thank you. >> the special election to fill the seat left open now by nikki fortunato. bas will be held at the same time as the special mayoral election on april 15. the ongoing bird flu crisis has turned deadly in the united states. health officials in louisiana confirming the first human death from the virus today in the bay area. the infections are leading to shortages of eggs. >> kron four's zac moment reports. >> this is a safe way in pleasant hill with no eggs insight. this is another safeway in san francisco's financial district. this one in milpitas get the picture. i've heard that it's pretty that i've heard about avian flu late rosa got his hall of shopping done at the safeway in midtown san jose. he didn't even bother going after the all that was left. were these broken once? it's not like an essential for me. so when they get expensive or hard to find, i just wish other other things. >> that are available. you better get ready to spent at san jose's lying market off saratoga. it's 10 bucks for a dozen white eggs at $22 for brown eggs. the usda has been tracking

city council president nikki fortunato bas became interim mayor.he city council. >> because they've had too many mayors. they say in football if you have two quarterbacks, you have none. oakland's had four mayors in the last four years and therefore, they have had none. >> reporter: the city of oakland is currently taking nominations for both mayor and the district 2 council member position left open by bas. the nomination period is anticipated to close on january 17th. loren taylor has pulled nomination papers and will be submitting to run for mayor again. he lost to sheng thao back in 2022. >> my commitment is just as strongs it was two years ago to make sure that we are delivering for oakland residents, to make sure that city government fulfills its promises. >> reporter: as for the city council, he hopes they'll be able to stay focused and begin making actionable change over the next few months while the top leadership position is still in flux. >> embrace these challenges, but commit to solving them, not just immediate say firefighting with di

the former council member rebecca kaplan was a point to fill the seat of nikki fortunato bas who won a seat on the alameda county board of supervisors. the new members of the council spoke about their goal of moving the city forward. >> this is an all-hands-on-deck moment for oakland. then we rise and fall on the strength of our ability to work together. and i know that we have some really tough times ahead. >> both locally and at the national level. and yet my heart is overjoyed for the opportunity to work alongside all of you really help up with oakland and create in oakland. that serves as a positive vision for other cities. and i know that we can do this together. thank the special election to fill the seat left open by nikki fortunato bas will be held at the same time. >> as the special mayoral election on april 15th. daniel lurie going to be sworn in as the new mayor, san francisco. we're gonna have special coverage of his inauguration starting at 11 tomorrow morning. still ahead, the problem morning news. >> we asked can stand with just opposite. patients, the hospital talk mo

thank you. >> special election to fill the seat left open by nikki fortunato. bas will be held at the same time as the special mayoral election. april 15th, meantime, oakland firefighters are speaking out against the temporary closure of fire station. actually, 2 of them as of today to oakland, fire stations are closed this morning, oakland firefighters gathered on the steps of city hall to demand that the city reopened. the recently closed stations. oakland is facing a budget deficit of about 129 million dollars. the city was counting on the sale of the open coliseum site to fill that budget gap. but the deal has yet to go through as a result. the city is making significant cuts to services the police department and fire department are by far oakland's largest expenses and in an effort to save money, fire stations. 25 28 will be temporarily closed. the fire department worries that the closures put the people who live near those stations at risk. >> you will not have a fire engine your doorstep in 4 minutes like you would have just yesterday. you will not quickly h

. >> he takes the reins from nikki fortunato bas who was just elected to the alameda county board of supervisors basabe in interim mayor since december 17th following the recall of mayor sheng thao. dan kerman kron. 4 news. there were other major changes at today's oakland city council meeting like really in a brown, a sack hunger and ken houston being sworn in as new members of the city council. >> while acknowledging the challenges that lie ahead, the new leaders outlined their goats. >> this is an all-hands-on-deck moment for oakland. then we rise and fall on the strength of our ability to work together. and i know that we have some really tough times ahead. >> both locally and at the national level. and yet my heart is overjoyed for the opportunity to work alongside all of you really help up with oakland and create in oakland. that serves as a positive vision for other cities. and i know that we can do this together. thank you. thank former council member rebecca kaplan was also appointed to fill the seat vacated when nikki fortunato bas was elected to the alameda county board of

