now finally the city of oakland has named its new police chief. floyd mitchell, who most recently served as chief in texas. >> most importantly he can deliver results and that is what i am looking for in a proven leader. >> the city has been without a leader at the department since this. >> i've lost confidence in chief armstrong. >> since then it has gotten heated, prompting community leaders to call for action and leadership as crime and public safety become more of a concern. >> public safety has to be number one priority in the city of oakland to keep it from becoming a ghost town. >>> hi there, thanks so much for joining us this afternoon. i am elizabeth leadership for o after a year without a permanent chief. we just heard from mayor sheng thao about why she thinks floyd mitchell is the best person for the job. we will also talk live with longtime oakland city councilmember noel gallo about the major change for the city. before that we want to get to the latest rain and a chance of thunderstorms on this first alert weather day. here is meteor

justin johnson, oakland city administrator, believes mitchell's experience in big and small cities will help him navigate oakland. >> some of the challenges that you see in larger organizations where it's highly bureaucratic going to a smaller community where you can move far more nimbly and be more entrepreneurial. those issues and instances can certainly apply in situations like oakland, oakland city council member trevor reed's district includes the hegenberger corridor, which has had some high profile businesses closed due to crime. >> she says the new chief has said a lot of things. oakland wants to hear. >> he's going to be proactive, he's going to be responsive. he's going to have deep community engagement and he's going to be a guardian of what is the best interest of this city. >> chief mitchell is scheduled to start at the beginning of may in oakland, anser hassan. abc seven news. >> now to san francisco, where the board of supervisors overrode the mayor's veto and decided to keep housing development restrictions in place on several historic blocks in the city. abc seven news

their new police chief for the very first time >> when mitchell will be formally introduced at oakland city hall michael thomas is live in oakland ahead of event. sure, a lot of people are going to be there. michael, good morning. hi, good morning, everyone. this news conference headed by oakland mayor sheng thao to introduce the new oakland police chief floyd mitchell. >> he's been anticipated for over a year and as we know that search was filled with lots of drama and lower, hoping to learn more about him and what plans he may have for the city. this is what we know about him so far. take a look. we've got videos and photos of the new police chief up on your television screen. floyd mitchell began his career with the kansas city, missouri police department and spent 25 years there before becoming the police chief in temple, texas. then most recently lubbock's texas. he parted ways with the department last september after taking the heat for 9-1-1, calls going unanswered, which has been an issue here in the city of oakland. community members telling us the new chief has a lot on his should

we have a large amount of homelessness in the city of oakland. e that the governor is passing -- by the city safe. i think everybody would agree, that i talk to, if people could just stop smashing and grabbing, people stop breaking in to houses and whatnot, one of the license plate readers, that would deter crime. we have got people riding around in the community with no license plates on their cars. i don't know what good the license plate readers will be. a lot of those things need to be talked about and discussed for some serious strategies that will reduce the crime and the city of oakland on a 's >>> let's talk about some great things happening in oakland right now. we are in the middle of oakland restaurant week. dozens of businesses are hoping to draw in customers, old and new. joining me now from parche are owner paul iglesias . i wish you could smell what i am smelling now. it is just a host of lots of wonderful flavors. tell us about your restaurant. >> the restaurant was opened to honor the colombian culture, our culture, to present it

dan kerman kron, 4 news. >> oakland city leaders are increasing police patrols right along the city'sr. that's the main route to and from the oakland airport. but it's also become a hotspot for robberies, car theft, forcing several restaurants close their doors. city officials are pledging to at foot trails one in install security cameras spent 2 million dollars at safety ambassadors and private security. >> this is a key gateway to oakland and it's a vital element to our city's economic engine. we still have a lot of work in front of us and we will continue to do more. this is just the beginning. >> all the california highway patrol, which has occasionally deployed officers in oakland to us is opd. they say they're gonna continue to be available as needed. open to the council. also vote on a new proposal to help clear havana cars off the street. councilmember rebecca kaplan says cities of anna cars not only carter streets, but they impact public right off way function means and the compromise, the overall well-being of the community. money for the project would come from the alameda

. >> oakland city leade s are increasing police patrols along the city's hagan burger corridor here. that's the main route to and from the oakland airport. but it's also become a hot spot for robberies, car thefts, forcing several restaurants to close their doors recently, city officials are pledging to add foot patrols, install security cameras in spent 2 million dollars to add safety ambassadors and private security. >> this is a key gateway to oakland and it's a vital element to our city's economic engine. we still have a lot of work in front of us and we will continue to do more. this is just the beginning. >> the california highway patrol, which has occasionally deployed officers in oakland to assist the opd says they will continue to be available as needed. >> tomorrow the oakland city council will be voting on a new proposal to help clear abandoned cars off the streets. according to council member rebecca kaplan, the city's abandoned cars, not only clutter streets, but impact public right of way of functionality and compromise the overall well-being of the community. money for

