, both in montclair and the nearby laurel district. this past thursday alone, seven different businesses were targeted. so how bad is it? check out oakland crime data for 2023. opd did report a 29% surge in robberies in 2023, and burglaries also up last year. they went up by 32%. joining me now is daniel swafford. he's the executive director for the neighborhood association for both montclair and the laurel area. thank you so much for being with me. you heard that business owner. he says he feels under siege. he says there's no law and order, and he feels abandoned. that gas station owner says he couldn't even get 911 on the phone. what is happening? >> well, i mean unfortunately, jessica, what we're seeing is organized crime. most of these individuals are not from oakland. they're not interested in getting a good job. this is their business, and their business needs to be shut down. they're coming with multiple vehicles that are stolen, a trunk full of tools, heavy equipment, able to saw through metal gates as you saw here in sam's si

. >> su gasolinera en montclair fue objeto de un ataque durante la noche.traron. causaron mucho daño. >> tras intentar llamar al 911 y encontrarse con la línea ocupada , jewel optó por dirigirse personalmente a su tienda. utilizó su camioneta para tratar de detener a los ladrones y logró impedir que se llevaran más mercancía. >> criminals. >> daniel swafford, director ejecutivo de las asociaciones de negocios de los distritos montclair y laurel, señala que este es el sexto negocio del área que ha sido afectado en la última semana. en varios casos, las cámaras de vigilancia han capturado a los responsables en plena acción. >> tienen este descaro de que pueden hacer lo que quieran en cualquier momento, y los negocios están sufriendo por ello. >> solo necesita vivir seguros. necesitamos vivir sin miedo para hacer negocios. >> hace unos meses, el taller de automóviles de al city fue objeto de un ataque. el expresa que la situación del crimen en oakland está completamente descontrolada y hace un llamado en busca de soluciones. por otro lado, asegura que si la ci

those organizers were out in the montclair neighborhood last night gathering signatures. they say they're not only fed up with the crime in oakland, which has increased, but the recent shooting especially of oakland police officer tuan le, and the city dropping the ball on grant money to fight retail theft. one supporter points to what she describes as a lack of response from the mayor's office when concerns are brought up, and the fact the city has remained without a permanent police chief since leronne armstrong was fired last year. >> i think people have just about had it. they can't tolerate this anymore. we've got small businesses that are suffering, they keep getting attacked over and over again. different communities are getting attacked. >> reporter: we looked at some of the stats in oakland, and robberies have increased by 38% from 2022 to 2023, burglaries were up by 23% over that same time period, and motor vehicle thefts increased by 45%. we reached out to the mayor's office about all of this, and they responded no comment when it comes to the recall effort. we

he and the owner of montclair auto shop located right next door say they're fed up with the criminals message to. within oakland. we need help legal looking. sitting here. i have the myself. i my business. a long enough time for put myself right now. if it stays like this, it's going to be a bankruptcy city. nobody going to live in it. >> well, its going to be a ghost town. >> jibril says he's still recovering from the more than $137,000 in losses and damages from when his other gas station located in east oakland was burglarized back in october. so far, no arrests have been announced. speaking of faced with the ever-present problem of retail theft, governor newsom is now offering a package of proposals that he wants state lawmakers to act on. it. among the proposals, increasing penalties for people who steal with the intent to sell and increasing penalties for auto burglars who have stolen things. they're trying to sell san francisco da, brooke jenkins says passing these proposals will help hold criminals accountable. black markets for stolen goods have exploded both. >> here in san

if caught swofford is executive director of both the montclair village and laurel district associations, mom and pop. >> local business owners are being put out of business by these criminals. critics blame proposition 47 for the rapid rise in shoplifting, retail and petty thefts. a 2014 voter approved measure which decrease the felony threshold from $450 to $950. >> this democratic assembly member james ramos from bernardino introduced a b 17. 72, which was quickly co authored by republican and another democrat being able to give tools to law enforcement and prosecutors to hold people accountable. >> if their convictions, the bill is backed by business leaders and law enforcement agencies. it's an amendment to prop 47 that deals specifically with retail theft. >> assembly member ramos says the measure would require jail time of one to 3 years for repeat offenders, depending on the circumstances. bill will now allow you to kill the tip of an individual spot. 3 times you could at each one of those which will far exceed $950. sean parking is the owner and ceo of citi health. >> he has 2 l

