they want oakley to stop approving new construction projects. oakley at the new fire station but it's empty because they don't have enough money to staff it. the fire department says that oakley owes them hundreds of thousands of dollars that could have been used to hire firefighters, but oakley says they have paid their debts and don't owe anything. >> this is a puzzle to me, where this is coming from and how it started. it almost is li a he said she said game. >> the oakley city council has a meeting this week to try to figure out how to respond to the fire department. is not a coincidence, we are going a story of a fire department to darren peck. >> fire weather here wednesday, this has to be the headline of this forecast. but first, the date that was. look at the daytime highs for today's one of the nicest days we have had around here for quite some time. maybe the past couple months actually. 83 in concord, 77 in oakland and 72 in san francisco. i will take these numbers now and you some of the representative locations on here as examples o

oakley resident lives three blocks away from station 55. and he said it took fire engines up to 20 minutes to respond to recent fires in the area. >> you've got the fire station sitting right there. they had to call in units from the outlining areas. >> reporter: and now he worries about his current house due to slow response times. >> it's gotten to the point we considered buying our own fire hose. >> reporter: the city of oakley is partly to blame for the poor service. the fire district says they were owed thousands of dollars that could have been used to hire firefighters. failing to collect the impact fees. and now they are under collecting the impact fees from the logistics center. >> the city of oakley is asking them to subsidize development in their city. >> reporter: sending a ten-page letter to city council on friday, telling them to stop approving new construction projects until they pay up and increase impact fees charged on developers. >> well, we have been friendly on one side. they have been shorting the district on the other

bob redell is live for us in oakley.his is where amazon is cutting the ribbon or a new distribution center later this morning. bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, marcus. we just spoke with the mayor of oakley who tells us this brand-new amazon distribution center behind me on wilbur avenue is expected to create 800 jobs for the city. in a few hours the city and amazon will cut ribbon on the 150,000-square-foot distribution center that is expected to be up and running by the end of the month, the first of five buildings to be constructed in the contra costa logistics center, a brand-new 143-acre business park in northwest oakley. if you're not familiar with this area, maybe you are, this is the site of what used to be the dupont chemical plant. the entire project when built out over the next couple of years expected to bring in about half a million dollars in property tax revenue and create a total of 2,000 jobs. >> oakley residents have some of the longest commutes in the county. as you bring in local jobs it's reall

wise and we could use any good news we can in 2020 reporting live here in oakley sarah stinson kron 4 news sow doubt about that thank you very much sara it's 8.37 and still ahead on the kron 4 morning news a battle against extreme wildfire behavior how crews are gearing up for a longer than expected fire season. >>and safari west is back open in the north bay after it had to be closed because of fires. how are the animals. hang in th let's talk about floors. floors for toddlers. floors for toys. floors for stories. floors for screams. book now and have yours installed by the holidays. to the best bargains ever at ross! yes! oh, yeah! yep. yesss! savings on savings on savings? that's yes for less. at ross. they do one of the most deven in normal times.s, our frontline health care workers. and when these heroes lack the resources they need, that risky job gets ten times harder. prop fifteen makes corporations pay their fair share. to invest in our communities, in our clinics, in the essential workers who treat everyone- rich, poor, and in-between. whether it's this pandemic or the next

earlier we did speak with the mayor of oakley who tells us this new amazon distribution center on wilburpected to create 800 jobs for the city of 44,000 people. the city and amazon will cut the ribbon on this 150,000-square-footwear house expected to be up and running by the end of the month. this is the first of five buildings to be constructeded in what's known as the contra costa logistics center. the business park under construction in northwest oakley on the site of what used to be the dupont chemical plant. the entire project expected to bring in $500,000 in property tax revenue and create 2,000 jobs. >> oakley residents have some of the longest commutes in the county. to bring in local jobs is really important for quality of life for those people who would like to be home to attend evening baseball games during the summer and what not. it is important that they work closer to home and that's what we're trying to do out here. >> reporter: the mayor did point out to us oakley is one of the most affordable places to live in the bay area in terms of what their median housing price jus

