this large menorah set up at lake merritt was found vandalized and thrown into the lake. community members are determined not to let it intimidate them. leslie good and joins us from lake merritt where people are coming together in a show of support. >> reporter: just like you mentioned, we have been here all afternoon at lake merritt. right behind me, there used to be a nine foot tall menorah. early wednesday morning , someone came here and destroyed the menorah and put pieces of it inside of the lake and left disturbing refugee as well. he wants people to know this is not going to dim their light. >> you can break our menorah but you cannot diminish or extinguish the light of our souls. >> reporter: rabbi dahved says he received a disturbing text, telling them the 350 pound steel menorah placed here at lake merritt was ruined. >> we him rushing down here, just seems like it was chopped up, the candles were broken into pieces, the sign looked burned. we saw the base in the lake. there was debris everywhere. >> reporter: rabbi david tells me the menorah went up on friday

a hook attached to a pole to get a menorah out of lake merritt.nd police say someone destroyed it and threw its parts into the lake. it happened overnight wednesday. just four days after the city held a ceremony to light it. >> we came by and we found all these pieces scattered around. rabbi dovid lepkowski got a text message wednesday morning. >> broken glass and debris were everywhere around the edges of the lake merritt amphitheater. arabic graffiti that translates to free palestine. >> i don't know why anyone would do this. i know that it's toxic. the air is toxic these days. um, and it's just it shouldn't be that way. and we should be better than that. >> rabbi lepkowski joined the mayor and city leaders sunday to celebrate hanukkah. he says the holiday is about shining light in dark times. oakland mayor shang tao called this an attack on the entire city. her office says this menorah is a long tradition for oakland. >> this was an act of vandalism and a desecration. the oakland lake merritt menorah is a long standing symbol of not only the oa

. >>> let's take a life look at lake merritt, where a crowd of people are gathering around the new menorah just installed a few hours ago after the old one was destroyed by vandalism . you can see people there holding the cease-fire signs and celebrating as the organizer speaks to the crowd. at 7:00 p.m., they will begin liking the new menorah. oakland's mayor is asking that vandalism be investigated as a hate crime. our leslie goodin is more, there was more on the menorah lighting at 6:00. >>> oakland says they have seen double-digit drops in retail and property crimes thanks to a number of targeted initiatives across the town. oakland city and police leadership say, as a result, they have seen up to a 50% drop in things like robberies and burglaries in certain neighborhoods over the last two months. specifically highlighting areas like the fruitvale, jack london square and chinatown, saying the dedicated resources like increased foot patrols and traffic enforcement are paying off and will only increase over time as they learn more about what works and what doesn't. >> we still have a lot

another soft company the software that was involved in the september 11 incident was merritt. the director of this company was james schlesinger of jewish origin. two years before the 9/11 incident, merritt and pitek had taken over the computer control of sensitive us intelligence systems. after the september 11 incident, the complaint files of its victims began to flow. one of the perpetrators of these cases is alvin hellerstein, a jew whose cooperation with zionist networks dates back to the 50s. to airlines, airport security and the case of world trade center owner larry silverstein. in addition to handling the cases of families who the date set by the government was rejected and entrusted to hellerstein. hellerstein eventually dismissed the case of these families without proceeding. the reaction of the victims' families was one sentence. this damn court is full of corruption. but a case was filed shortly after the incident. michael chertov, a jewish rabbi with racist thoughts, according to this report, these 19 people, led by osama bin laden, were able to cut down four pas

pieces of that old menorah were pulled from lake merritt.oming as jewish community is celebrating hanukkah. >> number two san francisco mayor london breed is asking department heads to submit proposals to cut spending by 10. city officials predict a deficit of nearly $800 million over the next two budget years. >> number three, house republicans passed a resolution formalizing their impeachment inquiry into president biden. the investigation has been going on for more than a year now. it's yet to produce any hard evidence that the president improperly benefited from his son's business dealings. >> number four, the dow will open at a record high today after closing above 37,000 points for the first time time. the rally coming after the fed indicated it may cut interest rates three times next year. >> and number five, get ready for a warming trend the next few days. states all about filtered sunshine. those temps in the 60s. then tomorrow and saturday we're starting to see some 70 appear on the board. records are possible to start out the week

a hook attached to a pole to get a menorah out of lake merritt, oakland police say someone destroyedinto the lake. it happened overnight wednesday. just four days after the city held a ceremony to light it. >> we came by and we found all these pieces scattered around, rabbi dovid lepkowski got a text message wednesday morning. >> broken glass and debris were everywhere around the edges of the lake merritt amphitheater. arabic graffiti that translates to free palestine. >>

