>> the piedmont section post was on social media. it said, the city is surrounded by oakland, but is worlds apart. among its 11,002 hundred 70 residents, 74.5% are white. the magazine's publisher confirmed those words were published. a reporter who raised her children in piedmont was shocked. >> for me, this is coded language. it is a dog whistle to keep other people out. people that are not white. >> porter is childhood friends with vice president kamala harris. they grew up in west berkeley, where they desegregated schools together in the 1970's. >> this is so reminiscent of the challenges that we have been through in the 1960's and 1970's, me personally with my family growing up in an interracial family, and learning as i got older how hard it was for my parents to find housing as an interracial couple. >> directly under the piedmont write up is a halfpage ad with piedmont realtors. the magazine confirmed neither of the women or the company had anything to do with the article. in a statement, the team told abc 7, we are appalled.

this is a look at the piedmont scout tree lot. a lot of shoppers looking for the perfect tree for the holidays. you know what's amazing, they all find the perfect tree. >> they do. this particular lot, a tradition for many in the east bay was founded more than 50 years ago by a boy scout troop. >> almost all volunteer effort. we have scouts here from the piedmont scout troops, boys and girls part of the program. we serve 700 youth in the city of piedmont and surrounding area and these good scouts carry the trees around, get them on top of the cars, make sure the customer z are happy. >> 1600 trees are for sale and they're going fast. i was buying a tree last night in san rafael, they were going fast. there was a line, man, it was wild. >> did you get one? >> i did. the perfect tree. some varieties in short supply because of fires. they help fund several local organizations. >> i'm a little jealous, haven't purchased a real tree in a while. i had my fake plastic one for 12 years now. >> you have been assembling the perfect tree for

revealing more about the deadly attack on a 40-year-old woman found stabbed to death in atlanta piedmontn did live in atlanta with the latest. >> this is a gruesome and disturbing case, the victim being stabbed at least 50 times according to the newly released report obtained by wa ga, 15 of the stab wounds were in her face and she had the f18 carved into her scan your chest and torso. the medical examiner ruled her death a homicide and said the 40-year-old died due to sharp force that cause significant injuries to her major blood vessels and internal organs. her and her dog last seen alive on the security footage released by police were found dead near an entrance near the piedmont park where they went for a late night walk in july. when they did not return home, her partner emma clark became worried and started tracking the 40 -year-olds location to the gruesome murder scene in here is her call to 911 moments later. >> what is the emergency. >> i met piedmont park, she's dead, she's at piedmont park, please help. >> yes, help, send help. >> in the days following the brutal murder atlan

you to go to another walgreens. >> reporter: on saturday night, it was the well spring pharmacy on piedmonted today, but surveillance video, which was sped up by the pharmacy owner, shows the crowd that descended on the store on saturday, and this, of course, just one of the businesses hit by a mob of thieves over the weekend. >> at least two dozen businesses were impacted with rove be caravans of vehicles, targeting cannabis retail operations, and pharmacies throughout the city of oakland. . >> reporter: this is not the first time, but it's a crime that can create serious hardship for those already struggling. massey was coming straight from a doctor's appointment today. >> this is the third time i know that en little guy that really needs it, you know. >> that this city has to deal with overwhelming violence in this community over the weekend, and it's unacceptable for our residents, it's unacceptable for our

the lot is on red rock road in piedmont.rting local businesses and artists. it is the 50th anniversary of the crane way craft fair. it is at the crane way pavilion in richmond. more than 200 exhibits will be featured with arts and crafts items, clothing, accessories, and more. the fair runs tomorrow from 10:00 to 5:00. admission costs $12. everyone 12 and up must show proof of vaccination or a recent covid-19 test. and one of the better deals this holiday week comes from the streaming service hulu. ♪ >> are you kidding? liz: the streaming service is offering memberships for just $.99 per month for an entire year. the ad-supported membership regularly costs $6.99 per month. so that is an 85% savings. disney is the parent company of both hulu and abc news. have you started your holiday shopping yet, lisa? lisa: a little bit. and weather is good for that. well above average in the city. 61, 67 today. the look at the partial week of december, next. liz: thank you, lisa. also next, steph curry leads the warriors to their 10th str

