we're talking about $18 million from opd. she sent out an email to get people on this call this morning to convince the city council to block this proposal. mayor shaft writes that opd is already low staffed. 58 murders so far this year. gun violence is spiking. eight people were juneteenth sell ration. she cites inadequate 911 responses. >>> happening now, black east bay leaders are coming together to urge alameda county to declare gun violence as a public health emergency. this comes after a weekend of deadly shooting near lake merritt. those leaders are gathering asking the county to invest $100 million in black communities. this is where gun violence hits the hardest. >>> a follow and a successful mission this morning, this is for crews bringing a gigantic, 300-foot crane under the golden gate and bay bridges. up. there was only about ten feet of clearance. a half hour of later, they cross under the bay bridge. it will likely be up and running in about two months. >>> looking at the weather out there, not too bad. look at

evan sernoffsky joins us now live and evan, you have some new information tonight from opd.at's right. shortly after our story posted on ktvu .com this afternoon, oakland police officials responded to our earlier request for comment. and for the first time they revealed that they've administered discipline in this case. it just went crazy. i feel like i wasn't no wars owners something, tosh sears was one of hundreds of demonstrators who took to the streets of oakland on june 1st to protest the police killing of george floyd. the march was organized by students at oakland technical high school. it was like almost like a fashionable it was. everybody was getting along. the children were out there with signs and it was just a good thing. the crowd faced off with officers in riot gear, two blocks from nopd headquarters. video shows a plastic bottle being thrown at police before they launched gas and projectiles. it was like it turn into a shoot out or something like that. you know who was just horrific series was struck by one of those projectiles in the chaos. he has since file

remember hearing opd, calling it an unlawful assembly and ordering everyone to disperse. and if so, why many of the demonstrators decided to stay right? well that's true. some of them did recall that dispersal order. but if you look at the open seas policy on using tear gas, simply ordering a crowd to disperse doesn't necessarily justify using that level of force. also if there's young people or elderly in the crowd. certainly of concern and this was, you know, part of a group of high school marchers, a lot of them teenagers, so there's a lot of questions about whether this tear gassing and shooting projectiles was within oh pd's own policy. that's something that the chief chief plans to address this week. yeah, and i remember armstrong, saying that his daughter was actually at that rally. all right, evan sernoffsky really appreciate it. thank you have it. if this happens to a uniformed san francisco police officer, how should your average resident visitor tourist field they should be concerned? it happened in just seconds. the homeless man violently attacks, a san franci

are you going to continue to hire or the next 2 years starting the first july opd is current budget takes up about 40% of the city's general fund oakland mayor libby chefs, new budget proposal is now in the hands of the oakland city council. i can pretty confidently say that it will be amended. the question is. >> how much it will be amended so that the possibility that the city council's could actually reduce the size of the number of police department. >> there. there is a possibility, we've got to get 5 votes for whatever happens in. so i know that my residents are. really demanding me that i'm not take away services, public safety services unless they're being replaced by suitable alternatives that will ensure. same level or better of safety. and that's what i'm committed zeke met kron 4 news. >> well, new images from san jose police after officers shot and killed a man they say was a suspect in an ongoing investigation. well, in these pictures. you can see the man holding a handgun. authorities say he pointed it at 2 officers before he was shot. the officers were conducting a follow-

opd officers have a right to appeal the review agencies findings. >> has it made you kron 4 news. >> coming up, new video shows the moments leading up to a deadly police shooting in san jose. why officers say they decided to release the surveillance video today. >> also richmond police department could have its budget slashed the chief wants people to know how that would make the city even less safe. and later warning on california's coast, a new study finds disease carry ticks are popping up. >> and thriving going to talk to an expert about what to look out for. >> and below average temperatures today for most of the bay area. but we're going to see hot daytime times for parts of the north bay. details ahead. coming up in my full forecast. >> following protests in san jose. police have released surveillance video capturing a deadly officer involved shooting kron 4 sanaz tahernia has more on what led up to that shooting. >> our officers did not want or anticipated confrontation that night and did everything possible to avoid having one. unfortunately, the officers have no control ove

we had uses of force the result of an independent investigation into use of force complaints against opd officers during the protests conducted by oakland's community police review agency to stand over 30 allegations against oakland police chief leronne armstrong describes the challenges officers faced over consecutive days of protest. >> first of all, i want to say that our officers did phenomenal job over a four-day period. if you think about 3 days of some of the most violent protests that i've seen in my over 20 years of 22 years of being a member of this department. idea that you would officers being targeted. violence including rocks and bottles being thrown at officers and even the death of the federal officer underwood was a challenging night, whether the chief admits the use of tear gas did not comply with opd policy. >> policy is very clear that in order to use that love will force. there must be and danger to the officer or community member. these investigative process is to determined that that did not. >> exist. and what we heard. >> from the public was that oakland expects