and this includes cities like san jose and 3 others in california. oaklanday the change did work for other cities like las vegas. so right now the to go back and forth. but the association says it feels both alarm industry officials and the public should be able to have a discussion about the change before things are finalized later today. and we did reach out to the oakland officials this morning for a comment regarding the response from the california alarm association. we have not heard back as of yet. the association says they really just want to have an open dialogue with them. amending some of those finally stations to make sure that it works on both. live in the newsroom. i'm michael thomas rain will send it back to you. all right. thank you for breaking it all down for us. michael. well, all city leaders are increasing police patrols white along the city's same burger corridor. that's a main route to and from the oakland airport. but it's also become really spot for robberies, car thefts or sing a lot of restaurants close their doors altogether. city

on the agenda for tomorrow's oakland city council meeting is raising another concern.wouldúrequire alarm companies to confirm a crime has been committed or is being committed beforeúpolice can be dispatched to the area. the president of the california alarm association says the proposed policy, called verified response, would jeopardize public safety. he also says the policy has already in cities da. >> nice looking day today. in the last couple of days, the weekend was stunning. tomorrow is going to be great as well as spwe head into wednesday. looks pretty good. more clouds, clouds on thursday and then showers. chances on friday night into saturday or friday afternoon into saturday. we'll see how that goes. right now it looks like the weekend is going to be partly, well, pretty wet. overall. you're going to be dodging rain drops, but the weekends are ways off and a lot could happen between now and then. these are the highs from today the warmest spots. those mid 70s will probably translate again tot& tomorrow. the fog along the coast will keep it kind of mild there a

city's hamburger corridor. that's the main route to and from the oakland airport. a hot spot robberies, car thefts, forcing a lot of restaurants to close their doors. city officials are pledging to at foot patrol. also install security cameras spent 2 million dollars to at safety ambassadors and private security. >> this is a key gateway to oakland and it's a vital element to our city's economic engine. we still have a lot of work in front of us and we will continue to do more. this is just the beginning. >> the california highway patrol they have occasionally deployed officers clint assist opd. they say they will continue to be available as needed. oakland city council will also vote on a new proposal to try help clear abandoned cars off the streets. councilmember rebecca kaplan says cities abandoned cars, not only clutter streets, but they also impact the public right away functionality the compromise, the overall well-being of the community. money for the project would come from the alameda county transportation commission. >> on the peninsula based palo alto, p

i'm michael thomas will send it back to you live in the studio. >> happening today, the city of oaklandgoing to vote on whether the city should use license plate readers to catch people illegally dumping items on the streets. so if passed, this ordinance would allow the city to catch and prosecute those dumpers. the cameras would be installed in public hotspots were chronic dumping is happening. the cameras would only be placed in areas like light poles and bus stops and on street light poles, if passed, this would start on april. 1st. the public has a chance to comment now on a tnt is plans to cut service to land lines across the state. san mateo county supervisors are worried that if att ends its landline service, that would leave many residents rural areas with no way to reach 9-1-1, during an emergency. the public will be able to chime in on 18th used decision via phone. the live streams will be a 02:06pm, respectively. the ceo of united airlines is trying to put customers cities following several mechanical issues with the company's planes. many of them involving flights coming in

oakland leaders are hoping the city's new police chief can convince local businesses to stay in oakland after the city's only in-n-out restaurant closed for good over the weekend. abc seven news reporter lena howland is here in lena. this is the first time in-n-out has ever closed one of its locations. >> kumasi. that's right, this restaurant first opened in 2005, but ongoing crime on the property and in the neighborhood left the burger chain, making the tough call to close over safety concerns. their final full day of business off of hegenberger road brought in a long line of customers yesterday, from firefighters to young adults that had their first job here. this will warning signs to customers are still posted across the parking lot about not leaving anything of value in your car. city officials hope the incoming police chief can stop other businesses from packing up and leaving town. oakland mayor shang tao's office announced friday that floyd mitchell will begin his new role as opd chief in early may, making it far more than a year than that. oakland has been without a permanent c

. >> now at 5, the city of oakland finally has the police chief. it's been more than a year without a top cop. but today mayor sheng thao officially named floyd mitchell for the position. thanks for joining us here on kron for news at 5. i'm noelle bellow and i'm grant lotus. mayor thao fired former chief leronne armstrong last february. >> he was put on administrative leave for a month prior after an investigation was critical of his handling of to misconduct cases involving at opd sergeant. there you see shot last october. the city's police commission recommended 7 candidates for the new position, including the former chief farm show. but the mayor rejected that list and the process started up again. >> this latest batch of candidates included cincinnati's assistant poli chief lisa davis, new york city public safety deputy mayor lou louis molina. former san leandro police chief abdul pridgen and michel mayor thao says mitchell's extensive career and leadership skills stood out to her. she floyd mitchell. >> really is. and, you know, showed at his

