her her partner, andre jones. i'm wondering here the indictment made specific mention of those mailers that were sent out. so i wonder if there is something dealing with election interference that could be part of this as well. is that something that would come from this indictment or from someplace else? what are your thoughts on that? >> my thoughts are that the use of opposition campaign material, which goes on in nearly every campaign, is one thing, but it needs to be declared so that the public understands what money is being put into a campaign. opposition mailers are not the issue here. the hiding of the money to pay for these mailers is the issue, and there will be more evidence that will come forward. and of course, this alleged $95,000 payment to sheng tao's partner for a job maybe that didn't exist is also of great concern. but again, to be clear, in every campaign there's opposition mailers and some of them are not very much fun to read. but as long as the people who are paying for them declare that it

for jones with the promise of additional payments all intended to benefit both out and jones. the 22 page indictment relies on text messages. emails. >> and the word of an unidentified co-conspirator following taos mayoral victory in 2022, the indictment includes this text message between co-conspirator one and indeed long co conspirator. one texted. so we may have to go to jail, but we are 100 million dollars richer, indeed. long replied, money buys everything and co-conspirator. one replied, you are right. the co-conspirator is not named or charged and legal experts say that's who defendants will go after first. you have people who cooperate with the government and say, >> for example, i was involved. and here's what went on at the time. they will attack them saying they are getting some special treatment from the federal government and then they have to look at what cooperates, what those people are saying. the indictment also relies on the transfer of payments between the defendants as often the case, the cues that the money trail. >> from their deceptive acts of corruptio

for jones with the promise of additional payments all intended to benefit both out and jones. >> the 22 page indictment relies on text messages, e-mails and the word of an unidentified co-conspirator following taos mayoral victory in 2022, the indictment includes this text message between co-conspirator one and indeed long co conspirator. one texted. so we may have to go to jail, but we are 100 million dollars richer, indeed. long replied, money buys everything co-conspirator. one replied, you are right. the co-conspirator is not named or charged and legal experts say that's who defendants will go after first. you have people who cooperate with the government and say, >> for example, i was involved. and here's what went on at the time. they will attack them saying they are getting some special treatment from the federal government and then they have to look at what cooperates, what those people are saying. the indictment also relies on the transfer of payments between the defendants as often the case, the cues that the money trail. >> from their deceptive acts of corruption. while th

for jones with the promise of additional payments all intended to benefit both out and jones. the 22 page indictment relies on text messages, e-mails and the word of an unidentified co-conspirator following taos mayoral victory in 2022. >> the indictment includes this text message between co-conspirator one and indeed long were co conspirator. one texted. so we may have to go to jail, but we are 100 million dollars richer, indeed. long replied, money buys everything and co-conspirator. one replied, you are right. the co-conspirator is not named or charged and legal experts say that's who defendants will go after first. you have people who cooperate with the government and say, for example, i was involved. and here's what went on at the time. >> they will attack them saying they are getting some special treatment. >> from the federal government and then they have to look at what cooperates, what those people are saying. the indictment also relies on the transfer of payments between the defendants as often the case, the cues that the money trail from their deceptive acts of corr

thao and her romantic partner, andre jones, are accused in a bribery scheme involving the duong family who owned cal waste solutions, the recycling company for the city of oakland. two members of the family, patriarch david, the company's president and ceo, and andy, his son, were also charged today. all four defendants have pleaded not guilty. this all comes more than half a year after the fbi raided the home thao and jones share along with two homes belonging to the duong family and their recycling company's office. since that day we have been digging into the allegations against everyone involved, but details of the fbi's investigation have been shrouded in secrecy until now. our wilson walker was there when the fbi and other agencies announced these charges in san francisco. so, wilson, what are we learning tonight? >> reporter: i was thinking about that today, juliette, that when we first got the indictment handed to us, i was glancing through it and was struck by how much of it follows along the lines of what we've been reporting the last seven months. we saw the fbi agents go in

in oakland, velena jones, nbc, bay area news. so what exactly are tao jones and the duong's accused of? investigative reporter candice nguyen joins us now to break down the alleged bribery scheme laid out by prosecutors today. and, candice, we know they're prominent businessmen, but who are these dongs? yeah, they are a father son duo working with a waste company that you've probably seen in oakland and in the south bay. they, tao and jes, are denying these allegations, as prosecutors allege a bribery scheme that helped tao become mayor and pay some of her and her partner's personal bills. this federal indictment charges former oakland mayor sheng thao of a corrupt relationship with her partner, andre jones, and two additional defendants, david and andy duong. david duong is the president ceo of kao waste solutions. he's also co-owner of a housing company. his son, andy also works at cal waste and co-owns the same housing company. leading up to oakland's 2022 mayoral election. federal prosecutors say sheng thao promised if she wa

