i see that as a microcosm of oakland. i had a lot of people i had to answer to. i had a lot of healing to do. >> reporter: jason lando is and is the only candidate who is not black. >> if i am found to be the person who is the most qualified, i really don't think the color of anyone skin should matter, it should be based on merit in what we have done. >> reporter: the other outsider is abdul pridgen . he retired from fort worth police after serving 25 years. oakland mayor libby schaaf and the finalists will take part in a virtual form in a statement she said it will give people a chance to hear from the potential police chief and give them a sense of the candidates. the mayor can pick one of the four finalists as the next top cop but the process starts all over if she does not pick one from the list. >>> the embattled silicon valley organization is dissolving the political action committee. effectively wiping away the business groups ability to raise money and lobby either for or against candidates. the organization is si

she lived in berkeley as a child until 12, she was born in oakland, oakland mayor celebrated by drivingnail car around lake merritt. >> in oakland, we are proud. >> reporter: she has no harris for 25 years, she said she believes her leadership in the white house will open up opportunities for a more equitable future. >> oakland is so proud that a woman who was born in our city, a woman who started her career fighting for the people in our city, who grew up on our soil and with our values is now in the white house. we could not be more proud to claim kamala harris as a daughter of oakland. >> from kamala harris's standpoint, it is incredible. >> reporter: willie brown talked about her experience as the city profits district attorney, as california puffers attorney general, and as a senator. >> it is spectacular that she has made it to that level, every female in this nation, every little girl in this nation, and, in particular, every little girl of color must be ecstatic that finally, there is going to be a tall, an image, and a cartoon that looks like them, and it will be of kamala harr

, oakland police officers association president buried and we know we have 3 murders. >>in spite 12 hours but just this week we had total of 6 murders and a further 11 shootings right across the state. so we're seeing a significant escalation in violent crime in over. >>as you can see this graphic both homicides and shootings have increased from this time last year these are incredible numbers. >>if you sides and shootings together is a 56% increase oakland police chief susan manheimer cites multiple reasons for this year's increase a deadly shootings, including covid ne teens impact on proactive cry for the jet we have been frustrated that we have not been able to use our traditional ceasefire violence intervention that is what that will not stop. >>our ability to go out there and to reduce this by now that oakland voters overwhelmingly approved the measure as one strengthening the police commission donna let his colleague would help fighting violent crime from the commission and the city council in north side by the responsible for public safety and security. >>so i

. >> i see that as a like mike row come of oakland. had a lot of people i had to answer to. a lot of healing to do. >> he ask a former paramed wick and is gay, and the only candidate is who is not black. >> and i'm found to be the person who is most qualified, i really don't think color of anyone's skin should matter. it's should be based on merit. >> in the other outside is abdul pridgen. pridgen retired from fort worth police attar serving 25 years to. pridgen and the opd candidates decline god viewed. oakland mayor libby schaaf will take place in a forum. the forum will be gift oaklanders a chance to hear from their police chief, she mayor said. >>> the mayor can pick one of the four final it's as the next top cop, but the process starts all over if she doesn't pick one from this list. henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> all right. i hope you're having a nice evening, as we feel like fall out there. certainly today and in the next few days will feel like fall. wanted to show you this. this is a long-range model. i'm going to go slow thr

was held tonight for oaklands assistant fire chief, sean lafon. he died from a sudden heart attack earlier this week. >> firefighters escorted the 42- year-old's body from the hospital to the funeral home. ktvu's azenith smith is here now with overwhelming grief from the oakland fire department. >> reporter: yes julie, so many firefighters tonight paying their respects. many of them wanting to honor a man who spent almost half his life with the fire department. oakland firefighters saluting one of their own wednesday may. to sean lafon's flag draped casket left senate medical center. dozens of police motorcycles and fire engines hopping escort his body. the procession passing city hall and several fire stations, ending in a chapel of the chimes, funeral home and oakland am aware an american flag was hoisted by trucks. laughing, just 42 years old. they died as if it was cardiac arrest. >> i was hopeful in getting the news five hours later that he passed away when the cardiologist came back to speak to the family and myself, it was pretty knee buckl

reporting live in oakland. kpix5. >>> happening today if you still have to cast your vote you can stop by the golden state warriors oakland facility on broadway. if the south bay is closer the santa cruzer kaiser arena is also available. both open in just an hour. >>> looking live at the santa clara registrar of voters theo office there. voter continue out is on pace to hit historic levels. 617,000 ballots are already in. >>> more than half of california's registered voters have voted. the bipartisan film political data found of the 22 million registered voters this year, 11.2 million had returned their ballots as of monday morning. >>> orange county is reporting a record 1.1 million early ballots with more to come today. that is a 140% increase over the same time period in the 2016 election. >>> hundreds of trump supporters gathered to show their support for the president in danville yesterday. many showing up with american and thin blue line flags and plenty of trump 2020 signs. >>> from new york to san franc