oakland city leaders are increasing police patrols along the city's hegenberger corridor. >> that's theand airport. but it's also become a hotspot robberies cart forcing several restaurant staff to close their doors. city officials are pledging to add more foot patrols, install security cameras and spent 2 million dollars that safety ambassadors as well as private security. there. >> this is a key gateway to oakland and it's a vital element to our city's economic engine. we still have a lot of work in front of us and we will continue to do more. this is just the beginning. >> chp, which has occasionally deployed officers and open to assist. opd says they will continue to be available as needed. the oakland city council also vote on a new proposal. john help clear a ban in cars on the streets. councilmember rebecca kaplan says the cities of anna cars not only clear streets, impact public right of ways functionalities a compromise overall well-being of the community. money for the project would come from the alameda county transportation commission. >> on the peninsula, we have palo alto

oakland in-n-out opened in 2005. in-n-out says restaurant to close in the company's 75 year history. >> new at 11, the city of oaklandd plans the d specific plan, or dsp, and the city says it will help meet the city's housing and employment needs while preserving the area's culture. the plan largely focuses on incentivizing private construction of housing the heat of downtown. eventually the city wants to add more than 29,000 new homes by 2040. the city says the plan has undergone extensive publicc ready for consideration and approval by the oakland city council. >> a woman in hayward stabbed to death in her home and tonight, police say her husband is the suspect. ktvu alice wertz reports he turned himself in hours after the killing. >> it was here at the pepper tree apartments on busy cypress dinnertime before six, several neighbors called 911, reporting a is a public information officer with hayward. >> police officers arrived on scene and located a female inside the apartment, unresponsive and suffering from what appeared to be stab wounds. >> it was too late. >> medical and attempted to trer and pronounced her de

dan kerman kron, 4 news. >> 10 33 is the time in oakland. city leaders now increasing police patrols along the city's hegenberger corridor. that's the main route to and from the oakland airport. but it's also become a hot spot for robberies and car thefts, forcing several restaurants to close their doors. city officials are pledging to add install security cameras and spend 2 million dollars to add safety ambassadors and private security. >> this is a key gateway to oakland and it's a vital element to our city's economic engine. we still have a lot of work in front of us and we will continue to do more. this is just the beginning. >> well, the california highway patrol, which has occasionally deployed officers in oakland to assist opd, says they will continue to be available as needed. open city council, by the way, will also vote on a new proposal to help clear abandoned cars off the streets. councilmember rebecca kaplan says the city's abandoned cars not only clutter streets, but also impacts public right of way functionality and compromise is

we reached out to the city of oakland ask what would happen if businesses decided not to pay taxes. the city responded saying, quote, a practical matter. >> taxes pay for essential public services like police officers. 9-1-1, dispatchers. we've made some really great progress in hiring police officers and 9-1-1, dispatchers as a result, property crimes in business districts are decreasing and 9-1-1, answer times are improving. important we can continue to fund those critical public safety resources. >> today the launched a new free tax filing tool. it's only available in 12 states, but that includes here in california. it's called irs direct file. it allows eligible taxpayers to get their tax returns ready and file them online at no charge. and with no hidden fees, the irs says the tool is good for people with standard wage and social security income who are eligible for popular tax credit. a spanish version is also available. you can read more about this new free tool on the irs website. irs dot gov. >> as we step outside and give you a live look at the al qa trez out there. and tha

. >> it is a perfect way to identify geographically where oakland, the city of oakland, is, port commission president barbara leslie says a study found that 50% of international travelers and 30% of domestic travelers, primarily from the east coast, do not know that oakland is in the bay area. >> still, some travelers oppose the name change. i think changing the name and putting san francisco in front is kind of a diss to oakland, and then also going to create more confusion. >> marin. >> but the airport's interim aviation director says the name change will raise oakland's profile. he says currently, the lack of knowledge about oakland is causing airlines not to add service and routes at this airport, adding more destinations to our portfolio. >> really, given the airlines an opportunity to fill those aircraft, both from outbound as well as inbound. >> mayor sheng tao supports the name change proposal. she says, quote, this adjustment isn't just about signage. it's about inviting travelers to discover all that oakland and the region have to offer. >> or maybe they just want to distance them

sal, the number of abandoned cars in oakland is increasing. some cityorres live in oakland with the plan to remove all those cards from the streets. there is ac vote this afternoon. james >> yeah, pam, we're hearing informationc from oakland's department of transportation. they predict that there are about 7000 abandoned cars all throughout the city right now. and they say if there is no significant action taken, that number will skyrocket by the end of this year. well, at large city council member rebecca kaplan says that she is introducingc a plan toútry to tackle the problem. key points to the plan include using newer, more efficient software to try to help identifyc abandoned cars and then eventually have them towed in an efficient way. they also want to use empty caltrans tow yards to take those abandoned cars, and they plan to allocate about $250,0p0 in fund. in a statement, kaplan wrote, our office has heard from several abandoned months. the longer these autos stay and the public right away, the more damage and blight they accumulate. now, kapla