the piedmont scouts will bring you a holiday tradition.y selling christmas trees. this has been their biggest fundraiser since 1969. customers will have their choice of furs. the lot is in piedmont. start your holiday shopping by supporting local businesses and artists. it is the 50th anniversary of the fair at the pavilion in richmond. or than 200 exhibits -- more than 200 exhibits. admission costs $12. everyone 12 and up must show proof of vaccination or a recent vaccination test. one of the better deals comes from the streaming service hulu. ♪ >> are you kidding? liz: streaming services offering memberships for $.99 a month for an entire year. it regularly costs 699 -- $6.99 a month. disney is the parent company of both hulu and abc news. we do need the rain, -- we do need the rain. lisa: it is 60 degrees. wind out of the north. only 27% relative humidity. it's pretty dry despite our wet october and november. we will talk about our dry weekend. temperatures which will be springlike coming up. liz: also next, stuff curry leads --steph (s

>> at piedmont park i just was looking for my girlfriend, i couldn't find her, she's dead at piedmontomebody's dead at piedmont park? >> yes. please send help. >> now, in the days following the brutal murder, atlanta mayor keisha lance bottoms tried to disspell fears that a serial killer was on the loose saying there was no evidence of that or of a hate crime. now, atlanta police and the fbi continue their investigation, but up until this point, griff. no arrests have been made. back to you. griff: all right, charles watson keeping an eye on it for us down in atlanta. thank you. jacqui: griff, russia is once again building up its forces on the ukrainian border. how should the u.s. respond? we'll ask a commander general from the united states army in europe. but his diabetes never seemed to take one. everything felt like a 'no'. everything. but then ray went from no to know. with freestyle libre 2, now he knows his glucose levels when he needs to. and... when he wants to. so ray... can be ray. take the mystery out of your glucose levels, and lower your a1c. now you know. try it for fre

a christmas tree tradition in piedmont has returned to in-person sales after going online during the of the pandemic. the piedmont scout tree lot opened yesterday and has adopted a hybrid model to sell trees online and in person. the lot has a wide variety, from for trees, silver-tipped trees, reits, and garlands. scouts help customers pickcustom the perfect tree and loaded onto cars. >> last year with a skeleton crew, not so much the scouts, and now we have our scouts out helping, showing with the community means to them. stephanie: you can order trees online and pick up purchase items or have it delivered for a fee. the tree lot is the largest fundraiser of the year for scouts. a lot is open until all trees are sold. if tree scouting is not on your schedule today, good news, you will not have to worry about wet weather. as much as we need it. lisa: that is true. we reached 70 in oakland today. 53 right now, on our way to another date with temperatures near 10 degrees average. we will talk about changes to start the work week and how long we will stay in this dry pattern coming up.

the lot is on red rock road in piedmont.r holiday shopping by supporting local businesses and artists. it is the 50th anniversary of the crane way craft fair. more than 200 exhibits will be featured with arts and crafts items, clothing accessories, and more. it runs tomorrow from 10:00 to 5:00. admission costs $12. everyone must show proof of vaccination or a recent covid-19 test. >> are you are you are you are e liz: hulu is offering memberships for $.99 per month for an entire year. the ad supported membership regularly costs $6.99 per month. disney is the parent company of both hulu and abc news. that is a good deal. have you refrained from doing too much shopping this weekend? lisa: i have refrained. good morning as we look outside towards the east bay. temperatures today in the livermore valley eight to nine degrees above average. another mild afternoon. october brought you three quarters of an inch of rain. we will talk about what december might bring coming up. liz: next, steph curry leads the warriors to their 10th s

this is the 53rd year that the scouts have operated tree lot in piedmont. support local cub scouts, explorers and ventures troops. food banks continue to struggle to feed families hit hard by the pandemic financially, and now they're facing another challenge , increasing food prices and supply chain issues. boxes. lauren green has that story. this time of year. the lack of food or warmth or family is much more keenly felt, but the pandemic has created an economic chain reaction, bringing even more hardship. here in new york , hundreds of people have received their thanksgiving supplies. last year, this food bank perches turkeys for $12 each

