otherwise, we're in a cul-de-sac. >> okay, commissioner wang is an aye. thank you. >> yeah, flying without two commissioners is tough so we're hoping we'll get the two seats filled as soon as possible. that's the final permit on the agenda, if i'm correct. so the final item is commissioner comments and questions. >> staff we're hosting for the holiday party last week or two weeks ago. thank you so much, that was super fun and happy anniversary to us again and happy holidays to everybody. >> see you all after the new year. i'm hoping that we have a rocking new year in san francisco beinger it's probably going to be pouring rain from el nino. here's to 2024, hopefully, it's a little, hopefully we turn that corner. is there any public comment on our final agenda item? >> no public comment for this item. >> okay, no public comment so we will adjourn the meeting at 6:49, thank you every one. >> recording stopped. [music] hi. i'm san francisco mayor london breed i want to congratulate sfgovtv on 30 years of dedicated service as a broadcast channel for our vibra

alexandr wang: we want to be sure to not overregulate the e technology. becaususe if we accidentally overregulate, we could damage or hurt decades and decades of economic progress and decades and decades of innovation. nick watt: i don't know you. you seem like a nice p person. but it's's people lilike you o are yoyoung, who a are wealth, who are set to make a lot more money from this tech, why should we believe that you really are in this for all of us at this crucial moment for our species? alexandr wang: well, ultimately, i think this is one of the reasons why working with the us government is actually so critical, because our government has a number of mechanisms and checks and balances and procedures and it was designed to ensure that the government ultimately reflects the will and the desires of the people. one of the things that i'm most concerned about are bad actors utilizing artificial intelligence to ultimately exert their will globally-- authoritarianism versus democracy. we have a number of countries, china and russia, investing aggressively

wang made it absolutely clear that security is a necessary condition for the realization of rights. humanes the necessary foundation for human rights, dialogue with civilization makes it possible to identify differences, different approaches to enrich the understanding of human rights, since there is not and cannot be a monotonous, only correct understanding of human rights in the world, and equality and justice are also necessary so that no one neither in in no way used human rights in order to stop someone else's development and interfere in internal affairs, while it was absolutely... clearly and clearly stated that china participates in the global management of human rights, primarily through un structures, intends to in the future maximize this participation. it’s clear, that is , they are not giving this to the west. leonitroevich, does the arab world also have the right to happy development? well, they have a somewhat different assessment of the international human rights issue, the core of which is universal declaration. unlike china, where there is still a given line, a very clea

please welcome second year gw student michelle wang wang. ivy league has moved on them. thank you for inviting to be here with you tonight. i've wanted to be a physician since. i was in kindergarten. so i have the opportunity with to work within my has always been my calling. however, with the terrible laws being passed around this nation, i worry for my future and the future of medicine. gw has a great culture for training physicians, but sometimes as medical students. i wonder if we are equipped ed to the needs of the queer community community. i am a child of immigrants i'm a first generation college and will be the first doctor in my family family. from a young age my parents enforce dedication and often felicity in all that do. when i came out that often too, city was on full display. whether liked it or not, they did not not. over the past few years, my parents have struggled to understand me, but their unconditional love is unwavering. regardless, i fear that hospitals in my future will not be as kind states can tinue to create hostile environments for our communi

i'm raj mathai. >> i'm janelle wang. alameda county's district attorney, under fire, from first amendment advocates saying her office is restricting freedom of the press. a local journalist claims she was denied access to a news conference attended by local media outlets, including us. >> the oakland police department issues these press passes every year. >> reporter: emily is founder and editor in chief of the daily news "the berkeley scanner." despite having a press credential, she was denied from covering the press conference with the alameda county d.a., pamela price. >> i told them, it feels personal. nobody else was getting screened. nobody else was getting checked.

