about the oakland. a's oakland libby schaff speaking. let's listen. where. >> true to our roots as a working class city here lord of oakland. this is the kind of family fun and beautiful exciting environment that we know that oaklanders deserve. and what the city council approved yesterday. it's not just one of the most iconic ballparks that the world will ever see. but an entire beautiful community serving ballpark district. a new neighborhood with amazing union jobs, public parks affordable housing and safety improvements to make sure that the growing population of oakland that lives works and plays here will be safe and can move around our city and an environmentally sustainable way. that is what the oakland city approved last night. we are so excited. we are ready to keep plan. we're at and we believe that it is time for us to keep going on this visionary project. just sayin. las vegas is going to be 106 degrees this week. and there is nowhere that can offer the spectacular views and this beautiful

you want to stay in oakland? are you rooted in oakland? are you committed? oakland? are you out negotiating with other cities that you want to relocate to? i went through that with the raiders and my goal is to represent the residents of oakland. i have said it to the ownership of the a's that i will do everything possible to keep the a's here in oakland at the cole selfand we have another property that became available where the old raiders training headquarters was there in alameda. beautiful site. attractive, five minute from the airport and certainly we can incorporate that in our negotiations to keep the a's in oakland. >> you can't help but feel for the fans, sports fans and the residents of oakland seeing the raiders go, seeing the warriors go and now possibly the a's. hopefully it all gets worked out. we really appreciate you coming on the show and talking about it. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you. thank you. >> far from over. we will watch and see. >>> the life span for americans is shorter. new government data shows life span in the united states h

let's get this under control. >> you know certainly i grew up here in oakland, in east oakland, and it is the worst i have ever seen, not only dealing with the sideshows, dealing with the fireworks, but also the violence on the streets. >> reporter: violence, safety, and the role of the police have been at the center of the city's budget discussion. the chief of police is now pointing to the weekend as proof that the force is understaffed. >> we are talking about 12 hours of nonstop chaos throughout the city. if there is any idea of does this police department need resources to address these issues, for sure we do, it's clear do >> reporter: and thdeba over how to e tholence . over last year and there seems to be no consensus on how to move forward. >> that's because it's a lot of confusion going on. it's confusion in the leadership, the mayor saying one thing, city council saying something else, police chief saying something different, and we the people of the community, we don't know what's going on with the city of oakland, except a lot of shooting, a lot of killing, you know what i

vases baseball in oakland on the eve of the crucial city council vote, the oakland a's mayor, libby schaaf, in this city spent the day in meetings trying to iron out an agreement on the massive $12 billion waterfront ballpark project at howard terminal. these had rejected the city's financial terms last week, but have vowed to keep talking a yes vote by the seven member city council on the financial terms would move the project forward, the a's of said a no vote would send them packing up and moving to another city. based on the information i have, i am going to vote against the air is going to horror termine noel guyot says he's afraid the project would badly disrupt oakland's vital port. i want to maintain the job opportunities that are being developed. at the port of oakland, port officials, environmental groups and residents joined monday at a rally at howard terminal, urging the council to vote. no this is one of the most toxic sites in the east bay. and we have deep concerns about what kind of remediation it would take. is that a good deal harvard because we got to pay taxes on it. h

tomorrow the oakland city council is set to vote on the financial terms of a new ballpark for the oakland a's. but despite last minute negotiations, a deal at howard terminal is all but certain. ktvu rob roth live this afternoon in the city of oakland, where a group called on the count. told to vote note. ron um, like this is the 11th hour and the a's in this city are still in negotiations over a new waterfront ballpark. now the ayes have said a no vote by the city council tomorrow could mean the end of az baseball in oakland. on the eve of the crucial city council vote. the oakland a's mayor, libby schaaf, in this city spent the day in meetings trying to iron out an agreement on the massive $12 billion waterfront ballpark project at howard terminal. these had rejected the city's financial terms last week, but have vowed to keep talking. yes vote by the seven members city council on the financial terms would move the project forward. the ayes have said a no vote would send them packing up and moving to another city. based on the information i have, i am going to vote against the a's going

, to show how beautiful oakland is.the only thing we have left to draw anyone outside of california into oakland, right now, is the oakland a's. >> reporter: the vote is coming off on the 20th and the team say they just need to know where that they share a vision to turn the site into a ballpark or for the a's to move elsewhere. >> tomorrow numbers of oakland united are leading a rally to call on the a's owners to commit, in righting, to provide community benefits. this is happening at 10:00 a.m. outside of the a's office. >>> and just hours the faa will arrive in monterey county to investigate what caused a small plane to crash into a home. it happened early this morning just miles from the monterey regional airport. and firefighters arrived they found the house engulfed in flames and portions of the engine and wing n crash site. we spoke with the owner of the home who lives in the bay area. >> my wife and kids were not there. but i felt bad for the people on the plane. i don't have any information on that, they lost a