tremont jones loiters at the roscoe's. that's just his hangout spot. >> detectives soon gathered hours of surveillance video that pieces together exactly what happened in the minutes leading up to pnb. s murder. and after. from the moment tremont walks outside, he alerts another man named freddy truchon to come to roscoe's. prosecutors say they acted like two old school gangsters. so how is it that tremont jones tells freddy truchon? who and what is going on? >> the information was relayed who and what in the opportunity to get. maybe half $1 million is sitting inside this restaurant. >> it wasn't the first time pnb was targeted in la. he talked about it with podcaster dj akademiks over a week before the roscoe's shooting. >> you know, somebody tried me on fairfax, like mid-pandemic. >> this gangster out there on fairfax. la is like they both at roscoe's. >> surveillance cameras record freddy truchon arriving in the parking lot. he chats with jones there, speaking. >> and at this point is where my position is that the cons

the payments in question went to her live in partner andre jones.they didn't go directly to her. so perhaps she felt that it was him that was being the beneficiary of this and not her, and also that she didn't actually do award the contracts or make the extension. so she could have compartmentalized it in her mind. but the fbi isn't interested in that. they are interested in this indictment, and she is the so far the highest ranking person to be indicted. so all roads are going to be pointing towards her. all right. >> well, you heard the man she beat in the mayoral race, lauren taylor, who is running again now in this special election, saying, hey, you know, he would have won had it not been for those mailers that were part of this campaign. >> i don't know, i don't know if he would have won. but the mailers in the campaign, the negative mailers that come in at the close of a campaign and turn last minute voters largely, especially if the race wasn't getting a lot of attention. yes, it could have had had a factor in it. but the other thing that's r

for jones with the promise of additional payments all intended to benefit both out and jones. >> the 22 page indictment relies on text messages, e-mails and the word of an unidentified co-conspirator following taos mayoral victory in 2022, the indictment includes this text message between co-conspirator one and indeed long co conspirator. one texted. so we may have to go to jail, but we are 100 million dollars richer, indeed. long replied, money buys everything and co-conspirator. one replied, you are right. the co-conspirator is not named or charged and legal experts say that's who defendants will go after first. you have people who cooperate with the government and say, >> for example, i was involved. and here's what went on at the time. they will attack them saying they are getting some special treatment from the federal government and then they have to look at what cooperates, what those people are saying. the indictment also relies on the transfer of payments between the defendants as often the case, the cues that the money trail. >> from their deceptive acts of corruption. whil

this is all connected to the june raid of thao's home which she shares with her partner, andre jones. jones is also named in that indictment and our camera was there as he arrived at court this morning. also facing charges, andy and david duong, the father/son duo prominent in the oakland business community. all four defendants entered not guilty pleas in court today. our wilson walker joins us live outside the federal courthouse in san francisco where officials laid out the allegations for the very first time. wilson. >> reporter: a busy day today. all of those charged over in oakland and today here in san francisco we finally, seven months after those raids, we heard what prosecutors were looking for. >> we are not just up here as traditional politicians. >> the indictment alleges the conspiracy began around october 2022 before the november 2022 oakland mayoral election. weeks before that election thao made commitments to take official actions as mayor that would benefit the duongs. >> reporter: from there first assistant u.s. attorney patrick robbins gave a brief tour of the govern

for jones with the promise of additional payments all intended to benefit both out and jones. the 22 page indictment relies on text messages, e-mails and the word of an unidentified co-conspirator. >> following taos mayoral victory in 2022, the indictment includes this text message between co-conspirator one and indeed long. rick co-conspirator, one texted. so we may have to go to jail, but we are 100 million dollars richer, indeed. long replied, money buys everything and co-conspirator. one replied, you are right. the co-conspirator is not named or charged and legal experts say that's who defendants will go after first. you have people who cooperate with the government and say, >> for example, i was involved. and here's what went on at the time. they will attack them saying they are getting some special treatment from the federal government and then they have to look at what cooperates, what those people are saying. the indictment also relies on the transfer of payments between the defendants as often the case, the cues that the money trail. >> from their deceptive acts of co

jean jones apfel: i knew something was wrong. bridget harris: i didnt want to believe that this was actually a reality. rick haidle: we had concerns that there may be missing classified information. it could turn into an espionage investigation. craig melvin: espionage? was this some kind of international spy-caper or maybe it was something closer to home? john lewin: what we got was the information that would break this case wide open. craig melvin: the case of aciamom. could a clue from her son help solve this mystery? marcus singleton: im never going to give up. im never going to give up on anything. craig melvin: hello and welcome to dateline. for marie singleton, the sun rose and set on her boy marcus. when the single mother met andre jackson, a solo dad with two kids of his own, marie thought she had found the man of her dreams - and a father figure for her son. but that new life shattered when marie suddenly vanished, and police discovered there was a lot more to this mom -- and her marriage -- than met the eye. here's jos