he takes the reins from nikki fortunato bas who was just elected to the alameda county board of supervisors. bats had been interim mayor since december 17th following the recall of mayor sheng thao. >> time now 6.18, and there were other some major changes and monday at the oakland city council meeting as well. 3 new council members were sworn in and former council member rebecca kaplan was appointed to fill the seat of nikki fortunato bas who want a seat on the alameda county board of supervisors. the new members of the council spoke about their goal of moving the city forward. >> this is an all-hands-on-deck moment for oakland. then we rise and fall on the strength of our ability to work together. and i know that we have some really tough times ahead. >> both locally and at the national level. and yet my heart is overjoyed for the opportunity to work alongside all of you really help up with oakland and create in oakland. that serves as a positive vision for other cities. and i kgow that we can do this together. thank you. >> and what's next? the special election to fill the seat left open

he takes the reins from nikki fortunato bas who just was elected to the alameda county board of supervisors. bass had been interim mayor since december 17th following the recall of former mayor sheng thao. there were other major changes at today's open city council meeting. 3 new city council members were sworn in and former council member rebecca kaplan was appointed to fill the seat of nikki fortunato bas who want to seat, of course, on the alameda county board of supervisors, the new members of the council spoke about their goals of moving the city forward. >> this is an all-hands-on-deck moment for oakland. then we rise and fall on the strength of our ability to work together. and i know that we have some really tough times ahead. >> both locally and at the national level. and yet my heart is overjoyed for the opportunity to work alongside all of you really help up with oakland and create in oakland. that serves as a positive vision for other cities. and i know that we can do this together. thank you. >> the special election to fill the seat left by fortunato bas will be held. same time

and former council member rebecca kaplan is a pointed out to fill the seat of nikki fortunato bas who will now be with the alameda county board of supervisors, the new members of the council spoke about their goal of moving the city forward. >> this is an all-hands-on-deck moment for oakland. then we rise and fall on the strength of our ability to work together. and i know that we have some really tough times ahead. >> both locally and at the national level. and yet my heart is overjoyed for the opportunity to work alongside all of you really help up with oakland and create in oakland. that serves as a positive vision for other cities. and i know that we can do this together. thank you. >> and there will be a special election to fill the seat left open by fortunato bas that'll be at the same time as the special mayoral election on april. 15th and in san francisco tomorrow, daniel lurie will take over as the new mayor. we will hane special coverage of his inauguration beginning at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. so stay tuned for that. >> well, a developing news lawyers for embattled san

he actually takes the reins from nikki fortunato bas who was just elected to the alameda county board of supervisors. bass has been the interim mayor since december 17th following the recall of mayor sheng thao. >> and there are some major changes at monday's oakland city council meeting 3 new city council members have now been sworn in and former council member rebecca kaplan is now filling the seat of nikki fortunato bas who is now on the alameda county board of supervisors. the new members of the council talked about their goal of moving the city forward. >> this is an all-hands-on-deck moment for oakland. then we rise and fall on the strength of our ability to work together. and i know that we have some really tough times ahead. >> both locally and at the national level. and yet my heart is overjoyed for the opportunity to work alongside all of you really help up with oakland and create in oakland. that serves as a positive vision for other cities. and i know that we can do this together. thank you. >> up next is a special election to fill the seat left open by fortune out of ash

councilmember nikki fortunato bas won a seat on the alameda county board of supervisors in november, the new council voted to put in rebecca kaplan on a temporary basis until a special election in april, kaplan chose not to run for re-election of are at-large seat but said that she still wanted to give back to the east bay city. thank you very much for inviting me to join you back for these next few months as we work to undertake. >> incredibly important projects and actions for the city of oakland and including making sure we are bringing in the extra money. and as supervisor bast noted, we did get confirmation of some additional millions. we will be bringing back. thanks to our success, bringing in advance and revenue through the oakland arena in coliseum and the newsroom. theresa kron, 4 news, oakland firefighters are speaking out against the temporary closure of fire stations. >> kron charles clifford is in oakland with details. >> as of today, january 6, 2, fire stations in oakland, including fire station. 25 right behind me here are shut down. the firefighters who work here are

