to and taking a live look at city hall were a battle over a controversial housing bill is reuniting in san francisco. this morning the announcement from the state senator. good morning. it is january 7, 2020 . i'm kenny choi. >> and i'm michelle griego. let's get over to mary lee and the weather center. >> weather and traffic go hand clr sks, ld coitio d deing withlook ating dense fo the sacramento and san joaquin valley so clearfield down to quarter-mile this morning and looking at the thames. 30s and 40s. mid-30s from concord, santa rosa, livermore, s r mi d-ansco. 40 indegree s in san jose. mostly sunny for today but we will see increasing clouds later in the afternoon ahead of our weather system and temps a le antt. t co mid olto erupper 50s to low 60s land. seasonably mild for today. we will talk about what you can expect and i will show you futurecast coming up. >>> good morning. let's talk about that fog along 80 as you work your way into fairfield this morning. it looks like things are pretty good. speed in that area and right now we are not seeing any major delays or issues as

several buildings were evacuated to city hall, others were told to shelter in place. >> ignition is our biggest concern right now, we are asking people to stay out of the area. it's a small line, but is surrounded by some very large occupancies. so we have to be very careful. >> san fernando street from 4th to 6th street was closed as well as fifth between san fernando and city hall, fire officials warning the public they have to stay well away from that area. >>> california is suing the trumpet ministration to allow fracking on federal lands, they want to stop the administration from drilling and fracking on more than 1 million acres of public and private land in the central valley, the lawsuit claims the activity would create health risks for some of the states most vulnerable communities. and also violates the federal bureau of land management environmental impact statement. >>> while you are able to watch the attorney general's announcement, we carried it live on her streaming service, you can stay up to date through the cbs news avenue, also kpix.com, or your favorite platform. >>>

and no one has been around city hall for any length of time knows that we cannot go without thanking director of mayor's special events, martha cohen. [applause] we would like to thank all the city and county of san francisco commissioners for all the work that you do. we would like to thank all the city and county of san francisco department heads, certainly want to thank all of the current members of the san francisco sheriff's department and the many retired members that i see here in attendance today. it's wonderful to see your faces. you all look younger. i look older. you do something about that? the sworn command staff of the san francisco county sheriff's department and our entire management team, thank you all for being here. [applause] i would also like to do a special shoutout and maybe if we applaud loud enough, i'm sure they can hear it upstairs, in case you didn't know, there was another inauguration here this morning, how about a round of applause for our mayor london breed? [applause] at this time, i would like to invite to the podium father tom hamilton of saint gabri

cristina rendon is live rights outside of city hall. >> reporter: good afternoon. this is the first of its kind legislation. according to the city council assist people. nikki is talking a community right now. it would give renters the first right to purchase their homes if the owner decides to sell. it would create opportunities for community land trust and nonprofit affordable housing developers to purchase first. she was inspired by the moms 4 housing mothers who occupied a home and brought national attention to the housing crisis in oakland. >> what we look around in oakland and see how the committee is changing, we see hope more people are pushed onto the streets, more families are living in vehicles.make sur we address homelessness. >> it won't help situations like ours but it will help the community. we are committed to end homelessness. this is the first step and the right direction for us. >> reporter: the proposed ordinance is modeled after a singular act in washington, d.c. that she says has been able to prefer 1400 homes. tenants could get more time to m

public trust and full transparency. >> reporter: the door to the department of public works inside city hall was locked tuesday. all questions referred to the mayor's office. at this point, the city administrator's office is working on an interim leadership strategy following nuru being placed on administrative leave. haney and ronan have been working on legislation before nuru's arrest. haney is calling for nuru to be fired. >> it's awful. it's a betrayal of the public's trust. it's massive corruption. and honestly, i think this requires much overdue restructuring of this entire department. >> it is a department that is so controlled by one person with so little if public accountability that we felt like we weren't getting the services we needed for our neighborhoods that are are quite frankly filthy. >> reporter: one final note, we learned this afternoon they will proceed under the direction of interim director degraffen-reed one of the acting directors at the department of public works. we are live at city hall. >> christian, thank you. a reminder, you can download the new news app. you c

here in oakland on martin luther ki oakland mayor libby shaft the announcement this morning here at city hall saying that the city of oakland along with the oakland community land trust has reachea deal with wedgwood which is the company that the house over in west oakland that has been occupied by those moms for the past few weeks in whwere evicted last week this is the city has reached a deal with wedgwood to purchase thathome for fair market value, the mare also says that they of a recent agreement with what would that of wedgwood has any properties in the future that they're going to ll that they'll give the city an opportunity well again for fair market value with the mayor was asked why you know if this could possibly inspire copycats are situations where people try to moe into vacant homes and claim them for themselves and are not here to condone ay we unlawful acts. >>but we are here to respect them and to passionately in advance what inspired them and that is this housing crisis. and i hope that this is a clear signal that when you come forward and try and work out a solution that we