seattle police then killed jones in june of 2022, as officers attempted to serve an arrest warrant. the da's office declined requests for interviews, but announced on thursday that while some of the evidence presented during their meeting did raise suspicions, there's not enough sufficient evidence to charge jones mother, the family attorney believes delays in the investigation led to lapses in this case, including when jones bought a plane ticket to seattle. >> if they followed up on the airline ticket, which, you know, it's been three years now, back then, it would have been a matter of months, less than a year. so i think they went wrong right there. >> the statute of limitations for this case ends on sunday. that means this is the end of the case for the gabe family, who say there has been no justice for alexis. >> no, we did not. we did not achieve closure. yeah, we did not achieve the justice that we were were looking for. >> i feel like i disappointed my daughter. >> only 70% of alexis remains have been found. the family plans to post all the evidence they have on social medi

for jones with the promise of additional payments all intended to benefit both out jones. our communities depend on local government for critical services. the public needs to know. can trust those in charge of city hall. to work for the best interest of the people of oakland. this public trust is broken. when elected officials agreed to a pay to play system to benefit themselves. this indictment reaffirms the commitment of this office. to root out investigate and prosecute corruption in our local governments. indictment with the product of a coordinated effort. with our law enforcement partners. the fbi. u.s. postal inspection service and the irs criminal investigation. i want to praise the invaluable work by law enforcement partners investigating this case. i also want to commend the prosecutors from my who are handling the case. assistant u.s. attorneys, molly, president abraham fine and lloyd farnham with the valuable assistance of the mala james and madeline walks and the leaders of our open branch with say lexus james and david ward. i am now please to turn the podiu

jones. the chair now recognizes mr. wheeler for his opening statement of five minutes. >> thank you. and good afternoon, chairman pfluger, ranking member gimenez. fbi. i currently serve as the assistant director of our critical instant response group in quantico, virginia. i've done that since july be, as you mentioned. in that past, i lead the fbiests in response to critical incidents and major investigations, which includes responsibility for to critical incidents and major investigations which includes responsibility for our counter unmanned aircraft program. as the u.s. continues to grow among the law enforcement sectors this technology also lends itself to increase malicious use by state, non-state and lone actors as you know. this technology poses some unique security challenges for us. for using a uas to conduct espionage and the u.s. naval facility in january. we believe uas are being flown for similar purposes over sensitive facilities across the united states. >> just last month the suspect was arrested and ch

prosecutors say checks started getting mailed to andre jones. some as large as $35,000. >> providing them as payments disguised as wages for a no show job for jones with the promise of additional payments all intended to benefit both thao and jones. >> reporter: today's indictment and the press conference held by the government earlier this morning was successful in grabbing headlines but what it did not do was serve the ends of justice. >> reporter: thao, jones and the duongs appeared in oakland where all four entered not guilty pleas. the former mayor appeared with her attorney who questioned the timing of this action and the indictment itself. >> the indictment itself is chock full of allegations. the case is built on allegations from an unknown coconspirator that we believe will show my client has committed no crimes. >> mentioning the unnamed coconspirator may be a question of where the defense is planning to go. on the issue of identities, we heard from the assistant u.s. attorney here in a very high profile case when we would normally be

jones? >> well, both are true. we are using technology to track the drones and we are using it to intercept and land the drone at a place our discretion. give us the numbers by procession. if you track a hundred drones how many are you landing? >> like i stated earlier, for fy-24, in the southwest border we landed 60 of them and mitigated 60 aircraft. >> 60 of the 45,000 that you encountered? there you go. that's what i'm saying. you're using the technology to track, but you're not using the technology to fully mitigate. so this is what we've been talking about for a year, mr. chairman. this technology by the tenth amendment right belongs to the sovereign states and they should be allowed to fully deploy it. thank you, mr. chairman. i yield. >> the gentleman's time has expired and the chair recognizes the gentleman from texas, mr. gonzalez. >> thank you, chairman. sometimes i feel like i'm in the twilight zone out here. month after month, people come before us and they testify and they don't get a lot of answers an

