a decision sparked in part by the city of oakland. >> it was just a matter of time before another city passed the ban. >>> the ripple effect across the country now that elephants are packing their trunks. >>> spring is in the air i'll let you know how long this warmth will last coming up. >>> the california congressman who is a french bulldog may lead to a big change for amtrak. >>> seven on your side reveals the concern behind life's morning multitasking. it's multiple ideas for growing families and drawers with many layers to show exactly what you need. life's the food that brings us together. and kitchens where every meal is the most important of the day. >>> this is bittersweet, the elephants have been on the circus for 145 years. this is a real shift. >> ringling brothers and barnum bailey is phasing out its elephant acts over the next three years. leann in a joins us from the oakland zoo where that news was welcomed. >> certainly a lot of animal rights groups applauding today's announcement including the oakland zoo, which has been at the forefront of elephant conservation awaren

an event to celebrate her life was held outside oakland city hall. >> reporter: music and dancing are an expression. for some it can be healing when a community is in pain. the most recent life lost was pierce. the innocent victim trying to protect her children from gun fire in her west oakland neighborhood last monday. her sister addressed dozens publicly outside oakland city hall. >> this pain is something that i never expected to ever experience. and what makes it more tragic is this didn't have to happen. >> reporter: she has a message for those careless when they pick up weapons. >> take a moment and think about what you're doing before you do it. because a lot of times you put innocent lives at risk. >> reporter: organizers say the celebration of life is for everyone's lives recently lost. >> we lost a 14-year-old baby on the block before a 21-year-old father of a 2 week old. >> to rebuild. >> reporter: there are victims on both sides of the gun. the answer is strengthening the bond and restrooming to -- remembering to dance through life. >> we are all one big family and the way

end the violence in oakland because he says there's simply too many illegal guns in the city. live in oakland, i'm da lin, kpix 5. >> police will close to solving the killing of a 14-year-old oakland teen. devon ellis was shot to death over the weekend while walking with some friends. witnesses reported hearing multiple gunshots and then a car speeding off. oakland police tell us they have a man in custody for a different crime, however they say he is a person of interest in this killing. >>> a major pot bust in hercules. police found more than 200 pounds of marijuana standard in a van parked at the franklin golf course tuesday. the pot was loaded into these eleven garbage bags each weighed about 20 pounds. police say they found a glass pipe. the estimated street value more than $700,000. 44-year-old richard van horn is facing charges in the drug bust. >>> three suspects are in custody after a high-speed chase across several east bay freeways this morning. it ended in a crash on i-680 in walnut creek backing up traffic for miles in the southbound lanes. chp officers chased the

oakland. her family spoke and saying the violence in the city has to stop. oakland police department continuing the investigation into the pierce murder and say that more arrests could be forthcoming. >>> 40 people are dead following a horrific bus crash in brazil. that bus was carrying 50 passengers when it plunged down the ravine last night. 100-foot fall. rescuers were pulling them out the wreckage last night and this morning. the cause of the crash is under investigation. it appears the driver lost control. while trying to turn a sharp curve. >>> turning our attention to the bay area weather. we are expecting another beautiful day around the bay. >> yes, we are. you couldn't call it poor. but maybe cloudy hardly anything to complain about. we will see it in the 70s. >> sounds perfect. >> even beach worthy if you are brief enough -- brave enough. >> still on the chilly side and over by ocean beach which is notoriously cold. this is a live look. we can see some of the hazy conditions right now. we can see temperatures that were warmer than at the start of y

today the oakland city council, county of almeeta and developer new city development, decided to move forward with the project. the developer will not come up with a plan for what a coliseum city would look like. it could include two new stadiums as well as retail stores, restaurants, and hotels. >> well it could be a fatal blow to plans for thousands of new homes on the peninsula. the homes would be built on the waterfront of the old cargo salt property in redwood city. nbc bay area's jodi hernandez is live there to explain now where the epa is involved and after all this haggling why the project may not get off the ground. jody? >> this project is debated for years. environmentalists want the area you see behind us to be restored back it what they say is natural state was. so wildlife can flourish here. developers want to fill up the salt pond with soil material and build a sizeable waterfront housing development. now it's in the hands of the epa. >> about 1600 acres. >> environmentalists with save the bay are celebrating. after years of fighting a proposed bay front development at

one oakland city councilwoman is determined to change that statistic.to christin ayers about her plan to create a new department dedicated to issues of race and equality. >> we need to demand what rightfully this community deserves. >> reporter: it's a novel idea in oakland. a department dedicated to seeing the city through the lens of racial equality. >> this department would actually train the employees all of the employees of the city in how to do that. it would develop tool kits. it would make sure each and every department of the city create a race and equity plan. >> reporter: everyone here tonight agrees with council member desley brooks. there are two oaklands. one wealthy one riddled with poverty and clime. could a racial equity department bridge that gap? >> i think it can work here. i think there's enough people here to make it work in the community and elected office. >> i think it's long overdue and i think it's sorely needed. >> reporter: not everyone is so optimistic. >> we're not going to never get anything straight, i don't care how man

