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joe, the city council has tried to make it sound as benign as possible, reducing the footprint. t's start here. we totally shouldn't take their word for it that this is going to have no impact on the ability of the police department to protect us from crime. i mean, just look at the last year's worth of legislation that the council has already done, from reducing the head count to criminalizing cops for doing their job. i don't think we should trust what the city council and the body says will help police officers. this is only going to have the impact of making it more difficult for any member of the nypd to basically investigate, arrest and then bring a prosecution against a potential perp. todd: lieutenant sutton, let's look at the numbers. new york city violent crime in 2020 compared to 2019, it was a banner year last year for criminals in the big apple. homicides up 41%, shootings up almost 100%. now let's look at what the new york city council wants to do to reduce the, quote, footprint and obviously the big thing that stands out, ending qualified immunity, investigating hi

everybody wants their city council in their mayor. so solve the homeless problem in their city, but i just don't want it solved in their neighborhood. the sad truth, almost half of the project money almost half in the form of a state grant simply disappears if it is not spent by june, the 30th tom vacar ktvu, fox two news. all right, tom. thank you. plan to reopen schools for some students, but still no timeline in san francisco, and we learned today a deal with the teachers union may be in jeopardy, plus berkeley debates, bannon police stops for certain offensives offensive what those offenses are. and why the mayor is pushing for it. plus, he was an icon of san francisco dating back to the summer of love tonight, the city remembers literary giant lawrence fairly fairly. there's never a bad time to enjoy my newest sauced & loaded curly fries. try triple cheddar or spicy pepper jack, both topped with slow-smoked bacon. only at jack in the box. ♪ there's never a bad time to enjoy my newest sauced & loaded curly fries. try triple cheddar

that mountain view city council meeting is set for tuesday. gas prices are going up across the country, the average price for a gallon of regular went up by 14 cents over the past few weeks, and industry analyst trilby lundberg said today that gas prices will likely go even higher because of the cost of crude oil since november. 20th the price at the pump has gone up 46 cents the highest average price in the country's 3 57 a gallon in the san francisco bay area. the lowest averageserage o went up 10 cents over the same period 2 to 85 a gallon in burke with the city council will meet tuesday night to consider an ordinance that would have a dramatic long term impact on transportation. the proposal would ban the sale of all gas and diesel in berkeley by the year. 2045 currently 97% of all vehicles registered in berkeley, use some type of fossil fuel. the ordinances, part of burke was ambitious effort to try to fight global warming. coming up at 11 30 on sports wrap will check in it's spring training with both the a's and the giants, plus the very

our low is have been combing through it, there is nothing in there that is a showstopper. >> the city council still has to approve the project, some city leaders worry that if the a's don't get a new ballpark, the team could leave, like the warriors, and the raters. >>> coming up next, one town just approved a water rationing plan. why customers could get service cut off. >>> why republicans are calling a bay area transit project nancy pelosi's a subway. >> she put $100 million into building a subway just outside her district of silicon valley. >> things are getting pushed underground, and people are restless. >>> tonight, please in one part of the bay area will have their hands full trying to shut down underground gatherings. >>> these new warriors thursdays were supposed to bring fans together and instead, one mayor is having to defend them. >> they invited me to be a virtual courtside guest, to the game. i do not think it is fluff. >>> nice weather across the bay area and a nice evening. high temperatures made up into the low 70s, otherwise it was mostly 60s with some 50s near the water. s

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a lot more steps before the city council takes a vote. >> i love them.r has that nice winery in sonoma county. there's all sorts of thing ons the wall. >> very nice oil too. >> yes, it is. it's great oil. >> that's going to do it for us. lester holt is next. >> bye bye. >>> breaking news tonight, the critical vote of a third covid-19 vaccine clearing a major hurdle here in the u.s. fda advisory panel endorsing johnson & johnson one shot vaccine. how effective is it against the new variant? >>> president biden in texas visiting the mega site. his new message tonight at the stadium. >>> new fallout of the first military action under president biden. why he faces some backlash

