da lin took their concerns to libby schaaf. >> reporter: major libby schaaf says it is all politics her political opponent rebecca caplin is trying. oakland promise celebrated a milestone at children's fairy land. >> more than 500 families have brilliant baby savings account seeded with 500 children at their children's birth. >> reporter: nala has one of those accounts. >> the first of my family to graduate from college. i want her to be the second and third and continue the generation of being college graduates. >> reporter: she agrees with the mayor this type of early investment will level the playing field and encourage low income student to seek higher education. now, nala has the brilliant baby account which is not being quon

libby schaaf and london breed to tidy up a bit.ked off the battle for the bay cleanup challenge. on the 21st of this month, crews and volunteers from both cities will remove trash and restore habitat that supports san francisco bay. the mayors laid down a friendly wager on who will be the most successf successful. >> if you lose in the battle for the most volunteers, i challenge you to come volunteer with me wearing all >> so mayor, my sister from across the bay, i accept your challenge. >> mayor schaaf agreed to perform the cleanup in giants gear. the cleanup coincides with an event called california coastal cleanup day. >>> a new report says hundreds of thousands of chinese made gps tracking devices sold in the u.s. has serious security flaws leaving the location data of kids and seniors vulnerable to hackers. >> 7 on your side michael finney has more. this sounds serious. >> problem after problem after problem. anti-virus company found 29 models of gps trackers made by schenn zin, i-365 tech have the vulnerabilities. they first

. >> to my two favorite mayors, london breed and libby schaaf, the battle for the bay is on.a piece of san jose? we will have volunteers on every inch of the coastline imaginable. we will have volunteers coming out of the woodwork and we look forward to taking on your two mighty cities. >> san francisco mayor, london breed and oakland mayor, libby schaaf announced the contest earlier this month. the city with the most volunteers to show up wins the competition. mayor ricardo said he has sharks jerseys ready to go for his fellow mayors when his city wins the competition. very aggressive. >> we will do it on saturday morning. absolutely. 9:00. >> i have early soccer. >> i will pick up on your behalf. >>> speaking of sports, the giants in a battle to sweep the red sox. according to this app, they are 5-3 in the 8th inning but they are threatening, that is good for the giants. thanks for watching, everybody. enjoy this beautiful afternoon. the next newscast at 4 pm. hey, thanks, stanley. ow. ...wait, what's happening? stanley! you're deflating! hold me, jack! only at jack in the

libby schaaf. >> reporter: major libby schaaf says it is all politics her political opponent rebecca caplin is trying. oakland promise celebrated a milestone at children's fairy land. >> more than 500 families have brilliant baby savings account seeded with 500 children at their children's birth. >> reporter: nala has one of those accounts. >> the first of my family to graduate from college. i want her to be the second and third and continue the generation of being college graduates. >> reporter: she agrees with the mayor this type of early investment will level the playing field and encourage low income student to seek higher education. now, nala has the brilliant baby account which is not being questioned at this time. oakland promise has another program called kindergarten to college which sets up accounts for all in public schools. each has $100. the school will serve 14,500 students. councilwoman caplin says they can't produce any records of the accounts and wants to know where's the money. >> any person who could question the amazing accomplishments of this program is mean-hear

mayor libby schaaf says the battle of the bay inspires thousands to beautify their communities. >> good news is that no matter which mayor wins, we all win, because the bay is something that is shared by all of us, and all of our cities have streets with storm drains that bring trash from every neighborhood into our precious waterways. >> the winning city will be determined by measuring the number of volunteers, the amount of garbage removed and the best beautification projects. >>> over in san jose, these volunteers teamed up to clean up coyote creek. near capitol expressway pablo pereira volunteers say in the past five years they've collected more than 150 tons of trash from the creek, unusual items like an atm machine, to usual litter like candy ba wrappers. volunteers say the battle of the bay in the long run will help make all of our bay area cities better places to live. >> it benefits the wildlife, and that's what we really want to do is see our wildlife be healthy so that the city can be healthy. wouldn't it be great to have people play in our streets again? that's something we'