. >> dozens of people gathered at oakland city hall to celebrate the life of a mother who was shot and killed while protecting her children from gunfire. 30-year-old chanel pears was caught in the crossfire of a gun battle that broke out in front or her home monday afternoon. today her family, friends and community members, came out to remember her and say no more to weapons and violence. >> i need you to understand how important it is to take a moment and think about what you're doing before you do it. because a lot of times you put innocent lives at risk. and tragedies like this happen, and this didn't have to be a tragedy. >> 19-year-old anthony simms has been chargeed with pearce's murder. >>> today ends a nearly three-'er search for a missing morgan hill teenager. sierra la moore has last seen march 16th 2012. today dozens of volunteers joined her family for one last search. >> reporter: the grim instruction to volunteers? >> the important thing is you're looking for bones. you find any stop and then begin to look in a wider area. >> reporter: teenager sierra lamar vanished three

. >> dozens of people gathered at oakland city hall to celebrate the life of a mother who was shot and killed while protecting her children from gunfire. 30-year-old chanel pears was caught in the crossfire of a gun battle that broke out in front or her home monday afternoon. today her family, friends and community members, came out to remember her and say no more to weapons and violence. >> i need you to understand how important it is to take a moment and think about what you're doing before you do it. because a lot of times you put innocent lives at risk. and tragedies like this happen, and this didn't have to be a tragedy. >> 19-year-old anthony simms has been chargeed with pearce's murder. >>> today ends a nearly three-'er search for a missing morgan hill teenager. sierra la moore has last seen march 16th 2012. today dozens of volunteers joined her family for one last search. >> reporter: the grim instruction to volunteers? >> the important thing is you're looking for bones. you find any stop and then begin to look in a wider area. >> reporter: teenager sierra lamar vanished three

. >>> oakland city inspectors have tagged a west oakland apartment building that caught fire over the weekend. that means everyone who lives there will have to move out. two men died in the unit where the fire started. yesterday authorities identified them as davis latona and david mothomas. both men were artist. one of them had his work on display in san francisco. fire investigators say they believe they know what started the fire. >> i think it might have been smoking in bed would be the term that we would use. we found evidence of a lighter near the body that was near the point of origin. >> i knew both of those people. my brother used to live there. it was so tragic. >> friends say they are working to put together a memorial for the victims. >>> also this morning there will be a symbolic reopening ceremony at the museum where terrorists killed at least 22 people last week. only the media will be allowed inside. it has been postponed until sunday because of security affirms. they want to reopen quickly to keep the terrorist from quote achieving their goal. two gunmen who raided th

you can still sign up tomorrow at the oakland city center. the marathon begins and ends at lake merrich. >>> it seems viewing a solar eclipse from the ground is so last century. >> check out this picture taken of today's eclipse in europe. you can see the earth's horizon and the moon centered on the sun. it was taken on board an easy jet plane from iceland. >> now we are flying into darkness. >> wow. the pilot was going from chicago to munich but took a little detour through iceland so passengers could watch eat flight attendants passed out special viewing glasses. check out the spectacular sights passengers saw outside their window. >>> world news tonight is next. >> thank you for inviting us into your home tonight. >>> breaking news as we head into the weekend on the first day of spring. a deadly new blast of winter. treacherous roads. from the midatlantic up the east coast. 40 million americans in the storm's path. thousands of flights cancelled. >>> rush hour road rage. a woman shot in the head by an angry driver. >> one suv run off the r

city and in the north bay we go with 66 degrees at stinson beach. mid 70's santa rosa napa 73 san rafael. east bay still well above normal with 73 in oakland. city inland spots 75 degree ins livermore fairfield 74 plane pleasanton. accu-weather 7 day forecast enjoy the weather. it's going to be grit. biggest difference between saturday and sunday. sun going down an hour later. daylight saving time begins sunday morning at 2:00 a.m. then we start to notice some cloud cover increasing next week. >> maybe. >> not just clouds. maybe come on. no. it's really just cloud cover and slight dip in the temperature. >> okay thanks sandhya. >> all right. still to come 7 news at 9. happy ending for one of several puppies man claims he found in a dumpster. >> how soon the rest of the >> animal services came to the rescue of young deer trapped in fence in the los altos hills today. photo shows the fawn jam inside the iron post. officer from palo alto animal services covered the head in a cloth to keep it calm. officer used carjack to bend the iron fence and free it. and it immediately took off in the woods to rejoin its family. the metal fence did cause so