. >> tonight on the seventh night of hanukkah, hundreds of people made their way to lake merritt to rally, replace and relight oakland's largest menorah. >> yeah, it's less than 24 hours after the previous menorah was destroyed and thrown into the lake. all of this against the backdrop, of course, of the israel-hamas war. abc seven news reporter j.r stone is in oakland tonight with all new images of the new menorah >> the relighting of this menorah is the culmination of quite the 24 hours in oakland. one that started when the town's largest menorah was destroyed and thrown into lake merritt during hanukkah. >> when i heard the news this morning, i cried. um, i felt very hurt, sad, scared. >> not only sadness from those in oakland's jewish community, but also anger and a will to come together and rally vehicle after vehicle could be seen with menorahs on top of them. a show of support and unity among both the jewish community and others. >> i love oakland, i think it is diverse. i think it is a beautiful community and what's turning into is hateful and frightening. >> wednesday night that

that shooting happened last friday night near lake merritt ktvu amberleigh is live now in oakland where she learned more about the victim, amber yeah, julie coworkers tell me he lost his wife months ago to cancer and he leaves behind two adult children. >> they also say he was transitioning out of homelessness surveillance video obtained by ktvu shows security guard james johnson by the front door of the 7-eleven near lake merritt in oakland. there appears to be a brief exchange between him and a man dressed in dark clothing. johnson throws an object at the man. the suspect then shoots johnson and runs out of the store. the 59 year old died at the scene. >> this shouldn't have happened like that. it he should have never died. he should have never left this. >> it happened on friday night, shortly after 10:00. a worker tells me the store has been robbed repeatedly, but this is the first time he recalls someone being killed. he says he regarded johnson as a family member. >> yes, i was in a state of shock. that's like the best person i ever met. he was he used to be our customer, like eve

. >> tonight on the seventh night of hanukkah, hundreds of people made their way to lake merritt to rallyace and relight oakland's largest menorah. >> yeah, it's less than 24 hours after the previous menorah was destroyed and thrown into the lake. all of this against the backdrop, of course, of the israel-hamas war. abc seven news reporter j.r stone is in oakland tonight with all new images of the new menorah >> the relighting of this menorah is the culmination of quite the 24 hours in oakland. one that started when the town's largest menorah was destroyed and thrown into lake merritt during hanukkah. >> when i heard the news this morning, i cried. um, i felt very hurt, sad, scared. >> not only sadness from those in oakland's jewish community, but also anger and a will to come together and rally vehicle after vehicle could be seen with menorahs on top of them. a show of support and unity among both the jewish community and others. >> i love oakland, i think it is diverse. i think it is a beautiful community and what's turning into is hateful and frightening. >> wednesday night that car pa

it was the city's largest menorah into lake merritt. police are asking for leads in a possible hate crime, and aipac has come and gone. >> but san francisco is still seeing the repercussions. how much money the city spent on overtime, and then the video that might have you thinking before you park underneath a tree during a storm. >> oof! mhm >> i mean, hopefully they didn't think like it's a storm. let me park under this tree. it's probably already there. >> i feel like it happens a lot in the east coast. so i know like having lived in north carolina would get, you know, a lot of hurricanes, tornadoes always like, you know. yeah trees happens here too. >> last year. yeah. people were like it's also hard not to park under a tree here. >> yeah. that is true. yeah. so, um, either the tree is going to come down or someone's going to come over with a no juice between those two things. >> oh, no. what tell me i'm wrong. >> uh, i mean, but we don't have to say my car neither yet. >> but i think. >> thank you. thank you. >> get over here. >> y

. >> that menorah was destroyed overnight near the lake merritt amphitheater. >> abc7 news reporter ryan curry is live in oakland, where the community is taking a stand against anti-semitism. ryan. >> yeah, larry. kristin. good afternoon. this is the new menorah actually just brought over moments ago from the shabbat center of oakland. there will be a lighting ceremony later on tonight around 7 p.m, to light this new menorah. they're calling what happened overnight an act of hateful vandalism. a hook attached to a pole to get a menorah out of lake merritt, oakland police say someone destroyed it and threw its parts into the lake. it happened overnight wednesday. just four days after the city held a ceremony to light it. >> we came by and we found all these pieces scattered around, rabbi dovid lepkowski got a text message wednesday morning. >> broken glass and debris were everywhere around the edges of the lake merritt amphitheater. arabic graffiti that translates to free palestine. >> i don't know why anyone would do this. i know that it's toxic. the air is toxic these days. um, and it's

