she emphasized her commitment to protect renters, and also small businesses. >>> despite shang tao's historic win, california is lagging when it comes to women holding elected office lauren thoms talked with one former bay area lawmaker about the obstacles she had to overcome for her aspirations to become a reality. >> for catherine baker, her pastor politics started with her family. >> we are seeing the results of the great recession and budget strains on my family, and on our classrooms, and the principal had appointed me to every condition and committee you could be on. when i saw these albums, my kids in elementary school i went up to him and i said, what committee have you not put me on yet that helps solve these needs that our children have and he said there isn't one and there's nothing you can do about it. >> reporter: of course, she did. in 2014, she defeated a dublin city councilman to serve as the state assembly person for district 16. like so many women in politics she faced policies her male counterparts did not, dodging questions about her appearance and children rather

and i do want to add that we did reach out to shang tao. she did not return our request for comment. lauren taylor's team says they will release a statement later this evening and if we says his team will be working through the weekend and hope to have a big update on monday. well, san francisco remains busy counting ballots from tuesday's election in its latest update the department of elections says they received thousands of additional ballots by mail and from dropboxes. there are a couple of races that are still up in the air brooke jenkins holds the lead for district attorney, but she has not hit the required 50% to avoid a runoff. i'll ballots have to be counted before december 9th. and with so many races still outstanding you can check results as they come in find every race and measure now on abc 7 news com slash elections. let's turn to the stock market wall street surge to its best day in years closing with a big rally the dow jump more than 1200 points the nasdaq and it's 760 points higher and the s&p 500. so it's biggest one-day

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shang tao is a still trailing fellow city councilmember lauren taylor, but not by quite as much as it was because you can see there, she made up about 400 votes in the latest round of ranked choice calculations. as we head to livermore, john marchand just widened his lead over mony nop, to 615 votes. the two had been on pins and needles when the last count separated them by hundreds of votes. >> reporter: john marchand is well known in livermore. he's served as mayor, here, until he was termed out in 2020. but now he is back to give voters what he says is a choice of an experienced candidate. running against him is newcomer mony nop , a local realtor who came to this country as a young boy and hopes to become the first cambodian mayor in the state. >> running in one of the tightest races in america. >> reporter: marchand says mony nop has the backing of big-money interests, making the former mayor feel like he is the underdog in his campaign. >> my campaign has been outspent 20 to 1. $1.2 million has been spent against me. the fact that it is close speaks a lot to what i have been abl

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shang tao maryland narrowing narrowly clinching victory entity ranked choice voting system. the professor city councilmember edged out her more moderate opponent, lauren taylor by just 682 votes. towel told us she feels humbled and energized by her new role. >> there is a huge division in the city of oakland, and, that has been in an ongoing factor for the last decade or so. so, a lot of people were really trying hard to figure out , you know, who could be that leader, who could bring people together. >> the cities first among mayor, she is the daughter of laotian refugees, who lived in her car with her brother at one point. she started as an intern for vice mayor rebecca kaplan and eventually won a seat. tao says her background gives her a unique perspective on crime and homelessness. >> going into those small communities to really understand better what the issues are, what resources are needed, and really try to deliver those results. >> ranked choice voting shape the outcome here for the second time since jean quan was elected mayor in 2010. if you look at first choice v

and michael vick joins us now with more on what we can expect from shang towers administration. >> more than two weeks after election day, she is hoping to usher in a new, more stable era when she held her first news conference today in front of city hall. calling for unity, and saying that she is going to work to make oakland e proactive city in california, for housing and homelessness. looking back at how far she has come. >> 15 days ago i was sitting in the car with my baby, my infant son. we escaped domestic violence. we had nowhere to live the guy could not pay for first month, last month, and deposit. however, we have been through a lot to get to this moment right here in this beautiful city. >> taos is one of her stop top priorities is safety, filling vacancies in the police department with experienced and homegrown officers. she also wants to fully reopen city hall, bringing more life downtown. focused on keeping the streets clean and safe. >> we have to come together, we have become and work together to solve our problems together? this is not a one-man effort, a one-woman effo