it's the second year families got the chance to skate around in front of city hall. the organizers say they plan to keep coming back. >> if you're going out there tomorrow, wherever you're going tomorrow what will it be like? >> sonoma county slight chance of showers, chilly start to monday, and then our next chance of light rain coming back to the area tuesday night and wednesday. >> light stuff, nothing heavy in the way. >> that's how we like it. >> yeah. thanks for joining us. saturday night live is next. >> have a great night. what'd we decide on the flyers again? uh, "fifteen minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance." i think we're gonna swap over to "over seventy-five years of savings and service." what, we're just gonna swap over? yep. pump the breaks on this, swap it over to that. pump the breaks, and, uh, swap over? that's right. instead of all this that i've already-? yeah. what are we gonna do with these? keep it at your desk, and save it for next time. geico. over 75 years of savings and service. [ cheers and applause ] >> welcome, everyone! he

department of public works says that fbi investigators gathered documents from nuru's office at city hall yesterday afternoon. tonight he is on administrative leave. alleged corruption, bribery, and side deals by one of san francisco's highest ranking employees, director of public works mohammed nuru. restaurateur nick bovis also charged in a criminal complaint with honest services wire fraud in connection with an alleged scheme to bribe a san francisco airport commissioner. the alleged bribe, $5,000 cash and free travel in exchange for the commissioner's assistance to win a bid for the right to run a restaurant at sfo. both men allegedly violated rules requiring a fair competitive bidding process though the scheme was never completed and the bribe never

item number one is to name the rotenda on the second floor of the city hall in memory of bart devanthal. >> chairwoman: we have ar city attorney here, and would you like to say some words? >> thank you, madam chair. i will be brief. but to chair ronan and supervisors stefani, mar, and peskin, i very much appreciate the opportunity to come and support of the ordinance that you are considering today. i couldn't help but notice that, you know, it is not often that you get 11 members of the board of supervisors all on one side, but it is great to see that in addition to supervisor peskin's legislation, there is unanimous support for this ordinance. and i think that that just speaks volumes about who buck deventhal was. in the three months since his passing, it has been a melancholy time in the city attorney's office because he was not just our colleague and incredible mentor, but an incredible friend and teacher to everybody in the attorney general's city atts office, most noticeably, me. i can't tell you how much i learned from him during my 18 years in office. as i briefly read the findin

even though it was never signed into law and now it is doing tht me e weevineren will be at oakland city hall later this morning to announce a new version of the bill that gives cities a chance to meet certain housing and transportation goals before losing authority over their own zoning standards. but san francisco city supervisors passed a resolution almost 2 weeks ago saying they are opposed to the bill unless it is amended to address affordable housing and local community planning issues. so, senator weiner will be introducing that reimagined bill inoakland this morning with that the oakland mayor. and then a little bit after that here at san francisco city hall city leaders as well as community organizers will hold a rally to oppose that bill. it has until january 31 to make it out of the senate. live in san francisco,nielsen, kpix 5. >>> u.s. forces are on high alert in the wake of the deadly airstrike targeting a top iranian general. today iran's government passed a bill declaring the u.s. army and pentagon as a terrorist. that morning. coming to a close officials are on alert for poss

it's an outdoor ice rink in front of city hall. it's been open since late november. if you didn't get there this winter, tomorrow is your last chance. it's different than your usual ice rink. >> what they really like about our ice rink is we've got a little track that goes around, so it's not just a typical skate in a circle around the rink. there's a couple trails they can go around, go through the trees. >> it is the second year they got the chance to skate around in front of city hall. organizers say they plan to keep coming back. >> penguin sleds for the kids. >> you got twins, you know about that kind of stuff. >> they love ice skating. good weather if you're going to be outdoors for that. temperatures are cool, but you don't have to worry about any rain. sonoma county might see a few showers tomorrow. we'll watch that during the day. lets take a quick look at next friday night and saturday's forecast for anthony here. we got a little bit of rain early on saturday morning, but notice those numbers don't move much after the game starts at 1:30. i think that's goo