volunteers were in the montclair neighborhood last night gathering signatures. they say they're fed up with the crime in the city, the lack of a police chief, and the city dropping the ball to combat retail theft. the mayor's office had no comment on the recall effort. now, recall efforts are common in oakland. mayors libby shaft and gene kwan were both threat bed with recalls over crime. before that, another over an unpaid tax bill. >>> we just had a 4.1 earthquake in southern california east of los angeles. it happened around 10:55. no reports so far of damage or injuries, but we'll keep an eye on it. >>> meantime, the murder case against an oakland man accused of a string of stabbings in davis is moving forward, a judge ruling this morning carlos dominguez is competent to stand trial. the crime spree had many on edge. i davis waited in a state hospital for today's hearing. last week, the county district attorney's office said the court received a report from that state hospital saying dominguez is, indeed, competent. the next hearing in this case is scheduled

reporter: tonight he volunteers to collect signatures, he posted on next door that he would be in the montclairghborhood and one by one, residents showed up, including loretta, and oakland native. we asked her why she came tonight. she pointed to the lack of response from thao's office when concerns are brought up and not having a police chief. >> i think people have just about had it they can't tolerate anymore. we've got are small businesses that are suffering and keep getting attacked over and over again. different communities are getting attacked over and over again. the most vulnerable. >> reporter: we look at some of the stats in oakland, robberies increased by 38% from 2022 to 2023. burglaries increased by 23% motor vehicle thefts increased by 45%. >> we have a notice of intent. >> reporter: seneca scott who is the member of the naacp open chapter is one of the organizers of this recall effort. he also ran for mayor in 2022, they have been collecting signatures over the last few days. >> we had a chinatown, we had west oakland. >> reporter: in the last hour, we heard from the mayor's off

that fire broke out at about 11:00 at a two story home on johnson drive in montclair. crews managed to keep the flames from spreading to neighboring homes and had that fire under control in less than 30 minutes. no one was hurt. the cause of the fire is still under investigation tonight, and in san francisco, fire crews responded to another two story fire early today. it happened at about 315 this morning at an apartment building on elizabeth street in the city's noe valley neighborhood, near diamond and douglas streets. firefighters had that blaze under control within 15 minutes. the fire department requested pg and e also respond to the scene. still no word what started that fire? a teenage boy laid to rest today on what would have been his 14th birthday. >> after being killed in an antioch hit and run last month. today's funeral honored the life of 13 year old omar minucci, a middle schooler was known for his love of basketball and dreamed of playing in the nba. he was a passenger in a car alongside his 12 year old stepbrother. when police say they believe the drive

the witness stopping by go gas and food and oakland's montclair district early tuesday morning took cover when he saw a crowbar and gun-wielding suspects leaving through the window. they just broke with cash and whatever else they could take up. they're just kids. robin, some potato chips or cigarettes. that's one thing only got blocks are guns in their hands. i him down let me get up on out. understand. jabril received an alert from the alarm company during the break-in and rushed over. >> he says he called 9, 1, 1, 3, times getting the busy signal twice before dispatch picked up the phone. when he arrived, he tried to block the suspects. 2 cars with his truck. 2 of them. >> got that for the my face. have to back up. he says 5 or 6 suspects involved got away with about $3,000 in cash and items and caused about $20,000 in damages. he is still recovering from the more than $137,000 in losses and damages from when his other gas station in east oakland was burglarized in october. a message >> then they open. we need help. district association says tuesday's incident was at least the 11th com

daniel swofford is executive director both the montclair village and laurel district associations in oakland. these are not individuals that need a hot meal or looking for a good job. you know, the this is this their their their career choice. this this this organized crime that they're participating in and they've got to be put out of business before our small businesses are in extreme cases, prosecutors can file consolidated complaints against serial offenders much like the one. the contra costa county district attorney's office did last year transient jesse otero, who has been arrested more than 90 times for various crimes, including pled no contest last month. >> to 5 of the 31 misdemeanor counts filed against him. he was sentenced to 364 days in county jail and one year of probation. as for a b 17, 72, it is currently in committee and we'll have to make it through the state legislature and to the governor's desk before being put on the november ballot for voters to decide. philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> meantime, the chp is retail crime task force is sharing just how busy