and just hours ago we received a statement from oakland mayor b libby schaaf on the trial. our thoughts are with the friends and family of the victims. i am grateful for the professionalism and integrity from all city employees who participated in the trial. we send warmth and comfort to everyone in the community who was devastated by this tragedy. >> the fire took 36 lives. you see their faces here. the youngest was 17 years old. they were artists, friends, fathers, daughters. some were couples who died in each other's arms quite literally. others managed to send text messages to say good-bye to their family before they were overcome by the flames and the smoke. >> some of their families were at court today for the verdict. both abc7 news reporter wayne freedman and melanie woodrow spoke with them. >> and we'll begin here with melanie. >> reporter: dan and ama, those family members deeply disappointed by the outcome here today. they say they want somebody held accountable. still, travis's mother says nothing will ever be worse than losing her son. >> in all honesty, the wo

it included barbara lee and mayor libby schaaf. harris coming in fourth for the race for the democratic presidential nominee in early voting states. >>> in san francisco tonight, a boulder battleground. these heavy rocks are once again pushed off the street. neighbors put the boulders there two weeks ago but people keep pushing the rocks into the street and closed from san francisco public works department keep putting them back on the sidewalk. >> i just think it's incredible how whole blocks and neighbors can pull together and spent so much effort, time, and money into something that doesn't seem the most positive or productive into the problem they're trying to solve. >> a spokesperson with the city's public works department said they did send crews out this morning to put cones and tape around the boulders. >>> startx celebrated its anniversary. the university hosted a startx expo on campus. we saw a vr app that helps you take more engaging photos. the high tech glove that uses an electrical current to reduce excessive sweating

. >> the libby schaaf said, our thoughts are with the families and friends of the victims today. i am grateful for the professionals and integrity of those who participated in the trial. we as i understand warmth and comfort to everyone in our community. >>> we have full coverage on our website, abc7news.com, including extended interviews with the attorneys, families and friends. >>> new at 11:00, we're getting a look at thieves striking inside an apple store on the peninsula tonight. you can even hear the alarms blaring. you see here a group of thieves grabbed items from the display tables inside the apple store at san mateo hillsdale shopping center. they ran out of the store and into the mal. police have not said if any arrests have been made. >>> a family will receive more than $2 million to settle claims against sacramento police after an unarmed african-american man was shot to death. that tops our look at other stories making news tonight. >>> show me your hands. >> officers chased stephon clark after responding to a vandalism complaint. they thought he turned out a gun bu

. >>> overtime oakland mayor libby schaaf get more inspectors on the streets. but it came too late. and the fire chief at the time when on leave and then retired. while oakland was in and deceit for the criminal trial. the family still have the option of suing the city for what it did and did not do. to prevent one of the deadliest fires in california history.>>> in a way this outcome actually helps the victims families and their civil cases. to go civilly after them they don't have anything. pg&e and the city and the owner of the building is where the deep pockets are. >>> the burden of proof changes. rather without a doubt or without a shadow of a doubt. it becomes a preponderance of evidence. we talk about civil suits. this is going to cost the city millions. the lives that were lost are just so large. this was the largest homicide trial i believe second largest in the history of the u.s. only outdone by the oklahoma city bombing. we have 36 victims on this. there is not going to be in the amount of money. if there are lessons learned. we hope it never sees again. this also was q

. >> to my two favorite mayors, london breed and libby schaaf, the battle for the bay is on. we will have volunteers come out of the woodwork. we look forward to taking on your two mighty cities, as we battle for the bay. we will have san jose sharks jerseys with your names on them, ready to go. >> volunteers from all three cities will fan out to remove the trash, plant trees, and restore habitats. >>> a colorful sunset twins' the day. >> emily turner joins us now. >> it's going to be a beautiful weekend ahead. we are tracking the forecast for the coastal cleanup. saturday morning, it's going to start cool. it will be the warmest day of the weekend at 55 degrees with patchy fog. there's no fog now. taking a live look out towards the east bay, you can see clear skies and the moon shining there. in san francisco, your temperatures are dipping to 63 degrees. 62 in livermore. 57 in santa rosa, and mid- sixties in oakland and concord. our overnight lows are in the 50s. the coolest temperatures are in the north bay. santa rosa, 51 degrees. mid 50s in the east bay, 56 in fairfield a