members of the richmond city council will make new suggestions on where people who live in their rvsan park their vehicles. the city was considering using the parking lot at hilltop mall, but nearly 1700 neighbors signed a petition against the plan to relocate people living in their rv is there the city is facing a tight deadline, the states offered a grant of more than a quarter million dollars if the project is up and running by june, 30th. richmond had four shelters but was forced to close two of them because they didn't have enough space for proper physical distancing photos park in palo alto will be renamed and there are other changes coming late last night, the city council voted to rename the park foothills nature preserve, also voted to limit the number of visitors to the park to 500 on weekends and 400 on weekdays. also approved a $6 entrance fee. annual passes are available $50 for palo alto residents $65 for everyone else. well vice president kamala harris is selling her san francisco apartment. the soma property was on the market for just over a week, and it is already un

the city council approved police reforms last night.they include firing officers who post racist content on social media and changing how police make traffic stops. officers will focus on investigative stops instead of stops for small violations such as expired tags. >>> now to the latest developments on tiger woods. no criminal charges are expected to be filed against the golfer following his serious car crash. this evening, we are learning the full extent of his injuries. reporter chris holmstrom is outside harbor ucla where woods is recovering. >> it is going to be a long recovery for tiger woods. the good news is, he is alert and responsive. the main focus right now is on his recovery. tiger woods continues to recover at harbor ucla medical center. the golf legend suffered serious injuries following this rollover crash, including severe injuries to his right leg and foot. those injuries led to emergency surgery. on twitter, woods' people issued a statement saying, doctors put a rod in his right tibia and used screws and pins to stab

the new police reform measures they're considering during a special session of the city council. >>> tracking the next round of gusty winds for your weekend, hour-by-hour forecast is coming up. "abc 7 news" at 11:00 starts right now. >>> building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is "abc 7 news". >>> and a live look at capitol hill where the house is voting on a $1.9 trillion covid relief package. good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. takes late night in washington. the senate is expected to take up the bill next week. abc news rofrter andrew denver breaks down how the bill allocated all of the money. >> reporter: in a marathon late into the night, house democrats moving forward on president biden's nearly $2 trillion covid relief package. >> say light president biden for the plan that will rescue plan. >> reporter: it includes another round of stimulus checks for most americans, billions of dollars in covid-19 testing and more money for schools, state and local governments. the house bill includes raising the federal mini

. >>> happening now, san jose city council members are weighing a proposal that would force major grocers to provide hazard pay to employees. this comes as multiple cities in california are looking into similar measures. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen has the story from the south bay. >> reporter: the bay area's largest city is consiri proposal to give extra pay to frontline workers. >> i have three children that i worry about. i believe that the hazard pay would let me feel more easy -- >> reporter: in this new videod commercial workers local 5, union workers are making their case. >> it's something we really need to helping us out. being exposed every day, eight hours a day with no covid pay is a shame. >> reporter: that's why city council member sergio jimenez is pushing an emergency ordinance to force large grocery stores, chain supermarkets and retail stores that sell food products to sem rarely pay employees an additional $3.00 per hour. the proposal would exempt smaller mop and pop shops and applies to companies with 300 employees nationwide. >> this is a way to lift them up, hel

>> what we try to tell the city councils is that our grocery stores have been providing heroes pay or pay at their own pace. $4 on an average wage amounts to about a 30% raise, which is unreasonable on any business. when you say, okay, your costs are going to go up 30%, that's but in our own way, we've been doing $1 and $2. a lot of our regional chains are continuing to do that, and have not stopped. >> reporter: the u.f.c.w., which is the union that represents these workers, they characterize the closures as a retaliatory action and pointed to the profits of kroger over the past year as more than enough to cover these hazard pay raises. >> you know, i'm not going to speak to kroger and ralph's, because we're-- we're not owners and we don't know their real finances. i know they like to talk about the bigger parent company that has done so well. but those two stores, obviously, were not doing well enough where they could sustain a $4 increase per employ, and made the difficult choice to close. >> reporter: with his store slated to close in two months, cortez is hoping he can be reassig

we have new information about the changes coming to the berkeley police department, the city council unanimously passed a set of reforms targeting racial disparities during traffic stops. here's how it works officers will no longer be able to stop cars for low level offenses that are not affecting public safety. and that includes things like not wearing a seatbelt expired license tags officers also need to have written consent before searching a person or property and they can no longer request parole or probation status. the president of the berkeley police association is calling the reforms a threat to public safety but berkeley's mayor says that's not happening. >>these these racial disparities is create distrust between the police and carries a cup. and that does erode public safety because people feel less comfortable going to