nicola jones, thank _ to recovery begins. nicola jones, thank you - to recovery begins.to us. perhaps we will talk again in the coming weeks. it has been reported that keir starmer, the uk prime minister, has told benjamin netanyahu that the peace process should lead to a palestinian state. interesting that, because of course donald trump's new ambassador to the middle east, to the region, talking in recent days about how he did not believe in a two state solution so a completely opposite take their from the uk prime minister, saying the peace process should lead to a palestinian state. around the world and across the uk, you are watching bbc news. you are watching bbc news. the opening day of prince harry's trial against the owners of the sun newspaper has been delayed — after it emerged that the two sides are involved in settlement talks after years of legal battle. the duke of sussex is suing news group newspapers over allegations of unlawful information gathering. the duke's lawyers were due to open an eight—week t

they accused her of a bribery scheme that includes her longtime partner, andre jones, and the prominent duong family. this was a multiyear investigation by the fbi. last june, the agents raided the oakland home of then mayor tao and andre jones, as well as the properties connected to the dea wong's and a recycling company. tao's attorney addressed the allegations outside the courthouse just minutes ago. >>>>the united states department of justice's justice manual requires the government to look carefully at its prosecutions to ensure that the actions that they take are not actions that are taking to take into effect the outcomes of elections and the timing of the investigative steps by the government in this case, including the unsealing of the indictment today, has called all of that into question. the mayor looks forward to defending herself against these charges, showing that there is, in fact, no evidence to support. will look. >>>>well. until this morning, the investigation was shrouded in secrecy of wilson. walker is live at the federal building in san francisco. with what we lear

jones declined to take questions today. andre, do you have any comments? tao's attorney repeated his client's frequent claims of innocence, saying the case lacks evidence. the case is built on allegations from an unknown coconspirator that we believe when the evidence is revealed, will show that my client has committed no crimes. father and son david and andy duong face conspiracy, bribery and fraud charges. both of their attorneys also say they are innocent of all charges and will fight hard in court. meanwhile, those who spearheaded the recall election against house say her indictment even after she was ousted from office, impacts oakland. it's a sad day for oakland. this is not going to inspire confidence in the other in the business community to want to do business in oakland. in oakland. velena jones, nbc, bay area news. now, let's give you a timeline of how the investigation unfolded. it's a little bit complicated. we'll try to keep it straight. back in june, former oakland mayor sheng thao home was searched by the fbi, irs, and the u.s. postal inspe

the mercury news is citing sources saying andre jones andre jones, her boyfriend, has also been indicted. neither report has been confirmed by the fbi. however, the feds are expected to make a comment tomorrow morning. these indictmenents coe after months of investigation and speculation. last june, the fbi raided the then mayor's house on the same day that they raided the homes and businesses of multiple members of the dewan family, who owns cal waste solutions. that's an oakland recycling contractor. tao and her partner have both repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, but it has city leaders still concerned. this is really concerning, and the impacts of what this means for the integrity of city services and city business is definitely concerning to me as a public official. let's bring in nbc's velena jones, who's been covering this story for months now. velena what exactly do we know right now? we know there's a lot of speculation and reports, but what do we know? right. so raj, this comes, as you said, after months of investigation and speculation, it's important to note that the fbi nor t

just yesterday, her boyfriend, andre jones, was indicted. now, an arraignment was scheduled to take place at 1030 this morning. our team is in the courtroom. we will have an update for you coming up during our evening newscast. now, of course, there are still many questions to come with this case. joining us now live is defense attorney paula canny. paula, great to see you and thanks for joining us. let's get right to it. so they had the arraignment that was supposed to happen today. can you describe to us what that process is like and what will likely happen today at an arraignment? the defendant is told what the charges are. they should appear with their lawyer. i mean, i'm sure it's been a horrible day for her because she didn't know that she had been indicted until yesterday when that was announced. i'm sure that they notified her. she's probably just been fingerprinted and gone through all of the booking procedures. she's going to be told you're charged. she's got to be scared and frightened because getting prosecuted is really frighten

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. >> just 5 days before christmas, the unthinkable happened to melvin jones in valais. whoa around 11, 10 at night right outside of his home. he was struck by a car while positioning himself out of his wheelchair into his vehicle. so even cause sometimes suffer from depression, it was like a movie said jones he saw in his rear view mirror bright lights approaching closer and closer pushing keep pushing. are going. >> quick quick, quick, quick, quick. >> and then when the door flung you got to those winter bama wheelchair does flew in the air did a couple of tumbles land on the ground and it ended up like in the middle of his shattered to pieces in shock after the impact, jones as he braced himself by grabbing the steering wheel. >> and looking ahead at the driver who hit him, seen him put on a light reverse lights. >> know, like what are >> and they took off. never even came down to see if i was all right. >> he's now using a replacement wheelchair. what's left are remains of his main wheelchair, twisted and ruined along with his car's windows. glass shattered in the st