that fire broke out at about 11:00 at a two story home on johnson drive in montclair. crews managed to keep the flames from spreading to neighboring homes and had that fire under control in less than 30 minutes. no one was hurt, and the cause of that fire is still under investigation. tonight and in san francisco, fire crews responded to another two story fire early today. it happened around 315 this morning at an apartment building on elizabeth street in the city's noe valley neighborhood, near diamond and douglas streets. firefighters had the blaze under control in about 15 minutes. the fire department requested pd also respond to the scene. still no word what started this fire? >> fairfield police arrested a man who they say was in possession of a gun and cocaine. officers attempted a traffic stop in west texas and gregory streets for an alleged equipment violation. around 1020 friday night, police say 44 year old kenneth taylor grays tried driving away but was arrested after a short vehicle pursuit. officers say they found cocaine and a loaded glock in the vehicle.

reunidos en el vecindario montclair este jueves estuvieron recolectando firmas para presentar un aviso alcaldesa. según indican esta misma acción se ha estado llevando a cabo en los últimos días. la coalición para la participación comunitaria llevará a cabo una protesta mañana viernes 5 de enero a las 11:00, frente a la alcaldía. el grupo está denunciando lo que consideran políticas fallidas por parte de la alcaldesa. la presidenta del consejo, nicky fortunato y la fiscal de distrito del condado alameda, pamela price, las cuales, según ellos han contribuido a la ola de criminalidad en oakland. nos comunicamos con la oficina del alcaldesa, sin embargo, nos informaron que no tenían intención de hacer comentarios sobre este asunto. vámonos a otra información específica en san francisco, donde una joyería del distrito de la misión. eh? pues fue asaltada y vandalizada en año nuevo libertad pedraza habló con el propietario, quien señaló que a pesar de conocer incidentes similares en negocios cercanos, el ataque a su local lo deja sin más opciones. >> yo pensé que este año iba a ser mi año y

i interviewed you for an hour and a half of the montclair film festival. we had a great time. building. i found this out today and i'm thrilled about this is that you shot a little bit of "taxi driver" here. where did you shoot? >> martin: in the hall. in the hallway with the telephone booth. >> stephen: the entrance to the office building. here it is. there is travis bickle. well-known moment in the movie. there he is right there. this right here and this is the next shot, this is him walking away. these are the elevators we go to work in the morning. i will never think the same way about that hallway. >> martin: what that was, i was thinking about what the style of the film should be and it was starting to seep in. and the first shot i thought of was when he places that phone call to betsy and she won't return his calls and she doesn't accept the flowers and he's trying to speak to her. i felt i needed a hallway where i had -- i needed a location where i had the phone booth on one side and i could just, because it was so painful, i decided that the camera should just track a

. >> the witness stopping by go gas and food and oakland's montclair district early tuesday morning tookhen he saw a crowbar and gun-wielding suspects leaving through the window. they just broke with cash and whatever else they could take up. they're just kids. some potato chips or cigarettes. that's one thing only got blocks are guns in their hands. i him down on when we get up on out. understand. jabril received an alert from the alarm company during the break-in and rushed over. he says he called 9, 1, 1, 3, times getting the busy signal twice before dispatch picked up the phone. when he arrived, he tried to block the suspects. 2 cars with his truck. 2 of them. >> got the gun number my face have to back up. he says 5 or 6 suspects involved got away with about $3,000 in cash and items and caused about $20,000 in damages. he is still recovering from the more than $137,000 in losses and damages from when his other gas station in east oakland was burglarized in october. a message >> to the mayor oakland. we need help. the district association says tuesday's incident was at least the 11th

firefighters responded to a fire at a 2 story building near the oakland montclair library. this happened just after 11:00pm saturday night. firefighters had the fire under control by 11, 30, no one was injured. no other buildings affected. police in looking for suspects behind an attempted carjacking. it happened at the corner of macarthur boulevard and lincoln avenue just after midnight this morning. police say 3 armed teens tried to steal a car before fleeing in a black four-door sedan. police say 2 of the teens were armed with guns. the 3rd with a yellow crowbar. $20,000 reward is available for information leading to the arrest of an armed robber who held up a taco bell last month. the restaurant in palo alto and is on charleston, east charleston. road. the robbery happened around midnight december. 20th a lone worker was confronted by a gunman in a ski mask demanding money. the worker told the thief he would get more money from the back and took that opportunity to escape to safety. anyone with information should get in touch with palo alto police. coming up on the kron