jews across the bay area are gathering in oakland to light the menorah at lake merritt.was vandalized with piece thrown on the ground and into the lake so tonight with the new menorah standing tall. >> we are who we are. no matter how many times we get knocked down, we get back up. >> reporter: jewish leaders are hoping to send a message of strength in the face of anti- semitism. >> the community is united against hate. the community is united against acts of hate. >> reporter: california's attorney general came to tonight's ceremony to show support for the jewish community and agrees with opd's decision to investigate this incident as a hate crime. >> when it is a hate crime, charge it as a hate crime. it is a crime against the community. >> reporter: before tonight's lighting ceremony, another gathering with city leaders took place showing solidarity with the jewish community. >> this outpouring of support and love and unity. this is a hanukkah miracle. >> reporter: we learned that there will be an increase in police presence near the menorah. and now the rabbi hopes t

um, and lake merritt is on there as, as a hot spot. it's actually called. and so it's that has been designated that because of all the different types of birds. and so , um, it's really important. it's the oldest wildlife sanctuary actually in the country. >> is it like a little layover spot that we'll see those migratory birds will come and it's a fresh water. it's a source of fresh water. so maybe we'll see some fresh water. birds land there for a little bit and then take off and move south. is that generally what the pattern is? >> um, and that's really fun for the kids as well because, um, if eventually the students pick a bird to study and count and, and so we have these wintering birds that come in and we don't really see them until now. december and january, you could probably go out now and see them, but they're not there in the fall and they're not there in the spring. and so for some of the students, they're waiting the whole first semester to see their to see the bird. but they come very briefly just wondering what's the most, the most unbelievab

the destruction of the nine-foot grand menorah, which is called the lake merritt amphitheater home for years during hanukkah. 01:00am last >> there were some guy came by and was banging out a for a for a long time till he was able to break its 350 pounds of steel. hard to destroy a but they were successful photos and video taken wednesday morning show. >> parts of the menorah in the water. others stuck in the grass and graffiti. some of it hateful has been showing up each day only to be painted over by city crews. now the oakland police department is investigating the menores destruction as a hate crime. >> at the summit is a defense have been have been going up rapidly we had we had people followed going out of the synagogue a few with a said friday nights ago, people screaming at them. you know, we're going kill you. were going to rape. was a woman there, too. it's it's very said that incidents and attacks against jews, but nobody will not be deterred just before 4 in the afternoon, a replacement menorah was assembled and will be lit during the remainder of hanukkah to this man or th

the statement from the councilmember nikki fortunato bas who represents lake merritt was also put out today. she wrote, quote, oakland is a community that loves life, denounces hate violence and discrimination and shows up for each other. >> there's a there are calls tonight for police to investigate this incident right here in san jose. a man with a knife slashed and ripped down pro-palestinian banners in san jose over the weekend for santorum talked with a volunteer who's been putting up the banners. the video of this vandalism was shot on sunday. and we're learning that this is not the first time this group has been messed with this month. and san jose police say they're on it. >> i do that. >> banners calling for an end to genocide and israeli occupation in met with destruction in san jose, a man armed with a knife is caught on video slashing and tearing them down. i felt really intimidated, threatened or unsafe. they were 2 moments where i thought he's going to pull out a gun. and i genuinely was was afraid for my life. the man who shot the video says he's a muslim community, vol

meanwhile, montgomery's eight army cracked the merritt line. when we shook hands with his patrol patrols with over the crops of ram us army. tunisia, the crazy rumor got around that we were going to load on boats for home. we loaded on boats. all right. but. but really which believe me, with no place like home. this time, the beachhead was plenty rough. but after we broke through, the red one moved back from 18 pounds in 37 day. but. to take it, we had a trouble like it out in the mountains all along the way. like florida, pretty much on the ground. roughly 21. yeah, 21. jerry counterattack. it looked like this. we won. all right, but we made. after friday, they ended back to rain. no big general hubler. but they jumped again. we practiced for another week, but this one we know was going to be the payoff. the biggest show of all. to go one up on june six, 1944. you know, i never think of omaha, the big town in nebraska. not anymore. they made the piece of beach in normandy with we were getting some artillery, mortar, machine gun fire like rain

we'll also check in with east bay rabbis after the destruction of the lake merritt menorah. >>> but we start with that developing news from the warriors. draymond green suspended indefinitely by the nba. this comes less than 24 hours after his latest flagrant foul. >> picked up his third foul. and now green runs over nurkic, and he'll be called for the foul. >> yeah you probably saw it last night in phoenix, draymond takes a swing at jusuf nurkic. no arguing from draymond, no complaining. he went quietly to the bench. and you had the idea that he knew that this was going to be his third ejection of the season. and draymond knew this was coming, a suspension. late today the nba releasing this statement, announcing an indefinite suspension. the league says the punishment takes into account green's repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts. here's where it gets interesting. draymond green will be required to meet certain league and team requirements before he returns to play. draymond's explanation last night, that he didn't do it on purpose. >> as you know, i'm not one to apologize for th