. >> that is where the city council president is proposing hazard or hero pay. for the 2000 grocery workers in oakland. >> so if they get sick or for loved one gets, they have a little bit of extra money to pay the bills. >> reporter: the city council members will also discuss a similar proposal that would affect grocery establishments with at least 300 employees nationwide. oakland ordinance, if passed, would impact retailers with 500 workers in the u.s. both cities are looking at adding five dollars an hour to pay. >> the numbers don't lie. they are making a lot of profit. he goes beyond just saying thank you. thank you will not feed these grocery workers. >> reporter: she believes the large companies can afford to pony up the extra cash. >> i say look at the prophets. and look at their slogan of we are in this together. so let's really be in this together. >> reporter: she says it is long overdue for the essential workers, who don't have the luxury of working from home. >> it would bring them a lot of peace of mind in order to continue working and make sure t

grand jury by march 17th that mountain view city council meeting is set for tuesday. former u. c berkeley golfer earned his second pga tour win today. also ahead, novak djokovic added another major title to his resume inching closer to the most all time wins in men's tennis. joe fonzi is up next with sports and coming up tonight on the 10 o'clock news because a lot of controversy in san francisco a proposal to rename 44 of their schools. why the school board president now wn sports. there is a big three in men's tennis and odds are that before long number three will be number one novak djokovic against daniel medvedev in the men's finals of the australian open. to say this match was all joke of it would be an understatement. after winning the first set joke of it in the far court here, leading 42 minutes seconds of medvedev can't return to serve displays the kind of reaction we saw from joke of it earlier in the tournament, maybe, but i've got a new racket, but the results didn't change. he can't get to the this shot by joke of inches, who won the second set six to ma

the city council approved a resolution this month to remove the campers from the park and relocate themrin independent journal city will provide homeless people with lockers to store their belongings. once they're moved to marine ship park, but some homeless people we talked to say they need a hotel room or a vehicle in order to stay warm, dry and healthy. i just am advocating for our basic human rights under the constitution of the united states of america. that's what we should have some of the homeless people say that they're camping at the parks because their boats were seized or destroyed in the ongoing richardson bay cleanup or by recent storms. all right. it's going to be a little chilly out there tonight. some valley fog a possibility. we don't see any yet, but there's a chance that dew point sort of position where they're high enough. we've talked about this when the dew point temperatures high enough means there's enough moisture available at the surface fog forms, so let's look at the temperature on the left. dew point on the right. so santa rosa has six degrees of cooling to

the city of berkeley adopting sweeping police reforms aimed at eliminating with the mayor and city councilm are unne >>indeed certain police stops and reducing racial disparities in police outcomes that is the goal of a major set of police reforms unanimously approved by the berkeley city council, however, the president of the berkeley police association says the new reforms are a danger that cut to the community and police kron four's has it but you has the details on the new reforms. >>that we that we come realize currently being home of modern policing, let's get home of the next level modern policing which is d biased and actually there at the berkeley city council unanimously approved their next level of modern policing passing a set of police reforms and that it didn't racial disparities in outcomes during police stops. we do know if you're black or you're latino in berkeley. >>you're more likely to be stopped by police a compared to white residents. according to data collected by the center and police equity would behind the wheel blacks are 6.5 times more likely than whites to be p

long run the video can be used for other public aid programs i mean the name as a tool of the city council it could be used for social benefits and other types of programs we offer in collaboration with the federation of small and midsize businesses we can use it to strengthen loyalty when shopping in the early. via leo is here to stay it not only helps families like rosie o. s. and sparks the local economy it also offers the bridges city government a perfect way to better manage social benefits and subsidies digital money has another positive side effect it big crime almost impossible. before we go to self-made south korean billionaires have pledged to give away haas their fortunes kingdom sula the founder of sas korea's biggest messaging app talks that he wants to help solve social issues with his contribution shortly afterwards came bangin of a food delivery apple while brothers and his wife followed suit their pledges a rarity in a country where business is dominated by family controlled complot they say they hope to start a trend. and that's your business update here on the w from in

minneapolis city council has voted unanimously to give police extra funding and a u.-turn from last year's plan to defund them after 6 but around $6400000.00 will go to help hire personnel after an increase in violent crime recent data suggest that the number of gunshot victims is up to 250 percent compared to the same period last year the same time great cases have increased 22 percent and robbery has risen by almost 60 percent the situation has been exacerbated by the fact that the city currently has around 200 fewer officers than usual that's off the many left the 4th or went on leave following the death of george floyd in may last year. thank you. thank you. thank. god that we've got people that we've got to call if. i want i want jane oh we are watching. this what you do when you don't hold other cops accountable when you let them kill other people when you let them kill dogs when you don't hold your partner accountable discuss it this. following the protests the president of the minneapolis city council announced plans to replace the police with what she called