. >> the witness stopping by go gas and food and oakland's montclair district early tuesday morning tookhen he saw a crowbar and gun-wielding suspects leaving through the window. they just broke with cash and whatever else they could take up. they're just kids. robin, some potato chips or cigarettes. that's one thing only got blocks are guns in their hands. i him down on when we get up on out. understand. jabril received an alert from the alarm company during the break-in and rushed over. he says he called 9, 1, 1, 3 times getting the busy signal twice before dispatch picked up the phone. when he arrived, he tried to block the suspects. 2 cars with his truck. 2 of them. >> got that for the my face. have to back up. he says 5 or 6 suspects involved got away with about $3,000 in cash and items and caused about $20,000 in damages. he is still recovering from the more than $137,000 in losses and damages from when his other gas station in east oakland was burglarized in october. a message to. >> with the mayor oakland. we need help. the world district association says tuesday's incident was a

. >> the witness stopping by go gas and food and oakland's montclair district early tuesday morning took cover when he saw a crowbar and gun-wielding suspects leaving through the window. they just broke with cash and whatever else they could take they're just kids. robin, some potato chips or cigarettes. that's one thing only got blocks are guns in their hands. i him down let me get up on understand. jabril received an alert from the alarm company during the break-in and rushed over. he says he called 9, 1, 1, 3 times getting the busy signal twice before dispatch picked up the phone. when he arrived, he tried to block the suspects. 2 cars with his truck. 2 of them. >> got that for the my face. have to back up. he says 5 or 6 suspects involved got away with about $3,000 in cash and items and caused about $20,000 in damages. he is still recovering from the more than $137,000 in losses and damages from when his other gas station in east oakland was burglarized in october. a message to. >> with mayor oakland. we need help. the world district association says tuesday's incident was at least t

. >> the witness stopping by go gas and food and oakland's montclair district early tuesday morning took cover when he saw a crowbar and gun-wielding suspects leaving through the window. they just broke with cash and whatever else they could take up. they're just kids. robin, some potato chips or cigarettes. that's one thing only got blocks are guns in their hands. i him down on when we get up on out. understand. jabril received an alert from the alarm company during the break-in and rushed over. he says he called 9, 1, 1, 3 times getting the busy signal twice before dispatch picked up the phone. when he arrived, he tried to block the suspects. 2 cars with his truck. 2 of them. >> got the gun number my face have to back up. he says 5 or 6 suspects involved got away with about $3,000 in cash and items and caused about $20,000 in damages. >> he is still recovering from the more than $137,000 in losses and damages from when his other gas station in east oakland was burglarized in october. a message to. >> with the mayor oakland. we need help. the world district association says tuesday's in

got away with about $3,000 in cash and items because about $20,000 in damage, he and the owner of montclair next to the go. gas and food say they are fed up with crime. >> that's just too. with the mayor oakland. we need help with legal looking. sitting here. >> and i have the perfect myself. i my business. with the law in time for put myself right now. if it stays like this, it's going to be a bankruptcy city. nobody going to live in. >> well, its going to be a ghost town. terrell says he still recovering from more than $137,000 in losses and damages from when his other gas station in oakland was burglarized back in october. so far, no arrests have been announced. hundreds gathered in castro valley to pay their respects to a fallen officer. police officer twan lay. he was killed on december 29th while he and several other officers. we're responding to a burglary. several people were arrested in connection to that case. family says he wanted to be a police officer since he was a child following in the footsteps of his grandfather who was an officer with you, the enemies police visibly emoti