east bay, berkeley, claremont avenue heading into piedmont, we are getting downpours.y from san rafael , moderate to heavy rain. the mission district, downpours. the sunset district tracking that moisture going into alameda. from our golden gate bridgeridge camera, you can see the rain coming down. this is concerning, the biggest concerns, ponding on roadways. tree limbs falling. debris flows. we have already seen power outages. if you are in san jose, you are saying, what storm? santa rosa, san rafael, that rain is making its way in. the highest totals were the heaviest rain is concentrated was the north bay. temperatures now in the 40's and 50's. in the sierra snow is mixing with rain. chain controls on 80 and 88. 88. winter advisory until tomorrow, expect up to two feet of snow at 8000 feet. difficult travel tonight. tonight and tomorrow, moderate strength storm, areas of downpours, gusty winds. as we time this out, at 2:00 a.m., moderate pockets to heavy pockets of rain. by 5:00, most of that heaviest stuff has passed. we will have moderate pockets of showers going

a christmas tree tradition in piedmont has returned to in person sales after going online during theedmont scout tree lot opened yesterday and has adopted a hybrid model to sell trees online and in person. the lot has a wide variety for holiday needs from for trees, silver tip trees, reads -- wreaths and garlands. >> i think last year with such a skeleton crew, it is not so much the scouts. this year, we have all of our scouts out helping and showing with the community means to them. stephanie: you can order trees online and pick up purchased items or have it delivered for a fee. the tree lot is the largest fundraiser of the year for scouts and explorers. the lot is open until all trees are sold out. it is not a bad day to do some of that tree scouting. lisa has a look ahead. lisa: you may want to head to the beach. temperatures are warming quickly. 61 degrees here in santa cruz, we saw low 70's yesterday. we do it again today. the ridge of high pressure is not going anywhere anytime soon. i will explain next. stephanie: cal needed to in the final two games to become bowl eligible. c

christmas tree tradition in piedmont has returned to in-person sales after going online during the heighte pandemic the piedmont scout tree lot opened early saturday morning and has adopted a hybrid model to sell trees online and in person the lot has a wide variety for your holiday needs everything from fir trees to silver tip trees. reads and garlands scouts were happy to return to the lot this year to help customers pick out the perfect tree and to load it into cars. i think last year with such a skeleton crew. it wasn't so much the scouts and this year. we really have all of our scouts out out helping and showing what they meet with the community means to them. yeah, a really nice to see you can order trees online and pick up the purchased items or have them delivered for free the tree lot is the largest fundraiser of the year for the scouts and explorers the lot is open until all the trees are sold. all right, chris alvarez joining us now with a preview of sports. are you ready for christmas chris? i'm getting there. yes. i am always deon coming up in sports stanford looking at end t

a christmas tree tradition in piedmont has returned to in-person sales after going online during themic. the piedmont scout tree lot opened yesterday and has adopted a hybrid model to sell trees online and in person. the lot has a wide variety, from for trees, silver-tipped trees, wreaths, and garlands. scouts help customers pick out the perfect tree and load it onto cars. >> last year with a skeleton crew, not so much the scouts, and now we have our scouts out helping, showing with the community means to them. stephanie: you can order trees online and pick up purchase items or have it delivered for a fee. the tree lot is the largest fundraiser of the year for scouts. a lot is open until all trees are sold. if tree scouting is on your schedule today, good news, you will not have to worry about wet weather. as much as we need it. lisa: i know it, in fact, temperatures 10 degrees above average in parts of the bay area, especial the north way. 43 in santa rosa, but it's 50 in san rafael. we had wide spread 60's and 70's yesterday. what about your sunday and beyond? stay tuned. the answe

at least 30 criminals in a matter of minutes work inside the wellspring pharmacy on piedmont in oakland. workers tell me the robbers away with lots of drugs. >> it is obviously a search for narcotics. >> reporter: a sergeant with opd and president of the oakland police officers association says these criminals are bold, brazen and could become more violent. >> breaking at the pharmacies, breaking into stores, and attacking people's homes. >> reporter: that is just in oakland. the spree is crawling all over east bay. witnesses tell us yesterday 40 to 50 people holding hammer smashed into sims jewelers, leaving workers and shoppers shaken. the mob of looters and robbers got off with some clothing and shoes from other stores. the criminals are attacking bay area businesses while they are open, potentially putting lives at risk. >>> there is absolutely a very similar mo with what you are seeing in other cities and what we are seeing here. we just have significantly more violence associated with it >> reporter: on saturday the nordstrom at walmart creek was hit, too, dozens running with weap