project. >> keep oakland a -- an oakland. for the people, hundreds of people that work for them. t ing about one or two people. i'm talking about hundreds of people that need this job. wherever the a's go they need to stay in oakland. >> there is no example of a successful working port next to a residential complex. the team is seeking to create a political crisis for the city and work on the public fear that oakland will loose another sports team this is used to pressure officials for quick approval of an unacceptable term sheet. the community demands answers. >> there is a rally in about an hour outside of city hall. you know just really coming together about this project. we also know there's a regular council meeting going on at 1:00 this afternoon. we will certainly watch that one as they continue these discussions when 2 comes to this proposed stadium. we are live in east oakland. i'm justin andrews. >> lots of people watching this. thank you. >>> we first brought you that oakland city council meeting live on cbsn bay a

this morning oakland united and members of the oakland chinatown community will rally outside a's headquarters to try to convince the team owners to commit themselves to and provide money for the site at the howard terminal. the group of citizens is demanding that the team negotiate in good faith with the city and commit to things like housing and local hires for the project. another group demanding the team does not build at the howard terminal but stay at the current side. this afternoon that group of the east oakland stadium alliance will release a report saying there's serious concerns if the stadium at the howard terminal. they argue the congestion would bring devastation to the port in terms of the business. that's why they want a's to next tuesday the oakland city council is scheduled to vote on a nonbinding agreement for the a's proposed stadium at the howard toirm nal. commissioner rob manfred is trying to apply pressure on the city to reach a deal. he says that the way the city council votes next week will determine the fate of baseball in oakland and calls it a quote mistake to thin

. >>> oakland rejects key pieces of what the oakland a's one for the new stadium. >>> building a better bay area and moving forward and finding solutions. this is abc7 news. >> we are still seeing a rise in cases. >> because of that, seven bay area counties are urging you to wear a mask indoors even if you are vaccinated. >> we are a little upset about it. people are not getting vaccinated. >> there is frustration over the new recommendation. >> you are watching abc7 news at 5:00. the seven bay area counties are urging vaccinated people to wear masks indoors.masks indoor. and the change comes as a delta variance reds and covid cases are rising across the state. california's test positive the rate was 2.3% and now it is 3.7%. more than 4600 new cases, nearly twice as many as a week ago. let's begin with stephanie sierra. >> reporter: we are keeping a close eye on our data dashboard. to put it all into perspective, our case rates of more than doubled since the state reopened just a month ago. most of this transmission is stemming directly from the delta variant. >> reporter: masks are bac

team to oakland.resolution now goes back to the jpa for a final vote this friday. the nfl says 83% of all players have now received at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine. officials say all 32 nfl teams have at least 60% of their players vaccinated while 10 teams have 90% of their players vaccinated, although the nfl has stopped requiring a covid-19 vaccine in order to play this season, there are still strict social distancing orders in place for unvaccinated players. one of the original rosie the riveter xhaferri died at 99 years old coming up tonight how her family and a bay area lawmaker are remembering her and i went after the break. i'll have the forecast. it does include a little less humidity tomorrow compared to what we had today. also ahead, the popular san francisco museum that has closed for good after being open just a few years. it's a new day. and it's coming at you fast. it could be the day your workforce doubles... or the day your visitors quadruple. with comcast business you'll be

oakland a's we want oakland a's here we are again. graders gone. where's it gone? his leave. be. it's gonna be a tough. tough thing to handle for this community before the game, even the a skipper weighed in. i'd love to stay in oakland. i hope i hope your team stays in oakland. we have a long rich history. here's bob melvin admits the vote and a potential move are hard to ignore. you know, either grown up here or lives here or is an oakland a's baseball fan or a player? i think everybody probably has the same thoughts. fans wonder if the bleak outlook is gamesmanship dealmaking, but the prospect of las vegas a's has them nervous. the union jobs for building the stadium. all that i mean, none of that's going to happen, so i think it's i think it's a lose lose, but i mean, we'll see. the project also includes condos, offices and retail space. today, mayor shaft was part of the talks and in a statement said the city will push for a proposal that serves oakland without risk to the port taxpayers or public funds. mike that council meeting begins tomorrow morning, nine a.m. and if

oakland fire posted the video on twitter. fortunately no one was hurt. oakland fire crews reopened a fire station this afternoon after completing work on a water heater. fire station 25 had to be closed due to a problem with the heater. near joaquin miller park. while closed worked at fair station 24. >>> check of the weather, meteorologist rob mayeda is here. nice to see you. >> good to be here and have good news. red flag warnings for dry lightning expired this morning but seeing action in the sierra, a number of thunderstorms which unfortunately fast forward another 24 hours and we'll see if we have more lightning-sparked fires. san jose still seeing puffy, subtropical clouds hanging out around the valley. 78 in san jose, finally cooling down in livermore, had mid to upper 90s earlier, but now the wind picking up, 87. and walnut creek is hot, 94. cooler air coming in in the evening, san francisco the chill continues at 59. no lightning locally but the sierra is different story. around the dixie fire explosive weather conditions happening right now. lo