. >> reporter: the oakland police says opd is staffed at 714 officers with 78 vacant positions. >> we need to acknowledged that opd is under staffed and therefore impacting its recruiting abilities and what it does is it puts our most vulnerable at risk. >> reporter: and still no vote quite yet. there has been a lot of debate over those police academy whether the city should have a fifth police academy or whether there is enough cadets from here in oakland. again, the debate is still ongoing. the council does have a deadline, they have until next wednesday to adopt a full balance budget. that's the latest here. nbc bay area news. >> thank you, melissa. >>> the same issue is being talked about in san francisco. taking police out of the equation. today people gathered on the steps at san francisco city hall to fight for what they call budget justice. they want city funding to be redirected from police and to community outreach teams. police criminalized the homeless instead of helping solve the crisis. protesters say they have been calling for change for a long time and they are not goi

a tip came into opd about a man selling illegal fireworks. when officers went to investigate, there was a full display of fireworks like these. they were not, not only were their customers, the word had spread throughout the neighborhood. >> there were patrons who actually showed up at the track wanting to buy fireworks. the officers arrested the male adult who was in possession of actually 165 pounds of illegal fireworks. >> reporter: the suspect in this case was well known to opd. they had been arrested just a month earlier on may 23 for, you guessed it, selling illegal fireworks but was back at it again. of course and is epic drought conditions, the concern up here in the oakland hills, i'm on grizzly peak right now, one of these fireworks going off and a spark setting off a wildfire that could have catastrophic results. live in oakland, andria borba, kpix5. >>> the latest draft map is out. the only good thing to say about it really is it is no worse than last week but as a region, the west is really in trouble. paul heggen here with the b

a majority of speakers today, they supported the decision to take the mona way from opd, but some said gutting money from an overstaffed police department will not make the city safer. >> i'm concerned about the level of violence, especially in east oakland, and we must realize we're living in an anomaly of a year. >> what the heck is going on with that department and why are we giving them so much money? stop the bleeding. >> quick question for you. was there any mention of the homicide rate and just on juneteenth we saw that shooting at lake merritt. did anybody discuss that in the debate? >> reporter: it was certainly brought up, yes, that deadly shooting that we know took the life of a 22-year-old father from oakland. yes, a speaker brought that up. she said she was there at the lake that saturday evening. she witnessed that chaos unfold and she said despite that experience, she still approves defunding opd, and of course councilmember nicki bass brought that up. she hosted a meeting at the lake herself a few days ago and said no amount of police presence would have prevented that

it will also cut two proposed police academies, will freeze several vacant positions in opd's tactical unit and will get rid of a traffic squad. this vote comes as many activists nationwide are calling for police reform following the police murder of george floyd last year. supporters of this vote gathered in downtown oakland to celebrate what they are calling a victory. >> oakland went through a process to re-imagine safety. on this day, june 24th, we actually are doing something about it. we're putting our money where our mouth is. [ applause ] >> six mass shootings this year. 60 homicides already. it's very worrying what's going to happen with even less resources available to tackle that level of violent crime. >> reporter: mayor shaft released a written statement which reads in, part, unfortunately it also cuts 50 police officers who respond to oaklander's 9-1-1 calls and enforce traffic safety. it also cuts much-needed future academies which will significantly reduce police staffing and delay response to oaklanders in their time of crisis. it'll force our officers to work even mor

near the fourth and final day of george floyd protests in oakland that drew the most attention to opd's handling the of situation. the chief says officers were targeted. >> including rocks and bottles being thrown at officers and even the death of the federal officer underwood. >> reporter: but armstrong says the internal affairs division and three independent investigations including community review determined 35 uses of force or misconduct complaints. 33 were from june 1st, all from deploying tear gas when there was no danger to officers or the community. >> the policy's very clear. officers were not authorized to use gas in the manner they did. >> reporter: armstrong wouldn't go into detail about how many individuals were disciplined but said they ranged from patrol officers to a deputy chief. >> officers have been held accountable through written reprimand to several suspensions. >> reporter: a long time social justice organizer says opd has to do more than just discipline a few officers. >> this is, you know, more of the same. it does not to me signify a shift in direction of the

opd tells nbc bay area six people were shot. five men and one woman. of the men died at the hospital. moments after the shooting, officers saw two men running away with guns. officers arrested those men and they're working to figure out where they're connected to the shooting and whether the shooting was connected to the juneteenth celebrations. the other five victims are in stable condition. >>> and a tragic accident this weekend. a young san jose man drowned. sheriffs deputies from napa tell nbc bay area they got a call of a man drowning on friday night. yesterday morning a do i have team recovered the body of a 22-year-old. the drowning happened at pleasure cove marina. >>> and as we told you yesterday morning on our digital updates, dozens of people are out of their homes after flames ripped through an apartment building in san francisco. the fire was reported just before 6:30 yesterday morning. that's in san francisco's tenderloin district. when firefighters responded, people were trapped on the top three stores. some had to run up to the roof, es

