assuming cg is able to purchase the other half of the coliseum. it's possible we could see shovels in the ground as early as 2 to 3 years from now. castleman high in oakland, dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> you see service and patient care workers throughout the state rallied on uc campuses today, including here in san francisco. our kron four's gayle ong. joining us now in studio with more on their demands. scale. yes, no. well, this is just one of several rallies that took place today state while. >> wide all calling on the university to prioritize money on resources that will help staff and students struggling with high cost of living. >> university of california service and patient care workers rallying outside the ucsf campus in san francisco wednesday afternoon. another printed at parker is senior custodian at ucsf, a job she's had for 17 years. greg, pay is too we food it up and shown up since the pandemic. we have been nonstop to do in and it would not been acknowledged kercher is just one of several uc workers taking the time to pick it on th

what's going to happen with the coliseum? here's a live look at the coliseum right there.is that prized piece of real estate, which is in limbo today. some progress. oakland agreed to sell its half of the coliseum site to a black led investor group. but what about the a's half of the coliseum? here's nbc's gia vang. it is my privilege to say that the african american sports and entertainment group has agreed to the terms to purchase the city of oakland's share of the oakland coliseum. yes that's 50% for a minimum of $105 million for the 112 acre property. the mayor says the potential sale to the african american sports entertainment group, or acg, will also help fill the city's budget shortfall. but she says, more importantly, the future of the coliseum complex, as envisioned, will include the development of thousands of much needed new affordable units and market rate housing, increased curated outdoor green spaces, commercial and retail spaces. construction on that won't be able to start for an estimated 2 to 3 years, according to acg, and that's if all goes as planned.

grounds, mayor shengtao announced the city will sell its share of the coliseum land. the buyer, the african american sports and entertainment group, this is a moment where east oakland is going to change. founder ray bobbitt says his organization is ready to transform the land into something that can reshape not just east oakland, but the entire city. >> the coliseum site really represents an incredible opportunity to do to revitalize this community without displacing and without gentrification. >> at wednesday's announcement, students at castlemont high school showed their renderings of what could come a. she says they could build new housing, entertainment centers and new sports arenas, plus $105 million is money the city needs while facing a tight budget. >> it is good timing, but i would say it's not good timing. the sense they should have been happened decades ago, right? we're talking about a parcel in in a space where we have the highest amount of people who are on public assistance. >> this sale is the latest chapter surrounding the future of oakland sports af

. >> the city of oakland today entered an agreement to sell their half of the oakland coliseum site to the african american sports and entertainment group. this finally puts the site one step closer to being redeveloped with a focus on the community. kron four's. dan kerman reports. >> i have faith that in partnership with the african american sports entertainment group that the potential that we always talk about here in oakland, that potential specifically here in deep east oakland that it will finally be realized redeveloping the 112 acre site that now houses the oakland coliseum. >> has been discussed for decades now. a significant move forward as the city of oakland has agreed to sell its half of the site. >> to the african american sports and entertainment group. >> there's a new beginning. a new chapter of new everything. new sports teams, new housing, new development, new green space knew everything. so that's what this is all about. originally focus just on cg is now focused on what's best for the community. >> and the mayor says that's what will make all the difference. >> it

let the coliseum without a major tenant. come october, and we're told the sale price is at least $105 million. a city hall source tells abc seven news. this is an incredible development opportunity for east oakland. the city council still needs to sign off on this. and there's a press conference that's planned for this afternoon about the sale and of course, we will be streaming it live for you live in the studio. gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> that is a major move in oakland. thank you so much. this morning we're learning more about the terrifying moments on the singapore airlines flight that hit extreme turbulence as it was traveling from london to singapore. amanda has been tracking this story since just minutes after it happened yesterday morning. amanda, we are now hearing from passengers who were on that flight. >> yeah. reggie. images from inside the plane also show how violent the plane shook as it hit the turbulence, and what passengers describe as a really terrifying scene. >> i think the entire thing happene

what's next for oakland coliseum after the city's agreed to sell half of it and no more self checkout at an east bay target. what customers are saying about it. >> police in san francisco are investigating after a trans woman was killed in the tenderloin conference. tiffany justice talks to with the translator who knew the victim. >> i think her life was just beginning. and so for her to be murdered at the age of 25 is just so heartbreaking and so many ways. >> wednesday, the trans community mourning a good friend with a kind heart who was killed. san francisco police say there was a physical altercation between 2 people around 2 in the afternoon on may. 15th at a residence near jones street just north of geary officers finding a woman with stab wounds. she did not survive. family friends and colleagues identified that person as 25 year-old michelle henry, big loss for the community says honey mahogany director of the office of transgender initiatives, san francisco. so this personal for the community. you know, i'm this is one of her own and >> again, you know, there was such a huge

