kpix-5's christin ayers explains why neither side is backing down. >>> this morning immigration raidsoss the bay area have created a war of words between i.c.e. and mayor libby schaaf. christin ayers explains why neither side is backing down. >> reporter: hundreds of protestors chained themselves together outside of san francisco's i.c.e. offices. they say this weekend's raids have sparked a fear among undocumented immigrants that is palpable. >> like a depression rising in my family. family members no longer want to go out. that's no way to live. >> reporter: mary a uc-berkeley student who asked that we only use her first name told us the raids have sent some undocumented immigrants into hiding. >> it's scary time because you don't know if you're going to go home and someone won't be there. >> reporter: the head of i.c.e. slammed oakland mayor libby schaaf for sounding the alarm about the raids. >> what she did is no better than a gang lookout yelling "police." >> reporter: he said i.c.e. agents were unable to locate 800 undocumented immigrants as a result. >> this is a whole new law

join together now. >> reporter: christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> house minority leader nancy pelosi had thissay, the administration continues to brazenly target the cities that refuse bow to its bigoted anti- immigrant and mass deportation agenda and this from oakland congress woman, these raids are a direct result of president trump's anti-immigrant agenda. >>> our kpix 5 survey poll shows most people agree with the mayor. half say she was right to warn people about a possible raid. 34% believe it was the wrong thing to do. now when it comes to local police assisting i.c.e. involving undocumented immigrants, in violent crimes, a majority say they should help out. >>> candidates trying to become the next mayor of san francisco had strong opinions tonight on i.c.e. >> reporter: with a war of words over the mayor's notification of i.c.e. raids we asked what they would have done. former supervisor. >> i absolutely would have warned them. i would have done the same thing. i thought it was very brave of her. >> reporter: president of the board of supervisors. >> if i had the information of course

s-r-a scholar struggled to keep her family's business afloat but as christin ayers shares with us, evelyn montiel life is now pretty sweet (ice cream ) track one if there's been one constant in >>> today's sra scholars struggle to keep the business' afloat. >> evan latiel's life is pretty sweet. >> reporter: if there's been one constant in evelyn's life, it's this, her family's east oakland based ice cream truck. for over 20 years, the fortunes hinged on this truck and this treat. >> i became an adult very early. life was rarely sweet, 12 years ago, she was a high school junior, an a student, and class president. then at home, she was in survival mode, fighting to keep this business afloat. >> it was being two people at the same time. >> reporter: after a bumpy start at college, she dropped out. >> they were able to give me the help that i needed. >> reporter: help with applying for and getting into a different school, the university of southern california, the years flew by, punctuated by internships, by students rising up. >> to help make sure i made it through and i was prepared to ent

kpix 5's christin ayers is in oakland tonight with why neither side is backing down. >> reporter: tonight we learned the mayor consulted with immigrants rights groups before warning people of impending i.c.e. raids. now the feds are publicly bashing her and we are told undocumented immigrants feel empowered and afraid. hundreds orphprotesters -- of protesters chained together outside of i.c.e.'s offices. they say the raids sparked a fear among undocumented immigrants. >> like a depression rising in my family. family members no longer want to go out. >> reporter: mary told us the raids sent some undocumented immigrants in to hiding. >> it is just a scary time because you don't know if you will go home and, like, your parent won't be there. >> reporter: today the head of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement slammed oakland player.they claimed i.c.e. agents were unable to locate 100 undocumented immigrants as a result. >> to intentionally warn criminals that law enforcement is coming. >> reporter: but she is not backing down. >> what i did is my job as the mayor and reflective of the val

kpix 5's christin ayers on the search for a killer. >> reporter: investigators tell us they are tracing the steps of the man who was shot outside this hayward lounge and searching surveillance video for any sign that he was followed. authorities say the shooting happened after a night of revelry. aj had just finished celebrating turning 39 and stopped by a hookah lounge around 3 a.m. sunday possibly on the way home. but he never made it. >> we believe that this is likely a crime of opportunity and that aj was unfortunate victim of either an attempted carjacking or an attempted robbery. >> reporter: he was shot multiple times in his mercedes and left for death, an innocent man in the wrong place at the wrong time. his friends don't believe it. >> it's surreal, unbelievable. he was generally such a great person. >> reporter: he was a husband, father, and a talented keyboardest who performed music around the world. >> he loved his family and kids. he always did everything he could for them. he gave back to the community. >> reporter: authorities say there is surveillance video. the shootin