he married his longtime partner todd gage at city hall in san francisco. he tweeted out this photo of the ceremony. you see in the background mayor london breed officiating the wedding. one of very few openly gay executives in sports. he's been a champion of the lgbt community. congratulations. >> we're back in a moment. so, as you can see, saving can be quite simple. case in point, if you get xfinity internet and mobile together, big savings on your wireless bill. write this down, this is important. amy, this is actually a life saving class. what a nice compliment, thank you! ve oeles network together. what can i say, i love what i do. that's simple, easy, awesome. get xfinity internet and mobile together and save hundreds on your wireless bill. you'll get unlimited talk and text and no activation or line fees. switch today. >>> the 49ers will host the first ever playoff game at levi's stadium on saturday against the minnesota vikings. the niners had the weekend off after clinching the first round bye while the vikings pulled off the biggest upset of wild

and no one has been around city hall for any length of time knows that we cannot go without thanking mayor's special events, martha cohen. [applause] we would like to thank all the city and county of san francisco commissioners for all the work that you do. we would like to thank all the city and county of san francisco department heads, certainly want to thank all of the current members of the san francisco sheriff's department and the many retired members that i see here in attendance today. it's wonderful to see your faces. you all look younger. i look older. you do something about that? the sworn command staff of the san francisco county sheriff's department and our entire management team, thank you all for being here. [applause] i would also like to do a special shoutout and maybe if we applaud loud enough, i'm sure they can hear it upstairs, in case you didn't know, there was another inauguration here this morning, how about a round of applause for our mayor london breed? [applause] at this time, i would like to invite to the podium father tom hamilton of saint gabriel church fo

we look toward city hall all lit up. as we look at that we look at the numbers. for the rainfall, that did not amount to much. san jose, but the time a got up it had washed out. >> fremont up to 58 degrees. we are going to be in the low 70s by the time we get friday and saturday. right now the numbers are uniformly in the 40s and 50s and it is going to be cool overnight. down to 39. san jose will have an overnight low of about 44. pressure is on temperature is up. every day is a rainy day in seattle but it will not work its way this far south. we are lagging in the snowfall and rainfall department, but there is not a drop in site. partly cloudy tonight. tomorrow we have a few clouds and afternoon sunshine. it will be mild this time of year. pictures tomorrow under partly sunny skies, san francisco at 62 and oakland same thing. partly cloudy and in campbell, 64. out in the east bay, 61-64, walnut creek, very nice day on top. for stinson beach tomorrow, we will be looking at temperatures mostly in the 50s. up there around ukiah, 60 degrees. in the extended forecast

she is with us to break down this latest battle at city hall. >> yeah, a battle it was. hot words exchanged today. more than 2,000 tenants living in the 76 buildings that they intend to sell. many of those tenants do have rent control and have some serious complaints about them over the past year. they worry another corporate land lord will buy their building and only push them out. >> we are here today to say what the homes of thousands of san francisco are more than just comodties to be bought, traited and sold for maximum profit. >> reporter: on the steps of city hall, supervisors lowered blow after employee on san francisco's largest corporate land lord. they say that the decision to sell 76 buildings goes against the promise they head to hertha it would be a long term investor in san francisco. >> it is contrary to their claim that they care about the tenants in their buildings. this was also a big fat lie. >> reporter: in our project home series we profiled dozens of tenants suing them. they accuse the company of harassing them with constant renovations and others

the investigation here at city hall really just beginning. live at san francisco city wall, wilson walker. >> the powerful earthquake rocked the caribbean. it cause add small tsunami off the cayman islands. parts of sidewalks destroyed, cars covered in dust. it knocked down items from this grocery store. the massive quake sent water splashing over the sides and set off car alarms. the quake reportedly could be felt as far away as miami. many ran outside and said they could feel the buildings swaying. it hit between cuba and jamaica. >> normally quakes are not common in florida. >> people in cuba and mexico felt the quake. so far no reports of serious injuries or deaths. >> u.s. senators are preparing for the question and answer phase as the impeachment trial of president trump after the legal team wrapped up opening arguments today. we're live on capitol hill with the developments and what comes next. >> reporter: well, we're just learning that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he does not have enough votes to block witnesses in this

that meeting is set to begin at 7:30 tonight here at city hall. councilmembers are expecting a large crowd and the public will have a chance to weigh in before a decision is made. a proposal to redevelop this lot into a chick-fil-a has is that members in campbell thinking twice. >> it is not an average operator. i think they have to be treated with a little different view. >> reporter: after months of debate, they will have final say on an application to replace the current denny's with the popular fast food chicken chain. psych the number of homes east of the proposed site. dave lives in that neighborhood of the. >> we think the site is too small. we think access is too difficult. one of the concerns we have is that it will havon a single ingress and egress point. >> reporter: in fact more than 1,000 residents have signed a petition to reject the project. >> there are so many better projects that will not cause the traffic problems. >> reporter: the access the limited because of medians in place. for example, if you're coming from the prune yard,