east bay, berkeley, claremont avenue heading into piedmont, we are getting downpours.fael , moderate to heavy rain. the mission district, downpours. the sunset district tracking that moisture going into alameda. from our golden gate bridge brie camera, you can see the rain coming down. this is concerning, the biggest concerns, ponding on roadways. tree limbs falling. debris flows. we have already seen power outages. if you are in san jose, you are saying, what storm? santa rosa, san rafael, that rain is making its way in. the highest totals were the heaviest rain is concentrated was the north bay. temperatures now in the 40's and 50's. in the sierra snow is mixing with rain. chain controls on 80 and 88. 88. winter advisory until tomorrow, expect up to two feet of snow at 8000 feet. difficult travel tonight. tonight and tomorrow, moderate strength storm, areas of downpours, gusty winds. as we time this out, at 2:00 a.m., moderate pockets to heavy pockets of rain. by 5:00, most of that heaviest stuff has passed. we will have moderate pockets of showers going into 8:00 a.

this is at the intersection of old piedmont road and piedmont road.car slammed into a tree and rolled over onto its roof. there is a big mess on the roadway. firefighters managed to pull the driver out of the car and into an ambulance. kumasi: a growing problem for business owners and residents in santa rosa. unhoused people leaving waste, trash, and needles on the street. liz kreutz shows us the frustration and what the city is doing or not doing about it. liz: in downtown santa rosa, there are bustling restaurants and businesses in benches with charlie brown sculptures, but tiffany moore who owns empire optometry says the charm of 4th street is often overshadowed by things like this. >> are you surprised to see that? >> no, not at all. liz: moore says she reached a tipping point. when she showed up for work, there was a pile of used needles at her storefront where a homeless person had been sleeping. >> it has gotten so bad, but other businesses are dealing with this. >> it is so hard to balance. liz: a puerto rican restaurant. one of her employees

an 11 year old girl from piedmont, hoping to inspire others how they make a wish foundation helped herish come true with an art display in oakland's jack london square and the special meaning behind her message. this is elodia. she's a recording artist. 1 of 10 million people that comcast has connected to affordable internet in the last 10 years. and this is emmanuel, a future recording artist, and one of the millions of students we're connecting throughout the next 10. through projectup, comcast is committing $1 billion so millions more students, past... and present, can continue to get the tools they need to build a future of unlimited possibilities. avenue in twin pines lake, where the water flooded the streets. a few blocks of el camino real. the mid peninsula water district's website says the staff is still on scene cleaning the area, but water service remains unaffected. there's a new mural in oakland celebrating a young girl who has been battling a life threatening disease and ktvu is greg legans explains. how does wish fulfilled right before her eyes. the mural hanging behind t

friends and family filled the piedmont services home.e family provided photos of the service along with a video honoring jasper. the family burned paper toys and food, a chinese tradition. the oakland police chief says, we just have to do better. >> we are all responsible. i agree, we are all responsible. despite our opinions about police, we have to realize that there has to be safety in our community. so many families in this community feel unsafe right now. dan: no arrests have been made so far in the shooting. a gofundme campaign has raised around a quarter of a million dollars. ama: the mother of an antioch woman shot and killed yesterday is asking the shooters to turn themselves in. the 29-year-old was a passenger in the suv that came under fire as it approached the bay bridge on interstate 80. her fiance and two sons were also in the car. her mother told us by phone from her home in georgia, her daughter was headed for a job interview in san francisco. >> the coroner told me, the kill shot was a bullet that went through the phone

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. >> reporter: on saturday night, it was the well spring pharmacy on piedmont avenue, which was open ed today, but surveillance video, which was sped up by the pharmacy owner, shows the crowd that descended on the store on saturday, and this, of course, just one of the businesses hit by a mob of thieves over the weekend. >> at least two dozen businesses were impacted with rove be caravans of vehicles, targeting cannabis retail operations, and pharmacies throughout the city of oakland. . >> reporter: this is not the first time, but it's a crime that can create serious hardship for those already struggling. massey was coming straight from a doctor's appointment today. >> this is the third time i know that en little guy that really needs it, you know. >> that this city has to deal with overwhelming violence in this community over the weekend, and it's unacceptable for our residents, it's unacceptable for our visitors. nobody should have to live through this. >> reporter: all right. so pharmacies, one target over the course of the weekend, but police were very clear when they spoke this

friends and family filled the piedmont services home.e family provided photos of the service along with a videon. mineer toys and food, a chinese tradition. the oakland police chief says, we just have to do better. >> we are all responsible. i agree, we are all responsible. despite our opinions about police, we have to realize that there has to be safety in our community. so many families in this community feel unsafe right now. dan: no arrests have been made so far in the shooting. a gofundme campaign has raised around a quarter of a million dollars. ama: the mother of an antioch woman shot and killed yesterday is asking the shooters to turn themselves in. the 29-year-old was a passenger in the suv that came under fire as it approached the bay bridge on interstate 80. her fiance and two sons were also in the car. her mother told us by phone from her home in georgia, her daughter was headed for a job interview in san francisco. >> the coroner told me, the kill shot was a bullet that went through the phone and shot her in the head. she di