. >>> the city of oakland is suing owners of a motel on mccarthy bluffed. ken wayne tells us, the city attorney says the legal action should serve as a notice to the owners of other problem properties. >> reporter: the starlight motel sits at the corner of 100th avenue in east oakland. in the last two years, police say they've been called here hundreds of times. >> a lot of bad activities. such as drug related. probably prostitution. you name it, they have it going on over there. >> reporter: oakland police have been called to the starlight motel 335 times over the last five years. the calls range from illegal drug use, and prostitution to murder. last may, it there was a shootout between a motel guest, and three others. in 2013, a woman was shot and wounded in a motel room. in 2012, a woman was shot and killed here. >> as an ordinant, and disproportional use of police resources. our goal is to use our public nuisance lawsuit to shut them down. >> the oakland city attorney says enough is enough. >> is this a notice to other businesses to clean up your act,

a celebration of her family held 2:00 tomorrow night outside of oakland city hall. >>> five teenagers have been charged with murder following a dry by shooting last week that claimed the life of a 20-year-old man in san jose. san jose police released the names of suspect charged as adults in the case. and they're 17 jacob lapades and garcia, 15-year-old michael ani and 17-year-old ruiz and 17-year-old jasmine. prosecutors also added gang enhancements to the charges for all five of those teens. the dry by shooting happened last saturday in the 200 block of oak street. 20-year-old juan luna was killed and another man was injured. the area has a history of gang problems. >>> san highway -- san jose and the fbi raided a home to pirated music. it's costing the u.s. academy and the music industry billions of dollars. >>reporter: billions of dollars every year. the entertainment industries hopes it took a big bite out of that illegal trade. it happened on whitten avenue. agents from the recording agency along with the fbi and the chp and san jose went to the home looking for a pirate music.

. >> that letter was signed by the board chairman who also serves as the oakland city attorney. she did issue a statement which reads, a smarl number of families are in the process of applying for adoption. this may make it more difficult. however, for those families the process can be continued with another agency. after all kara has been through it may be small consolation. >> maybe it's not our time. >> abc7 news. >>> dozens of hayward children have a new outlook. they are receiving checkups and new glasses today thanks to the eyes of hope outreach program. abc7 news was there when organizers brought their mobile clinic to the elementary school. this was the first eye exam for some of these kids. they have a higher than average uninsured population. >> if you can't beat them, join them. that's what volunteers did today as they set stakes and planted trees. the area has to be replanted after a family of beavers chopped down the vegetation to make their dams. >> beavers are our species. having them in the creek has a lot of dichbt types of bugs and fish. >> martinez had conside

continue the talks of the long-term future in oakland with a lease needing to be approve by the oakland city council and supervisors. >> scary moments for a major hollywood star and questions are swirling after a crash landing of harrison ford's crash landing. >> the dress is back. a group is capitalizing on the season media madness over the dress to drive home a serious message. >> taking a look outside is how we are kicking off the beautiful weekend with meteorologist mike nicco coming up with lowe's presents: how to put your foot in your mouth. man. wish my yard looked like yours. hey, the grass is always greener on the other side of the... sorry! get the troy-bilt® trimmer and edger now $89 at lowe's. >> the investigation continues into harrison ford's plane crash at southern california golf course. the ntsb inspecting what is left of the single engine plane. ford was the only person on board. this morning, the 72-year-old actor is recovering in a los angeles hospital. >>> our reporter has the latest including cell phone video taken moments before the crash. >> right after take off the h

oakland? that's embarrassing. >> reporter: the city tried for years to change oakland's images will no success. the latest effort is coming from the business community. margo prada and business owners are crafting a made in oakland label so products like the cereal or iced coffee can have an oakland seal. >> so everyone is aware that we're all striving for environmental sustainability, for equity within our workforce, and so there's something that says made in oakland that means all of that. it doesn't just mean it's produced here. >> 10 days you get it fresh. >> reporter: many business owners are on board saying their label could promote and rebrand the city. >> we bet on oakland and oakland is betting on us. and it's turned into this amazing ecosystem of amazing talents for a team. >> reporter: but oakland natives say until they fix the crime problem the image won't change. in fact, they believe things have gotten worse over the years. >> i don't have safe when i'm walking around oakland. just last night, you know, i was watching tv and just shots running out. bam, bam, p.o.w., p.o.w. >> it'

i prayed with him. >> reporter: the murder even brought oakland city councilman reed to the scene. his sconce was citizens with -- his son was friends with the victim. >> to me as an african-american i take it real serious. and i don't have an answer for stopping it. >> reporter: for now all we do is count marcus west jr. as number 18. >> to me number one. >> reporter: from oakland, abc7 news. >>> a deadly shooting in antioch may be the final straw for residents considering a move. that happened last night in front of the home on hudson court. officers found a man lying in the mid of the street. a car driving away from that scene went crashing into a woman's garage about 11:30 last night. two of her cars were djd. thankfully she was okay, but understandably shaken up. residents who live nearby are not happy about the latest incident. >> crazy because i'd be trying to have my son here and can't really have him over here. >> too much violence here in our community. you know we don't know how to come together and work as one. it's going to continue to go on. >> police questioned the t