the documents reveal andre jones received checks from juarez. renea webb who led thao's transition team accused jones of running pay-to-play schemes during thao's campaign and after she won. webb, who is running to replace thao, testified before the grand jury. >> what i said two years ago, you know, the reason i resigned, because i was not going to be corrupted and i was not going to be a part of something that would continue to take oakland down and so i really feel like this is a breath of fresh air, you know, for us as a city. >> the oakland public ethics commission has had a long running investigation into the duongs. they've been accused of using straw donors to run political campaigns, including thao's. >> thank you. we'll have live coverage of tomorrow's news conference with the fbi and justice department at 9:00 a.m. you can stay up to date with that and any other new developments in the case right here on air as well as on kpix.com and the cbs news app. >>> meantime, a new candidate has thrown their hat into the ring to replace thao as

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she, her boyfriend, andre jones, and david and andy dwang were named in the indictment.are a father- son pair who run cal waste solutions, a recycling company. the indictment spans a period before and after she took office two years ago. oakland voters recalled her two months ago. our wilson walker looked through the indictment and the allegations against tao. he picks up the story from here. >> we are not just up here. i'm not your traditional politician. >> reporter: the indictment alleges that the illegal conspiracy began around october 22 before the november 2022 oakland mayoral election. weeks before that election, thao made commitments to take official actions as mayor that would benefit the duongs. >> reporter: from there, first assistant u.s. attorney patrick robins gave a briefbrief of the government's case against the former mayor of oakland that alleges that sheng thao and her partner, andre jones, offered up city hall influence to two members of the politically influential duong family. >> examples of promises allegedly made by tho include her agreement to pu

for a no show salary to jones from the dongs. it also alleges that they covered up funding for campaign mailers from david and andy duong, whose family operates recycling and housing businesses that contract with the city. in return, tao allegedly pushed for renewal of contracts and exerted influence as mayor. once elected to help the duong's businesses. tao's attorney spoke with the media after her appearance. >> the case is built on allegations from an unknown coconspirator that we believe when the evidence is revealed, will show that my client has committed no crimes. the indictments timing as well is curious, and we think that the timing of the indictment has amplified, of course, the politicization of this issue. but it has not, again served the ends of justice and ensuring that everyone is treated fairly. >> and i spoke with her attorney after that news conference, and he tells me that they are going to be asking for evidence from the doj as to how they think she's connected. he says she is not. the judge did allow tao and

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thao, her boyfriend, andre jones, and david and andy duong were named in the indictment. the duongs are a father and on pair who run cal waste solutions. the indictment spans a time period before and after thao took office two years ago. oakland voters recalled her two months ago. our wilson walker looked through the indictment and the allegations against thao. he picks up the story from here. >> we are not just up here. i'm not your traditional politician. >> the indictment alleges that the illegal conspiracy began around october 22 before the november 2022 oakland mayoral election. weeks before that election, thao made commitments to take official actions as mayor that would benefit the duongs. >> reporter: from there, first assistant u.s. attorney patrick robins gave a brief tour of the government's case against the former mayor of oakland. it alleges that sheng thao and her partner, andre jones, offered up city hallhall to two members of the politically influential duong family, david duong and his son, andy. >> examples of promises allegedly made by thao include her

in oakland, velena jones, nbc, bay area news. an overnight storm in southern california, helping containment efforts on those los angeles area wildfires. the eden fire stands at 98% containment, while the palisades fire is now up to 94%. all final evacuation orders were officily lifted today. however, rainfall also brought landslides to the palisades burn scar area. take a look at this. many roads were closed, blocked by debris after a flood watch moved through the area. it just expired about two hours ago and today the five freeway has reopened after an overnight snowstorm closed both directions of the grapevine ornight. the storm is moving out of the region today. all right. and back here at home, things are getting chillier as well as we take a live look at the bay bridge. that is a beautiful view of the city for sure. and, jeff, we are expecting rain, but i guess it depends on where you live. yes. i mean the difference between the haves and the have nots with this storm system. it's going to be just so close. so we're going t

investigators say tao and jones received money and benefits. for other. federal prosecutors say the scheme started in october 2022, a month before tao was elected as oakland's mayor. tao has consistently said she is innocent of any crime or wrongdoing. if convicted of all counts, each defendant faces a maximum of 95 years in prison, but andy duong faces up to an additional five years if convicted of lying to federal agents. okay, now to the impending ban of tiktok. come sunday, the u.s. ban will go into effect. supreme court upheld the law today, putting tiktok's future in question. let's go ahead and bring in our business and tech reporter scott budman. okay, scott, this is happening just two days. we've all been waiting for sunday, but it looks like the supreme court has spoken. yeah, and this is what we were waiting for, to find out if the court would uphold that law or put a stall on it. the court said no, it listened to the arguments, but it says the law can stand, which means on the 19th, your phone can still have tiktok on it, but apple and google

