while mayor shengtao recently pledged $2.5 million to fix the outdated 911 system, it's no secret other strides need to be made to make sure emergency calls are answered and quickly brooks jarocz ktvu fox two news. >> we're learning more about another missed opportunity by oakland. >> ktvu has obtained emails and text messages showing how the city lost out on up to $15 million in a retail theft grant. the public records request. ktvu learned city employees waited until about two weeks before the application deadline in july to start the application process. even though the interim police chief was made aware of the grant in april, the application was submitted at the deadline. but the grant applicants say a technical glitch prevented all the necessary documents from being submitted. those applicants blamed a911 outage. the economic workforce development received blame for the failure, which the director felt was unfair, according to one of the emails, this morning, we spoke with mayor shengtao, who says the city wants to make sure this mistake is not repeated. >> we're hiring a actual g

>> when oakland mayor shengtao on wednesday dismissed the list of three finalists for the city's top cop, now we're back to square one. many community leaders like bishop robert jackson were deeply concerned about the safety of oakland. opd has been led by an interim chief since february. >> we need a police chief. we've been waiting for a police chief. it's been a year now. we still don't have a police chief. >> carl chan is a community leader who connects with many businesses in oakland's chinatown. he says finding and hiring a police chief is urgent to do. >> of all these issues in our city, especially, there's so many attacks against businesses, residents and pretty much everyone you know is concerned about their own safety. former oakland police chief lauren armstrong was reportedly one of the top three finalists. >> reject mayor tao fired armstrong, citing a federal monitors, finding that he mishandled two officer misconduct cases. an independent arbitrator cleared him of those accusations. many community leaders say they want him to return the mayor was very adamant about she'

it's a tale of two cities in oakland on thursday, mayor shengtao hosting a joint news conference with the city's police department. there, they highlighted their efforts to make the city safer, specifically talking about the recent crackdown against retail and property crime, something they say saw commercial burglaries drop from 256 this time last year to 120 now. >> the investments are starting to bear fruit as we have seen the decrease in the property crimes in the areas that we have actually stood up on the streets of the city. >> however, those statistics are a tough sell. on sunday, colonial donuts was hit with its second armed robbery. this year, and on tuesday, the lululemon on broadway also being robbed after a thief drove through its front door with a car. that incident, happening just minutes after banner automotive down the road, says someone also broke into their shop the third time in the past three months its owner, michael benner, with some strong words for the mayor. >> maybe she should take less of a raise and try to get more police on the police force, retail and pr

mayor shengtao made that decision today. she's now requesting a new list of nominees from the police commission. in a response to abc seven news, the police commission president marcia peterson says this, quote, we respect the mayor's decision to ask for a new list of candidates . it's the oakland police commission will continue to perform our duty under the city charter to review candidates and provide recommendations to the mayor, the commission will work collaboratively and diligent with the mayor to find exceptional candidates for oakland and, quote, others are not very pleased with this decision. it sets back the search tremendously. >> uh, it is a shame what she's done. it is it shows a total lack of leadership. we need leadership in oakland at this time. >> the city has been without a permanent chief since february. mayor shengtao fired leronne armstrong, citing claims he mishandled two officer misconduct cases. an independent arbiter later cleared him of those accusations. he was reportedly one of three finalists rej

and earlier this week, mayor shengtao said she would make her selection for a new chief soon. it's unknown if former chief lauren armstrong made that list. however, the mayor has said before she would not rehire him and a rallying cry in oakland after a beloved donut shop was robbed. yet again. it is the second time just this week and the third time since june, and now the community is calling on city leaders to do more to help small business owners. abc seven news reporter anser hassan heard their message and has the story. >> surveillance video from early friday morning shows the popular colonial donuts in oakland getting robbed for a second time this week. >> unfortunately, we've heard this is the third time that colonial donuts has been robbed two times. this week alone. three times in the last six months. this is unacceptable. no more crime. >> no more crime. >> a coalition of community groups rallied in front of colonial donuts. they blame failed leadership and failed policies for rising crime. >> we are not safe, and it's because of policy, not covid, not economy. not l

mayor shengtao made that decision today. she's now requesting a new list of nominees from the police commission. in a response to abc seven news, the police commission president marcia respect the mayor's decision ton ask for a new list of candidates . it's the oakland police commission will continue to perform our duty under the city charter to review candidates and provide recommendations to the mayor, the commission will work collaboratively and diligent with the mayor to find exceptional candidates for oakland and, quote, others are not very pleased with this decision. it sets back the search tremendously. >> uh, it is a shame what she's done. it is it shows a total lack of leadership. we need leadership in oakland at this time. >> the city has been without a permanent chief since february. mayor shengtao fired leronne armstrong, citing claims he mishandled two officer misconduct cases. an independent arbiter later cleared him of those accusations. he was reportedly one of three finalists rejected today, and in a stateme

it's a tale of two cities in oakland on thursday, mayor shengtao hosting a joint news conference with the city's police department. there, they highlighted their efforts to make the city safer, specifically talking about the recent crackdown against retail and property crime, something they say saw commercial burglaries drop from 256 this time last year to 120 now. >> the investments are starting to bear fruit as we have seen the decrease in the property crimes in the areas that we have actually stood up on the streets of the city. >> however, those statistics are a tough sell. on sunday, colonial donuts was hit with its second armed robbery. this year, and on tuesday, the lululemon on broadway also being robbed after a thief drove through its front door with a car. that incident, happening just minutes after banner automotive down the road, says someone also broke into their shop the third time in the past three months its owner, michael benner, with some strong words for the mayor. >> maybe she should take less of a raise and try to get more police on the police force, retail and pr