so it was a difficult weekend in the city of oakland. >> and you are saying actually, you're from oakland and you've never seen, you know, destruction at this level and the fireworks and everything that's going on right now. >> yeah. i mean, i'm from oakland been with the police department for over 2 decades. department for over 2 decades. and thi 4th of july's. and i've seen particularly the celebratory gunfire. we've seen people using firearms. much more to be seen in the past and obviously that creates dangerous situations for entire community so that was concerning well, and also seeing like every city in the bay area frankly, that has sideshows you see more of those 2. >> and those have been you know, mean, they've injure a lot of people like it's likely. i haven't heard of anybody killed. there's been a lot graffiti and vandalism that goes along with that. that affects the local businesses nearby. >> unfortunately, while we were addressing the 7 shootings later that evening. we did incur a pretty large and violent side show up to 300 vehicles additional 200 it was very challenging f

oakland police department budget did not defund the police is misleading.e know that every year we must spend more money to deliver the same service as our cost per service must adjust to inflation and the rapidly increased cost of living in this expensive bay area. oakland has continued to maintain the lowest officer per crime staffing level. of any police department in america of the city of san jose, is now under pressure from the federal government to clear out a homeless encampment at the edge of the runways at san jose man at an airport. as a result, hundreds of people living in tents, boxes and vehicles are facing an uncertain future between 3 to 400. people live on this 40 acre plot of federal land. i think this is the largest camp i've ever seen, and it may be even bigger than the jungle was. and i remember vividlyn they swept the jungle. that's the beginning of what we see. now. the faa says the area is not fit for living and has set a hard deadline of april 2022 for the homeless to be out and for fencing to go up. u s track star sicari richardson

southbound 8.80, looking good from oakland to highway 2.38. just 10 minutes and out on the peninsula traveling down to the south bay. i don't see collisions or anything or any lanes blocked right now it's looking good from san jose to menlo park just 30 met. one minutes on highway one oh, one and on interstate 5.80, from livermore to dublin. you can expect 10 minutes and from know peta's to sunnyvale on the 2.37 a seven-minute drive time. back to you. >> thanks a lot. 7. '02. and today a critical meeting is planned between the oakland a's billion dollar proposal and the city and county. they're trying to figure keep the a's class. the team wants the ball park a green light today would go a long way towards getting us to a vote by the city council prefers camila. barco has the very latest for us now. >> from the newsroom. good morning, camila. >> good morning, daryn. james, ap today will be the first time city leaders have the opportunity to discuss terms and financing options foot for what will be built. probably the largest private investment

it was sold to a new owner just one month ago in oakland.li rasmus ktvu box two news and late today, oakland police told us their records show multiple calls were made to the police department to report squatters at that home that caught fire. the reports date back. as far as april of last year, and as recently as last tuesday, governor newsom was in sonoma county today to tout the state's investment in providing housing for the homeless, how much money is being spent and what it will be used for, and a record setting class for the uc system will tell you what sets this year's incoming freshmen and transfer applicants apart from years i'm morgan, and there's more to me than hiv. more love, more adventure, more community. but with my hiv treatment, there's not more medicines in my pill. i talked to my doctor and switched to fewer medicines with dovato. dovato is for some adults who are starting hiv-1 treatment or replacing their current hiv-1 regimen. with just 2 medicines in 1 pill, dovato is as effective as a 3-drug regimen... to help you r

in west oakland, laura, you said about two blocks from the west oakland bart station. all of that smoke and flame visible from our camera up there in emeryville. imagine it will be visible from folks approaching the bay bridge toll plaza. for 880 around the bend in either direction as well as folks cutting through on 980. this is between peralta and mandela parkway on ninth. some folks might not know where chester is. that is the issue. it's also close to seventh an exit there and also an important avenue getting over towards the port. this is in conjunction with this part of oakland. the rest of the area is clear as far as the roadways go. the fire near ninth and chester will be visible for this region as you head towards the bay bridge. back to you. >> thank you. >>> breaking news from tokyo, one member of the u.s. women's gymnastics team has tested positive for covid-19. officials are not identifying the gymnast but say it is an alternate on the women's artistic team. the team which arrived in japan on thursday has only stayed at their acoming days and practice venu

so it was a difficult weekend in the city of oakland. >> and you are saying actually, you're from oaklandnd you've never seen, you know, destruction at this level and the fireworks and everything that's going on right now. >> yeah. i mean, i'm from oakland been with the police department for over 2 decades. and this was one of the most 4th of july's. and i've seen particularly the celebratory gunfire. we've seen people using firearms. much more to be seen in the past and obviously that creates dangerous situations for entire community so that was concerning well, and also seeing like every city in the bay area frankly, that has sideshows you more of those 2. >> and those have been you know, mean, they've injured a lot of people like it's likely. i haven't heard of anybody being killed. there's been a lot graffiti and vandalism that goes along with that. that affects the local businesses nearby. >> unfortunately, while we were addressing the 7 shootings later that evening. we did incur a pretty large and violent side show up to 300 vehicles additional 200 it was very challenging for us as