oakley residents have some of the longest commutes in the bay area. parents struggling to attend back-to-school nights and to make weekly baseball games and having to cram family activities into a crowded weekend, but change is coming. >> that change the mayor is eluding to is the 800 jobs amazon expects to create with this new distribution center. it is reported the jobs are pay $15 an hour. amazon would be the largest employer supplanting the local area school district. >>> research shows moms are bearing the brunt of the toll taking on parents during the coronavirus when it comes to child care and work and mental health. we have tips if you're experiencing this of how as to stay sane during these tough times. >> reporter: instead of seeing her three kids off to school, anna mcgowan is helping them logon to class through zoom. >> we make everybody has their zoom ready to go. >> reporter: many parents have a lot on their plate to help their kids transition from moat to hybrid learning often and juggling day jobs and working from home half the time is

>>yeah what huge project here in contra costa county specifically in oakley and construction is still going on behind me but the building that amazon is taking over as right in front of you now. it is a huge building here 150,000 square feet and they will be using as a fulfillment center now let's take a look at the maps you get a good idea of where i'm standing right now. we're here in oakley as i said right off of highway one 60 and just before the antioch bridge here they're building 5 buildings is a total of 200 million square feet and now companies once that's all done companies can moves into each building the one that's done first is the one that amazon is going to be the first tenant of the contra costa logistics center. will look like the video on your screen resembling other fulfillment centers, the 4 other buildings will be completed within the next couple of years and more companies will move in providing even more jobs. they suspect more than 2000 jobs will be going into the community just from this logistics center. it's a big big deal for contra costa county and really

that picks up from a question from denise oakley. denise wa nts to question from denise oakley.grandchildren while their parents work? one is in tier 2 in essex and the other is in tieri in syrup. i'm not quite sure those are right but we understand the question —— in providing care is allowed, having said that, i note the question says she is the grandmother. sol inferred that she may be in an older age group, and as you grow older, you pick up... my first concern would be for the grandmother, are you ina would be for the grandmother, are you in a fit and healthy state? do you in a fit and healthy state? do you have any other coexisting medical conditions, etc? asked those questions first, and secondly, yes you can because she is providing childcare. first of all, make sure you are ok to do so. in other words, there are other considerations and sometimes as well as the guidelines themselves. absolutely. chris, i think you have answer this question, but i think given that people take the trouble to get in touch with us, it's good to answer their individual questions. this is sop

. >>> tonight we are learning the city of oakley has a big tenant moving in. amazon, a ribbon-cutting sermon it was held in front of the new government center. the facility will occupy a 150,000 square foot building at the logistics center complex. oakley city leaders say the facility will create about 800 jobs. >> today is a special day in the history of a relatively young city. just over nine months ago, we were here with north port development, shovels in our hands, breaking ground on this facility. we're transferring is with significant opportunities. >> and amazon the spokesperson says the center will have a mix of part-time and time jobs that pay a minimum of $15 an hour. >>> in san jose, city leaders sharing what downtown may look like in the near future if another tech giant moves forward with a massive project. these are renderings of google's 80 acre downtown west project. the mayor says that it will catalyst the revitalization of the city's core and transform a city built for automobiles into the city built for people. the city council will make a d

project is called the contra costa logistics center and is expected to create thousands of jobs and oakley. >>the site located off highway one 60 just before the ante on ridge will have 5 buildings and a total of 2 million square feet. the amazon fulfillment center is the first tenant in that complex and it will occupy 150,000 square feet of the building before other buildings will be completed within the next couple of years and more companies will move in providing more than 2000 jobs to the community. >>republicans say confirmation hearings for judge amy coney barrett will still go on despite safety concerns from taking california for a ride. companies like uber, lyft, doordash. breaking state employment laws for years. now these multi-billion-dollar companies wrote deceptive prop 22 to buy themselves a new law. to deny drivers the rights they deserve. no sick leave. no workers' comp. no unemployment benefits. vote no on the deceptive uber, lyft, doordash prop 22. one ride california doesn't want to take. >>and national years a coronavirus outbreak in washington dc will not stop the rep