and when we actually saw that through the shang, are you posting of that or do visual file and on our own, our narrative in our post, we actually managed to contribute into a whole system of support that got that kid, his asylum approved. it was a really interesting experience for us because we as, and we have a lot of power, meant to media doesn't give us the space, but social media it's, it's for us. the show is called generation change and i do want to know from both of you how you define your data generation compared to that of your parents. so i think that we are one of them most progressive generations. but at the same time or with social media, sometimes we get the reason that we're active enough, but does not the case, we need to be more active willing to be more organized as our friends leave. a lot of fights, especially during the dictators, have been greece. ah, we need people to go to the streets to organized in order to, to actually change something in order to be represented more are, but i'm up to mr. williams, to, to my generation are being, you know, politically activ

shang tao is a still trailing fellow city councilmember lauren taylor,

choice voting council member lauren taylor is leading with 34% of the vote to council president pro tem shang tao's 29% the two are buying to replace turned out mayor libby schaaf who endorse taylor mayor schaff talk to us live today on midday life. there are still a lot to count but taylor has a great lead and that lead even increases after the ranked choice roll up. so i'm feeling very optimistic, but still waiting for those balance to count. the alameda county registrar voters says it won't release any more election results until tomorrow. brooke jenkins is claiming victory in the san francisco district. attorney's race. jenkins issued a statement. thanking voters adding quote it is the honor of a lifetime to be elected and i pledge that improving and promoting public. safety will be my and our offices top priority and quote the race has yet to be called officially, but jenkins is leading with about 48% of the vote. san francisco election officials will not release any new vote totals in any of the races today. they actually stop processing mayland ballots on monday to facilitate in person

shang tel holds roughly 30.7% of the vote. we we're also watching the san jose may oral race, which is also not finalize. matt mahan had a slim lead over cindy chavez. at last check, there were still waiting for new numbers from santa clara county will continue to keep you posted on all the races. >> san francisco supervisor dean preston is office announced a win for affordable housing. the city will acquire the building at 600 van ness avenue to create nearly 170 affordable housing units. these units will be permanently rent-controlled is part of the deal to develop district 5 supervisor preston says the real estate deal would include a new high school, new housing on franklin street. this a portable housing building on van ness. >> for your help tonight, the cdc is now tracking a new covid variant. this one's known as b n one strain is another offshoot of the omicron variant. some 4.3% of cases are now linked to bn one, according to the agency across the country. it's most here in the western part of the u.s. the counting fo

prevention, the deputy permanent representative said about it the people's republic of china at the un genk-shangthe meeting of the un security council, dialogue and negotiations, he said that they should start direct interaction and return to diplomatic negotiations as soon as possible. rather, this gang of hose emphasized that the international community should contribute to this in order to prevent escalation and prevent a crisis. we again call on the parties to show restraint so that their actions do not intensify the confrontation and also to prevent this confrontation from getting out of control, i wonder what exactly ukraine's actions can intensify the confrontation and allow a way out of the situation from under the control of words. such a scarf, where romania and slovakia and croatia, serbia and ukraine were also part of it yesterday, and there are already statements from slovakia, croatia is the only one. i haven't heard them yet, and romania is interested. well, it's interesting. well, the minister of foreign affairs, his name is rostislav kacher, and a member of the european parliame

shang tel right behind with a little more than 45,000 votes. taylor's lead is shrinking. he leads now by just 400 and 64 votes. another big story tonight. 5 people have been killed, including 3 children in an overnight deadly wrong-way crash on highway 4 in pittsburgh. chp responded to the scene just east of loveridge road a little after midnight saying a wrong-way driver was going eastbound in the westbound lanes when that driver collided head-on with another vehicle. the chp says 3 children and one adult were killed in a white hyundai. i that's the car that was going in the wrong direction. the driver they hit was in an suv going the right direction. that person also died in the crash. both vehicles appear to be completely mangled. >> our units arrived on scene and at this point, we have a bye. >> investigators are still searching for answers in were not able to say where the wrong-way driver got onto highway for the names of the victims have not been released and it is still unclear the exact relationship between the wrong-way driver and the 3 children who are in the b