opd officers have a right to appeal. the review agencies findings. has it made you kron 4 news. >> san mateo police are asking for the public's help in finding 2 children, 16 year-old claudia romero has been and her 5 month-old daughter abigail. they have both been missing since saturday, both last seen at their family home in san mateo. the family says that claudia had been talking about wanting to live separately from them. she is 5 foot. one. she was a 165 pounds. she and her baby both have black hair and brown eyes. meantime, the search continues for a missing elderly. asian woman from san francisco. this is 84 year-old jane chen com fung. she's been missing for 5 days. she was last seen friday afternoon at the marina safeway. that's after chp officers dropped her off at the time. she was wearing a red or pink puffy jacket. a purple sweater brown pants black a good bulk of boots and a red beanie with an l g logo. she reportedly left to richmond district home. about 03:00pm on friday today during a zoom news conference the san francisco da read a

. >> 6 members of the oakland city council voted in favor of reducing 18 million dollars from opd easeget over the next 2 years by cutting to police academies. yeah. but first of all, and any. >> what might be considered reductions or modifications. those don't kick in for several months, but not at night in this calendar year council member dan cobb says he voted in favor of the new budget in large part because of the investment in alternative violence prevention strategies as well as job rating this job training. >> and to have what we call our macro program or alternate civilian emergency response program. so not all calls for service or lower-level have to go to police department. but if you that make sense for for other things and the opd agrees with that eye. >> we're actually supportive however, the president of the oakland police officers association. barry donelan says that emergency mental health calls are only a fraction of their daily calls for service. we like the idea. and especially metro app pushing these calls about mental health over to the fire department and it acco

but if you that makes sense for for other things and the opd agrees with that eye. >> we're actually however, the president of the oakland police officers association. barry donelan says that emergency mental health calls are only a fraction of their daily calls for service. we like the idea. and especially macro pushing these calls about mental health over the fire department and it accounts for about 40 calls a day that we would have to respond to. but to give you context right now. we respond to 2000 costs. so the impact it will absolutely be there. but the reduction in work won't be as large as we would like council members, lauren taylor and reba reid voted against the new budget on the grounds of what they say is a lack of equity for their constituents in east oakland. when i saw. >> the limited investment into east oakland the limited stan of the east oaklanders of the voice of east oaklanders that i'm hearing from what i know said hundreds of e-mails to me. i could not. vote for it in principle. >> we want to know we want a firm to this budget that there will be measures ensu

oakland police are reporting an uptick in carjackings, opd says. armed carjackings are up 115 over the same time last year. as of sunday, there were 200 carjackings in oakland, compared to just 93. at the same time last year. police say the stolen cars are often used in other crimes, such as residential burglaries. also up in oakland, are instances of gunfire. police say that during the. last week of may. there were 174 shot spotter activations. that is an increase of 119% over the same time last year. a new information tonight about two shootings in richmond that we first told you about last night. police say that this ford mustang is possibly linked to those two shootings. they happened just minutes apart in richmond yesterday. the first one was at 20th and nevin at about 4 39 in the afternoon. the victim took himself to the hospital and is expected to survive. not less than five minutes later, a man was shot several times there at 12 and bissell. he is in critical condition. now if you have seen this mustang or have any information, you're asked

it is a steep rise as of thursday, opd is reporting 209 carjacking so far this year.o, there were 93, but in pre covid. 2019 before anyone even thought about lockdowns. there were 94 at this time. also police say carjackings in 2021 have already surpassed the numbers for the entire years of 2017, 2018 and 2019. our investigators are looking to see. is this a ring? an organized crime ring. sometimes the cars may have been used in a legal sideshow, a transportation to get to an illegal sideshow. opd says the covid lockdown. curtailed carjackings for a few weeks before shooting back up. police caution drivers to keep their car doors locked while inside the car and only roll down windows part way. the alert comes as the open city council debates the city's budget for the next fiscal year, including police funding. confused as to why a small percentage of the population or even a small percentage of individuals coming from other places are causing such. a critical crisis for law enforcement because that is your job, councilwoman carol fife says police strategies and fundin

opd officers have a right to appeal the review agencies findings. >> has it made you kron 4 news. >> keeping it in the east bay water agencies. there are asking residents urging residents to voluntary cut their water use by 10% because of the extreme drought. authorities say they have enough water spet store to withstand the occasional dry winter. but with the region now facing its second dry year. people are being asked to start to save now and right now on kron 4 dot com. we have a section dedicated to drought and wildfire resources. just use your mobile device to scan this qr code that's on your screen there. you can find a list of tips to keep you prepared in case of drought or in the face of drought. also an interactive drought map. and we also have the latest water restrictions. so let's talk now about our weather forecast as we take a live look outside here across the golden gate bridge for the fog has settled in for the day. type of weather that you're going to experience depends really where you live in the bay area today and kron four's erica caturay is in the weather cente