yesterday former council member rebecca kaplan was also pointed to fill the seat of nikki fortunato bas who is now with the alameda county board of supervisors. the new members of the council talked about their goals. >> and deck moment for oakland, then we rise and fall on the strength of our ability to work together. and i know that we have some really tough times ahead. >> both locally and at the national level. and yet my heart is overjoyed for the opportunity to work alongside all of you really help up with oakland and create in oakland. that serves as a positive vision for other cities. and i know that we can do this together. thank you. >> the special election to fill the seat left open by fortunato bas is going to be the same as the special mayoral election which is april 15th. >> and in san francisco tomorrow, daniel lurie will be sworn in. >> as the new mayor of san francisco and we will have special live coverage of the inauguration beginning at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. so stay tuned to kron 4. >> to the north bay now where more than 60 janitorial and custodial workers ar

he takes the reins from nikki fortunato bas who was just elected to the alameda county board of supervisors. that's had been interim mayor since december 17th following the recall of mayor sheng thao. >> time now 7.19, and there were 3 other changes monday's oakland city council meeting 3 new council members sworn in and also former council member rebecca kaplan is now in the seat of nikki fortunato bas because she won a seat on the alameda county board of supervisors. so the new members of the council, they spoke about their goal now to move the city forward. >> this is an all-hands-on-deck moment for oakland. then we rise and fall on the strength of our ability to work together. and i know that we have some really tough times ahead. >> both locally and at the national level. and yet my heart is overjoyed for the opportunity to work alongside all of you really help up with oakland and create in oakland. that serves as a positive vision for other cities. and i know that we can do this together. thank you. >> the special election to fill the seat left open by fortune out of gas is going to b

sheng thao was recalled and putting in a temporary city council member councilmember nikki fortunato bas won a seat on the alameda county board of supervisors in november, the new council voted to put in rebecca kaplan on a temporary basis until a special election in april, kaplan chose not to run for re-election of are at-large seat but said that she still wanted to give back to the east bay city. >> the special election is set for april 15 for oakland's mayor and city council member. the winners will only serve a truncated term serving out the term of recalled mayor sheng thao and nikki fortunato bas. we're gonna have a lot more coming up on kron. 4 news at 3 o'clock. back to you. just a theresa, thank you. one person is dead after car split in half after hitting a tree. >> happened just after 01:00am highway one in pescadero at being hollow road. the cause of the crash is unclear. police say the person who died was the only person in the car and the chp is looking into whether or not speed was a factor. all the lanes were blocked during the investigation, but it has since now reopened

losing her election, rebecca kaplan was appointed back to the council to fill the empty seat of nikki fortunato bas who is moving to the alameda board of supervisors and finally council member kevin jenkins was unanimously chosen to serve as mayor until a special election can be held in april. >> somebody texted me buckle up. a constituent from west oakland told me to buckle up. >> reporter: after the recall of sheng thao the job of mayor has been up in the air and jenkins said his function will be to help smooth out the already thorny budget process as much as possible. >> we have to get back to basics as a city. right now we aren't doing basic things well people expect, potholes, police, making sure our fire stations are staffed. we have to get to that place. >> reporter: he is not interested in being the next elected mayor and you can't really blame him. in oakland you have to be careful what you run for because you just might get it. >> one other note, jenkins is now interim mayor. long time council member noel gallo was chosen to serve as acting council president until that special election. w

it's a vacancy created by nikki fortunato bas, who is moving on to become a county supervisor. three new council members will also join the board, and the battle to navigate the city's $120 million budget deficit. council member rowena brown is one of those newcomers. my heart is overjoyed for the opportunity to work alongside all of you to really help uplift oakland. among the challenges the six month closure of two fire stations starting today as a part of a triggered contingency budget. we respond to building fires. oakland firefighters gathered before today's inauguration, calling on the city to find different solutions and save for additional stations from possible closures. newly sworn in council member zach unger is the former head of the firefighters union. i'm going to work with my colleagues and with the city administration to find the money to keep these fire stations open. it's a matter of priorities. ken houston will take over district seven and says he plans to leverage relationships at the state, county and city level to find alternative budget solutions. on day

he's replacing former councilwoman nikki fortunato bas, who was elected to the alameda county of supervisors. he and the other new council members sworn in today faced some serious and immediate challenges. that includes how to make up $129 billion shortfall. that's already triggered massive cuts. we have issues. we have our challenges. but this is a resilient city and we have a new council that's going to work hard to restore the trust in the city and restore the trust in this government. oakland firefighters gathered before today's swearing in to call on the city to overturn that decision to temporarily close two fire stations to help balance the budget. those closures started today. now, the transition of power is also underway in washington, d.c. today, congress officially certified president elect donald trump's election victory. that certification comes exactly four years after a mob of mr. trump supporters attacked the capitol in an attempt to block the certification of the 2020 election results. and joe biden today, no such violence. donald j. trump of the state of florida has receiv

oakland's interim mayor nikki fortunato bas only has until january 6th. >> that's what a new city council president takes over as interim mayor followed by a special election in april to name a permanent mayor. >> councilmember gallo says whoever is in the mayor's office needs to push for more police officers hoping for a total of around 800. i've gotten calls yesterday last night terms of people being robbed, the business and so forth. >> but at the end of the day for me is very clear. we need more police presses on our streets prior to yesterday's crimes. opd reported the city seeing a 5 year low in homicides and shootings. interim mayor fortunato bas says that's because of oakland's cease-fire strategy. >> reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> if you're heading the roads tonight, remember that chp is still out in full force. officers will be looking for dangerous or impaired drivers and their maximum enforcement period last year, the chp made 900 arrests during this period alone. and it's officially more expensive travel through the bay area. bridges and public t

also, recent interim mayor nikki fortunato bas is starting her term as a county supervisor. members will select a council president as part of today's proceedings. that person will take over as interim mayor until april 15th special election. developing now president elect trump's lawyers now trying to block his hush money sentencing. it is currently set for this friday. as we reported last week, the judge in the case has already signaled he does not plan to impose any sentence on trump that would involve prison time. but if the sentencing moves forward, his conviction would stand. trump was found guilty this past may on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records related to a hush money payment made to adult film actress stormy daniels in order to boost his electoral prospects in the 2016 presidential election. also developing this midday, canadian prime minister justin trudeau is planning to resign. he made that announcement earlier this morning, saying he will be prime minister until a new leader is chosen. trudeau has been the prime minister for nine years and while

that seat is being vacated by nikki fortunato bas, who was elected to the county board of supervisors. you're following me? okay. three new council members also sworn in. they will face immediate challenges, including figuring out how to balance oakland's $129 million deficit that is already triggering massive cuts. we have issues. we have our challenges. but this is a resilient city, and we have a new council that's going to work hard to restore the trust in the city and restore the trust in this government. oakland firefighters were there for today's swearing in gathering before the ceremony to call on the city to overturn that decision, to temporarily close two fire stations to help balance the budget. those closures started today. now there will be a special election to choose a permanent mayor that will be held in april. meanwhile, former representative barbara lee officially opened a campaign finance account today for that potential run for oakland mayor in that special election in april. lee just retired from her house seat in house of representatives on friday after an unsucce

oakland's interim mayor nikki fortunato bas only has until january 6th. >> that's what a new city council president takes over as interim mayor followed by a special election in april to name a permanent mayor. >> councilmember gallo says whoever is in the mayor's office needs to push for more police officers hoping for a total of around 800. many of our businesses have left. >> and leaving due to the fact that we need presses for safety. so for me is very clear that my priority is public safety in the clean city. >> prior to yesterday's crimes. opd reported the city is seeing a 5 year low in homicides and shootings. interim mayor fortunato bas says that's because of oakland cease-fire strategy reporting in the studio. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> residents in the east bay starting off the new year with more sideshows. this is video of about 300 people at a sideshow in vallejo this morning around 01:00am on alameda street. the side show then moved to oakland on market street where participants set off fireworks. oakland police say as soon as they arrived on scene, the spectators ran a