announced the city will sell its share of the coliseum land. the buyer, the african american sports and entertainment group, this is a moment where east oakland is going to change. founder ray bobbitt says his organization is ready to transform the land into something that can reshape not just east oakland, but the entire city. >> the coliseum site really represents an incredible opportunity to do to revitalize this community without displacing and without gentrification. >> at wednesday's announcement, students at castlemont high school showed their renderings of what could come aasg says. they could build new housing, entertainment centers and new sports arenas. plus $105 million is money the city needs while facing a tight budget. it is good timing, but i would say it's not good timing. >> the sense they should have been happened decades ago, right? we're talking about a parcel in in a space where we have the highest amount of people who are on public assistance. >> this sale is the latest chapter surrounding the future of oakland sports. af

. >>> in oakland today, major developments in the year's long saga over the coliseum site. the mayor has announced an agreement aimed at bringing new affordable housing and an outdoor space to the prime piece of land. it's been a long road to get here. back it in 2014, the a's owner signed a 10-year lease extension to keep the team at the coliseum. four years later, the team announced plans to build a new ballpark at howard terminal. in 2019 alameda county sold their half of the coliseum, which gave him a say in any potential development. and then last year, they moved the team to vegas, bringing us to today. the city announced it is selling its half of the coliseum site to a development group, while fisher still owns the other half as the a's prepare to leave town. our wilson walker spoke to community members about why this gives them new hope for the future. >> yeah, yeah, i would like to see that. and will they have jobs or people here? >> and he has heard the talk about the $5 billion redevelopment of the oakland coliseum site. mike admits to being skeptical. i don't se

coming the next hour we're talking about what's next for oakland coliseum. crowded out there on the roads and i don't think it's going to work. i think a lot. it's a split thing. a lot of people are getting away holiday and some people are calling for a already. we're seeing the congestion out there and issues on the roads like on the bay bridge. we've been following a traffic accident at the top of a saint last hour. we had an accident. fremont street exit is blocking 2 lanes and drive times are over an hour. good news right now. they cleared that off of the highway. and so we're keeping watch right now. drive times start to slowly dipped down. we've got some good newslast check-in. we're at about 49 minutes. look at now. we're at 20 minutes. so that's great news. that means that things have certainly gone down, not back to normal because 9.30, we should not have a 20 minute drive times should be way less than that. but that's better than an hour. ok? so if you are going to be hitting the bay bridge, you can do that now because that accidents clear 90 minut

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as we told you, the city of oakland has entered into a deal to sell its half of the coliseum site. though. kron four's dan kerman reports. >> have faith that in partnership with the african american sports entertainment group. but the potential that we always talk about here in oakland that potential specifically here in deep east oakland that it will finally be realized redeveloping the 112 acre site that now houses the oakland coliseum. >> has been discussed for decades now. a significant move forward as the city of oakland has agreed to sell its half of the site. >> to the african american sports and entertainment group. >> there's a new beginning. a new chapter of new everything. new sports teams, new housing, new development, new green space knew everything. so that's what this is all about. originally focus just on sports. >> cg is now focused on what's best for the community. and the mayor says that's what will make all the difference. >> it takes a partner that understand that there is a return on investment that doesn't necessarily show up on that balance sheet. that is ju

complete highlights at 11 a's and rockies at the coliseum last year.andon staley was the head coach of the chargers. now he's on the 40 niners staff, officially listed as assistant head coach slash defense, which might be a little bit confusing given that nick sorensen has the job as the new defensive coordinator, replacing steve wilks. head coach kyle shanahan says there's no confusion as to who's in charge here. nick knows who the defensive coordinator is. >> i mean, and brandon does got to talk to both of them. i think brandon's in a real good spot. you know, just leaving from being a head coach and how he can help us in a number of roles. you know, i'm going to be here for, you know, kyle and john where they need me to be. >> you know, i think it'll be kind of a combination of you know, all my roles in the nfl. but i'm going to be working, you know, primarily on defense. and but i'll be with, you know, a lot of the different position groups, mostly in the secondary and then working with kyle, you know, closely on a lot of other things with brandon'

the city of oakland has reached deal to sell its half of the coliseum. will tell you what we know about that deal coming up. and jury selection is scheduled for today in david de pap case as he's now facing state charges in attacking nancy pelosi's husband. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news >> good morning and thanks for waking up with us on wednesday and daria and i'm james and wednesday before the memorial day holiday weekend, lots of folks have a lot of plans looking forward to and depending on the weather that could affect a lot. so let's get to that schedule of events, yeah, weather-dependent for sure. and the weather is just going to be generally cooler, especially come saturday come along with a few clouds and temperatures well down in the 60's, even for inland spots. >> today will still be warm but not as warm as yesterday. looking outside from the east bay hills, the faintest view of a little bit of that fog out there. visibility is fine. if you're venturing outside, windo have shifted. now pushing t