. >>> plus a new look coming to gn >>> toad mayor libby schaaf joined architectings for the renovation of the oakland museum. the plans include significant improvements to the campus and gardens. these are new renderings of the planned upgrades. the renovation campaign is called "all in." it will support the museum's vision to become a center for community gathering. >>> the cost of gas in the bay area has soared and having drivers feeling the pinch at the pump. gas prices have shot up over a dime in the past week. aaa also says that the higher prices are because the price of crude oil has soared. thanks to turmoil in the middle east. but with lower demand and saudi capacity coming back online drivers can expect a smoother ride in the coming weeks. >>> cancer is among the leading causes of death worldwide. some tumors are just too challenging or difficult to treat or cure. but sometimes miracles do happen. meet little quincy. you might never guess that a deadly cancer almost killed him or how a dedicated team of bay area scientists unlocked a cure. >> they asked us to trust them and we

be san jose and other mayors will have to wear their shark teal and black but london breed and libby schaaf are sayinging not so fast. >> get ready to wear a san francisco giants jersey, because san francisco's going to win this one. >> we are all going to be battling for the bay and oakland is going to win. come on, people, i need you to sign up! >> the bay battle lines drawn. are you in? sign up online at battleforthebay2019.org, pick team san francisco, team oakland or team san jose. >> the bay is going to be the big winner. >> that's the main one. >>> coming up here, we're going to have "nbc bay area responds." >> today we have a hotel hassle and a hre struggle, proof we take complaints of every size. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura, "nbc bay area responds" and telemundo 48 responde next. >>> happening now, a family in san antonio, texas, still recovering this morning after scaffolding on a downtown building collapsed overnight, leaving that family with some minor injuries, it happened as severe storms swept through the area. hree was on a bus bench when the scaffolding collapsed

. >> barbara lee and mayor libby schaaf introduced the senator, endorsing her in the 2020 race. speaking briefly about her priorities of the rent release and for rerdless of what folks look like and where they were born and what language pray to. and gender or race. that we all know it in our hearts and souls that the vast majority of us have so much more in common than what will separate us. >> reporter: and harris' visit to the bay area will come as her colleagues in the house will move forward with the impeachment inquiry into president trump. the president, his supporters, many republicans, they deny any wrong doing and they say this is a witch hunt. senator harris supports impeachment. >> we need to find out what's been going on. the allegations and the complaints, the transcript and that including the transcript that we have received will give good reasons. >> the campaign hopes to build on their hometown support, but a new poll from uc berkeley shows that she is struggling in her home state. now according to the poll, only 8% of the voters would say they are likely to vot

oakland mayor libby schaaf, a frequent target of president trump, says that moving forward with impeachment proceedings is a good thing. however, a bay area member of the republican national convention says it may not be good at all. >> today is a great day for our country and our democracy to stand up against meddling with elections, not even the president of the united states is immune from our laws. >> i think it's going to turn off a lot of american voters from feeling like their elections are final, are people going to keep relitigating stuff three years later? >> we also talked with our nbc political analyst larry gerston. he says that impeachment could potentially work for both parties, depending on how the votes go, and how they can spin it to the marcus? >> thank you, kris. 4:36 right now. >>> a follow-up for you, contra costa county leaders have approved the first step in a new tax that may soon hit you at the cash register. as our bob redell reported yesterday here on "today in the bay," supervisors want to add a half cent sales tax. yesterday they approved a plan to put the ball

.>>> oakland's mayor libby schaaf reacting saying our thoughts are with the families and friends of the victims today. i am grateful for the professionalism and integrity displayed by all current and former city employees who participated in the trial. >>> the jury got the case more than a month ago. after 10 days of deliberations the judge removed three jurors from misconduct august 19 a new panel with three alternates was ordered to start again from scratch. today was the new juries six day of deliberations. >>> ahead hour weighs in on the finger-pointing against the city of oakland. more reaction to the verdict in our extended interviews online.>>> the other developing story we are following more drama surrounding antonio brown. the wide receiver is facing a suspension after his tiff with the general manager. outside the raiders headquarters.>> reporter: after all the fanfare over antonio brown imagine if he never ran a route for this team this year. as you said he is facing suspension after hitting into it with the general manager.>>> i expect a lot more drama from number 84.sis re

