resolution before san francisco supervisors is different than the one that was put before the oakland city council. yet it's still creating division with israeli flags everywhere. members of the bay area's jewish community relations council and their supporters hold a vigil across the street from san francisco city hall tuesday afternoon and recited the names of israeli hostages that have yet to be freed. >> 22, he we're doing this vigil today to honor the hostages that still remain and tunnels to call for their release and to remind the public and to remind the board of supervisors why this conflict started. jcrc wants to remind the board the most recent conflict began. >> with the october 7th hamas attack because san francisco supervisor dean preston, has introduced a new cease-fire resolution. a cease-fire, humanitarian aid and release of all hostages are and central ingredients for peace abroad and safety and security here in our city. in addition to calling for a cease-fire in gaza, it calls for the release of hostages and condemns anti-semitic anti-palestinian and islam, a phobic rhe

here in the city of oakland. and that is, again, due to the many foot patrol officers that are deterring crimes from happening. we've doubled that number here in the city of oakland, a foot patrol officers and then not just that, but our undercover auto suppression work has been helping as well. >> and before we have to let you go, i'll refer back to something that bubbled up over the past couple of months that oakland missed out on what could have been millions of dollars in state grants to help prevent retail theft. san francisco's getting that money. other major cities are getting that money. oakland lost out. what lessons were learned? what policies may have been changed as a result of that failure? absolutely >> policies were changed immediately. so as, for instance, we're hiring a actual grant centralized grant personnel so that we can centralize all the grants instead of having it piecemeal from department to department. that was one of the issues, right? if it's a multi department grant, then sometimes it

you want some quickly when you call 9-1-1 oakland city council heard from the city's human resources department last night. and they say this whole thing is because of human error. force met. harry spoke with the council member who investigated the issue. >> added this is hard to believe. >> very hard to believe. we've been hearing over and over again about people not being able to get ahold of anyone when they call 9-1-1. in oakland. a new report has revealed that from april of 2022. to april of 2023, the city's hr department didn't process any applications for 9-1-1, dispatchers. >> there's plenty of interest in these roles. there are some months where we saw up to 350 applications. in fact, alameda county grand jury report shows what many oakland already know. the city's 9-1-1 center is slow to respond to requests for service. oakland city councilmember johnny ramachandran decided to look deeper requesting information from the city administrator's office and filing a public records request to get the full picture of what was happening tuesday. the information was presented to city

responds to 911 calls as city council asked for this report after a grand jury found that oakland's 911 dispatch center was often slow in responding to emergent calls. now, this latest investigation determined the city never processed hundreds of applications for 911 dispatchers, despite having a critical staffing shortage. and they also say that not even one application was processed between april of 2022 and april of this year. >> investigators in santa rosa say 27 people were forced from their homes following an apartment house fire. this was first reported just before noon yesterday at the creekside park apartment complex on fourth street. there were no reports of serious injuries. the red cross is now helping those who need shelter in. investigators say an electrical problem in the attic of one unit is what sparked the fire. autonomous car company cruise has been ordered to testify before state regulators. the state public utilities commission says cruise left out key details in its account of a crash in san francisco this past october and didn't tell regulators that the autonom

oakland city council heard from the city's human resource department last night. they say it was a human error. kron 4 amanda harry talked with the council member who is investigating the issue and has more. amanda. >> we've been hearing over and over again about people not being able to get ahold of anyone when they call 9-1-1. in oakland. a new report has revealed from april 2022. to april 2023, the city's hr department didn't process any applications for 9-1-1, dispatchers. >> my office gets calls all the time from constituents were like good week on a moment of crisis in alameda county grand jury report shows what many oakland already know. the city's 9-1-1 center is slow to respond to requests for service. oakland city councilmember johnny ramachandran decided to look deeper requesting information from the city administrator's office and filing a public records request to get the full picture of what was happening tuesday. the information was presented to city council. there was a human error. and so we're here tonight to take accountability for human resourc

at oakland city hall. >>> and oakland is one step closer to hiring a new police chief. the police commission says it is sending its list of three candidates to mayor chantel. they did not share who is on the list. under the city charter the police commission is responsible for compiling the list and the mayor then makes the final hiring decision. the mayor announce add few months ago she would declare a state of emergency, if a new chief was not selected by the end of this year. >>> 7:10 now. much more ahead on "today in the bay." coming up, time running out to get your holiday packages delivered by christmas day. we help unpack some important we help unpack some important upcoming deadlines. [narrator] covered california is a free service from the state that's already helped millions of people like you get and pay for health insurance. with financial health to lower the cost of health coverage, you could get a quality health plan for less than $10 a month. every plan covers preventive care, doctor visits, emergency care, and more. if you have questions, we're here to h

happening today, the oakland city council is set to formally review a detailed report on the city's response to 911 calls. the council requested the report after a grand jury found oakland's 911 dispatch center was often slow in responding to emergency calls. this latest investigation found the city never processed hundreds of applications for 911 dispatchers, despite a critical staffing problem, not a single application was processed between april of 2022 and april of this year. the city of oakland is still searching for a chief of police. earlier this morning, we spoke live with mayor shengtao about the process of hiring a new chief ten months after she fired the former chief back in february. she said she's still waiting on the police commission to send her a list of three nominees so she can choose one of those three or reject them all. she says she thinks the city should have its next police chief. within the first few months of next year. >> well, if i don't have those three names by december 31st, then we will look into calling for a state of emergency. but at this point in time, i do

oakland hasn't had a police chief since february. and several folks tell me they believe the long process has hurt the city. >> the long wait in oaklanday finally be coming to an end. ten months after losing yet another police chief, the city's police commission has sent a list of three candidates for mayor xiang tao to consider. >> just get it done. this has been an arcane process. barry donilon is the president of the oakland police officers association. he says the long period of uncertainty without a chief has cost both the department and the city itself. all of it coming during a year where crime has continued to rise. we need stability in the organization. we need stability when it comes to addressing crime, and we need a plan. whoever is ultimately chosen will have a monumental task ahead of them, says lisa hill, a criminal justice professor and policing expert at cal state east bay. i think it's really important that the mayor get this right, hill tells me. after years of going through multiple chiefs internal dysfunction within the department and sometimes strained relations with oakland city leaders, whoever leads opd next w

city leaders sunday to celebrate hanukkah. he says the holiday is about shining light in dark times. oakland mayor shang tao called this an attack on the entire city. her office says this menorah is a long tradition for oakland. this was an act of vandalism and a desecration. >> the oakland lake merritt menorah is a long standing symbol of not only the oakland jewish community, but the jewish faith. >> people who walk by this amphitheater every day say they are disappointed to see this area vandalized. this is up every year, and normally it's fine. >> and that's a great thing. and we should all be able to celebrate beautifully together and you know, it sucks when it some jerks try to stop that. >> rabbi lukowski says people should be able to safely celebrate their religion in the bay area. the holidays are bring light to everyone, and i think we got to rise above it. >> and you know, i'm upset about this. this this is awful. >> now you can see the chain wrapped around the pole next to the menorah, the oakland shabbat center. they don't want this thing to go anywhere. after what happened last

oakland hasn't had a police chief since february. and several folks tell me they believe the long process has hurt the city. >> the long wait in oaklanday finally be coming to an end. ten months after losing yet another police chief, the city's police commission has sent a list of three candidates for mayor xiang tao to consider. >> just get it done. this has been an arcane process. barry donilon is the president of the oakland police officers association. he says the long period of uncertainty without a chief has cost both the department and the city itself. all of it coming during a year where crime has continued to rise. we need stability in the organization. we need stability when it comes to addressing crime, and we need a plan. whoever is ultimately chosen will have a monumental task ahead of them, says lisa hill, a criminal justice professor and policing expert at cal state east bay. i think it's really important that the mayor get this right, hill tells me. after years of going through multiple chiefs internal dysfunction within the department and sometimes strained relations with oakland city leaders, whoever leads opd next w

council scheduled to formally review a detailed report on the city of oakland's response to 911. the city council asked for that report after a grand jury found that oakland's 911 dispatch center was often slow in responding to emergency calls. now, the latest investigation determined that the city never processed hundreds of applications for 911 dispatchers, despite having a critical staffing shortage. he also says that not a single application was processed between april of 2022 and april of this year. >> san francisco mayor london breed gave the go ahead to midyear budget cuts. the mayor wants $75 million in cuts. now she says there won't be layoffs, but any job positions that are currently open will be eliminated. and some programs that haven't started will be scaled back. and that includes a new office that would have implemented reparations for black residents in the city. in a letter to department heads, mayor breed said she is preserving money for her top priorities and said in part, quote, the reductions leave intact basic city services and priorities so we can continue

we're hiring fast and that we're capturing every one of those applications that come into the city of oakland. >> the city says it has made several key changes to address recruitment, communication and hiring, but current dispatching staff is required to work overtime amid record call volume and other problems have plagued police response times from a city ransomware attack to a 911 system wide failure earlier this year. and equipment, we learned, was purchased years ago, yet never installed. >> there's a lot of band-aids that are being put in place. >> david cruz is a public safety expert who used to work for the city of oakland and says the issues have been ongoing for more than a decade. >> and so they kind of need a little bit more of a strategic, holistic look at all of the gaps they currently have and how they're going to be able to maintain and kind of move forward. while mayor shengtao recently pledged $2.5 million to fix the outdated 911 system, it's no secret other strides need to be made to make sure emergency calls are answered and quickly brooks jarocz ktvu fox two news. >> we're

anti-semitism in a city that never experienced such hate. >> what it does is people walking down the street that look jewish will be targeted. anti-semitism was never a factor in oakland. we have the most diverse city in the country. it's a great place to live, great place for families, but this is devastating. >> reporter: the lesson plan comes from a group called oea from palestine, a group of teachers who want to use the day to teach about palestinian liberation. their material in the effort is not backed by the local school district, but local cair president said it presents an opportunity for current events to be taught. >> this is important. this is necessary to teach kids about current events. it's, frankly, what it comes down to. >> reporter: the suggested curriculum suggested an arabic word for rebellion which has historically been linked to uprisings. >> some of the first complaints we received were about students feeling alienated and targeted at school. when i heard about the teach-in happening across oakland unified schools, i was sincerely excited. >> reporter: but for the rabbi leaving out israel's perspective may be harmful for the jewish community, pa

business owners after thieves hit their store over and over again, the powerful message they sent to oakland cityall and barry weather lots of sunshine earlier today looks like a nice start as we head into the holiday weekend, but eventually we could be talking about rain back oakland was the target of thieves twice in one week as our alice wertz shows us today, protesters want something done to control the crime. money. trend. >> no more crime. no more crime. >> a few dozen people were signs stood in front of the 24 hour colonial donut shop that was victimized again friday morning. >> what is going on here in oakland? >> two suspects jumping over the counter, removing the cash drawer, one even helping himself to a donut on his w out. many customers outraged. >> this is the third time that colonial donuts has been robbed two times this week alone. three times in the last six months. this is unacceptable. >> we have crime that is out of control and we are becoming the joke, the butt of the joke for crime across the country. >> chris moore is a neighbor and a self-proclaimed community activist. he'

city. it will not stand. oakland will work tirelessly with all of our law enforcement partners to find those responsible for this assault on our city and the killing of our officer. >> police say at least one suspect fired multiple rounds at les, which is what killed him. but they say there were multiple suspects involved in the burglary. no one has been apprehended tonight. >> reaction to officer lay's death is continuing to pour in tonight. people in the community saying he was very respected and really listen to the people. he was protecting a kron four's. dan thorn is live for us in the newsroom tonight. >> with more reaction, dam noel and grand officer lay's death has been. >> devastating for peopleowho knew him. a one woman telling us officer lay patrolled her oakland neighborhood and windy. even check up on her. and she says it's a terrible loss for a city struggling with crime. a dedicated police officer, the husband and a respected member of the oakland community. >> officer twan lane is being remembered aft

some oakland city leaders acknowledged that that was a setback. the rules are very clear and we need to respect, uh, the recommendations and do the best we can to move forward. >> uh, but the way we're continuing fighting with each other, um, is it's not going to solve the critical the most challenging problem that we have today in this public safety in response to the mayor's rejection of all three finalists, the head of the police commission said the group respected the mayor's decision and that they are looking forward to working with her to find a new police chief. >> but again, it's not clear how long that will take. if the commission has other runner up candidates, it can submit right away or if they have to start from square one with the application and interview process. those are questions gasia. we're still trying to find the answers to this morning . >> allie rasmus. thank you. gas prices are going up across the state. triple a reports a gallon of regular is up $0.02. this morning to now $4.65 a gallon. san francisco is the city with th

the oakland city council reject add bid to denounce hamas. as speaker after speaker espoused dangerously misguided and factually erroneous views at a deeply troubling anti-semitic public hearing. since the israel-hamas war began, the g.o.p. has seem gleeful at the partisan wedging at the expense of the jewish community. they have failed to do anything serious to address this crisis. if they object to my charges, let me ask them today, three key questions. first, what are my friends on the other side of the aisle, the only ones who actually control the agenda on the floor, done to implement the white house's national strategy to counter anti-semitism? this historic whole of government plan, which has bipartisan support, has been completely ignored in this dysfunctional maga extremist congress. the answer is clear, they have done nothing. second, when will the g.o.p. majority stop its efforts to defund the department of education's office for civil rights. the office that must protect jewish students from the horrendous discrimination they face

ryan, back to you. >> thanks. >>> the city of oakland is working to shed a stigma of crime and violence get more people to feel safe while shopping in the city, and they recently launched the oakland first campaign. it encourages everyone to shop local while ensuring that public safety is the main focus. opd has officers stationed in stores, some of them in plain clothes but they are hoping to prevent car break-ins, smashing grads, and business owners hope it will make a difference. >> for everyone to take it seriously, it feels like now people are taking it seriously, and doing stuff about it. i feel like the city has heard us. >> joining us today, peter ganis, kathy adams, president of the oakland african-america n chamber of commerce. thank you for joining us. peter, let's start with you. this push to shop local in oakland, why is it so important, especially right now? >> it is very important right now, especially because we are revitalizing our neighborhoods. people are going out, and they are realizing that oakland is a great place to do their shopping. our attractions, culinary, a

wife as well as multiple counts of attempted homicide of a police officer. >>> meanwhile, the city of oakland is working hard to make one street safer. community members and volunteers gathered this morning for a community clean up. this was in the area of alameda avenue. it comes after the city cleared out all the rvs parked there in october. this is by the home depot on high street. today they removed graffiti, picked up trash, and pulled some weeds. >> our management team came out and did a closure, clean up and closure of the area. and now we're working with neighbors to provide ongoing clean ups and sustainability for the corridor. we probably have 250 bags of debris we cleaned up from the home depot entrance to the fruitvale bridge. >> they hope to continue the clean ups on a monthly basis. their next event is set for january. >>> still ahead here on kpix 5 news at 11:00, colorful lanterns lit up the streets of san francisco tonight. we have the meaning behind the peril festival. >>> and the latest on a wildfire burning in southern california that's already destroyed thousands of acres.

cities to pass resolutions calling for a permanent cease-fire. resolutions have already been passed in both richmond and oakland with a majority of the oakland cityncil voting against an amendment condemning hamas. next week another cease-fire resolution could get introduced to san francisco's board of supervisors. tyler gregory with the jewish community relations council feels the resolutions are causing divisions within communities. >> we really think that our local city governments should be working on local issues and not pretending to be a foreign policy body. >> reporter: and as yael's sister-in-law recovers from the trauma she knows it will be a difficult journey with her husband still in captivity. >> thinking about the future, of a future home for her, any long-term plans is really impossible because how can she make plans without her husband. >> reporter: pete cerrados, today in the bay. >>> happening today, people are invited to gather in san francisco calling for an immediate cease-fire. various groups including the arab resource and organizing center as well as the jewish voice for peace bay area will take part in the rally together

former oakland police chief and new anne kirkpatrick said it has put her in a tough position. >> i do think that is what they did. >> reporter: with the citypproaching an entire year without a police chief, kirkpatrick believes it is time for oakland's elected leader to step up and take the lead. >> i'm a proponent of civilian oversight but i think that the best option for them is let their elected officials, the mayor and the city council as the voice of the community to make the decisions. >> reporter: in oakland, pete sauratos, nbc bay area news. >>> two people are recovering after being shot trying to intervene in a robbery. police say a man tried to buy something but the transaction declined. that man argued with the clerk before ripping the register off the counter and leaving the store. police said the man tried to carjack someone outside but was unsuccessful. he broke the window of another car. stole the woman's purse. that woman fought back and two good samaritans tried to help. the man pulled the gun and shot both good samaritans. he attempted to carjack two more cars before police caught him down the road. both people shot are e

the oakland city council is hearing a detailed report on the hiring practices of 9-1-1, dispatchers. report says for an entire year from april of last year to this april, the city's hr department did not process applications for vacant 9-1-1. dispatcher jobs and roughly 1000 applications when this cap was discovered, hiring staff did not follow up with eligible candidates. some of them were just told to reapply. the meeting is at the oakland city hall. it's at 3.30, open to the public. government regulators held a public hearing to determine the cause of the 2021 huntington beach oil spill in october. oil october 2021, that oil began appearing on beaches and waters. there. investigators later found an anchor from a cargo ship apparently dragged that pipeline across the seafloor months earlier and caused a big crack regulators now trying to determine why the problem was not discovered sooner. the ntsb says the pipeline company workers are not to blame >> the accident was result of inappropriate staff. even though the daytime operator impacted by acute nighttime controller was there wi

. >>> oakland city leaders continue to remember officer lay. today the police commission chaired a statement that reads we stand united with the police department and city of oakland as we mourn this devastating loss adding, we offer our deepest condolences to the family of officer le and friends. we will stay on top of this active investigation for you as police continue to search for suspects. any breaking news that we get, we will get it to you on air and online on nbc bay area.com. we will also send alerts through the mobile app. >>> activists rallied in oakland to drum up support for repealing prop 19 and making it easier for parents get their children home. a few dozen protesters with the campaign gathered downtown with signs and ballots. they were collecting signatures to repeal the so-called death talk tax. the law was passed in 2020 other the title the home protection for seniors families and victims of natural disasters act. the idea was to make it easier for parents to pass on the family homes with total. activists say the property t

the oakland city council hears a detailed report on the hiring practices of 9-1-1, dispatchers. the report says that for an entire year from april of 2022, to april of 2023, the city's hr department did not process any applications for vacant 9-1-1, dispatcher positions. the report says that it missed out on about 1000 submitted applications and also reveals that when the yearlong gap was discovered, hiring staff did not follow up with the eligible candidates and some candidates were asked to reapply. the meeting is going to be a oakland city hall at 3.30, this afternoon and it is open to the public. 10. 0, 7, and another developing story now. driverless car company cruise could soon be fined more than a million dollars for allegedly trying to cover up an accident in san francisco. this case involves a hit and run accident that happened in october where? a victim was hit by a car and then dragged after the victim fell to the ground was hit and dragged by the cruise vehicle for about 20 feet. and regulators say that crews tried cover up what happened for a couple of weeks and thi

we'll be taking place at oakland city hall 3.30, this afternoon. it is open to the public. more developing news now. driverless car company cruise could soon be facing a fine of up to one and a half million dollars for allegedly trying to cover up an accident. according to court documents, a cruise car ended up dragging a woman who had been struck by another car. just prior to the cruise car, hitting her and dragging her about 20 feet as it was trying to come to a stop. this happened back in october in san francisco and state regulators are accusing cruz of trying to hide what happened from them for more than 2 weeks. this is the same incident that prompted the dmv to suspend cruises license to operate in california. the company has been ordered now to appear at a court hearing in february or at a hearing in february to determine where they're trying to mislead regulators. >> it's 608. and the first report is out now on last week's flaring at the chevron refinery in richmond that sent heavy smoke and flames shooting into the air. the report states the flaring was due to a p

and i'm ama daetz. >> organizers of today's rally called out city leadership for failed policies and pointed to recent robberies in oaklandpart of the ongoing concerns over public safety. >> and as abc seven news reporter anser hassan tells us, they want the city to declare a state of emergency. surveillance video from early friday morning shows the popular colonial donuts in oakland getting robbed for a second time this week. >> unfortunately, we've heard this is the third time that colonial donuts has been robbed. two times this week alone. three times in the last six months. this is unacceptable. no more crime. >> no more crime. >> a coalition of community groups rallied in front of colonial donuts. they blame failed leadership and failed policies for rising crime. >> we are not safe and it's because of policy, not covid, not economy, not late stage capitalism policy. >> because otherwise these things will be happening in berkeley with the same frequency as they're happening in oakland. >> among the changes they want bringing in more county and state resources, hiring a police chief and hiring enough police officers to

oakland voted on its own resolution last week. anger erupted after some people defended hamas during public comment. berkeley's mayor said that his city would not formally weigh in on the war to avoid inflaming tensions. >>> there is another debate about how to teach about the war. oakland school district has warned teachers about taking part in an unsanctioned teach-in tomorrow. the superintendent made clear that the district does not authorize the action, and expressed disappointment that divisive materials are being promoted as fact. >> it is unclear how many teachers might take part, or what, if any, disciplinary action, they might face. >>> the united nations is warning about an apocalyptic situation in gaza with no safe place to go for civilians. israeli troops have pushed deeper, entering the south second-largest city that is considered a hamas stronghold. >>> military officials called today the most intense day of fighting since operations began. the u.s. plans to create a field hospital in gaza for wounded civilians. >>> under weather now, parts of the bay area are starting another day under a thick blanket of fog. look at th

city leaders sunday to celebrate hanukkah. he says the holiday is about shining light in dark times. oakland shang tao called this an attack on the entire city. her office says this menorah is a long tradition for oakland. >> this was an act of vandalism and a desecration. the oakland lake merritt menorah is a long standing symbol of not only the oakland jewish community, but the jewish faith. >> people who walk by this amphitheater every day say they are disappointed to see this area vandalized. this is up every year, and normally it's fine. >> and that's a great thing. and we should all be able to celebrate beautifully together. and you know, sucks when to some jerks try to stop that rabbi lukowski says people should be able to safely celebrate their religion in the bay area. >> the holidays to bring light to everyone. and i think we got to rise above it. and you know, i'm upset about this. this this is awful. and part of the menorah is actually chained to the pole next to it. >> they don't want it to go anywhere. and the lighting ceremony happening at 7 p.m. tonight, some people actually

so no union city at 68 for your highs. oaklandandro each at 67 north bay temperatures mid to upper 60's for you, too. a look ahead shows temperatures tomorrow that will be in the upper 50's as much as 10 degrees cooler than today's showers continue through early thursday morning after that, we'll dry out into the weekend for yosr roads right now. just very foggy. the bay bridge toll plaza just very fogged in and a bit of a backup there. it's about 20 minutes to make your crossing. chp has a dense fog advisory at the san mateo bridge. you can see why or i guess you can see why. that's the whole problem. 38 minutes to make your crossing. richmond center fell 20 minutes and slow and go at the golden gate bridge to look at everyone. a little slower than you normally would back to you. thank johnson, 49. and there's a new survey from the american psychological association says 43% of us. >> adults say that were so stressed during the holidays that we can't even enjoy the holiday. know. yeah, impacts are far and wide health professional

condemning anti- semitic, anti-palestinian and islamophobic attacks and this comes one week after the oakland cityncil approved a similar resolution and received widespread backlash for comments made in support of hamas. members of the community will show up for public comment at tomorrow's supervisors meeting. since the temporary cease-fire ended israel expanded its ground operations in gaza and the rest to find safety is becoming more dangerous by the hour. >>> new issues tonight involving san jose police officers. we have learned at least two more officers are now facing internal investigations for separate incidents. one officer was working as a uniform security guard and sources with knowledge of the investigation tell us he fired his gun accidentally inside a san jose city hall conference room. no one was hurt and it is unclear if anyone witnessed the shooting but we are told that officer is no longer at city hall. the second incident involves a cop who got into a traffic accident in her patrol car but did not report it. sources say the officer tried to settle the matter privately with the o

cities to pass resolutions calling for a permanent cease-fire. resolutions have already been pass in the both richmond and oakland with the majority of the oakland council voting against an amendment condemning hamas. next week, another cease-fire resolution could get introduced to san francisco's board of supervisors. tyler gregory with the jewish community relations council feels the resolutions are causing divisions within communities. >> we really think our local city government should be working on local issues and not pretending to be a foreign policy body. >> reporter: and as the sister-in-law recovers from the trauma, she knows it will be a difficult journey with her husband still in captivity. >> thinking about the future, a future at home for her, any long-term plans is really impossible. how can she make plans without her husband? >> reporter: in the east bay, pete suratos, nbc bay area news. >> in the meantime, the school district is warning to follow policy in light of the teaching plan for next week. a video posted online, a group of oakland teachers is calling on other district educators to join them in a december 6th pro palestin

oakland city council member and member of the jewish community. rebecca kaplan says it warmed her heart to see the crowd that an act that some may have intended to divide us is actually bringing us together. photos and video taken wednesday morning show parts of the original menorah in the water. others stuck in the grass and graffiti chabad. oakland's rabbi says he was told someone came by around one 30 in the morning and banged on it until it was in pieces. oakland police are investigating the minorities, destruction as a hate crime. but that didn't stop them from replacing the menorah to continue to spread the light of hanukkah. rabbi says since october 7, some os terrorist attacks in anti-semitic attacks have been on the rise across the country. and right here in oakland, we have people follow going out of the synagogue a few weeks. a said friday nights ago, people screaming at them. you know, we're going kill you were going to rape. despite all that people gathered to seeing eat food and like their own menorahs during the impromptu lighting c

is not expected to vote on the resolution this evening. >>> so while a couple of bay area cities including oakland and san francisco have either passed or are considering the cease-fire resolution, san jose is not. today, dozens of pro- palestinian supporters showed up at the san jose city council meeting hoping to change that. we have more from san jose. >> reporter: more than 100 pro- palestinian supporters came here to city hall today and many of them spoke before the city council demanding that the council issue a resolution supporting a permanent cease- fire in gaza. >> this is one of several people asking that the city council issue a resolution asking for a permanent cease- fire in gaza. >> we are all funding this genocide, this attack on the children of gaza. over 8000 are estimated to have been killed. we are funding this with our taxes and we need to say that san jose cannot support this. >> dozens of pro- palestinian supporters attended today's san jose city council meeting during the open forum and many demanded that the council vote on a cease-fire resolution, similar to those already

in oakland, anser hassan abc7 news. >> the city of oakland is promising to streamline the process of recruiting new 911 operators. that's after the discovery that about 1000 applications from potential dispatchers went unprocessed last for about a year. it is a priority for us to make sure that we are processing these these hirings in a timely manner. >> and so i think we are demonstrating progress in doing that. and so we have up to 74 positions authorized. there's 16 vacancies at this time. however, in the previous month we've hired an additional four dispatchers. we have another 11 in various stages of training and another six coming online after after the holidays. >> now, the mayor's office says the city has made contact with all of those applications, encouraging them to reapply. uh- the city is in the process of overhauling making upgrades to the 911 system. >> and this all comes as one neighborhood is raising concerns about crime in their community. but when we compared those anecdotes to the crime numbers, they didn't match. abc7 news anchor dion lim shows us or joins us rat

city of oakland has set up two sandbag locations for residents, businesses. we went to both of them, and they had sandbags ready to go and to pick up. if you're residents in the city of oakland, you can take up to ten sandbags as well as plastic sheeting. >>> we did have a lot of problems today at california's two largest airports, l.a.x. and sfo. this is a live look at sfo. hundreds of delays today due to the dense fog, but things are looking much clearer now. but take a look at the fog this afternoon. this is around 2:40 this afternoon. the fog so thick, you can barely make out the air traffic control tower. according to flightaware, the airport saw nearly 450 delays and 6 canceled flights. >>> meanwhile, in los angeles, a different kind of travel headache. pro-palestinian protesters blocked traffic near l.a.x. during one of the busiest travel weeks of the year. and police say things turned violent after a police officer was thrown to the ground. protesters also used construction debris, road signs and tree branches to block century boulevard. drivers were a

and oakland city leaders came together to help. they have launched the think oakland first holiday campaign. it's organized by the group visit oakland in an effort to help small businesses during the holidays. the mayor wants shoppers to know they'll be safe while going to small businesses around the city. >> we are actually going to be providing more safety mechanisms in our business corridors, ensuring that we have our foot patrol officers. just earlier this year, we not only brought back our foot patrol officers, but we doubled them and so that means there are 12 foot patrol officers tours, all around the city of oakland. mayor tao also points out shopping in oakland not only brings in more revenue to businesses, but generates sales tax dollars for the city. >> and she says that money is then reinvested into the community and city services. >> time now for 19 today, the 40 niners hold one last practice in santa clara before they play the philadelphia eagles sunday in the game you're going to see right here on ktvu. it's a rematc

