shake and cuts to public safety threaten to make things worse. >> does that scare you at all? >> it does. >> today we are asking what it will take to turn things around, and looking at a grassroots effort to fight the negative headlines. >> the narrative that people are upset about oakland was also a part of the perception. new county district attorney to a revolving door at city hall. we're speaking with a local faith leader about where things stand and what he hopes is this is a cbs news bay area, with elizabeth cook. >> i'm anne makovec. today, we are checking the pulse of one of the bay area's biggest cities, oakland. from a new county district attorney to a revolving door at city hall, we are speaking with a local faith leader about where things stand and what he hopes is next. will have that conversation coming up in a few minutes. first, look at your news headlines. right now in san jose, protesters blocking traffic to stand against president trump threat of mass

deportations. here is a look from our chopper, the intersection of king and story roads. >> reporter: the protest started at ober fell high school. immigrant right groups confirmed at least two i.c.e. operations in as many days in san jose. >> we want to stand with them and let them know that i.c.e. is not welcome in san jose or the united states. >> the protest is also causing massive traffic backups on 101 and 680 at this hour. officers trying to direct away from protesters, directing on rents at 101 and 680. today sentences go doubling down on the city's designation as a sanctuary city. join community activists at city hall to say they are ready to stand against the trump administration as it ramps up the rhetoric to crackdown on illegal immigration. >> when donald trump first came

into office, he came after san francisco. he tried to cut off federal funding, because we are a sanctuary city. the lawyers in my office stood up , fought back, and we won. i am here to tell you that we will do it again if we have to. president trump has threatened to cut funding to century city's. within the last few hours, a federal judge adding a temporary hold on president trump's order to put a freeze on all federal grants, loans, and other assistant. in a white house memo last night, he ordered all federal agencies to assess their programs to ensure they comply with recent federal orders on things like ddi. >> everything a portion of america was a slap in the face by the trump administration, and told, you are not getting your money but at least not now. >> the white house says this will not impact things like social security, medicare, food stamps, or benefits. first alert weather now, so he is continuing to track rain

in the forecast. >> it will not be all weekend long. you will find a dry times, don't worry. any outdoor plans, you should be able to find a bit of dry pockets we are expecting, up until friday. any outdoor plans you really want to do, overnight, the biggest issue will be the chill. very similar to what we felt last night, overnight low temperatures dipping down near freezing, which is why, once again, we do have widespread freeze watches, and a couple of warnings as well with cool temperatures expected to get into the lower 30s, though not as cold as yesterday morning. you might be wondering why, it is because of the fog i have been talking about. the fog will likely arrive overnight tonight and into early tomorrow morning. going to keep our temperatures a bit more myopic everybody is going to be in the upper 30s or mid-40s, closer to

coastal communities by tomorrow afternoon we will be seeing high temperatures warming up once again. after frost and freeze warnings expire, we will be seeing those nice and comfortable temperatures. it is not going to be necessarily as warm as what we have been feeling, it is going to be seasonable. you might notice especially closer to the coast, those blues and darker greens that signify cooler temperatures. that is because we will see even more cloud coverage, and moisture will continue to push onshore, and allow more chances later this week, that is when the rain is going to arrive. let's take a look at that big picture pattern, because this is what we like to see from space, we are going to be seeing high-pressure systems dominating, and the reason we are not looking at any sort of activity over the next 24 to 72 hours, that large area of high pressure keeping away all of the activity, but there is a lot of activity on the way.

i promise you. that will be heading our way again. later this upcoming week. i will show you that pattern, the really active weather pattern that will arise but before it does so, there will be a bit of haze in the sky, prescribed burns going on across northern california. those prescribed burns are good when it comes to mitigating wildfire danger, and with the abundant rainfall they will likely see, any of that wildfire activity going on later this week will be put out by the rain. the biggest issue for us is haze in the sky which will create moderate air quality through thursday and by friday when the rain arrives, that will really push out any of that haze and bad air quality. that is great news for us because we need the rain this time of year. again, it will be coming our way, especially through the northern half of the bay area, starting friday. timing is uncertain, it could be early morning or afternoon hours, but either way, it is going to set

up a very active weather pattern which will persist all the way through next week, as the atmospheric river makes its way toward northern california, swinging up and down the coast as it does so. again, active weather is on the way , starting friday but any outdoor activities up until then, i would suggest getting out and enjoying the sunshine, because we will not be seeing sunshine for quite a while after friday begins. keep an umbrella handy , but it will not be a washout. >> thanks. today, oakland mayoral candidate and former city councilmember lauren tellier presented his plan if elected. he says it starts with one major change. >> we cannot solve these structural challenges by phoning it in. we cannot solve these structural challenges by zooming it in. that is why, as a part two revitalize oakland and small businesses, i am calling for the city of oakland to fully reopen city hall.