>>> also ahead the spike in crime in oakland. how do you change a police department when officers may be needed more than ever? >>> in san jose the sharks say they may have to leave town if downtown development doesn't ease up. >>> we begin with a somber milestone. california has now reported its 1 millionth case of coronavirus. that is according to a data tracker by our media partner "the east bay times." that translates into roughly one in 40 californians or about the population of san jose. state officials say we are at 991,000 cases. the virus has now killed more than 18,000 people in california. that is roughly the population of moraga. good evening. thank you for being with us tonight. >> alameda county meanwhile is pausing further reopening as it anticipates having to move to the more restrictive red tier. daily new cases per 100,000 people are up to 4.9 from the county's low of 3.4. there has also been a steady increase in hospitalizations. officials say if current trends continue the county may be put back in the most re

just because oakland. we take the temperatures. on numbers come if oakland airport.t's warmer down there. if you go up in the hills, the oakland hills. you will get very, very cold temperatures and frost. microclimates will be lit up. lots of cool spots. a weather pattern favorable to rain. we have a good flow. here's the pacific high down here. it's dropped south, this low can drop in. we're into a wet weather pattern. it feels wintry, by thursday and friday it's umbrella time. when we come back we'll look at the five day. . >> it teals like winter. >>> the dmv office in wall it in creek is closing. the lease is expiring. a replacement office will reopen in pleasantton. it opened in july. that revamped office will reopen on monday giving customers two offices in pleasantton. >> discussing raising tolls another $2. the proposed cuts come in response to a budget short fall. traffic on the goal ingate bridge dropped 30%. rider ship is town and emergency funds will run out. the toll for the bridge is 7.7 or 8.70. >>> five deadly shootings in the past five that's. why th

he is 20-year-old jonathan torres ramirez of oakland.ho were hit by flying vehicles during the robbery. officers are a lot of the hospital and recovering from their injuries. during the robbery police say they arrested more than a dozen people in recovery nine guns. >>> a new administration coming to washington and new influence for california. coming up, what we can expect as california's clout it's a big boost from the vice president elects. >>> and our chief meteorologist is back with his complete forecast. i'm looking at your mri. your shoulder seems to be healing nicely. i'm sorry baby... i don't want you to play with that... (singing) twinkle, twinkle little star. how i wonder what you are... how are you doing? schedule a video visit with your doctor. kaiser permanente. thrive. with your doctor. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (beeping sound) ♪ ♪ >>> california is paving the way for change in washington. the golden state is looking for a partnership with the biden harris team in the months ahead. reporter mcclory shows us how california is likely to play

and boy, did oakland need it. >> last year the city launched the great oakland pave, using money from voter approved measure kk. >> nearly 40 miles of road have been not just pothole batched but completely reconstructed and repaved. >> selecting which neighbors got the road improvements was a ground breaking choice. >> a nation's equity driven paving plan where we wait how bad a condition the road is with the historic disadvantages that exist in a community. >> this is just one of many ways that we are continuing to invest in those areas of east oakland that have been marginalized, investing in the people of east oakland that been disenfranchised. >> sidewalks were also repaired at a record setting clip. the master plan works on major roads as well as small neighborhood streets from berkeley to san leandro. the great pave has 90 miles to go in the next two years. i'm leslie brinkley, abc7news. >> still ahead here. gm hits reverse. how the top auto maker is siding with california in a major shift in climate change. >> the healing power of art. a local hospital inflammation in your eye

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the low 70s in oakland. the upper 70s and 80s already this lunch hour over concord, livermore, brentwood, walnut creek. into the north bay it is a warm wind here as well. napa reporting 77. the battle reporting 77 by the water. a little bit cooler. half moon bay. i did mention the last half hour if you are just joining us, there is an advisory for sneaker waves and rip currents for the coastline until 5:00 this afternoon. afternoon highs. notice how much warmer that we are where we typically are this time of year. 84 expected in santa rosa. the upper 70s in san francisco. san francisco is typically 67 degrees. 67 is the average for oakland. today we are expecting 80 there as well. into the north bay 83 expected for napa for the inner east bay 85. for the south bay 80s here as well. 84 los gatos. 80 morgan hill. even 90 degrees. the forecasted number for galbraith and as we look towards the water, 80 degrees is expected in santa cruz. let's pinpoint the changes coming our way. tuesday a subtle change as we ar

but i also well mayor libby schaaf of oakland ash going to joining us live on our air here in just a few minutes we'll chat with her about all kinds of things including the pandemic a curfew here are a few that's the impacts here locally. yeah you got to know what time you have to call it quits early night early night for most people 10 o'clock. we'll have all that a minute first one of the weather and it looks like it's going to dry sunny dry nice during the day cold at night you don't need to go outside at night anyway, stay warm and cozy inside stay home and just enjoy the nice weather that we will have during our daytime hours looking outside this morning such a difference from yesterday you can see mount diablo in the distance oakland, free of any fog any cloud cover all in all. >>30's and 40's are most of our current temperatures we do have one obvious exception on the map 2 of them actually it's hayward in half moon bay at 5052 degrees in the meantime we're spending the morning in the 30's for areas like dublin fairfield nap of the petaluma and nevado our coolest of spots at 3