i'm janelle wang. we begin with the strong storm rolling over the bay area right now. here's a live look at our cameras. you can see raindrops on the san francisco lens. you can't even make out san francisco at all. dark and stormy clouds. the rain has arrived. let's bring in our vianey arana. what can we expect the rest of tonight and into tomorrow? >> still seeing some of those moderate to heavy at times downpours. my concern into the next couple of hours is because it's already dark, we could see some ponding, especially in the underpasses and the freeways. so please be careful for spinout possibilities there. flood advisories in effect through 9:00 p.m. tonight. right now it's coming down pretty good. what to expect. so we keep that high surf and coastal flood warning all the way through tomorrow. even though the swell is going down now, it picks up again especially between 6:00 and 10:00 during high tide. tonight that flood advisory will remain in place until 9:00 p. it stays moderate to heavy until about 9:00. looking ahead, we are talking about rain chances agai

i'm jessica aguirre. >> i'm janelle wang. a major development in san jose's latest homicide.ice arrested the victim's friend who used to live with her and her child. >> that man is being charged with molesting the child. >> we have been sifting through court documents and our reporter joins us with the latest. >> reporter: ray garcia was in court and arrested after the murder and today we learned he is now also a homicide suspect. the homicide detective was back at the scene today meeting with the victim's family. the family asked us not to use the victim's name so we are honoring that request. neighbors say the entire story is very sad. meanwhile, this is ray garcia who was back in court today. court documents show he is accused of raping the woman's child on halloween night while living with them at the home where the homicide occurred. the documents show the suspect moved out a month ago after being confronted about the alleged rape an accusation revealed to police after the child's mother was found murdered. as of tonight, he is being investigated for both the child sexua

i'm janelle wang. >>> the officer's party, transported this morning.ellow law-enforcement officers for multiple departments lined the street and escorted the body in a procession, and in the past hour, oakland police identified the following officer as 36-year-old le tuan, calling him a dedicated public servant and loving husband. he immigrated from vietnam to oakland in the '80s before joining the oakland police force in 2020. >> nbc bay area's selena jones has been on the story all day, and is live now from police headquarters. what do we know about how it happened and the manhunt underway for the moment, velena ? >> reporter: as you can imagine, today, law enforcement say they are in shock and devastated tonight to lose one of their own officers. now, this marks the 54th opd officer that has been killed in the line of duty, adding to the list of names on this wall here . now, tonight, the police union, painting a vivid picture, describing the shooting as an ambush. we are also learning that this officer is a four-year veteran of the force. >> the da

>>> i'm janelle wang. next on nbc bay area news tonight, rain, wind, and waves. our storm ranger tracking a lot of activity in the bay area tonight. and the alert we're tracking along our coast. >>> plus, oakland mayor sheng thao is rejecting all recommended candidates for the city's search for a new police chief. we're now learning who was on that list of candidates. >>> and it's out of the inflation frying pan and into the minimum wage fire. why the state's upcoming wage increase could be to blame for some fast food layoffs. and coming up one year on the job, i have a one-on-one conversation with san jose mayor matt mahan on his progress so far. good wednesday evening. this nbc bay area news tonight. i'm janelle wang. we're going get to all those stories in just a moment. but first, we need to check in our weather. rain has not hit the bay area equally today. sprinkles in some areas. downpours in others. we want to show you how things looked in piedmont this afternoon. our jocelyn moran reported the rate appeared to catch some residents offguard. many didn't ha

moreover, wang wenbin emphasized that during under the strategic leadership of xi jinping and putin.no-russian relations support healthy and stable development, well, what exactly he meant by strategic partnership was not specified, well, it is meant, what exactly will be discussed, was not specified. well, let's wait until mishustin is in the celestial empire, and then we will draw a conclusion on what they agreed to. let's go further: the war in ukraine and the middle east could not have happened if it were not for the actions of the current administration, the white house and the president of the united states personally states of america, joe biden. the 45th president of the united states, donald trump, wrote about this in his own social network trump social. what is happening in these regions, he called a horror that has gone out of control, and if it is not stopped, says the ex-owner of the white house, who wants to settle in it for another four years, then a disaster can happen. here is a short quote from donald trump: this could lead to disaster if not dealt with forcefully a