high fire danger is force oakland. city officials to close much a grizzly peak cars will be allowed to pass through grizzly peak boulevard between skyline boulevard in centennial drive. fire officials have done this in the past to limit the risks. a fire danger. but this year they feel it's even more important to keep people out. >> we're the talk any spark early find work or even the get that going have the chance of having a large fire we know this is an inconvenience. but if this is something they have to be done. we don't try to make sure that we're going to go and about. hot fire season. >> fireworks are illegal in the city of oakland. those roads along grizzly peak boulevard are going to be closed from finding in july. 4th through 5 and july 5th. injuries related to fireworks are already skyrocket across the country. those injuries can range from minor to more severe and life threatening. according to a report by the u.s. consumer product safety commission. 5 were deaths have doubled in the last year and there ar

i'd love to stay in oakland. i hope our hope our team stays in oakland. we have a long rich history here. bob melvin admits the vote and a potential move are hard to ignore. i think that's the case with anybody who's you know, either grown up here or lives here or is an oakland a's baseball fan or a player? i think everybody probably has the same thoughts. some fans wonder if the two sides are exaggerating the impasse as a bargaining ploy, but the stakes are high las vegas. is calling mike the council meets tomorrow morning at nine a.m. and even the commissioner of baseball has been out there, saying it would be a mistake for the city of oakland to consider that vegas option as it bluff, so it's very heated right now. we'll have to wait and see until tomorrow, deb. thank you. for that. meantime hopes of bringing a w nba team to the bay area, taking one step forward. the joint powers board, which controls the oakland arena, voted unanimously friday to allow the african american sports and entertainment group to start the process for a multi year lease. the

there is no coal in oakland is to do that. >>> we begin with the widely felt earthquake in the eastern sierra. dozens of aftershocks, abou, fo >>out threhotahoe. >>> the shaking triggered rockslides along highway 395 and he had friends driving through as it happened. >> what you see? >> i don't know. >> there was an earthquake. >> how do you know? >> the tires when a little funny and i thought the road was funny and i thought it was just the road. >> it is an earthquake because it was along the side here to me. >> an earth quake. that was an earthquake. >> that was a big earthquake. >> the shaking was felt to the coast and all over the bay area. >> we are live from the tri- valley where it got a lot of people's attention this afternoon. >> reporter: it definitely did. people said their hearts were racing and their palms got a little sweaty because they were feeling that shaking and rumbling earlier this afternoon. white a few people actually posted videos on social media of light fixtures swinging back and forth in their homes and everywhere from concord to heyward and even across the

oakland police are looking for those suspects. responsible $2000 reward now being offered for any information. anyone with details know urged to call oakland, for news. >> now that attack against the senator happened on the same day that local and federal leaders we're announcing plans to try to stop crime in oakland's chinatown over the last year. the neighborhood has seen a dramatic increase in robberies and other attacks, many of them targeting elderly asian americans. kron four's. dan thorn has the details. >> local and federal law enforcement announced new action to keep violent crimes like this from happening in chinatown. the video from earlier this month showing 2 women being robbed in broad daylight along 9th street. the brazen crime happening in the same area where an elderly man with a cane was pistol whipped and robbed. the idea. >> that i most marginalized community. our seniors will be walking down the street and be accosted in assaulted and robbed clearly unacceptable. >> oakland police chief leronne armstrong stand

upper 60s in oakland. along the coast we are in the upper 60s, low 70s and mid-60s at san francisco and north bay temperatures range from the low 70s in mill valley to upper 90s to the north. our heat is going to intensify including the weekend and will be a prolonged period of hot temperatures especially for the inland valleys and liver more. it backs off early next week. mike, how does it look? >> looking good. as far as the speed sensors go, over here that crash 280 at 380 did clear up there. no incidents for 280 south. maybe one vehicle is enough to skew that speed average through the area. contra costa county crash on the shoulder and may be sticking out to affect a lane at the off ramp. just past the exit but may have a crew there affecting a lane as you exit. be careful out there. concord, the slower drive has not occurred. back to you. >> thank you. >>> the alameda county sheriff's office is releasing footage of an officer involved shooting. you might find it disturbing. this is from the april 17th

plus a spike in violence in oakland as well.nd the debate over funding or not of the police department and the meeting today could go a long way to determining if the a's stay in oakland. we'll have a live report. when our daughter and her kids moved in with us... our bargain detergent couldn't keep up. turns out it's mostly water. so, we switched back to tide. one wash, stains are gone. daughter: slurping don't pay for water. pay for clean. it's got to be tide. ever notice how stiff clothes can feel rough on your skin? for softer clothes that are gentle on your skin, try downy free & gentle downy will soften your clothes without dyes or perfumes. the towel washed with downy is softer, and gentler on your skin. try downy free & gentle. in this ad pay attention to the actor's gums. gums? we don't think about them. but like skin, over time gums can get damaged. new colgate gum renewal. reverses early gum damage for a beautiful, revitalizd smile >> from the area's local news station. you're watching the kron 00:00am morning news at