, oakland police officers association president buried on what we know we have 3 murders.n spite of 12 hours but just this week we had total of 6 murders and a shootings right across the state. so we're seeing a significant escalation in violent crime in over. >>as you can see this graphic both homicides and shootings have increased from this time last year is credible numbers. >>if you sides in shootings together is a 56% increase oakland police chief susan manheimer cites multiple reasons for this year's increase a deadly shootings including covid ne teens impact on proactive credit for we have been frustrated that we have not been able to use our traditional ceasefire violence intervention map is but that will not staff. >>our ability to go out there and to reduce this by now that open voters overwhelmingly approved the measure as one strengthening the police commission donna let his colleague help fighting violent crime from the commission and the city council and north side by the responsible for public safety and security. >>so i saw each police commission council sh

in its fifth year the goal is to showcase various black women-owned businesses here in oakland. she says buying from them this holiday season is crucial because she estimates about half of black-owned businesses have closed due to the pandemic. >> now you can put your money where your values are. >> reporter: the oakland mayor says there's been what she calls a reawakening around racial injustice following this summer's black lives matter protests. she says one way to heal is to shop at city's black owned businesses which they're promoting through the website visit oakland. >> you don't have to go to amazon to get your gifts delivered. you can shop local and get the convenience of online shopping. >> reporter: in oakland, anser hassan, abc 7 news. >>> and with the holiday shopping weekend in full swing officials are trying to figure out how to balance people's health with the economy. we're also focused on both those issues as part of our efforts to build a better bay area. santa clara county has lived up to its promise to strictly enforce covid-19 public health guidelines, doze

oakland, 50 degrees. san jose is in the upper 40s. here is the live camera looking towards sfo where we have cloudy skies. overnight lows start out the day in the 30s to the 40s, probably drop that napa down to 34 degrees to start out the day. some areas definitely a cool start tomorrow morning. for sunday, there is actually a chance of a few sprinkles or a light shower in northern sonoma county, up into mendocino county. that is where your sunday, a son-cloud makes. tuesday, we are talking about another storm. we will have more on this in your full forecast in just a few minutes. >> mark, thank you. >>> king tide's expected tomorrow morning, that could cause extreme flooding in low- lying areas. the national weather service has issued a coastal weather flood warning. high tide is expected to be a little over seven feet both days. the chp is urging grabbers drivers to watch out. >>> at 10:30, the new data that shows addiction rates are worsening and that is even after e-cigarette products were banford >>> for the first time since 1995

outline a getting to those polls oakland 70 degrees for your high today hayward and mill valley also in the low 70's with our only 80 not on this map up in vacaville antioch livermore and san jose all in the upper 70's. here's a look ahead at your next 7 days. i mention today tomorrow thursday all looking pretty similar and all very comfortable. the big changes come friday onward into next week best chances of a sprinkle or 2 looking likely friday and then sunday. >>robin all right, thank you john we're checking in on a major hot spot in oakland, it's on the nimitz freeway we actually have 2 separate accidents active right here with as many as 5 cars all piled up on the nimitz freeway, so 80 south at high street in oakland, 2 separate accidents injuries reported 2 lanes shut down and your backup is already spilling into downtown oakland back from 9.80 the northbound side that's the commute direction they can see the southbound activity so northbound is stacking up from hagan burger if you want to avoid it just go ahead and take 5.80 instead the northbound commute 23 minutes here for

. >>> and cleaning it forward in oakland. an uplifting story about putting people to work and making a city safer. >> announcer: building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. >>> and we'll begin this wednesday with covid cases continuing to surge across the state and here at home as hospitalizations hit a new record across the bay area. >> we unfortunately are seeing this daily average of over 1,000 deaths per day. this should not be normal. we should not be getting desensitized to these numbers. imagine three boeing 747s crashing every single day. that's what we're looking at right now. >> that's abc -- >> that's abc 7's special -- >> go ahead, ama. please. >> sorry, dan, go ahead. >> that's abc 7 news special correspondent dr. alok patel who just spoke on our 7:00 news getting answers. good evening to you. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. dr. patel talked about 1,000 deaths a day. experts say that could soon hit 2,000, matching or exceeding what we saw in the spring. that's because just a