the city of oakland is selling its stake in the coliseum. how that sale aims to bring in more jobs and more affordable housing. and former oakland police chief laurent armstrong could soon be in city leadership again, with a run for city council. >> this is ktvu, fox two news at 730. >> good evening, i'm claudine wong. we begin tonight with developing news out of redwood city. that's where a fire is burning at the sims metal scrap facility, which is not far from the shoreline. crews responded to that fire on seaport boulevard at about 3:00 this afternoon, and witnesses describe what they saw and smelled when those flames broke out. it's probably been the biggest fire i've seen. >> yeah, in this, in this metal spot next door here, i kind of just smelled, maybe, like burning. burning metal and burning, just burning metal and burning maybe rubber and stuff like that. yeah >> the bay area air quality district says there's a potential for that smoke to impact neighborhoods downwind from their like. sunnyvale police there are advising people to st

. >> it's half of the coliseum, but the city is now require a couple of things from the people.hey want to sell it to get kron four's. dan kerman with that story. >> i have faith that in partnership with the african american sports entertainment group. but the potential that we always talk about here in oakland that potential specifically here in deep east oakland that it will finally be realized redeveloping the 112 acre site that now houses the oakland coliseum. >> has been discussed for decades now. a significant move forward as the city of oakland has agreed to sell ips half of the site. >> to the african american sports and entertainment group. >> there's a new beginning. a new chapter of new everything. new sports teams, new housing, new development, new green space knew everything. so that's what this is all about. originally focus just on sports. >> cg is now focused on what's best for the community. and the mayor says that's what will make all the difference. >> it takes a partner that understand that there is a return on investment that doesn't necessarily show up on t

>>how soon do you see the redevelopment of the coliseum happening?>you know, a pretty soon actually. in the sense of the development world, right? and it could be anywhere you know, depending on how negotiation goes, of course, hcg, the group that we are selling our half must go and work with the ace who own the other half of the coliseum. but i do believe that through the cooperation of both sides, they both know that there's a value of the reason why it's so incredibly important to develop this deep east oakland parcel so that we can make right what we always know has always the potential that has always been there is to support the families out in deep east oakland. >>are you confident that john fisher is going to play ball with them? >>oh, you know. i think that it changes the dynamic a little bit around that, and so i am very optimistic that you know these 2 professionals can come together to make a you know, and make a plan that makes sense for the buffalo >>cross your fingers on that, but we can't get let you go away without talking about the

but first, big news today involving the future of the oakland coliseum. the city plans to sell its stake, paving the way for redevelopment. hi everybody. i'm dionne lim and you're watching getting answers more on those stories in just a moment. but first, the five candidates vying to be san francisco's mayor shared the stage for the first time. voters are getting to hear what they say about the issues they find most important. here's abc seven news reporter tim johns, who was at last night's forum and has more on the candidates push to lead the city one by one. >> all five of the major candidates running to be san francisco's next mayor took to the stage for a political forum tuesday night. the event, hosted by the harvey milk lgbtq democratic club, was an opportunity for each candidate to take their vision for the city directly to the voters. current mayor london breed emphasized the work she's done to bring the city back after the pandemic. everything from working to revitalize its downtown to promoting public safety. >> it's not a one size fits all. it

>>>>and, yes, oakland is selling its share of the coliseum. but the a's also own half the site espn reporting this morning that the a's were approached to sell their portion, but the team has reportedly not interested. well in our other top >reed>stories. >>they called for help for all of us to be on the lookout for a missing oakland woman last night seen hiking in mendocino county tuesday morning. that's where she was last seen 70 year old elizabeth shank last known to be in this area, walking just north of fort bragg, near brawl point road. visited that area from oakland and is known to have some medical conditions, which make the search this morning. even more urgent. police want you to know to be on the lookout shank was last seen wearing a white sweater vest and white sheen's contra costa county fair was robbed of nearly 90,000. in receipts, according to the antioch. police department to park employees were making a nightly deposit at a bank monday night after the fair had ended now when the suspect approached them with the gun. thieves g

it's half of the coliseum site, but the city is requiring a couple of things from the people.orts. >> i have faith that in partnership with the african american sports entertainment group. but the potential that we always talk about here in oakland that potential specifically here in deep east oakland that it will finally be realized redeveloping the 112 acre site that now houses the oakland coliseum. >> has been discussed for decades now. a significant move forward as the city of oakland has agreed to sell its half of the site. >> to the african american sports and entertainment group. >> there's a new beginning. a new chapter of new everything. new sports teams, new housing, new development, new green space knew everything. so that's what this is all about. originally focus just on sports. >> cg is now focused on what's best for the community. and the mayor says that's what will make all the difference. >> it takes a partner that understand that there is a return on investment that doesn't necessarily show up on that balance sheet. that is just not all about the money, but i