>> taylor's plan also includes a dedicated unit for retail and property crimes. a vacant vibrant program to fill empty storefronts, and a requirement for all organizations seeking to influence city hall to register as lobbyists for transparency. taylor is among more than a dozen candidates for oakland mayor, along with east bay congresswoman barbara lee . they will all face off in a special election in april to replace the now recalled mayor thao, who is being charged in a federal bribery scheme. a big challenge for whoever ends up mayor is going to be oaklands $130 billion budget deficit. part of the solution right now is the temporary closure of two fire stations in the oakland hills. more closures could be on the way. we spoke with concerned neighbors and city leaders. >> reporter: when john pulled up to this firehouse on grass valley road in oakland, he had a

plan to try to save it from closing. >> i was going to ask them, how can we support you in keeping this station open? i had no idea. >> reporter: he was shocked to learn that it was too late. this firehouse , closest to his home, was one of two to temporarily close as oakland tries to remedy a nearly $130 million budget deficit. but for john, who uses a wheelchair it's a terrifying reality as he takes in stories from those in southern california of not being able to evacuate on time. >> reporter: does that scare you at all? >> yes it does. because, you have to come up to get into this area. >> reporter: the closures are expected to lead to an increased response time for emergencies. that sounds alarm bells for fire union president seth . >> folks in affected districts

will be waiting double or triple the amount of time for help when their heart stops or they can't breathe through their houses on fire. we are in dire straits and this is a matter of life and death. >> reporter: both engine 25 and 28, that have already shuttered their doors were some of the first on scene back in october, when the teller fire broke out and even the fire chief admitted it may have been a different scenario, had the stations been closed when that fire broke out. >> the amount of work they did initially made the difference between saving the houses on campus drive, versus, we would be talking about a different experience with tens of millions of dollars in fire and lives lost. >> reporter: devon lives just a couple of miles from where the keller fire broke out but he says the area by engine 28 is a popular dumping site for cars that are often set ablaze, with combustible materials nearby. >> the difference between a fire that might spread and potentially destroy a hillside compared with down the street could be this firehouse being open or not being open. >> reporter: he and other officials are calling to reopen

after the closures. the newly elected councilmember tells me he is committed to finding the funding to reopen the station in his district. >> they said they would keep it closed for approximately five or six month period, and then they would close another one and reopen this. that is not good enough for me. open it back up in three. i'm not saying it will, but i will push the envelope to open it back up. >> reporter: but as he looks in the windows of the vacant station which has already had one break-in, he has volunteered to protect it himself, with a warning to looters. >> there's a new sheriff in town. i will drive up here and check it out myself. i will have some of my staff role through, if i see something -- look, this is helpful to me. >> reporter: councilmember houston also told me he has been in touch with interim mayor, kevin jenkins, who he says is

also committed to reopening these fire stations. but, at this point, it remains unclear where additional funding may come from, or what other programs may be cut. despite hardships, there is much more to oakland then it's

>anne>all right, taking a live look from our chopper over san jose. back to that breaking news. we've been covering live taking a live look over san jose, back to the breaking news we have been covering. live pictures, here, over story and king roads. that is where a protest is ongoing. demonstrators still blocking the intersection. they are protesting the trump administration's immigration policies but the president promising things like mass deportations and cutting down on border crossings. chp has closed the on ramps 2101, and 680 , as we get closer to the prime commute hour, this could be more of an issue. we will continue to keep an eye on that. alameda county supervisors are meeting right now to appoint a new

district attorney to finish and a judge. term of recalled da pamela price. seven finalists are trying to become the county's top prosecutor, and they made their case to the public at a community forum this weekend. candidates include local prosecutors, a city attorney, and a judge. the persons elected will serve until the 2026 midterm election. people who voted to recall price felt she was too soft on crime. the city of oakland reported a decrease in crime last year, down 30%. crime is still a concern, just recently, an employee from the restaurant called the best dim sum and pastry in little saigon was beaten at work after trying to stop a homeless man from vandalizing the business. the owner suffered a heart attack and died at the hospital. >> no business is off limits no more. you know? we used to protect these types of landmark businesses, but it is open season over here. >> the owner was known for speaking up about public safety

concerns in his neighborhood. police in oakland tell us an arrest has been made, but they are still investigating. >> no stranger to negative headlines, but now some local businesses are trying to flip the script. the town's booming food scene has become one of the most exciting ways to celebrate oakland's many cultures. kelsey spoke with several business owners who are helping to redefine oakland's reputation. what better way to showcase the energy and joy of a city, then through its food. that is the vision of the newly launched oakland restaurant collective. >> the one thing that is a part of who we are. we always have broken bread. >> reporter: founding member of the collective, he also owns the two restaurants in the city. >> i am a contemporary afghan

ref restaurant. >> reporter: paul says he and a few other restaurant owners decided to create the collective, not only to help the restaurant industry in the city, but to help bring oakland's reputation back up to what they believe the city has always been. >> the narrative. the things that people have said about oakland were also part perception , if that makes sense. there is a way for us to be able to trigger and talk about things that are negative, with other people saying those things are negative where it is a most like the same story that gets circulated, but the truth of the matter is that there is quite a bit but we are doing that has always been positive for a long time. >> reporter: restaurant owners like paul and michelle mclean say they know oakland has experienced issues with crime and safety in recent years, say every city has. their goal is to get people back out, exploring oakland, to see just how much good it still remains .