now in place and they plan to light it tonight as part of the celebration of hanukkah. >> the lake merritt amphitheater has been home to this 9 foot 350 pound steel menorah for years sunday on the 4th night of hanukkah, mayor sheng thao and community members join members of the jewish about oakland for the 18th annual grand menorah lighting ceremony. but wednesday, the grand menorah was in pieces. we came over here. we found that that's a crater in the street and pieces all over. >> it seems like it was spent on safe was burnt cut into pieces. most thrown to the lake photos and video taken wednesday morning show parts of the menorah in the water. others stuck in the grass and graffiti. some of it hateful has been showing up each day only to be painted over by city crews. >> wrath by says he was told someone came by about 01:00am and banged on the menorah until it was in pieces. now oakland police is investigating the menores destruction as a hate crime. >> and ever for what's going on 7,000 miles from there is seems to be uptick hate against jews. there's to submit attacks against and and

a large menorah put out for the public at lake merritt was destroyed by vandals. rabbi david lekowski got a text that the nine foot tall menorah was ruined. the larger pieces of debris were tossed in the lake. a pessimistic defeat he was sprayed nearby. >> i feel upset, i feel that the city can do better. it is awful that a symbol that symbolizes love and love and light and hope and spelling darkness and paint should be destroyed by hate. >> oakland police are investigating the vandalism as a possible hate crime. >>> this is a look at the menorah that was put up on friday. it comes at a time when concern about anti-semitism is on the rise nationwide. state senator nancy skinner called the act, "an act of cowardice." mayor sheng thao wrote , "what happened is not just an attack on oakland's jewish community but our entire city and shared values." >>> the san francisco bay area office on the council of american islamic relations wrote, "we are profoundly saddened and outraged by the vandalism of the lake merritt menorah. >>> people are gathering in a show of support

someone destroyed the original one at lake merritt yesterday morning donations from the community of already exceeded $16,000 for. >> a new menorah and jewish lse fm the community is uplifting. >> okay, in that wouldn't come otherwise. but they thought that the response defendant it's not want to but as one that we're proud and that we're going to overcome this, we're going to build bigger and stronger and we're going to many and jewish community here in oakland will grow. i will be proud. and will not cower from any type hayden funds. >> hundreds of people, as you can see, they're gathering last night for the lighting of the replacement menorah. oakland police are investigating the destruction has a hate crime. a menorah lighting also happening tonight in alameda in celebration of this final night of hanukkah temple, israel alameda unified school district. and this is their annual event that they hold dozens of people. they're rurning out at the south shore center in alameda form music snacks and the celebration. >> lighting the for me. growing up was my favorite part of the yeah. i

menorah will be lit again tonight at lake merritt on this 8th night of chanukah of the original menorah was destroyed and tossed into the lake early wednesday morning. now is oakland police investigate this as a hate crime. jewish leaders are. >> looking to find a replacement menorah for next year. kron four's dan kerman reports. >> oakland police are continuing to investigate the destruction of the 9 foot 350 pound grand menorah at lake merritt amphitheater as a hate >> replacement menorah was brought in after word spread about what happened. hundreds turned out wednesday for the 7th night of hanukkah getting e-mails evening. >> and all morning now about thanking god for doing what we did. and i think people want to stretch may want to we are powerful and we have the power to overcome all of that thursday, the focus shifted to raising money to purchase a brand-new menorah for next year. >> this one will be bigger, 13 feet after jewish respond. if you try to destroy off, just kind multiply. that's why we spoke about one of the longest time in the north. >> a in the midst of a large meno

destruction of the 9 foot 350 pound grand menorah. >> at lake merritt amphitheater was met with the show strength as a replacement menorah was brought in and hundreds turned out to show their support on the 7th night of hanukkah. >> people came that come otherwise. but they thought that the response defendant it's not want to fear. but as one that we're proud and that we're going to overcome this as police continue to investigate the incident as a hate crime. >> jewish leaders said chabad oakland have launched a fundraising drive to purchase a brand-new menorah for next year. >> this one will be 13 feet tall. we're going to build bigger and stronger. >> and we're going to many and jewish community here in oakland will grow. i will be proud. and when that power from any type >> hayden or by mid-afternoon donations on the chabad website already exceeded $16,000. >> for more than 200 people among them, oakland resident, j s povich. we have to assert ourselves. >> as proud use look by beliefs and our traditions. some level irrespective of how other people choose to respond to them. >> jewish