. >> the city of oakland has entered an agreement to sell their half of the coliseum site.man reports. >> i have faith that in partnership with the african american sports entertainment group. but the potential that we always talk about here in oakland that potential specifically here in deep east oakland that it will finally be realized redeveloping the 112 acre site that now houses the oakland coliseum. >> has been discussed for decades now. a significant move forward as the city of oakland has agreed to sell its half of the site. >> to the african american sports and entertainment group. >> there's a new beginning. a new chapter of new everything. new sports teams, new housing, new development, new green space knew everything. so that's what this is all about. originally focus just on sports. >> cg is now focused on what's best for the community. and the mayor says that's what will make all the difference. >> it takes a partner that understand that there is a return on investment that doesn't necessarily show up on that balance sheet. that is just not all about the money

they own the other half of the coliseum. here's nbc's robert honda. today's sales certainly clears up a lot of confusion and uncertainty over what oakland wants to do, and the money will certainly help the city and both the mayor and the developers say this part of the project can go forward, even if the situation with the a's is still not resolved here in oakland today, oakland's mayor announced a plan to sell the city's half of the coliseum to the aasg. the african american sports and entertainment group made up mainly of oakland based black developers and investors. the price tag is a minimum of $105 million, which could go up depending on how development goes. and the deal comes as oakland is about to release a budget plan that had projected layoffs of police officers, city workers, as well as the possible closure of four fire stations at the sale announcement at castlemont high school, mayor sheng tao said general, today's deal will help the city's budget deficit, but emphasize the ultimate goal was not to close the deficit gap, but to revitalize

what happens with the coliseum once the a's leave town ? today? oakland leaders reached a landmark deal to sell the city's share of the coliseum for 105 million bucks. that money could help offset a major budget shortfall. but here's the issue the a's own the other half of the coliseum. mayor shengtao today held a news conference. you see it here, she says the city will sell its half of the 112 acre site to the african american sports and entertainment group. that group is made up mainly of oakland based black developers and investors. they plan to revitalize the area by redeveloping it, including building affordable housing. well, i'm appalled by how long it has taken for us to build you know, the infrastructure that is so needed. the very basic necessities here in the community. well, it's far from a done deal because we don't know what the a's are going to do. will they also sell their half of the coliseum to that group, the team who's leaving for sacramento next season has not commented yet on this deal. well, a violent day on campus. one stud

. >>> in oakland, major new developments in the long drawn out saga of the coliseum site. the city announced a tentative deal to sell its share to a developer. it is an agreement aimed at bringing affordable housing and outdoor space to the prime piece of land. >> i like to see that. what about the jobs? who will get the jobs? jobs for people here or what? >> he heard all of the talk about the proposed $5 billion redevelopment of the oakland coliseum site but mike, a nearby neighbor, admits to be skeptical. >> i don't know. i don't know. i know the value of the land is worth a lot. i don't know. i don't see any master plan here. >> creating 3d digital model and 2d site plans without displacement. >> reporter: the site, as envisioned by students was part of the city's announcement it is selling its half of the coliseum land to african american sports and entertainment group completing a process that was announced to much fan fare in 2023. the mayor declined to speak how it might help the city's budget deficit but promised returns beyond the sale price of $105 million. >> on

plus the city of oakland reaching a deal to sell its half of the coliseum. and round 2 for david de pap jury selection underway in the state case against the attacker for paul pelosi. >> from the bay station. you're watching kron. and news. >> thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at noon. i'm justine waldman. we're going to start with this major announcement from former oakland police chief leronne armstrong. he is saying now he is going to be running for a seat on the oakland city council kron 4 charles clifford live for us now at oakland city hall, where armstrong made this announcement. charles, what's the latest? >> well, good former chief armstrong has been on the sidelines for more than a year and now he wants to get back in the game. lp>> former oakland police chie leronne armstrong has announced that he is running for a seat on the oakland city council. he filed the initial paperwork with the city clerk's office wednesday morning. armstrong says that he believes his experience as police chief qualifies him to sit on the council. >> you know,

here is a live look at the coliseum.is where the city of oakland plans to sell its stake in the property to the same group now trying to redevelop that area. now, later this morning, mayor qingtao, she's going to lay out a deal made with the african american sports and entertainment group, a local group of investors, as the chronicle reports that the city will receive a minimum of $105 million payment. of course, alameda county has already sold its 50% stake in the coliseum to the oakland a's. the team so far is not issuing a comment. oakland's ousted police chief, leronne armstrong, is running for an open city council seat, according to the chronicle. he plans to file that paperwork later this morning. he enters the race amid a lawsuit he filed against the city's mayor for wrongful termination. mayor shengtao placed armstrong on paid leave, citing an investigation which found he had allegedly mishandled two police misconduct cases. an arbitrator later cleared him of wrongdoing. well, happening today, round two for the m