certainly solar panel, materials produced in china like those from the shin shang region are known be produced with forced labor. our strategy will also create redundancy in our supply chain to mitigate over concentration risks. and we are also addressing or reliance on manufacturers whose approaches clash with our human rights values. interestingly, just recently us and also been questioning india on human rights too. but it seems like that's not an issue any more as a yet a claim that the both concrete, the biggest democracies and they have to save the world from risky countries. russia and china and member of india is ruling b, j. p party. doctor jewelry shake says no one is in a position to dictate foreign policy to the country, the ot us all the nation. and we believe in the foreign policy of india. so nobody can the gate or it won't be keep our friendship and we have shown it when the word boss, thing they don't buy petrol from russia. v one form room. this isn't and still buying sion or so indian india, russia friendship is strong one and it can do both with india. and so miss

during the lunch rush at lower restaurant in oakland there is a sense of pride following shang towelsd to not see too much asian representation like media and what not she is the daughter of refugees from laos. in 2018 she became the first mom to be elected to city council in california. >> maybe if younger kids have summing to look up to, it might help build them up more. >> the wind comes after a ballot count due to rank-choice voting cared taylor conceded in his bid tuesday morning. the victory came down to less than seven hundred votes. >> seeing that the ballots that are out there, the possibilities of getting a few votes in our direction are not going to tip the scale, i concede

is it because of the shang, like what ration organization to which magazine was admitted in 2017 in it because he was in moscow the day that we put in the russian government chose to finally protect the people have done best option. and more on con, is complain about external forces at play outside play. it's getting involved as perhaps you're alluding to there and in the politics of pakistan. but think back to 2000 and step. and i know you remember the story. the moment you heard about this is austin nation. it's much like me. i'm sure you thought of benefit bhutto before my pakistan prime minister. and we're excited about 7 or 8 years trying to return to power and ended up being assassinated during a protest demonstration rally. you think with ben as a boucher as well there may be an external factors that play yeah, i was with her showing the actually before he left london for this as a nation, many of the people close to was telling her not to go back to pakistan and i've actually asked him and gone in an interview about his peers. he doesn't seem worry about, it's a tool in there,

the vatican expressed surprise in regret over the installation of a bishop in shang g without approval from the catholic church. it had the appointment in their words, did not conform to the spirit of the dialogue that the parties had agreed to in 2018. the court has been denounced by some catholics as a sell out to china's communist authorities. i was, president, has resigned as the head of the ruling party following defeats in local elections, sighing. when says she takes responsibility for the democratic progressive party's poor performance. voters chose the opposition nationalist party in several major races. it was the 1st vote since tensions with china escalated this year. so i will continue as taiwan leader, iran supreme leader, ayatollah ali company has praise the country security forces for controlling what he called wyatt's. widespread protests were sparked in september by the death of a young woman while in police custody. the unrest has turned into one of the boldest challenges to iran leadership since the 1979 is lemme revolution. iran supreme lead a blame the country's fo

in a statement the vatican expressed surprise and regret over the installation of a bishop in shang g. a diocese not recognised by rome. it added that the appointment did not conform to the spirit of dialogue because at the parties that agree to in 2018. a court has been denounced by some catholics as a fell out to china as communist authorities. people living in the northern syrian city of as i say, they're worried about an increase in violence. 5 civilians were killed a suite by rockets, reportedly fired by kurdish fighters from the y p g. the turkish government has believe to be planning a ground offensive against the group. since i got a new reports from hillis in the southeastern, to here or somehow hum done was the barbershop and as, as in northern, syria, since the civil war began, he witnessed the tax. why are still and kurdish fighters the i p g. the past couple of years have been row, so the quiet. but earlier this week i thought was once again his boy rocket a it was a bloody night. i don't know when we will get rid of this y p g terrorist threat, it's affecting business. w

during the lunch rush in oakland, there is a sense of pride following shang tao's victory.u.s. city. >> growing up by nancy too much -- i did not seek too much asian representative. >> she is a daughter of robert -- immigrants from laos. in 20 she became the first to -- in 2018 to begin the first to be elected in southern california. >> younger kids have someone to look up to or something to aspire towards and help build them up more. >> the win comes after a drawn out ballot count.