in a huge chunk from last year's decision to defund the police the minneapolis city council has now voted unanimously to give law enforcement of a $6000000.00 following a spike in violence crime recent data suggests that the number of gunshot victims is up 250 percent compared to the same period last year at the same time rate cases have increased 22 percent and robbery by almost 60 percent the situation has been made was as the city currently has around $200.00 fewer offices than usual as off the many left to fulfill when told of the following the death of george floyd in may last year. thank you. thank you. thank. you we've got the stuff we've got people that we've got to call it. thank you. i want i want jane oh we are watching. this what you do when you don't hold other cops accountable when you let them kill other people when you let them feel when you don't tell your partner accountable this this this that. following the protests the president of the minneapolis city council announced plans to replace the police with what she called a transformative new model of public safety and sh

. >> reporter: city council president nicky fortuna bass is co-chair of the task force and says theycoming input like that from oaklanders. a listening session will take place march 9th. councilman noel gallo who represents the fruitvale neighborhood he's skeptical of? recommendations to defund the police. >> they have to live in reality. right now in oakland there's a lack of police presence and the reality is we have to protect our children and families. >> reporter: the city council will vote on the final recommendations in april. liz kreutz, abc 7 news. >>> berkeley's mayor and city council voted last night to pass groundbreaking police reforms. they eliminate traffic stops for low-level offenses like not wearing a seat belt or having expired license tags, require written consent for searches, prevent police from asking for parole or probation status, potentially allow officers to be fired for racist social media posts, and create an early intervention system to retrain biased officers. berkeley's police union says they were not consulted about the new policies and claim the refo

the new police reform measures they're considering during a special session of the city council. >>> tracking the next round of gusty winds for your weekend, hour-by-hour forecast is coming up. "abc 7 news" at 11:00 starts right now. >>> building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is "abc 7 news". >>> and a live look at capitol hill where the house is voting on a $1.9 trillion covid relief package. good evening and thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. takes late night in washington. the senate is expected to take up the bill next week. abc news rofrter andrew denver breaks down how the bill allocated all of the money. >> reporter: in a marathon late into the night, house democrats moving forward on president biden's nearly $2 trillion covid relief package. >> say light president biden for the plan that will rescue plan. >> reporter: it includes another round of stimulus checks for most americans, billions of dollars in covid-19 testing and more money for schools, state and local governments. the house bill includes raising the federal mini

-turn from last year's decision to defund the police the minneapolis city council is now those who do not a mostly to give lowering the force meant i have a $6000000.00 to tackle a spike in violent crime recent data suggests that the number of gunshot victims is up 250 percent compared to the same parry as last year at the same time rape cases have increased 22 percent as robbery but almost 60 percent the city county has around 200 fewer offices than usual as often many left to fulfill when told to leave following the death of jules floyd in may last year. thank you thank you. thank you. thank. you that was so we got deep love that you got to call it that. i want i want change oh we all want change. this is what you get when you just hold other cops accountable when you let them kill other people when you let them kill us when you don't hold your partner accountable this is it this is. following the protests the president of the minneapolis city council announced plans to replace the police with bush a cold a chance for my safe new model of public safety and she wasn't the only one ca

following the protests the president told the minneapolis city council announced plans to replace the police with what she called a transformative a new model of public safety however betsy brown the smith from the places says ca she believes that was not the best approach. remember they voted a few months ago to take $8000000.00 away from the police department which they did and what happened there there are some businesses in the city of minneapolis who are getting hit by the same person $2.00 and $3.00 times in a week and now for the city council to say well we're going to spend money to hire new police officers so you know you almost have to laugh at it it's ridiculous what's going to happen is you are going to see a shortage of police officers in larger urban centers like minneapolis new york chicago los angeles most if not all of these cities are run by the democrats and the democrats tend to not support their police officers you can't support your criminals and consider them victims and not support your police and not expect crime to rise and in all of those city as i mentioned

in long beach, california, the city council recently passed a hero pay ordinance for grocery workers, jonathan vigliotti reports on the pushback to the new rule. >> reporter: there has been a lot of pushback, primarily from kroger, the parent company of food 4 less. they say they can't afford to keep the store open. employees that i have spoken with say that this store has never been busier. you'll hear from a woman who says this is a form of retaliation, simply for asking for hazard pay, she believes she deserves. bertha ayala has worked the butcher counter at the long beach food 4 less for 14 years. last year was the busiest and hardest. when you go to work every day, do you worry about your health? >> oh, yeah. i'm worried. >> reporter: for good reason. she's diabetic, 61 years older and working six days a week because she was told her job was essential. do you feel like food 4 less recognizes you as a hero? >> they said, but i don't believe it. >> reporter: you're saying they're not putting their money where their mouth is. >> yeah, i feel like we're not important to them. >> repo