she spoke at the san francisco city hall today. the conversation turned to the central role of president trump's impeachment. pelosi says she held up to take action until it could no longer be ignored. >> when he did about ukraine, it was about the constitution. >> she and other democrats are the ones who made a mockery of the constitution here. this is the first impeachment in history that's purely partisan. that speaks volume to legitimacy. >> speaker pelosi says president trump dishonors his oath of office and undermine our security. we'll be tracking every minute of it. each night we'll have a special edition of nbc bay area news and we'll bring you today's top moments from capitol hill. >>> new trouble of tesla. nearly 130 owners complain so that the 100 accidents and 52 injuries. the scope of the problem is pretty big here. about 500,000 tes lamalas could affected. defense will review all those complaint first and decide if a full investigation is needed. >>> teachers in southern california are taking legal action against del

>> reporter: the victim tells me he was robbed inside this parking garage near oakland city hall. he says he first saw the man as he was walking by him but he didn't think anything of a short while later, that same man held him at gunpoint. >> the general boldness of the attack. middle of the day. 3:00. >> reporter: the victim asked us not to identify him. he's describing how a man robbed him at gunpoint in the rotunda garage on 16th street in downtown oakland, tuesday afternoon. the victim says he had his earbuds on, talking on the phone, and walked up the stairs to the roof level to get his car. >> i felt a sensation on the back of my neck. and i turned around. and there was a gun in my face. and very calmly, the guy was whispering slightly, give me your phone, give me your wallet. >> reporter: the victim said he complied, putting his backpack, cellphone and wallet on the ground. the thief only took the cellphone and wallet and casually walked off. >> surreal. eerily calm. really jarring at the same time. >> reporter: minutes later, the victim said he pulled up to a police offic

city hall francisco and other landmarks were lit up as well including the airport and quite tower. be sure to download the news app to get the latest as the niners had to miami for the super bowl. it's free to download. >>> you can watch the super bowl only one place, right here on ktvu on february 2nd. >>> now to developing news we are following in morocco. officers arrived at the starbucks on moraga road and found two people with gunshot wounds. they also say the suspect was shot. that is where we find allison rodriguez, still a rather large crime scene. >> reporter: heather, police tell me they believe the suspect was driving thislue vehicle, that you see here unseen. and he may have boxed in the victims before firing. the in police tape. police say they got the call to come out to the starbucks around 7:30. when they got here they found the victims who were shot inside the smaller van, the victims gave them a description of the alleged shooter and told police the man took off. they found him not too long after in a parking lot of a business. they say he suffered a gunshot wound

>>now at 6 the tension at san francisco city hall is mounting just days after the director of san francisco, public works is arrested by the fbi for alleged corruption,several supervisors are now calling for an investigation led by somebody outside the city leadership. hello everybody, i'm pam moore and i'm ken wayne, san francisco mayor london breed tells kron four's haaziq madyun an independent investigator is already on the case. >>it is both necessary and appropriate to identify a completely an independent investigator we absolutely can not rely on the executive branch of government in the city and county of san francisco toinvestigate itself. the people of san francisco deserve accountabitytransparency and honesty these 3 san francisco supervisors are joining together to turn up the heat on mayor london breed to select an independent investigatoroutside of city hall to handle the department of public works scandal, which involves allegations of corrupon bribery side deals and the arrest of longtime director of public works mohammed nuru. >>the director of public works serves at the wil

i was just one the questions here at city hall today. then another question, why was this to the scandal found by the feds? >> the directors corrupt behavior do not happen in a vacuum. it was fostered and protected by city leaders who turned a blind eye. >> reporter: did a handful of supervisors called for a special investigator in the mohammed nuru matter. rejecting that the city attorney take on the job. only, this would not be the first time dennis herrera's office has investigated mohammed nuru. there was 2004 when he was implicated in a voting fraud scheme involving public works employees. dennis herrera produced a scathing report to mohammed nuru's boss at the time. >> i want the investigation to be completed as soon as possible. we are in full cooperation. two of these accusations are accurate, people should be held accountable. >> reporter: newly appointed mohammed nuru in 2011, a move herrera criticized in a statement he said "mohammed nuru does not belong to be in charge of a city department with a $129 million annual budget. he

it doesn't really add anything to >> good morning. >> good morning. >> welcome to san francisco city halland county of san francisco. [applause] and i'm so excited to be here today to kick off census 2020. in san francisco, our diversity is one of a kind and today we come together from every community across san francisco with one core message -- we count and we will be counted.