the vatican has expressed surprise and regret over china's decision to install a bishop in shang g region. that's a diocese which it doesn't recognize. china reach an agreement with the vatican in 2018. some catholics view that deal as a sell out to communist authorities has been no reaction from the chinese government. taiwan, the president has resigned as the head of the ruling party after defeats and local elections saying when says she takes responsibility for the performance of the democratic progressive party. she is set to continue as taiwan leader. the electoral commission of the democratic republic of congo says general elections will go ahead in december next year. the congolese military has been fighting and 23 rebels in the east of the country. commissions presidents as a lack of security could make it difficult to hold a free vote. a former ivory coast minister has returned home after he was cleared of crimes against humanity. charles blay, good re so served under former president long bag. both international criminal court acquitted both of them last year. there was war in i

right, lauren taylor and shang tow are leading in oakland. >> facebook's parent company is laying offployees. ceo mark zuckerberg made the official announcement this morning, saying the company is reducing its workforce by 13%. >> in san jose, former ufc fighter cain velasquez is out of jail on bail. he faces multiple charges, including attempted murder. authorities say he tried to kill the man accused of molesting his four-year-old son. >> we will keep the storm impact scale in for the next hour for a shower along the coast. later today, partly cloudy skies and cool temperatures. 50's and 60's later on today. >> bringing in a look at our drive times. this is where we. hercules to antioch, 44 minutes. we have some various issues on our roadways, but nothing compared to yesterday. >> a texas teacher got creative to get her students excited about voting. she re-created the experien ce using a ballot voting on issues. >> we cannot talk about who we would endorse in politics, but this one, m&ms for me. >> skills. >> i would have to hear the debate. ♪ >>> good morning, america. for our vie

during the lunch rush in oakland, there is a sense of pride following shang tao's victory. the newly elected of a major u.s. city. >> growing up by nancy too much -- i did not seek too much asian representative. >> she is a daughter of robert -- immigrants from laos. in 20 she became the first to -- in 2018 to begin the first to be elected in southern california. >> younger kids have someone to look up to or something to aspire towards and help build them up more. >> the win comes after a drawn out ballot count. fellow councilmember lauren taylor led the race until this past weekend and conceded in his bid for mayor tuesday morning. tao's victory came down to less than 700 votes. >> seeing that the mere ballots out there, the possibilities of getting a few votes in our direction are not going to tip the scale. i can see that sheng thao will be certified as oaklands next mayor. >> at the city's 31st annual thanksgiving dinner giveaway feeding more than 3000 community members, we caught up with this councilwoman. she made her own bed for mayor forming a coalition with taylor

. >> we did reach out to shang towel. she did not respond for request for comment. >> it seems like a lot more ballots still have to be counted. any sense of when they might have a winner? >> here is where it gets a little more complicated. there is still a lot of outstanding ballots. they don't know how many are left. depue says their team will work through the weekend. they hope to have an update by monday. the number will likely be closer. >> rank-choice voting can be confusing. barria voters have dealt with it before. we explain how it works in a one minute video on abc7news.com. >> in the south bay the races from mayor for san jose and sheriff of santa clara county are still undecided. for the san jose mayoral race matt meehan is ahead of cindy chavez. he has 51% of the vote. for the santa clara county sheriff's race, the latest numbers show bob johnson ahead. 51% ahead to >> johns -- as time ticks by, everyone waits to hear who will be the next mayor of san jose and sheriff of senate dare county. matt may hand and b

loren taylor's lead over shang tao is within 500 votes. vote counting is taking so long because of the mail-in ballots coming close to election day. >> it put a lot of pressure on us in a very short period of time to process a couple hundred thousand votes as quickly as we could. we will be looking at processes that we can put in place and some equipment that can help us because this is the new normal. reggie: there are more than 60,000 votes left account and the registrar says that most of them should be done by the end of today. tickets for the new garth brooks las vegas bracket -- residency is on sale this monday. he is calling it garth brooks plus one and had some notes about who that should be. it is not know. you are going to be in the place that has had some pretty incredible performers and i'm talking about the divas, shania twain, mariah, celine. so this is a free idea. i think that for your plus one you should set aside one night each for each one of these divas. they are sitting in the audience, they come up. celine comes up and