. >> we broke the news exactly 24 hours ago about oakland selling its share of the coliseum property. now we're getting more details about what comes next. >> and today is supposed to be a day of celebration at cal, as we learn the names of the new falcon chicks that live on campus. but the talk this morning is about the school's rebranding. >> good morning. welcome to thursday, may 23rd. >> it's going to start the check of our forecast, drew. >> yeah, we're still for another beautiful day today. mild temperatures continue to rule the forecast this afternoon. here's just a really lovely picture from our exploratorium camera this morning. it's very calm on the bay waters right now that sun is rising over the horizon and we have full sunshine out there. the only area that has any sort of cloud cover right now is half moon bay. but there we'll find full sunshine even as we head deeper into the morning. here's a look at temperatures right now, most of us starting out our day in the low and mid 50s, and it's another day where you take the light jacket with you. this morning, you keep it on

. >>> party got started early at the coliseum. a ukele anthem kicked off the game. quality start for the green and gold. gave up just two hits over six innings of one-run ball. his 388 era remains the lowest among the a's starters. that set up the offense for success with runners at the corners. cameron, hard hit bill for the rbi single. a's led 3-1 into the ninth, and you know what that means. it was miller time. coliseum crowd on its feet for one of the best closers in baseball, and he strikes out the side in the ninth to pick up his tenth save of the season. a's win 3-1. rubber match tomorrow at the coliseum. >>> we have some sad news to report from the golf world today. grayson murray, a two-time pga tour winner died saturday morning at the age of 30. he started the week playing in the charles schwab challenge, but withdrew on friday. the pga says murray's family asked them not to stop the tournament and continue play, and they respected the wishes. but an emotional day in fort worth. per usual scheffler was at the top of the leader board. he sits four back and

tonight in sports, we're heading now to the oakland coliseum. rays wrapped up their series with the miami marlins. the marlins, though, dominated the a's to get a little revenge today, 12 to 3. >> but he has been on something of a hot streak lately. kron 4 sports reporter kate rooney talk with the team about other feeling after today. >> all good things must come to an end. and today that meant that oakland's best in baseball. six-game winning streak came to an end here at the colosseum at the hands of the miami marlins. the writing was on the wall pretty early in this one after miami scored 4 runs in the first inning starting pitcher joe boyle for oakland clearly didn't have his command today and left after the first inning with what the team called a lower back injury. so even though the crowd of more than 12,000 fans, largest since opening day here at the coliseum, didn't get to witness a win. they still took the series against miami and overall have played pretty good baseball over the course of the last 2 weeks. i think as as a whole were w

the city is partly able to avoid drastic cuts because of a deal to sell its half share of the coliseum for at least $105 million to the african american sports and entertainment group which is planning a massive redevelopment of this exact site. so the revenue from this sale will give the city a little breathing room to invest in programs that seem to be paying off. one of those is called oakland fresh, a pilot program that addresses things a lot of oaklanders have complained about like illegal dumping, abandoned cars, broken street signs. while that's all welcome news, wilson walker spoke to people who work every single day to clean up those streets and they still worry about what the future will hold. >> we're going to pick up all the little papers and pieces and needles and whatever it is. it's called microcleaning and sanitization. >> reporter: for ken houston and it's team, it's another day taking on one of oakland's most notorious problems, wrapping up a massive job on bancroft, much to the delight of the neighbors. >> you see all those bags sitting over there, that's just a litt

. >> it's a rare sight, but the a's and rangers play to double header coliseum. both teams had their offense is in high gear. jason let us know what happened coliseum. also check in on the giants. keep it here. sports is next. >> and now kron 4 sports. >> the a's have been one of the surprise stories of the young baseball season. they have the lowest payroll in the majors, but they have been playing like a playoff team over the last couple of weeks. they've cooled down a bit over the last 4 to 5 days, but they look to keep pace going with a double header today against the rangers. and the weather has been beautiful here in the bay over the last few years. it's always warmer in oakland. really look at those glares just second inning a's down one. nothing man offer chelan lear's and he drives that to the deepest part of the coliseum. 454 yards be exact is 2, 1, 3rd inning. same score until jonathan high school with the single with the bases loaded 2 runs. come on in to score and the rangers take a 3 to 2 lead 4th inning. now aides trail 7 to form an offer tyler's s