. >> reporter: this community outside of oakley is served by the east contra costa district. and they are concerned by how long it takes firefighter to get here, they are considering voting themselves out of existence to change that. from the time a call goes out, firefighters get ready to roll in about a minute-and-a-half. the rest of the response time is driving to the incident. >> we should be no less than four minutes in response time. we are pushing anywhere from eight to ten minutes at this point in time. >> reporter: that's a constant problem for people living in the remote summer lake development. they have a new fire station provided by the developer but east contra costa fire has never had the money to staff it. >> we have a very large retirement community out here. like i said, if someone has a heart attack or a medical emergency, there is no one to help. >> reporter: now, the fire district board has begun looking into the possibility of dissoeverring itself. and consolidating the existing resources into the county's largest con fire district. and right now, there

>>oakley had to cancel both crafts festivals and the gallery recently reopened with limited capacity, we're big enough to be stable but we're small enough to be very creative and it just be able to turn on the diamond. >>have an idea and follows that idea so that's what we've done taking her business online for the first time we're going to get through this because you know you either the left or you have to cry there's a lot of us, you know reasons to cry, but we're choosing to take a laugh option. >>and that was laura smith reporting for us tonight and that wraps up kron 4 news at 9, but here's what we're tracking for kron 4 news at 10. high fire weather plagues parts of the bay area causing pg need to notify customers of a potential power shut off all of this on the anniversary of the oakland hills fire storm we hear from the oakland fire chief and what they've learned since that fateful day and a police shooting caught on camera what led to the violence. plus we hear from people who are both supportive and outrage they say that night. those stories and more coming up next on kron

the air of oakley tells us he expects this to create 800 jobs.s a population of 44,000 people. eventually the entire buildout of this business park expected to bring in half a million dollars a year in property tax revenue. >> reporter: i'm kris sanchez, already this is a record breaking election for people who want to pass the ballot. statewide 84% of californians are registered to vote which is 3 million more than during the same time the last presidential cycle. in santa clara county hit 1 million registered voters which is 83% of eligible voters in the county. voter registration continues through october 19th. early voting is already under way and ballots are in the mail. if you want to track yours go to my facebook page. >>> thanks, kris. we're talking about the spare the air day extended into thursday. kari has a look at our forecast. >>> yes, especially for the north bay. we don't want to add any more pollution to the air so need to do our part. it will still be unhealthy in the north bay as we look at our air quality but improving elsewhe

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. >>> a few hours ago amazon held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new fulfillment center in oakley, the contra costa construction center complex. it's expected to provide about 2,000 jobs. >>> still to come at noon, another top honor for uc berkeley professor. we're learning about the nobel prize in chemistry. traffic and air pollution will be even worse after the pandemic. that's why we support measure rr to keep caltrain running. which is at risk of shutdown because of the crisis. to keep millions of cars off our roads, to reduce air pollution and fight climate change. and measure rr helps essential workers like me get to work and keep our communities healthy. relieve traffic. reduce pollution. rescue caltrain. [all] yes on measure rr. your shoulder seems to be healing nicely. well, dr. farrell, it feels really good... that's good. and... i'm sorry. baby, don't touch that... i don't want you to play with that... (singing) twinkle, twinkle little star. how i wonder what you are... (still singing) up above the world so high... like a diamond in the sky. i'm so glad that your shoulde