kpix 5 christin ayers explains. >> reporter: they are traded for cash, a small useless arsenal. but for oakland residents, the weapons are an opportunity for change. >> to transform the artifacts, which makes life happen. >> reporter: the non-profit is called led to life. >> once we met, we decided to form this idea to transform guns and shovels to plant trees in the u.s. >> people, they see your block being changed to digging life. >> kyle spoke to me by facebook, traveling to atlanta to melt the guns into 50 shovels to plant 50 trees to represent five decades since martin luther king jr.'s murder. >> it's the material, reimagining it, then using that to bring life has been so powerful. >> reporter: so powerful that representative barbara lee is already applauding them. inspired by the innovative project led by kyle lumley to celebrate dr. king's legacy she tweeted. he says the plan has been in the works for more than a year before the parkland shootings and the swell of activism that followed. but the work is now more timely than ever, believing this is just the beginning. >>

christin ayers lays out the evidence. >> the 16-year-old girl was caught in the crossfire of an undercoverong. >> reporter: now, her family is suing the officers who opened fire. >> he meant everything to me. >> reporter: one year after the shooting that killed ellina mondragon, her family is grief stricken and seeking justice. >> we've got to be the joyce chino -- voice she no longer has. >> the family is filing a civil lawsuit against fremont police. >> wrongfully, recklessly took the life of abby -- ebbie in a botched maneuver. >> reporter: officers were after a suspect of a string of armed robberies. ebbie was in the front seat and a friend and cousin in the back. when police in plainclothes tried to stop the driver, he did not respond to commands to put his hands up and then quickly accelerated and drove the bmw towards the dodge the police were in at a high rate of speed. howard jordan has reviewed the >> it appears that the officers reasonably thought that their lives were in danger. >> reporter: that's what officers told investigators, and the report concludes the overwhelming, cre

kpix 5's christin ayers reports from sacramento. >> we just feel lost. >> reporter: emotions ran high outside stephon clark's funeral. she says his death hit close to home. >> i felt a personal bonding to stephon when i saw his face and i saw his grandma face. it just -- it could have happened to any of us. >> reporter: inside the brother of stephon clark stevante took the stage at the funeral and unleashed a grief-stricken outburst. at one point urging the crowd to say stephon clark's name repeatedly. >> i am. >> i am. >> i am. >> i am. >> stephon clark. >> i am. >> stephon clark. >> afterwards he hugged al sharpton. >> you don't tell people in pain how to handle their pain. you don't tell people when you kill their loved one how to grieve. we came for the family. we came because this boy should be alive today. >> reporter: clark's funeral brought hundreds from all over northern california. the line wrapped around the church parking lot. this person went to high school with stephon. >> he was a light. he made everybody smile. look at that smile. >> reporter: his death is a systemic p

kpix5's christin ayers tells us what's about to change. >> reporter: tonight berkeley has become the first city to require departments like police and fire to get public approval before getting new surveillance equipment. from drones to surveillance cameras, shot spotter to license plate readers, almost anywhere you go in california critics say it's a virtual free for all. departments can stock up on surveillance technology with little vetting. >> currently there are no constraints on surveillance technology other than whatever national or state laws protect privacy. >> it's just, you know, give us the money and we're going to go buy it. >> reporter: but that's expected to change in berkeley. privacy advocate brian hoffer says a proposed ordinance gives the public the power to discuss which technologies are acquired and how they're used. >> we're going to monitor them to make sure they're used properly. >> reporter: the ordinance says city council approval would be required before the city departments could seek or accept funds for surveillance technology or use the technology in a w

christin ayers has the mayor's response. >> reporter: oakland mayor libby schaaf facing criticism once more from federal officials is firing back. >> this administration continues to deceive the american people. >> reporter: her comments come a day after president trump's white house roundtable on sanctuary cities. the acting ice director took aim at oakland once more saying that schaaf's warning of an impending i.c.e. raid in february allowed undocumented immigrants to commit crimes. >> since the operation in san francisco and oakland, three of the people we couldn't locate have since re-offended. >> reporter: but the mayor's office claims there is no evidence that the three arrested mexican illegal immigrants were from oakland. >> it is a continued distraction. it is a continued perpetuation of a racist lie that immigrants are not valued members of our society. we in oakland know better. >> reporter: jerry template a special agent with homeland security investigations met with reporters hoping to change the public's negative perception of i.c.e. insisting their work is not strictly f