to make a decision or you're going to continue to hire or the next 2 years starting the first july opdbudget takes up about 40% of the city's general fund oakland mayor libby chefs, new budget proposal is now in the hands of the oakland city council. i can pretty confidently say that it will be amended. >> the question is how much it will be amended so that the possibility that the city councils have been could actually reduce the size or the number of police department. >> there. there is a possibility, we've got to get 5 votes for whatever happens in. so i know that my residents are. really demanding me that i'm not take away services, public safety services unless they're being replaced by suitable alternatives that will ensure. same level or better of safety. and that's what i'm committed has it made kron. 4 news. >> illegal sideshows a major cause for concern for residents at alameda point in alameda, the former navy air station has also been used for on permitted car shows and neighbors and businesses say are dangerous. forcefully to god tells us the city council there. we'll dis

city council is set to vote thursday on its two-year budget which will determine how much funding opd will receive. dan thorn kron 4 news. and when oakland city council meets tomorrow, it will discuss redirecting 17 million dollars from the police department. >> to the department of violence prevention 17 million would double the violence prevention, department's current budget. the extra money would help in certain more community ambassadors in certain neighborhoods as part of this compromise for redirecting money from police. the proposal would add one more police academy class to the budget. the city council will meet at 1030 tomorrow morning. president biden's announcement that we've been talking about is also being praised by a local gun violence prevention group hunt for salah sogomonian spoke with the giffords law center to get their reaction to the president's plan. what they have to say. all they say it's mostly promising they agree with most of the measures and hope that at least. >> anything that is being thrown at this problem can be some sort of a solution here. the execu

opd is now working with the san francisco police department defined the true purpose of the director of open ceasefire program and the oakland police chief, saying this level of violence has no place in oakland. community has to come together people from participating in this activity. oakland is not okay with that. this entire city is not okay with this level of violence, this event was and unfortunately it was marred by gun violence, which we have been seeing all too often here in oak. he has early so ceasefire will be holding a visual for the shooting for others that happen this year as well on sunday, and the police are offering a $40,000 roy for anyone who has information. i just spoke with the cease victims family and they say he was just out here enjoying the juneteenth celebrations when the shooting happened and he was shot and killed in our reporting live in oakland. i'm candese charles ktvu block students. yeah, candace, i just want to clarify one person killed their seven other shot when you spoke to that victims. family. did they say anything about whether they believe he

mayor libby schaaf of oakland says the cut to opd would decimate the city's 911 response. later this morning the city council will consider this proposal being put forward by the council president, nikki bas. she wants to shift the money towards violence prevention and other social programs. the president wants to cut the two new police academies proposed by the mayor and put a hiring freeze in the oakland police department cooperation unit. she wants to ramp up spending on the mobile assistance community responders of oakland. those are civilians who are trained to respond to people experiencing mental health crisis. three other council members support that proposal. last week mayor libby schaaf sent out a letter to residents to call on them to block the proposal. she notes opd is already low on staffing, and gun violence is spiking and eight people were shot this saturday during a juneteenth celebration at lake merritt. she said it would decimate an under inadequate response to oaklanders experiencing crisis and needing help. reporting live, bob redell, "today in the bay

opd has investigated 65 a total homicides so far. that's compared to 35 over the same span one year ago. so almost 100% in terms of an increase from this time last year. kron four's maureen kelly is on the story for she reports that the crime rate for the chief is very personal. >> we are talking about numbers. we are talking about money and costs. i don't know what the cost of a life is. but i know not have the resources makes our city less the oakland police chief put up pictures of some of the 65 homicide victims who lost their lives so far this year. >> an increase of 83% from the same period last year. one of them hitting very close to home. this is my guy says. that means something. 7 members of the oakland city council voted in favor of reducing 18 million dollars from opd is budget over the next 2 years. >> by cutting to police academy classes. the money will instead go to violence prevention strategies, including an alternative civilian emergency response program as well as job placement and job training. the chief says he's

but behind that officer on the wall in the opd headquarters or the names of those who were killed as well as the dates that they lost their life in the line of duty. francisco police have stepped up patrols and sobriety checkpoints tonight to wrap up the memorial day weekend. the increased enforcement started friday will continue through tonight. police say crashes involving impaired drivers can drop as much as 20% because of these extra patrols. they say 30% of deadly car crashes involve at least one form of drugs or alcohol. 4 zone forecast as we give you a live view of the golden gate bridge and kron four's. i'm meteorologist dave spahr as here looking pretty. >> foggy, which is which good day. >> so fog there. little cloud fogs keeping us cooler. that's what we can expect going on for tonight. yeah. we're going to start the day off tomorrow like that before things start to race again into the afternoon picky feel folks in the inland valleys. you're going to feel again. the pinch happening in the afternoon with the temperatures really climbing. but here they are, the fog clouds to