>> i see that as a microcosm of oakland.ople i had to answer to. had a lot of healing to do. >> reporter: the is a former paramedic, and is gay, and is the only candidate who is not black. >> if i am the candidate most qualified, i don't think the color of anyone's skin should matter. >> reporter: abdul pritzker the other candidate. pridgen retired from police after serving 25 years there. in a statement, mayor schaaf said it will give oaklanders a chance to hear from a their police chief a virtual meeting. the mayor can pick one of the up for finalists as the next top cop, put the process starts all over if she doesn't pick one from this list. henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> anxious attention on the even often the 2020 presidential election. tonight the candidates are continuing their last minute campaign stops as americans brace for election day. >> people are going to be upset no matter what the outcome of the election is. >> i think it's sad the state of affairs that no one feels safe anymore when trying to pick the futu

oakland, 63. san jose, still 55 degrees. half moon bay, the cool spot with the fog, is 52 degrees right now. we're showing you the golden gate bridge. what you'll notice is the winds are coming offshore with that flag blowing. and that means any time we have offshore winds, the land breeze comes and that means warmer temperatures and plenty of sunshine. we've got 60s and 50s. santa rosa, 55. novato, 59. napa, fairfield, in the low 60s. livermore at 56 degrees. it will be a great day to head to the beach. i wanted to show you this pretty shot of santa cruz. again, it will be 80 degrees there later on today. but watch out, there will be some large waves and strong rip currents. the forecast, basically warm and sunny today and even tomorrow with daylight saving ending today, sunset is going to be at 5:10 tonight, you'll start to see it get dark earlier on. then we're tracking a chance of rain, end of week. it looks like our best chance is friday into saturday. temperatures will definitely be cooler by next weekend. here is a lo

anyone with information is urged to contact oakland police. stomach tonight black friday shooting at in sacramento mall has turned even more tragic. a second team has died from his injuries and a manhunt is underway for the gun man.>> the gun fire yesterday evening sent choppers dropping for cover and running out of arden fair mall. a 19-year-old man died at the scene and 17-year-old boy later died at the hospital. police say the shooting looks like it was targeted and isolated. they are looking for a suspect in his 20s. >>> crews are battling a vegetation fire near the arcing's bridge. two lanes are blocked on west on interstate 80 near cummings skyway. so far the fire has burned a quarter acre and no word yet on how long lanes will remain close. >>> in concord a resident is recovering after being rescued from his burning home. a fire started at 11 this morning. the victim suffered minor burns and firefighters say access to the fire were challenging due to hoarding conditions. >>> make or break weekend for small businesses struggling during t

was held tonight for oaklands assistant fire chief, sean lafon.ied from a sudden heart attack earlier this week. >> firefighters escorted the 42- year-old's body from the hospital to the funeral home. ktvu's azenith smith is here now with overwhelming grief from the oakland fire department. >> reporter: yes julie, so many firefighters

to housing problems has a new job well she's now an elected lawmaker in oakland. so you may remember the story back in november, oakland city council member a leg carol 5 was among a group of housing activists called moms for housing who are illegally occupying a private property in west oakland. so 5 beat the incumbent lynette gibson mcelhaney by a significant margin. she says this win shows that grassroots activism and the street can actually be converted to a seat at the table of political power. >>i've been successful because of the organizing not in spite of that i never saw myself as being someone that would be on the inside of city hall. legislating for some of the things that we care about. well 5 campaigned on housing on a human right and defunding the police to use city money to invest back into the community. >>the 1 million mark of new covid-19 cases and just the first 10 days of november. the last are the latest surge, excuse me seems to be the biggest yet but experts say that medical and testing advances. >>give them reason to believe that the nation

oakland and san leandro got these guns. city leaders say the police can't do it alone. >> we have a responsibility at the law enforcement level but at the community have to take responsibility for our neighbors and children. >> the oakland police union are grateful they voted yes. the commission chair hopes the city finds solutions before anyone resorts to violence. >> right now it would seem the oakland police department can do is react and that's unsettling for the best of us. >> reporter: this comes as oakland is in the mark for a new chief. four finalist have been sent in for review. >> these shootings are so frequent. a person is shot and killed in oakland about every three days. you talked about the increase in gun violence, what are the plans to try to estimate the violence? >> in the past 20 minutes and spoke to deputy chief armstrong. he said sustainability. can you continue to grab guns and those responsible for shootings, it is possible if there's increased patrols. >> police can't do it alone. they have to have

he fell in love with the oakland fire department after an internship, hired on when he was 22. he commuted from sacramento and became an interim assistant fire chief in june. >> i knew that i wanted to be an oakland firefighter because my dad. he inspired me the second i got out of high school to pursue my emt and paramedic license. >> reporter: for cayden, his father was his role model. the two bonded over fighting fires and life at the firehouse. >> it was the most special thing in the world. it's tough to have that come to an end so quick. >> reporter: cayden hopes to carry on his father's legacy and traditions and culture of the oakland fire department. >> we had about 10 years we could've worked together in the same fire department. it got cut short to a year. but i loved every second of it, that's for sure. >> reporter: lafon was also a baseball coach to hundreds of children and hosted exchange students from china. no word yet on funeral arrangements. and on a personal note, interviewed sean lafon not too long ago about fire danger and i remember him being more than willi