on to some other news in oakland tonight. some of the city's members are off the streets. that's from police, who made a series of raids early this morning. laura anthony is live at oakland city hall with the story. laura? >> mayor libby said today that oakland residents should sleep better tonight knowing the suspects are in custody, they are part of the same gang. at least some of them are responsible for the murder of a toddler several years ago. carlos is perhaps the most tragic recent example of the violence between two east oakland gangs that police targeted as part of operation cease-fire. >> it focused specifically on two notorious violent gangs operated in the city of oakland. specifically the 69th avenue

. >>> new developments now from @ oakland city attorney's office. city attorney, barbra parker dismissed injunctions against two gangs. in place since 2010, the injunctions restricted the movement of 55 gang members in north oakland and the fruitvail area. focusing on other gang intervention strategies, which is why the injunctions were discontinued. >>> today, we learn that a man who was killed in a hit-and-run earlier this week was on his way to work when it happened. salvador garcia was found bleeding wednesday night. that was steps from where he worked. hours later, garcia died at the hospital from his injuries. police concluded that he had been hit by a car that took off and they hope surveillance cameras or witnesses will help lead them to that car. garcia was on his way to his temp job at special logistics when it happened. he took the last bus every night and would wait a couple hours before his midnight shift began. >> he was here for three or four months through the temp agency. he never missed a day. never missed a single day and like i s

city. take a look in terms of records. will definitely tired record in oaklandcould fall there. 83 in mountain view. and san bruno we may tire record set back in 1947 it registers as stretches 68 years we will definitely be smashing a record high. >> reporter:, and the cal clouds look and say you to follow it from the pacific northwest with those clouds to can't rule out an isolated sprinkle. the rest of us will stay dry and the temperatures will drop a little bit as we head into north next week. >> pam: univision host what nerve figueroa was immediately fired after his remarks about first lady michelle obama. lewis and gary has more details. >> reporter: the first lady was under attack after racially charged remarks by figueroa directed at her went out to univision is nearly 94 million homes. but did the white house several wall in his abrupt termination? >> reporter: that racially charged that is common on univision translated says " you guys are aware that michelle obama looks like a cast member of the planet of the apes the movie. that characterization of th

and it was the churches in the city of oakland that got the city center and got 3,000 people down there to address and hold the city council and the mayor accountable to what they said. it was the churches. so oakland community organizations. so -- >> it's interesting. because we're talking about churches, but do you know that in oakland only 16% of oakland teachers think there's a meaningful relationship between schools and law enforcement? when we talk about -- >> what does that mean a meaningful relationship? >> meaning they feel like they're partnering in a productive way with those that are supposed to protect and serve. >> let me ask you about that. because one of the things that stands out when you look at the statistics is how many unsolved murders there are in oakland. >> yeah. >> talk about that. what is -- how does that connects with this lack of trust that the police have or the community has with the police? >> i mean two things. one is that there's an inverse relationship between crime and education. when young people are not in school and not productively engaged in movin

. >> the letter signed by board chairman barbara parker serving as the oakland city attorney. she would not comment on camera today but issued a statement which reads in part, a small number of families are in the process of applying for adoption. we understand this is difficult. this may make it more difficult, however, for those families of process can be continued with another agency. meantime an anonymous source said they she had run out of money and donation buzz few people want to adopt older children or siblings. this couple did. >> i know there is a child or sibling group out there now not going to get placement. >> in san francisco wayne freedman abc7 news. >> coming up on abc7 news at 6:00 just when you think it's -- what he found inside next >> economic boom santa clara is expecting for wrestle mania. >> after record high temperatures across the bay area yesterday, some locations 15-20 degrees cooler today the latest coming up on the accu-weather forecast. >> a man gets billed female announcer: sunday's your last chance to save big during sleep train's triple choice

. >> the oakland city council will have a meeting about a come see medium complex over establishing an agreement between alameda county and the developers which involves a new oakland raiders stadium and a new ballpark for the as with parking facilities for both and commercial and residential development. >> the major league baseball has not already started and kristen would be excited about that and people here enjoy the baseball weather. >> absolutely. all that sunshine yesterday and temperatures in the 70 and 80's a fitting way to end a warmer-than-average astronomical winter. we have danville at 49 and san ramon at 46 and dublin at 47 and pleasanton at 49, and the cool spot is livermore at 45 and lafayette at 50 and mid-50s for pleasant hill and concord and pittsburg and antioch and brentwood and 54 in alameda and milpitas and redwood city at 54. financial district is 53. check out novato: 43 a cool spot. >> as we head through the afternoon we will see increasing high and mid-level clouds dimming our sunshine and the cold front is going to induce and ensure a breeze so it will not

low 70s throughout the east bay shore with oakland and union city at 70s.at 73 degrees and low-to-mid 70's through the neighborhood. tonight it is milder than this morning upper 40s to mid-50s . here is a look at high clouds increasing as we head through the day and tomorrow we are behind cold fronts early sunday morning, the moisture runs in the form of light showers and we get a break for the better part of the day and on sunday evening, that is when the scattered showers come in at .1" possible in the north bay and it will bring sunday night into monday a winter mix to lake tahoe other it is warmer-than-average with no new snow. the seven-day forecast shows cooler conditions today through monday and the 80's return by thursday. >>> sue talked about closures on the we lake tahoe report with a handful of ski resorts closed because we do not have any snow but i will talk about the ones that are open. heavenry -- heavenly had 39" base. and 36" at diamond kirkwood is 3 hours and 25 minutes and 52" base and 10-15" at sugar bowl and mike said on sunday we coe h

. >> the letter signed by board chairman barbara parker serving as the oakland city attorney. she would not comment on camera today but issued a statement which reads in part, a small number of families are in the process of applying for adoption. we understand this is difficult. this may make it more difficult, however, for those families of process can be continued with another agency. meantime an anonymous source said they she had run out of money and donation buzz few people want to adopt older children or siblings. this couple did. >> i know there is a child or sibling group out there now not going to get placement. >> in san francisco wayne freedman abc7 news. >> coming up on abc7 news at 6:00 just when you think it's -- what he found inside next >> economic boom santa clara is expecting for wrestle mania. >> after record high temperatures across the bay area yesterday, some locations 15-20 degrees cooler today the latest coming up on the accu-weather forecast. >> a man gets billed ♪ ah, push it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ push it. ♪ ♪ p...push it real good! ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ow! ♪ ♪ oooh baby baby.

you are warming up wick quickly with upper 70 for santa rosa. 74 oakland. union city and 75 fremont. you head inland and yesterday it was warm. still you will see numbers near 80 around walnut creek. 79 in livermore. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. the warmer day today for most and warmer for everyone tomorrow. no fog and then we will see patchy fog return for monday. cooler afternoon highs through wednesday with 60s and 70s and we will look for a slight warmup thursday and friday. you can see what's showing up on live doppler 7hd with our weather app. it's free on apple's app store or google play. we have more information on our website. a holiday for most with easter, and that's looking sunny and nice for now. >> typical. >> yeah. the weak leading up to easter. that's not the easter forecast. >> sounds good. still to come passed outs in the passing lane. what this chp officer found inside a car after he bashed in the >> lots to talk about coming up on gma at 7:00. we will join them live now. >> good morning, chris. coming up on gma, what we are now learni

. >>> ahead, oakland city leaders weigh a new plan to deal with protests and side shows. the peck change oakland's police want to make. >> this is a motion analysis. and sports performance lab. it is the only one of its kind in northern california for young athletes. and we are going to take you inside. >> plus, this morning, it was a street. tonight, it's a sink hole. what caused it and how long it is going to take to fix? >> an aging pipe caused a sinning hole to open up this afternoon in san francisco. the sink hole is about four feet by four feet. a spokeswoman for the san francisco public utilities commission says a sewer pipe from 1918 failed. expected to take two, maybe three days for repair to be completed. in the meantime, a traffic lane for drivers will be made available. sewer and water service is not affected. >>> president obama is taking steps to make it easier for student to pay for college. he signed what he called a student aid bill of rights. in a speech at georgia tech, president obama says he wants to streamline the process of obtaining and repaying stu

a deadly shooting in oakland marks 21 killings in the city this year. it happened around 2:00 a.m. on tenth and washington streets in front of the oakland mariott city center. police found man suffering from gunshot wounds. he later died at the hospital. officers say two suspects approached the man and his friend who were leaving a club, shot him and ran away. three other shootings in oakland last night sent two people to the hospital. >>> the chp is asking for your help tonight identifying the driver involved in a deadly hit and run on 580 near the san leandro hayward border. witnesses say map was trying to cross 580 near 150th avenue when a white vehicle hit and killed him. the driver kept going. officers shut down a section of the interstate for a few hours to investigate. >>> singer songwriter norman greenbaum remains in critical condition after a deadly car accident yesterday. he wrote and sang the 1969 hit song "spirit in the sky." he was passenger in a subaru outback that collided with a motorcycle on occidental road. the motorcycle's 20-year-old driver died at the scene. his

we picked up the overnight roadwork between san francisco and oakland and between oakland and the city so overall no big delays on the east shore freeway. or in any of your major approaches. here's a live look at the nimitz, 880 in oakland. so far problem-free as you head past the oakland coliseum, oakland airport. i did mention that one fender- bender though. there's already cleared to the shoulder southbound 880 approaching broadway. and if you are using the san mateo bridge anytime soon, you may still hit that overnight roadwork eastbound approaching foster city boulevard. but overall, traffic is light, it's friday, so you combine that with the lack of cars and you really won't hit a delay to the east bay. westbound looks great at 13 minutes and here with the wreck that i mentioned earlier coming into downtown oakland again it's cleared now to the right- hand shoulder. that's your latest "kcbs traffic." roberta, what's up with all that fog out there? >> we have a lot of fog out there and we have a weather watcher that is awake! let's take a look and see who that may be around the ba

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people living in woes oakland met with the city's police chief last night. they want more police in their neighborhood. and an end to the constant turnover of officers. they say new officers are unfamiliar with the area and local problems. >> it's been just getting worse, and we want to see results. we overlook a lot, and we have dealt -- put up with a lot. i think after the death of pierce enough is enough. >> now, last week she was shot while trying to shield her children from gunfire down the streets. children are okay. neighbors say they called police hours before the shooting to complain about the group that ultimately killed pierce. >> animal control workers in the east bay are warning people about rabid bats. four infected bats have turned up in the past two weeks. two were found in fremont, one in san leandro and one in sunol. if you found a dead or injured bat, leave it alone and call animal control. humans can contract rabies by touching a bat saliva. >> one local thief knew how to blend in just not well enough. a judge has sentenced this man to se

. >>> later today in oakland, the city council will vote on the coliseum city project. this is oakland's $2 billion plan to keep the raiders and a's happy and not leave town. the plan is to build up to 3 new stadiums at the current coliseum complex along with apartments and retail. city council has to approve an exclusive negotiating agreement with a developer then county supervisors have to vote on it. >>> betty yu tells bus a new lawsuit that claims some popular wines contain more than just grapes >> the lawsuit is over. the fact that these 83 wines have high levels of arsenic. >> reporter: the class action lawsuit filed today accuses more than 24 california winemakers and sellers of knowingly producing wine that contains high levels of inorganic arsenic. >> inorganic arsenic is 500 times more toxic than just organic arsenic. >> reporter: some popular brands named include beringer cupcake and trader joe's two buck chuck. the wine had up to 5 times the maximum the epa allows for drinking water. there are now no federal labeling requirements to tell us you what's in your

. >> reporter: on a sunny day in east oakland, city and police announced they had taken a much needed bite out of crime. >> reporter: this month's long operation targeting the 65th and 69th street gangs is part of oakland's seize fire program. >> these individuals are involved in multiple crimes ranging from murder, residential robberies, street robberies, anything they can do to further the existence of their gang. >> reporter: officers said through these arrests they've now solved two cold case homicides, one from 2008 and one from 2012. officers confiscated six guns. bringing the total guns confiscated to 36. >> the real goal is to make sure the progress is sustained so others don't move in. >> this all began back when felix mitchell started a heroin operation in this particular area. >> reporter: the news conference was held outside of gospel church specifically because it sits between the two gangs turf. >> several of the young men from these gangs that have lost their lives during this feud have had their services held here at this church. >> reporter: in fact, bishop bob jackso

i prayed with him. >> murder even brought oakland city councilman reed to the scene. his sun was friends with marcus west junior. >> too many lives are being lost. to violence. for me as an african american i take it real serious. i don't have an answer for stopping it. >> all we do is count marcus west junior as no. 18. >> but to me. >> from oakland abc 7 news. >> police haven't said whether 3 people who crashed a car into a home in antioch overnight are suspect in overnight murder at nearby apartment complex. patrol officer heard gunshot on hudson court last night just after 11 and then saw a car speed off without any lights on speed off without any lights on. cash crashed in a woman garage nearby. shakeen up but okay. pl didn't want her face shown. >> thank god that i'm still alive. because it could have very well came through that gate and came in here. of i'm just blessed to be alive. >> police question the 3 men inside the car. officers also found a shotgun about 2 block from the murder. >> now to the latest in alleged rape kidnapping in santa rosa. 3 men accuse

as kpix 5 ann notrarangelo reports an oakland city council member says he gives up.n't take another murder. >> for 18 years i've been disheartened. we're just losing too many jobs. >> reporter: larry reid said two decades ago he promised his constituents he would make oakland a place where you can safely raise a family. he said today he feels like a failure. >> i don't have an answer for stopping it. you can create job opportunities. you can counsel young people but it's them that make the choice. i don't know how you reconnect the african american families. >> reporter: the most recent homicide number 18 for the year took place at 7:00 this morning in the oakland hills in a part of the city that hasn't seen a homicide in decades. >> i know he is a statistic. i'm sorry that he is. i didn't want him to be a statistic. he was doing okay. he had just had a baby, had a new job. >> reporter: 21-year-old marcus west jr. shot outside his home where he lived with his grandmother. >> i saw his body. i covered him up with the blanket and put a towel over his head. and i saw hi

. >>> the oakland city council approved an exclusive negotiating agreement today for new stadiums for the a's and raiders. the six month agreement is with new city development. the agreement also callless for retail and hotel develop -- also calls for the retail and hotel development. but the clock is ticking. the raiders lease in oakland expires after this season and there's talk about the team moving to l.a. >>> the women's version of march madness made its day area debut at uc berkeley. - - it's bay area debut at uc berkeley. need less to say cal fans were pumped. >> i think it's the greatest thing to happen to the bay area to bring women's basketball here. the fans are really getting into it. >> reporter: the cal women did advance. mark ibanez will show us the highlights and show us who's next for the bears a little bit later in this newscast. >>> two years after a young man's murder. his killer is brought to justice. the lasting way the victim's mother now wants to honor his son in the place where he died. >> i know this is where my son took his last breath. >> a weak system is b

among those who took the challenge were a state senator, san francisco supervisor and an oakland cityel woman. >>> coming up a rescue to share with you. 50 dogs that would have been sold for food now safe in the bay area. why they still have a difficult task of recovery. >> plus the specific new way a center in the east bay is helping families effected by domestic violence and why they say it will make the healing process easier. >> after the break, tracking the warm up. temperatures got up into the low 80s. temperatures are going to trend into the mild stage through the weekend with a chance of a sprinkle. i will have that put together when you get back. >>> dozensdoes ons of dogs -- dozens of dogs rescued in a south korea farm where they were raised to be eaten. they were flown to san francisco and now looking for new homes. ktvu fox 2 news mike mibach is live at the spca. >> reporter: on one side it is a sad story based on what we are told they went through, on the other side, we know their safe and we know eventually and hopefully they will find a new home. >> reporter: 57 faces.

janet o joins us now from oakland city hall. >> this is a crime that has shocked community leaders, family friends, 30-year-old shamell pierce was killed in front of her house while trying to protect her kids. she was walking home with her two kids she just picked them up from school. sky 7 video shows a scene in west oakland on chestnut street where witnesses described hearing more than 100 shots fired. this all started as a fight among women in the neighborhood. the suspect was arrested a day after the shooting at highland hospital, he now faces murder charges. city leaders say more needs to be done to handle conflicts before it escalates. >> in our community with the proliferation of illegal firearms teens have become deadly, you look at this corridor, we have too great a need and too few resources. >> a makeshift memorial has been set up where a friend tells us she found pierces body on the ground. anthony simms was in court for arraignment. he did not enter a plea he is expected to be back in court tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. >> more details are coming out on the alleged spousal battery inc

oakland city councilwoman desley brooks is proposing the new department. :it would examine hiring policies for racial bias and city policies for their impact on minority communities. >>mark:if the city council approves the proposal. the new department of race and equity could be up and running as early as december. >>mark:up next. >>mark:only on kron 4. >>mark:we'll hear from a man who's whole family was involved in a hit-and-run crash in berkeley. >>james: and mid-60's as well it will be of school lunch hour record this evening wear and a very low cash when i was to get that close were born to max out on 7576 for some of our warmus locations also a strong chance come next sunday night into monday more widespread rain with that will solve all about that coming up in just a bit on this first full day of spring. >>jackie sissel:kron 4's jackie sissel is live from the golden gate bridge. jackie, is it time to bust out the shorts yet? >>jackie sissel: we're all we want to ban the low seventies may be the mid '70s 75 a little cool off let's face it how lucky are

oakland city inspectors have red tagged a west oakland apartment building with two people died in a firethe weekend. that means everyone who used to live there has to move out. two men died in the unit where the fire started. yesterday authorities identified the victims as davis latona and david mothomas. both are artists. one of them had some of his work on display in a gallery in san francisco. fire investigators believe they know how the fire started. >> i think it might have been smoking in bed would be the term we used. we found evidence of a lighter near the body that was near the point of origin. >> i knew both of those people. my brother used to live there. so tragic. it's unbelievable. >> the friends say they are working now to put together a memorial for the victims. >> angelina jolie just dropped another bomb shell about her her ever trying to avoid cancer. she had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed last week. she made the decision after signs of early ovarian cancer. >>> in the five years since president obama signed the health care overhaul, the number of uninsured amer

oakland police department. the overwhelming number are white and most live in the suburbs outside the city. ian lamb: what has changed? anthony batts: not much. oakland is fascinating on a lot of different levels. if you had asked me earlier in my career if i would end up in the city of oakland, i would have said no. even a year prior, i would have said no. but when i got the calling, i started doing research on oakland. what is so fascinating about oakland is how it became a city. once it became a city and started to compete with san francisco -- you had a lot of shipbuilding and a lot of males were called off to the war. so a steel company started recruiting african-americans out of the south to come in to build ships. they were one of the first industries to do dental and medical plans for their workers. so you have southerners who come up and get this well-paying job as well as medical and dental, they had never had that before. i think the population became 40,000 over only a couple of years. but once the war was over, and the soldiers came back, the african-americans were displaced out

. >>> oakland city -- that means even who lived there they now have to move out. two men died in the unit where the fire started. yesterday authorities identified them as davis latona and david mothomas. ktvu has learned both of the men were artists. one of them had some of his work on display in a gallery in san francisco. fire investigators believe they know how the fire started. >> i think it might have been smoking in bed. would be the term we would use. we found evidence of a lighter near the body that was near the point of origin. >> i knew both of those people. my brother used to live there. so close to me. so tragic. unbelievable. >> their friends say they are working on putting together a memorial for the victims. >>> an arizona woman who spent more than 20 years on death row for the murder of her four-year- old son has been formerly exonerated. a judge dismissed all charges against deborah milky. back in 1989 her son was dressed in his best outfit and was told he was going to see santa with his mother's roommate. instead the man took him to the desert an

. >> reporter: oakland city leaders say folks in the east bay should be breathing a big sigh of relief. they say early morning police raids in oakland led to the takedown of two of the bay area's most notorious and violent gangs. >> the 65th avenue and 69th avenue village gangs have a long history of violence that goes back for decades. >> reporter: police say among their victims, 3-year-old carlos nava, who was killed by a stray bullet during a shooting between the gangs in 2011. police say carlos wasn't the only one. the list of victims is a long one. >> our young people get targeted for no apparent reason. our young people get mistargeted and killed because they're mistaken for someone else. >> reporter: the month long investigation uncovered 36 guns. police say the firepower the gangs had at their fingertips was unbelievable. >> when you know individuals committed to doing violence to further the purpose of their group, have that kind of access to guns it's a recipe for disaster. >> oaklanders will sleep better tonight knowing that these people who have engaged in carjacking, in ho

. >> the letter signed by board chairman barbara parker who also serves as the oakland city attorney. she would not comment about this closure on camera today but did issue a statement which reads in part small number of family in the process of aplaying for adoption. we understand this is difficult for them. this may make it more difficult however for those family the process can be continued with another agency. >> mean time anonymous source in the agency said they ran out of money and donation because few people want to adopt older children or siblings. she and her husband did which hurts even mr. >> i know that there was child or sibling group throughout that is not going to get a placement. this is 7 news. >> we have more ahead for you this friday night on the news at 9:00. up next. economic body slam now hitting the bay area as levi stadium gears up for wrestle mania this weekend. >> also. living with beaver. work volunteer in the east bay did today to help save the animal. >> 7 news meteorologist drew is here with the forecast. >> we made it to the weekend. temperatures signifi

oakland and san francisco. a few high clouds will be around in the morning and for the afternoon it is nothing but blue skies. south bay gilroy 75. 71 santa clara. 70 in redwood city and 59 in pacifica and breezy. downtown san francisco 55 degrees and north bay will see the sun and feel the mild weather 76 santa rosa. out toward the east bay oakland, union city and 72 castro valley. 74 livermore and san ramon don't forget the sunscreen. looking at the seven-day forecast warmer afternoon on thursday and we put you into the 80s inland. mid60s coast. and then the temperatures will fall but not too bad. still mild. the weekend mid60s to mid70s and a slight chance of showers on monday. dan, i know you are suffering from allergies with the tree pollens high. we will not see a change in that anytime soon. >> we need rain to wash this out. >> we do. let's hope mondada >>> we are getting our first look at the planned warrior stadium in san francisco. the pics give an up close look at the design near the fan entrances. they show a food hall and a restaurant with outdoor seating. they hope to open the arena in 2018. >>> well here is great news. a young cancer patient and her

cities all over the u.s. one of the largest crops up in oakland, california.tober 10th, the oakland protesters set up their camp in frank ogawa plaza, the public square in front of oakland city hall. hundreds join in and occupy the plaza 24 hours a day. including berkeley tenants rights lawyer jesse palmer. >> i think people in society feel very isolated. but when you realize that many other people have the same ideas you have and are having the same problems that you have, then suddenly you realize, actually, we are powerful, we the people are powerful. >> every hour, every day, the occupation is here to stay! >> after two weeks the oakland mayor orders the plaza vacated because of health and safety concerns. before daybreak on october 25th oakland police raid the encampment, clearing out the occupiers with tear gas. protesters agree to reconvene later that day and march back on the plaza. >> the crowd was a focused crowd. we were there because they had taken occupation and the occupation was something that had been very valuable to a lot of us. we weren't go