it will cut two proposed police academies, freeze several vacant positions in opd's tactical unit and gets rid of a traffic squad. this vote as many activists are calling a nationwide for police reform following the police murder of george floyd last year. supporters of the vote gathered in downtown oakland to celebrate what they are calling a victory. >> oakland went through a process to reimagine safety and on this day, june 24th, we actually are doing something about it. we're putting our money where our mouth is. >> six mass shootings this year, 60 homicides already. it's worrying what we're going to -- what's going to happen with even less resources available to tackle that level of violent crime. >> reporter: the mayor released a written statement that reads in part, unfortunately, this vote also cuts 50 police officers who respond to oaklanders 911 calls and enforce traffic safety and cuts much needed future academies which will significantly reduce police staffing and delay response to oaklanders in the time of crisis and force our officers to work more overtime shifts which a

. >> reporter: according to opd, they have 717 sworn officers but 71 empty slots. they project the police force to dip below 700 officers by the fall. >> there is a real possibility that police officers will be in the high 600s. >> reporter: and with the news of this elated deadly shooting where a man was shot and killed in west oakland, that means we had more than 60 homicides so far this year in oakland. we are still only in june. the next academy will start july 12th. i am melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. >>> thank you, melissa. a desperate search for survivors on its second day after a condo building collapsed near miami beach. res rescuers pulled three bodies from the rubble. loved ones are anxiously waiting for any word of family members they have not been able to locate. >> her bedroom, the master bedroom where she sleeps in is right where the whole part collapse. we are hoping that she's in one of the hospitals, we just don't know when we are going to hear from them. >> reporter: today someone who lives in the building files a $5 million class lawsuit a

the department can do more smartly and with better outcomes. >> the opd currently has 725 sworn officers that is the lowest number in some 6 years to east bay cities are moving forward with police reform measures. tonight. the berkeley city council will the appointing 9 members to their police accountability board. the board will review berkeley police policies and conduct impartial investigations when a civilian files a complaint against the department in richmond. the city council will also discuss allocating more than 5 million dollars into the budget for the remaining public safety community task force illegal sideshows. they're becoming a major concern for residents at alameda point in alameda, the former navy base has also been used for permitted car shows that neighbors and businesses say are dangerous as our current forcefully to call reports tonight, the city council is discussing the matter tonight. >> the remnants of spinning donuts and drag races left on the streets of alameda point in alameda. neighbors say the west end of town has been used for these unpermitted and often i

it was even an opd helicopter that was hovering over top of the celebration that was happening there. the shooting still occurred. there was a loss of life. what more can law-enforcement do for things like this? >> the cease-fire strategy invests in communication and interrupting retaliatory violence particular between groups and gangs, which is, what the information is that was behind the last tragedy. it uses enforcement as a last resort, but it has, in oakland, cut gun violence in half up to this last tragic year. but we are compromised in this ability both to answer the 911 calls that people continue to make calling for police response as well as the cease- fire strategy, which, when it was successful, this department had 30 more officers. right now, the council president, he keep -- he represents the area, he has a proposal that could get past by the city council this thursday at 10:30 to further reduce police staffing. i believe that is going in the wrong direction. just yesterday, councilmember lord taylor -- moran taylor allowed a proposal that would allow new violence prevent

. >> reporter: opd policy allows the use of tear gas only when there's imminent danger to the officeror a member of the public. >> during these investigative processes they determined that that did not exist. >> reporter: moments after the chief's press conference we talk with the president of the oakland police officers association who told us he and his officers were largely blind sided by armstrong's announcement. >> what i'm devastated with is the chief did not talk to the officers that he's disciplining. common decency and courtesy is to give them the details of what violation they committed before you go to the media and have them understand the environment they're operating in. >> reporter: will more closely decide when gas is >>> the disgraced former head of san francisco's works department has been arrested on an attempted robbery charge. nuru had a small kitchen knife and threatened to take called p the food bank says nuru is a long time volunteer and moments ago police confirmed nuru was arrested and confirmed. this incident is not tied to nuru in a corruption scheme. >>> t

. >> 6 members of the oakland city council voted in favor of reducing 18 million dollars from opd easebudget over the next 2 years by cutting to police academies. yeah. but first of all, any. >> what might be considered reductions or modifications. those don't kick in for several months, but not at night in this calendar year council member dan cobb says he voted in favor of the new budget in large part because of the investment in alternative violence prevention strategies as well as job rating this job training. >> and to have what we call our macro program or alternate civilian emergency response program. so not all calls for service or lower-level have to go to police department. but if you that make sense for for other things and the opd agrees with that eye. >> we're actually however, the president of the oakland police officers association. barry donelan says that emergency mental health calls are only a fraction of their daily calls for service. we like the idea. and especially macro pushing these calls about mental health over to the fire department and it accounts for about 4