el pliego de cargos establece que tanto sheng thao como jones hicieron un acuerdo en el que sobornos a los drones ejercer influencia ilegal en negocios del gobierno. el fbi allanó tanto la residencia de tao como propiedades de los duong el pasado mes de junio. según la acusación, tao se comprometió a beneficiar los negocios de los duong. si era electa alcaldesa, por ejemplo. extendiendo el contrato de la compañía de reciclaje con la ciudad, ordenando la compra de unidades de vivienda modulares de la firma de los duong e incluso nombrando funcionarios recomendados por ellos en exchange. t. a cambio, los duong presuntamente hicieron pagos hasta hoy a jones en varias formas, entre ellas el financiamiento de una campaña de correo en contra de los opositores de tao y dándoles 95.000 $ encubiertos como el pago de un supuesto trabajo de jones. según esta acusación, ella y su pareja además tomaron acciones deliberadas para encubrir los beneficios económicos que presuntamente recibió. luciendo tranquila y hasta sonriente al interior de la corte, sheng thao se declaró no culpable de los cargos

the documents also reveal andre jones received checks from juarez. renia webb, a former confidante of thao and led her transition team, accused jones of pay to play schemes. webb who is running to replace thao testified before the grand jury. >> what i said two years ago, you know, the reason i resigned, because i was not going to be corrupted and i was not going to be a part of something that would continue to take oakland down and so i really felt like this was just a breath of fresh air, you know, for us as a city. >> as we mentioned, the fbi and the justice department are supposed to make this important announcement at 9:00 tomorrow morning. you can follow that announcement and any other new developments in this case on air as well as kpix.com and the cbs news app. >>> people in vallejo's crest neighborhood are calling for some serious and urgent solutions days after a 4-year-old girl was shot when she was caught in the middle of a shootout. she is stable tonight according to police. the city's new mayor, andrea sorce, says vallejo leaders have t

seattle police then killed jones in june of 2022, as officers attempted to serve an arrest warrant. da's office declined requests for interviews, but announced on thursday that while some of the evidence presented during their meeting did raise suspicions, there's not enough sufficient evidence to charge jones's mother. the family attorney believes delays in the investigation led to lapses in this case, including when jones bought a plane ticket to seattle. >> if they followed up on the airline ticket, which, you know, it's been three years now, but back then it would have been a matter of months, less than a year. so i think they went wrong right there. >> the statute of limitations for this case ends on sunday. that means this is the end of the case for the gabe family, who say there has been no justice for alexis. >> no, we did not. we did not achieve it. >> no closure. >> yeah, we did not achieve the justice that we were were looking for. >> i feel like i disappointed my daughter. >> only 70% of alexis remains have been found. the family plans to post all the evidence they have

jones, thank you for being with us.ings i was talking about with my just a moment ago, my friend from childhood, was there is really not anything to go back to. say your house didn't burn down in the palisades in particular, there is no community any longer, there is no grocery stores. it seems like most, if not all of the schools are gone. a lot of elementary schools, one giant high school. no gas station, no shops. no library. no playhouse. how does a community build resilience in the face of this, especially as climate change mix these events worse and more frequent? >> there's a lot of things tied up in that question. i will say first that for all the other communities around, this is our potential future in the time of climate change and therefore doing the things before hand that will make it easier to recover later are incredibly important. what is most important afterwards is to continue to have a community. if there is nothing to come back to, people don't come back and communities come apart and we have seen s

tao and jones could spend decades in prison if they're convicted on all charges.day forecast. we are in for a sunny friday, but a little bit cooler. we're up to 60 degrees with our maximum temperature. and tonight down to 38 degrees. so another cold start on saturday with highs in the upper 50s throughout the weekend and a breezy wind. we'll see that weather continue into the martin luther king holiday, with a high of about 62 degrees for the inland valleys throughout the rest of the forecast. a very gradual warm up, with a mostly sunny sky for the afternoons and in the mornings. it will still be cool with san francisco in the mid 50s throughout the weekend. a mix of sun and clouds and then into early next week. we'll finally make it back to the low 60s on next wednesday and thursday. the southern california fire zones. it comes as authorities now confirm 27 deaths from last week's wildfires. firefighters are also gaining more ground on the largest fires. palisades, now 31% contained. the eaton fire is 65% contained. together, those fires have burned more than 40,