that includes cities like san jose, along with 3 others here in the state of california. however, oakland officials say t%e change did work in some cities like las vegas. and right now the association says they feel that both alarm industry officials and experts along with the public should be able to make a comment and have a discussion about this change before things are finalized later tonight. now we did reach out to officials with the city of oakland when it comes responding to the statements from the actual alarm association says we get more details on that will keep you updated by this morning in the newsroom. and michael thomas will send it back to you. all right, michael, thank you for that break down their time now is 9.11 happening today. the city of oakland is going to vote on whether the city should use license plate readers to catch people. >> illegally dumping items on the streets. if passed, the ordinance would allow the city to catch and prosecute these dumpers. the cameras would be installed in public hotspots where chronic dumping has been seen. the cameras would only b

tom vacar ktvu , fox two news. >> the city of oakland is considering a new strategy to better respond complain that removing abandoned cars currently takes several months. she is proposing spending $250,000 to sweep the city for abandoned cars. that plan would allocate money for a dedicated parking management analyst, but it also proposes using caltrans lots as tow yards. the oakland city council is set to vote on the measure ad another item on the agenda for tomorrow's oakland city council meeting is raising another concern. >>úthere's an ordinance that would require alarm crime has bn committed or is being committed before police can be dispatched to the area. the president of the california alarm association says the proposed policy, called verified response, would jeopardize public safety. he also says tried and repealed ine cities police have now reversed course. release the vig what led to woman who was pushed. 63 year old yan fang wu died from her injuries last june and no arrests were made at that time. investigators initially said it was an accident, but last week the person

restaurant. >> reporter: roberto sanchez is one of many oakland residents paying close attention to the public forum being held to help the city of oakland select a new chief of police. >> we cannot wait more time, you know. we're just wasting time and trying to make a decision and be on top of that, the city's unsafe. >> reporter: and bishop bob jackson, co-founder of gospel church in oakland, believes something needs to be done to control the surge of crime happening in the city. >> the crux of the matter is we have to make public safety priority one. i mean the trash and all that, i get it. the abandoned cars being stripped and chopped, i get it. all the things you see, i get it, but i think all of that is predicated upon the crime that we've been having too much of in the city of oakland. >> reporter: the person that will not be present will be mayor sheng thao. in a letter to the police commission, she declined the invitation saying a forum identifying candidates places those individuals at unnecessary risk with their current employers. she also said that it might force oakland into a premature bidding war. in fact, candi

nearly 500 cameras will be installed along the east bay freeways and around the city of oakland. city and community leaders say these cameras are long overdue. nbc bay area's pete suratos has the details. >> i think it is greatness to have cameras, because we have been pushing to have cameras for the past four years. >> reporter: oakland chinatown community leader, pearl chances more surveillance cameras in the city will only make the community safer. that is why he is supportive of governor newsom's decision to install 480 cameras along east bay freeways and on the streets of oakland. shootings continue to be an issue along bay area freeways, with this shocking the hp dash cam video showing a road rage freeway shooting on wednesday, along 880 north and union city. chp reporting another shooting along 580 in oakland taking place this morning. it was in reference to a shooting death of harold jasper wu, who was shot while asleep in his car's seat in his.'s car as he drove one 880. it prompted a call to action from the community for safer freeways. chan fuels their demands are fina

new tonight, some oakland business owners demanding more action from the city to put an end to violent crime. ktvu is amber lee live now in oakland and amber, the owners say they may stop paying taxes until the city steps in to help. >> that's right, julie, merchants tell me they're frustrated and needed to take action. one restaurant owner from the diamond district is leading the charge. workers at seibel's pizza in oakland's diamond district say it's anything but business as usual. >> we're scared of our lives now. diamond district is not the same as back in the years that i have been working. >> surveillance video shows manager nestor sanchez stopping a man from reaching over the counter to grab the cash register. sanchez fights back by pulling out a hammer. he says he was prepared since this was the second time someone came in to rob the business. sanchez says in january, the restaurant was burglarized twice and robbed twice. >> we're really struggling. sales have dropped 20% and office and off. >> we frustrated, so we're not going to pay taxes to the city until they give us what w

we reached out to the city of oakland to ask what would happen if businesses decided to up and not pay their taxes. the city responded saying as a practical matter, taxes pay for essential public services like police officers and 9-1-1, dispatchers. we've made some really great progress in hiring police officers and 9-1-1, dispatchers as a result, property crime. property crimes in business districts are decreasing and 9-1-1, answer times are improving. it's important. we can continue to fund those critical public safety resources. >> let's get you a check of forecast here. taking a live look from our mount tam cam. we've got green hills up there. a little bit of haze out there, though, as well. >> green hills here, white hills up there. if you go way up into the high country, lawrence is here with that. >> check on all that snow. yeah. i love the resorts. now looking at extending their ski period as we've seen a lot of snow and well, it continues to fall up there again today. scattered snow showers. most the heavy stuff has gone by the ski resorts to some 6 inches of snow has fallen o

people drive at a pace and maybe see want to save some lives. >> well, in east bay, the oakland city has approved a plan to remove abandoned cars off of city streets. it's a two-year program that will focus on identifying and removing those vehicles, increased funds and also to to staff and a sweep the streets and then also creek tow yards by repurposing caltrans vacant. lots beneath freeway overpasses and turning them into these tow yards. we spoke with the founder of the grassroots organization called community ready corps. they are regularly deployed out to the streets to clean up illegal dumping sites. >> everything else. we need creative solutions. it's my understanding right now there's one tow company and one told your and that won't hold company from what i've been told by certain folks is that is not responsive is is not doing a great job. >> well, last year, mayor sheng thao started. the city are stated that the city was seeing an improvement in abandoned auto abatement after transferring the program from police to the department of transportation. in the south bay. a man is