county supervisor nikki fortunato bas says at next week's board meeting, she will propose creating an ad hoc committee that would, quote, coordinate a proactive response to protect, support and lift up communities threatened by federal policies and budgets. fortunato bass says the committee will build off the work the board did under the first administration. madden, meanwhile, is countering claims that it boosted the newly elected president on its platforms. several facebook and instagram users raised questions about a notification they received yesterday. they said their accounts automatically were following president trump and vice president jd vance. meta says that because the potus and flotus and vp accounts update when the president changes, users who follow those accounts during the biden administration will now show as following them. under the trump administration as well. another round of strong santa ana winds are raising new concerns down in l.a. county, los angeles and ventura county. now, in a red flag warning due to the new rounds of the high winds. the new gusts come a

oakland's interim mayor nikki fortunato bas only has until january 6th. >> that's what a new city council president takes over as interim mayor followed by a special election in april to name a permanent mayor. >> councilmember gallo says whoever is in the mayor's office needs to push for more police officers hoping for a total of around 800. i've gotten calls yesterday last night terms of people being robbed, the business and so forth. >> but at the end of the day for me is very clear. we need more police presses on our streets prior to yesterday's crimes. opd reported the city seeing a 5 year low in homicides and shootings. interim mayor fortunato bas says that's because of oakland's cease-fire strategy. >> reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> it is officially more expensive to travel across bay area bridges and to use some modes of public transportation and now costs $8 to cross all bay area bridges that is except for the golden gate bridge which already hiked its price to $9. and $0.25 over the summer that hold for all other bridges will also continue to increa

also appointed to take over the district two seat that was vacated by new county supervisor nikki fortunato bas. three new council members were also sworn in. antioch police are investigating the city's first deadly shooting of the year. it happened this morning just before 1030, officers got a call about a shooting on rockford drive. when they got there, they found a 26 year old man on the ground with gunshot wounds. he later died at the hospital. police have not released his identity and are actively investigating that shooting. if you know anything, you are urged to call antioch pd. well, a huge victory for tens of thousands of lgbtq plus military veterans. the pentagon now says it will restore their discharge records to honorable, ending a class action suit filed more than a year ago by veterans outed under the military's don't ask, don't tell policy. nbc bay area's thom jensen talked to one of the plaintiffs in that case, who says this means a lot more than just access to benefits. i feel like like on the inside now. i feel like i feel whole. lily stephanie was one of the named plaintiffs

oakland's interim mayor nikki fortunato bas only has until january 6th. >> that's what a new city council president takes over as interim mayor followed by a special election in april to name a permanent mayor. >> councilmember gallo says whoever is in the mayor's office needs to push for more police officers hoping for a total of around 800. i've gotten calls yesterday last night terms of people being robbed, the business and so forth. >> but at the end of the day for me is very clear. we need more police prescence on our streets prior to yesterday's crimes. opd reported the city seeing a 5 year low in homicides and shootings. interim mayor fortunato bas says that's because oakland's cease-fire strategy. >> reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt. kron. 4 news. >> one person recovering tonight after a car crash involving an ac transit bus in oakland. this is video from the citizen app of the scene near 80th avenue and international boulevard. fire crews say so happened just before 4 o'clock this afternoon. the victim suffered a dislocated shoulder. no word yet on exactly what caused t

and it comes as a recent interim mayor and supervisor elect nikki fortunato bas switches over to herew council to reconsider plans to close two fire stations in a matter of weeks in an effort to save money. the two stations are located in the oakland hills, which includes station 28 near the lake chabot golf course and station 25 near joaquin miller park. this is an effort to close a $129 million budget gap. happening now. our bob redell is talking with rank and file firefighters, and he will have a live report coming up in our midday news that's coming up at 11. you can also >>> this morning on the 3rd hour of today, monster storm. a winter blast roaring across the country, dumping heavy snow and turning neighborhoods into sheets of ice. >>

councilmember nikki fortunato bas won a seat on the alameda county board of supervisors in november, the new council voted to put in rebecca kaplan on a temporary basis until a special election in april, kaplan chose not to run for re-election of are at-large seat but said that she still wanted to give back to the east bay city. thank you very much for inviting me to join you back for these next few months as we work to undertake. >> incredibly important projects and actions for the city of oakland and including making sure we are bringing in the extra money. and as supervisor bast noted, we did get confirmation of some additional millions. we will be bringing back. thanks to our success, bringing in advance and revenue through the oakland arena in coliseum. >> now the council also voted in. kevin jenkins as the interim mayor. he represents east oakland, jacobson kaplan will only serve again until april. has won a special election takes place. kron four's dan kerman. we'll have much more on this coming up on kron. 4 news at 5. justine, back to you, theresa, thank oakland firefighters

