becoming safe. the community can come out where children can play in the streets without being afraid of being shot. elderly people can come out shopping and do what they need to do. that is my hope for the city of oakland and i think it will take a collaborative -- it will take all of us working together in order to make that happen. there is no more

opportunities to blame one particular organization or one can come together as a community and fight these problems we are having in the city. it has to be a collaboration. >> thank you so much for joining us this afternoon. >> we mentioned how oakland has not had a police chief since

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earlier, we told you about how former oakland police chief leronne armstrong, who was fired by the mayor, has been fighting to get his job back. in the meantime, he has not stopped giving back to his community. he is coaching boys basketball at bishop odell high school. armstrong played in high school and in college. he says it was an easy decision when his friend and longtime dragon's coach asked him to help out. thank you for joining us for our special look into the state of oakland . we invite you to share your comments by using the hashtag #kpix and social media. this conversation is not over. the cbs evening news is next on kpix and local news continues on our streaming service, cbs news ay ea. i ♪ ♪ >> jericka: tonight, a deadly vehicle explosion prompts officials to close parts of the u.s.-canadian border. here are tonight headlines beard