in oakland, i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. across the bay, san francisco mayor london breed is taking her plan to increase police power throughout the city straight to voters. >> we are taking something to the ballot. we're going around the board of supervisors. we're going around the police commission. we're going straight to the people of san francisco. mayor breed introduced her new safer san francisco measure today, which would roll back some of the police commissions restrictions on things like pursuits and the use of surveillance technology. >> the mayor says the measure would also limit police paperwork, giving officers more time to actually patrol the streets. the mayor says she is putting this initiative on the march 2024 ballot at the police commission says they are in full support of breed's plan. a new team has joined the fight against fentanyl in san francisco's tenderloin district. >> knowing that someone cares is our special sauce and our power that we are. we're letting folks know that not only are we going to

abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley has the latest developments at oakland's police commission has issued its recommendations for the top seven candidates for oakland police chief. >> out of the 20 who have applied so far. the only name that's been public is that of leronne armstrong, the former police chief whom oakland's mayor, shengtao fired in february, alleging he mishandled misconduct charges against a police officer last month, an independent report cleared armstrong of any wrongdoing. >> doing i feel good. i feel vindicated today. >> armstrong released a statement saying i believe that the mayor should rehire me as chief of police based upon the clear evidence that i acted properly and did not violate any department policies. >> this should be a no brainer for the mayor and the police commission and we hope that they do the right thing and right a past wrong and put him back where he belongs as chief of police. >> but there are six other candidates still on that short list and there could be more names since more candidates can still throw their hat in the ring until the end of th

. >> abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley has more on how the war in israel is hitting home in the area. >> israel is a small country. everyone knows someone. >> rabbi berkowitz is knitting together support in the contra costa jewish community in the face of what he called horrific attacks. >> i'm getting news that people that i know personally know now are no longer with us. they were brutally murdered, brutally slaughtered. and the news just keep coming. this is the 911 of the israelis. this is the 911 of the israelis. i was raised and grew up in ashkelon, the city that right now is under trauma. and this attack of missiles and my parents right now and my mother in law are in the shelters. >> we are not there. we are here. and we hear all the sadness and all the scariness from our friends and family. >> sienna was supposed to fly to israel with her daughters yesterday, but she says her airlines canceled their flight from sfo to tel aviv and she knows people are stranded there as well. locally people are concerned. >> people are very worried about about secure city. this is locall

. >> abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley has more on the tragedy that's reverberating throughout three high schools with the suspects still on the loose. a house party on this peaceful street in this suburban neighborhood erupted into gunfire around 1115 saturday night. >> basically because we could hear a bunch of noise and some loud screaming, like a fight was kind of going on outside. so i came out and at that point, there was already people running down the street. scared wasn't shortly after that that i heard six shots ring off this neighbor called 911. >> as chaos ensued. >> it was at least 100 to 150 kids, at the minimum that were running out of here. it could have been 200. it was so many there. innocents were lost. you could see the terror in their face, in their eyes. so many of them running out of here and having to experience that. >> oakley's police chief released a statement saying they found five nine millimeter shell casings in front of the house. a 16 year old died on the front lawn. three others were injured and taken to john muir medical center in walnut creek

. >> here's abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley. >> the arrests of eight suspects in a retail theft ring at this lululemon store in walnut creek uncovered a chain of events that started earlier in the month when police say thieves targeted two lululemon stores in napa and santa rosa taking 10,000 in merchandise from each their network of loss prevention agents will communicate out to include photographs and general descriptions. that's what broadway plaza shopping center officers and store employees had to work with last thursday afternoon. the north bay suspects showed up at the store in walnut creek. police say these retail theft suspects are bold, taking. 3 to $4000 worth of merchandise up to the counter in the hopes of getting a gift card or cash. >> in this case, they were stalled and then our officers moved in and detained them and then subsequently arrested them. >> two were arrested in the store, two more arrested in a waiting car with an additional $13,000 in stolen merchandise. then just two days later, four more suspects stormed the same lululemon store in walnut creek. >

abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley is live outside the kaiser medical center in walnut creek with the latest on the negotiate. leslie >> dan kaiser, health care workers and the unions are still at the bargaining table with kaiser officials right now as we speak, but not much progress being made. so both sides are preparing for a strike tomorrow . now, you see the patient and it's hard not to get emotional. priscilla opperman helps coordinate patient care at kaiser walnut creek medical center. she believes the pandemic pushed health care workers like her to the brink. >> the way that it's looking, we're going to be out there tomorrow at 6 a.m. the big items that we need to discuss to make sure that the short staffing crisis gets taken care of are not being brought to the table. >> 75,000 health care workers are poised to strike at kaiser permanente facilities over unfair labor practices for three days. 6 a.m. wednesday through 6 a.m. saturday, the largest health care worker strike in us history. >> patients will feel an immediate impact, especially when they need lab work. diagnost

abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley is on the story. the san francisco police swat team and bomb squad swarmed into this home in concord this afternoon and searched for possible explosive materials in the home where 42 year old suspect daniel garcia lives. >> police say garcia went to mass at saints peter and paul church late sunday afternoon in san francisco's north beach neighborhood after communion, he confronted a parishioner. >> he demanded money from that person. the parishioner continued to pray and ignored him, at which point the suspect then in violently assaulted this parishioner, punching him in the head. and we believe that the parishioner went unconscious temporarily. >> witnesses say he left the church with a knife in hand and a police pursuit began when he got in his car. police said officers felt their lives were in danger as the suspect intentionally threw two explosive devices at their patrol car. one on filbert street. and again at eighth and mission. the officers described not only seeing the flames of the device tha

. >> abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley joining us live now outside of the medical center in walnuttions. leslie. >> well, just in the last half hour, i got word that bargaining is continuing both sides, the union and kaiser are at the table, but really no progress to report. there's still far apart on their one main sticking point about over assuring shortage of staffing and at this point, both sides are preparing for the very strong possibility of a strike tomorrow. >> now you see the patient and it's hard not to get emotional. >> priscilla oppermann helps coordinate patient care at kaiser's walnut creek medical center. she believes the pandemic pushed health care workers like her to the brink. >> the way that it's looking, we're going to be out there tomorrow at 6 a.m. the big items that we need to discuss to make sure that the short staffing crisis gets taken care of are not being brought to the table. >> 75,000 health care workers are poised to strike at kaiser permanente facilities over ir

and abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley has the details on the case. >> the san francisco policeam and bomb squad swarmed into this home in concord. this afternoon and searched for possible explosive materials in the home where 42 year old suspect daniel garcia lives. police say garcia went to mass at saints peter and paul church late sunday afternoon in san francisco's north beach neighborhood after communion, he confronted a parishioner. >> he demanded money from that person. the parishioner continued to pray and ignored him, at which point the suspect then and violently assaulted this parishioner, punching him in the head. and we believe that the parishioner went unconscious temporarily. >> witnesses say he left the church with a knife in hand and a police pursuit began when he got in his car. police said officers felt their lives were in danger as the suspect intentionally threw two explosive devices at their patrol car. once on filbert street. and again at eighth and mission. >> the officers described not only seeing the flames of the device that hit the ground, but also the

. >> abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley has the story.ight suspects in a retail theft ring at this lululemon store in walnut creek uncovered a chain of events that started earlier in the month when police say thieves targeted two lululemon stores in napa and santa rosa taking 10,000 in merchandise from. each. >> their network of loss prevention agents will communicate that out to include photographs and general descriptions. >> that's what broadway plaza shopping center officers and store employees had to work with last thursday afternoon. the north bay suspects showed up at the store in walnut creek. police say these retail theft susp

abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley is on the story. san francisco police swat team and bomb squad swarmed into this home in concord this afternoon and searched for possible explosive materials in the home where 42 year old suspect daniel garcia lives. >> police say garcia went to mass at saints peter and paul church late sunday afternoon in san francisco's north beach neighborhood after communion, he confronted a parishioner. >> he demanded money from that person. the parishioner continued to pray and ignored him, at which point the suspect then in violently assaulted this parishioner, punching him in the head. and we believe that the parishioner went unconscious temporarily. >> witnesses say he left the church with a knife in hand and a police pursuit began when he got in his car. police said officers felt their lives were in danger as the suspect intentionally threw two explosive devices at their patrol car. one on filbert street. and again at eighth and mission. the officers described not only seeing the flames of the device that hi

here's abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley. >> we have over 100 homicides this year in the city of oakland , which impacts us all directly or indirectly at a press conference this morning, city officials launched love life week in oakland. >> there's a lot of tragedy in the city of oakland, however, the best way to combat tragedies is to come together, heal together, care and love and uplift the town. >> just to point out that three lives were lost over the weekend , which is the counterposition of what? live life, love, love is supposed to be in this city, which is disappointing. >> the oakland police officers association says it's a critical moment. >> what's the public safety plan for? we just don't seem to have a plan. we are at a nine year low. budgeted numbers for the police department. no permanent chief of police, abc seven's neighborhood safety tracker looked at data from the oakland police department that shows reports of burglaries, vehicle thefts, robberies and carjackings are all increasing since this time last year. >> burglary reports are up 36. vehicle thefts up 51.

and abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley explains what happened. >> the san francisco police swat team and bomb squad swarmed into this home in concord this afternoon and searched for possible explosive materials in the home where 42 year old suspect daniel garcia lives. police say garcia went to mass at saints peter and paul church late sunday afternoon in san francisco's north beach neighborhood after communion. he confronted a parishioner. >> he demanded money from that person. the parishioner continued to pray and ignored him, at which point the suspect then violently assaulted this parishioner, punching him in the head. we believe that the parishioner went unconscious temporarily. >> witnesses say he left the church with a knife in hand and a police pursuit began when he got in his car. police said officers felt their lives were in danger as the suspect intentionally threw two explosive devices at their patrol car. once on filbert street. and again at eighth and mission. >> the officers described not only seeing the flames of the device that hit the ground, but also the officers c

i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news.nd our abc7 neighborhood safety tracker shows you a wide range of public safety statistics for oakland, san jose and san francisco. >> you'll find it on the front page of abc7 news.com. com. >> police in sunnyvale are calling an early morning shooting involving three people a murder suicide. officers responded to a 911 call about gunshots around 5:30 a.m. they found two women in a car outside a home on keremeos drive, both suffering from gunshot wounds. one of the victims was pronounced dead at the scene when officers located the suspect, but he was able to escape a short time later, santa clara deputies tracked him down in cupertino. investigators say by that point, he'd already taken his own life. >> when they did find the suspect again, his vehicle was parked. the suspect was located in the vehicle, deceased with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. the second woman shot during the incident was taken to a hospital. >> her condition tonight is unknown. investigators sa

abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley has the latest. >> oakland's police commission has issued its recommendations for the top seven candidates for oakland police chief. out of the 20 who have applied so far, the only name that's been public is that of leronne armstrong, the former police chief whom oakland's mayor qingtao fire in february, alleging he mishandled misconduct charges against a police officer. last month, an independent report cleared armstrong of any wrongdoing. i feel good. i feel vindicated today. armstrong released a statement saying, i believe that the mayor should rehire me as chief of police based upon the clear evidence that i acted properly and did not violate any department policies. this should be a no brainer for the mayor and the police commission. >> and we hope that they do the right thing and right a past wrong and put him back where he belongs as chief of police. >> but there are six other candidates still on that short list and there could be more names since more candidates can still throw their hat in the ring until the end of this week . the mayor

. >> abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley has more on how the war in israel is hitting home in the bay area. >> israel is a small country. everyone knows someone. >> one rabbi berkowitz is knitting together support in the contra costa jewish community in the face of what he called horrific attacks. >> yes, i'm getting news that that people that i know persons we know are no longer with us. they were brutally murdered, brutally slaughtered, and the news just keep coming. this is denying 11 of the israelis. this is the nine over 11 of the israelis. i was raised and grew up in ashkelon. the city that right now is under tremendous attack of missiles. and my parents right now and my mother in law are in the shelters. >> we are not there. we are here . and we hear all the sadness and all the scary news from our friend and family. >> sienna was supposed to fly to israel with her daughters yesterday, but she says her airlines canceled their flight from sfo to tel aviv and she knows people are stranded there as well. local people are concerned. >> people are very worried about about securit

. >> abc7 news reporter leslie brinkley has the story. the arrests of eight suspects in a retail theft ring at this lululemon store in walnut creek uncovered a chain of events that started earlier in the month when police say thieves targeted two lululemon stores in napa and santa rosa taking 10,000 in merchandise from. each. >> their network of loss prevention agents will communicate that out to include photographs and general descriptions. >> that's what broadway plaza shopping center officers and store employees had to work with last thursday afternoon. the north bay suspects showed up at the store in walnut creek. police say these retail theft suspects are bold, taking 3 to $4000 worth of merchandise up to the counter in the hopes of getting a gift card or cash. >> in this case, they were stalled and then our officers moved in and detained them and then subsequently arrested them. >> two were arrested in the store, two more arrested in a waiting car with an additional $13,000 in stolen merchandise. then just two days later, four or mo

i'm leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> we want to make sure you get the full picture of crime where you live, which is why we created the abc7 neighborhood safety tracker. it shows you a wide range of public safety statistics for oakland, san jose and san francisco. you'll find it on abc7 news.com. >> overseas now in the conflict in the middle east where there is a lot of finger pointing after a deadly blast at a hospital in gaza. hundreds of people are dead and israel is denying it was the result of an air strike. instead, officials say it was the result of a failed rocket launch by a militant group and say israel has evidence to back that up. the deadly explosion touched off protests in several countries in the middle east. president biden is on his way to israel now to meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. originally the president was going to take part in a regional summit in jordan, but that part of the trip was canceled. so he will only be visiting israel first. >> it is making sure he gets an update from our israeli counterparts about their plans, their intentions, how things a