over at city hall. and just a lot of pride to have the 49ers back in the super bowl. >> reporter: the downtown association expects businesses catering to the niner faithful will see a modest bump in sales. >> when we hosted the super bowl at levi stadium, denver against carolina. this is gonna be exciting. >> more details about the official viewing parties could come out as early as tomorrow. as for sb2, they plan to open early at 1:00 pm well before kickoff. >> you can watch super bowl 54 sunday, february 2nd, right here. we'll have complete coverage, including live reports all week long from miami. >>> an arrest warrant has been issued for one-time raider, antonio brown. this comes following reports of an attack outside his home in hollywood, florida, yesterday. a moving truck driver claims  brown and his trainer assaulted him. according to documents, brown forced his way into the truck and divan to hit the driver over a payment dispute. police say brown has been uncooperative and refuses to come ou

. >>> a major corruption scandal in san francisco, the high level city hall official and well-known restaurant at the center. >>> car burglaries are spiking in the east bay, trying to stop it. >> red and gold, the colors of the 49ers and chief, but can fans in south florida tell the difference. abc 7 news starts right now. >> announcer: now, news to build a better bay area from abc 7. >>> new developments tonight. for the first time, we are hearing audio of the helicopter crash that killed kobe bryant, his daughter, and seven others. >> investigators have a copy of the audio, and let me warn you, you might find it disturbing. >> a homeowner living next to the crash site in calabasas shared her doorbell security video believed to be the final moments of the doomed flight. another new video shows the helicopter about 15 seconds before the crash. >> all nine victims have been removed from the crash site, the wreckage driven to an undisclosed location. federal investigators say the helicopter was about 30 feet from clearing a ridge when it crashed. >> the descent rate for the helicopter was over 2

san francisco supervisors join housing advocates on the steps of city hall. they're demanding that one of the city's major property olders, veritas investments delay the sale of about 76 apartment buildings. a city law requires owners to give qualified nonprofits a chance to bid on rental properties. but advocates say the volume of the sale is just too large to meet current deadlines. >> so we are here today to say that the homes of thousands of san franciscans are more than just commodities to be bought, operated and sold for maximum profit. >> it is contrary to their claim that they care about the tenants in their buildings. this was also a big fat lie. >> in a statement to abc7 news news, veritas accuses the housing advocates of violating the community opportunity to purchase act by releasing private information about the sales, but say they are willing to work with the mayor's office of housing. in the south bay now, san jose state university today announed a multimillion-dollar project to house staff and students who are experiencing homelessness. abc7 ne

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>>happening now that city hall san francisco is swearing in a new district attorneys. we have a live picture chase is going to be sworn in they're getting things ready 5 30 was the projected to start time for that but still a dialing things in technically it would appear sound checks and the like she somebody in one a tightly contested race against interim district attorney's suzy loftus a couple months ago. bu dean extremely progressive she asked for time to prepare for the transition, but dean says his transition team of advisors has been speaking with community members experts and people in the criminal legal system to ensure a smooth transfer into office we have a crew there of course and let you know what he had to say later on tonight also happening a little bit earlier today in the city mayor london breed took the oath of office to be in her first full term in office kron four's charles clifford reports. >>we're at san francisco city hall on wednesday mayor london breed was sworn in to serve her first full term. >>as mayor that i will well and faithfully dischar

and in the south bay the women's march san jose because it city hall followed by a march to the arena green where there will be a rally and a call to action and the east bay the women's march of oakland will be held tomorrow and it begins and ends at the plaza. and members of san francisco pride have voted to ban google, youtube and other alphabet companies from future pride celebrations. the san francisco pride board of directors have to approve the motion at a meeting next month to make it official. youtube has been criticized for not removing anti-gay hate speech on videos san francisco pride members of also voted to ban the alameda county sheriff's department from taking part in pride while in uniform. the members say they did not like the sheriff's deputies removal of foremothers and moved into the vacant house in oakland. >>> for companies are suing facebook for what they are calling anti-competitive, federal lawsuit accuses facebook of harming prospective competitors by revoking developer access to his platform and the companies want class-action status and unspecified damages.

. >>> a major corruption scandal in san francisco, the high level city hall official and well-known restaurant owner at the center. >>> car burglaries are spiking in the east bay, it. >> red and gold, the colors of the 49ers and chief, but can fans in south florida tell the difference. abc 7 news starts right now. >> announcer: now, news to build a better bay area from abc 7. >>> new developments tonight. for the first time, we are hearing audio of the helicopter crash that killed kobe bryant, his daughter, and seven others. >> investigators have a copy of the audio, and let me warn you, you might find it disturbing. >> a homeowner living next to the crash site in calabasas shared her doorbell security video believed to be the final moments of the doomed flight. another new video shows the for. >> all nine victims have been removed from the crash site, the wreckage driven to an undisclosed location. federal investigators say the helicopter was about 30 feet from clearing a ridge when it crashed. >> the descent rate for the helicopter was over 2,000 feet a minute. so, we know that this was a hi