to make a decision or you're going to continue to hire or the next 2 years starting the first july opd is current budget takes up about 40% of the city's general fund oakland mayor libby chefs, new budget proposal is now in the hands of the city council. i can pretty confidently say that it will be amended. >> the question is how much it will be amended so that the possibility that the city council's could actually reduce the size of the number of police department. >> there. there is a possibility, we've got to get 5 votes for whatever happens in. so i know that my residents are. really demanding me that i'm not take away services, public safety services unless they're being replaced by suitable alternatives that will ensure. same level or better of safety. and that's what i'm committed has it meant kron 4 news. >> sideshows are causing major concerns for residents at alameda point neighbors say the west end of town is been used for these unpermitted events for years now coach totally illegal. you can't get a permit for a sideshow. this is happening on a weekly basis. now and it's onl

whether the chief admits the use of tear gas did not comply with opd policy. >> policy is very clear. >> that in order to use that love will force. there must be and danger to the officer or community member. these investigative process is to determined that that did not. >> exist. and what we heard. >> from the public was that oakland expects accountability from his officers. >> the chair of the oakland police commission regina jackson says she finds the chief's words of accountability in courage. we're going in the right directions and some entities. we still got a lot of work to do. >> but i believe we have the right leader for the right time under his leadership because again last year he wasn't leading that that we won't have these kind of outcomes anymore. >> has it made kron. 4 news supporters of police reform say today's announcement is one step forward. but 2 steps back when it comes to police accountability. >> and kron four's jonathan mccall is here with reaction and the steps one group taking jonathan to change transparency. yeah. the big question that still lingers tonigh

city council is set to vote thursday on its two-year budget which will determine how much funding opd will receive. >> dan thorn kron 4 news president biden's announcement is also being praised by a local gun violence prevention group kron four's ella sogomonian talked with the giffords law center to prevent gun violence to get their reaction to the president's plan l a. >> well, ken and pam, the executive director of san francisco based giffords law center to prevent gun violence. robin thomas says the president is doing his best to show leadership and she is hopeful about all the measures that you mention today. she also says it takes grassroots organization inconsistent funding. she wholeheartedly agrees on investing in. well, resourced community programs pointing to success in the east bay with the cease-fire program in oakland. crediting them for a reduction in gun violence by 50% between 2000, one in 2020. >> really try and identify. >> who are the individuals in a given community who are most at risk. >> of being either the perpetrator or the victim of violence and they go to t

opd says. the covid lockdown only curtailed carjackings for a few weeks before shooting back up. police caution drivers to keep their car doors locked while inside the car and only roll down windows part way. the alert comes as the oakland city council debates the city's budget for the next fiscal year, including police funding. confused as to why a small percentage of the population or even a small percentage of individuals coming from other places are causing such. a critical crisis for law enforcement because that is your job. councilwoman carol fife says police strategies and funding need to be evaluated with one of the most. well paid, well funded police departments in the state of california people are still not safe. that means that we're something is wrong with our equation. councilman noel gayo says the police department is understaffed and that non emergency calls should go to other city agencies. how do i take some of the services that they're providing that needs to belong in another department? where they can't concentrate on the 911 calls. is it helpful to have more

as of thursday, opd is reporting 200 non carjacking so far this year.here were 93 but in pre covid 2019 before anyone even thought about lockdowns, there were 94 at this time. also police say carjackings in 2021 have already surpassed the numbers. for the entire years of 2017, 2018 and 2019. our investigators are looking to see is this a ring? an organized crime ring. sometimes the cars may have been used in a legal sideshow, a transportation to get to an illegal sideshow. opd says the covid lockdown only curtailed carjackings for a few weeks before shooting back up. police caution drivers to keep their car doors locked while inside the car and only roll down windows part way the alert. come as the open city council debates the city's budget for the next fiscal year, including police funding, confused as to why a small percentage of the population or even a small percentage of individuals coming from other places are causing such. a critical crisis for law enforcement because that is your job. councilwoman carol fife says police strategies and funding n

. >> 6 members of the oakland city council voted in favor of reducing 18 million dollars from opd ease budget over the next 2 years by cutting to police academies. yeah. but first of all, any. >> what might be considered reductions or modifications. those don't kick in for several months, but not at night in this calendar year council member dan cobb says he voted in favor of the new budget in large part because of the investment in alternative violence prevention strategies as well as job rating this job training. >> and to have what we call our macro program or alternate civilian emergency response program. so not all calls for service or lower-level have to go to police department. but if you that make sense for for other things and the opd agrees with that eye. >> we're actually however, the president of the oakland police officers association. barry donelan says that emergency mental health calls are only a fraction of their daily calls for service. we like the idea. and especially metro app pushing these calls about mental health over to the fire department and it accounts for ab