yeah so we are here at the oakland a's coliseum.ation day and wow what a great weather day to be at the ball game here at the oakland a's coliseum. temperatures are already warming. we have sunshine. we have blue skies and temperatures are ranging in the 60s at this time. a little bit of a breeze out there as we transition to this warmer pattern for the afternoon today, 70 degrees in pacifica 74, san francisco upper 70 to low 80s expected for our inland communities. and this is just the beginning. we have that northeast flow that is going to continue to drive our temperatures up into the coming days. as we take a look at the extended forecast here, tomorrow looks to be the warmest day for all of us. on friday, we begin to transition a little bit to a little bit of an onshore breeze, a little bit of fog that's going to bring our temperatures down just a little bit for our coast, as well as our bayside communities, but our inland areas will be just as hot. but by the weekend, everybody sees a transition back to some cooler weather and

own the coliseum.t about the rose bowl? it is the bruins home and seats 100,000 or dodger stadium or some other major facility to have the graduation ceremony. why did they downgrade to celebration as opposed to graduation ceremony? >> i was not in the room and don't know what the parameters are for booking the coliseum, i think they did change it because encampments on campus have been interrupting finals and student activity on school property and been vandalizing different parts of campus, including the statue. someone spray painted stop the genocide. it is close enough to campus for school spirit and making it feel as usc as possible. being on campus is difficult, especially since we have seen other colleges and universities have protesters yell and make a scene at graduation. so i think they tried. it is a little difficult. >> todd: over 2000 arrests across 52 college campuses. does it feel like students who did the right thing, studying, instead of vandalizing are being opinioned at usc and elsew

the city of oakland now has plans to sell its half of the coliseum.ence will be held today to announce this deal between the city and the african american sports and entertainment group, the chronicle says it will sell for at least $105 million. now. in the past, that sports group planned to build a massive $5 billion development on the coliseum site, including housing , restaurants and a convention center. the oakland a's are still in the process of buying the other half of the coliseum complex from alameda county. >> new numbers this morning from the highway patrol highlight an effort to combat crime with the oakland police department. the east bay operation's been going since february. officers have been using data from the oakland police department to target high crime areas, specifically searching for thieves, drug dealers and people with outstanding warrants. the chp says. in the past three months, officers have recovered 726 stolen cars, seized 46 guns, linked to crimes and arrested 355 people. the surge operations are ongoing. >> will the oakl

. >> another uses money from the proposed sale of the coliseum land.e're just thankful that you know that the stars kind of aligned. >> however, at the end of the day, we'll still be working towards making sure that we address the structural deficit as we want to be really responsible when it comes to our finances. >> tao's office will release her full budget on friday, and then the city council will review it. council member noel gallo says right now he doesn't support the sale of the coliseum, since he doesn't know if they have the right to sell it. i am not in support of it until i get clarity that legally, i can sell that property. >> the coliseum property, to a private entity. >> but he says oakland could use the money right now. >> i think that's where the debate is going to come. i need the money, certainly need the revenue. but at the same time, i need to make adjustments here. >> but one thing he and the mayor do agree on not taking funds away from the police or fire departments, but making sure public safety stays funded is a big part of mayo

oh yeah. >> at the coliseum. yeah. >> didn't run the bases. a big crowd . of parents are painting a completely false picture of berkeley. >> a show of support for a california superintendent

it was miller time at the oakland coliseum saturday.now what that means for the opposing team. plus, the giants found their groove. playing from behind seems to ♪ (ominous music) ♪ yes, ahh!! mom: what is going on with you? get out! andy! get out of my room! get out! mom: andy. fight! fight! i didn't say anything. yes you did. ♪ (ominous music) ♪ ♪ (ominous music) ♪ >>> the san francisco giants seem to be finally shaking off some cobwebs as they hit their stride and sit above 500 for the first time since march. and they're not just winning, they're doing it with grit and fight, and it was something that was missing at the start of the season. jordan hicks has pitched like an ace early on. he had the ball saturday and was dealing. lotsof whiffs in new york. he struck out eight batters over five innings allowing just one run on two hits. another great start from the converted reliever. it's worked out for san francisco. but the giants found themselves trailing yet again late in the game. down 1 in the ninth. wade jr. pinch hitting and sav

the city of oakland has reached a deal to sell its half of the coliseum. what we know about that deal and jury selection is scheduled today for david de pap the man who attacked nancy pelosi's husband with a hammer. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at no. >> thanks for hanging out with us on wednesday. i'm darya and i'm james. we're going to start this hour with a check of the weather and traffic as folks are now that we're halfway through the week. start to think ahead to the holiday weekend. yeah. do real days in the news travels in the news. what's the weather going to be like job? definitely easy for traveling in a little easier to get outside. if you're not a huge fan of how hot it got yesterday. that's because we are in for a nice little cool down in the next several days. looking out there this morning, lots of sunshine from the east bay hills and a set up that is going to make it even cooler towards the weekend. that cool sea breeze kicking back up just a little fog towards the coast in san mateo count