i'm janelle wang.th bay family in portland, desperately searching for any sign of their missing daughter. 28-year-old wilma acosta recently moved from santa fe to portland this past september but vanished last week. she was last seen leaving a bar. nbc bay area's meren phibro has this report . >> reporter: martin and wilma acosta-gilroy, walking streets of downtown portland, putting up flyers with pictures of their missing daughter, wilma acosta. they say, the 28-year-old was last seen early sunday morning, november 26th, leaving the dixie tavern alone after spending a night out with friends. manny modell of gilroy was with wilma at the bar the night she disappeared. he says, she stayed at the park after he left. >> that was the last time i saw her. at the tavern. >> reporter: he says, when he woke up the next morning, wilma had not returned to her apartment, and he tracked the location of her phone and found it about three blocks away from the tavern, at the japanese american historical plaza along th

my maternal grandmother's family, the ang family, my my mother's family, her father's family, the wang family and what was so interesting about working on this project was that because i am fifth generation chinese-american, there were four, and my family goes back to the mid-19th century. any any major of things that impact did chinese americans from the mid-19th to today i was able to write about these historic and historic sociopolitical events that impacted the community through the lens of various family members just because we've been here for so long so i felt like i was really fortunate. now the downside, of course, is that i had a ton a cast of characters to deal with. right. and so many people i found completely fascinating. so is the railroad worker, the grandson of the railroad worker on the wong side, i've got my my angst side. right. and duk foon right. who was the first person who came over for? my grandmother's side of the family enters country just two or three years after the chinese exclusion act is in full effect. he flees the west coast during a period of very inte

joseph wang.dovish, say it is dovish for whatever reason can they give up jawboning, feel like that is the most effective arrow in the quiver, because markets and investors take off pretty quickly when jay powell gives them the nod. jay powell doesn't want to look foolish if inflation rebounds. they are between a rock and hard place trying to articulate the dovish you're talking about. >> absolutely, charles. past two years, when the fed will hike higher and longer market hears we cuts real soon. market will piv so the some pivot we might cut a little bit next year because inflation comes down i think the market will take with that and run with it. they already have, right? they are pricing in five interest rate cuts next week. that will make the fed's job harder loosening financial conditions. it makes sense for them to adjust. charles: how many rate cuts do you think would be reasonable next year? how many rate cuts? >> i think three would be reasonable. we made serious progress on inflation. th

earlier i spoke to ray wang, a tech expert who told me restrictions on chip exports to china seem tohaving a limited impact. this has been a bone of contention for quite some time. advanced us technology versus what has been going on in terms of industrial level espionage and the processes used on the huawei phone for example showed exactly is happening. even though there is a ban, the export controls are not working and we have major weaknesses. it is slowing china down but it is also not necessarily slowing them down fast enough for the us perspective and creating havoc with trading partners in europe and asia. while we managed to produce those chips, with all those transport controls. the agreement between south korea and the netherlands, how significant? it is a positive development. xml being banned from the market inside china needed another market. the creation of non— china market is important. the samsung asml relationship, 155 us dollars deal, us partners trying to work with other us partners so they do not lose out on the china market by opening up new markets that are non

for more, let's speak to dan wang. she is the chief economist at hang seng bank china. local government debt and regional banks are both in relatively big trouble. so we've seen various measures from the central government trying to limit the scope of this trouble but over time we do anticipate more decline in china's housing market especially residential housing market and that actually justifies the worries in the report so what will happen to china actually depends on the response from the central government in the year to come. when it comes to the investor sentiment there as being quite pessimistic in the past few months and i believe china need to do something new and something more drastic in order to boost it. a sign that players are searching for alternatives to pricey graphics processors which can cost in the margin of 40,000 for one chip. they currently dominate the ai market. chat gbg, for instance, was trained using 10,000 of the units clustered together in a supercomputer belonging to microsoft. at the un climate talks in dubai this week, delegates are add