checks started to get to andrew jones. >> reporter: in direct payments, for jones with the promise of additional comments all intended to benefit both thao and jones. >> reporter: the indictment that was held by the government earlier this morning is successful in grabbing headlines. what they did not do is serve the justice. >> reporter: they appear before a judge in august. following her arraignment, the former major appeared with her attorney who questioned the timing of this action in indictment itself. >> it chalkful of allegations, built on allegations from an unknown co-conspirator that we believe when the evidence is revealed will show my client has committed no crimes. >> both andy and david duong issued separate statements denying any wrong doing. thao's political opponents and a former staffer turned whistle blower feel vindicated today after all of this. our da lin has been following the pay-to-play allegations for months now, speaking to thao's former chief of staff, cho is also one of the first to ring alarm bells. >> the information would still be the same, but they wil

jones says as the u.s. new chapter with the inauguration of president trump his values for freedom continue to hold true. >> i am hopeful that he has enough sense, to quote spike lee, to do the right thing. >> reporter: a continued vision of equality from one generation to the next. >> and during halftime several oakland students gave speeches written in honor of dr. king and warriors players warmed up in custom t- shirts honoring his legacy. >>> all right. we take you to southern california now. it is back on high alert for extreme winds and fire danger. gusts of up to 100 miles an hour possible in bone- dry conditions. but the period of greatest danger lasting through tomorrow morning. fire crews are prepositioned and asking locals to prepare in case they need to evacuate. meantime, some families who have fled their homes from the palisades fire can now return. a long line of cars were seen in santa monica. but officials warn wind- blown ash is creating toxic air levels and they are recommending people we

jones and the wongs have also pleaded not guilty. andre, do you have any comments? in oakland, emma goss, nbc, bay area news. other candidates vying to replace tao are weighing in as well. former congresswoman barbara lee said in part city hall must never be for sale. we need a fresh start in oakland. our local governance and political system must be beyond reproach. every oaklander deserves no less. we also reached out to candidate reina webb, who was tao's former chief of staff but have not heard back. of course, we'll continue our coverage of former tao's in indictment. our web site, nbcbayarea.com, is a great resource. you can also see a detailed timeline on how the case began there. a new flare up today for a fire kicking out potentially toxic smoke in moss landing. fire broke out at vistra yesterday. battery energy storage facility and is being fueled by lithium ion batteries. firefighters say they can only contain it and wait for it to burn itself out. not exactly clear what sparked that fire, but today's flare up meant evacuation orders in moss landing had t

for jones with the promise of additional payments all intended to benefit both out and jones. >> therated towel and her partner's home back in june of 2024, they took cellphones computers and documents. the indictments elaborates on the charges saying the dow thao and her partner andrea jones attempted to cover up monies given to them by the dogs. legal experts say these are very serious charges against the former mayor and her boyfriend. >> talon, her partner turned themselves in this morning at the federal courthouse in oakland. her attorney spoke about the indictment will have much more coming up on kron. 4 news at 2 o'clock in the newsroom. theresa back to you. stephanie, thanks so much, theresa, for your coverage on this. >> and we have a statement from the attorney representing david toowong, one of the suspects facing federal corruption charges in this case as well. it reads in part, quote, mister duong denies wrongdoing and will vigorously defend these allegations in court. he looks forward to prevailing in this case and continuing his decades of service, philanthropy and dev

jones and the wongs have also pleaded not guilty. andre, do you have any comments? in oakland, emma goss, nbc, bay area news. other candidates vying to replace tao are weighing in as well. former congresswoman barbara lee said in part city hall must never be for sale we need a fresh start in oakland. our local governance and political system must be beyond reproach. every oaklander deserves no less. we also reached out to candidate reina webb, who was tao's former chief of staff but have not heard back. of course, we'll continue our coverage of former tao's in indictment. our web site, nbcbayarea.com, is a great resource. you can also see a detailed timeline on how the case began there. a new flare up today for a fire kicking out potentially toxic smoke in moss landing. fire broke out at vistra yesterday. battery energy storage facility and is being fueled by lithium ion batteries. firefighters say they can only contain it and wait for it to burn itself out. not exactly clear what sparked that fire, but today's flare up meant evacuation orders in moss landing had to