abc seven news reporter ryan curry went to the coliseum to show you what it looks like. it might not look like it, but there is a baseball game going on a major league baseball game. >> sure, it's a day game on a wednesday, but all season this stadium has been barren. the attendance numbers for the first 21 games of the season compared to last year, are much lower, from a peak of about 13,500 on opening day to a low of less than 2900 on monday. last season , opening day brought more than 25,000 fans to the coliseum. >> manfred and fisher have done the impossible. they've lessened my interest in major league baseball, so who is going to the games? >> we went around the coliseum and found fans are here because they want to relive memories before the team leaves. >> we just sit here and talk and sometimes we throw the baseball and it's kind of a low key, easy thing to do. >> tailgating in the parking lot is what eric scriven has done for years, and i've been a fan for 40 plus years now for the a's. are you going to miss this, this parking lot, this tailgate? oh yeah. yeah,

all the other 50% stake in the coliseum, which alameda county owns. but that deal could fall through depending on the outcome of a court case. the city says they initially hoped to work with the a's to sell ownership of the entire site to the developers, but they ended up working out a deal to sell their own share. this cell would actually help with the city's budget over the next 2 years. the developers consider plans to build a mega project with housing restaurants and also a new convention center. so that's what they're looking at. carly. so mayor sheng thao is going to hold a news conference is going to be a 3 o'clock to announce the details because in a lot of people also know how much that cell is going to be for. we're going to be the latest developments on air and online at kron 4. a setback to build at the desk. thanks, ryan. >> ok, and the other big breaking news story this morning. former oakland police chief leronne armstrong is apparently running to be on the oakland city council. a spokesperson for his campaign confirmed a crowd for that

this time, it involves the city of oakland's involvement in the coliseum site. minutes ago, oakland officials formally announced that the city is selling its percentage of the coliseum property for at least $105 million. it's being purchased by the african american sport and entertainment group asg

they've been sitting dormant for years in the coliseum parking lot. the seats were originally removed after the raiders left for vegas back in 2020. the bollards home opener is june 4th. we will bring you some of the games this season . >>> part of highway one is set to reopen friday morning, governor newsom's office said that's nearly 8 days ahead of schedule. back in march, a storm triggered a rockslide and left the section of the road impassable. the only way in or out has been to daily convoys. but now, with a temporary signal, highway one will be able to open to one-way traffic 24/7. >>> it's cool and gray in some spots but not too far away, it's sunny and warm, typical bay area. >> it's a old conundrum, it depends which way you are looking, and that's what we are doing right now, got our camera on top of mark hopkins, a time-lapse to show you how the clouds have been behaving over the course of the last hour or so. that will grow, you will see a lot more gray fill in the view as the marine layer starts to build back in and cover much of the bay.

it was miller time at the oakland coliseum on saturday.now what that means for the opposing team? plus, the giants have found their groove. playing from behind seems to be the key. ♪ (ominous music) ♪ ♪ (ominous music) ♪ girl: sydney, what's up? sydney: nothing. girl: are you ok? ♪ (ominous music) ♪ girl: talk to me. just shut up! nicotine's a neurotoxin that can escalate teen irritability. (♪♪) >>> the san francisco giants finally seem to shake off cobwebs as they hit their stride over the last 10 day. that's last 10 games. they are winning with grit and fight and it seems to be what was missing from the start of the season. jordan hicks, pitch like an ace early on and had the ball on saturday. he was dealing. he struck out eight batters over five innings and allowed one run on two hits, another great start from the converted reliever. giants found themselves trailing again late, down one in the night. the pinch-hitter saves the day. this one goes into right field and scored . sent the game to extra innings, despite getting tagged out at

crystal >> well, with the support of multiple community groups, the coliseum sale could bring the city more than $100 million, more jobs and more affordable housing. >> today, it is my privilege to say that the african american sports and entertainment group has agreed to the terms to purchase the city of oakland's share of the oakland coliseum. >> the mayor making the announcement at castlemont high school wednesday, where students proposed plans for ways to use the property and presented them to stakeholders. >> they represented the dreams that our young people have for their community negotiations with the african american sports and entertainment group started in january of 2023, with the goal to redevelop the property to include affordable housing and entertainment and sports complex and more jobs. >> an agreement costing the group $105 million. >> this is a moment where east oakland is going to change. >> this comes after reports of the city's budget deficit and the debts impending threat to public safety. meanwhile, the mayor says this agreement will be a positive change for oak