. >> that is because andy wang isn't showing people the best place to travel, the right workout gear, even the best places to eat. he's showing us how to make the bay area a more beautiful place. garvan thomas has tonight's bay area proud. >> reporter: there are some problems in the bay area that are so visible, many of us have stopped seeing them. they've just become part of the landscape. litter certainly seems to be one. just how many of the thousands who travel 580 through the altamont pass really notice the a trash fight from their cars? well, we know someone who did. >> it's disgusting seeing all the trasher that. it's a shame, because that area's pretty beautiful. it's like the entrance to the bay area. >> reporter: but andy wang not only noticed how bad thing were. >> i thought i'll do something about it. >> reporter: he started right there along 580, picking up trash. but it has gone so much farther than that. andy began posting time lapse photos. and by doing so, he has gained a considerable and loyal social media following for his unique brand of trashy content. >> it's li

i'm janelle wang. >> zran day o'connor spent her early days here in the bay area.ollege at stanford and began her legal work in earnest at san mateo county. today she died at the age of 93. nbc's ian cole has her story. >> reporter: sandra day o'connor was a trailblazer described by supreme court justices today as an american hero and as the country's first female justice her every action was scrutinized. >> it's thrilling in a way to be the first to do something, t

repeporter: jusust across t y frfrom bererkeley, in downtotow franciscsco, i m met 2 26-year- alexex wangonene of the tech leadaders fuelining the a.i. ar race. >>>> i starteded the company wh wawas 19. . >> thahat takes s some balalls. >> what went through my hehead the technonology is gogoing g t soso fast, thahat i'm m going t reallyly regret it if i don't g involvlved. >> r reporter: he is co-founder and ceo of scale a.i.i. his bibig ididea, , to provide developers with the one thing they all need, massive amounts of data organized. in 2022, forbes dubbed him the youngest self-made billionaire in the world. he's now working with the department of defense. around washington, he's known as an a.i. whisperer. >> we want to be sure to not overregulate the technology because if we accidentally overregulate, we could, you know -- we could damage or hurt dedecades and d decades of econ progreress and decades and decas of innovation. >> i don't know you. you seem like a nice person. but it's people like you who are yoyoung, who a are wealthy, who set to m make e a lot more mone from this tech

for more, let's speak to dan wang. she is the chief economist at hang seng bank china.moody's was quite disruptive on the day for the stock market in particular, but i didn't expected to have long—lasting impact on china's economy because the main weakness for china right now is still in housing. and because of the local government debt and original banks are both in relatively big trouble. so we have seen various measures from central government trying to limit the scope of this trouble. but over time, we do anticipate more decline in china's housing market especially, residential housing market and that actually justifies the worries in this report. so what will happen to china, actually depends on the policy response from the central government in the years to come. when it comes to master sentiment, to come. when it comes to mastersentiment, it to come. when it comes to master sentiment, it has been quite pessimistic in the past few months. and i believe that china needs to do something new and something more drastic in order to boost market confidence.— order to bo

in a telephone conversation with the minister of foreign affairs of the people's republic of china wang yi regarding multilateral and regional relations in particular. the recent developments in palestine discussed and exchanged opinions. mr. amir abdullahian while expressing his displeasure with america's veto action. the resolution on stopping the genocide in gaza pointed to china's constructive efforts to establish peace and stability in the region and the need to play an active role in stopping the war against gaza. dr. amir abdollahian stated: the security of the region is important for all of us, and in this regard, the islamic republic of iran has held several consultations with the countries of the region . the minister of foreign affairs of our country emphasized once again: the scope of the war in the region has expanded and if attacks on gaza immediately. every one is possible if there is an explosion in the region and the control goes out of the hands of all parties, the chinese foreign minister, while expressing his regret over the veto of the ceasefire resolution in gaza ,