just in the past hour, oakland mayor libby schaaf released this statement. it reads, our thoughts are with the families and friends of the victims today. i'm grateful for the professionalism and integrity displayed by all current and former city employees who participated in this trial. we send warmth and comfort to everyone in our community impacted by this tragedy. >> we want to continue our coverage for you. we'll turn to reporter melanie woodrow. >> melanie, you sfopoke with family members of the victims. >> reporter: i did. those family members have been slowly coming out and you can imagine, this is devastating and disappointing for them. they are saying they want someone to be held accountable. travis huff's mother says nothing will be more devastating than losing her son. >> in all honesty, the worst day of my life was on december 2nd. it can't get any worse than that. it's just a lot of suffering after that. we continue to suffer. >> i don't blame the jurors. i do not blame them. they had a tough job to do. so many lies were told during the trial. t

it is tails, lay or libby schaaf goes first for the city of oakland. >> that is a great beginning. we have already won. listen, this is a battle for the bay because when the bay wins everyone wins. we are two cities, but we are sharing one incredible environmental asset, that is our beautiful bay. we really want to emphasize this year that every neighborhood has storm drains that flow into our bay so taking care of our bay is not just about cleaning up at did beach or on the coastline. we want people in our neighborhoods. we need our neighborhoods to be clean, healthy, shiny, beautiful. that is what this is about in oakland. let me be clear with you all, we have over 2000 volunteers already signed up. [applause.] i am happy to report oakland is in the lead as of now. however, people,na lead is narrow. let us -- san francisco has twice the population, but oakland has twice the pride. [cheers.] there is no pride like an oakland pride, whether you are from the city or the town. i think we have to show the town shows up for its community, right? that is how we do it in oakland. i am ex

. >> reporter: barbara lee and mayor libby schaaf introduced the senator endorsing her in the 2020 race. harris spoke briefly about her priorities of rent relief and medicare for all, but focused mostly on big ideas like herelectability. >> regardless of what they look like and where they were born and what language their grandmother speaks, what god they would pray to. and gender or race. and that we all know in our hearts and so much more in common than what will separate us. >> harris' visit to the bay area will come as her colleagues in the house will move forward and they say this is a witch hunt. senator harris supports impeachment. >> we have to find out what's been going on with the print and that including the transcript that will give good reasons. >> they hope to build on the hometown support, but a few poll shows that she is struggling in her home state and according to the poll only 8% of california voters said that they are likely to vote for harris to be the party's no she leads them at 29% b.p. joe biden. and senator harris and her supporters say they are not worried. >>

mayor libby schaaf says the battle of the bay inspires thousands to beautify their communities. >> good that no matter which mayor wins, we all win, because the bay is something that is shared by all of us, and all of our cities have streets with storm drains that bring trash from every neighborhood into our precious waterways. >> the winning city will be determined by measuring the number of volunteers, the amount of garbage removed and the best beautification projects. >>> over in san jose, these volunteers teamed up to clean up coyote creek. in the past five years they've collected more than 150 tons of trash from the creek, unusual items like an atm machine, to regular litter like candy bar wrappers. the battle of the bay in the long run will help make all of our bay area cities better places to live. >> it benefits the wildlife, and that's what we really want to do is see our wildlife be healthy so that the city can be healthy. wouldn't it be great to have people play in our streets again? that's something we'd like to see. >> about 2,000 people signed up to clean sites across sant

ladies and gentlemen, oakland mayor, libby schaaf. >> i brought the oakland weather with me. >> it is so good to be here in our bay area. we may have two cities, but we have one bay. we have one bay area. we know that we rise or fall togeth together. also in memory, since you invoked the memory of our mayor ed lee, someone who lived the values of regionalism. one thing i hope you all know about the mayors of oakland and san francisco is we are home-grown girls and we are graduates of our public school system. [ cheering and applause ]. >> now, i want to pile on to london's challenge to the corporate community. there is a lot of talk these days about shareholder responsibility, how that is a thing of the past and we need to move on to stakeholder responsibility. i challenge other companies to do what sales force has done. that is put your money where your mouth is and put your love where your money is. the fact that sales force does not just pay lip service to the idea of corporate responsibility but they invest deeply and they invest with humility. i don't know if i've ever heard a c.