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obviously most notably with the uyghurs in shin shang province. frankly, some of his zero covid policies that have hurt their economy, i think many analysts have suspicions that part of what's going on there is his capacity to expand that surveillance state he's built. it didn't feature in the messaging from president biden as much today, but i do think he's brought it to the forefront of the relationship, and frankly, interacts with what's happening in taiwan. part of what's happening is you have a country taking steps to strengthen -- taiwan you have a country that thinks of itself as a country not formally declared independence, but that has taken steps to strengthen its democracy, and you saw the biden administration include taiwan in a summit of democracies, which was provocative step towards china. this comes down to the framework. china represents the future competitive model with the united states, and i think that's a part of the competition going forward too. >> and looking at these leaders, richard, the president said he felt empowered

shang tao is ahead of her opponent, lauren taylor and the race to be oakland's next mayor. latest numbers from alameda county's elections site and showing that town has a 50.3% has that many of votes in with 57,000 votes. taylor is at 49.7% with about 56,000 votes. taylor took to twitter this morning saying that given the incredibly close margin based on last night's instant runoff results, i believe it is premature to declare victory or defeat at this time. appreciate that council member town members of the media seem to agree. pamela price mean mild declaring victory in alameda county's district attorney race. according to the latest from the county price polled, 53% of the votes overcoming tale. terry wiley's 47% price her went on twitter last night saying, quote, i'm excited about the team i've assembled to make sure the transition is smooth and positive. there are many complex layers of changes that will need to occur and it will not happen quickly. she added that wi%ey has not yet conceded but says that she is expecting a smooth transition. still ahead here at 8 o'clo

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reggie: oakland city councilmember shang thao is declaring victory in the race for mayor.clara county will update us on their hospital bed status as they see a surge of flu, covid, and rsv cases. doctors say we should go back to the basics, washing hands frequently and isolating when we are sick. reggie:ailrdrkers loserripp eco. the unions failed to reach a new contract agreement. the deals notoon striking could start december 5. lisa: 30's and 40's and then mid to upper 60's with sunshine and a few high clouds. jobina: a hit and run reported on the upper deck of the bay bridge around treasure island. be aware of that. also a crash reported on the western span of the san mateo bridge. kumasi: a gingerbread house like you have never seen before. this woman in england transformed her whole house, detail the process on instagram, and says it is made of 70% recycled material and is held together with heavy-duty velcro. reggie: at first i thought it was real gingerbread but it is not. jobina: i am glad because of the critters. reggie: the cockroaches. jobina: did you make ginge

lauren taylor still leading by 50.0. 25% that's with just over. 46,000 votes, shang tower right behind the little over 45,000 votes. 49 0. 47 1% of the vote really tight. taylor's lead is shrinking a little with the lead right now, a 464 votes. >> one of the drivers involved in a shopping center parking lot crash has now died. this happened yesterday afternoon in san mateo at the target store at bridgepoint shopping center over on fashion island boulevard. 3 people were initially taken to a trauma center. 2 of them remain hospitalized tonight but are said to be in stable condition. and police are still investigating how this crash exactly happened. but they do believe that speed played a significant role. santa rosa police are looking for 2 women accused of being involved in 2 different bank robberies. the first was tuesday afternoon. police say the woman you see on that screen demanded money from workers at the. >> wells fargo bank on 4th street then got away with the money she's described as being about 35 foot 7 with a heavy build. the other robbery was one stay afternoon. and polic

lauren taylor holding on to a slight lead over shang pow.ut ballots are taking longer than usual to count this year. our first rob nesbitt reports on what experts are saying is causing these delays. it seems like the days of elections having results the night of are behind us. it took 4 days before president biden was declared the winner in the last presidential election. >> and some results of the 2022 election are also in waiting in oakland to council members continue to lead the race for mayor after 9 rounds of ranked choice voting. lauren taylor has the highest percentage of first choice votes followed by zhang tao taylor is the candidate that oakland mayor libby schaff endorsed good for lauren taylor and it certainly would send a message that opened is not for sale. >> he was the one major candidate to that did not have huge amounts of outside money going towards his campaign as far as final results. those are still in waiting and some say oakland relying on ranked choice voting makes it harder to predict the outcome including oakland u