>>>> reporter:r: just acroross y from bererkeley in downtown san francisco o i met 26-y-year-oldx wang, one ofof the tech leada fueleling the ai armrms rarace. >>>> i starteded the comompany was 1919. >>>> t that takekes someme ball. >> what went t through m my hea the tetechnology i is going to so fasast that i'm'm goingng toy reregret it ifif i don't get involved. >> reporter: he is co-founder and ceo of scale ai. his big idea? to provide ai developers with the one thing they need, massive amounts of data organized. in 2022 "forbes" dubbed him the youngest self-made billionaire in the world. he's now working with the department of defefense. arouound washington he's known an ai whisperer. >> we want to be sure to not overregulate the technology because if we accidentally overregulate we could, you know -- we could damage or hurt decades s and decades of econom progress and decades and decades of innovation. >> i don't know you. you seem like a nice person. but it's people like you who are young, who are wealthyhy, who a set to make a lot more money from this tech. why should we belie

qian wang, from investment firm vanguard, told me what she's expecting when it comes to rates decisions expecting them to remain on hold at this moment. but a lot will wait for what the fed is doing. the fed is expected to remain on hold until next year, and then many of the central banks in this region will be able to follow that to cut interest rates. but for china, they will probably continue to cut interest rates down, and d0] will probably continue to increase interest rates starting from early next year. the chief executive of a nuclear waste processing centre in the uk has hit back at claims of cyber breaches and lax safety standards. it comes after a british newspaper reported sellafield, a government site in the north of england, had been hacked by groups linked to russia and china. in an exclusive interview for bbc news, sellafield's boss euan hutton denied these reports, and also dismissed concerns that ageing and decaying facilities filled with radioactive waste could cause a nuclear disaster. theo leggett reports. sellafield is europe's most hazardous nuclear site, a sprawl

principles of this declaration and promotes their life in the international arena, but at the same time, wangesented a modern chinese understanding of human rights. human rights are, first of all, the rights to exist, one can even translate this combination as the right to survival and the right to development, with the right to development coming to the fore, he quoted sidinpin, i... development creates the necessary foundation for human rights , dialogue between civilizations makes it possible to identify differences, different approaches and enrich the understanding of human rights, since there is not and cannot be a monotonous, only correct understanding of human rights in the world, and it is also necessary equality, justice, so that no one under any circumstances uses human rights in order to stop someone else’s development and interfere in internal affairs, while it was absolutely clearly stated: unlike china, where there is still a given line, a very clear one , political, the arab world is not so united in this regard, societies, there are many different layers, groups, forces, inclu

earlier i spoke to tech expert ray wang who told me that restrictions on chip exports to china are havingited impact. this is been a limited and putting _ this is been a limited and putting it in the hands of china _ putting it in the hands of china versus what is been going on in _ china versus what is been going on in terms of industrial level espionage and the processes used — espionage and the processes used on _ espionage and the processes used on the phone for them showed _ used on the phone for them showed exactly what is happening, even though there is a ban _ happening, even though there is a ban on — happening, even though there is a ban on this technology of the export— a ban on this technology of the export controls are not working we have — export controls are not working we have major leaks the organisations in the us and it is slowing china down but it's not slowing down fast enough from — not slowing down fast enough from the _ not slowing down fast enough from the us perspective it is creating _ from the us perspective it is creating a lot of international hevoc— creating

i am janelle wang. >> and i am raj mathai. a tesla impact.gency found tesla's not doing enough to keep drivers safe when they use the self driving feature. let's bring in scott budman who joins us with the details. lot

ken hong wang, according to the chronicle, will spend six months in prison after confessing to passing $29,000 in bribes to mohamed nuru, the former public works director. back in june, wang was charged with felony counts of bribery and conspiracy for making payments in exchange for an engineering job. >> a disabled man is suing the city of san leandro, accusing police of excessive force and destroying evidence. smell disabled working move body cam video from 2019 shows officers detaining cyril shiflett after tasing and beating him. she shiflett's mother says the incident was even more devastating because of a brain injury he had suffered while being robbed 11 years ago. >> i just don't feel that they the police, should be able to do this to a disabled person and then hand him back to the mom and say, here you go, good luck. shiflett was walking on the street at 2:00 in the morning wearing a japanese anime costume. >> some people reported this to police as suspicious activity. now when officers tried to search him, shiflett says he got scared and ran off. this is the first time where i