. >> breadwinning need your help, catching a city hall car burglar.'s >>> this suspect was caught on camera crawling around the city hall parking structure the police say he stole items from several vehicles and tampered with the admissions. it happened just af contact the police. >>> a new video tonight. a mad dash for cash. surveillance cameras at a santa ana gas station capture the moment two suspects pulled alongside a white suv. they smashed the passenger side window, grabbed something, and then go. what they got was the cash collections from several pot dispensaries. $145,000 in total. police suspect they had been tailing the courier and made their move when he left to pay for gas. >>> in an effort to boost the legal cannabis market, california lawmakers are reviving a plan to cut taxes on marijuana. the bill would temporarily cut estate tax on marijuana sales from 15% to 11% for three years. california's legal cannabis market has not grown as expect did. know governor gavin newsom is signaling his support for a change to help shrink the black ma

now take a look at san jose were city hall was lit up in red and gold, city hall in san francisco and other landmarks as well. you can see sfo in the bottom left corner and the tower lit up in red. super bowl liv is right here on ktvu and will have complete coverage leading up to the game including live reports from miami, the super bowl is in two weeks on february 2. >>> also today advocates for the homeless using the mlk day holiday today to spotlight the homeless been they will be holding a rally at oakland city church starting at 10 am this morning. they called the situation about the homeless in the bay area catastrophic. they will hold a st session on what could be done to help get more housing for those with no permanent place to live. the church is on macarthur boulevard and coolidge so if you have any concerns or ideas you are invited to join the discussion. >>> several bay area cities are updating local laws about second homes on private property and homes are officially called accessory dwellings. more commonly called granny flats or in law units. more state laws override c

. >>> to take a live look in san francisco city hall this morning. 4:40 this morning. as we take a live look at the city hall, corruption bombshell is rocking city government. longtime public works director mohammed nuru has been tried charged it with a prolonged owner nick bovis. base a nuru and bovis scheme to bribe a term -- the complaint alleges corruption, bribery, side deals but an envelope of cash, the scheme involved payment of a $5000 bribe and also provision of travel. >> the complaint also says that the two men tried to arrange commercial leasing rights at the transbay transit center and manipulate the cities portable toilet designs to help bogus land bid and in addition to the federal investigation the city is also conducting its own investigation. meanwhile the city purchaser has been tapped to be the interim public works director. >>> police say they are seeing a rise in robberies and thefts across the bay area especially with chinese new year. >> don't look at your phone and walk. look around. >> police also say try not to walk alone, stay with friends a

we are at city hall with the latest steps the city is taking. christian? >> reporter: the mayor told me earlier today that the important work of the department of public works will continue uninterrupted. some city officials are already asking that the department be brokennen up and held accountable. one day after news broke of mohammed nuru's arrest, san francisco's mayor is talking about being blind sided. >> i will say that surprised and of course very disappointed. >> reporter: the mayor saying she's ordered a top-down review. >> the plan is to continue to work with the city attorney's office and the controller's office to really look into a number of the contracts within the department to determine whether or not there were issues with those contracts. >> reporter: the city attorney's office not commenting on an on going investigation. but some city leaders are saying that's not enough. >> you can't only have an executive branch that has had a number of issues around this sort of corrupt behavior investigate itself. >> reporter: the department of publ

you can find more information on the couch train website for happening now as city hall san francisco swearing in a new district attorney's very is live picture of him there it's chase he won a. >>tightly contested race against interim da says the loftus a couple months ago the asked for time to prepare for the transition, but dean says his transition team advisors have speaking with community members experts and those in the criminal legal system to ensure. >>a smooth transfer into office. so it's come air london breed was also sworn in today to begin her first full term as mayor during her acceptance speech she spoke about the changes facing the city specifically homelessness. >>i want this to be the deck a where we no longer walk by a person shooting up for a person who shouting out of control or suffering on our streets in and shrug our shoulders are turned away and wonder what should i do. i am determined over the next 4 years to create enough places to take in people with addiction or mental health problems. so that when you encounter someone in need you can make a call and know

reporting live at san francisco city hall, nbc bay area turned evidence overnight. the evidence includes text messages between rj's indicted to the top aide. pictures of parpass with president trump, his children and advisers, part of the package to be sent with the articles of impeachment next week. >> the president's new legal team is raising eyebrows. team includes ken starr who served as independent counsel during the clinton impeachment. also harvard's alan dershowitz who's expected to make a constitutional argument against impeachment and removal, both convicted jeffrey epstein. republican senator susan collins likway vote to do so, but only after hearing arguments from both sides. >> there certainly is a lot of pressure, but i took an oath yesterday where i swore to do impartial justice. and i take that oath very seriously. >> opening statements in the impeachment trial expected to begin on tuesday. now, when the impeachment trial begins on tuesday, nbc will bring it to you live gavel to gavel. each night we're going to have a special edition of nbc bay area