in oakland, based on some of the comments from oakland city council members and some of the comments from aids president dave cavill. it appears that the city and the team are at an impasse. it's very uncertain whether they will vote on and approve this term sheet today, but this follows again two hours of public comment when people in oakland weighed in. in nearly two hours of public comment. oakland ear's had strong feelings about the plan, both for the current term sheet. if the is leave, hundreds of workers will lose their jobs, losing three professional sports teams within a span of five years. is nothing to be proud of. don't make a generation of kids relegate. they raised jerseys to the closet two and against it, the ultimate costs are going to be at least three times greater call their bluff and keep the a's at the coliseum. the a's are like an abusive boyfriend, and you need to stand up them. how much are you going to just like? do what they want the 35,000 seat ballpark itself would be privately financed by the a'sllt pick up the costs for site and infrastructure surroundin

in oakland, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> community groups also rallied in oakland show solidarity with the city's investment in violence prevention. a caravan of cars gathered at lake merritt to travel to laurel park for a community advocate. organizers are celebrating a shift to community resources after years of campaigning here at one oakland city council members as they are not trying to defund the police. >> there is nothing further from the truth. opd is $38.5 million more enriched this year that the previous fiscal budget cycle. >> oakland city council has diverted $18 million from the police budget to previously underfunded areas. >>> a vaccination clinic in san jose today focused on the deaf community. the deaf counseling advocacy and referral agency hosted the event, one of the first deaf run nonprofits in the country. the visor at johnson & johnson vaccines were available today. organizers say many in the deaf community found the state's website confusing. the pop up included interpreters to information about the vaccines. >> we can see people face-to- face in the deaf commu

we need something to stay in oakland that something is the oakland a's baseball team rooted in what has become a rundown coliseum since 1968 just being from oakland to being that this is the part of oakland that it's just a bay area, man. if you don't come to an aids game, you're not in the bay area under plenty of scrutiny. oakland city council members held an hours long debate on accepting a term sheet. the a's. it lays out a financial framework for building a billion dollar ballpark at the howard terminal. this is much bigger than just baseball, the 35,000 seat park would be paid for by the a's. but the team is balking at requirements to create a certain level of affordable housing and paying for infrastructure upgrades in the port area. instead, the aids would create tax districts to generate future revenue, but it is disturbing. that the a's are not agreeing to pay for any of the, uh, infrastructure. others worry a new ballpark will broom away. what was gentrification in the city that wants to hold on to its identity. we need to be in support of keeping the port, the port of oaklan

a lot of activity around that in west oakland.closures on 9th street in both directions between perault and send street, also on chester both directions between 12th street and 8th street. use alternates, try to avoid that if you can. bay bridge toll plaza, metering lights on and we are starting to see that back up as you work from the east shore freeway. traffic is sluggish as you head into san francisco. altamont pass, traffic getting busy for the ride out of tracy as you head onto 580. there is a crash at grant line. all the activity is over to the right shoulder. >> thank you. >>> good news this morning for lots of drivers who have been dealing with awful traffic in contra costa. live look near 242 north in concord. the 3500-foot section of highway kept cars bumper to bumper for a second consecutive weekend. this morning at 10:00, closure between the split with interstate 680 and concord on ramp is finally set to reopen. clayton road off ramp will also open back up. in order to complete rehab and paving that stretch was shut d

as part of that effort, it's called stand up for a safe oakland a march meant to rally oakland ear's at the lake merritt amphitheater and will end near brooklyn avenue as people return from holiday celebrations. there is a new sense of urgency to increase covid vaccination rates, and there are questions from the public about whether to get a covid test if you have a cough of fever or other symptoms, ktvu jana katsuyama has more on the new measures in the bay area to track and test as people returned from a holiday weekend celebrating america's battle for independence. president biden turned tuesday to the battle for americans health more than 182 million americans have received at least one shot, including nearly 90% of seniors and 70% of adults over the age of 27. the urgency is increasing as people travel and returned from family gatherings and crowded fourth of july celebrations, mixing at a time when some states still have vaccination rates below 30% and the u. s has seen a spike in cases of the more transmissible delta variant in california, state officials say 35% of coronaviru