. >> reporter: this community outside of oakley is served by the east contra costa fire district. and the board is so concerned with how long it takes firefighters to get here that they are considering voting themselves out of existence to change that. from the time a call goes out, firefighters get ready to roll in about a minute and a half. the rest of the response time is driving to the incident. >> we should be no less within four minutes of response to any point in the area. and we are generally pushing anywhere between 8 to 10 minutes at this point. >> reporter: that's a constant problem for people living in the remote summer lakes development. they actually have a new fire station provided by the developer, but east contra costa fire has never had the money to staff it. >> we have a large retirement community out here, and like i say, if someone has a heart attack or a medical emergency, 10 minutes could be forever for someone. >> reporter: the fire station only has three stations to serve 250 square miles and more than a quarter of 1 million residents, so now the fire dist

department says other cities like the idea so much, they created their own dress up drives like in oakley, brentwood and walnut creek. >> now you can weigh the risks of various holiday activities with abc 7's holiday risk calculator. see a common holiday scenario and guess the risk and see what our medical experts have to say about it. find it on abc7news.com and the abc 7 news app. >>> a rare halloween blue moon will provide a spooky treat for us. actually, there is nothing blue about it. it refers to the phenomenon of two full moons showing up in the same month. the last was october 1st. it's rarer for a full moon to appear on the spookiest night of the year, the last time a blue moon showed up on halloween was in 1944. so it's been a minute as we bring in sandhya patel. sandhya is trying to explain to me kristen, waxing and waning so when it comes to the moon, i leave everything. >> sandhya, you know larry only understands wax on, wax off. >> that's right. that's right. [ laughter ] >> so true. he gives me such a hard time about waxing and waning. we have a full moon so we don't have t

. >> the contra costa city of oakley is celebrating cutting the ribbon on the 150,000 square foot buildingfacility last january. the first of five buildings scheduled to be constructed at this new business park. city officials are hopeful the center will be an economic catalyst for many years to come. >>> all right. seeing blue skies out there. let's check in with spencer and get the latest on your weather. >> it got a little bluer but those clouds will come back high and low tonight with fog. overnight lows under cloudy conditions, maybe drizzling will be low to mid 50s. highs tomorrow as the clouds linger will range from 50s at the coast and mid 60s to mid 70s inland. here is the switceven-day forec. best chance of rain is on saturday but it doesn't look like it will amount to much and brighter and warmer going into early next week. dan and kristen? >> excellent. look forward to that. thank you. >> making movies during a pandemic. up next, we'll take you to a set right here in the bay area where film makers are hard at work trying to entertain and keep their crews safe. >>> new at 5:00 a

a new fulfillment city opened in oakley. it is expected to bring in an estimated 800 jobs to the city. crews broke ground on the facility in january. it's the first of five buildings scheduled to be constructed at this new business park. city officials are hopeful that the center will be an economic catalyst for the region for years to come. >>> in today's first look, the annual prime day sale is less than a week away and this morning other retailers are announcing they'll compete with their own big sales. >> reporter: in this morning "gma" first look, call it delayed amazon prime day or just early black friday. >> there was a strong anticipation that some of the best deals will be happening around prime day as opposed to black friday and cyberbound. >> amazon prime day -- >> epic day of deals. >> -- has been turned on its head. normally in the summer, the coronavirus causing it to move to next week. over the two days of october 13th and 14th. and it's not just amazon. >> walmart's event is called the big save. it will be go

the school includes liberty and heritage high in brentwood and freedom in oakley. the teachers union says it still opposes the plan calling it too risky but if covid cases stabilize classes may resume january 12th. >>> job cuts may soon be coming to b.a.r.t. board members approved a cost cutting plan including continuing a hiring freeze and offering early retirement incentives to employees. b.a.r.t. faces a $33 million deficit due in large part to ridership falling off a cliff from the pandemic. ridership is still down by 87%. and b.a.r.t. now does not expect the numbers to fully bounce back until at least the sum earp of 2022. >>> details on a hate crime. anti-semitic graffiti was painted. a former berkeley mayoral candidate. they found a spray paint can inside his backpack. images matching graffiti patterns. he's facing charges tied to other recent vandal attacks at the same synagogue in august and earlier this month. >>> contra costa county's district attorney's office is ready to bough to release race and gender based crime fighting statistics. activists have b