he went to city hall. the $100 fine said it is not an actual fight.poses only. police say they think there might be other fake tickets out there. >>> san francisco, oakland, nearly an inch. >> those numbers have really been adding up. most areas will pick up between about half an inch to over an inch of rainfall. that front is focused to the south. that is interesting. typically, we talk about a storm impacting the northbay. not the case with this system. we are talking moderate to heavy rainfall. and some low snow levels, down around 3000 feet. here's the progression of the radar over the last six hours. the snow in lake county and the snowfall is piling up in the sierra. a winter storm warning for all the areas in white as you can see. it does include lake county. and in the sierra, we have chain controls on 50 and also aunt 80 this afternoon. in fact, right around colfax, 2400 feet. that's a very low elevation to have that in place. look at the flood reports from this morning. we are counting 29 from earlier today reported by some of the spotters o

. >>> we're learning more about the corruption scandal that has rocked city hall in san francisco. an airport commissioner at sfo has submitted her resignation for health reasons. >> also ahead tonight for the first time, senators get a chance to question attorneys on both sides of the impeachment trial. an interesting day in congress. >>> the impeachment tile moved into a new phase of questions and answers offering u.s. senators an opportunity to address the house managers and the president's defense team. >> the big fight over witnesses is friday, but the tug of war over whether john bolten on will testify has already begun. greg lee has the latest. >> how should the senate consider more than one motive? >> if there is something that shows a possible public interest and the president could have that possible public interest motive, that destroys their case. >> reporter: the president's lawyers arguing he did nothing wrong. in the next phase of the trial, senators ask questions to house managers and mr. trump's defense team. >> think about the precedent you'll be setting if you do

city hall today, supervisors gordon mark, dean preston and matt heady said it was all going on while they were asking for help. >> we asked the director to take action, to add bathrooms and trash cans and pressure washing, the answer was no. now we know at the very time that the conditions on our streaks street worsened the director is accused of spending the time highlighting his own pockets. she coming up tonight and 6, wilson walker is leaving digging deeper into past controversies and frustration over why it took the feds stepping in to stop it. >>> issued an investigation in san jose and police are asking for help in finding the suspect. the shooting happened just after 1 a.m. today on the avenue south of san jose city college. officers arrived to find a man alone in a car suffering from a gunshot wound. he was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. officers believe the victim was driving when the shots were fired. >> our assault detectives are following up on the case. they are trying to determine the motive and circumstances surrounding the shooting, as well as

the ceremony is scheduled for 11 am at city hall. also swearing in today the city's new district attorney, chesa boudin , won a race in november by a razor thin margin. >>> north bound 87 around 101 we've got reports of a crash locking the right lane. busy on what lupe parkway. 14 minutes from 85 towards 101. once on 101 here's a live look their first where traffic is slow and go as you head through on the northbound side. no delay southbound. other travel times in the red on 580 and east shore freeway. weston five 8047 minutes ago out the optimal path toward the dublin interchange and was found 80 highway 4 to the maze 36 minutes. the earlier crash is cleared out of the lanes and keep in mind foggy spots especially through fairfield. >>> it is definitely foggy for the north bay. so are fairfield, napa, santa rosa, other locations catching some clearing. as we head through the date mostly cloudy to mostly sunny skies with isolated showers possible. widespread rain returns tomorrow morning so a wet warning commute tomorrow afternoon cl

and also to note that today was the mayor's inaugural celebration here at city hall. i would say it's lovely to see city hall in action to be used in these civic ceremonies where we celebrate the work of city hall and all the people who make our democracy special in san francisco. so, with that, let's have the next item, please. >> item number 2, general public comment. this item is to all members of the public to address the treasure island development authority board on matters within the subject matter jurisdiction of the authority board and that do not appear on today's agenda. public comment will be held during each item on the agenda. >> president tsen: any members of the public who would like to address the authority? hearing none. next item, please. >> item number 3, report by treasure island director. >> thank you, chair and members of the board. i'd like to begin my report by recognizing karen knowles pierce. karen has served on the treasure island citizens advisory board since its inception in 2001. so 18 years of monthly meetings. and you know, directors r