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the deadly weekend crime wave in oakland is bring a lot of attention of the police department oakland'schief, by the way, says his officers were overwhelmed on the 4th of july watching be chatting with him live here at 8.30, talking about how he's looking to fight crime as oakland community activists and city leaders. >> are still advocating for less officers on the street. kron four's phillipe djegal has more. >> on the 4th of july. oakland police were bogged down responding to fires a massive sideshow. >> and 7 shootings during a 15 hour period. >> they were so strapped most fireworks related calls did not get responses silence and the city of oakland. that's is gotten to where it used to be years ago. for nearly 2 decades. a federal monitor has been installed to oversee the police department, which is experienced a carousel of chiefs over the years. but recently the city council approved a 6% budget increase for the department. well, also redirecting about 18 million dollars of the mayor's initial police budget proposal to the department of violence prevention. we need to get back in

oakland police chief leronne along lake merritt in oakland we have a crisis in the city of oakland. chief police department did not stop the city's crime wave on its own polling on the people who live here to stand up for a safe oakland. there are my 23 year career on the whether we're talking about automatic weapons but then also the influx so far this year. 71 homicides have been reported in the city of oakland and chief armstrong calls those an acceptable losses are to many people are afraid to come outside. our seniors can't walk to the store. we've got young people dying at alarming rate suspend us joint chiefs. armstrong got the march and rally is the chief of the city's department of violence prevention and recently witnessed it and we want to of a outside city hall while he was being interviewed to find i drive in different signaling within the change that will get enough of the same more washington. the names of this year's victims of deadly violence read out loud. >> teachers say gun violence has been devastating for students. let it be hearing gunhhots at >> related or pe

the last 24 hours have been very challenging any c oakland, oakland armstrong stepd before the cameras monday, saying the best planning wasn't enough to stem a wave of holiday violence. special details to combat fireworks and side shows were overmatched from sunday evening until monday morning. seven shooting victims multiple acts of gun violence and massive sideshow. and one mysterious death. we had. unfortunately to move those fireworks related enforcement officers as well as our size show related officers to focus solely on violent crime, starting at six sunday evening and stretching until mid morning monday, three people hit by celebratory gunfire. another to our homicide victims. one person was wounded by gunfire and a person was killed due to blunt force trauma to his head. the chief says. officers were running from seem to scene and couldn't address the crime of illegal firework usage to exacerbate the problem. even worse, we encountered a very large and extremely violent and dangerous sideshow. mm this amateur video shows the breath of the incident. police say around 300 driver

they'll be left with no pro sports teams in oakland and no tax revenue.stly here, mixed feelings about the specific location. but he'd like that keep the a's in oakland. he says he doesn't care if they play at laney college. he just wants them in oakland. what are you thinking about this? we saw dave kaval. did he have anything else to say about this? >> what they compare it to is the giants. when the giants got a new staid imon the waterfront, it reinvigorated the team in terms of fans going out to the ballpark. the experience of going to a giants game is very different than the a's. you know, their position is clear. it's time for us to be, you know, a high-tech, you know, stadium that can compete with the giants. >> a lot of interesting pointing for sure. >> great to have you with us. >> abbey also has her own show on instagram called "synched in." follow us on instagram, our handle is nbc bay area. >>> a prominent san jose city leader is making a desperate plea. get vaccinated now. council member bonilla says one group that remains largely unvaccinate

north of the west oakland bart station. firefighters are eevacuating everyone in the area. we don't know what caused the fire or if anyone was hurt. sky 7 is on the way to the scene. you can see this picture live from sky 7 right now. no, this is not sky 7, sorry about that. we have sky 7 on the way and we will bring you updates as soon as they come in. >>> people in areas with high fire danger are keeping an eye on conditions this morning. amy hollyfield is live where even a breeze is a concern. >> reporter: good morning. look at these dry hills. they were watched very carefully overnight as the winds were blowing and we were hearing reports of possible dry lightning. we did dodge that overnight. so that was really good news, happy to report that this morning. no reports of lightning strikes. this situation was watched carefully. the red flag warning was put into place for the bay area because of the weather and conditions on the ground. with the complex fires of last year on people's minds. they would be watching overnigh

oakland pd are a very busy fourth of july holiday.dy short staffed but today we are expected to hear from the chief of oakland police about a new initiative to help prevent violence. the specifics for the program called the stand up for a safe oakland initiative is not released but the video of our own news crew robbed last week in broad daylight with a weapon will be shown at the announcement. the crew interviewing the newly appointed chief of violence prevention. he shared with us why there needs to be different approaches as the department is short 74 officers and deals with more violence. >> right to the surface, precisely why oakland needs to do this. you know? very angry people that are being violent. we have to stop it. >> reporter: and while we wait for the specifics of the stand up for a safe oakland initiative chief armstrong did announce a march on saturday at lake merritt to stop the violence and put down the guns expected to begin at noon at the lake merritt amphitheater. >> this is a specific -- not specific to oakland.