. >> in oakland barbara lee said every vote is cast and counted. staying in contact about the post office to make sure there's no delays. having kamala harris on the ticket is good. >> this is a remarkable historical moment to have a vice presidential candidate from oakland is important. >> 2020 is the pivot election with a pandemic and other factors changing american politics. >> this election has been frahmed by the pandemic, by covid and how president trump has conducted himself in office. this has created an election we've never seen. >> there's a rise in first-time voters, which is a big deal. >> you can vote in person or by mail until election day. vote by mail ballots must and postmarked by november 3. >> free bus rides on tuesday. you can take buses to the polls. earlier this year the marin transit board of directors planned to offer the free bus only on election day but the pandemic and early voters led to the decision to begin the free bus rides as of yesterday. >>> businesses across the country and here in the bay area are boarding up. c

well east oakland has been especially hit hard by this pandemic making it difficult for families. >>to put food on the table this holiday and that is what inspired city leaders and local businesses to step up today and provide thanksgiving dinners to hundreds of people in need how forcefully chagall reports face coverings and gloves were also passed out to help keep people safe. >>we've got call for you to merced in trying say every kind gesture. kate free meal on thanksgiving. >>making all the difference covid where low on money and funds and even by for some time so this is great. >>a parking lot outside planet fitness on macarthur boulevard boosting council member shane taos first thanksgiving meal giveaway is a lot of volunteers here we're able to get out over 1000 meals oakland families people who have food you know financial insecurity, a lot of families are hurting right now dow teamed with oakland mutual aid collective also provide free face coverings gloves and hand sanitizer chef jose ortiz cohen's leper love puerto rican cuisine in the fruitvale produce the anytime that

at oakland coliseum some dropped it off from their car while others dropped it off in person. one person we spoke to said they shut up and filled out a provisional ballot after losing the one that was mailed to her. she encouraged her younger brother to vote as well. >> i think there are so many issues going around the world and i think social media is a great way to impact the young adults that cannot go out and vote or who are watching from home.>> the warriors are also opening up their former practice facility in downtown oakland to early voters. they usually use the site for their youth camp. >>> santa clara's vta system is also working to get the vote out for the new interactive feature on the transit out helps riders find voting centers. they can zoom in on the map to find the closest center. the map also has directions on how to get there. the voting centers will mean open until 8 tonight and every day through election day. >>> armor president obama hit the campaign trail with his two- term vp joe biden for events in michigan. obama through barb's a president trump accu

and oakland seems to have found some. repaving more roads than ever before despite the challenges of a pandemic. abc 7 news reporter lizl lizly brinkley explains. >> reporter: oakland were consistently rated as having some of the worst road conditions in the country. this changed this past year. >> our workers have broken an all-time record this last fiscal year for the most number of miles of roads repaved. and, boy, did oakland need it. >> reporter: last year the city launched what was dubbed "the great oakland pave," using money from voter-approved measure kk. >> nearly 40 miles of roads have been not just pothole patched, but completely reconstructed and repaved. >> reporter: selecting which neighborhoods got the road improvements was a groundbreaking choice. >> a nation's first equity-driven paving plan, where we equally weight how bad a condition the road is with the historic disadvantages that exist in a community. >> this is just one of many ways that we are continuing to invest in those areas of east oakland that

we got somebody from oakland in the white house. >> lots of excitement out there. a little hard to see, but if whole sidewalk out here has been covered in chalk, writing madam vice president. people are coming by to write a message here as well. matt boone, >> and this is how many san franciscans learned the news that joe biden had become the president-elect. nonstop coarse of cheering and the banging of pots and pans. a victory for the ticket. people are telling you that they're very excited about what's to come. >> there's definitely a mix of feelings there from the latino community. many are excited for what the upcoming four years will mean for this north. democrats have been promising immigration reform for years. there are over 20 million latinos eligible to vote according to pugh research. today many in this community are celebrating. >> i'm here to celebrate a better and brighter future. >> i feel like my vote counted. i feel like it is history in the making. i was very proud to be a part of it. >> there's also a sigh of relief and expectancy. >> there has

it's not clear who shot who but oakland police say that multiple officers were injured. the incident is currently being investigated. >>> oakland police responded to reports of a triple shooting just after midnight. the witness claims he heard at least ten to 15 gun shots and found multiple shell casings on the ground. no word on the condition of those victims. >>> one victim is in the hospital after reported shooting during looting at a so- called cannabis club on baldwin street. it happened just before midnight. the victim is said to have been shot in the arm and is expected to survive. >>> fruitvale nearly a dozen cars pulled up to a mall to loot a starbucks. >>> here is a look at the scene of an overnight garage fire in san francisco. it broke out at around two this morning. citizen app video shows flames turning across the roof of a house and smoke pillowing from a second home. the blaze was contained just before four. one firefighter was hurt but is expected to be okay. >>> more election results coming up here and streaming on cbsn bay area. >> and another hit to t

"you're fired" message went up at oakland's grand lake theater.arris spent her childhood in berkley. the block outside her old home turned into a party today. matt boon was there. >> reporter: this is where she spent much of her young childhood. she even went to the preschool at the bottom of this building. today people came from all over the bay area to celebrate. there are still some people who live on this block who lived here when kamala was a child. they remember her, they know her and congratulated her today. >> we're so proud of her. she's just such a lovely, humble spirit, and we just feel her presence right here on this street. >> as dozens of people gathered on her block, judy robinson says from an early age she had a husk this mome hunch this moment would come. >> i remember my mother saying, kamala, you're going to be the president one day, just joking. >> reporter: even after the block party cleared out, others came by, including phoebe boyd. >> i really wanted to come because kamala is breaking barriers that have never been broken be

