los concejales y el alcalde abordaron la controversia que envuelve al concejal del distrito 3, omar torres. recordemos que torres está siendo investigado por presunta conducta sexual inapropiada con un menor desde que este caso se hizo público a inicios de octubre. el concejal torres no ha realizado ninguna aparición pública, por ende estuvo ausente en la última reunión del consejo y también en la que se dio el día de hoy, con lo que suma ya 2 ausencias libertad pedraza estuvo presente en esta reunión, donde los concejales votaron varias cosas. primero, si aceptan o no la excusa por enfermedad del concejal torres, por estas ausencias y también otra decisión que complica su cargo. pero libertad. comencemos con lo primero. cuál fue la decisión que tomaron en cuanto a la ausencia del concejal? dayana pues todos los concejales y el alcalde en general votaron de que ellos aceptaban esta excusa por enfermedad de omar torres para sus ausencias. todos, a excepción de 1. recordemos, sin embargo, que hace solamente unos días estos mismos concejales y el alcalde ya habían pedido inicialmente al conce

una vez más, el puesto del concejal omar torres estuvo vacío. las reuniones del consejo de la ciudad desde que el pasado tres de octubre se hiciera público que está siendo investigado por presunta conducta sexual inapropiada con un menor de edad. omar towers khanna omar torres no puede representarnos con todos los problemas personales que tiene en este momento, dijo esta dueña de negocio, que es una de las constituyentes representadas por torres. ella explica. por eso este martes salió del trabajo para venir a comentar en la reunión del consejo de la ciudad, quienes decidieron aceptar la excusa por enfermedad que dio el concejal torres para faltar a la última reunión. solo hubo un voto en contra de aceptar dicha excusa. el concejal bien votó, no? i just know that. y explicó su decisión diciendo que es demasiada coincidencia que la ausencia haya llegado en este punto. y agregó su moral no le permite aceptar esa excusa. le preguntamos al alcalde matt mahan porque si están pidiendo la renuncia de torres, decidieron aceptar su excusa. después de con

we first told you last night that police sources confirmed officers detained councilman omar torres and served him with a warrant, seizing his phone and other electronics. in a statement from torres late last night, he said he has nothing to hide and voluntarily unlocked his phone so investigators could search it. a source involved in the investigation revealed it involves allegations that torres committed sexual misconduct with a minor and solicited inappropriate pictures of minors. torres is also being investigated for an incident that allegedly occurred while he was attending the democratic national convention in chicago. san jose mayor matt mahan briefly addressed that situation today. all i'm able to say at this time is that this is an ongoing investigation, and we have to let our detectives do their jobs. i know our police department is working incredibly hard to find the truth in torres's written statement. he says the case is based on misinformation provided to police by someone. he filed a complaint of stalking and extortion. he maintains he did nothing wrong. all right. new in

we did reach out to attorneys representing omar torres. we have yet to hear back reporting here in san jose. jackie moment kron 4 news. >>tonight, a produce company in monterey county is recalling its onions. this fall's the e-coli outbreak linked to mcdonald's quarter pounders. mcdonald's says officials say taylor farms in salinas and onions to a distribution facility which lets the food poisoning outbreak. taylor farms issued the recall of all hole and icl onions out of abundance of caution. the fda to not confirm the link to taylor farms bus as raw onions are likely a cause. one person has since died and 49 others in 10 states have gotten sick. other restaurant chains including taco bell pizza hut and kfc have all temporarily stopped using the on the u.s.. is your local election headquarters. 7 swing states up for grabs in this presidential election. and as is the bay area, volunteers had travel to those states to campaign for the vice president. buses like this one feels the people got to knock on doors have said residents out of state

he said he'd normally contact his councilman, omar torres. but torres has been absent from council meetings since police announced he was being criminally investigated for accusations of sexual misconduct with a minor. when torres does return to work, he'll have less to do. after the council voted last night to pull him off. all committee and commission assignm

omar torres represente a la comunidad. líderes municipales de san josé, incluido el alcalde, piden la renuncia del concejal omar torres. hablamos también con residentes y empresas locales sobre este caso. así empezamos. hola. qué tal? bienvenidos a su emisión de las 11. muchas gracias por acompañarnos el día de hoy. iniciamos con este mapa que está viendo usted esta noche hablando sobre las condiciones del tiempo, ya que para este jueves se espera la entrada de vientos fuertes en diferentes zonas del norte de nuestro estado, precisamente a raíz de esas condiciones, la compañía pg&e ya advierte sobre la posibilidad de programar interrupciones del servicio eléctrico. si estos apagones. mucha atención, pues programados de hecho afectarían a algunas 32.000 personas en los condados de ice, santa clara, alameda, contra costa, solano, napa y sonoma. es decir, casi todos no? entre otros, pg&e informó que la razón de estas interrupciones es precisamente para evitar que se inicien incendios, se mantenga cosas esenciales a la mano, l