sky in oakland overnight. a warehouse going up in flames and what neighbors saw in the moments leading up to this. >>> plus -- >> firefighters on alert across the bay area overnight. crews scrambling to several scenes, resources stretched thin all because of illegal fourth of july fireworks. your county by county report of those problems. this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning. thanks so much for making us a part of your morning. i'm marcus washington. >> i'm cierra johnson in for laura garcia. a lot of you may be watching us off work enjoying your coffee and hopefully it's a good day for you to continue to celebrate that fourth of july holiday. >> i would say pleasant depending on where you are. if you like sunshine go inland. if you are used to the cloud cover and the fog, well then hang out around the coast. that's exactly what we're going to see. 59 in walnut creek. by 11:00, 12:00, and 1:00, so your lunch hour, we're going to be in the 70s for walnut creek, but i do once to give you a look ahead at

president dave campbell of the oakland a's that she expects him to keep the pressure on oakland to do their job as well. she said that they're not very far apart as you mention, james, but there are some things that they are not going to back off on one of the key points that she hit on was affordable housing. now the a's with like a part of that part of their 12 billion dollars plan to build a ballpark basically right next to jack london square. we're talking about 3,000 units. they would hope at least about 450 of those units will be affordable housing mayor libby schaaf was also joined by union had one of the union leaders in alameda county. and he was also stressing this deal is a win for not just the team but also a win for alameda county and oakland because it will provide jobs. obviously they think it's very fair their perspective to the oakland a's. but the oakland a's they were caught off guard by this. and i got to tell you, they are still millions of dollars apart. oakland mayor libby schaaf talked about the infrastructure that still needs to be built. she says it's a priva

oakland 94%.te and radar view, ridge of high pressure to our east and monsoonal moisture around that ridge of high pressure. so around us but not for the bay area. let's take you hour by hour as we go through our day, timing it out for you. you see as we go through our afternoon, stopping the clock at the lunchtime hour, you see those quiet conditions, mostly sunny to partly sunny skies. as we zoom out, as we go through our day, that's where the activity is. well to our east with thunderstorms possible, heavy downpours. you can see lightning strikes as well over the sierra and desert southwest nevada as well. lightning intensity as we go through our day, the lightning tracker, you can see in blue. that is across desert southwest and sierra central and southern california as well but again not for us. through the day low 60s along the coast. around the bay mid to upper 60s and low 70s inland and low 80s and low 90s later today. san francisco and oakland around the bay, temperatures holding steady o

a wnba team to play at the oakland arena city council president in oakland, vice mayor rebecca kaplan. >> has been instrumental in paving the way for this moment. >> i am super excited and we know that oakland has a strong community that is ready to support women's basketball and come out to games and restore the energy of rakell at our reena. so this is one step closer to having a wnba team in oakland. this could be easily. one of the biggest. >> wnba. >> you know, you know. >> markets in the country for bobbitt is the founder of the african american sports and entertainment group that submitted the unanimously approved term sheet for the arena with this being relocating wnba team are starting up a brand new franchise right here we are requesting expansion to be quite honest with you as openers. relocation is not something we really like to talk about. there are still several steps in the process, including submitting the new team ownership proposal to the of the wnba. >> followed by an expansion review and a vote by current wnba owners. he says we're talking at least a couple of yea

oakland san leandro through richmond. all 70's. good escapes. if you need to get away from the 90's and triple digits that many of our inland areas will find yourselves in yet again today. now tomorrow's temperatures likely to be just as warm as today. but here's the good news. we start a bit of a cool down process into the weekend that leads us into some upper 80's for warmest of highs by next monday. so there is some relief in this forecast. it's not a huge change of pace but enough to get us out of the upper 90's john, thank you for that. you are hitting the roads waking up this morning on this thursday morning. a day away. >> from your friday. no major, hot spots at this hour, things are looking pretty heading into the city from the east bay a little under 9 minutes. 5, 1880, also traveling pretty well at the limit right now. let's head over look at the golden gate bridge where things are foggy visibility is pretty low. 20 minute drive for you into the city. however, the its want to slow down there because of visibility and the richmond sand

this project could be a benefit for oakland but not expense of residents. >> a lot of back-and-forth ahead of today's big vote on the a's proposed new ballpark and today the oakland city council approved terms for the deal against the teams objections. at today's vote, councilmembers amended and okayed the term sheet for financing the $12 billion project including a new ballpark at howard terminal. today's vote is nonbinding because an environmental impact report still has to be approved but it sends a clear signal about the city intentions. it is unclear what the team will now do and in an interesting twist the vote happen roughly at the same time the a's were throwing out the first pitch for today's game. >> i want to say this is a good deal. we have been negotiating in good faith. >> the oakland city council put their best foot forward as six members voted yes to a nonbinding term sheet that outlines plans for new waterfront park at howard terminal. oakland even made a major concession in that the city offered to take responsibility for $352 million in off-site transportation infr