wang said un members see pauses and fighting as a critical step on the path to sustainable and permanent cease fire on friday us ved to ceasefire resolution proposed in the un security council that called for a cease fire in gaza. the united states was the only country to reject cease fire call. it came after un chief antony invoked the rarely used article 99 of the. charter to raise attention on gaza, there's an increasing international pressure on israel and its key backer, the us to end genocide in gaza, day 68 of the israeli genocide in gaza where indiscriminate air strikes take heavy on people and civilian structures, especially hospitals. israely forces have lead heavy siege on al auda and camal one hospitals in northern gaza with number of palestinians killed injured. according to the palestinian health ministry, israely forces have abducted all at kamal adwan hospital, including members, staff, patients and those taking shelter. the ministry says they have been taken to an unknown location. meanwhile, 13 palestinians have been killed in the latest israeli air strikes across gaza.

i'm janelle wang.g problems at sfo, due to the lingering foggy and windy conditions. ginger conejero saab is at the airport with specifics. >> reporter: the faa issued a ground delay that began at 9:00 this morning. warning passengers of delays up to three hours. we have not seen that just yet. we received an update from sfo around 10:30 this morning saying there were over 160 flights delayed. the average delay time has been between 16 to 30 minutes. there have been four flight cancellations. so far for the passengers we have spoken with, their travel experiences have gone smoothly. the chance of flight delays or wet weather are not dampening the mood of these travellers, even traveling to wisconsin ahead for them. they, like other passengers this morning at the airport, have not experienced significant flight delays so far. curbside check-in is an option. we have seen lines to get through security. no significant delays. giving the travellers from australia a big sigh of relief as they look forward to

wang ye for his part expressed hope that the future meeting of the un general assembly will lead to a cease fire. am was also on the phone with his russian counterpart. he expressed regret over us veto of latest security council. far resolution and said that washington is authorizing genocide in gaza. also urged more international efforts for his part for a ceasefiring gaza and delivery of more humanitarian aid. its air strikes and the residal areas in particularly in the central area of strip over the last hour israeli warcrafts destroyed a residental building uh in the middle area of gaza claiming the lives three palestinian civilians they were brought here to the marters hospital in their balah city uh in the same context and from the northern parts of gaza strip, the news coming from there saying that the israeli occupation forces on the ground are cir circumencing these moment hospital and preventing anyone else existed inside the hospital from leaving the hospital shooting at everyone moving inside the hospital, it's the same scenario that took place in the shif hospital, it's w

i'm janelle wang. we are starting off with breaking news outof pacifica. the hospital after a double stabbing. it started just before 8:00 this morning. officers got a call about a domestic violence incident. when they arrived, they found a man and woman had been stabbed. the man died at the scene. paramedics rushed the woman to the hospital. police say the suspect is known and was seen leaving the area on foot. an elementary was put on lockdown as a precaution. they believe the suspect has fled the area and there's no immediate threat to public safety right now. >>> we have more sad news that's developing at this moment. a gunman on the loose after they shot and killed a pizza delivery driver in oaklee. the victim was sitting in his car. bob redell is breaking down what investigators are revealing. >> reporter: the chief of the police department tells us the investigations unit is making this the top priority. they are asking for the public ace help in trying to solve this crime. someone shot the pizza delivery driver as he sat in front of his family's ho

i'm janelle wang.s joined together for a march across the golden gate bridge this morning. kris sanchez was there and reports on the unified push for a permanent cease-fire in the israel/hamas war. >> reporter: this may be one of the most powerful messages i have seen here in the bay area, not only because it was so peaceful but because it gathered so many different voices, people of all different walks of life and different faiths as well. by our count, there were about 500 people who walked across the span of the golden gate bridge. they were holding signs and flowers and chanting, cease-fire now. chanting from palestine to mexico, border walls have got to go. they have unfurled a banner with many of the same messages. we talked with several faith leaders, a christian reverend, a rabbi and an imam. they said there's support in the u.s. for a cease-fire and end to aid to israel. they say the killing of innocents and children in palestine goes against all faiths. >> this is the words of our brother mal