>> gillian: the city council, law enforcement and city council says they have 638 officers who are available law and order across the city. it's a woefully inadequate number. they're hoping to get it up to 675 which is way under the limit. some areas need this. one quick last point, the mayor said two days before this vote went down that they were starting to screen candidates for police officers to see if they had degrees. the bar is still moving in the other direction. >> looking forward to your perspective and the next block. the cdc says teachers don't need to be vaccinated for students to return to classrooms, but some of the other regulations could make reopening stuff. the governor of florida slams the white house saying it's floating covid travel ban while not checking my grits at the border. >> of course they're not being screened, this is all political. he is letting illegals pour in, they're not doing any covid tests. ♪ ♪ introducing refiplus from newday usa. it lets you refi at all-time low rates plus you could take out $50,000 or more. money for security today, money for retirem

following the process the president of the minneapolis city council announced plans to replace the police what she called a transformative new model of public safety and she wasn't the only one calling for such radical changes. i will never call sign off on funding a police department that continues to brutalize us and i will love her and stop saying not only do we need to invest burned police well we need to completely dismantle the minneapolis police department. remember they voted a few months ago to take $8000000.00 away from the police department which they did and what happened there there are some businesses in the city of minneapolis who are getting hit by the same person to end 3 times in a week and now for the city council to say well we're going to spend money to hire new police officers so you know you almost you know must have to laugh at it it's ridiculous what's going to happen is you are going to see a shortage of police officers in larger urban centers like minneapolis new york chicago los angeles most if not all of these cities are run by the democrats and the democrats

we urge the city council to place less emphasis on changing the culture of opd and more time finding ways to reallocate the budget. >> reporter: the defined movement agreed to limit the use of the opd helicopter and remove officers with incidents of misconduct. they say mornings to be changed , not just police department culture. >> we need to find the root cause. we need to get to it before the gun flies. >> reporter: the president of the chamber of commerce as especially in the wake of violence against asian seniors, this is not the moment to defund. >> public safety. before we start shifting different programs, i think we need to focus on how we can effectively run our police department. >> reporter: there will be and other community listening section of the proposed reforms, march 9th at 6:00 p.m., before it goes to the oakland city council. andria borba, kpix 5. >>> a new look tonight at the coyote that keeps biting people in the east bay. there have been five different attacks around lafayette in moraga. the first one happening in july. the latest just last friday. two young ch

the question is politically will the city council get on board with this project? >> there are a lot of cities in the country where it takes an ambitious mayor, a team, and maybe some sort of third-party, a grease the wheels kind of person to make a big project like that happen. oakland is its own beast in that respect. there is not a single entity that does that. it is more of the public at large. they say now is the time for the public to get on board with this project and try to propel it forward if there is another years long delay. this project might be in serious trouble. we're live in oakland, wilson walker, kpix5. >>> san francisco gave the green light for youth sports to return. that means high contact outdoor sports such as football, rugby, baseball, and softball will be permitted. water polo will not be allowed and no indoor sports as of right now. also starting today, santa clara county is relaxing its rules when it comes to youth sports. the county is now following the state lester city guidance which will allow, which also means high contact outdoor sp

i think the city council needs to see city take 15 weeks. well, they say that but see something don't rule things and expect people not to be unhappy when expectations quite as he says the state needs to improve its current system of handling vaccinations and its data there's a right way to do it. >>and there's a more centralized way to do it. in you know when those vaccines coming from the federal government we've got to be ready. to get those out property. there's no reason for the state to be 50th in the union in terms per capita vaccinations santa clara county supervisor cindy chao base agrees. >>she says 330,000 people are over the age of 65 in the county and roughly only 150 to 160,000 have received their first dose of the vaccine. not only is she pushing for more equity in vaccine distribution. but also a faster rollout we have the capacity. >>to make sure that almost a 120,000 people a week could be vaccinated if we had access to the back seat. so you know the longer it takes the more. the more fearful, i think people are getting. >>