. >> 290 cameras are going to be in place on oakland city streets under the purview of oakland police. while 190 cameras will be set up on state highways in the east bay and monitored by chp, the images will be stored for 28 days. the cameras are expected to be installed over the next six months. >> time now is 705. governor newsom announced that he has granted 37 pardons and 18 commutations. a pardon frees a person from legal consequences resulting from a criminal conviction, while a commutation reduces the sentence without exonerating the person. the governor says. when reviewing clemency applications, he weighs numerous factors, including the person's conduct. since the offense and the impact to public safety. san francisco mayor london breed announced the city received an $8 million grant from the federal government to improve the buchanan street mall pedestrian walkway. the mayor says the renovation project will add lighting, landscaping and information kiosks to the outdoor street mall. there other additions will include a performance stage, sitting area, a picnic and barbecue a

. >> right now at 6, the city of oakland has a new police chief reaction pouring in tonight, including the city's former chief who was fired. but first, wet weather making its way into the bay area. check out the lens there that's brewing some snow up in the sierra. >> there's a live look at mount tam and you can see the lens covered with moisture. the region's higher elevations are getting rain right now. >> and good evening, everybody. i'm vicki liviakis. i'm ken wayne today. tomorrow we're going to be wet and windy with a chance of thunderstorms. >> our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow here with a look at the forecast guys. almost hard to believe. we're talking about mid 70's just day or so ago. but now it is back to some wintry weather. storm clouds rolling in today. and here we are. >> looking at rain begin to pick up around the bay area into san francisco. the ground is wet outside as the showers have begun to move. in fact, we're starting to see some heavier pockets of rain popping up around the bay area. now, this all part of a larger system. now you see the center of area o

maybe to kind of get the crime in oakland down in the plant. they also have for the city overall. it's a very latest reporting live in oakland and michael thomas will send it back to live in the right. thank you. we'll check in with you later. michael. >> well, 604, is the time and happening today. we've got san jose nurses now at regional medical center there rallying to keep their trauma center open. the hospital's trauma center is a level 2 trauma center, which means a treat everything from burn victims, 2 strokes and heart attack victims as well. the nurses organizing the rally say that closing this center could cost lives, especially because the trauma centers located right at the center of highways one-on-one to 86, 8 back in february, regional medical center announced that he would be closing that center due to a decline in patients. the er, though, is going to remain open. kron four's spoke with the mayor, matt mahan after the announcement who was concerned, obviously about the clothes. look, it's it's it's concerning. yeah, i'm glad to hear that they're committing to a 10

represent the successes we have, but we will have a stronger, a cleaner and safer oakland. >> oakland city member trevor reid says she is talking to in and out and to other businesses, hoping to convince them to stay in oakland. about a mile and a half from that press conference, police told neighbors to stay away as they looked for a person with a rifle . san leandro police say they got a call about a person walking around with a gun on doolittle drive near davis street around 1130. officers say the person had a realistic replica of a rifle. it was not a real weapon. >> police in oakland say the suspect in a liquor store clerks killing is a 13 year old boy. investigators told our partners that the bay area news group, they think the child committed another armed robbery less than an hour after that shooting. the boy is now charged with murder and attempted robbery. accused of killing majid al-hasani at his family's store in west oakland in january. police believe the child and another person pointed a gun at al-hasani. they say that when the clerk tried to grab the gun, the boy pulled the

right now in oakland city council member is says they're facing an emergency in the city and they needco bells in oakland now have closed their doors to indoor dining because of safety concerns. councilmember noel gallo says that it might be time to call in the national guard or other state law enforcement to help make oakland safe again. the 2 taco bell's that closed. alright, 35th and macarthur and the other one on heggen berger road taco bell says that they want to provide a safe environment for their team members and customers. >> we need to enforce the laws that we have. you know what the law. so we have applied to me a player. you would apply to everybody else and we have to respect that. have loyalty to the city. >> and and masks were government. today's not working together to provide the safety for children and families and for the business community. that's just about a month. >> we've told you about various restaurants and doing the same raising canes that fried chicken place on edgewater, drive of hagan burger. they shut down indoor dining because of crime. they did that la

in mind, it's also an issue that we've seen here in the city of oakland. we spoke with community members who tell us the new chief does have a lot on his shoulders as reports right now show that the city of oakland has already seen more than a dozen murders this year alone with other crime statistics showing that robberies are up 34% from last year. the majority of them are happening at gunpoint. we did speak with oakland, mayor sheng thao recently. take a listen to what she had to say regarding the police department here in oakland. >> i think that all oaklanders, including our officers are officers who go to work every single day. you know, whether there's a pandemic or whether there has just been you know, officer shooting, you know, they wake up and they come to work every day and to have this kind of steadiness, you know, stability in the department is what everybody is looking for. and so, of course, the process was little interesting. however, we are here today and our chief, it is chief michel. >> now, some a question if chief michel is ready to tak