for years city hall has been fly supplied with bottled water, however the public utilities commission is switching that and installing reusable five gallon containers filled with tap water from the reservoir and the city's aquifer. it offers fresh-tasting water to 2.7 million customers and it's time to expand that to city hall. >>> san francisco's planning commission approved a proposal to build the fourth tallest building. the 61 story tower would include 165 condos, hotel rooms and office space. this now goes to the board for final approval. some in chinatown did not approve the way the sunshined on the park. the city parks determined the shadow was within allowable limits. >>> 7:17. let's get you to where you need to go. sal you've had a pretty easy job of it this friday morning. >> i like it for our commuters. if you are on interstate 80, heading west, you will see that the commute does look a little bit better. 24-minute time is pretty good for a day like today. this is a look at the bay bridge. there certainly is some slowing, the metering lights are on and it's better than it n

it can be at any fire house, but there are events at city hall, as well. >> commissioner covington: well, for those of you out there, please go to your local fire house and give a toy for kids. we would appreciate that. all right. and let's see...a lot of commendations for everyone at the department. a congratulations to everyone in that for their part work this past month. and the new department physician, we understand that job has been posted. >> not yet. >> commissioner covington: not yet? so the job will be posted very soon, and we will have someone very, very good coming in to take dr. terrazas' place after his resignation. and june 20 for father greene, yes. that's a nice long notice, and moscone center, i agree with you, it's probably going to be full, and i'm surprised it's not being held at the chase center. i thank you for your report, chief. >> president nakajo: thank you very much, vice president covington. at this point, if there's no other commissioners, i'm just going to ask the question, chief nicholson, you made a comment in terms of the comment for job description. we

plaza and in san jose crowds will gather at city hall at 11 and they will march to the arena greenhere there will be a rallying call to action and in oakland the women's march begins and ends at the plaza and it also begins at 11 am. >>> later this morning some oakland middle and high school students will hold a demonstration near the plaza in oakland educating people about climate policies and climate change. the students will be working with several groups creating what they are calling a resilient village. that event will include four information quadrants, science for survival, civic engagement, visual arts, voice and performance. >>> state sen. scott weiner introduced a bill pushing for a statewide plan to end new infections of hiv and stds, the bill requires state agencies to set targets for ending new infections while identifying programs, policies and funding among other things to reach those targets. he says the bill will fight for marginalized communities that are often affected by hiv and stds. >>> members of san francisco's pride have voted to ban google, youtube and ot

the corruption scandal at city hall continues to spread.her person on city council is asking to have a bigger investigation. >> and abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield has more on this. >> the scandal has hit here at sfo. an airport commissioner has stepped down citing health reasons. a supervisor is planning to call for her resignation before she decided to step down. we're talking about linda crayton. she is saying she resigned for health reasons. she met with the two men arrested in this scandal, mohammed nuru and nick bovis. she was offered a $5,000 cash bribe in exchange for granting bovis a bid to open a restaurant at the airport. she did not accept the money. she has not been charged with a crime, but san francisco supervisor aaron peskin did not like what he read in the criminal complaint about crayton. >> while it is true that a sitting city commissioner did not take a cash bribe, the words that were recorded are beyond unethical and inappropriate. it is conduct that is not becoming of a city officer, which an airport commissioner is

>>the tension is san francisco city hall is mounting st days after the director of san francisco, public is arrested by the fbi for alleged corruption, several supervisors are now calling for an investigation led by somebody outside of the city government san francisco mayor london breed says an independent investigator is already on the case kron four's haaziq madyun reports. >>it is both necessary and appropriate to identify a completely an independent investigator we absolutely can not rely on the executive branch of government in the city and county of san francisco to investigate itself. the people of san francisco deserve accountability transparency and honesty these 3 san francisco supervisors are joining together to turn up the heat on mayor london breed to select an independent investigator outse of city hall to handle the department of public works scandal, which involvesallegations of corruption bribery side deals and the arrest of longtime director of public works mohammed nuru. >>the director of public works serves at the will of the mayor and the city administrator. i'm not

we're live in san francisco city hall, ktvu , fox 2 news.struck his fans make their ways way to miami, extra security is in place to keep them safe. we have more from south beach florida. >> reporter: the miami has hosted the super bowl a record of 10 times with this year marking 11. the nfl says they have good reason to keep coming back. >> they know how to do this. we believe that we will be back here many times going into the future. it is a great spot for the super bowl. >> miami as well prepared for the task, and with just three days ago until the big game, fans are arriving to take it all in. nearly 30,000 passengers are expected to arrive every day between now and sunday at the miami international airport. with increased traffic comes increased security. >> we have more tsa agents, more customs agents, and more police. we are working around the clock. >> reporter: extra security measures also include screening for the coronavirus. >> the center for disease control, which we have a branch at the airport, they are monitoring the situati