. >> rallying in oakland and a show of support for the jewish community, the gathering at lake merritt just hours after a large menorah there was destroyed and members of congress authorized an i eachme inquiry into president biden. why the investigation could continue right up until the 2024 election from some ktvu, fox two news. >> this is morning on tomb. >> well, good morning to you and thank you for joining us. welcome to mornings on two. i'm dave clark. >> good morning i'm pam cook thursday morning december 14th. no fog today i didn't see any. all right. let's check in with steve paulson to see if there is any fog out there. it seems clear i did not see any. >> thank goodness. so if you're leaving the house, i hope there's no fog out there. unless it's santa rosa. that's the only one i can find, right? boy, those are big numbers there behind santa rosa, 35, livermore, 37, palo alto, 38. but there's a lot of high clouds. but i can't find much in the way of any fog, and i don't think we will. but look for an increase in high clouds today. so maybe hazy sunshine for a few, but partl

. >> destroyed at oakland's lake merritt. and what you need to know about the best times to travel. if you plan on getting out of town for the upcoming winter holidays. but first, the house has passed a massive defense spending bill. more on the sweeping the annual military funding bill thursday with broad bipartisan support, enacting the in da has never been more vital than today. alabama republican congressman mike rogers supported the legislation that ultimately approved 886 billion dollars in defense funding. an increase of nearly 30 billion dollars over last year. this bill is a compromise, but it's a good compromise. the sweeping legislation includes the largest pay raise for service members in more than 2 decades. but some republicans like florida congressman matt gaetz still oppose the measure over what it didn't include. this bill came back in far worse shape this summer. the house passed a version with controversial provisions related to abortion and transgender health care access. the senate removed. almost feel like a parent who sent a child off to summer camp and they'v

a menorah in oakland's lake merritt is standing tall once again after vandals destroyed the original one and the warriors are without draymond green for the foreseeable future. the nba has suspended him indefinitely. >> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at >> good morning and thanks for waking up with us on thursday. it's chilly and clear out there. i'm darya and i'm james clear skies over our shoulders here. the bay, the embarcadero in san francisco. john's been watching it all morning long haven't found any this morning. john know it's been nice and clear out there. we are looking at a beautiful sunrise from mount tam and elsewhere across the bay area, too. >> let's get a look at that mount tam view right now in the sun is well up currently and that will warm us up here in short order after what has been pretty cold start. lot of us like fremont livermore. well down in the 30's, currently dublin, you're sitting at 34 degrees petaluma sonoma. santa rosa also down in the mid 30's right now as we move into the afternoon, we'll go from a colde

are continuing to investigate, trying to get to the bottom of who destroyed this menorah at lake merrittne at a hanukkah celebration. take that up a little bit higher. you should feel that, like, right back here. oh, yeah, i felt that! good, that is so much better than last week. thanks, i've been doing 'em every night while i'm watching tv. - oh, what are you watching? it's a mystery. high quality care that meets you where you are. >> 7.29 right now we're checking out the weather going to have a gorgeous couple of days before winter comes back rising and i like how john described her. until cozy weather returns. like, yeah. i think to feel a lot more like holiday season i i like convince myself that i like just and i will be doing a lot of that next week because we are going to work our way into some wetter cozier stuff for sure. this morning. it's kind of hazy out there from goes the daisy, little less ideal looking at walnut creek. you can see that haze. we actually have a spare the air alert in effect. so if you have respiratory conditions, i want to take it a little bit easier out t

a menorah at oakland's lake merritt is standing tall once again after vandals destroyed the first one. and the warriors are without draymond green for the foreseeable future. after the nba suspended indefinitely. >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at no. >> thanks for waking up with the kron. 4 morning news. some guy and i'm james got a live look here at sfo behind us. no fog in sight another, but sunshine year for takeoff morning, john. yes, nice and clear. huge difference from at least the started yesterday when it was so foggy, at least yesterday's fog cleared out really quickly. >> the only thing you really might notice in the horizon is a little more of that haze today. in fact, you can see it from the east bay hills. take a look at this view. it's not the best of air quality and we can blame it on the high pressure ridge. that's also been keeping us dry and actually will contribute today's warm temperatures, a dublin you're sitting at 38 degrees. same in santa rosa while oakland, san mateo and san francisco in the low 50's generally t