it's important to note some of these cameras were approved by the oakland mayor and city council last fall and already in the works. city leaders say that this new network will help stop crime. businesses we spoke to today say that this help can't come soon enough. >> the more cameras, i personal believe that can reduce the crime. people will be more aware that now somebody is watching you. >> and joining us now is oakland city council member triva reid. she's been pushing for these cameras for a very long time now. thank you so much for joining us. i want to start by asking you how exactly do these cameras work, and how will they help stop crime? >> the cameras are going to be 24/7. they're going to be working all the time, helping us to connect the information that we need to provide the prosecutable evidence that we continue to hear is needed more to address those who are committing these crimes and wreaking havoc in our community. they're going to be position the throughout the city. they're going to be in hot spots that our police chief and our command team have already designate

city to the rafah crossing refugee camp. there will be stops for collective prayer and action moving from berkeley to oakland and alameda. rt of a broader global movement happening in the 145 cities across 18 countries. it was a night of glamour and giving in san francisco in everybody's wearing red, which is gorgeous, right? >> the american red cross held its 29th annual gala pier 27 thursday night. the event is a fundraiser for red cross blood services which supplies 40% of the nation's blood supply. but red cross officials say more importantly, it is to raise awareness on blood donations. >> we oftentimes say the number one reason people don't donate blood. they weren't asked. so we're trying to make sure that we get the message out there can make that task because every 2 seconds someone in the united states needs what? >> reminder last year's gala raised more than 1 million dollars. organizers hope to match or top that amount this year. in the north bay, bayard beer fans in sonoma county are celebrating the release of this year's vintage of the popular ply need. the younger kron four's charles clifford has details fo

oakland is supposed to be a sanctuary city yet. we don't know who the data collected will be shared with. we should not be invading anybody's privacy. >> it's very important that all the cameras are installed on the public right away, not into people's living rooms. quite sure that is the case. the governor's office says the camera footage will not be disclosed to 3rd parties beyond state law enforcement. philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> the family of a 19 year-old shot and killed by sunnyvale. police is speaking out the department meantime releasing the bodycam video saying they were forced to kill the man who was armed with a knife kron four's. dan thorn spoke with the young man's family. >> police say they tried to get 19 year-old emmanuel perez becerra to drop the knife when they responded to that mobile home park. but they say he refused. and that's when the unfortunate followed. emanuel's family says that he was a gentle young man and was struggling with his mental health following the covid-19 pandemic. >> off in a serie

governor says 290 license plate reading cameras will be installed on oakland city streets. another 190 will go on state highways and will be monitored by the chp. supporters of the cameras say they'll help police solve more cases, since many officers aren't allowed to chase down suspects in property crimes, they could help address some of the immediate, you know, public safety issues around stolen vehicles and that kind of thing. >> i think, you know, hopefully it'll have it'll have an impact. >> others, though, are skeptical about the cameras success. they say the money funding the cameras could be better spent somewhere else instead of these cameras. >> could we have, you know, professionals doing their work in the community to prevent violence? you know, those are the costs that we're seeing here on the streets in the city of oakland. >> it's not clear yet where exactly the street cameras will go up, but they could be coming as soon as next month. the goal is to have the bulk of them operating by the end of summer. mayor shengtao, writing on x today improving public safe

oakland city leaders are taking action to fight a major quality of life problem. d cars dumped on city streets. the city council passed a measure to hire a team of 15 new employees to sweep oakland and clear dumped vehicles. the city will use vacant caltrans lots beneath freeway overpasses to store those abandoned cars. this morning, a report obtained exclusively by the i-team shows just how bad the problem is. i-team reporter stephanie sierra has the story. >> you're not going to believe what you're going to see, but we'll take you there. >> it's a problem that's both hidden. put your camera down and glaring at the same time. >> now to your right, that just happened. >> causing neighborhood chaos. >> you approached him to shoot you first on one street at a time. >> this is unbelievable. see, stolen cars are being dumped all over oakland. right here. this one. you see them everywhere. you see that in residential streets, right in the red zone. business districts that was just abandoned. even on the train tracks. >> stolen. abandoned. >> there's so many. the city is

oakland city leaders are taking action to fight a major quality of life problem. d cars dumped on city streets. the city council passed a measure to hire a team of 15 new employees to sweep oakland and clear dumped vehicles. the city will use vacant caltrans lots beneath freeway overpasses to store those abandoned cars. this morning, a report obtained exclusively by the i-team shows just how bad the problem is. i-team reporter stephanie sierra has the story. >> you're not going to believe what you're going to see, but we'll take you there. >> it's a problem that's both hidden. put your camera down and glaring at the same time. >> now to your right, that just happened. >> causing neighborhood chaos. >> you approached him to shoot you first on one street at a time. >> this is unbelievable. >> see, stolen cars are being dumped all over oakland. right here. this one. you see them everywhere. you see that in residential streets, right in the red zone. business districts that was just abandoned. even on the train tracks. >> stolen. abandoned. >> there's so many. the city