there was supposed to be a bailout deal with a crypto exchange run by cz, also known as shang ping butpparently imploded this very evening. i've been thinking, a historian buff here. people don't know that i put that out there this whole saga makes me think of a pair of financers that tried to corner the gold market in 1869 to see the plane collapse when grant had them flood the market with gold their broken conspiracy black friday in 1869 the worst financial panics america ever had. militia to avoid bank runs with many banks closing i mention them because they remind me of sbf and cz who seem to have more or less cornered the market with the same disastrous outcome it not going to bring the economy down people want to say it. i bring up 1869 because it was the worst and that was gold. this is not going to be like that okay there are similarities but not like gold back then crypto is unregulated and they have been steadfast in the ignorance of the dark financial under world bitcoin is back down to 116,000 where it was in november 2020 after trading as high as 68,000 a year ago that's c

that's about 2600 elite vote lead over the second place finisher shang town whose currently holding at 30.1 3%. >> time 809. and you may notice if you're in san francisco going to the broadway tunnel, uk's all the lanes. that's because yesterday there was an accident. a truck ,idn't realize how tall it was. yes, ended up scraping the ceiling of the tunnel, sending tiles and chunks of the ceiling falling to >> we've got a kron four's gayle ong with the latest on the cleaner man, harry, with the cleanup effort. >> repair crews spent hours working inside of the broadway tunnel on monday after a bucket truck came through with the bucket. still partially raise when they went through the areas where go are clear, they hit the top. >> and they dragged ceiling 100 taking the pile down with san francisco city engineer albert ko spent the afternoon with his crew evaluating the official just >> most of the still >> but it took a lot of time to clean up. so it would be safe to temporarily open one lane of traffic before they have to shut it down again to make more repairs. we're going to close dow

lauren taylor is holding onto a slight lead over shang tao, but the ballots are taking longer than usual to count this year. cross a kron four's. rob nesbitt takes a look at why. >> it seems like the days of elections having results the night of are behind us. it took 4 days before president biden was declared the winner in the last presidential election. and some results of the 2022 election are also in waiting in oakland to council members continue to lead the race for mayor after 9 rounds of ranked choice voting. lauren taylor has the highest percentage of first choice votes followed by zhang tao taylor is the candidate that oakland mayor libby schaff endorsed good for lauren taylor and it certainly would send a message that oakland is not for sale. >> he was the one major candidate to that did not have huge amounts of outside money going towards his campaign as far as final results. those are still in waiting and some say oakland relying on ranked choice voting makes it harder to predict the outcome. >> including oakland unified school district candidate mike hutchinson. i think one

that's about a 2600 vote lead over shang town. who's in second place with 30.1, 3% of the vote. and in san jose independent matt mahan, a san jose city councilman, he still in the lead there 50. >> 0.9 9% of the vote in santa clara county supervisor. cindy chavez has 49 point o 1% of the vote. meantime, some voters in santa clara county might not have their vote counted after about 2 dozen ballots were found dumped on the side of the road. our kron four's rob nesbitt spoke to a voter whose ballot was found. that voters obviously concerned about how their ballot ended up in a ravine next to a highway about that was sent in 2 days before election day. it is now covered in mud and water. this is the pile of about 2 dozen filled out ballots signed but not delivered. >> found next to highway 17 in san jose by juli niemann saturday morning on her way to work on this side of the road like trash. so. >> it's kind 9-1-1, my dollar's at first she thought maybe the ballots were supposed to get returned to the voters who filled them out. >> but the letters mail scattered around the ballots

shang tao is ahead of her opponent, lauren taylor in the race to be oakland's next. mayor. the latest numbers coming from the alameda county election website showing that how has a 50.3% with nearly 57,000 votes. taylor at 49.7% with about 56,000 votes. >> pamela price is declaring victory tonight in alameda county's district attorney race. according to the latest from the county price polled, 53% of the votes overcoming terry wiley's. 47% price confirmed her win on twitter saying i'm excited about the team of assembled to make sure the transition as smooth and positive. there are many complex layers of changes that need to a current will not happen quickly. she added wiley has not yet conceded that last word but says she does still expect a smooth transition. in san mateo county. know your is the first latina elected to serve on the county board. she will leave her current post on the school board for san mateo foster city. she says she is honored to represent latinos who make up. 25 1% of san mateo county's population. >> it feels amazing. it's. incredible. there's a phra