oakland's interim mayor nikki fortunato bas only has until january 6th. >> that's what a new city council president takes over as interim mayor followed by a special election in april to name a permanent mayor. >> councilmember gallo says whoever is in the mayor's office needs to push for more police officers hoping for a total of around 800 doing more police presses and i hope my city council and the administration >> support senate action and the sun about defunding the police is about protecting the family. some of the children. >> prior to yesterday's crimes, opd reported the city seeing a 5 year low in homicides and shootings. interim mayor fortunato bas says that's because of oakland's cease-fire strategy. reporting in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> thanks, rob. all switching gears to weather now. we're taking a live look at san francisco. sun is setting and kron 4 meteorologist kyla grogan is here with your first evening forecast 2025. >> yeah. here we go. we had a little bit of a cloudy day today, but you can see a little sun broke through as take a live look at ha

that person will take over for nikki fortunato bas, who begins her term as alameda county supervisor city has been without a permanent mayor since the recall of sheng thao. members will select a council president as part of today's proceedings, and that person will take over as interim mayor. that's until the april 15th special election, when the council will elect an official mayor. our velena jones is tracking this story. she'll have an update in our afternoon newscast. as that is happening, the city is facing what firefighters in oakland call a crisis that threatens thousands of people's safety. nbc bay area's bob redell tells us oakland temporarily shut down two fire stations to save money. one firefighter says that these closures are a tragedy, not worth the money saved, given the risk to lives in oakland. this was the scene within the past hour, earlier this morning, where dozens of oakland firefighters stood on the steps of city hall admonishing the city administrator, begging him to reopen these fire stations, and warning that the planned closure of four more stations will ma

and also recent interim mayor nikki fortunato bas will start her term as a county supervisor. following today's council swearing in, members will select a council president and that person will take over as interim mayor until the april 15th special election. across the bay in san francisco, mayor elect daniel lurie is gearing up for inauguration day. he'll be sworn in on wednesday at civic center plaza. he then plans to attend celebrations in chinatown that includes a banquet dinner, a special night market and outdoor performances. supporters say it's important for him to focus on the asian american community, which has struggled in recent years. the fact that in a community where a lot of times we don't necessarily feel heard or we don't, we may feel othered or outside of the actual conversation. this mayor is placing our community front and center. this is the first time that a mayor that's on inauguration day has made it a point to come to chinatown. i think it's also significant. that shows the power of the asian american voter. vip guests at wednesday's banquet are expec

the newly elected council members will be seated and sworn in, but also recent interim mayor nikki fortunato bas will start her term as a county supervisor. so following today's officicial swearing in, members will select a council president. that new council president will take over as interim mayor until the april 15th special election. also new this morning, state lawmakers this week are getting a first look at governor newsom's new state budget proposal. and today, the governor is going to provide a sneak peek at some of the highlights. newsom plans to hold an event alongside workers in san joaquin valley, but state education leaders will be listening very attentively this morning on today in the bay, we spoke with troy flint of the california school boards association, and i asked him about some of the key priorities when it comes to education, what he should focus on is consolidating the efforts that we have going on now at california schools. a lot of new programs have been introduced in recent years before, during and since the pandemic. and what we really need to do is streamline and re

district. 2 office and who will be put in as an interim mayor now district who is bacon with nikki fortunato bas a seat on the alameda county board of supervisors. and before then public comment on the matter. the new council members talked about their plans. that >> we must embrace a modest politics, a politics that focuses on the basics of what a city can provide. realistically. at our best when we focus on the pragmatic problem solving at our worst when we attempt to locate ourselves within larger ideological movements. we should write fewer new laws and instead enforce the ones we have on the books and actually make sure that they work rather than just think something we can point to and say i have that. >> i want every single person whether i agree with them or not to have their voices heard and we will work forward work toward the best interest of this city because every single one of you in this chamber deserve it. >> bring it down a little bit. we had what 87 homicides in the city of oakland. 87. the 67th homicide in oakland. was one of my stipend one of people that worked with him with