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that is at the fruitvale shopping mall there in oakland. then about an hour later at high street and fairfax. looks like a vehicle smashed in to the building. not sure how much was taken. there are officers on scene investigating. also looking in to report that a guard was shot during a separate attempted looting incident. also on baldwin street. the guard was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay. also reports of a triple shooting overnight, also in oakland. three people were shot. we saw police on scene there. they weren't able to confirm that information but they were searching the area for evidence. they had been -- looking at some of the shell casings left behind near a silver vehicle. this was at 10th street. a witness said they heard almost 15 gun shots and, again, multiple shell casings on the ground. police were picking up, trying to figure out exactly who may have been responsible for that. no idea on the condition of the three people but we have some lines out to oakland police on all the incidents and will keep you po

and this is at 19th avenue in marine way and oakland.l for this fire is coming in within about the past half hour or so. in between 880 and foothill boulevard. the san antonio area of oakland. about a block off of international boulevard. firefighters sent out a second alarm on this fire 15 minutes ago. what they described as heavy fire conditions in the single story building, which appears to be a home. we're trying to find out more information on what is going on there and getting new video from the scene. we'll have that for you coming up before the top of the hour. back to you. >>> and thank you. looking live at the white house now. it's been one week since election day. this morning, president trump still refuses to concede. this morning, the trump campaign is focusing on several lawsuits. yesterday, they filed a lawsuit against pennsylvania elections officials. the suit alleges republican observers were kept too far away to properly monitor the ballot counting process. attorney general william barr surging federal prosecutors to pu

when she spoke to kpix 5. >> oakland so proud that a woman who was born in our city. woman who started her career fighting for the people in our city who grew up on our soil and with our values, is now in the white house. we could not be more proud to claim kamala harris as a daughter of oakland. >> san francisco mayor london breed also issued a statement saying president elect biden promised to represent everyone. not just those who voted for him. san jose's mayor said this is a moment for healing across our divided nation. and president elect joe biden will be helping bring our country together. while berkeley's mayor issued a statement saying the city's diversity and progressive values helped shape a leader that stands for equality, empowerment and justice. >>> in concord, there were no wild celebrations or angry protests but for some voters we spoke to, there was simply a feeling of relief. and even though the legal battles may be just beginning, some think it's helpful to have somebody be declared the winner. >> i feel like we've been holding our breath the last

for 24 out of wannacry to the caldecott both 5.80 in the nimitz looking good from 2.38 to downtown oakland both commutes under 15 minutes. >>and there's new video this morning democratic presidential nominee joe biden in scranton pennsylvania, this is video of him visiting his childhood home. he then briefly spoke to supporters pennsylvania course, the big battleground state that could end up determining who wins this election so we're going to be tracking that real carefully and we have more new video coming in kron 4 1st lady melania trump. >>in south florida. where she cast her vote president trump and the first lady now call florida their home state after moving there from new york after the president took office. >>now turning our attention closer to home. we have polls opening here in the bay area. everybody lining up if you haven't voted already to decide who the next president will be near an hour into the voting and kron four's will tran has been monitoring a live at the contra costa. >>county registrar's office good morning will. >>james darya a steady stream of people coming thr

we have the oakland hills reporting eight to 10 miles per hour from oakland stretching into berkeley. this is a view of what is going on out. there the ridge of high pressure still locked off the west coast here. pacific northwest getting some rain and it looks like the areas over washington, oregon for today, snow mixed in there as well. and we will get an opportunity. it looks like it will be later in the week. let's take a look at the next few days. getting into the late afternoon and early evening hours for us here. notice we do have the cloud cover that moves overhead. even some blue in there indicating drizzle. it doesn't look like much if any and tomorrow afternoon, another round of waves, i should say, the clouds that move into the bay area. and a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures remaining on the cool side of the a look at the afternoon highs for today. 64, santa rosa. we'll stay in the 60s in san francisco. low 60s in oakland and livermore and 62 over san jose and when i comeback, a better look at the region. rain on the way and fingers are crossed. more in just a bit.