de la bahía pidieron la renuncia al concejal omar torres.ro. antes de comprar un coche usado. el primer paso que siempre le indico a los consumidores que van a comprar un carro es que siempre verifiquen la compañía antes de hacer cualquier tipo de negocio con ellos. lo pueden hacer haciendo una búsqueda rápida en qhubo pueden verificar las quejas que tienen también las reseñas y también empezar su búsqueda en bbb punto org. nosotros, si es que tenemos un reporte de la compañía, hay un reporte historial, así que pueden ver las licencias adecuadas que necesitan tener a las personas o los o que en california para vender carros y cómo asegurarse que el coche no tenga problemas antes de comprarlo. primeramente, cuando alguien compre un carro, usted tiene todo el derecho de llevar un mecánico para que? para que vea el carro para ver si está en las circunstancias que ellos indican que está el carro. también siempre pida un historial del carro mejor conocido como un track record. así, usted puede ver exactamente a lo mejor lo que ha tenido el carro

we did reach out to attorneys representing omar torres. we have yet to hear back reporting here in san jose. jackie moment kron 4 news. >> take a look here with just under 2 weeks until election day. san francisco mayoral candidate asha, suffice campaign is dealing with vandalism. he says it happened this morning at his office on mission and 22nd streets. suffice as the man who tried to break in as loitered outside his headquarters multiple times in the past today, the man was allegedly intimidating his staff and then threw a rock through the glass door. sotheby's says this is another example of break-ins and crime voters are worried about. >> all we heard over and over again from businesses is they're concerned about safety. they're concerned about individuals that have might have mental health and drug addiction issues coming in are asking their patrons or their staff just talked about the overall safety and concern in san francisco. >> survey says this will not stop him from campaigning. his office is set to reopen tomorrow morning. the

councilman omar torres said he missed that last council meeting because he was sick.day, the council will vote on whether to accept that reason for his absence and to excuse it if the council votes not to approve the absence, it could pave the way for torres's eventual removal from office. the city charter says that after five consecutive unexcused absences, the council person can be ousted. this follows the council and mayor's request for torres to resign. all of my colleagues, including the mayor, have asked for his resignation and i believe that if he if he resign, it would help our community bring us back to the trust and integrity. that is what we deserve. i'll remind you how we got here. councilman torres is accused of sexual misconduct with a minor, which came to light when taurasi went to police to report he was being extorted by a man he had had a previous relationship with. that investigation revealed that the accused blackmailer was a minor. when that relationship started. the investigation also uncovered references to a sexual act with a different minor, a

demanding omar torres's resignation. >> this is ktvu, fox two news at six. >> for the first time in 20 years, the entire san jose city council asking one of their own to step down. good evening everyone. i'm mike mibach and i'm cristina rendon. >> we begin with that story. san jose mayor matt mehan and nine other city council members say embattled district three councilman omar torres has lost the support of the people in light of a child abuse. sex. child sex abuse investigation. ktvu south bay reporter jesse gary joins us from san jose city hall. with that story. jesse. >> cristina, good evening to you. a body that is often divided over how to govern this city is tonight united over how to save the city's reputation, even as omar torres and his staff try to convince anxious constituents they can still solve their problems and work for them. the die has been cast calls for his ouster now becoming a chorus. >> i believe, and my fellow council colleagues believe that councilmember torres is no longer able to effectively represent district three. >> during the lunch hour wednesday, san j

así reaccionó el alcalde de san josé tras revelarse que la policía está investigando al concejal omar torresdo, cercanas al caso, nos confirmaron que la investigación estaría relacionada con presunta conducta sexual inapropiada con un menor de edad. el concejal torres emitió un comunicado por medio de un abogado donde dice que estas acusaciones son falsas y que le entregó sus contraseñas personales a la policía, ya que no tiene nada que esconder. también agregó y citamos esta detención se basó en información errónea proporcionada a las autoridades en respuesta a un informe policial que presenté contra un individuo por extorsión y acoso, y es un claro acto de represalia por parte de esta persona. por su parte, la policía confirmó que la investigación está activa, por lo que no pueden dar más detalles. así que acudimos a un abogado criminal para que nos explique en qué casos se realizan estas órdenes que requieren que una persona entregue sus dispositivos electrónicos y contraseñas personales para sacar un orden de registro de las para los policías. ellos tienen que mostrar al juez que tienen