." >>> in the east bay, new video of this, a pharmacy on piedmont avenue being ransacked. you can see dozens of people grabbing drugs and other things off the shelvings. wellspring pharmacy gave us this sped up video of the break-in. according to the time stamp, it happened just before 8:00 p.m. saturday. police have not released any information about the thieves. and this recent string of robberies comes as we approach one of the biggest shopping days of the year. >> yeah, and after a tough stretch last year of course because of the pandemic lock downs, retailers this year are really hoping for the return of black friday bargain hunters. some are already waiting for the big best buy sales and target bargains. this year's outbreak, a flash mob, shoppers are making additional plans. one man said he'll be doing shopping online this year just to try to avoid the crowds. for some of those who do decide to brave black friday conditions, a little bit of advice for you. >> don't go it alone. be careful, shop with at least one other person if you're out. certainly take safety into

the piedmont scout tree lot opened today. here we go. a lot of shoppers out there looking for that perfect tree. this particular lot is a tradition for many in the east bay. it was founded more than 50 years ago by a boy scout troop. and this year, 1,600 trees were up for sale, and they are going fast. that's what they're saying -- trees are going like crazy this year. some varieties in short supply because of fires. the lot funds local organizations. there are a lot of perfect trees out there. >> you just got your perfect tree. >> last night. and it says perfect. >> nice. mine's been perfect for the past 12. >> because it -- >> fake.

this new video of a pharmacy on piedmont avenue being ransacked. well spring pharmacy gave us this sped-up video of the break-in according to the timestamp, it happened just before 8:00 a.m. last saturday. dozens of people grabbing pharmaceuticals right off the store shelves. >> the north bay, a smash and grab at the apple tore in santa rosa. happened around 11:30 this morning. four men stole 20,000 bucks worth of merchandise in front of customers and in front of staff. police released these surveillance photos we should add the los gatos apple store was hit last week. >>> from covid pandemic to crime epidemic, thanksgiving is supposed to mark the start of the holiday-shopping season and retailers were hoping for a bountiful start this black friday but all these mob burglaries may mean a false start. nbc bay area's sergio quintana gives us a look. >> reporter: for serious black-friday shoppers, this is about the time they start putting together plans to wait in line for the big best buy sales or target bargains but this year's outbreak of flash mob

two years ago, 11 year old micah ting of piedmont was diagnosed with a plastic anemia in layman's terms bone marrow failure. an illness that can be life threatening. i mean, it shook out world because up until that point, michael had always been a healthy kid. so it just hit us out of nowhere. after the diagnosis, micah's family was introduced to the make a wish foundation, which makes wishes reality for sick kids facing an uncertain future. we do all kinds five types i wish to give. i wish to be a wish to meet. i wish to go to when i wish to give and it's hard to sort of say what micah's is, in many ways it's i wish to give because she's giving hope and inspiration to all of us. micah's initial wishes included things like a personal gymnastics session with olympian simone biles or meeting former first lady michelle obama. but covid limited options and then she found inspiration. i've always thought i'd be cool to do like large scale art. but when i thought of the murals like very on the spot, actually, that spark of an idea would eventually come to life. make a wish helped secure this

molecular oncology, lawrence young, independent nurse, nomi, bennett, and professor meritus all the piedmont of g monticello. i thought i'd been naughty . thanks all so much for your time yesterday. naughty good tabby with us acute. well, those are the headlines for this hour. we return in 30 minutes. all the latest global news updates to join us again with .