and that occurs in other city councils and board of supervisors in cities around the state. it rarely occurs in sacramento where the landlord industry is given a virtual veto power over tenant protection. so when we have a behind closed door deal and then we characterize that as if there were a balanced approach taken in sacramento, what is really meant is that what was adopted is fine with the landlords who approved it and who were at the table when tenant advocates were not. it's no way to make policy, we need bold leadership right now to address the issues that i know that you, chair melgar, and you supervisor peskin, have led on for years and years in san francisco. and it is a sad day when we see this kind of weak policymaking at the state level. and as i said though, the problem is not that sacramento has not solved all of the problems with this bill. i don't think that any of us expected that. but for them to then tie our hands is inexcusable. we will find every way that we can to get around that, to pass the protections locally that we need to, and, frankly, to work

>>happening tomorrow in the east bay, the oakland city council will consider an ordinance giving hazard pay to grocery workers at large stores during the pandemic it would be a $5 increase in pay per hour. but city staff members have not talked with grocery stores about this idea as a result. the city administrator's office is recommending the council wait to vote on the matter first. the store's included in this would be trader joe's save mark whole foods target to cardenas and safe way can as a city council also considering a similar ordinance next week. >>happening right now it's been pretty calm but this massive snow storm now has showing up in the northeast new york city right here got pounded the winter storm shutting down covid vaccination sites schools. most transportation even stopped in new york, but that didn't some people from venturing outside and having some fun in the snow. >>we're central park on the drive and the planet is he until i get too tired to have to go home. >>i'm from california. so this is this not happen which to me is something really cool that get to exper

team, more police training, increased accountability, improved hiring practices, and an interim city council committee or police oversight. >> quite frankly our police department is going to do the same thing five, 10, 20 years from now, we have all failed as a city because we did not evolve with the times. including our changing demographics. >> the mayor plans to bring the proposals to the city council in the coming weeks. we first brought the mayor's announcement today live on cbsn bay area. you can watch on kpix.com or on the kpix5 news apps . >>> soon you might be able to eat out, or work out inside san francisco, marin, san mateo counties. they could all soon be easing their restrictions. andria borba is in burlingame to bring it all for us. >> reporter: this is of course counties moving up the states covid-19 response tier. it is a decision that will come down to the public health officers in those counties but things like indoor dining and james could be back very soon. at burlingame italiano come the plexiglas table dividers have been up for nearly a year now, and the owner is eager

and , when you look at my age and you look at other yng people on the city council, you realize thatre actually very representative of the ci as a whole. all right. see you guys later. essentially, what the oil and gas ordinance that we adopted is, it creates a setback, and what that means is no new oil development can occur within 300 feet of sensitive uses--homes, schools, parks, hospitals. my position was not to stick it to oil workers or because i'm against the oil industry. it's because i want to protect th health and safety of my community. that's why i supported the ordinance, because i believe that it's imperative that we take this action for the sake of our economy, for the sake of our future. man: arvin is one step closer to imposing new regulations on oil and gas production in the city limits. this all comes after mayor jose gurrola visited the state capitol to talk about an idea of eliminating oil and gas altogether. noerr: it hurts me to think that somehow, someway, we have drawn a line in the sand that says we're either going to continue as a societyased on newable ener

along keller beach near the richmond refinery, chevron refinery in the richmond shoreline, the city council at next week's council meeting wants to hear from the coast guard san francisco bay keepers organization and the richmond refinery. the richmond city council also on the oil sp, the continu prevent the problem from happening again. all right, let's check in with meteorologist kindly. grogan i mean, california, florida, hawaii. we're all good here the rest of the country. my goodness. yeah, it's been wild, right? i was talking to friends who are down in houston and dallas yesterday. unbelievable temperatures. unbelievable amount of snow places like louisiana's. well thankfully, we don't have any of that to worry about. that's kind of the joy of living in california. and today we're going to get some of that california sunshine rolling our way to. we started a little cloudy today, though, but it is breaking through bit by bit. here's a live look at san francisco. certainly still some clouds out there. but if we take a look here you can see temperatures in the low to mid fifties livermor