y esta investigación en contra del concejal omar torres, sin duda ha sacudido a la ciudad de san joséan pronunciado en respuesta a la situación. el último fue el mismo alcalde de la ciudad, matt mahan, que estuvo aquí en la alcaldía y nos dio sus comentarios al respecto. escuchemos. esta es una investigación en curso y tenemos que dejar que nuestros detectives hagan su trabajo. sé que nuestro departamento de policía está trabajando muy duro para encontrar la verdad. estas fueron declaraciones del alcalde hace solamente unos segundos. la policía de san josé ya nos confirmó que la investigación está activa. pero no dieron más detalles. sin embargo, una fuente de nbc telemundo, cercana a la investigación, nos ha revelado que las investigaciones son en relación a una presunta conducta sexual inapropiada hacia un menor de edad y que también se le vincula con la asistencia del concejal a la convención demócrata en chicago, illinois. esto fue en el mes de agosto. el concejal nos compartió un comunicado donde respondió a las alegaciones. dice que estas son infundadas y completamente falsas. d

omar torres to immediately resign.torres que renuncie porque sentimos que ya no podrá realizar su trabajo en el distrito del downtown, que es de suma importancia y queremos saber también quién más sabía de las acciones del concejal torres. el abogado javier ríos, experto en criminología y ajeno a este caso en particular, nos explica en general lo complicado de este tipo de casos. una adivinanza posible es que la fiscalía ha pueda tener muchos problemas en seguir con el caso, pero esto no más son mis mis adivinanzas acerca de este. y es que el testigo de la fiscalía pudiera ser el hombre de chicago quien recibió 22.000 $, algo que es un delito, según nos explica ríos, quien no forma parte ni de la defensa ni de la fiscalía en este caso, un jurado puede pensar cómo podemos nosotros confiar en este persona cuando él es él ha cometido un delito. es lo más. quiere este para el dinero. mientras tanto, el abogado de torres mandó un comunicado diciendo, entre otras cosas, que torres mantiene su inocencia y que el contenido de

the next move is up to omar torres. we're live outside san jose city hall this evening. jesse gary, ktvu, fox two news. mike, back up to you in oakland. >> a lot of eyes on this one. we'll continue to follow it. jesse thank you. >> singer and former one direction band member liam payne has died. payne was staying in argentina at the costa sur palermo hotel in buenos aires. argentinian medical services say he fell from the third floor of the hotel, but have not commented on how it happened. payne was best known for being one fifth of the boy band one direction. he was 31 years old. >> family members of convicted killers eric and kyle menendez are calling for the two brothers to be released from prison. the two are currently serving life sentences in state prison without parole for killing their parents in beverly hills back in 1989. the family says new evidence has surfaced, including a letter written by erik menendez that his attorneys say corroborates allegations that their father was sexually abusing them for years. one relative at today's news conference in los angele

according to a memo obtained by san jose spotlight, city councilman omar torres is asking to be excused from council meetings through november 5th, citing his mental health. police are investigating torres over allegations of sexual misconduct with a minor and his absences in recent weeks have raised questions among residents in his own district whether he can effectively represent them. san jose city councilman omar torres has already missed two council meetings in a row, and it looks like he'll be missing more. in a memo obtained by san jose spotlight, city councilman omar torres says, quote, i will be taking a temporary leave of absence from the san jose city council following my doctor's recommendation as submitted to the clerk's office to focus on my mental health. the allegations made against me have significantly impacted my emotional and mental well-being. after careful reflection and consultation with my health care provider, it is clear that stepping back temporarily is essential for me to heal. this decision is not made lightly, but my mental health must take precedence for m

the controversy continues with san jose city council member omar torres. now the santa clara county democratic party joining calls for his resignation. children live in san jose with more on that. well. up until recently, as recently as last night he had support from the santa clara county democratic party, meaning they did not want him to resign, but they have changed their decision on this, saying that they want him to resign instead of just carrying out the full investigation as they were hoping for. >> apparently they say we don't need an investigation because omar torres has admitted that because of his mental condition at this particular time and how he is embattled that he cannot do his job, adding insult to injury for omar torres last night, the city council members in a committee not the full city council, but in a committee they denied his request for a leave of absence while he battles this, he has not been seen publicly, has not shown up to any city council, my meetings or taking care of his district, 3 duties, which includes of 100,000 people

el resto del consejo y el alcalde de san josé ya pidieron la resignación de omar torres. sta relación sexual inapropiada con un hombre que la policía de san josé dice. comenzó cuando ese hombre era un menor de edad. esa investigación comenzó cuando torres reportó a la policía de san josé, que estaba siendo extorsionado. torres ha mantenido su inocencia. veremos si se presenta en este concejo municipal hoy y les reportaremos cómo va el voto después en san josé. chris sánchez, telemundo y california. muchas gracias. chris tendremos más información en nuestra emisión de la tarde. vamos a cambiar de tema. ve a la ciudad de oakland. inicia hoy una nueva campaña de limpieza, ampliando de esta forma su programa de cámaras de vigilancia en lugares donde las personas acostumbran a botar basura de forma ilegal. el departamento de obras públicas tiene previsto añadir 15 nuevos lectores electrónicos, como el que ve en pantalla para ayudar a localizar y perseguir a los infractores, quienes podrían enfrentar multas de hasta 15.000 $ por infringir la ley. en san francisco está ahora un p

san jose city councilman omar torres is losing a big supporter. we're gonna have the latest developments. a campaign sign in milpitas is vandalized with anti-asian graffiti. and it's not the first time it's happened. we're live with details. plus, a warning for drivers this morning as thousands of trick or treaters are going to be setting out on neighborhood streets tonight. >> thanks for hanging in with us at 10 o'clock in the final and most extraordinary like call it the finest hour. morning news on this

así dijo el concejal omar torres hace un par de minutos que nos llegó esta información a nuestra salaorres o más bien de la policía de san josé y ellos dijeron que quizás mañana van a tener un adelanto y también nos contactamos con la oficina del alcalde matt mahan y ellos nos dijeron que porque esta es una investigación activa, ellos prefieren que nosotros nos comuniquemos con las autoridades y miriam y pues ustedes, el público, vamos a mantenerlos al tanto de cualquier información sobre este caso. claro que sí. gracias yomara por actualizarnos en este reporte. por supuesto. vamos a estar pendientes de más. vamos a pasar a otra información. entre tanto, la policía de san francisco investiga un tiroteo en el que un sospechoso disparó contra 2 oficiales. vamos a ver imágenes de snap. el incidente ocurrió en la zona de las calles nine y mission. los agentes iniciaron una persecución a pie contra sospechoso con la ayuda del departamento de policía de san francisco. es que el sujeto fue detenido sin más incidentes. los oficiales rastrearon la zona en busca de víctimas y otros sospechosos.

san jose's mayor and several other city leaders are delivering to councilman omar torres today. torres is being investigated for alleged sexual misconduct involving minors. and today, mayor matt mahan and every other member of the council called for him to quit. nbc bay area's robert honda joins us from city hall. robert, you've been working on this story today talking to a number of people out there. what are you learning? well, you know, today's call for torres to resign was one that many predicted was coming after recent court documents provided troubling details about the allegations. now, this investigation with torres began about two weeks ago, when torres approached police to say he was being blackmailed by someone he had a relationship with. but as the investigation unfolded, police began gathering evidence. the relationship involved a minor and investigators began focusing on torres. now, a search warrant affidavit then outlined numerous graphic text messages discussing sex with a minor allegedly written by torres. today, mayor matt mahan said while torres is innocent un

many believe the call for omar torres to resign was inevitable once court documents outlined disturbing details of the investigation. torres is being investigated for possible sexual misconduct involving minors after first going to police about two weeks ago to report he was being blackmailed by someone he had a relationship with in the past. the investigation turned toward torres when the alleged extortionist claimed a relationship with torres started when he was a minor. an affidavit revealed numerous graphic text messages, including messages. torres reportedly wrote talking about sex with a minor. today, mayor matt mahan said public officials have a higher standard to meet to effectively lead and called for torres to step down. he doesn't deny that he wrote the things that he wrote, and they are incredibly disturbing. i was sick to my stomach reading the affidavit. whatever the reason, and there's a there's a criminal proceeding and due process and an ongoing investigation that i really can't weigh in on. what i do know is that the community has lost faith. the police officer's union

from district 7 was the first councilmember to call for his colleague and battled councilmember omar torres to resign. >> he's also the only representative to vote no on torres. this request to be excused from an earlier city council meeting. he had lost all the trust from the community, the workers, the businesses in city of san jose. >> and i don't think we should have a council member that represent our community that fashion. torres will need 5 unexcused absences to be removed from office. >> council member wants says that's too long of a wait. and i think that we will look at every possible avenue within the legality of the laws to make sure that we remove councilmember torres from his position. one says he wants to change the city's charter to make it so someone investigate for felony crime could be removed. right now. it's only if they are found guilty of that crime. we are talking to the city attorney to to see how do we change the chart wants proposal comes 2 weeks after the release of a police affidavit which torres admitted to sending lewd text about children. torres has denied a

san jose's mayor, as well as the city council now calling on council member omar torres to step down. this as he faces an investigation into child sexual abuse allegations. torres has not been charged and maintains that he is innocent. his attorney says that torres was exchanging fantasies when describing sexual acts involving children in text messages. but today the mayor and nine council members said that, quote, given the appalling nature of omar torres own words and allegations against him, we believe that he has lost the trust of the community. >> i believe, and my fellow council colleagues believe that councilmember torres is no longer able to effectively represent district three. >> torres became the target of a san jose police investigation after first going to police, saying that he was being extorted. his attorney says that torres will not resign. a new. at 730 tonight, the city of pinole is taking steps to make it safer to live with guns in the home. the city council approving a new ordinance requiring residents to safely store firearms while in their homes. the ordinance s

ver en esas imágenes, donde expresaron también que ya no se sienten representados por el concejal omar torres su puesto. esto no puede continuar. es obvio que el consejo no puede remover al concejal torres de su puesto y quien tomó el micrófono es el jefe de personal del alcalde matt mahan, pero aclaró que él participó en esta manifestación en calidad de residente del distrito 3 de san josé, junto a las muchas otras personas que se reunieron con él afuera de la alcaldía para enviar el siguiente mensaje building a coalition. estamos creando una coalición de vecinos, padres de familia y pequeños negocios para empezar con el proceso de destitución, un proceso que no será fácil de llevar a cabo sin embargo, las personas dicen estar decididas con su objetivo. y es que las acusaciones en contra de torres salieron a la luz pública después de que él reportara a la policía que estaba siendo extorsionado por un hombre con quien mantuvo una relación. pero ahora las autoridades investigan a torres por presunta conducta inapropiada con menores de edad. tras revelarse los mensajes de texto de torres, donde

san jose city councilman omar torres is losing a big supporter. we're live this morning with the latest developments. a campaign sign milpitas is vandalized with anti-asian racist graffiti. and it's not the first time it's happened to this candidate. details. and a warning for drivers this morning as thousands of trick or treaters are getting ready make streets tonight. it said. >> were not dressed up or anything, but we hope that your halloween is going. >> good so far. i've darya and james. yeah, the weather sure was a little spooky this morning on about you. but it was wet for me on the right. i was expecting it, although i go to bed and

from district 7 was the first councilmember to call for his colleague and battled councilmember omar torres to resign. >> he's also the only representative to vote no on torres. this request to be excused from an earlier city council meeting. he had lost all the trust from the community, the workers, the businesses in city of san jose. >> and i don't think we should have a council member that represent our community that fashion. torres will need 5 unexcused absences to be removed from office. council member wants says that's too long of a wait. and i think that we will look at every possible avenue within the legality of the laws. >> to make sure that we remove councilmember torres from his position. one says he wants to change the city's charter to make it so someone investigate for felony crime could be removed. right now. it's only if they are found guilty of that crime. we are talking to the city attorney to to see how do we change the chart wants proposal comes 2 weeks after the release of a police affidavit which torres admitted to sending lewd text about children. torres has denied

from district 7 was the first councilmember to call for his colleague and battled councilmember omar torres to resign. >> he's also the only representative to vote no on torres. this request to be excused from an earlier city council meeting. he had lost all the trust from the community, the workers, the businesses in city of san jose. >> and i don't think we should have a council member that represent our community in that fashion. torres will need 5 unexcused absences to be removed from office. >> council members want says that's too long of a wait. and i think that we will look at every possible avenue within the legality of the laws to make sure that we remove councilmember torres from his position. one says he wants to change the city's charter to make it so someone investigate for felony crime could be removed. right now. it's only if they are found guilty of that crime. we're talking to the city attorney to to see how do we change the chart wants proposal comes 2 weeks after the release of a police affidavit which torres admitted to sending lewd text about children. torres has denied

and another blow for embattled san jose councilmember omar torres. we're going to tell you why some people are now calling on him more people to step down. and a protest over job security escalates in san francisco will see why dozens of people ended up being arrested. >> right now on the kron, 4 morning news, embattled san jose city council member omar torres is losing a big supporter. we're live this morning with the latest developments. a campaign sign in milpitas is vandalized with anti-asian graffiti. it's not the first time it's happened. we're live with details there. warning for drivers this morning as thousands of trick or treaters are getting ready neighborhood streets tonight. and happy halloween vote. i'm james. yeah, we got lots to talk about on this. >> halloween, the weather started out a little i was a little nervous about trick-or-treating. yeah. i don't think anybo i

emergencia para ayudar a todos los damnificados y quien ve en pantalla es el concejal de san josé, omar torrespendiente un caso de conducta sexual inapropiada. hoy el incidente toma un giro importante que podría complicar su situación. tendremos más detalles desde la corte con esto y más. así comenzamos al mediodía. este es tu noticiero? telemundo, california. al mediodía. líderes le exigen al gobernador gavin newsom tomar medidas ante la crisis de seguro de vivienda en california. en minutos. la historia. qué tal? feliz jueves! les saluda flavio lacayo. muchas gracias por su sintonía. comenzamos con una noticia de destrucción y pérdidas de vida humana. milton tocó tierra como huracán categoría 3. a eso de las 20:30 de la noche del miércoles, muy cerca de la zona de siesta, aquí en la costa oeste de la florida, con vientos sostenidos de hasta 120 millas por hora. ya las autoridades anunciaron que hay por lo menos 10 muertos, pero esta cifra podría aumentar con el paso de las horas. también más de 3 millones de inmuebles se encuentran sin electricidad. además del huracán, se registraron varios

anything additional from omar torres or his attorney? >> nothing from his attorney and nothing from torres. i mean, we've been looking for him and tried to talk to him in the past couple of weeks, but and i've talked to the mayor and multiple council people who have all said they have not talked to him. so at this point, as i said in the story, he is mia. so we don't know where he is, but he's not here at the council be. >> all right. our jesse gary live for us there in san jose. jesse. thank you. a high school in the north today. all due to a gas leak. this happened at the vintage high school cpu in napa on trial avenue near jefferson street. families were notied about the hazard through the parentsqre platform shortly after noon. the city said pg and e and fire crews were able to fix that leak. >> tonight, the san francisco school board is expected to formally approve maria su as the district's new superintendent. she's worked for the city of san francisco for the past 18 years and has mayor london breed endorsement. she will take over

ya no creemos que omar torres represente a la comunidad. ha perdido la confianza del pueblo.roceso relacionado con las acusaciones penales. pero tenemos un estándar más alto para quienes lideran y representan a nuestra comunidad. este llamado también se da a unas horas de que el equipo de torres mandara un comunicado a los residentes de su distrito, asegurando que seguirá representándolos. por su parte, mediante su abogado, torres dijo que no tiene planes de renunciar en estos momentos. por supuesto, nos mantendremos pendientes de este caso. reportando desde san josé, nathalie vera regresó con ustedes al estudio. bueno, a esperar. cómo va el debido proceso? tanto judicial. pero ahora ya también tomó un giro político. político, está clarísimo, no? los detalles de la forma en la que lo decía también el alcalde de san josé. y está de más decirle a usted en casa que vamos a estar pendientes del desarrollo de esta información. gracias, nathalie. cambiamos de tema con estas imágenes en vivo de diferentes partes de nuestra bahía. es que para este jueves dicen que se espera la entrad

ya no creemos que omar torres represente a la comunidad. ha perdido la confianza del pueblo.el miércoles formalmente mediante un comunicado. a medida que torres enfrenta acusaciones de conducta sexual inapropiada con un menor de edad y a pesar que aún no se han presentado cargos. pero tenemos un estándar más alto para quienes lideran y representan a nuestra comunidad. la investigación del caso inició cuando torres denunció ante la policía de san josé, que era víctima de extorsión por parte de un hombre de chicago identificado como terry biggs. pero durante la investigación, las autoridades descubrieron mensajes de texto entre torres y biggs en los que sostenían conversaciones sexuales explícitas relacionadas a la fotografía de un menor. los documentos de la corte muestran que en 1 de esos mensajes, torres le pregunta si biggs tiene amigos menores de 18 años. agree with it i think it's a well past time. el presidente del sindicato de los policías de san josé concuerda que torres debe renunciar, pero criticó que el liderazgo de la ciudad haya tardado en pedirle que abandone su

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so let me show you video of omar torres. the investigation came out a little bit earlier this and he is fighting but he's not stepping down. the city council members would like for him to step down, but there is nothing that they can possibly do. here's the back on october, 8th, he did not show up for a city council meeting, but he did not go through the proper channels, meaning it was an excused absence. instead, it was an unexcused absence and the city council members will tackle back this afternoon whether or not to keep it excused or excuse you might be asking why is that so important? why is the word unexcused or excused until this matter? here's the according to the city charter 5 unexcused consecutive absences, then they can kick him off the city council. they're saying not only did he not show up to the october city council meeting, he says not fulfilling his duties as a city council member, but until they cannot remove. and so if they leave it unexcused course, that means he's one step closer to possibly meeting tha

san jose city councilman omar torres is losing a big supporter. we're live this morning with the latest developments. a campaign sign milpitas is vandalized with anti-asian racist graffiti. and it's not the first time it's happened to this candidate. details. and a warning for drivers this morning as thousands of trick or treaters are getting ready make streets tonight. it said. >> were not dressed up or anything, but we hope that your halloween is going. >> good so far. i've darya and james. yeah, the weather sure was a little spooky this morning on about you. but it was wet for me on the right. i was expecting it, although i go to bed and very early and i didn't see enough clouds for rain and i thought was kill wrong. but note. >> right again, right on cue. yeah. had some predawn showers. so people fear. the kron. 4 morning news have to get up early. definitely saw the rains stepping out. i have some rain totals for you the last 24 hours mount tam received over inch of rain and the said measurable rain. we saw about a quarter of an ben most half

so today, councilman omar torres was absent for a second straight san jose city council meeting. and in the city charter, if you have five consecutive unexcused absences, you can actually be removed. and councilman brian dewan proposed not excusing torres for missing the last meeting. torres has said he was sick, but the absence was just days after police announced a criminal investigation into the councilman for sexual misconduct. as we've reported, those allegations came to light when torres told police he was being extorted by a man he used to have a relationship with. investigators say the alleged extortionist claims to have been a minor when that relationship started, according to texts in the affidavit. torres also talked about sexual acts with a different 17 year old. his attorney has dismissed the exchanges, saying they were role play with a partner and torres maintains his innocence. ultimately, today, though, the majority of the council voted to excuse torres absence. mayor matt mahan explained his vote after consultation with the city attorney. i unfortunately don't fe

but let's begin with a call for a recall for today san jose city councilman omar torres. and it comes from community leaders and people who live in his district. the councilman has missed all city meetings since becoming the subject of a police investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct with a child. nbc bay area's ian cull joins us now. all right. ian, so we've heard the mayor and the council ask for him to resign, but they say if he doesn't, the only other option at this point would be voters to decide to recall him. yeah, exactly. audrey and a group started the process to do just that today, formally launching a recall campaign. the lead organizer is the deputy chief of staff for mayor of matt mahan, but says he's doing this only as a concerned citizen. he and other recall organizers from district three say they're fed up with councilman omar torres absences from city meetings since the beginning of the month. they also say the allegations against him are and he should be removed from office. those allegations began when torres told police he was being extorte

today, a new push to oust san jose city councilman omar torres. a group of business and community leaders from his downtown district launched a formal campaign to recall him. decisions are being made at city hall, all while our neighborhoods have no voice. matthew quevedo is the deputy chief of staff for mayor matt mahan, but says he's doing this only as a concerned citizen. he and other recall organizers say they're fed up with councilman omar torres absences from the council since october 3rd. they also say the allegations against him are and he should be removed from office. we demand councilmember torres resign. we demand representation and to see it through. we are moving forward with a recall. the behavior is not okay. we don't feel comfortable hosting meetings with his name stamped on there. he has

esta noche salen a la luz detalles sobre un caso en contra del concejal omar torres que podría generarleente intercambió con un hombre de chicago. pero según el documento, el hombre declaró que la relación empezó cuando era menor de edad. en 1 de los mensajes de texto que intercambiaron en el 2022. torres le pregunta si tiene amigos menores de 18 años. también dicen haber encontrado mensajes y videos gráficos que incluyen fotografías de desnudos y de acuerdo a la declaración jurada, torres habría sostenido sexo oral con un menor de 17 años. el abogado javier ríos, experto en criminología y ajeno a este caso en particular, nos explica en general lo complicado de este tipo de casos. una adivinanza posible es que la fiscalía pueda tener muchos problemas en seguir con el caso, pero esto nomás son mis mis adivinanzas acerca de este. y es que el testigo de la fiscalía pudiera ser el hombre de chicago, quien recibió 22.000 $, algo que es un delito, según nos explica ríos. un jurado puede pensar cómo podemos nosotros confiar en este persona cuando él es él ha cometido un delito. es lo más. quier

today, the san jose city council voted 8 to 1 to accept the absence of embattled councilmember omar torrest the last meeting due to illness and to strip him of his council assignments. mayor matt mehan and the rest of the council have called on torres to step down as he faces an investigation related to child sex abuse allegations. if torres were to miss the next four meetings, he could be forced out of his seat. torres maintains he is innocent and has not been charged. >> the san francisco school board tonight is expected to formally approve maria su as the district's new superintendent. she has worked for the city of san francisco for the past 18 years, and has bear london breed's endorsement. she will take over a school district facing a severe budget crisis that could require state oversight. su has already declared she will stop the plan to close some school campuses in the immediate future, but has not ruled out the idea entirely. that school board meeting just got underway a few minutes ago. we are monitoring it and will bring you an update later tonight on the ten and 11:00 news. >

he said he'd normally contact his councilman, omar torres. but torres has been absent from council meetings since police announced he was being criminally investigated for accusations of sexual misconduct with a minor. when torres does return to work, he'll have less to do. after the council voted last night to pull him off. all committee and commission assignments while the investigation continues. there's nobody representing the district, you know, and i don't, you know, it's hard to say whether what kind of votes are going on that that we're not being represented. mayor matt mahan says it's important the city move forward. the reality is he's not doing his job. he's not showing up to meetings. he hasn't been to a meeting since the allegations first surfaced over two weeks ago. and so it's time to move on. we have all called on him to resign, thus far, he has not heeded that request. we reached out to torres attorney, who told us his client maintains his innocence and declined to comment on the council's recent decision. city documents show

omar torres, lot of times you show up to defend yourself. he was not present yesterday. back to you. >> all right. well, thank you for breaking that down for us. it is 705. let's stay in the south bay now, where despite heavy opposition from neighbors, a new costco is coming to west san jose. the san jose city council approved the costco project that westgate shopping center on prospect road last night. neighbors have opposed the plan, though, from the start citing safety concerns for students walking to nearby prospect high school. several community members spoke out during last night's council meeting. >> some of my friends have been run over and it's scary to think that that's going to get worse with this. costco would like to see crossing guard of some sort or some people there to help regulate the traffic. >> despite the pushback, the san jose chamber of commerce believes the addition of costco is a good thing for the city. the store is pledging a million dollars to help improve pedestrian safety in that area. no date has been set yet for the start of construction.