i'm janelle wang. we are tracking big waves and rain this afternoon. impact is triggering some evacuations. marin county is issuing evacuation orders for areas near stinson beach due to high surf and storm surge. the areas are -- a temporary evacuation site is set up at the community center. the strong waves made things dangerous in pacifica. ginger conejero saab reports. >> reporter: it's not hard to see why people would be concerned about someone in the water with these conditions. take a look at what we have been seeing pretty much all morning. the nws saying these conditions, the high surf, can be deadly. stay off rocks and jetties, stay out of and away from the water. officials also reminding people, beachgoers, not to turn their backs to the water. around two hours ago, as mentioned, there was a scare out here when someone called in to report a surfer possibly in distress. the north coast fire authority responded and the coast guard was called in as well. fortunately, the surfer and another surfer who was not as far out made it back safely to sho

next to xidzenping, today is chinese foreign minister wang yi.e remind you that he literally ceded this post to qingang for several months, but after the latter disappeared from the media field, and beijing did not did not comment on this rapid resignation, returned. the entire economic and energy bloc of the government was represented, in the house of people's assembly mikhail mishustin was accompanied by deputy prime ministers dmitry chernyshenko and tatyana golikova, as well as the ministers of sports, health and even culture, olga lyubimova has an interesting time ahead: 24-25, declared cross years of russian and chinese cultures. however, today the main emphasis was placed on economic achievements. it is important that we mutual settlements have completely switched to national. currencies, more than 90% of payments are made in rubles and yuan, good results have been achieved in the investment sector, in the work of 80 joint projects totaling almost 20 trillion rubles or about 1 trillion 600 billion yuan. as a result of these meetings, it was

i'm janelle wang.kkah for the jewish community. it comes at a time of high tension with the war between israel and hamas. in san francisco, the oldest giant public menorah outside israel will be lit, as it always is. with the fighting going on in israel, there are concerns. the message from leaders is one of joy. ginger conejero saab reports. >> reporter: the backdrop of this year's hanukkah is different from years past, with the ongoing war in gaza, with lot of hostages under captivity. leaders say the spirit of hanukkah is alive and stronger. here in san francisco, the oldest public menorah awaits its first light to be turned on this afternoon. security has been increased in the downtown area for the holidays. the ceremony is at 3:30 this afternoon, with the menorah lighting at 5:00 p.m. 2,000 candles will be given out to anyone who wants to participate in the tradition of spreading the light. it's a story of a miracle thousands of years old of candles that burned for days when there was only enough

i'm janelle wang. we are in a micro-climate weather alert.rea, you know the rain was coming down hard. it woke me up overnight. is it moving out now, this system? >> it's starting to take the counterclockwise spin and push on through the central coast and eventually down towards l.a. let's zoom on in and show you where the heavier pockets of rain are. parts of the east bay, concord, seeing the rain bands right now. through the south bay, we have been seeing rain push through morgan hill and letting up a bit over the santa cruz mountains. we just started with a wet day throughout the bay area. it's moving out now as we go into noon, late they are afternoon, we should see better clearing for the evening plans. getting a chance to go outside. by 3:00, 4:00, we see a break for almost everybody. i'm going for the north bay, peninsula and east bay. we will see this eventually make its exit out for thursday and on into the holiday weekend. we will be back with the extended forecast, the seven day in half an hour. >> thanks. >>> this morning, the com

. >> and i am janelle wang.olice department is reinforcing its organized retail theft detail which means more cops in uniforms walking the malls and storefronts. the goal is to curb the rise it -- in retail theft. our correspondent is at oakridge mall with the details. >> reporter: police were here today and they will be ready to respond to any retail theft in progress. five -- sergeant michael carlson signed up to walk through oakridge mall on their day off. >> we are hoping these patrols will assist not only in building relationships with business owners and community members but also a visual deterrent. >> retail theft are catching attention and hurting retailers all across california. in san jose retail theft increased 25% last year compared to 2021. >> they are disturbing.