coliseum athletics play there 1237 game. so it's a midday game.he evening commute starts to build past the coliseum. you may see some more folks joining in from the crowd over there at the coliseum. we hope they get a good victory for the a's. we do have, unfortunately, a new crash reported in that side of the bay. 880 right around tennyson. we're going to track that and get more details from chp, but i already see a little slowing building as you're approaching 92. oh, and there we go. that first slowdown for north 101 typical right there in san jose. no surprises. back to you. thanks, mike. 542 for you this morning, making life saving medicine more accessible. still ahead for you here on today in the bay. that new platform one health care giant will soon offer for patients. president biden, governor newsom both reacting to a new lengthy interview with donald trump. plus one of my dreams was to always become a law enforcement. i told my wife, i'm going to apply. i'm going to i'm going to see how far i can go. breaking barriers. as we introduce yo

the seats were used when the raiders played at the oakland coliseum.unused in the parking lot of the stadium since the team moved to las vegas. if the purchase is approved, the ballers would install them for the 2025 season as part of an expansion to facilitate to the facility they're building in west oakland, the oakland unified school district is teaming up with the student transport company zoom to make its school busses greener. >> they're launching the first major all electric vehicle bus fleet in the nation. its consist of 74 electric busses with each carrying a battery pack that's 4 to 6 times bigger than a standard ev car battery. each bus will have its own fast charging station, which means when busses are not on the road, the fleet can generate and send enough electricity back to the grid to power 300 houses each year. the entire new fleet of busses is expected to be available at the start of the next school year. san jose's raging waters is expected to open next month with a new name, signs are going up promoting the change at the water park

one step closer to learning the fate of the coliseum as the a's prepare to say goodbye. the city of oakland looks ahead now to its future. >> that potential specifically here in deep east oakland, that it will finally be realized. and that is why this moment is so important. >> well, the city of oakland is selling its share of the coliseum, all in an effort to redevelop the site for oaklanders. >> ktvu is crystal bailey joins us live tonight from the city of oakland with more on the big news here. crystal >> well, mike, the sale of this coliseum could bring the city more than $100 million, more jobs and more affordable housing. >> this was all announced today at castlemont high school, where the mayor and other city leaders met after negotiations that have taken place over the last year and a half. the african american sports and entertainment group has agreed to purchase the city's share to redevelop the property. they're committed to revitalizing oakland. the goal is to include affordable housing and an entertainment and sports complex. now, castlemont high school stud

they will host the astros again today at the coliseum.ay, thousands of bay area music fans will head to the napa valley for the final day of the bottlerock festival organizers say more than 120,000 people purchased tickets for the three day festival during the memorial day weekend. >> ed sheeran will take the stage as the final headliner. an act bottlerock tonight, he follows earlier performances by musical groups pearl jam, stevie nicks and megan thee stallion. >> all right, let's get back to our question of the day. now we want to know what you think of music festivals. are they worth the money? we got 11% weighing in on that. are they too pricey? 34% say that's what they think. and not my thing. that's the winner this morning of folks who are weighing in. we'd love to hear from you. head to ktvu.com/vote and tell us what you think. >> coming up, ferry workers. they are on strike coming up here on mornings on two on this sunday morning. what alcatraz city cruise workers are demanding for and what officials say this strike means for visi

yeah, abc seven news reporter ryan curry went to the coliseum for a see what it looks like. >> it mightk like it, but there is a baseball game going on a major league baseball game. sure, it's a day game on a wednesday, but all season this stadium has been barren. the attendance numbers for the first 21 games of the season compared to last year, are much lower, from a peak of about 13,500 on opening day to a low of less than 2900 on monday. last season , opening day brought more than 25,000 fans to the coliseum. >> manfred and fisher have done the impossible. they've lessened my interest in major league baseball. >> so who is going to the games? we went around the coliseum and found fans are here because they want to relive memories before the team leaves. >> we just sit here and talk and sometimes we throw the baseball and it's kind of a low key, easy thing to do. >> tailgating in the parking lot is what eric scriven has done for years, and i've been a fan for 40 plus years now for the a's. >> are you going to miss this, this parking lot, this tailgate? >> oh yeah. yeah, on the concour

the raiders used at the coliseum. the seats have been collecting dust of the stadium's parking lot since raiders move to las vegas dollars of aid, an official request to buy those seats for the new baseball field. it raimondi park opening day for the ballers is june 4th. 4 zone forecast as we give you a live look right now outside the bay bridge toll plaza. still a lot of traffic out there now, lawrence, i don't know it's kind of early to think about the weekend. why not? yeah, why not? let's start talking about that. looks like the week. it's going to be nice weather wise. >> we're going to see a little bit of a cool down as we head through the weekend weather a really nice around the bay area kind of settled into the summer pattern right now. it's looking very much like summer out there, of course. and that means we have low clouds and fog in the night. the mornings in the afternoon that start to peel back the coastline. then starts to move back on shore again. so we are seeing that surging back on shore. look at th