embattled san jose city councilman omar torres will be subject to a vote to possibly remove him from office at today's council meeting. torres was absent from the last council meeting. he says it was because he was sick. if the council does not excuse the absence, the city charter would allow his removal from office. if he misses four consecutive meetings, the council and mayor already called for his resignation over an investigation into alleged sexual relationship with a man, which investigators say started when he was a minor. today, san francisco school board is expected to vote to confirm a new interim superintendent, doctor maria su. she's replacing former doctor matt wayne, who resigned last friday. wayne faced backlash amid a budget crisis that led to the district to release a list of schools that could close or merge. doctor su says that she will put those closures on hold for now. we're 14 days out until election day, with early voting underway. more states opening polls. vice president kamala harris is targeting swing states. yesterday, she was in wisconsin with former repu

district, 3 neighbors announced that they are launching an effort to recall city council member omar torres. it was the voters put him in office. >> it will be the voters who are moving earlier this month. it became public that torres is facing child crimes allegations. since then, he has maintained his innocence but not attended any city council meetings or appeared freeze, assigned counsel duties. mayor mahan and several council members have called on tourist resign. but he is refusing to step down. those at friday's rally say they would like to see torres leave voluntarily, but they are moving forward with the recall effort just in case he doesn't. the effort is being led by district 3 resident matthew court fatal who also happens to be san jose mayor matt mahan. deputy chief of staff. he says he's leading this effort as a private citizen and not as part of his official duties in the mayor's decisions are being made at city hall. >> although our neighborhoods and have no voice. most pressing matters in our community such as homelessness, public safety, our streets and roads marks communi

from district 7 was the first councilmember to call for his colleague and battled councilmember omar torres to resign. >> he's also the only representative to vote no on torres. this request to be excused from an earlier city council meeting. he had lost all the trust from the community, the workers, the businesses in city of san jose. >> and i don't think we should have a council member that represent our community that fashion. torres will need 5 unexcused absences to be removed from office. council member wants says that's too long of a wait. and i think that we will look at every possible avenue within the legality of the laws. >> to make sure that we remove councilmember torres from his position. one says he wants to change the city's charter to make it so someone investigate for felony crime could be removed. right now. it's only if they are found guilty of that crime. we are talking to the city attorney to to see how do we change the chart wants proposal comes 2 weeks after the release of a police affidavit which torres admitted to sending lewd text about children. torres has denied

and new details in the investigation of san jose councilmember omar torres. he says he's a victim. police union wants step down. >> it said. good morning. thank you for joining us on this friday morning. i'm james fletcher a to harvey in for darya folsom today. a lot going on. we can see we can start lot of folks going to be outside. john has a look busy busy weekend ahead of us. and hey, a good weekend to be getting out there, too. >> so much different than last weekend's forecast was which? >> i think we'll be ok with for the most part. let's look outside from mount tam down into the bay. nice sunrise about to take place here in just a couple of minutes. some low gray pushing in across the bay. for the most part, it's right above bridge level. so visibility is pretty unaffected right now. temperatures range anywhere from the 40's to 50's that cool fall feel is really settled in now. fairfax at 44 berkeley of 55 degrees. definitely don't forget that extra. there. that low stratus burns off a little more into the afternoon. we'll have a mostly sunny finish to the day today. inland

now, let me show you the video of omar torres. the allegations came out earlier this month and since then, he has not showed up to his council duties. and more importantly, he did not show up to a council meeting back on october 8th. it was marked as excuse. now you can miss a meeting, but you have to get permission and it was excuse they will meet whether or not they will change that to an excused absence. why is that important? because according to this cd charter, if he has 5 consecutive mon excused absences, they can kick him off the city council. he represents district 3, they recently like a technical foul use an analogy in sports back technical foul. if it's removed, then you can keep playing and not meet that threshold. they want him gone, but they will look at this and see what's going to happen. the meeting will happen at one 30 so far. no comments from walmart or as he claims that he missed october 8th because of an illness. for the record, they did not get permission or give him permission as far as excused absence. ba

and new details in the investigation of san jose councilmember omar torres. he says he's the victim, but the police union wants out. good morning. thank you for joining us here on the kron. 4 morning news. i'm james fletcher and i'm reyna harvey in for darya folsom today on this friday. >> lot of people are going to be out and about enjoying the weather and the lanes on athlete week. john, good morning. how's forecast? it's looking good. i know this is fortune one right here that good weather what we're looking at as you're getting outside is a little bit of gray this morning. but generally less of that as the day goes by, we're seeing right here. your view sfo, bright and nice, but not so nice in the distance. as you can see, a little bit of that low grade. >> it does burn off and we are going to get more and more of that sun as temperatures lift. temperatures are currently in the 50's to low 60's petaluma at 54. same in nevada while berkeley in sausalito at 55 degrees. looking ahead towards the afternoon. you can see some of that low gray burns off and we d