reporter rob hayes from our sister station in los angeles . >> we'll be getting back to that story in just a little bit. but right now a local story. a big day for the oakland police department. >> congratulations. [ cheering and applause ] >> officials and family members cheer the 22 newbeem oakland police department during graduation ceremonies at the scottish rights center in oakland. these officers survived the rigorous training at the city 180th basic recruit academy which began last may. the new class brings the total number of officers on the oakland police department to 750 with more officers to arrive soon. >>> as we move forward in the new year, we're looking forward to additional police academies starting in february. as well as the first time in many years rolling out two lateral police academies in the next six months. >> the police academy is for officers employed as a peace officer at another agency. >> congratulations and best of luck to them. >>> a santa rosa fire station destroyed in the 2017 tubbs fire reopened in a temporary location. a ribbon-cutting ceremony was

reporter rob hayes from our sister station in los angeles has the story. >> reporter: electric scootersp all over southern california, but now claims that scooters belonging to the bird company are put into service in unsafe condition. >> i don't want to see people get hurt. there's too many companies out there doing this the right way. bird is choosing not to do it the right way. >> reporter: matt fisher spent nearly a year working for bird, first as a charger and then as a mechanic tasked with repairing the scooters. he said bird officials told him to ignore problems like stripped or missing screws or loose handle bars. >> you can die. they can come into two pieces and next thing you know you are sliding across the pavement at 15 miles per hour. a car can run you over. this is one of the things they say is not damage it. this is a broken fender/brake. >> reporter: he showed us this internal message issued by a bird official. it says problems with brakes should be listed as damaged, but missing or damaged screws, loose necks or handle bars should not be a reason to take a bird scooter

rob. the wind may be responsible for knocking over a massive tree in san francisco in the hayes valley neighborhood. traffic blocked in both directions of hayes as crews cleaned up the fallen treef. thankfully, no one was inside the truck. carjacking may be ti prison from san definite oen. last night around 9:00, the man crossed the parking lot and car jacked a silver suv. a manhunt is under way for the inmate. he was the first to escape from san quinton in nearly 20 years. our reporter is live outthe prison where neighbors feel uneasy. >> reporter: that's right, terry, they are. the prison who has been on the run for more than 24 hours. officials here at san quinton say he was assigned to a job detail outside the secure prison walls when he took off. police believe he's on the run in a car he stole while threatening to kill the woman. >> i was worried.>> reporter: ht night when he found out an inmate had escaped. >> i thought i'd check the property and make hiding. >> reporter: prison guards were searching for an escapee during a work detail outside the prison's perimeter. this is video of mendoza

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rob. >>> the wind may be responsible for knocking over a massive tree in san francisco. it fell onto a delivery truck about 9:45 this morning in the hayes valley neighborhood. traffic was blocked in both directions as crews cleaned up the fallen tree. no one was inside that truck. >>> the wind is howling today, the threat of wildfires is relatively low. you can thank all the rain we've had over the last few weeks for that. n we're joined now from mt. diablo state park in walnut creek with how people in the east bay are coping on this very blustery day. >> reporter: well, i can tell you the winds have considerably died down since early this morning and early this afternoon. i spoke to a bicyclist, a cyclist, who said he was being extra careful today. the journey up toward the peak of mt. diablo got a lot tougher for him because of the resistance from the wind. it's actually the ride downhill that poses the most risk. >> lots of resistance for sure. >> reporter: call it the windy workout. >> makes you go slower and it's not as enjoyable when you're going up mt. diablo. >> reporter: we caught up with cyclist, christian, of san francisco, a