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we see that shang tao is now taking a lead over her opponent, lauren taylor, to be a the next mayor of oakland. the latest numbers from the alameda county election websites showing that al has 50.3%. nearly 57,000 votes. taylor right now at 49.7% with about 56,000 votes. taylor took twitter this morning saying that given the incredibly close margin based on last night's instant runoff results, i believe it is premature to declare victory or defeat at this time. i appreciate that council member town and the members of the media seem to agree, pamela price is declaring victory in alameda county's district attorney race. according to the latest from the county price polled, 53% of the votes overcoming terry wiley's 47% price her win on twitter, saying that she's excited about the team that she is assembled to make sure that the transition is smooth and positive. there are many complex layers of changes that need to occur and it will not happen quickly. she added that wiley has not yet conceded, but she still expecting a smooth transition. still ahead here in 10 o'clock, california health

. >> today we're 2 weeks post election day and the ballots are mostly counted up, putting shang tel in the lead by only 600 plus votes. and she's already declare victory. take a look at how has a 50.30% of the vote with 57,159 votes. lauren taylor has 49.70% of the vote with 56,477 votes. intel statement calling herself mayor-elect. she first congratulates taylor for a strong campaign and then they inked oakland for all of the support. take a look at how says, quote, i have never felt more hopeful about oakland's future or more determined to lead the fight for it. i'm excited to get to work. building the safer more affordable. more just oakland, we know is possible. in the months and years ahead. tell explain. she's ready to take to get to work. come january, saying she plans to put together a public safety plan that involves doubling down on violence, prevention and addressing the root cause of crime by working to create more jobs and more educational opportunities. she also wants to fill the vacancies in the police department with diverse officers tells us she wants to make oakland t

. >> shang taos ahead of her opponent, lauren taylor in the race to be oakland's next mayor. we first reported that last night. the latest numbers from alameda county's election site. show that out has a lead with nearly 57,000 votes. taylor right now at forty-seven 0.7%. he's got 56,000 votes and taylor actually took to twitter this morning weighing in on the situation saying given the incredibly close margin based on last night, instant runoff results, i believe it is premature to declare victory or defeat at this time. i appreciate that council member tao and the members of the media seem to agree in the race for alameda county's district attorney pamela price is declared victory. and that's according to the latest numbers coming in from the county price polled 53% of the votes overcoming terry wiley's. 47% price confirmed her win on twitter saying, quote, i'm excited about the team i've assembled to make sure the transition is so then positive. there are many complex layers of changes that need to occur and it will not happen quickly. she added that wiley has not yet conc

and with just a little more than 41,000 votes, shang towel and the council member there in oakland as right behind with nearly 32% with the votes just under 40,000. also, an alameda county, the district attorney's race, family prices lead is growing with 53% of the votes are opponent terry wiley has just a little shy of 47%. >> and in san mateo county know is the county's first latina supervisor. she has been serving as a school board member of the san mateo foster city school district. she declared victory after her opponent charles stone conceded today by email and she talked to us about her priorities. >> them is exploring how to protect tenants now and the other is digging into. the issue of domestic violence in our county. we've had some really high-profile domestic violence issues and i don't believe that we can continue to just react to those kinds of situations. i know that we can get ahead of them. >> cars though, says she is honored to represent latinos who make up. 25 1% of san mateo county's population. >> decades later, a man is receiving an official apology by antioch ma

taylor's lead over fellow council member shang tao is now down to just 464 votes razor. finn boats are still being counted with a margin this slim the race obviously far from over civil rights attorney. pamela price has widened her lead in the race to become the next alameda county district attorney. she leads challenger terry wiley now by a full four percentage points. that's about 14,000 votes. wiley is a veteran of the da's office and with races still outstanding you can check results as they come in find every race and measure now on abc 7 news.com/election. able to come tonight from the abc 7 news i-team the answers uncovered after months of digging into what should be a simple question are the fire hydrants in oakland working. i'm meteorologist sandy patel wins going up and so are temperatures to end the work week. i'll let you know. what's in store for the weekend when abc 7 news at 6 this is gloria. she hasn't worked this hard to only get this far with her cholesterol. taken with a statin, leqvio can lower bad cholesterol by over 50% and keep it low with two dose