after someone destroyed the original one at lake merritt kron four's. dan kerman has the story.nesday's early morning destruction of the 9 foot 350 pound grand menorah. >> at laae merritt amphitheater was met with the show strength as a replacement menorah was brought in and hundreds turned out to show their support on the 7th night of hanukkah. >> people came that come otherwise. but they thought that the response defendant it's not want to fear. but as one that we're proud and that we're going to overcome this as police continue to investigate the incident as a hate crime. >> jewish leaders said chabad oakland have launched a fundraising drive to purchase a brand-new menorah for next year. >> this one will be 13 feet tall. we're going to build bigger and stronger. >> and we're going to build many and jewish community here in oakland will grow. i will be proud. will not cower from any type >> hayden or >> by mid-afternoon donations on the chabad website already exceeded $16,000 for more than 200 people among them, oakland resident j s povich. we have to assert ourselves. >> as

still ahead, police continuing their investigation into the destroyed menorah at lake merritt in oakland as community members come together. >> despite this horrible incident, also why coca-cola is pulling thousands of soda cans off ofcoca-cola is recalling more than 48,000 cans of soda because of some contamination concerns. the recall affects nearly 2000 cases of diet. coke, sprite and fanta orange. >> sold in alabama, mississippi and florida. over the past months. you should know about this. if you're planning on traveling there over the holidays. the fda says that the sodas may have been contaminated with a foreign material. the agency has not specified what that exactly is. officials say the recall is complete and that there are no more affected cans in the market. the fda says lead tainted pouches of cinnamon applesauce that sickened dozens of children were likely intentionally contaminated more than 60 kids under the age of 6.27 states, including california, tested positive for lead poisoning after eating these pouches. the fda trace the cinnamon to manufacture and ecuador. so now

would actually bring back school resource officers on campus afolente att oakland's lake merritt is now standing tall once again after vandals destroyed it. the lawyers are without draymond green once again after nba suspended him indefinitely. for his repeated history unsportsmanlike conduct. we'll talk more about that just a moment. >> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning far. >> well, the thursday morning and thank you for waking up with this bright and early for the kron. 4 morning news today is december 14th. i'm reyna harvey can't believe the month of december is going by so fast. where did it go? but we are talking about the weather today, john, yesterday and the day before very foggy things. a little different this morning yet clearing out a whole lot there this morning than yesterday, especially when it was so foggy for at least early morning. commuters. >> the only fun really seeing this morning is a couple of patches up in sonoma county side. from that. you are smooth sailing. look at the golden gate bridge free of any sort of foggy impacts

johnson lived around the corner from the store at lake merritt lodge. >> it offers transient seasonal housing for people. while waiting for permanent housing. he was like a big teddy bear kind of, you know, it was a big guy. >> i was shocked and saddened. and truly, this is a still image of the suspect dressed in all dark clothing with some sort of logo. >> he was wearing a mask. he was seen getting into this red four door sedan with a driver inside. the worker tells me johnson was unarmed. he was shot twice and that the thief got away with about $6 worth of candy. now, johnson's coworkers have started a memorial outside the store, and they're trying to raise money for funeral expenses. >> shouldn't they even pulled the trigger? you shouldn't even pull your gun out as an unarmed security like i hope they catch him before the killing. >> workers say the store closed at 11 p.m. because of safety concerns. they now closed when it gets dark. julie >> yeah, let's hope someone sees those images and gives some information to police. amber, thank you. the boyfriend of a woman who was killed i

. >> and a menorah at oakland's lake merritt standing tall once again, just hours after it was destroyed by vandals. when fun >> from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news. >> good evening. thanks for joining us here for kron. 4 news at 10. i'm noelle bellow and i'm vicki liviakis. oakland police say that the menorah was damaged around one 30 this morning. they are investigating this incident as a hate crime. our kron four's amanda hari was there this evening as people gathered around a new menorah to celebrate and to overcome. >> the menorah at lake merritt has been a hanukkah tradition for nearly 2 decades. oakland jewish leaders say they weren't going to let the vandal stop them from celebrating a single night of >> more than 100 people gathered around the new menorah less than 24 hours after the old one was destroyed. oakland city council member and member of the jewish community. rebecca kaplan says it warmed her heart to see the crowd. we're also seeing this hanukkah miracle. >> that act that some may have intended to divide is actually bringing us togethe

investigating who is responsible for breaking a menorah on display and then throwing it into lake merritt. now the community responded to the destruction of the menorah by coming together. jewish arab and muslims came together to condemn the hate. they drove through oakland in a parade of cars with electric menorahs on their rooftops, and then gathered to light a new menorah that's on display at lake merritt. >> the answer to hate is love. the answer to despair is hope. and so we're here as a community , not just the jewish community, hostile. >> and in the south bay. on tuesday, representatives of the council on american islamic relations released this video of a man armed with a knife confronting volunteer. that man then vandalized a palestine sign calling for another gaza cease fire. similar reports have flooded the california versus hate hotline. >> a lot of people are frustrated. you add stress to that frustration. you get aggression. people are looking for release. and when it gets reinforced and people can get pretty riled up, both groups tell ktvu that they will continue advocatin