oakland is at 52. mountain view at 45 and san jose at 50 degrees and this time a live camera shot in san rafael, so in santa rosa, that's where temperatures are cool, 43 degrees. we've got mid-40s as well through novato, napa, fairfield, concord up to 48 degrees right now. and check out the golden gate bridge, what you'll notice is the flag is kind of blowing in the offshore direction. when we have the offshore land breeze things will warm up. temperatures well above average. sunrise at 6:35, sunset at 5:10, that's a big change. of course we set our clocks back an hour and a chance of rain by the end of the week. so we're tracking that for you, and it's looking like it will cool down temperatures but we'll see how the chance of rain plays out. notice the forecast animation with the clouds clearing so plenty of sunshine, even tonight, to some clouds off the coast. highs today will be really comfortable, especially even at the beaches, upper 60s to near 70. 68 in half moon bay, santa cruz 80 degrees. san

there are many issues in oakland that are on the ballot. there are several measures and five city council seats are up for boards and the school board. a spotlight on the national race in the vote for the president there are a lot of local issues that are of importance. >>> voter turn out across the area is on pace to hit historic levels . according to new data, 56% of registered voters in santa clara county voted early, surpassing those in the state and the nation sonoma county voter turn out is 69.7%. san mateo county, 65%. san francisco is 62%. alameda is 64.3%. >>> campaign 2020 and millions of people across the country voted early. for some there is simply no substitute for voting in person on election day. our kpix 5 reporter, devin fehely has the story. >> reporter: the line form before the sun was up in mountain view. people are eager to take part in the time-honored election day tradition. at st. timothy's epic episcopal church, people came out. faith in american democracy and faith in elections and the importance of each and every

hitting stores in san lorenzo and oakland. a group raided an oakland cannabis store.shot and killed a 20-year-old oakland man. drivers trying to escape the scene left four officers injured. a gang of looters used a blow torch to break into an oakland pharmacy. ransacking the store stealing drugs and other merchandise. all of it captured by camera. they were inside for five hours before police arrived. police said they have to prioritize calls when someone's life is in danger. last night a group broke into a big 5 sporting goods store. officers recovered four firearms and high capacity magazines with suspects believed to be connected to robberies. all right. let's turn your attention now to the weekend forecast which is finally here and it is changing. >> yes. how much rain could we possibly get? >>> it will be light stuff but just enough to dampen the ground and give us a chill. this is a level one. tomorrow afternoon and evening, spotty showers, thunder, hail chance. we are looking at wind gusts 25 to 35, up to 50 at the higher elevations. here is a look at the cold

, oakland police officers association president buried and we know we have 3 murders. >>in spite 12 hours but just this week we had total of 6 murders and a further 11 shootings right across the state. so we're seeing a significant escalation in violent crime in over. >>as you can see this graphic both homicides and shootings have increased from this time last year these are incredible numbers. >>if you sides and shootings together is a 56% increase oakland police chief susan manheimer cites multiple reasons for this year's increase a deadly shootings, including covid ne teens impact on proactive cry for the jet we have been frustrated that we have not been able to use our traditional ceasefire violence intervention map is but that will not stop. >>our ability to go out there and to reduce this by now that oakland voters overwhelmingly approved the measure as one strengthening the police commission. >>donna let his colleague would help fighting violent crime from the commission and the city council north side by the responsible for public safety and security. >>so i sa

to shake things up in oakland. a new vatican report reveals more about abuse allegations against a former u.s. cardinal. the report says knew about the allegations for decades and did nothing. ♪ we have the power to harness california's abundant solar and wind energy, but it's not available all day long. use less energy from 4 to 9 pm for a cleaner california. >>bombshell report against a former u.s. cardinal alleging he slept with seminarians blames many but spares pope francis, a vatican investigation of former cardinal theodore mccarrick has found the bishops cardinals and even pope's downplayed or dismissed the report and that pope francis merely continued his predecessor's handling of the predator the report says that this went on until a former altar boy came forward and alleged abuse the vatican taking extraordinary steps to publish it. 400 plus page report to try to restore credibility after mccarrick's scandal. >>we probably should that report the which for the wounds said that the mott to the victims. the

, oakland police officers association president buried and we know we have 3 murders.of 12 hours but just this week we had total of 6 murders and a further 11 shootings right across the state. so we're seeing a significant escalation in violent crime in over. >>as you can see this graphic both homicides and shootings have increased from this time last year these are incredible numbers. >>if you sides and shootings together is a 56% increase oakland police chief susan manheimer cites multiple reasons for this year's increase the deadly shootings, including covid ne teens impact on proactive crime prevention. we have been frustrated that we have not been able to use our traditional ceasefire violence intervention that is but that will not stop. >>our ability to go out there and to reduce this by now that open voters overwhelmingly approved the measure as one strengthening the police commission donna let his colleague would help fighting violent crime from the commission and the city council north side by the responsible for public safety and security. >>so i saw each pol

noÉ gallo fue reelegido como miembro de consejo de oakland representando al vecindario de...iedo por nuestras familias, nuestras niÑas, nuestras muchachas, porque todo estÁ peligroso. >> no puede uno salir en la noche. julio: el concejal del distrito cinco es no el gallo, quien acaba de ser reelecto con el 53% de los votos. >> ahorita los robos estÁn subiendo, nos andamos matando en las calles, como en aÑos pasados, y no tenemos el nÚmero de policÍas necesarios para tener oficiales en todas las calles. julio: a su vez, la ciudad oakland busca recortar el presupuesto de la policÍa de invertir esos fondos en programas alternativos. >> el dinero que se ofrece sobre el departamento de policÍa cada aÑo se va dirigiendo a la comunidad, las escuelas y al trabajo. julio: se compartiÓ un estudio con una universidad donde encontraron otras necesidades entre los latinos. >> se necesita mÁs inversiÓn del gobierno y del condado en la ciudad para que las familias tengan mÁs recursos, especÍficamente una de las cosas que aprendemos es que todavÍa 35% de las personas no tienen acceso a cober