shang towels. inauguration will be january 9th . she will be the first month american woman to become mayor of oakland. julie mike gets started on her duties as mayor in january. does she carry a lot of the support of fellow council members? you would think so, because running for mayor she had a lot of support from her city council members, so hopefully that will bode well and getting things done. all right, amber. thank you. chapter him, amber. thank you. the mayor elected secure some key endorsements from city council member lauren taylor had been in front until xiang tao took the lead on friday way we'll talk about the endorsements in a second after another round of ranked choice voting, taylor conceded this morning, saying there was no path forward even being down 682 votes today, he raised questions about the entire ranked choice voting system. we must acknowledge that 20,000 nontransferable rank points ballots. a significant number of people whose voices were not factored into the final decision of who would be oakland's next

nbc news business data reporter barnett shang takes us inside of the numbers. >> it was a busy week ineleases showing us a picture of where we stand ahead of the key term -- midterm election next. we'll start, wednesday with the federal reserve, the nation's economic steward, announced it would be raising interest rates by point 75 percentage points. that by the way is the six consecutive interest rate hike this year in the fourth of that size and magnitude. and all of this is to try to get ahead of inflation, the idea that if borrowing costs go higher, that will make the economic activity come down to a level where inflation might also come down, which by the way is remaining above 8% year over year, multi decade highs. % on the job side of things, we did get an update on friday morning when the bureau of labor statistics disclose that 261,000 jobs were added in the month of october. that is a bit of a slower pace in the job gains that we saw about over 300,000 in the month of september. by and large, not all positive reports will be about the unemployment rate, for example, take afte

will come into play, and those voters have until december 6th to respond to correct the problem, mike shang title up 682 votes of those 2500 ballots out there, amber. i mean, do we know exactly how many are from the city of oakland? the registrar says there's no way to know how many those will come from oakland because the 2500 is countywide and i reached out to both campaigns and i haven't heard back yet. sensors new new results were released. alright amberleigh live tonight in oakland. amber. thank you. san francisco's elections commission has decided not to renew the contract of its longtime elections director john arntz has run the elections department there for 20 years, he was told his contract will not be renewed when it expires in may. the commission says it's time to open up the position to a more diverse field in an effort to achieve the city's racial equity goals, but aren't believes the commission is looking for someone to implement an open source voting system, which would put the city's tabulating software code online. our goals that stayed in the charters to conduct free, fai

lauren taylor's lead over shang. continues to shrink. he now leads by only 464 votes as the final votes are still being tallied. so we'll keep you posted there. but they're neck and neck in the alameda county district attorney's race. meanwhile, pamela prices lead is growing. she has 52% of the vote. her opponent, terry wiley, now has 48% of the vote. >> not only, of course, so is san mateo county's first latina supervisor. she declared victory for one of the 2 open seats after her opponent charles stone conceded via email or so has been serving as a school board member for the cemetery. foster city school district. today's tally showed in the lead with 51% of the votes. stone at 48%. >> coming up, we continue our coverage on speaker pelosi is big decision today. she says she'll be stepping down as house democratic leader. coming up, we'll hear from someone who works very closely with the congresswoman. it's early days on capitol hill. plus, a thanksgiving treat for home chefs acclaimed pitmaster. >> matt boren shares his tricks for cook

shang town is in second with almost 31% of the vote and county elections offices have one month post-election to count all the votes. secretary of state shirley weber of california will have until december 16th to certify the results and critics have argued the lengthy process could lead to anxiety in patients doubt, but during a one-on-one interview with us ahead of election day, whether maintain this deliberate system is designed to make the elections more secure. >> we have 30 days to really go through the process to basically count the ballots, count the votes because sometimes are close. sometimes as we recount. but even one of the night of the election, when the stuff that comes in that doesn't include the provisional ballots, doesn't may not include all the ballots and we have signature issues with. so it be really important that people understand that it will take a takes us 30 days to really say this is that this is the results of the election. >> webber says she's confident the results will be certified by the deadline december 16th. until then, though, we continue to wait and obvio