the meeting is going to take place at oakland city hall at 3.30, this afternoon. and it is open to the public. more developing news now. driverless car company cruise could soon be fined more than a million dollars for allegedly trying to cover up an accident in san francisco. the case involves a hit and run accident back in october that through a victim in front of a cruise car which then drag that victim 20 feet is a tried to pull over state regulators accuse the company of trying to hide that or hide what happened for more than 2 weeks. this is the same incident that prompted the dmv to suspend cruises license to operate autonomous lee in california. the company is set to appear at a hearing in february to determine whether a tried to mislead regulators. >> it's 809. and the first report is out now of last week's flaring at the chevron refinery in richmond that sent heavy smoke and flames shooting into the air. the report says the flaring was due to a power failure and the level of the substances released was below state standards. stay say now, despite this co

some of them to simply reapply the meeting that goes into this report in more detail will be at oakland city hall at 3.30, this afternoon. it is open to the public, by the way. more developing news now. driverless car company cruise could soon be fined more than a million dollars for allegedly trying to cover up an accident in san francisco. the case involves a hit and run accident in october that through a victim in front of a cruise car, which then dragged that victim 20 feet is a tried to pull over. state regulators accuse the company of trying to hide what happened for more than 2 weeks. this is the same incident that prompted the dmv to suspend cruises license to operate autonomous lee in california. the company will appear at a hearing in february to determine whether it tried to mislead regulators. >> time now is 909. and the first report is now out about last week's flaring at the chevron refinery in richmond that sent a heavy smoke and flames shooting into the air. the report says that the flurry was due to a power failure. >> and that the level of substances released into the air w

the crowd gathered at oakland city hall calling for a permanent cease-fire in gaza and an end of aid to israel and the occupation. it marks a growing trind to collaborate unions in the bay area and beyond. >>> supporters of district attorney pamela rice held a rally for her. they gathered. it was organized by protect the win, which is committed to keeping price in her position. price was elected after running on police and justice system reform, but now she's facing a recall by voters angered by what they believe is her soft on crime stance. she directly criticized the criticisms against her at today's rally. >> you all elected me because this system is broken. it is not serving up. we have the highest rates of gun violence in the country and the highest rates of incarceration, so you tell me how those two things go together to bring success and safety to our communities. they do not. we have to find another way to reduce gun violence, to improve the opportunity for young people and direct them in the right way. >> the recall campaign says it's well on its way to collecting the numbe

we do provide services to certain parts of oakland but don't police the city of oakland. however, we are at the table with the city of oakland police department and always willing to assist when needed. >> the d.a. as you know pamela price in alameda county is facing a recall effort because many say she is too lenient on crime. how do you balance this? are you in support of her or is that something where you have to work on this relationship? >> so we all have a role to play in the county. we all have our part to do. the work that miss price and her office does does not affect the alameda county sheriff's office. we are going to police the best way we know how. we will continue to do that no matter what the policies are. >> captain, does your gender and ethnicity impact your approach to law? i know that's a personal question. >> well, of course. i have to show up at my authentic self and being a black women in the law enforcement community, i take my position very strongly. i think it's important i am here to show other little black girls he neck do whatever they want to d

residents can volunteer to adopt a drain on the city of oakland's website. the city will lend out tools necessary to clean the drains. the residents are encouraged to keep the gutters clear and sidewalks free of debris. the city of oakland says it's working to prepare for the wet weather. crews are clearing storm drains and putting sandbags and tarps in areas that are prone to flooding. two students from saratoga high school won the 2020 congressional app challenge for their congressional district. >> a free society depends upon a free press. >> the app is called alethea. it's a fact checker that you can use to validate information on the internet. the creators of the app are grant, hugh and janice hearn. they say while reading any article you can highlight and right click a passage to have olathe fact check it. winners of the congressional app challenge are invited to a capitol hill reception. their app will be displayed in the us capitol building for a year. golden state warriors will head to miami to face the heat after their five game winning streak came

reinstate former chief leronne armstrong and they want to know who the oakland police commission is recommending to be the leader of the city'ssheng thao can select from the finalist or ask the police commission to give her a new list. oakland has been without police chief since the mayor fired armstrong back in february in october at the police commission said that armstrong was among the 7 finalists being recommended. mayor sheng thao said that she would likely appoint a new police chief by the end of the year. fresh flowers tonight at a san francisco memorial for sean monterrosa. this after state attorney general rob bonta said >> he would not be filing criminal charges for his death. the 22 year-old was shot and killed outside of a walgreens store in 2020. police say an officer in vallejo thought that he had a gun, although it turned out to be hammer. the california department of justice picked up the case to see if there is enough evidence to charge toledo police officer with a crime. and on tuesday we learned that no charges will be filed. the family has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit. >> today in san francisco, t

say city of love, oakland is a city of so many peoplefferent backgrounds >> there is a look at the menorah, nine feet tall, 350 pounds and made out of steel. the state senator called the vandalism an act of cowardes.s. a group called care said they were saddened and outraged. such an act is not only an attack on the jewish community but an affront to all that stand for religious freedom. they wrote, i want to be clear what happened was not just an attack on the jewish community but our entire city and shared values. >>> the police are looking into a possible pair of hate crimes as pro-gaza banners were torn down from overpasses. one of them was caught on camera there weekend. >> sir. do not take the banner down. >> care, they posted this video on what happened on sunday at an overpass. a man with a knife started slashing at a banner that read "end israeli occupation, save gaza" he ended up putting it in his car and drove off. >>> in san francisco, student protesters blocked streets around the school district officers calling for a perman