dozens filled the piedmont services home yesterday. the family provided photos of the service along with a video honoring jasper. afterward the family burned paper toys and food, a chinese tradition. that it police chief said -- the police chief said we have to do better. >> we are all responsible. i totally agree. despite our opinions about police we have to realize there has to be a sense of safety in our community. so many families feel unsafe right now. liz: no arrests have been made in the shooting. a gofundme in jasper's memory raised around a quarter of a million dollars. our hearts go out to the family. another sad story to share with you, the mother of the antioch woman shot and killed thursday on an oakland freeway is asking the shooters to turn themselves in. 29-year-old morris was a passenger in this suv that came under fire as it approached the bay bridge toll plaza on 880. her fiance and two sons were also in the car. her mother told us by phone from her home in georgia that her daughter was headed for a job interview in

so i look forward to hearing from our guest today about the iwork, strengthen piedmont democracy and about the importance of putting an end to partisanship. we've got great panelists with us today. first, josh called served as wisconsin 45th attorney general since 2019. he's previously served as the federal prosecutor got baltimore where he prosecuted drug traffickers. after moving back home to wisconsin, he worked to protect the right to vote. going to court to challenge restrictions on voting. since becoming attorney general, he has among many other accomplishments a worked to comt the opioid epidemic, ensure safety in communities and fought for clean and safe drinking water to protect wisconsin against climate change. on a personal note, i have to tell everyone that i am personally glad that attorney general kaul is with us because his mom was in incredible wisconsin public servant in her own right. a former colleague of mine and great friend. also a former wisconsin attorney general. it's a pleasure to be with my friends son on this call today. the second panelist is serving in h

dozens filled the piedmont services home yesterday. the family provided photos of the service along with a video honoring jasper. they provided paper, toys, and full. a chinese did -- tradition. the oakland please she says we have to do better. >> we are all responsible. i totally agree. you're all responsible. despite our opinions about police, there has to be safety in our community. many families in this community feel unsafe right now. >> that is so hard to watch. no arrests have been made in the shooting. a gofundme campaign and jasper's memory has raised around a quarter of a million dollars. >> moving on, the mother of an o antioch woman killed on thursday on the freeway is asking shooters to turn themselves in, pleading. 29-year-old amani morris was a passenger in an suv that came under fire as it approached the bay bridge toll plaza on interstate 80. morrison's fiancÉ, and sons, aged five and three, were in the car as it happened. her mother told us by phone from her home in georgia that her daughter was headed for a job inter

piedmont is not accepting registration on race day, so you have to be already signed up for that.and if you are signed up for this, hats off to you. all i want to do is relax and eat today. reggie: i worked out hard yesterday. yesterday, in anticipation of today -- right? kumasi: be at peace with that plate. reggie: i did an extra mile in the pool yesterday. yeah, i am going to eat a lot today. we've earned it. mike: happy thanksgiving. from the east bay hills camera, it is pretty quiet across san francisco this morning. we got chilled and mild sunshine for this thanksgiving thursday, and extended period of dry weather -- it is looking really dry the next two weeks. you know what happens? we get warmer than average temperatures and the possibility of getting near some record high temperatures. also, this area of high pressure is not our friend. it is pushing all the wet weather well up to the north and it is not even their friend, because it is causing more flooding and damage in the pacific northwest. it should share some of that with us -- then that would not happen and we would

jane morgan, executive director of piedmont health care's covid task force joins me now. dr. morgan, you just heard dr. burton's interview. what's your reaction? hi, paula. i think he's dead on. we see the world health organization elevated this variant from an variant of interest which means it shows specific genetic markers that may be of cop certain in transmissibility, severity of disease, ability to evade vaccines. it then advanced that to a variant of concern which means there's evidence there is increased transmissibility, increased viability of disease and an increased ability to perhaps evade some of our medical therapeutics. this is very interesting. we're all awaiting what is the data that the world health organization knows and what are we going to find out in the coming weeks that justified this advance to a variant of concern. the next elevation would be a variant of high consideration -- i'm sorry -- of high consequence. a variant of high consequence evades all our medical therapeutics. we're at a variant of concern which means there is evidence that this varia

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oakland hayward and piedmont among those that also adopted mandates ahead of the state julie.ing live tonight in richmond, deborah. thank you. osha is suspending enforcement of the covid vaccine mandate for large businesses while the issue is tied up in court. the employer vaccine mandate calls for businesses with more than 100 workers to require employees to be vaccinated by january 4th or be tested weekly. more than two dozen states and several businesses are challenging the biden administration's authority to implement and enforce the mandate. but the white house has insisted the mandate is legal. okay next system in here on friday for all intensive purposes late thursday into friday morning, tomorrow is going to be a day of increasing clouds. it's gonna be an okay day. there'll be a little valley fog in the morning. partly cloudy, partly sunny as this system approaches the thursday not a bad day evening. chance of showers friday. still not a bad day, because it's just thing comes through. it's kind of a nine events in the 10th of an inch 2/10 of an inch is how it looks eve

. >>> also in the east bay, we have new video of a pharmacy on piedmont avenue being ransacked. you can see in this video, does offense people grabbing drugs and other things off the shelves. this is wellspring pharmacy. they give us this sped up video of the break-in. according to the time stamp, it happened just before 8:00 p.m. on saturday. police have not released any information about the thieves. >>> to hopefully keep shoppers safe, the city is offering free two-hour parking near union square. it starts tomorrow at three garages, according to the chronicle, this applies to the sutter-stockton garage on stockston street, the ellis ofarrell garage, and some of the streets will be closed off to vehicles from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. during that time, although it's unclear whichg, t big deal. and from san francisco to now san jose, taking a live look at christmas in the park in downtown. everything already set up, hard to believe thanksgiving is almost in our rear view mirror. it is a chilly that cameraman out there, and meteorologist kari hall is tracking our thanksgiving forec

. >>> also in oakland, we have new video of a pharmacy on piedmont avenue being ransacked. can see dozens of people grabbing drugs off the shelves. this happened at wellspring pharmacy. according to the time stamp, it happened just before 8:00 p.m. saturday night. police have not released any information about the thieves. >>> and bay area retailers big and small are concerned for their safety and their bottom line during this wave of smash and grab crime. yesterday, nine people were formally charged for last friday's flash mob thefts in union square. prosecutors say one of the defendants, ivan speed was caught with more than $13,000 worth of stolen merchandise. he's reportedly in this video running with his arms full of louie vuitton bags and clothes. prosecutors say two other defendants jamisi callaway, and tamiko miller tried to get away in the silver mustang. callaway faces more serious charges because police say he had a gun. police tell us they anticipate making more arrests in connection with this case. >>> to hopefully keep shoppers safe, the city is offering free t

oakland hayward in piedmont have all approved vaccine mandates. julie all right, rob roth reporting live for us tonight. thank you, rob and stay with ktvu. for the latest coronavirus information. we have a special section on our website dedicated to covid-19 updates. you can find everything at ktvu .com. now to oakland, where mayor libby shaft is speaking out today about another of violent weekend in her city, brazen daylight robberies and then also the shooting death of that security guard for a news crew. all of it has the mayor talking about plans to try to submit a revised police hiring plan to the city council. and that could mean another police academy and more officers on the streets are crime reporter henry lee is here now, with the very latest on this proposal, henry. we'll have the thanksgiving weekend in oakland brought more bloodshed to city streets, and the mayor and other officials are saying once again, the violence is an acceptable and that there needs to be some increased police staffing. we have taken an unprecedented number of g

confusion by informing lee that warren has likely abandon the petersburg area and is headed for the piedmontnfront early only suggesting that we send them reinforcements so he could crush the yankee line but not long after beauregard changed his tune telling lee a local citizen had reported a 30,000 have crossed the river and peeled to lee to help you hold this position. one can only imagine lee's reaction to this conflicting intelligence. at 4:30 that afternoon so they told beauregard that no information about grant crossing the james river but ordered hill and kershaw to approach the pontoon bridges. then at last beauregard provided lee with unambiguous and preparation of the night core was on the ground in front of the men were the fifth and sixth for you did bearer andrew to petersburg. lee finally had information he needed to ship the rest of his armies out. he ordered kershaw to cross the river immediately and told hill to march to the pontoon bridges and deep prepared to cross at the southside. it was now a race. would need an grant succeeded overwhelming beauregard's exhausted men be

and then came back to the hometown where i was raised in both sides of his family had settled into piedmontoma, central oklahoma. men mother was 15 and my father was 17. only kids that she had been through a lot. she was a great mother to all of us. i was the youngest i was sickly and asthmatic. but she did start drinking. her father was irish and was an alcoholic. she loved her father i never knew him but my older brothers and sisters adored him but it can be very generational. but i thinkhe she actually got it from her irish father from the alcoholism. host: professor, let's hear from some of our viewers. carl from washington dc. please go ahead. >>caller: thank you professor for your enlightening work. with that critical race theory with that true history of america to be denied that white kids are being so hurt by the critical race theory but they had no problem teaching about little black sambo or scalping people or native americans powwow so that they don't know how they tried to hide the racial massacre and in the native american massacred. host: we got the idea. professorea? >> a ve