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. >> the witness stopping by go gas and food and oakland's montclair district early tuesday morning took cover when he saw a crowbar and gun-wielding suspects leaving through the window. they just broke with cash and whatever else they could take up. they're just kids. some potato chips or cigarettes. that's one thing only got blocks are guns in their hands. i sat him down on point. let me get up on out. understand. jabril received an alert from the alarm company during the break-in and rushed over. he says he called 9, 1, 1, 3 times getting the busy signal twice before dispatch picked up the phone. when he arrived, he tried to block the suspects. 2 cars with his truck. 2 of them. >> got that for the my face. i have to back up. he says 5 or 6 suspects involved got away with about $3,000 in cash and items and caused about $20,000 in damages. >> he is still recovering from the more than $137,000 in losses and damages from when his other gas station in east oakland was burglarized in october. a message to. >> then they have a full we need help. the world district association says tuesday's

if caught swofford is executive director of both the montclair village and laurel district associations, mom and pop. >> local business owners are being put out of business by these criminals. critics blame proposition 47 for the rapid rise in shoplifting, retail and petty thefts. >> the 2014 voter approved measure which decrease the felony threshold from $450 to $950 this month. democratic assembly member james ramos from bernardino introduced a b 17. 72. >> which was quickly co authored by republican and another democrat being able to give tools to law enforcement and prosecutors to hold people accountable. >> if their convictions. the bill is backed by business leaders and law enforcement agencies. it's an amendment to prop 47 that deals specifically with retail theft. >> assembly member ramos says the measure would require jail time of one to 3 years for repeat offenders, depending on the circumstances. this bill would now allow you to kill the tip of an individual spot. 3 times you could at each one of those which will far exceed $950. sean parking is the owner and ceo of citi heal

daniel swofford is executive director both the montclair village and laurel district associations in oakland. these are not individuals that need a hot meal or looking for a good job. you know, the this is this their their their career choice. this this this organized crime that they're participating in and they've got to be put out of business before our small businesses are in extreme cases, prosecutors can file consolidated complaints against serial offenders much like the one. the contra costa county district attorney's office did last year. transient, just the otero who has been arrested more than 90 times for various crimes, including pled no contest last month. >> to 5 of the 31 misdemeanor counts filed against him. he was sentenced to 364 days in county jail and one year of probation. as for a b 17, 72, it is currently in committee and we'll have to make it through the state legislature and to the governor's desk before being put on the november ballot for voters to decide. philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> the chp is retail crime task force is sharing how busy of a year t

. >> the witness stopping by go gas and food and oakland's montclair district early tuesday morning tookhe saw a crowbar and gun-wielding suspects leaving through the window. they just broke with cash and whatever else they could take up. they're just kids. robin, some potato chips or cigarettes. that's one thing only got blocks are guns in their hands. i him down on when we get up on out. understand. jabril received an alert from the alarm company during the break-in and rushed over. he says he called 9, 1, 1, 3 times getting the busy signal twice before dispatch picked up the phone. when he arrived, he tried to block the suspects. 2 cars with his truck. 2 of them. >> got the gun number my face have to back up. he says 5 or 6 suspects involved got away with about $3,000 in cash and items and caused about $20,000 in damages. >> he is still recovering from the more than $137,000 in losses and damages from when his other gas station in east oakland was burglarized in october. a message to. >> with the mayor oakland. we need help. the world district association says tuesday's incident was a

meanwhile, in oakland, firefighters responded to a fire at a 2 story building near the oakland montclair library. this one broke out a little after midnight saturday night on johnston drive. firefighters have that fire under control. also in about 30 minutes, nobody was injured. no other buildings were affected. >> time now. so 41 and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. >> stanford's tara vanderveer makes coaching history with this win over oregon state. we'll take a look at what all those check marks on her jacket. me. and we're taking a look at how much snow fell on the sierra. we know we've got a lot of rain and looks terrific up their first yeah. january has been good to the sierra and it's been good for us in the bay to with our rainfall. just not a good morning commute because of it. we are looking at slick conditions. rainfall picking back up in san francisco as well as marin county. >> now to be spreading out more and more into the east bay -seriously? -why do you do it? -you ignore the signs and the flashing lights. -that's my dad. -that's my mom behind those cones. -how wou

. >> the witness stopping by go gas and food and oakland's montclair district early tuesday morning took cover when he saw a crowbar and gun-wielding suspects leaving through the window. they just broke with cash and whatever else they could take they're just kids. robin, some potato chips or cigarettes. that's one thing only got blocks are guns in their hands. i him down let me get up on understand. jabril received an alert from the alarm company during the break-in and rushed over. he says he called 9, 1, 1, 3 times getting the busy signal twice before dispatch picked up the phone. when he arrived, he tried to block the suspects. 2 cars with his truck. 2 of them. >> got that for the my face. have to back up. he says 5 or 6 suspects involved got away with about $3,000 in cash and items and caused about $20,000 in damages. he is still recovering from the more than $137,000 in losses and damages from when his other gas station in east oakland was burglarized in october. a message to. >> with mayor oakland. we need help. the world district association says tuesday's incident was at least t

. >> the witness stopping by go gas and food and oakland's montclair district early tuesday morning tooker when he saw a crowbar and gun-wielding suspects leaving through the window. they just broke with cash and whatever else they could take they're just kids. some potato chips or cigarettes. that's one thing only got blocks are guns me get up on out. understand. jabril received an alert from the alarm company during the break-in and rushed over. he says he called 9, 1, 1, 3 times getting the busy signal twice before dispatch picked up the phone. when he arrived, he tried to block the suspects. 2 cars with his truck. 2 of them. >> got that for the my face. i have to back up. he says 5 or 6 suspects involved got away with about $3,000 in cash and items and caused about $20,000 in damages. he is still recovering from the more than $137,000 in losses and damages from when his other gas station in east oakland was burglarized in october. a message to. >> with the mayor oakland. we need help. the world district association says tuesday's incident was at least the 11th commercial burglary in

. >> a witness stopping by go gas and food and oakland's montclair district early tuesday morning took cover when he saw a crowbar and gun-wielding suspects leaving through the window. they just broke with cash and whatever else they could take up. they're just kids. some potato chips or cigarettes. that's one thing only got blocks are guns in their hands. i sat him down let me get up on out. understand. jabril received an alert f1om the alarm company during the break-in and rushed over. he says he called 9, 1, 1, 3 times getting the busy signal twice before dispatch picked up the phone. when he arrived, he tried to block the suspects. 2 cars with his truck. 2 of them. >> got that for the my face. i have to back up. he says 5 or 6 suspects involved got away with about $3,000 in cash and items and caused about $20,000 in damages. >> he is still recovering from the more than $137,000 in losses and damages from when his other gas station in east oakland was burglarized in october. a message to. >> then they have a full we need help. the world district association says tuesday's incident w

montclair, new jersey. welcome, sara. thank you so much for that kind introduction, and thank you so much to all of you for being here today. it really does mean a lot to me to see you here. my community in brooklyn means so much to me. i'm just really overwhelmed with gratitude today to be able to do this work and then also to be able to here with you guys. it i am i am grateful to you you so much for being here. so first i'm going to do just a little bit of reading and then david and i are going to chat so i also just want to say there are some nurses in attendance today. you don't have to raise your hands. but i before i ask a round of applause for the nurses, i just to say clapping is not enough yet i still would like to clap for nurses who are in attendance say thank you for. and also we should pay you better, give you a better staffing. so first of all, i just you. i came at this topic really as someone who has needed health care and someone whose family has needed care. and so me, i started from a place of kind of

on johnson drive in montclair, for the firefighters kept the flames from spreading to nearby homes and they had it under control in less than 30 minutes. no one was hurt. the cause of that fire is still under investigation and in san francisco, firefighters rushed to another two story fire. this one happened yesterday morning about 315 at an apartment building on elizabeth street in noe valley, near diamond and douglas streets. fire fighters had the flames under control within 15 minutes. the firefighter did ask pg and e to respond to that scene as well. there's still no word on the cause of the fire. >> the apple store at apple's infinite loop campus in cupertino has closed for good. apple's website confirmed the closure, which said, thank you for the memories. the store opened on apple's former main campus in 1993, and sold many items that were exclusive to the store. the location, however, saw much less foot new headquarters a few miles away. well, americans spent more last year compared to purchases made in 2022. yes, but the retail analysts say not everyone kept everything. >> the