the crowd gathered at oakland city hall calling for a permanent cease-fire in gaza and end to militarynd an end to israel's occupation there. organizations say it marks a growing trend to cross collaborations in the bay area and beyond. >>> and we heard for years ai won't be replacing jobs any time soon, but a new report shows the opposite. 750 business leaders who use artificial intelligence, 30% say it replaced workers in 2023. more concerning, 44% said there would be layoffs as a result of ai efficiency. meanwhile in a new report from a software company, osa says 29% of its work staff are replaceable by ai. experts say there's no need to panic just yet. they say there's an opportunity for people to move up the value chain and many businesses do not use ai. >>> hundreds of tesla owners got together for a good cause this weekend. take a look. this is not your ordinary toy drive. that's because it was put together before bay area tesla owners. it's become a national event. they throw a parties, meet other owners, donate toys -- lots of toys in that trunk right there. this year it was h

it helps people find out if there cars have been towed in oakland city councilmember rebecca kaplan says she discovered the city was already supposed to have such a poor to while she was looking into existing problems with oakland's beleaguered 9-1-1, dispatch system. but up until now, the website she found up only directed people to call oakland police. kaplan says she worked with the opd and the oakland department of transportation to make the portal more functional and user friendly. we have more details on that. if you'd like to check it out on our website. kron 4 dot com. >> and i try to make it ok for everyone. i start a little bit slow in the beginning because i know we have all ranges of skills. and i tell the just hang on by the end of the sewsion. we're going to get read. >> heads johnnie mosley who got real 1998. >> winter olympics, gold medalist remember him on the mobile. so good. he's now got this cool work with palisades tahoe where basically from now through the end of the year, the gold medalist is hosting his annual ski event where he takes people on a tour of some of h

oakland city councilmember johnny ramachandran decided to look deeper requesting information from thenistrator's office and filing a public records request to get the full picture of what was happening tuesday. the information was presented to city council. there was a human error. and so we're here tonight to take accountability for that. human resource manager presented the information revealing for year. no applicants were processed for 9-1-1, dispatchers ramachandran says she questioned the human resource managers office further about why this happened. >> and they continue to say it was a human error without giving further details. i couldn't believe that for an entire year. >> we had applicants who never heard back from the city. that is 1000 individuals. >> who wanted to work for the city of oakland under these roles that never had the opportunity to move forward. but she says many of the people involved with this air are no longer with the city, including the city administrator and the new one wants to right the ship. he is taking this very seriously and try to trouble shoot s

city. it will not stand. oakland will work tirelessly with all of our law enforcement partners to find those responsible for this assault on our city and the killing of our officer. >> police say at least one suspect fired several rounds at les, which killed him. but they say that there were multiple suspects involved in the burglary so far no one has been apprehended. reactions to officer lays deaths are continuing to pour in tonight. people in the community saying he was a respected in. >> officer and really listen to those who was protecting our curve first and 3rd is live in the newsroom tonight with more. >> on that reaction, vicki officer, lay's death has been devastating for people who knew him. one woman telling u.s. officer light patrolled her oakland neighborhood. and when even check up on her. and she says it's a terrible loss for a city struggling with crime. a dedicated police officer, the husband and a respected member of the oakland community. >> officer twan lane is being remembered after he was kille

oakland city councilmember johnny ramachandran decided to look deeper requesting information from the city administrator's office and filing a public records request to get the full picture of what was happening tuesday. the information was presented to city council. there was a human error. and so we're here tonight to take accountability human resource manager presented the information reeling for year. no applicants were processed for 9-1-1, dispatchers ramachandran says she questioned the human resource managers office further about why this happened. >> and they continue to say it was a human error without giving further details. i couldn't believe that for an entire year. >> we had applicants who never heard back from the city. that is 1000 individuals. >> who wanted to work for the city of oakland under these roles that never had the opportunity to move forward. but she says many of the people involved with this air are no longer with the city, including the city administrator and the new one wants to right the ship. he is taking this very seriously and try to trouble shoot som

oakland city and police leadership say, as a result, they have seen up to a 50% drop in things like robberies and burglaries in certain neighborhoods over the last two months. specifically highlighting areas like the fruitvale, jack london square and chinatown, saying the dedicated resources like increased foot patrols and traffic enforcement are paying off and will only increase over time as they learn more about what works and what doesn't. >> we still have a lot of work to do. however, we are encouraged by these results and cautiously optimistic this downward trend will continue. >> business leaders in those districts, like the fruitvale are taking advantage, launching several holiday drives to try to get more people to shop local. >>> the holiday shopping season can also be the most wonderful time of year for scammers. the fbi says to do your research before sending any money to a seller or business. they are also wanting you to ignore unsolicited deal or investment offers, especially messages where the sender claims to have contacted you by accident. >> those mistakes are not mistakes at