this is surveillance video sped up, showing a group of robbers invading wellspring pharmacy on piedmontland stealing medication and happened saturday night during a busy and violent weekend, this city had to deal with overwhelming violence in this community over the weekend, and it's unacceptable. it's one of numerous calls involving carloads of thieves that had oakland police officers going from call to call to call roving caravans. of vehicles targeting cannabis operations, retail shops, pharmacies throughout the city of oakland. there were shots fired between the robbers and security guards at a number of those dispensaries, at least two dozen businesses were impacted predominantly cannabis operations were burglarized attempted burglaries and armed individuals who were shooting. as they were trying to enter these businesses when they ever they were confronted by either security or people at the business. the latest incident happened at about three monday morning when robbers fired shots at oakland police car during a party girl robbery near 80 seconds macarthur in east oakland. the t

keith nord had instructed the staff at the emergency room at piedmont medical septre on the medical procedures to take while blair was being transported to the lavine's children hospital and who was a specialist in hand surgery and serving a fellship at the hospital -- fellowship at the hospital examined blair and scheduled him immediately for emergency surgery that night. the expedient and easy determination for these doctors to make would have been to amputate both fingers as the loss of two fingers was not life threatening and the surgery involved attaching the index finger, which was dangling by a lone vain which was the size -- vein which was the size about the fourth of the width of a human hair and reconstructing the middle finger which was completely shattered. the decision was made to attempt to save the two fingers and perform a surgery that lasted over five hours beginning on a sunday night at 11:30 p.m. and ending at 4:30a.m. blair stayed in the hospital for eight days, august 22 through august 29 where he had a medical leech therapy a rarely used treatment prescribed by dr. louis

at piedmont hospital, mary, carter, the first child of my youngest son, was born. my sixth grandchild. [laughter] chair: congratulations. that is wonderful. representative: thank you. miss mckenna, i read your testimony and found it fascinating and i agree with a lock of it. it hints at some concerns i have got. and your testimony, you say it is vital to recognize communities urgently need help to adapt to the changing climate. it is to late to focus solely on reducing admissions -- reducing emissions. that is a great point. i have the honor of representing the coast of georgia, 100 miles of steen coastline. it is where i have lived all my life and where i intend to live the rest of my life and it means a lot to me. we have to do three things. we have to practice mitigation, adaptation and innovation. i have to give credit, my good friend from alabama beside me was the first one to say that and i have been saying it ever since. eight is something i believe in. you said -- it is something i believe in. you said u.s. climate adaptation assistance should build on and

the security video was captured at the california wellspring pharmacy on piedmont avenue. the time stamp on the camera says this happened just after 7 30 on saturday night. you can see in just a matter of seconds, dozens of people rush into the store and clear shelves of drugs and merchandise. in san francisco, masked thieves were seen sprinting out of several stores. and now changes are coming to union square. ktvu. christian captain joins us now live in san francisco, where part of the response christian includes restricting cars in that area. yes that's right. if you take a look around me, you can see that cars are moving normally in their normal traffic flow patterns right now, but that's going to change in just a couple hours. we'll have a little more detail on that in just a minute. but first take a look here. at the louisville thanh store. you can see that the door is open. customers have been coming in and out, but you can also see that there is a plywood up over the door up over the windows. that's the same story with a lot of the shops around union square and the

this is surveillance video sped up, showing a group of robbers invading wellspring pharmacy on piedmont avenue in oakland stealing medication and happened saturday night during a busy and violent weekend, this city had to deal with overwhelming violence in this community over the weekend, and it's unacceptable. it's one of numerous calls involving carloads of thieves that had oakland police officers going from call to call to call roving caravans. a vehicle's targeting cannabis operations, retail shops, pharmacies throughout the city of oakland. there were shots fired between the robbers and security guards. at a number of those dispensaries, at least two dozen businesses were impacted predominantly cannabis operations were burglarized attempted burglaries and armed individuals who were shooting. as they were trying to enter th people at the business. the latest incident happened at about three monday morning when robbers fired shots at oakland police car during a party girl robbery near 80 seconds macarthur in east oakland. the two officers inside the car were not hurt. as police inves