and oakland's lake merritt has been destroyed. how city and religious officials are responding and the fbi offers advice to be safe from christmas stamps. station. >> calling for 2. >> wanting us on kron. 4 news at 2 o'clock. i'm catherine heenan, 8 menorah at oakland's lake merritt was vandalized overnight. police now investigating this as a hate crime, the menorah that's what it looked like recently as last night. now, it's just a rubble. police say it happened about one 30 this morning. these are pictures shared by the jewish community relations council. they show the menorah destroyed track practically unrecognizable pieces of it thrown into lake. the mayor has issued a statement condemning the act, calling it attack on her. entire community. oakland city leaders say that recent safety measures have led to a drop in crime rates around the city, including the fruitvale neighborhood. police say a bigger police presence, including foot patrols and undercover officers has helped to prevent robberies. there's also been not a bigger

. >> 74 is the time and a new public menorah is standing alongside lake merritt in oakland. now after someone destroyed the original police are investigating a hate crime. kron four's amanda hari has more >> more than 100 people gathered around the new menorah less than 24 hours after the old one was destroyed. oakland city council member and member of the jewish community. rebecca kaplan says it warmed her heart to see the crowd that an act that some may have intended to divide us is actually bringing us together photos and video taken wednesday morning show parts of the original menorah in the water. others stuck in the grass and graffiti chabad. oakland's rabbi says he was told someone came by around one 30 in the morning and banged on it until it was in pieces. oakland police are investigating the minorities, destruction as a hate crime. but that didn't stop them from replacing the menorah to continue to spread the light of hanukkah. rabbi says since october 7, some os terrorists attacks in anti-semitic attacks have been on the rise across the country. and right here in

a security guard at a 7-eleven era lake merritt shot and killed on the job friday night. police i just after 10:00, 59-year-old james johnson tried to stop a person from taking merchandise and that is when police say the suspect turned and shot him. he died immediately at the scene. his daughter says he had been working at the store for roughly 2 years and lived in the building right behind the 711 and she and longtime customers described james is a friendly and kind member of the community. >> he was one of those guys who would give you anything if you needed anything. >> james is a good person and good for the community. he helped everybody and took care of everybody. >> he was a nice man. a giant man. pretty tall. he would talk to everyone who came in. >> investigators have surveillance footage of the killing but no arrests to report. police did not release any suspect information. >>> starting today police are helping step up security at school campuses in santa rosa. officers will be stationed at each santa rosa high school for the next two weeks leading to winter br

and tossed into lake merritt. it is being investigated as a hate crime. the menorah's base was spray-painted with a profane and threatening message . we cannot tell you all of it but a read in part, we will find you. >> i feel outraged and upset and i feel that the city can do better and it is awful that a symbol that symbolizes love and light and hope and dispelling darkness and hate should be destroyed by hate. >> oakland is a city of love and so many people from so many different backgrounds. >> this is what it looked like right after it was put up and lit up friday. nine feet tall, 350 pounds and made of steel. somebody had to work hard to get that torn apart. state senator nancy skinner called the vandalism an act of cowardice in the local office of the council on american islamic relations or cair advocating against this and they spoke out say it was profoundly saddened and outraged by what they are calling an active hate by tearing the menorah part. mayor sheng thao echoing that saying i want to be clear that what happened was not just an attack on

after somebody destroyed the original one at lake merritt donations from the community already seated $16,000 for the new new menorah. jewish leaders say seen the response from the community. he's very, very uplifting. >> that we're proud and that we're going to overcome we're going to build bigger and stronger and we're going to build many and jewish community here in oakland will grow. i will be proud. will not cower from any type hayden >> hundreds of people gathering for the lighting of the replacement menorah on wednesday night. oakland police are investigating the destruction as a hate crime. the holiday break is postponed for the senate as they try to hammer out a major immigration deal. lawmakers are leaving for the weekend. they're going come back on monday in hopes of passing something before the year ends. washington correspondent hannah brandt tells us why it's going to be up here battle. good morning, anna. >> rana, good morning. immigration is a tough issue and many senators are skeptical they can reach a compromise. plus, getting something passed is complicated by the f

pieces of a 350-pound 9-foot tall menorah were found on the ground and into lake merritt. >> i am angry and outraged and it is awful to see the anti- semitism and the hate that has come to this level back it was just last week people came together to light the menorah at the lake. the jewish center said they never had problems before. among the broken pieces the rabbi found graffiti that included threats against the jewish community. he says since the israel hamas war am i -- anti-semitism has spiked and they have