then in march 2018 he called oakland mayor libby schaaf a disgrace for warning undocumented immigrants about possible i.c.e. arrests. >> to me that's obstruction of justice. >> reporter: and in january of this year mr. trump lashed out at speaker nancy pelosi tweeting, clean up the streets in san francisco. they are disgusting. city leaders have always acknowledged the homeless situation is one of the city's most challenging problems. needles and human waste have tarnished the city's imag worker ees,nchange. has it gotten worse? better? more? less? >> less. less than before. >> reporter: it appears he may be right. numbers from the health department show that in 2018 more than 3,825,000 needles were collected. this year through april 30th nearly 1,083,000 needles were disposed of. again, those are only partial numbers. the co-chairman of the san francisco republican party says it's a strategy mr. trump is using before the 2020 election. >> i think he's trying to show that cities run by very extreme left wingers like san francisco are very inefficient and have problems. >> reporter: lar

mayor libby schaaf also got her gloves on as part of the battle for the bay. it is a friendly competition between the cities of san jose, san francisco and oakland to see which city can pick up the most trash. >> no matter which mayor wins, we all win because the day is something shared by all of us. >> the competition might be close. in san jose, about 150 volunteers picked up trash along the banks of coyote creek. we will find out which city picked up the most trash. the two losing mayors will have to volunteer in the winning city. >>> the democratic presidential candidates turned out to flip steaks and maybe win some boats at the annual steak fry in des moines, iowa this weekend. in a still crowded field, some took aim at president trump over the controversy of a reported phone conversation he had with the ukrainian president. the candidates are angry that the trump administration has refused to turn over or even describe a former whistleblower complaint by a national security official about that phone call. >> in california, new poll results are raising ey

oakland mayor libby schaaf and san francisco mayor london breed kicked off a battle of the bay.ers will remove trash and restore wildlife habitats. the mayors laid down a friendly bet. >> if you lose in the battle for who has the most volunteers, i challenge you to come volunteer with me wearing all a's gear [ cheers and applause ]. >> so mayor, my sister from across the bay, i accept your challenge. >> mayor schaaf agreed to perform the cleanup in giants gear if san francisco prevails. the cleanup coincides with california coastal cleanup day. good, we are showing this video. this is my favorite part. stop per and mayor schaaf getting down on the good foot. but now, look at lucille. where is mayor breed, standing next to lucille and not getting down. i want to know what happened there. >> i just think they weren't ready for her moves. she was like, i'm not going to hurt him today. that's what happened. >> got it. okay. >>> i'm looking forward to her unleashing it when she wins. >>> facebook just released the new dating app. there are already security concerns. the warning going

then in march 2018, he called oakland mayor libby schaaf a disgrace for warning undocumented immigrants about possible i.c.e. arrests. >> to me that's obstruction of justice. >> and in january of this year, mr. trump lashed out at speaker nancy pelosi, tweeting clean up the streets in san francisco. they are disgusting. city leaders have always acknowledged that the homeless situation has been one of the city's most challenging problems. needles and human waste have tarnished the city's image. we stopped to ask a city worker who collects garbage, and, yes, needles, if he has seen a change. has it gotten worse, better, more, less? >> less. >> reporter: less? >> less than before. than last year. a lot. >> reporter: it appears he may be right. numbers from the health department show that in 2018, more than 3,825,000 needles were collected. this year, through april 30th, nearly 1,083,000 needles were disposed of. again, those are only partial numbers. >> i can't begin to pretend as if i know what's going on in the president's head. >> i then asked the co-chairman of the san francisco republ

neighborhood was full of harris supporters, and including representative barbara lee, and mayor libby schaaf, who called harris quote, a warrior for justice. >> we have the ability to believe-- to have faith. in what can be. unburdened by what has been. there is no question come as you have heard. we need to have on that debate stage, in the general election, someone who has the ability to successfully prosecute the case against four more years of donald trump. >> the latest guest battleground tracker poll shows harris narrowly clinching to the fourth spot, clinging that is-- to the rest of the democratic presidential nominee in early voting states. harris is closest democratic contender, pete booty judge is also competing in california this weekend. the mayor of south bend indiana was in west sacramento this afternoon. >>> pro-democracy protesters in hong kong. >> reporter: crowds gathered in westside field mall in westridge, singing and waving american flags at about 3:30 this afternoon. today's rally, part of worldwide protest planned in 29 cities. demonstrators expressed their support fo