oakland at 61. soldier down to 48. clear skies over the golden gate bridge. 57 up north at santa rosa. know votto, 52. napa, 53. 46 at live we'll have cold warnings this weekend followed by sunny and mild conditions in the afternoon hours. that will continue for about another week or longer. overnight look for mainly clear skies. near the coast, might see a few passing high clouds. it will be chilly. temperatures in most locations in the mid to upper 30s. even colder up in parts of the north bay where lows will drop to 28 degrees at santa rosa and 31 at lake port. tomorrow, bright and sunny saturday with mild conditions. high temperatures from about 60 on the klein to low and mid 60s along the way. 65 in oakland. pretty mild tomorrow. most of our inland locations will not beat that 65 degree reading. now, here's a look at our travel forecast. bay area forecast will be operating under sunny and mild conditions with very light wind. the high temperatures around the way area airport about 62 to 66 degrees. good takeoff an

san francisco 75, oakland 80 degrees as well.lo alto, san jose 83 degrees, fairfield and livermore and it's nice at the beaches as well. santa cruz 80, half moon bay 68 but if you are headed there be careful. there's a beach hazard in effect 3:00 this afternoon until 5:00 tomorrow, we could see waves up to 12 feet in some of the west-northwest-facing beaches. right now they're at five feet but it could be pretty strong this afternoon, and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast as you set your clocks back an hour enjoy the sunshine and warm. sunny tuesday and a chance of rain heads our way as a system drops in from the north friday and saturday, bringing us much cooler temperatures by next weekend. liz? >> all right, good to know. the weather is not going to stop anyone from voting this year. thanks for joining us here on "abc 7 mornings." i'm liz kreutz along with frances dinglasan. abc 7 news continues at 9:00 a.m. for now "good morning next" is next. have a great sunday. i've been involved in. communications in the media fo

oakland, 65. san jose checking in at 70 degrees. this is a live camera into the golden gate bridge and here we go with the fog. trying to work its way across the southern portion of the span here moving into portions of san francisco closer to approaching presidio. for today, this is a setup. a warm pattern and it's not going to last for long. tomorrow, warm for thursday and then the cold front moves in. the cold front meaning cold air moves in behind it and it will be a blast of cold air. the temperatures dropping off a good 15 to 20 degrees as we head into saturday, friday forecast. a cooldown remains in place into the weekend. here's the forecast model this afternoon. on thursday. patchy fog coast side and you will see friday. this is not widespread rainfall. still a few scattered showers could pay us a visit on friday into saturday. probably a sun cloud mix. there is a slight chance of a shower as we head into sunday. the highs in afternoon, if you like the warm temperatures, make the most of today and tomorrow. 70s and some low

hitting stores in san lorenzo and oakland. a group raided an oakland cannabis store. police officer shot and killed a 20-year-old oakland man. drivers trying to escape the scene left four officers injured. a gang of looters used a blow torch to break into an oakland pharmacy. ransacking the store stealing drugs and other merchandise. all of it captured by camera. they were inside for five hours before police arrived. police said they have to prioritize calls when someone's life is in danger. last night a group broke into a big 5 sporting goods store. officers recovered four firearms and high capacity magazines with suspects believed to be connected to robberies. all right. let's turn your attention now to the weekend forecast which is finally here and it is changing. >> yes. how much rain could we possibly get? >>> it will be light stuff but just enough to dampen the ground and give us a chill. this is a level one. tomorrow afternoon and evening, spotty showers, thunder, hail chance. we are looking at wind gusts 25 to 35, up to 50 at the higher elevations. here is a l

noel gallo fue reelegido como miembro del consejo de oakland.sus habitantes son latinos. >> nos da miedo por las familias, por los niÑos, por las muchachas porque estÁ peligroso. julio: el concejal del distrito cinco es noel gallo, quien acaba de ser reelecto con el 53% de los votos. >> los robos estÁn subiendo. no tenemos el nÚmero necesario para tener los oficiales. julio: la ciudad de oakland busca recortar el presupuesto para la policÍa e invertir esos fondos en programas alternativos. >> cada aÑo ese dinero se va a dirigir a la comunidad, a las escuelas y al trabajo. julio: nuevo encontraron otras necesidades entre los latinoscompartieron estudio >> que las familias tengan mÁs recursos. 35% de las personas acceden a cobertura mÉdica y es muy alto. julio: quÉ piensa hacer para traer mÁs inversiÓn? en cuanto a una soluciÓn clara sobremejorar la seguridad no obtuvimos un plan concreto. >> directamente con la ciudad de oakland y el condado de alameda estamos trabajando para apoyar los negocios que tenemos porque necesitamos tener trabajo para a