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that it was only circling on the west side of now it's going over more towards almost like the lake merritt area. it's really expanding that search when it comes to how many officers are out here earlier, we'll head said close to 100 or so and i can definitely verify that the command post is probably about a half a mile from this live area we're seeing now. and at that command post, there's got to be at least i would say anywhere from 50 to 60, maybe 70 officials out there. and then at each area that they have closed off. there's a total of where i'm at right now. there's 5 cop cruisers that are blocking off the entrance to go into that area. and that's every single entrance. so any entrance that you can imagine to get in through 2 on embarcadero, it's completely closed off with multiple units. and again, that helicopter still circling around the agencies that are here. alameda. we've got highway patrol. we've got obviously oakland and when it comes to the actual official vehicles that we see out here, they've got their crime scene van out here. they've got the command post. they've got all

bullet inside the oakland 7eleven where he worked johnson died friday night , just a block from lake merritt where he also had an apartment close by. his motor marks the second deadly shooting at a 7eleven in oakland in a week . max darrow now with reaction to the violence inflicted on a person just trying to earn a living. >> reporter: melanie parker has made a lot of trips to the 7eleven in oakland's adams point neighborhood. but on monday, the nature of this trip was unlike any other. >> it is sad. really close to home. almost like a family member. >> reporter: she came here to pay her respects to a man who became a victim of senseless violence in oakland . james johnson, security guard at the 7eleven was shot and killed friday night will trying to stop a robbery. in this surveillance video acquired by cbs news bay area , you see johnson by the door, exchange words with a suspect in the aisle. it looks like the suspect is holding something. seconds later, johnson throws something of a suspect at a suspect shoots him and runs out the door. parker described him as a good man. someone who al

. >> menorah out at lake merritt in oakland will have the latest that story. >> 10 29 right now we're checking out the weather for you and keeping our other. i the one of the back of my head that on the airport. yeah. i can see that. it's a big travel weekend as we head into the holiday travel season john, look at the forecast, the weather fine for now for air travel. yeah, we are looking good. so feel free to close that. >> a 3 that out because we are looking at a really nice travel forecast unless you have issues elsewhere with weather. but we don't got those here. nowhere across california looking here locally at the east bay hills, a little bit of haze. that is the one catch to today. a spare the air alert in effect. if you have respiratory conditions, you might notice that as you're getting outside today, current temperatures are mostly in the 50's oakland and concord at 53 degrees right now. santa rosa, you were last spot that we're in the 30's. now you're back up at 44 degrees today. we will see passing clouds overhead. it's all part of that storm system that is still sitting w

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johnson lived around the corner from the store at lake merritt lodge. >> it offers transit seasonal housingpermanent housing. he was like a big teddy bear kind of, you know, it was a big guy. >> i was shocked and saddened and truly, this is a still image of the suspect dressed in all dark clothing with some sort of logo. >> he was wearing a mask. he was seen getting into this red four door sedan with a driver inside. the worker tells me johnson was unarmed. he was shot twice and that the thief got away with about $6 worth of candy. now, johnson's coworkers have started a memorial outside the store, and they're trying to raise money for funeral expenses. >> shouldn't they even pull the trigger? you shouldn't even pull your gun out as an unarmed security like i hope they catch him before this killing. >> employees tell me the store would close at 11 p.m. now, out of safety concern, they close up shop as soon as it gets dark. in oakland, amber lee ktvu fox two news. the boyfriend of a woman who was killed inside her san francisco home has been charged with her murder. >> the body of 27 year ol

. >> the new public menorah that standing alongside lake merritt in oakland is back up now after someone destroyed the they're investigating this as a hate crime covers amanda hari us more. >> more than 100 ptople gathered around the new menorah less than 24 hours after the old one was destroyed. oakland city council member and member of the jewish community. rebecca kaplan says it warmed her heart to see the crowd that an act that some may have intended to divide us is actually bringing us together photos and video taken wednesday morning show parts of the original menorah in the water. others stuck in the grass and graffiti chabad. oakland's rabbi says he was told someone came by around one 30 in the morning and banged on it until it was in pieces. oakland police are investigating the minorities, destruction as a hate crime. but that didn't stop them from replacing the menorah to continue to spread the light of hanukkah. rabbi says since october 7, some os terrorist attacks in anti-semitic attacks have been on the rise across the country. and right here in oakland, people followed goin