estos encubiertos como el pago de un supuesto trabajo de jones. los beneficios económicos que presuntamente recibió. luciendo tranquila y hasta sonriente al interior de la corte, sheng thao se declaró no culpable de los cargos itself is full. el pliego de cargos está repleto de acusaciones, pero no está repleto de evidencia. se basa en acusaciones de un cómplice desconocido que creemos que cuando se revelen las pruebas mostrará que mi cliente no ha cometido ningún delito. 4 de los cargos que enfrenta tao conllevan una pena máxima de 20 años en prisión. cada 1. si es hallada culpable. entre tanto, los que promovieron su destitución también se hicieron presentes en la corte. bueno, tiene que haber consecuencias. así que destituirirla era el primer paso. ahora estamos viendo que haya consecuencias para mandar un mensaje a los políticos que quieren engañar al público. en oakland pilar niño noticiero telemundo 48. por su parte, los abogados de andy y david wong dijeron a través de comunicados que sus clientes son inocentes y que niegan todos los cargos

and ursula jones dixon is a judge in venus. johnson works for the state attorney general.visors is expected to make a final decision next week. today's forum starts at 11 at lakeshore avenue baptist church in oakland, and it is free to attend. well, coaches and athletes at sonoma state are fighting to reverse the university's plans to cut athletic programs and athletes. the press democrat reports they plan to file a class action lawsuit against the university and lobby state and local governments to save the 11 athletic programs that are in jeopardy. this comes after sonoma state announced days ago sweeping cuts to programs, degrees and faculty to address a $24 million deficit for the 20 2526 school year. the pacifica school district board has voted to close one school and relocate dozens of middle schoolers from another. the board approved a plan that includes shutting down ocean shore, which is a k through eighth grade school, and those students, along with sixth through eighth graders from vallemar school, will be moved to other schools in the district. the district cla

we saw jones as he was leaving the federal building this morning. here's a look at andy duong at the federal courthouse today. he's also accused of making false statements to government agents. >> examples of promises allegedly made by thao include her agreement to purchase housing units from a company owned by the duong family, her agreement to insure the extension of a contract for recycling services that the city of oakland had with one of david and andy duong's companies, and her agreement to use influence to help appoint a high level city official to benefit the duongs' business interests. >> just before noon thao and her attorney walked out of the oakland courthouse and addressed reporters. >> the united states department of justice requires the government to look carefully at its prosecutions to insure that the actions that they take are not actions that are taken to affect the outcomes of elections and the timing of the investigative steps by the government in this case, including the unsealing of the indictment today, has called all of that

. >> former oakland mayor shengtao, her longtime romantic partner andre jones, and david and andy duong, father and son owners of california waste solutions, now all facing federal bribery and conspiracy charges. almost seven months after federal officials raided their homes. good evening. thank you for joining us. >> i'm dan ashley, and i'm karina nova. today, investigators detailed that pay to play scheme that included $95,000 in payments benefiting the former mayor and her boyfriend in exchange for the mayor's help in deals supporting the two businessmen. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan has covered this story since the very beginning, and as the u.s. attorney announced, the result of months long fbi corruption investigation has come to this as often the case. >> the accused left a money trail from their deceptive acts of corruption. >> special agent linda nguyen, with the irs oakland field office, says the money trail led to a federal indictment that exposed a pay to play scheme where allegedly former oakland mayor xiang tao and her romantic partner andre jones, traded politi

gabe's ex-boyfriend, marshall curtis jones was charged with her murder, but he was shot and killed by arresting officers in washington state in june of 2022, the contra costa county district attorneys office was also investigating if jones's mother, alicia coleman, clark helped cover up the murder. the da's office says investigators searched her home and interviewed her boyfriend to see if she paid for her son to fly to washington. and while prosecutors say some information raised suspicion about coleman clark's potential culpability as an accessory after the fact they could not find sufficient evidence to charge her. this despite the gabe family presenting evidence to the da last month, there's just a mountain of small pieces of npevidence. that's one of the attorneys for the game family. dara cashman. i fundamentally disagree. >> with the da's decision, presented the evidence in a manner that i thought was compelling to them. so what she did in my mind is unconscionable and he's clearly. >> not lawful. >> we're confused to why. think it's still not in that's what really infuriates m

seattle police then killed jones in june of 2022, as officers attempted to serve an arrest warrant. the da's office declined requests for interviews, but announced on thursday that while some of the evidence presented during their meeting did raise suspicions, there's not enough sufficient evidence to charge jones mother. the family attorney believes delays in the investigation led to lapses in this case, including when jones bought a plane ticket to seattle. >> if they followed up on the airline ticket, which, you know, it's been three years now. back then, it would have been a matter of months, less than a year. so i think they went wrong right there. >> the statute of limitations for this case ends on sunday. that means this is the end of the case for the gabe family, who say there has been no justice for alexis. >> no, we did not. we did not achieve closure. yeah, we did not achieve the justice that we were were looking for. >> i feel like i disappointed my daughter. >> only 70% of alexis remains have been found. the family plans to post all the evidence they have on social medi