welcome back, i'm janelle wang.or another rate hike. it comes weeks after regulators approved a separate hike that starts next month. here is kris sanchez with the new developments. >> reporter: pg&e says it needs the cash influx to stabilize its finances. this is on top of the 13% increase they were just approved for recently. the filing with the california public utilities commission is for $1.5 billion from customers. the filing says it needs the increase to cover spends on wildfire prevention and storm repair. they did get a 13% increase three weeks ago. you might remember initially they were asking for 26%. the approved increase kicks in on new year's day. the request in the most recent filing would not be up for approval until late next year. however, pg&e is asking for an expedited decision on this to get that cash flowing in a little sooner. we have talked with the utility reform network. the ceo says that if you want to affect change, you can reach out to the cpuc, the regulators. your best bet is to reach

wang said un members see paus in fighting as a critical step on the path to sustainable and permanent cease fire on friday, the usv to ceasefire resolution proposed in the un security council that called for cease fire in gaza, the united states was the only country reject the ceasefire call. it came after un chief antonio guteresh invoked the rarely used article 99 of the united nations charter to raise attention on gaza. there's an increasing international pressure on israel and it's key backer the us to end the genocide in gaza. day of the israeli genocide in gaza where indiscriminate air strikes take a heavy tool on people and civilian structures, especially hospitals, israely forces have flate a heavy john alada. and kamal adwan hospitals in northern gaza with number of palestinians killed injured. the director of kamal adwan hospital and number of medical staff have also been abducted by the regime forces to the south 11 palestinians were killed in the city of hununes and its refugee camp and in the north island artillery shelling, targeted residential areas in jabali albad. on

i am janelle wang. >> and i am raj mathai. a tesla impact. a federal agency found tesla's not doing enough to keep drivers safe when they use the self driving feature. let's bring in scott budman who joins us with the details. lot to go through here. >> reporter: discovers all tesla models sold near 2012 and more than 2 million cars here and after a federal order to toughen up warnings drivers see when they engage the cars autopilot. ask most tesla owners they say the self driving feature is a big convenience if not yet perfectly formed. >> 100% i would support it. it needs time but i think it will be great. >> reporter: the ntsb says the company's autopilot safety system is not sufficient to prevent driver misuse and has ordered tesla to set the software update to 2 million cars, almost every tesla ever sold that encourages drivers to be more responsible when using autopilot. >> it is an admission that autopilot is not safe and does not do what it's supposed to do. >> reporter: for the consumer watchdog the order doesn't go far enough. he's

. >> i'm janelle wang. alameda county's district attorney, under fire, from first amendment advocates saying her office is restricting freedom of the press. a local journalist claims she was denied access to a news conference attended by local media outlets, including us. >> the oakland police department issues these press passes every year. >> reporter: emily is founder and editor in chief of the daily news "the berkeley scanner." despite having a press credential, she was denied from covering the press conference with the alameda county d.a., pamela price. >> i told them, it feels personal. nobody else was getting screened. nobody else was getting checked. >> reporter: our cameras were at the press conference. she said her credentials weren't sufficient. this isn't the first time she's been denied access to price's office. in october, she was taken off of the press e-mail list. >> the office made it clear that i'm not liked there. i asked for many interviews. they said, that's not happening, you're not li

i'm janelle wang. trying to get their last minute gifts for the holiday season. thieves in the bay area are targeting gift cards in the latest scam. bob redell has information on what you need to look out for. >> reporter: the crooks are physically altering the gift cards with a pair of scissors, making the crime obvious. you must inspect the gift card before you purchase it to catch on to what's happening. the police department has been monitoring this scam on social media. earlier this week, they actually responded to a scam at a local store. a sergeant posted this video to alert us as to what we should be on lookout for. when you buy a gift card, it's wrapped in packaging with the bar code exposed so it can be scanned and loaded with money. to activate it, you must open the packaging and register a scratch-off code. the thieves are taking the cards home off the shelves without buying them, heating up the envelope, getting inside the packaging, altering the cards and then returning them to the store