the project needs the support of both the city council and the port of oakland to move forward by the end of this year. in oakland, i'm leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> leslie, thank you. joining us live now is the man you just saw in that report, a's president dave cavil. this report we should point out is just a draft. it has to go to the council, as leslie mentioned for approval. in an ideal world, dave, if you got all of the approvals that you needed, when could you break ground? >> well, i think the focus right now is getting to the city council and getting the approval this year. and this draft eir is a huge step in getting there. we've been working almost two years on this. this allows us to take that next step forward and get closer to the groundbreaking as soon as possible. >> all right. so we saw mayor schaaf. she supports the plan. but the east oakland stadium alliance, a group of businesses that operate at the port, they oppose it. they lost in court recently. they're appealing. now they claim a ballpark at howard terminal would cost thousands of jobs. what's your response t

and we go to spain now where one city council city has launched its own cryptocurrency to keep the economy rolling during the pandemic. it's the era of flamenco with a mask the coronavirus incidence rate in this tourist paradise is among the highest in spain it also has high unemployment at almost 23 percent in the small andalusian town of the brief the mary introduced a virtual currency called the leo in january named after a local historical figure at leo one tonio. the creator of spanish grammar one at leo is worth one euro. if you don't buy that it's a good initiative which helps everyone here because we spend our money here in town when i buy something i pay half and euro's and the city pays the other half and we can use them in any shop that participates. the 34 year olds family is one of some $600.00 that received between $50.20 ileo xin january each household has 3 months time to spend them they come with them and then it's easy for them to live on everything they will call the customer finds us in the app. we make a photo of the receipt and send it to the local government. and the

the san jose city council is considering a similar measure right now. katie nielsen has been monitoring that meeting at city hall all evening. katie? >> reporter: right now, the san jose city council is talking about an ordinance that would require grocery store chains like lucky to pay their workers an extra three dollars per hour in hero pay, as some people are calling it. >> reporter: grocery stores are one of the essential businesses that have never closed during the pandemic shutdowns. workers showing up every day to keep shelves stocked. >> this is an important way to look things up, someone who is giving up something of themselves to benefit us. >> reporter: sergio gimenez opposed paying grocery store workers an extra three dollars per hour. this is the next average grocery store makes $18 per hours of this bump would take them up to 21. >> these people are not going out and buying boats and new vehicles because of this big >> reporter: if approved, the hero pay mandate will only apply to workers at large chain grocery stores coming up small local

steve after promising to dismantle their police department the minneapolis city council now approving response time and an increase in violent crime and concerns after city leaders pledged to reimagine public safety following george floyd's death last year. minneapolis resident and business owner jay et gear joins us now from minneapolis. jay, good morning to you how are >> i'm fine how are you. steve: that intro didn't explain what's going on. after george floyd unrest the town council in minneapolis said you know what? the police are doing a bad job. we have to reimagine it. we have to defund the police. that became a movement all across the country. there were people who said taking money from the police does not make sense and fast forward to today and now your town council is saying you know what? we need more police. what happened? >> if you gave this script to a hollywood director, what's happened to our city the last nine months and to be frank the last three years? they would laugh at the premise it's so absurd. the we had 9 city council members stand on a teenage with big le

i challenge the mayor, the city council, the santa clara county board of supervisors, you know, large business organizations, labor. this is a great opportunity to invest in the community that has been the backbone of our region during this pandemic. we are not at high numbers of covid because there's a higher disposition to covid in our community. we have higher numbers of covid because we're the ones working at the supermarkets during this crisis, we're the ones pumping the gas during this crisis, we're the ones working at the hotel during this crisis. we are literally maintaining the economy of the region, of the city afloat; and now what we're asking for is for you to make that same investment in us so that while we're out there tending all the other shops, we can get the help to tend for our own economic base so that we can collectively continue to contribute long-term. damian: you've mentioned to me on camera prayers are great if you have coronavirus, but get tested, get vaccinated, socially distance, wear a mask. the sooner we all do it together, the sooner we'll get out of it.