oakland a's controversial proposal for a new ballpark.ups are now weighing in with concerns. one is over security measures and another is about housing. ktvu is rob ross spoke with aids team president today the ace team president today about those issues and what is at stake. those thirds high grassroots community groups took their demands considering the oakland a's ballpark proposal straight to the a's headquarters in jack london square wednesday. they wrote those demands on baseball as they left at the front door. i want the ace to stay in oakland, but they have conditions. the eighth owners the fishers have yet to make a concrete community benefits commitment that would ensure oakland residents get what they need from this project, namely, a commitment to build affordable housing is part of the community benefits agreement attached to the proposed $12 billion project. at howard's terminal. the project would include a new ballpark for the a's. plus a mixed use of housing businesses, a hotel and other features the a should not exempt th

and here as we're talking about a house on fire in oakland. the big fire danger is in the east bay hills and the north bay mountains. yeah. the red flag warnings are. >> you know, all likelihood going to be with us all summer long for those regions. they're worried today specifically could be that that dry lightning that john was talking about in the diablo range. kron four's will tran actually standing by in orinda for us this morning where will your in an area where if a fire should spark there's a whole lot of hills and a whole lot of trees to burn. >> absolutely. which is why i was here a couple of months ago when they started clearing out the vegetation. the dry vegetation knowing this area is ready to go in case of fire happens ready to go, meaning they cleared out all that dry brush added extra manpower because right now we are in the midst of wildfire season and look right behind me, john talked about how the red flag warning has been lifted. it was supposed to be in place until 5 o'clock tonight. that has been lifted because the threa

i talked with an oakland daca recipient who says his sister is devastated. her application was just weeks away, he said from being approved. the ruling by the federal judge in texas now puts hundreds of thousands of young immigrants on uncertain ground. us district judge andrew hanen declared the deferred action for childhood arrivals or daca program was illegally created and did not follow proper procedure. the lawsuit was filed by texas in a coalition with eight other states that said daca forced them to bear costs of health care, education and social services. i think more than anything with this with this new ruling highlights is the need for there to be permanent soldier. it's not just for daca recipients and those quote unquote dreamers but also for tps holders right. also for farm workers for essential workers, juan prieto of oakland is one of some $650,000 recipients who have received protection. the program was set up in 2012 to protect undocumented immigrants from deportation and allow them to work if they were brought to the u. s. s children have

so oakland played ball today. the city council approve ago plan that would finance the move to the howard terminal at the port of oakland, but it was not the home run the team was hoping are to. the city voting a proposal the team hadn't approved. project that would include 35,000 fans and 1.5 million square feet of office space as well as retail space, hotel room and outdoor space for the public. here's how the vote went. six council members voted yes. one council member, noel gallo followed through with what he told us yesterday and voted no. council member carol feist on stained. they said the development would help create jobs. but council member gallo says the a's have a better option. >> i do support staying at the coliseum. because we have all the structures. the land, the money and certainly the commitment of the city of oakland to move and rebuild a new stadium. rebuild east oakland. >> we are unified in keeping the a's rooted in oakland in a way that protects our port, protects our community and protects

the oakland united coalition. >> rallied outside of the oakland a's headquarters today. they're demanding that the team's owners commit to a community benefits agreement as part of the howard terminal stadium project project the community benefits agreement would require the a's to pay for affordable housing projects and to create well paying union jobs for local residents. >> this is so important to oakland that ties to be a champion at all points for diversity, for inclusion and equity. here's here's were the words have to have to meet the ground. and this is where the communities have to get together and work together with folks like that is to make sure that all of our districts are vibrant and thriving into the future. thank you. >> the oakland city council is set to vote on that. howard terminal stadium site next week. >> let's take a live look outside as we get ready to check our 4 zone forecast. this is a shot looking out downtown san francisco with a few clouds, but a beautiful blue sky behind them. yeah. not as foggy in the city as it's been lawrence. look at t

it means the oakland as will be the oakland as and not the bay area as or whatever the case may be. > law also requires developers include affordable housing in projects like this, but the team wants an exemption. instead, it wants future taxes to pay for the housing, something a few city council members soundly rejected. >> i think it's -- it sets a bad precedent, it's a bad idea and to me, that's a shocking element of this that is -- i have difficulty swallowing. >> reporter: the as president also telling the city he hopes the full council will vote to approve the project later this month because time is running out. this all happening today, even as the "las vegas review-journal" is reporting that as leadership will be in las vegas over the next two days, meeting with elected officials and touring sites for a ballpark in nevada. in oakland, tom jensen, nbc bay area news. >> we will stay on top of this story. >>> well, suing to get back on social, former president donald trump announced a new lawsuit against bay area tech giants facebook, twitter, and google for banning him from the

bangs a long two-run walk-off home run, oakland wins 5-4. >>> giants in st. yastrzemski has two home runs, including this one, three-run in top of the seventh inning. giants beat the cardinals 7-2. we're back in a moment. >>> finally tonight, muir woods in marin, another sign moving forward, a sign. entrance arch back in place. made good use of the downtime with trail crew and rangers working on preservation options. one of the most amazing places in bay area is muir woods to see amazing -- those trees are spectacular. >> don't forget to make a reservation. >> and parking is an issue. bye-bye. [ cheers and applause ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon."