city plan. but the primary difference is funding for the community benefits funds. the mayor even taking aim atlas vegas. >> oakland offers something that no other city in the world can offer. the views from howard terminal are equal to none. and it is true it is 104 degrees in las vegas today. it is a nice 72 degrees here in oakland. >> reporter: as for what comes next, a finalize the environmental plan also is finalized. a binding development agreement is needed. the a's would like to see this done by the end of the year or the fall. a long way to go. >> we sent out a push alert about the oakland city council's vote. you'll be the first to know. >>> developing news out of county where firefighters ares are fighting the bixby fire. >>> the tamarack fire in the sierra has burned more than 39,000 acres tonight. it is threatening about 700 people in alpine county. some of them have seen the devastation firsthand. >> so many things. where to begin? total losses. they have to walk away like they ask you to. >> this fire was s lightning on july fourth. >>> smoke from western washington to the east coast. a spectacular s

city plan. but the primary difference is funding for the community benefits funds. the mayor even taking aim atlas vegas. >> oaklanders something that no other city in the world can offer. the views from howard terminal are equal to none. and it is true it is 104 degrees in las vegas today. it is a nice 72 degrees here in oakland. >> reporter: as for what comes next, a finalize the environmental plan also is finalized. a binding development agreement is needed. the a's would like to see this done by the end of the year or the fall. a long way to go. >> we sent out a push alert about the oakland city council's vote. you'll be the first to know. >>> developing news out county where firefighters ares are fighting the bixby fire. >>> the tamarack fire in the sierra has burned more than 39,000 acres tonight. it is threatening about 700 people in alpine county. some of them have seen the devastation firsthand. >> so many things. where to begin? total losses. they have to walk away like they ask you to. >> this fire was spa lightning on july fourth. >>> smoke from western washington to the east coast. a spectacular sunris

oakland city council president rebecca kaplan offered an amended a term sheet with some provisions that would allow the city and the a's to seek state and federal funding to pay for some of those infrastructure costs. but as president dave cavil said that that was the first time that he and the a's had seen some of those amendments and they couldn't agree to it there on the spot. so again, it appears the oakland city council and the a's are at an impasse here on how to move forward with the howard terminal ballpark idea. and framework. we'll be continuing to cover this story and monitor the meaning that is still going on. right now. we'll have updates online and in our later newscasts reporting live in oakland, ali rasmus ktvu fox two news. alright thanks, ali. well today, jeff bezos and three others became the latest civilians to embark in a private commercial space travel. ktvu is james stores followed that flight and tells us the future plans for bezos and his company, blue origin. boarding onto the new shepard rocket named after astronaut alan shepard, jeff bezoza and its fellow cre

the oakland city council is about to decide on whether or not to move forward with a new waterfront a's stadium at the port of oakland. nbc bay area's bob redell live for us this midday with the latest on that big vote. >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus. this special meeting of the oakland city council, which is taking place online just finished public comment, that lasted an hour and 45 minutes. by my estimation, was about 55% of the people were against the howard terminal project, 45% for. there's a lot of interest, there's almost a thousand people watching this meeting take place. that is still going on right now at the oakland city council votes no this morning, that could mean the a's leave oakland. but if the city council votes yes, that means the city and the a's will agree to a nonbinding term sheet to continue negotiations on how to finance the a's new waterfront stadium that would be located at the howard terminal. the proposal is for a $12 billion project, that includes $1 billion, 35,000 seat ballpark. retail, hotel rooms and an outdoor space for the public. that proj

up in our primetime newscast beginning at 9. >> public safety just got a financial boost from oakland cityt amended the city budget. it's good news for a lifelong resident who says violent crime in her neighborhood is worse than ever. kron four's has monday and has the story. >> we have more crimes. we have more shootings. we have more homicides but then the same time, we have less officers that is about to change now that the oakland city council amended the recently approved city budget. >> to invest more resources for public safety in east oakland the lifelong home of mary forte. i've lived here all my life other than i when i went away for college. so i was born and raised in a still can. >> party and from pouring former change was inevitable over that time span. but. >> this lives in this east oakland neighborhood. you see highlighted on the map. she says the level of violent crime near her home sunday. she thought she would never see it's like night and day when i grew up in east oakland. >> the streets were clean. the it was safe for children to walk to the neighborhood store the sh

last month, the oakland city council voted to do for about $18 million from the police department's budget. >> this is not about politics. this is about saving lives. >> reporter: small town hall meetings will be held this summer around oakland, talking safety and crime prevention. 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 nonprof

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 area. you can stream it 24-7 or on the app. >>> jeff bezos has filled a childhood dream of launching in to space. he is the latest billionaire to do so. we report from near the lawn ever site in van happy texas. >> 2, 1. >> jeff bezos and his crew made history this morning. blasting off into outer space, the first human passengers on his

the oakland city council voted yes, approving the proposal for a new ballpark. we'll tell you what this means in the fight to keep rooted in oakland. and covid-19 cases on the rise across the state as the dangerous delta variant spreads. what officials are saying about the possibility of implementing restrictions. once again. and the scary moment for people in vacaville, a brush fire forces evacuations reminding everyone wildfire season is in full swing. >> now from the bay. area's local news station. this is kron 4 news at 3. >> now at 3 one step closer to a new ballpark. the oakland city council approves an amended plan to the oakland a's howard terminal, but the team isn't so pleased. thanks for joining us here on kron, 4 news at 3. i'm sanaz tahernia. the future of the a's in oakland is still up in the air. this despite the city council voting to approve non-binding term sheet today which could pave the way for a development agreement for a waterfront ballpark at howard terminal. but as kron four's sleep at all. explains. the team does not agree with all of t

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the oakland city council plans to discuss and vote july 20th on terms of agreement for the oakland a's waterfront ballpark proposal at howard terminal. oakland a's president dave cavill, says negotiations continue, but there's still a wide gap. it's a hard deadline. you know, we've been working for almost five years on this project. so it's not like we're asking for a snap vote. the two sides remained pretty far apart over a half a billion dollars apart. cavil says the aids proposal includes privately paying for the $1 billion 35,000 seat ballpark, and the developer has made concessions, agreeing to remain for 30 years instead of the initial offer of 20 and creating tax districts to generate funds for community benefits. the sticking points it deferred maintenance and a lot of parts of the city that you know, we don't think the project should be responsible for but some oakland's city council members say the main sticking point is affordable housing and the a's plan to build 3000 housing units does not follow that law were kind of shocked, relates are requirement says, if you do that m

oakland. yeah, well, local city council voted yes. yesterday which wasn't that supposed to mean the a's were staying and everybody was happy. >> not so said they wanted a specific the ballpark and it looks like oakland approve. something else covers will tran is live near howard terminal. >> with more on the plan as it stands this morning. i will. >> james darya. you can see right behind me, we a podium set up so we are expecting oakland. mayor libby schaaf in about 2025 minutes from now on for news conference which we will carry live for you just to piggyback on what you said. they basically threw the team a curve ball. the team gave them a game plan. this is what we're hoping for. then the city the city council members, the mayor, they looked at it. they made some of the changes to the lineup, so to speak. and then they voted on at 61 said yes, we are keeping the team in town. are we hoping to keep team in town. the zers say that's not what we gave you. in fact, you didn't really consult with us, which is why they still don't have a

the oakland city agreed to the terms, but not the a's. >> reporter: and the team's president said he was blindsided by it. the team's president said he was surprised by the new terms and told the city council they don't work for the a's. so what's next? >> i think we're still trying to get to the bottom of the off-site infrastructure, understanding some of the community benefits and understanding the timing of a binding, definitive vote is critically important. because we're really running out of time here at the coliseum, and we need to get a final answer if this workforce all parties. >> reporter: six council members voted in favor, requiring the a's to build affordable housing, along with protections for displaced tenants and environmental measures. >> i assure you, we are very close. the primary difference is that oakland is standing firm on community benefits. and the sources for funding them. but we will continue to work with the a's. >> reporter: today's vote is a non-binding resolution that lays out the framework of a potential development agreement with the team and city. one

oakland city council will have a critical vote. if they approve, a's stay. if they reject, team says it will be forced to find a new place to call home. nbc bay area's melissa colorado takes us inside the terminal. >> reporter: the a's stand for athletics, not anxiety, but anxiety is what this lifelong a's fan is feeling on the eve before a decisive oakland city council vote to determine whether the a's can move forward with the proposed waterfront ballpark. >> would be a way better ballpark than oracle park. >> reporter: but those who work in the area say the industrial part of the city is not equipped for new ballpark, housing, retail and office space. the local longshoreman's union. >> we need facility, the train tracks to be free. cannot put thousands of cars in the area. >> reporter: port of oakland is fourth busiest in the country. we watched cargo truck after cargo truck going in and out of the terminal. then there's a train. wright took us into the satellite yard, part of the 50 acres where the a's want their waterfront ballpark. >> what truckers are

she's of the city will continue to advocate for the proposal that supports and serves oakland and our entire region provides affordable housing public parks, great jobs and other direct benefits for the community. all without restore poured our taxpayers or the city or county's general funds. now the a's have stayed loyal to the coal seam since 1968, but mlb says the current ballpark is not viable for the future of the team. a lease expires at the coliseum after the 2024 season, the goal had been to open the new one in 2023. but now even if it's approved by city council today. the summer. it would not be ready to open until 2027 oakland city officials. they've been hopeful that this deal goes through. but if it doesn't, the entire plan could die and we could see the a's go through with their threat to move out of state. that's not what us paying a's fans want to see. so we're going to be on pins and nails watching this meeting. i'll have an update for you in about an hour on crawling on for now, back to you. darya james. all right. thanks a lot, sarah. and you can track the vote. the

the oakland city council moving forward with a new a's ballpark. but will it be enough to keep the team in the east bay? >>> good morning, thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. i'm marcus washington. >> and i'm laura garcia. oakland a's leadership is in las vegas today to visit sites for a possible new baseball stadium. mayor libby schaaf says she's confident the city can keep the team in the east bay after city council approved terms for a new stadium along the oakland waterfront. >> nbc bay area's bob redell joining us live from jack london square. i know ysay? >> reporter: good morning, marcus and laura. i asked her, doesn't it concern you that the a's have now jetted down to las vegas to look at potential sites down there? she believes that the team is trying to keep the heat, put the heat on the city to come up with a deal for the howard terminal behind me. and what a better place to get the heat than las vegas. the mayor, counsel president hold a news conference here across from the howard terminal where the new ballpark would be bui

oakland as kron four's and yoon reports for us tonight. the deterrent will be waiting at a popular intersection before the sideshow vehicles, even arrived. >> one less intersection for illegal sideshows. that is what the citye the result of installing these raised pavement markers called bots diet at the intersection of 35th avenue and macarthur was your car your parents going to fly cow. >> discourage the sideshow activity. secondly at a reduced speed. >> oakland city councilmember noel guile says, but are among several side chilled the tournaments in the works for oakland city streets here at the major >> we're going to try you know what and then again, the other one that we're looking at like like they have in europe or even in mexico and major intersections. they have the roundabout ride that you've got to slow down and go around to get to the next block. that particular intersection because of side shows that happened there. previously. you know, one, it was a sideshow, but 35th is a downhill. >> coming from way up in the hills right up on highway 30 and then i went to purposely see it and people are flying down the hill. and so we got them in place. however, he says the plan is to install barriers ro

the city council will vote on the howard terminal proposer from the oakland a's as well as a waiver the team is asking for the bypass the city's affordable housing. it is howard terminal or bus and they scheduled a meeting in las vegas on july 21st to explore a possible relocation there. manfred says the oakland process is that it end. upcoming votes will determine the fate of baseball in oakland. he adds that oakland city council should take notice of them as the lead. thinking of this as a bluff is a mistake x-ray inuir grou onbackworthwhile fire. the fire is now 46% contained. the fire is the largest in the state scorching nearly 93 thousand acres. >>> the bay area cruiser on the front lines of a wildfire and mariposa county fighting. strike teams from sonoma and alameda counties are out the fire. it has burned 9500 acres and is 15% contained. >>> could a new logo hold the secret to a new and better tourism push? tourism push? oroweat small slice. i wonder if this has the same quality ingredients as the original whole grains bread? great question, dad. and it does. it has all the sam

city. phillipe djegal all kron 4 news after vote today. kron four's terisa stasio spoke to the team's president and capital. >> about what this means for the future of the a's and oakland mayor libby schaff also weighing in. let's take a listen. >> well, we're disappointed that the city council did not vote on our proposal that we had articulated back in april. % but we're taking time to analyze the amendments and the agreement that was actually voted yes on today and a 6 one vote to really understand what it means for project. most of the language, the step we have not seen before. so we're going to dig in and try to understand that we're going to talk to billy gunn understand their point of view and get back to the community and the city with next steps. >> we are unified in keeping the a's rooted in oakland in a way that protects our port protects our community and protects the taxpayers is responsible. and we believe in this vision of a world class waterfront ballpark district that will not only be something that will make the a's and oaklanders proud but will generate amazing community benefits. >> continue our team coverage now on the fate of the a's fans reacted

. >>> will the a's stay in oakland? cityled out latest financial terms proposal for building the ballpark site at howard terminal and city and a's in different places. 35,000 fans, 3,000 residential units along with lots of office space. but team and city are far apart with infrastructure needs and how to pay for it. mayor released a statement saying they're getting closer to making it a reality. but opponents to the site say the term sheets failed to answer fundamental concerns. spoke with president dave kaval who says this is the last at-bat in oakland. >> it's reality of 20 years working on solving the stadium situation. current venue ten years past its useful life. lease to 2024. owe it to the players and fans to have a modern state of the art stadium. >> tuesday is when the oakland city council is expected to vote on whether the city should continue to negotiate with the a's. stay tuned. >>> your life can change just like that. >> back in 60 seconds with message from the family of a jogger missing for nearly a week. why

oakland even made a major concession in that the city offered to take responsibility for $352 million in off-site transportation infrastructure, but the a's were blunt, they didn't like it. >> the current term sheet as it's constructed and with its current language is not a business partnership that works for us. >> if they are not happy with what was produced today and are still talking about leaving after the city has bent over backwards, i don't know where we go from here after doing somersaults, after receiving insults and after being disrespected. >> the howard terminal site is in one councilmembers district and there was only one no vote saying the new stadium should say stay at the old coliseum site. >> we are looking for a waterfront ballpark but in las vegas there is no waterfront. >> some of the anger was reflected in public comments. >> they are like an abusive boyfriend and you need to stand up to them. >> this is a billionaire looting the city, put this on the ballot, it will lose. >> reporter: others hung on to hope that the a's would somehow stay for jobs and for presti

envisioning oakland without a sports team, something i can't even imagine. >> reporter: tuesday's oakland city council meeting on this a's issue will start at 9 a.m. it's unclear how long it will last, but there will be a time for public comment. in oakland, j.r. stone, abc7 news. >>> and developing news out of the sierra where evuabeordered because of the tamarac fire, late this afternoon residents were ordered to leave the mesa vista area of alpine county. the fire remains out of control burning more than 23,000 acres. some of those who have already been forced to leave their homes say they literally had just a few minutes to grab their things. >> they gave us about 20 minutes notice that it looked like they said the fire was like five, six miles away and about an hour later it was right on us. they didn't give us any time at all. >> the tamarac fire was sparked by lightning on july 4th. there is concern that rain could cause debris flows. >>> the tamarac fire is in the southern sierra. the beckwourth complex is north of lake tahoe in plumas county and has burned more than 105,000 acres and

renderings we've put on your tv screen, the a's have been threatening to leave oakland and possibly head to las vegas if the city council nixes the howard terminal plans later this morning. council member noel gallo is a no. dan kaleb is not sure the a's have oakland's best interest in mind. >> the a's don't want to pay for any of the infrastructure that is needed due to this project. anything outside the walls of the new ballpark they want the city one way or the other to pay for everything. >> what am i losing? right now oakland has many emergencies that i need to attend to. homelessness, housing, public safety, and i need to invest my dollars there. not on a professional team. >> i think we have a plan for the waterfront that brings $450 million in community benefits, a billion dollars to the general fund. it could be used for some of the issues that this community is facing. >> reporter: those who work in and around howard terminal don't think that that part of the city is equipped for a new ballpark. a longshoreman tells us thousands of fans can't be parking in that area and clogging up the train tracks as

envisioning oakland without a sports team, something i can't even imagine. >> reporter: tuesday's oakland cityncil meeting on this a's issue will start at 9 a.m. it's unclear how long it will last, but there will be a time for public comment. in oakland, j.r. stone, abc7 news. >>> and developing news out of the sierra where there are more evacuations being ordered because of the tamarac fire, late this afternoon residents were ordered to leave the mesa vista area of alpine county. the fire remains out of control burning more than 23,000 acres. some of enfoedtoleave their homes say they literally had just a few minutes to grab their thingslooked like they said the fire was like five, six miles away and about an hour later it was right on us. they didn't give us any time at all. >> the tamarac fire was sparked by lightning on july 4th. there is concern that rain could cause debris flows. >>> the tamarac fire is in the southern sierra. the beckwourth complex is north of lake tahoe in plumas county and has burned more than 105,000 acres and is 88% contained. the dixie fire is in butte county ballo

this happened back on june 28th outside oakland city hall. the news crew was in the middle of an interview when the 2 armed men tried stealing the crews equipments a security guard saw what was happening and stop the thieves from taking the equipment's, the river, the robbers ran away and we're not costs the news crew was interviewing oakland's new head of the department of violence prevention when the robbery happened. and light of a spike in violence in the city of oakland. the police department and other city leaders are coming together this weekend to address the problems plaguing the city the stand up for a safe oakland event will be held this saturday. july 10th at the lake merritt amphitheater, chief leronne armstrong says he wishes to have a conversation with the community that could help lead to a better relationship between residents and law enforcement. >> we want the community to begin to practice safety at the block level really at the community level, really organizing together to help work with the police department to address

they're actually just outside of oakland city hall. but again, that security guard disrupted their plans. stop thieves from taking the equipment. they're still outstanding. so they haven't been caught and listen to this. the news crew was interviewing oakland's new head of the department of violence prevention. now, when the robbery happened. >> and right outside of city hall right outside and we're actually are we going to talk to local police chief ron armstrong. 30 all kinds of questions about, you know, security. for reporters their citizens. everybody else. and across the pay to they're seeing, you know, similar concerns as we've seen rising crime in san francisco is having a big impact on the raptors try to get the tourists back oakland san francisco. we're seeing all kinds of like mob robs where there's 10 robbers that go into an even right marcus at once and they all came charging out with 10's of thousands of dollars worth of expensive handbags and look, they coordinated with. one look like 3 getaway cars. so they're concerned.

major league baseball put new pressure on oakland city leaders today, one week before a critical city council vote. tower terminal or bust. this is our last option in oakland, and that would be a sad day. but it is also something that we need to know at this point. he's president. dave cavill hope before a deal here in oakland, but admitting next week's vote could be the end of baseball in oakland. good evening, everyone of heather holmes in again tonight for frank and i'm julie julie haener, a big financial gap remains with little time to close it. ktvu jana katsuyama live now in oakland, with the latest on negotiations, janna well, it's a beautiful night out here. many people think it would be a good idea to have in eight ball park right here on the waterfront. but the problem is the details, and both sides say that they are still negotiating, but they haven't made a lot of movement. the oakland city council plans to discuss and vote july 20th on terms of agreement for the oakland a's waterfront ballpark proposal at howard terminal. now with a week to go, major league baseball commi

oakland city council voted to approve a term sheet with the oakland athletics. the non-binding agreement could allow the city and the a's to continue negotiating toward a binding development agreement for the taste proposed 1 billion dollars stadium at howard terminal part of a 12 billion dollar waterfront development project problem is the a's have not agreed to all of the language in the term that includes amendments by city staff to the proposal a's released publicly in april. there has been progress in the negotiations. you know, we moved in made concessions. the city's main concessions. >> but i think it is important to remember that the current term she even with these amendments is not something that the a's have consensus around. it's not a term sheet that we proposed with that. it's that we kind of come together in mutual agreement in fact, a's president dave kaval stated during the nearly 4 hours long virtual meeting that the amended terms sheet includes language that the team has never seen. >> among the roadblocks encountered during the course of nego

oakland as kron four's. haaziq madyun tells us a deterrence. we'll be waiting at a popular intersection before the sideshow vehicles arrive. >> one less intersection for illegal sideshows. that is what the city of oakland hopes will be the result of installing these raised pavement markers called bots diet at the intersection of 35th avenue and macarthur was your car your parents fly cow. >> discourage the sideshow activity. secondly at a reduced speed. >> oakland city councilmember noel guile says, but are among several side chilled the tournaments in the works for oakland city streets here at the major >> we're going to try you know what and then again, the other one that we're looking at like like they have in europe or even in mexico and major intersections. they have the roundabout ride that you've got to slow down to go around to get to the next block why that particular intersection because of side shows that happened there. previously. you know, one, it was a sideshow, but then 35th as a downhill. >> coming from way up in the hills right up on highway 30 and then i went to purposely see it and people are flying down the hill. and so we got him in place. however, he says the plan is t

oakland. kron 4 says it dunes brings us the details there. >> one less intersection for illegal sideshows. that is what the city of oakland hopes will be the result of installing these raised pavement markers called bots diet at the intersection of 35th avenue and macarthur was your car your parents cannot fly cow. >> discourage the sideshow activity. secondly at a reduced speed. >> oakland city councilmember noel guile says, but are among several side chilled the tournaments in the works for oakland city streets here at the major >> we're going to try you know what and then again, the other one that we're looking at like like they have in europe or even in mexico and major intersections. they have the roundabout ride that you've got to slow down to go around to get to the next why that particular intersection because of side shows that happened there. previously. you know, one, it was a sideshow, but then 35th as a downhill. >> coming from way up in the hills right up on highway 30 and then went to purposely see it. many people are flying down the hill. and so we got him in place. however, he says the plan is

berkeley has the least affordable city to buy a home and it's followed by oakland san francisco and santa monica. the survey looked at 300 cities around the nation including criteria like cost of living taxes, crime rates and quality of life and the most affordable city for first-time homebuyers is chesapeake virginia. if you want to move away out there. we'll be right back after the break. [announcement on pa] introducing togo's new cheese steak melt, featuring fresh artisan bread, layered with tender seasoned steak, sautéed mushrooms, roasted red peppers, and smothered with melty american cheese. the new cheese steak melt, now at togo's. baseball. the a's and san diego trying to avoid being swept in the first inning. matt chapman hits the 3 run. >> home. that home run. that gives the a's a 4 run lead. it was chapman's 13th home run of the season. >> oakland goes on to win by a final of 10 for the a's now head to los angeles to take on the angels. first pitch is going to be 6.38 set your alarms they've also made a big trade before yesterday's game. they traded pitcher jesus luzardo to th

according to the city of oakland has proposed ballpark could be the largest private investment in any major league baseball park nationwide and today will be the first time city leaders have the opportunity to discuss the terms for a potential deal and financing options. the new open days ballpark would look something like this. if the plan is approved, the waterfront stadium at the howard terminal site with seat about 34,000 people. the project would also include a new vibrant district featuring a 400 room hotel. 3,000 units of affordable housing and entertainment complex and new jobs to 12 billion dollar project and the team has asked the city for grants to help build it. the a's president says it's not just the team benefiting from the proposal. >> it's actually going see an incredible amount of benefits in terms of community benefits, things like money for affordable housing workforce development. the question is does oakland want a baseball team. it sounds so simple, doesn't it. but it really does come down to that. what i am saying. >> be careful what you wish for because if the

the a's future up in the air and the city making decisions about the coliseum. a key step oakland made overnight. plus. >>> if you are vaccinated you are protected. if you are unvaccinated you are not. >> a new plan that president biden is taking after failing to reef that first vaccination goal. the move coming as cases of the delta covid-19 variant increase across the country including here in california. >>> we are in the middle of a drought but a major water supply in the bay area is completely shut off. next, the steps and project. this is "today in the bay." >>> good morning to you. >> we want to get a start with a look outside at dublin and san jose. it is a cool start to the morning. later this week some parts of the bay area are set to warm up. kari hall tracking the temperatures that we should expect. good morning. >> good morning. yes. enjoy the weather we have for today. by friday we'll start to see excessive heat warnings for the central valley and the far north bay and right now the bay area not included in the heat advisories or excessive heat warnings and today loo

on the other hand, the squeeze play by oakland city council members, including the mayor out in front at howard terminal. >> where the a's want to turn it into home plate. 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 as we took an important step to keep that is rooted in oakland. >> and we set the terms for the city to keep negotiating with the a's to bring not only a ballpark here but also a development that will be equitable that will be responsible in their vote tuesday. the council voted in favor of a new financial term sheet making several changes. >> that a's president dave campbell says caught the team by surprise. so much so he told me in an interview following the vote that they will need quite a bit of time to unravel. it's hard to say a 100% that i don't know what was voted yes on. >> fundamentally. it calls for a 35 year term agreement a 25 year non relocation agreement and a 35% affordable housing component to all of which isn't in the a's plan delivered back in april. >> as far as wha

. >>> oakland city council took a swing at the a's pitch for a new stadium. the city released its own term sheet to build at howard terminal and they're hundreds of millions of dollars apart on the funding. abc7 news sports director larry beil has the story. >> the a's want a new stadium at the terminal, but how to pay for it is the question. oakland city council offered a counterproposal to the a's term sheet, but there was a huge gap in how and who pays for infrastructure improvements. a's president dave kaval told abc7 news the team has made concessions on affordable housing. the council will take a vote on tuesday and kaval says voting yes on the city's deal really means a no for the a's. >> we've actually been working in good faith to make concessions, but by the same token just something that doesn't have the details, that is not something we agree to, that is not going to be a constructive path forward. proposal today, it was voted on and that was the only thing considered, would not be success for this project and for the a's in oakland. we have a prop

. >>> and live look at oakland where it's just a week before the city council takes a crucial vote onthe future of the a's. the team president says he is in marathon negotiations to try to get a deal done. andrea nakano joins us from oakland with the latest. >> reporter: while the all-star game was going on in denver, the a's were focused on this site at the howard teinal. and whether or site wod thfuture home of the a's. >> we are in the ninth inning and down to our last at-bat and it's a critical moment for oakland to really express their willingness for the waterfrnt ballpark. >> reporter: the commissioner echo the same sentiment saying that the oakland process is at the end. and of july 20th vote will determine the fate of baseball in oakland. the city wants affordable housing and the team to improve the infrastructure in the area surrounding howard terminal. the team says it wants the city to pay for infrastructure improvements off-site. >> it is over half $1 billion right now, so there is still a lot of work to do. there is a pretty large gap and team but i understand the city o

. >>> a live look at oakland where time appears to be running short for the a's and the city to reach a deal on the proposed waterfront ballpark. a vote is expected today on a term sheet for a new stadium. >> justin is live this morning sorting through bothsides. >> the negotiations have been going for several days and the new ballpark is still almost a strike out hours before the council is set to meet. the tug of war between the city of oakland and the a's is over the proposed ballpark side. -- this project is all that is seemingly left to keep the a's from leaving oakland. they say that it's the only thing to keep oakland from losing its last major sports franchise. >> it's about off site infrastructure. these are thing that are maintenance on the city. they are not even on the site where we are building. we feel that is the city's spot city's responsibility. >> the team president wants the city to vote on the team's term see the. it present back in april. the city said its term sheet moves this ballpark into a reality. >>> to coronavirus. california's case rate tripling in just on

tuesday's proposal before the oakland city council supposed to be a big deal. a pivotal play to knock it out of the ballpark yet. that's not what happened. to pitch to council members. did come down and today's vote is non-binding dropped from grade or >> it's not going to commit anyone to this project, but it will give us direction forward with values. but negotiations negotiations as a city with agents want to stress that. >> you know, voting yes on something that we don't agree with their we don't have consensus around. is not an effective path for a's president didn't catch the ball instead saying changes made have them walking off the field to reexamine the play. >> certainly not giving it a thumbs up. for example, some of the new terms agreed to by the council include a 35 year term agreement. a 25 year non relocating agreement and the 35% of the proposed housing that now has to be affordable housing. >> we are very close in full agreement with the a's. i know that it was disappointing today that what was voted on by the council did not have full consensu

. >>> oakland city council took a swing at the a's pitch for a new stadium. the city released its own term sheet to build at howard terminal and they're hundreds of millions of dollars apart on the funding. abc7 news sports director larry beil has the story. >> the a's want a new stadium at the terminal, but how to pay for it is the question. oakland city council offered a counterproposal to the a's term sheet, but there was a huge gap in how and who pays for infrastructure improvements. a's president dave kaval told abc7 news the team has made concessions on affordable housing. the council will take a vote on tuesday and kaval says voting yes on the city's deal really means a no for the a's. >> we've actually been working in good faith to make concessions, but by the same token just something that doesn't have the details, that is not something we agree to, that is not going to be a constructive path forward. proposal today, it was voted on and that was the only thing considered, would not be success for this project and for the a's in oakland. we have a prop

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approve the agreement unless the a's get on board a spokesperson for oakland mayor libby schaaf sent us this statement. take a look. the city will continue to advocate for a proposal that supports an serves oakland and our entire region provides affordable housing public parks. great jobs and other direct benefits for the community. all without risk. of course, port are taxpayers or the city or county's general funds. now the a's have stayed loyal to the call. sam, since 1968. but mlb says the current ballpark is not viable for the future of the team. they lease expires at the coliseum after that a 24 season, the goal had been to open a new one in 2023. but now even if approved by city council today. the summer. it would not be ready until 2027 oakland city officials they've been hopeful that the steel go through. but look, it doesn't. the entire plan could die and the a's could go through with the threat to move out of state james big day. all right. it is a big day for that and other reasons. takes a lot. sarah, when it comes to the a's. if you want to track it throughout the day and watch for that vote to come down. you

it would not be ready until 2027 oakland. city officials are hopeful the deal go through but say it doesn't. the entire plan could die and the a's could go through with their threat to move out of state. so we've been waiting years for this and we'll be waiting on pins and needles this morning for the vote comes through. we'll send it back to you in studio. >> i thank you very much there. and again, a reminder if you want to continue tracking how this vote happens today for the howard terminal ballpark project just scan that qr code. we've got a team reporters following the story they're going to follow the council meeting today when that decision comes down again, that qr code take you to that special section of our website. we're recovering the fate of the a's. >> 7. '06, another big story this morning as coronavirus cases are soaring in california and the average in the state is now about 4600 new cases a day that certainly is a rise the last time our numbers were at that level was back in february. >> the spike is fueled by th

oakland. does the city want major league baseball or not. he told the baseball writers association of america that a potential move to vegas is not a bluff, not a book for sports reporter kylen mills here with more about what he said and what it means besides bomber. yeah. for a stance for sure. so the actual information he said wasn't necessarily what was so groundbreaking the significance is that we finally heard this straight from the horse's mouth and we know that what dave campbell's been saying essentially has been true and that the situation is going to come to a head. >> very shortly. so like you guys were saying, a decision is imminent. oakland city council is scheduled to vote on a term sheet for the how howard terminal project one week from today. so if the vote is no manford confirmed. the a's will move forward with plans to relocate to las vegas or they could still conduct a wider relocation search. again, this is not a smokescreen. we know now manfort said las vegas is a viable alternative for major league club. and there are o

the oakland city council is less than a week away from a crucial vote on building that new a's ballpark. the message critics are now sending to the teams of. voters. this is ktvu fox two news at noon and good afternoon, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat in for mike. i'm ali rasmus infer gasia mikaelian search teams in the east bay are tracking down commute are continuing to track down and continue their search for an east bay man who disappeared over the weekend in pleasanton after telling his family he was going to go on a run. ktvu is christian captain spoke with investigators. he has the latest on the search. we've seen numerous crews here all going out for today's search crews from throughout the bay area from napa, marin and alameda counties, as well as at least one crew from santa barbara. we've also received an update from pleasanton police about the very latest incident that we've heard about reports about a cry for help reported early this morning. social media accounts linked to the search for 37 year old philip krajcik say there were cries for help and a canyon in sonoma overnigh

can continue negotiating with the team and reach an agreement that the city council can vote on this fall. but we do know that oakland is not the only city in play here. dave cavill will be in las vegas tomorrow. >> and thursday. and we expect it will be meeting. >> with people who have lent in las vegas about the prospect of, you know, potentially building a ballpark there. and then if if that doesn't of the team in the maybe portland, oregon may be other cities. nashville has been throwing basically its leverage, right. if you're negotiating with oa land and they really fear that you will go to vegas hopefully that that moves the council a bit. a little bit of progress today with the a's with the city rather agreed to that but now the a's probably have to give something and maybe the city has to give a little bit more. so we'll see. certainly the mayor and a lot of leaders in oakland don't want to lose 3 professional teams within the a few years. so there is incentive to try to make this happen. but it's a complicated some people feel it's sounding more and more grant like there. >> out of here. i don't know. i i w

more homicides but then the same time, we have less officers that is about to change now that the oakland cityncil amended the recently approved city budget to invest more resources for public safety in east oakland the lifelong home of mary forte. i've lived here all my life other than i when i went away for college. so i was born and raised in a still club. >> tell the 40 and supporting our former change was inevitable over that time span. but. >> miss forte lives in this east oakland neighborhood. you see highlighted on the map. she says the level of violent crime near her home sunday. she thought she would never see it's like night and day when i grew up in east oakland. >> the streets were clean. the it was safe for children to walk to the neighborhood store the shooting since the pandemic have just been way out of control in my neighborhood. it's almost nightly basis that i can hear gunshot. i've through my home oakland's amended city budget will now fund traffic safety side showed deterrents expedite 911, response time. >> grant money for security cameras in the business core doors. it

the oakland a say if the city council votes no. it would likely be the end of major league baseball in oakland. good evening, everyone i'm julie julie haener and mike mibach in tonight for frank somerville. it is basically the 11th hour as negotiations continue between the city and the team ahead of tomorrow's vote, but as ktvu is rob roth reports, at least one city council member says he is ready to send the team packing. on the eve of the crucial city council vote, the oakland a's mayor, libby shaft 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 member 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 have i am going to vote against their he's going to howard terming noel guyot says he's afra

joins us live is an oakland city councilman. >> good to see you.nt 4th he has seen. this arch the mass shooting at lake merit on juneteenth. what is happening? >> you know eastern i grew up here and east oakland and it's the worst i ever seen. not only dealing with the side shows, dealing the fireworks, but also the violence on the streets. the reknow we need greater enforcement. the only thing some of us understand is push back. we need enforcement. we also need cooperation between the sheriff department, the high way patrol, the oakland police, and i have many other law agencies here in the city but we are not working together to solve this problem. i as a taxpayer pay your salaries and i need greater cooperation, including the fbi. you look at where the -- where the fireworks are coming from. the drug activity is coming from. it's coming outside of the city. in many cases outside of the state of california. we need that cooperation. at the same time we also need community engagement and community support. these are my cousins, my neighbors and t

all right back now to the oakland a's and the bid to build a waterfront ballpark took another step forward today. the city council approved a term sheet for the project after intense last minute. negotiations however, a's leadership says it might not be enough to keep them in oakland. ktvu is jesse gary joining us now live with details on the deal that was approved today and reaction from the team. jesse alex. good afternoon to you a little early to pop champagne over this, but it is still good news. there are obstacles in the way there's opposition to this deal. but as i said, good news for the team and its fans. first game sports drama started before baseball fans, young and old, entered oakland's coliseum tuesday. we just lost the warriors, and then we lost the raiders. 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 under plenty of scrutiny. oakland city council members held an hours long debate on accepting a term sheet with the a's it lays out a financial framework for building a billion dollar ballpark. at

the oakland city council did vote to approve a non binding term sheet for the aids proposed ballpark howard terminal near jack london square. but the team's future in oakland remains uncertain. good evening, everyone i'm mike mibach in tonight for frank somerville and i'm julie julie haener, however, there remains at least a sliver of hope for az fans, and that today's vote means talks between the city and the team can continue for now. ktvu is jesse gary explains. first game sports drama started before baseball fans, young and old, entered oakland's coliseum tuesday. we just lost the warriors, and then we lost the raiders. 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 it's just a part of oakland. it's just a bay area, man. if you don't come to a xgames, you're not in the bay area under plenty of scrutiny. oakland city council members held in hours long debate on accepting a term sheet with the a's it lays out a financial framework for building a billio