i want to see the new chief laurent armstrong, who keeps saying that this is a new day inside of opd actually do some things that make it a new day inside of open, d, the chief said. he's going to be more careful in the future about vetting facts, and that was a lesson learned for the department about how we share information. the episode came on the fourth day of chaotic protests that at times turned violent 33 1st responders, including 21 officers were injured in the earth. early days. oakland mayor libby shaft said the department is also changing how long officers will be allowed to work in oakland and really across the country. we are going to be changing policy to ensure that officers are not allowed to work such a long period under such intense circumstances. yes, i want to say to the young people that i apologize that you you had to experience what you experience. now the chief cities also changing policies around mutual aid, management and supervisors will no longer be able to deploy tear gas. instead they're going to be focused on supervising reporting live evan sernoffsky k

opd has recorded 200 so far this year, a 150% increase from this time last year. police say the clients are happening all over the city typically at red lights or stop signs. >> he will be sitting in your car and they will come up often armed, so they will be armed with some type of firearm, and they want your car. we encourage not to resist, not to fight, property can be replaced, your life cannot. >> the city has also seen a 135% increase in homicides. there have been at least 54 so far this year. last year at this time, there were 23. >>> the spike in violent crime pop to the oakland police union to take out a reserve adds calling on residents to push the city council more officers. it claims that there are discreetly 725 officers responsible for protecting 425,000 people. >>> a couple of bright spots in the city's most recent crime report, rates are down by 54% year to date and burglaries by 36%. >>> a scare in san jose where gunfire erupted just a block away from the vta railyard this afternoon. the scene at west heading and north san pedro also just steps fr

a cause away from all of the opd is play it, putting it on top your already busy plate. you ready? >> yeah, but we're getting there. we're getting everything still in the works know team is is there in the process of standing up. putting them not to vote together out work. who going to be of all, what kind of tools going to be all of those things are still. >> being him at and even with additional lifesaving responsibilities on the horizon. this 21 year veteran oakland. firefighters with days proud tradition of being there when emergency calls will continue. congo. well. >> part of part the bay area. a lot of them are a lot smaller departments that a lot of money call. so when you come over, when you come to open we when we take a lot of i don't know when. >> has it made kron 4 news. >> a switch gears. now to talk about our 4 zone forecast a live look toward the north bay from the and the golden gate bridge courtesy of the suit wrote our cameras and it's windy out there on the sunday. our meteorologist rodriguez is joining us now with. >> a look at the forecast. yeah, that's right.

first time, we are hearing from oakland police chief after the city council there voted to defund the opd i nearly $18 million. >> that additional 17 million that was reduced from the police departments budget will have an impact. when you hear the statements from those that say nothing will change, that is not true. yes, it will. >> people will getting help that they need. and i think come you know, with that, you would need all that big budget for the police. >> the plan is to now deployed teams of trained crisis workers to de-escalate situations instead of sending an armed police officer. >>> even though we are faced with another potentially devastating wildfire season, the pace of the recovery and many of the burned zones of last year's buyers have been if there were a button that would help you use less energy, breathe cleaner air, and even take on climate change... would you press it? >>> destroying homes and now, blistering fire season. new at 6:00, devin fehely spoke to people still looking for a permanent place to live. >> it is a cool but inescapable truth of wildfires, that the

matt gutman went on a ride along at opd this weekend and was with officered as they raced to the scene 150 homicides this year. >> it's clear that violence is an epidemic in this community. it's clear that people have too easily access to firearms. and are overly willing to use them. >> reporter: chief armstrong says recruiting and retaining officers has been a challenge but it's going to take more than officers and funding to solve the problem. he says there needs to be violence prevention measures and the community has the agreed on a shared goal of ending the violence. >>> mean while san jose could adopt several more gun measures. chris nguyen says the decision could come as early as tonight. >> reporter: city leaders are exploring gun violence and the toll that it takes on the public. >> the misery that so many familys are experiencing every time we talk about these incidents. that would require all gun owners in san jose to carry liability insurance and a pan annual fee that would go toward supporting critical emergency medical and police response. mayor licardo says if approved s

. >> so our budget make sure that the investigations division of opd is going to fully staffed. we'll have no cuts back. we're going to increase is to investigations, especially for serious and violent crimes. we're going to protect our cease-fire program which has been shown to help reduce. serious violent shootings. >> the murder from last night. no oakland's 63rd homicide of 2021. scary moments for alameda county deputies coming under fire while responding to a domestic violence call last night in san lorenzo investigators say it happened at an apartment complex on ashland avenue. deputies say when they made contact with the suspect, a rocky. and so rula, he slammed the door on them, then re open the door and then started firing a gun at deputies deputies returning fire that suspect then jumped from a balcony hid in some bushes. but then later surrendered deputies say that no one was hurt and all of it was captured on their body cameras. >> and we saw hot temperatures, but no record breaking heat or triple digit heat for inland valleys. but a cooling trend for the 2nd half of

near the fourth and final day of george floyd protests in oakland that drew the most attention to opd'sdling the of situation. the chief says officers were targeted. >> including rocks and bottles being thrown at officers and even the death of the federal officer underwood. >> reporter: but armstrong

say city council set to vote thursday on its two-year budget which will determine how much funding opd is going to receive. president biden's announcement is also being praised by local gun violence prevention group right here. robyn thomas, executive director of san francisco base giffords law center to prevent gun violence says the president is doing his best to show leadership. she wholeheartedly agrees on investing in. well, resourced community programs, pointing to success in the east bay with the cease-fire program in oakland. well, thomas credits then for a reduction in gun violence by 50% between 2001 and 2020. >> really try and identify. >> who are the individuals in a given community who are most at risk of being either the perpetrator or the victim of violence and they go to those specific individuals and they offer them an alternative path. a way to engage in their community without violence. and so they're really effective because it it addresses that root cause demand that disconnect that lack of opportunity that i think sometimes drives bad decisions and it improves the

the city council voted to defund opd by nearly $18 million. john ramos on the tough decisions the chief now has to make. >> people are reacting to thursday's vote as the city begins to reimagine a new way to keep its residents safe. oakland police chief said he needed a few days to decide how to respond to the millions of dollars cut from his department. >> that additional 17 million that was reduced from the police department's budget will have an impact. when you hear the statements from those that say nothing will change, that is not true. yes, it will. >> reporter: the cuts will affect the department's 911 surge units that response to violent crimes, and a loss of two full academies will mean new recruits won't keep pace with retirements. he's of the current roster of 714 officers will be below 700 by the end of the year. this at a time when homicides are up 83% over last year. >> so we see clearly that crime is out of of oakland and our response was for last >> it was as a way to put more money into crime prevention and nonpolice response

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voted 6 to 2 in favor of reducing nearly 18 million dollars from mayor libby shaft proposed budget for opd over the next 2 years by cutting to police academy classes. the money will go instead towards violence prevention strategies, including scaling up a team of trained civilians to respond to nonviolent calls involving mental and behavioral health issues as well as funding job placement and job training the chief says he's not against violence prevention programs, but the cuts will be painful. the impact will be media. >> what a slower response times to emergency calls for service city council person lauren taylor, who voted against the cuts echoed the chief concerns that the policing alternative programs won't be fully staffed when the new budget year begins, july. first, for me it is critical that as we build and put something in place. we don't take away prematurely because we are talking about lives. those are lives that are at risk city council person, noel defense diverting money towards reforms. we do need to change what we're doing. >> reform our activities because i am still a f

voted 6 to 2 in favor of reducing nearly 18 million dollars from mayor libby shaft proposed budget for opde next 2 years by cutting to police academy classes. >> the money will go instead towards violence prevention strategies, including scaling up a team of trained civilians to respond to nonviolent calls involving mental and behavioral health issues as well as funding job placement and job training. the chief says he's not against violence prevention programs, but the cuts will be painful. the impact will be media. >> what a slower response times to emergency calls for service city council person lauren taylor, who voted against the cuts echoed the chief concerns that the policing alternative programs won't be fully staffed when the new budget year begins, july. first, for me it is critical that as we build and put something in place. we don't take away prematurely because we are talking about lives. those are lives that are at risk, city council person noel defense diverting money towards reforms. >> we do need to change what we're doing. reform our activities because i am still a feder

reporter: also as a result more than 30 disciplinary actions have been issued against an unknown number of opd staff. >> it ranges from officers all the way up to senior command staff. all the way up to the rank of deputy chief. >> the police department violated their own crowd control policy and that is clear. >> reporter: she is with the coalition for police accountability and would like more information on the discipline, but that has been prevented by state law. >> locally, we do have a strong police commission, but even the strong police commission can't violate the law. this is in terms of making this information available to the public. >> reporter: the chief directly apologized for the events of june 1 adding his daughter was at the rally earlier in the day and he said the events of that evening were partly the result of fatigue among the force. >> of officers experience at this level of violence over a two or three day period, it could impact their decision- making on day 4. that are some of the areas we have to improve on at the top level and my level. >> reporter: what does the disc

it's still unclear what condition that identify man is in opd still trying to figure out what forced this dramatic rescue to happen in the first place. the pandemic may be fading, but the impact it had on our families and the ability to put food on the table for many won't be going away. anytime soon as part of our annual tribute to giving people and giving back to our communities. kron four's. rob fladeboe took a look and how second harvest silicon valley is partnering and stepping up to make sure that no one goes without a meal. >> another truckload of food, one of 90 each week. >> arrives here at second harvest silicon valley in san inside the cavernous warehouse a fleet, a forklift load the precious cargo, the food is sorted, boxed and shipped a second harvest partners for distribution. all of our produce goes over to or cyprus harbor ceo leslie. but show says the demand for its services has doubled since the start of the pandemic. we saw just how many people were just one paycheck away. >> from eating food assistance. as soon as shelter-in-place went into effect as soon as peopl