silva, senior often finds graffiti painted onto his back fence of his oakland home, where he's lived and paid taxes for 8m the citye an $1,100 fine, plus an additional re-inspection when it was so absurd. >> it's like a joke if you if you drive around the city and see the graffiti everywhere, it's just i don't know what to say. >> somebody is crazy in the wheelchair, he often painted over the graffiti himself, hadúa roller and a paintbrush andt& painted it. it was very, very easy because that was a contractor, you know, i'll be 103, two months or so. that slowed up a little bit. >> you know, these days that task falls toúa 70 year old son, victor junior. >> it's hard to keep up with itc because as soon as we get it painted, it's good to be graffiti on it again and it won't last. graffiti right there. there's >> who'súfixing that now? this utility box has six different kinds of graffiti on it. i if ta citation. the family owns a nearby small commercial building, which has been broken into three times in the last year. junior found a person inside. in each case, he called 911 and i'm >> so it's hard tax dollars are.

company called flock safety to install about 400 high-tech cameras that includes almost 300 on oakland city streets and 190 on state highways in the east bay. also in oakland, several major employers are now pooling $10 million to try to make downtown safer for their own workers. kaiser, blue shield, clorox and pg&e say the money will go toward beefing up security around their offices. >>> it was a celebration today that harvey milk probably would have never imagined. military officials honoring the gay civil rights icon in the navy ship named after him but the ship's historic visit to the san francisco bay was also met with protests this afternoon and they had nothing to do with the ship's namesake on the but rather, where it is headed. a group of pro-palestinian demonstrators rallied outside piers 3332 in san francisco where the ship is dock. some chained themselves to the gangway of the ship. we spotted some of them being placed in handcuffs. the ship is bound for gaza. protesters are calling on the u.s. to stop funding the israeli military and its war with hamas. all that unfolded outsi

safety of our employees and to being a part of the solution to help oakland address this kind of post-covid challenges that many cities have faced in oakland, suzanne phan. >> abc seven news. >> well, happening now. this is a live look from sky seven, which is over the oakland coliseum for the a's home opener. certainly some excitement there, but frustrated fans are holding a protest in the parking lot and have no plans of going inside the ballpark in light of the team's future plans. abc seven sports anchor casey pratt is there and joins us now live. casey, i saw your tweet a little while ago. it looks like they opened up the parking lot a little early. >> yes. obviously, a's fans are frustrated by the circumstances. this is supposed to be a happy day. it's supposed to be opening day. hope is supposed to spring eternal. but now the parking gates are open and people are a little happier because they're inside amongst themselves. you can hear the crowd getting fired up as they know we are live. they are giving away over 5000 of these sell flags, and this is looking like reverse boycott 2.0. i'm going to bring in anson

justin johnson, oakland city administrator, believes mitchell's experience in big and small cities will help him navigate oakland. >> some of the challenges that you see in larger organizations where it's highly bureaucratic, going to a smaller community where you can move far more nimbly and be more entrepreneurial. those issues and instances can certainly apply in situations like oakland. >> oakland city council member trevor reed's district includes the hegenberger corridor, which has had some high profile businesses closed due to crime. she says the new chief has said a lot of things. oakland wants to hear. >> he's going to be proactive, he's going to be responsive, he's going to have deep community engagement and he's going to be a guardian of what is the best interest of this city. >> chief mitchell is scheduled to start at the beginning of may in oakland, anser hassan. abc seven news. >> now to the latest developments in that bridge collapse in maryland. two bodies recovered today, believed to be two of the six construction workers who were on the bridge when it was struck by tha

and in the wake of talk about closing indoor dining locations in oakland city.it's time to bring in the national guard. >> from the area's local news station, you're watching the kron. 4 morning news at no. >> good morning. and thanks for waking up with us on a tuesday on guard. and i'm james. it is a wet tuesday, at least a start. but luckily the rest the week looks fantastic. yeah. actually pretty warm, john. yeah. warming up. get inside the year today is

oakland is supposed to be a sanctuary city yet. we don't know who the data collected will be shared with. we should not be invading anybody's privacy. >> it's very important that all the cameras are installed on the public right away, not into people's living rooms. quite sure that is the case. the governor's office says the camera footage will not be disclosed to 3rd parties beyond state law enforcement. philippe djegal all kron. 4 news. >> soaring pg e bills are forcing the orinda theater to close 2 days a week last month the theater's owner said the pg e bills more than $6200. that's about $2000. more than usual. you're in theater opened in 1941. plays classic films and new releases on the big screen. sarge theater can seat up to 750 people and during chilly evenings, the heat is required to keep the audience comfortable. the owner says the enormous jump in the utility bills forcing them to close the curtains on mondays and tuesdays starting in april. >> obviously like to be open 7 days a week. but if you know, we can be opened