. >>> attorney general jeff sessions also took aim at the mayor of oakland but kpix 5's christin ayers explains this morning mayor libby schaaf is standing her ground and lawyering up. >> it was not my intention to get caught up in a national debate. >> reporter: yet that's exactly where oakland mayor libby schaaf finds herself in a war of words with attorney general jeff sessions over her decision to warn oaklanders of a series of recent i.c.e. raids. >> here's my message to mayor schaaf: how dare you? how dare you needlessly endanger the lives of our law enforcement officers to promote a radical open borders agenda? >> how dare you? >> reporter: her office says after an onslaught of sometimes harassing calls to the mayor's office in the aftermath of her warning, they have finally died down and security levels at city hall are normal. but online, hashtags like lock libby up are trending along with countless tweets like this one, oakland mayor libby schaaf must be indicted for obstruction of justice. news. was also a central topic >> you think that, for example, mayor libby schaaf of o

state and local leaders tell kpix 5 christin ayers they have three words tonight for the trump administration. bring it on. >> i have an obligation and a duty to stand up to the trump administration if they come attack us. >> reporter: bay area mayors defiant on the face of a lawsuit from the department of justice. >> well, i think there are more productive ways to run a country than to get engaged in suing states. >> reporter: oakland mayor, libby schaaf, said that statement oakland is a city of immigrants. we will continue to exercise our legal rights to exist as a sanctuary city. governor jerry brown called the lawsuit a political stunt. it alleges california's sanctuary laws intentionally obstruct and discriminate against the enforcement of federal immigration law. but state attorney general javier basera says california has a constitutional right to establish its own sanctuary laws. >> i took an oath to uphold the law. and that means all the laws. >> reporter: attorney general jeff sessions is expect today talk about the lawsuit tomorrow when he meets with the california peace officers a

not cross up local law enforcement with the other issue of immigration. >> christin ayers kpix 5. >>> in a statement tonight, san francisco city attorney dennis herrera added, "this is why where she courts because the trump administration does not respect the rule of law." we will stream sessions' announcement live on our facebook page and at cbssf.com. >>> breaking news in san francisco's mission district. we are getting reports of an officer-involved shooting near 21st and cap. this is all happening in the past 15 minutes or so. video posted online shows a number of police cars in the area as you can see the flashing lights there along with crime tape and fire trucks. we have a crew on the way to the scene and have reached out to the police department for more information. we will bring those details as we come into the newsroom. >>> new details on the father and son arrested after police uncovered explosives at bay area hotel. here's kpix 5 joe vazquez. >> reporter: several blocks of embarcadero cornered off and now we know why. both men are from river bank near modesto. >> we need

. >> kpix5's christin ayers shows us they say they are being pushed out by pot. >> reporter: a vote todayprotect a warehouse that oakland artists have called home for decades. >> we feel that we're being heard and not forgotten. >> artists need to be recognized and they need to be supported by none other than the politicians that run the city. i think that's victorious. >> reporter: painter arthur monroe moved into the cannery in the '70s and transformed it into what is believed to be oakland's first city sanctioned artists live/workspace, but last year a denver cannabis company called green sage bought the place and tenants say the owners were blunt about their plan to evict everyone. >> i said will the residents be allowed to stay and he said no. >> reporter: but today the artists came to city hall to urge the council to adopt a resolution that would deny cannabis companies permits if they plan to evict residents from live/workspaces. >> i don't want my home to be in jeopardy. >> help us to stay in our homes. thank you. [ applause ] >> reporter: the council's vote was unanimous. >> we f

business afloat. >> as christin ayers shares with us, evelyn montiel's life is now pretty sweet. >>ter: if there's been one constant in evelyn's life, it's this, her family's east oakland-based ice cream truck. for over 20 years her family's fortune has hunged on this truck and this treat. >> -- hinged on this truck and this treat. >> i became an adult very early on in life. >> reporter: when we first meant evelyn 12 years ago, she was a high school junior, an a student and class president, but at home she was in survival mode fighting to keep this business afloat. >> it was being two people at the same time. >> reporter: after a bumpy start at college she dropped out. >> because i had students rising above, they were able to give me the help that i needed. >> reporter: help with applying for and getting into a different school, the university of southern california. the years flew by punctuated by internships set up by students rising above. >> to help me and make sure that i made it through and that i was prepared to enter the workforce. >> reporter: but the workforce wasn't prepa