>> let's come together, let's work on this, let's show them the positive influences that we have here in oakland. let's show them that crime has fallen significantly, and it is okay to come out with your people and have a good time. have a drink, a good meal, have a great experience. >> food is at the heart of every city, both michelle and paul say it does not hurt to have oakland named the number one best food city in the country last october. their hope is to ride that wave into a new era for oakland , and show everyone just how much this city has to offer. >> oakland is a place for everyone. and we want everyone to come. everyone who wants to be a part of oakland, come be a part of our community. >> joining me now is bishop bob jackson from gospel church in

oakland. thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> the city is on its third mayor since december. has this sort of revolving door at city hall affected how things are working in oakland? >> absolutely. the instability of our leaders have been really detrimental to our city, to the health of our city, and to the resurgence of our city, which we all look forward to. we are hearing great reports that crime is down and things are wonderful, but a lot of us that live out here, we don't see that but we really don't see that. i think we still have a problem with crime , we certainly have a problem with police officers and the direction of this city, with who is in charge, who is the leadership, what is going on, and we certainly need to get past the leadership that we have had. the point of it is that we have a lot of repairs to do, of things that have occurred in this city, and the ultimate

cause is leadership right now in the city of oakland. >> we know that we will at least get a semipermanent mayor and also a new district attorney. what are you looking for? >> i think you hit the nail on the head. we are looking for a unifier. we are looking for someone who can hit the ground running, that can unify the city, the leadership of the city, the community and businesses and all that is involved in the city of oakland. we need a unifier, not a special interest group, getting money, not because they're trying to make a political career out of this position , but serious unifier's coming to do a job for the people of oakland for a change. we need a person who is really going to stand for the people, to make sure the people get the kind of services that they need in the city of oakland.

>> how would you compare this time and space to what we have historically seen in the city? >> i have been here 79 years, to be honest with you. i have been here all of my life and i don't plan on going anywhere. what am i seeing? i have never seen oakland in the shape it is in now but i have never seen, even with the kingpins operating and everything that we have had, i have never seen oakland in a worse situation than it is in right now. so, whoever is coming up's got to be aggressive and certain, a person with integrity, to bring in the kinds of monies and revenues that we need in order to get our city back on the right foot. because of the last administration that we have had, it is chaotic right about now. the confusion that the community is having on who is leaving and what are we doing, we need to get rid of ranked choice voting. we need to

get rid of measure x, we need to go back to the city management, form a government along with the city council. i think we can do a lot better if we go back to the way that we used to run this city. >> a lot of this going back way before the last administration. what do you think went wrong? >> to be honest with you, i think measure x made it wrong. when jerry brown was the mayor, it started going down, down, down. one of the things that is the problem with the strong mayor form of government is, there is no way to tell whether the new mayor with all that power, knows anything about running the city. you cannot put anybody up to run the city. that's why we had city managers. city managers were educated. they had experience running cities, running them effectively. all of that is

gone, now, and i think it started with that strong measure x. we need to get rid of that, along with ranked choice voting. and we need to make sure that all the citizens of oakland vote. please go out and vote so that we can get the kind of leadership that we need to run the city. perspect

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i guess what i'm looking for from you is, i mean, i know how the fire affected me, and there's always a constant fear that who's to say something like that won't happen again? that's fair. we committed to underground, 10,000 miles of electric line. you look back at where we were 10 years ago and we are in a completely different place today, and it's because of how we need to care

for our communities and our customers. i hope that's true. [joe] that's my commitment. [ambient noise] right now on cbs news bay area, protesters shutting down the streets to push back against president trump's policies on immigration. demonstrations happening all across the bay area today. >> we're here in solidarity with our undocumented community that's been under attack in san jose and across the country. a federal judge has blocked president trump's plan to freeze federal grants and loans, but only for a few days. how that order could impact bay area organizations like meals on wheels. plus a new troubling trend developing in monterey county in the wake of a massive battery plant fire. the results of soil testing from bay area scientists. alameda county could have a new district attorney as early as tonight. we are there live as

supervisors select their next top law enforcement officer. across the bay area today, residents are pushing back against president trump's plan for mass deportations and his threats against communities who don't cooperate. good evening. i'm ryan yamamoto. major rallies being held in san francisco and san jose today. a live look above san jose where dozens of protesters have blocked traffic at the intersection at king and story roads. looks like they are on the move right now. they've been gathering there since just before 3:00 this afternoon. it appears once again they're on the move once again. the protests causing major traffic backups along 101 and 680 as officers direct traffic away from the protesters. they have closed the on- ramps to 101 and 680. the protests started at overfeld high school where dozens of students carried signs and