oakland police say 98% of alarms are false resulting in officers being less available for actual crimes in emergency calls. people against the idea site. other cities says examples of light should be used residents saying the practice led to rising crime rates. we reached out to oakland officials for comment on that and are still waiting to hear back. >> attorney general rob bonta's office responding today to claims made by supporters of pamela price. the district attorney's protect the wind campaign claimed bonta's office never responded to their request for an investigation into the recall effort against her bonta's office, however, says they did respond sending us a letter dated march 6th bonta's office informing prices campaign any allegations of unlawful signature gathering tactics should be directed to the secretary of state who serves as the state's chief elections officer, a spokesperson for the price campaign says this is the first time they've seen that letter. meantime, the alameda county registrar of voters is already hand counting signatures to make sure there are enough to trigger a recall election against price. san francisco mayor l

represent the successes we have, but we will have a stronger, a cleaner and safer oakland. >> oakland citytrevor reid says she's talking to in-n-out and other businesses, trying to convince them to stay in oakland. about a mile and a half from that press conference, police told neighbors to stay away as they looked for a person with a rifle. san leandro police say they got a call about a person walking around with a gun on doolittle drive near davis street. around 1130. officers say the person had a realistic replica of a rifle, not a real weapon. >> police in oakland say the suspect in a liquor store, clerks killing is a 13 year old boy. investigators told our partners at the bay area news group they think the child committed another armed robbery less than an hour after the shooting. the boy is charged with murder and attempted robbery, accused of killing mohammad al-husayni at his family's store in west oakland in january. police believe the child and another person pointed a gun at al-husayni. they say when the clerk tried to grab the gun, the boy pulled the trigger, killing that fathe

happening today, the city of oakland is going to vote on whether the city should use license plate readers to catch people illegally dumping items onto city streets. >> if passed, this ordinance will allow the city to catch aod prosecute those dumpers. the cameras would be installed public hot spots where they say chronic dumping keeps happening. the cameras would only be placed in areas light poles, bus stops and street light poles. this would go into effect. april first, if past. in san francisco, the sfmta is presenting locations for 33 speed cameras that will be installed next year in san francisco. the board of directors for a vote on where to install the speed cameras in the city. transit officials are looking to install some of them in places like school zones and areas where there have been sideshows. the san francisco bicycle coalition hopes that this will reduce speeds for drivers and also improve infrastructure. to the south bay now are former santa clara county sheriff laurie smith lost her appeal of a court case that barred her from public office back in 2022. smith was found

engagement, diversity and excellence on the field aligns perfectly with the values that make oakland a remarkable city. the oakland a's are currently leasing the coliseum through this season. the team released a statement that reads, quote, we have shares with the city of oakland and alameda county that we are open to being co tenants of the coliseum with the roots. so all 2025, we look forward to meeting with the roots soon. >> a bay area, environmental group says it plans to file a lawsuit against the san francisco public utilities commission over sewage flowing into the bay during heavy rainstorms, according to the organization's san francisco bay keeper, 72 million gallons of sewage is discharged into the bay every year. they say the sewage contains bacteria, viruses, chemicals and trash. they claim the city is violating the clean water act and that the city of san francisco has a combined system to treat both sewage and storm water. at the same time, which is different from other california coastal cities, the sfp you see says the discharge is authorized by the environmental protection agency. an

we will see you mo crime, especially in the city of oakland. today, governor newsom announced the city and chp signed a contract with a company that will mount nearly 500 cameras in the bay area. >> broad strategy not just a law enforcement, only strategy to begin to beautify this extraordinary city here in oakland and support the surrounding community. >> from ktvu, fox two news, this is the four. >> and these new cameras are license plate readers that are capable of taking a picture of every vehicle that drives by. welcome to for everyone on this friday. >> i'm frank mallicoat and i'm alex savage, the company managing the camera network is called flock safety. the same name behind the license plate reader cameras that already exist in other parts of the bay area. our crime reporter, henry lee joins us now live from chp's oakland office. with more on this new contract. henry >> yeah, there's already law enforcement cameras along parts of interstate 80 and highway four in the east bay. but another company's cameras are set to debut in oakland an

. >> now at 10 after more than a year back and forth between the oakland mayor in the city's police commissionand finally gets a new police chief. we have reaction from community leaders and the former chief who was fired. >> and we are live here in saint mary's college is the gaels are hoping move on in march madness. up with fans at a special watch party. >> so much for spring weather. warm temperatures. wintry weather has returned rain, wind, even some thunderstorms. lots of snow coming our way. but more about that few minutes. >> when fun time from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news. >> spring showers soaking the bay area tonight as we get ready for the weekend. this is the view at saint mary's college in moraga wheye students, staff alumni all gathered to cheer on the gaels in the ncaa basketball tournament. good evening. thanks for joining us for kron for news at 10. i'm ken wayne and i'm vicki liviakis. we'll have a live report from saint mary's coming up in just a minute. but first. >> our top story tonight. first, the wet weather that is forecast through t