the schools include liberty and heritage in brentwood and freedom in oakley. the teachers union says it still opposes the plan calling it too risky but if covid cases stabilize classes may resume. >>> job cuts may soon be coming to b.a.r.t. board members approved a cost cutting plan including continuing a hiring freeze and offering early retirement incentives to employees. b.a.r.t. faces a $33 million deficit in the fourth quarter due in large part ridership falling off a cliff from the pandemic. ridership is still down by 87%. and b.a.r.t. now does not expect the numbers to fully bounce back until at least the summer of 2022. >>> new details on a hate crime at an oakland synagogue. oakland police have made an arrest. freddie smith is accused of painting anti-semitic graffiti last saturday. "the east bay times" says he's a former berkeley mayoral candidate. police say they found a spray paint can inside his backpack three days after and those images match graffiti patterns. he faces other charges at the same synagogue in august and earlier this month. >>> cont

huge amount of life for a massive bigger area the death antartica the only way to oakley have more feet even in the future or to have life in this planet is likely to some of those places that are key for the balance of the planet. for the 3rd year in a row chile and argentina jointly asking the annual meeting of the commission to declare parts of the peninsula off limits to commercial fishing in the southern oceans unique environment support species that can't be found anywhere else on the planet so the idea is to manage in a different way fishery and. occurring in the area by. and in this. that includes areas. calmly called non take sols. where the fishery will not be allowed. but there is resistance particularly from russia and china argentina says there's no time to lose but the native at the marina said argentina and chile have taken the initiative because if something is not done soon it will be all of humanity that will be damaged we ask the countries that are considering vetoing this proposal not to do so because we need this humanity needs is. his plea for the rational use of m

. >> you want to talk about an october surprise and this will oakley be many october surprises and thiss a tough break for the campaign which in some sense was really feeling very strong getting the rallies going once again. the president seems to be rallied about that and to say the least, it gives him a chance to bypass the media and be a direct messenger to the american people. that said, they have to recalibrate, you're right, because they have to continue to campaign and continue to rally if you will and have more virtual sense and that's not certainly something we anticipated as we would be seeing at this late stage in the campaign. amazing, one month ago, now the president will have to downshift to that before getting back out there. >> kevin, we obviously got a statement from the white house doctor saying that the president is doing well and that, you know, he's taking all necessary precautions. but we are likely to get perhaps more details input from the white house's decision and i would suspect that one point this morning or throughout the day. >> no doubt about it. if i were

that someone who can just do the job competently but someone who can sort of do the job her oakley. the person who performs as that potential heroic president is the person who wins the election. not always, not always, but a lot of times yes. >> we're talking a lot obviously about performance. we're going to come back to that idea. i want to go back to you for a moment because the commission of presidential debates was established in 1987 and the point of that commission was to be sure these kinds of general election debates for leading candidates as a permanent part of the electoral process. so although we're here talking about performance, what was the logic behind creating that? making sure that the debates continued. and push back against this idea. >> again, i want to go back a little bit to the law. 1960, the temporary exemption from the law expired. so in order for there to be debates in 64 to 68, 70, to the law had to be changed. but the incumbent president, president johnson and 64 said to leaders in congress i don't want to debate. leave the law alone. 1968, nixon was the

ted oakley joins us this morning.thing strike you from the debate last night, poised to move markets this morning? >> you know, maria, i thought that probably the supporters of president trump probably felt like it's almost like coming on the second half of a ballgame, you make some adjustments and you do a lot better and i think they probably felt that way. i think on the other side, they probably felt like he held his own, maybe not to a degree they would have wanted but what i'm seeing in the marketplace is that everybody felt like, well, it's okay. it doesn't seem like anything blew up on us. i think we'll be all right in here. maria: is there a different investing strategy, depending on who wins? i've got a list here of sort of the buckets, the biden buckets and the trump buckets, from wall street analysts because of course strategists now are trying to come up with the number and the type of stocks you want to own depending on which outcome happens. do you have a thought on that? >> well, i think one of the detr