matt boone, abc7 news. >> the city council voted to move forward on five items which still need to be brought back to council before being implemented. >>> meantime, the calls are growing for a sacramento high school teacher to be fired after caught making a racist gesture during an online class. she demonstrated a pose that's a racial stereotype for agencies. >> reporter: the spanish teacher's use of the pose in an online class sparked outrage from grant union high school community and beyond. in a video recorded by a student and later posted on social media, grand union high school spanish teacher is seen pulling her eyes up and down, depicting the racist stereotype for asians known as slant eye. >> under no circumstance is this acceptable. >> reporter: it is likened as offensive and mocking asian americans as blackfaces mocking african americans. its use spans at least a century. the stereotype in this world war ii era life magazine article claiming you can tell chinese and japanese apart from features fueling at the time. it prompted outrage from hundreds, including the mayor and

he intends to pitch to the city council his plan for police reform during a special meeting, this as the city grips with multiple shootings and in-custody death investigations house waiting out for march, but you know what it meant to them and and frustration from members of our community. >>different issues that we're dealing with the sounds like these were people voted for leadership and i think it's time for myself and my colleagues on the city council to take action it has been a violent past week in antioch. >>to first responders were shot a man died in police custody and 2 men were arrested wednesday after shots were fired inside a target store that left one man wounded, it's about. >>kind ability. it's about trust. it's transparency says he has a good working relationship with police chief timoney brooks adding that the 2 collaborated on some of propose changes the council will evaluate. >>creating a mental health crisis response team officer training enhancements the militarizing the police force increasing accountability and transparency, including the implementation of body

now this is expected to be discussed at city council meetings in both cities on tuesday.o into effect immediately. some are not happy about this because this means that he will have to pass that cost along to the consumer. back to you. >>> today president biden will meet with gop senators. they are working on a counter proposal to the covid relief package which is roughly one-third in size of the president's plan. among the key differences in the gop plan stimulus checks would provide $1,000 instead of $1,400. . >> i support passing covid relief with support from republicans if we can get it but the covid relief has to pass. there is no ifs s and or buts. >> for the latest news download our app >>> a live look at capitol hill. former president donald trump has secured a new legal team. they are pennsylvania prosecutor bruce caster jr. and alabama based david. he also represented roger stone and was preparing to defend jeffrey epstein on federal sex trafficking charges before epstein's jailhouse suicide. cnn reports one point of friction with trump's previous team has been

. >> reporter: a city council member urged paying an extra three dollars per hour for hazard pay. the average worker makes $18 per hour so it would bring them up to $21 per hour. >> that is a massive jump. these people are not going out and buying boats and new vehicles because of it. >> reporter: if approved the hero pay mandate would apply to workers at large chain grocery stores, not small markets. other city council members say this could have unintended consequences. >> i am really worried about people losing hours, losing their jobs. i am worried about stores closing. >> reporter: that is what happened in long beach were two grocery stores announced they would be closing after the city passed eight four dollar per hour hero pay ordinance. in a statement from the california grocery association which represents the big chain retailers, the president said extra pay mandates will have severe unintended consequences not only on the grocers but the workers and customers. grocers cannot absorb the cost and repercussions are unavoidable. >> we don't know the outcome, i am worried ab

to feel safe, respected, and equally. >> the mayor plans to bring his proposals forward to the city council in the coming weeks. we brought you the mayor's announcement today live on cbsn bay area and you can access age 24/7 by going to kpix.com or the kpix5 news app. >>> an exciting day for some families and students in san carlos. kids back on campus for the first time in nearly a year. kiet do explains how the district meet it happen. >> reporter: this was not the first day of class but rather, orientation to get these kids used to all the rules and procedures and there are a lot of them. this is part of the ramp up to get these kids back in class as quickly and safely as possible. here on the lawn of britain acres elementary, nearly a year cooped up inside full of zoom classes have led to this moment. kindergarten and first graders lined up for the first day of orientation, basically taught how to go to school in a pandemic. outside they learned where they would meet up, which gate they would use to enter, how to walk in lines and the new check in procedures. they were taken for a typic

that sort of well i i i we do believe we still need the police you know to help doing much of city councilsident agrees. >>knowing that we need sworn train officers to focus on violent crime. >>focus on investigations, you know the really important work that they receive training to do the ambassadors or a supplement to that and she's asking for the community support to help fund this effort, you know one way that you can get involved is by making a donation donations can be made at the age and health services website. >>at age and health services dot org. has it made you kron 4 news. >>this weekend, a multi racial interfaith coalition is hosting a pair of vigils, they're called love our people heal our communities on saturday, it starts at 03:00pm at madison square park and oakland's chinatown and ends at 05:00pm at clinton little in. clinton park, i'm sorry in little saigon and 01:00pm on sunday at san francisco's civic center plaza sunday at 01:00pm all for sarah since sun is going to tell us about some attacks that have been happening. >>just as the asian community is kicking off new y