decisions but as christin ayers shares with us.. this oakland high school student is determined to make her own path >>> during our childhood, the sra scholar watched make some poor life decisions. >> this oakland student is determined to make her own path a positive one. >> reporter: jocelyn is a winner whether she's hitting a basket, or hitting the books. at school, she's in her element. >> education is the key to where i want to get to help my family out and make change for my community. >> reporter: okay high school has been her second home, her heaven. she offered to give us a tour who helped us shape her into the first person in her family to become college bound. >> reporter: where are you taking us? >> to my third class, ap english. >> i love writing. it's a great way to express myself. >> reporter: it hasn't always been easy. jocelyn watched her older brother get caught up in a life of crime and struggle through the prison system. she wanted something different for herself and her family. >> i said to myself i wanted to bec

. >> reporter: christin ayers, kpix 5. >> the majority of californians say the lawsuit is a bad idea. according to our survey usa poll, 47% say suing california is the wrong move. 36% think it is the right thing to do. our survey also found 44% of californians disagree with a law barn local police from notifying agents when an immigrant is released from jail or prison. >>> and the bay area, an overwhelming amount of people say locals should assist i.c.e. when involving crimes . >>> president donald trump is finally coming to california next week. a source told the l.a. times he would be in the san diego area tuesday to check out the border wall prototypes. this is the president's first california visit since taking off -- taking office. >> he has been busy growing the economy, remaking the judiciary, fighting isis. i would be happy to name some other successes but i think that's probably enough. >> president donald trump is the first since eisenhower to not visit california in his first year in office. >>> the rain is starting to move in. this is a live look at the richmond san rafael

kristin ackiers with the -- christin ayers with the video. >> some catsesomed throughout the calf -- some cats roamed through the cafe. the man seen on video shattering first one window, then a second, sending the sleeping cats inside scurrying. but as he climbs through the window, he barely seems to notice them. neighbors heard the commotion around 1:30 this morning. >> i woke up in the middle of the night because my bed was shaking. we heard loud noises. >> reporter: ann dunn says it appears the man was trying to get inside the shelter's cafe. >> i assume he was trying to steal something thinking there was money or something. >> reporter: a short time later the man leaves empty handed, but staff quickly realized the broken windows weren't the only loss. >> two cats were missing. >> reporter: one, a black cat named nadia could be seen slipping out after the suspect climbs in. she was lucky. a construction worker at a site next door found her this afternoon and brought her back. but the second cat is still missing. >> we will find him. >> reporter: this afternoon the windows had been

. >> reporter: in hayward christian hartnett -- christin ayers, kpix 5. >>> police say 18-year-old christian torres-perez fired a pellet gun at another driver on interstate 580 last night. police say perez then cut off another car, then after the driver of that car honked at perez, he pulled up alongside and opened fire. the driver is open. perez is under arrest. >>> meanwhile still no arrests tonight in another shooting last night on 580. this one in oakland. the gunman shot a man in the hand near the seminary avenue exit. >>> tonight another explosion in texas. this time it injures an employee at a goodwill store. now this incident follows a string of bombings in the state's capital this month. reporter nikki battiste is in austin. >> reporter: ken and elizabeth, there was chaos and confusion here. a few blocks from a goodwill store where a box with a flammable device was dropped off, another scare for this community. on tuesday night there were reports of an incident at a goodwill store in the texas state capital. many here feared the serial bomber had struck again, but police in the atf

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but as christin ayers shares with us, her life is now pretty sweet.video) track one >>> today's sra scholar struggled to keep her family's business afloat. >> but her life is pretty sweet now. >> if there has been one constant in evelyn's life, it's this. her family's east oak land based ice cream truck. for over 20 years her family's fortunes hinged on this truck and this treat. >> i became like an adult very early in life. >> reporter: for evelyn, life was rarely sweet. when we first met her 12 years ago she was a high school junior, an a student and class president. but at home she was in survival mode fighting to keep this business afloat. >> it was being two people at the same time. >> reporter: after a bumpy start at college, she dropped out. >> they were able to give me the help i needed. >> help with applying for and getting into a different school, university of southern california. the years flew by punctuated by internships set up by students rising above. >> to help me and made sure i needed to and i was prepared to enter the workforce. >>