>> when oakland mayor shengtao on wednesday dismissed the list of three finalists for the city's top cop, now we're back to square one. many community leaders like bishop robert jackson were deeply concerned about the safety of oakland. opd has been led by an interim chief since february. >> we need a police chief. we've been waiting for a police chief. it's been a year now. we still don't have a police chief. >> carl chan is a community leader who connects with many businesses in oakland's chinatown. he says finding and hiring a police chief is urgent to do. >> of all these issues in our city, especially, there's so many attacks against businesses, residents and pretty much everyone you know is concerned about their own safety. former oakland police chief lauren armstrong was reportedly one of the top three finalists. >> reject mayor tao fired armstrong, citing a federal monitors, finding that he mishandled two officer misconduct cases. an independent arbitrator cleared him of those accusations. many community leaders say they want him to return the mayor was very adamant about she'

oakland mayor shengtao joins us live now. you're also an osd parent. what do you think should happen in the classroom? >> you know, as mayor of the city of oakland, i don't have any jurisdiction over usd and i do know and understand that so many innocent lives have been lost. you know, through this war and so for me as mayor of oakland, i'm hyper focused on the safety here. right. ensuring that we have a robust and accountable police department, ensuring we have the violence prevention and intervention that's needed and not just that, but working to get technology here in the city of oakland to keep our residents here. >> so when it comes to your residents, your students and your teachers very directly tackling what's happening overseas in the classroom at a k through 12 level, what do you think of that idea of this plan? teach in for tomorrow again? >> you know, i don't have any jurisdiction over our jurisdiction, but i'm asking for your your your opinion on what's happening. >> what do you think should happen? you're know, usd parent. >> i am an usd

oakland mayor shengtao fired armstrong back in february. she says, for his mishandling of officer misconduct investigations, she had said before that she would not rehire him, but armstrong had the support of several city council members, some community groups and the local chapter of the naacp. john burris is a civil rights attorney who's been involved in the process of overseeing reforms to the oakland police department over the past 20 years. he believes the mayor's decision is a setback, and a mistake, von armstrong is the best, most qualified person, no doubt about that. >> uh, because he checks all the boxes, he has all the experience, but obviously the conflict between he and the mayor's perception of him and not and i think they should reconcile and have some real discussion about, i mean, me, uh, in order to move the department forward. >> mayor tao didn't elaborate on why she rejected the candidates, but said only in a statement she's looking forward to working with the police commission to find new candidates for the chief positi

. >> and nikki bass and shengtao are the reason for tha >> across the street, a business owner spokeow he was also assaulted and robbed twice in two days this week, and couldn't get ahold of 911. i called 911. >> they connected. they connected me to the dispatch, but no dispatch. this was on monday morning, 9 a.m. on tuesday. >> barzini was getting out of his car when he was held up at gunpoint by three men knocked down and robbed. >> i had my ipad, my wallet, my credit cards, and nobody came. i tried calling the police couldn't get ahold of them. >> homeowner john glenn says the crime and lack of leadership is detrimental to helping oakland prosper, and property values are also taking a huge hit in oakland has dropped more than 10% in value because of the crime. >> you know, the no other reason. u e property values were increasing significant rally. but now it's turned around. so this is this is not only affectg inus today, but in the future in oakland. >> alice wertz, ktvu, fox two news in downtown oakland is being cleaned up after pro-palestinian protesters damaged several buildin

the city's police commission has sent a list of three candidates to mayor shengtao to consider. number five, vice president kamala harris is launching a reproductive freedoms tour next month. >> her office says it's to fight back against extremist attacks on reproductive rights. the tour kicks off january 22nd in wisconsin. >> number six today, president biden will deliver a eulogy at the funeral for former supreme court justice sandra day o'connor. she attended stanford and was the first woman appointed to the court. san the day o'connor was 93. number seven officials say a volcanic eruption in iceland is releasing toxic gas, and people are now being warned to stay away. >> the eruption started yesterday after weeks of earthquakes. if you're thinking about buying one of apple's newest watches for the holidays, you need to act fast because apple is pulling its series nine and ultra two watches from store shelves, starting at noon on thursday, all because of a patent dispute over the watch's blood oxygen feature. now, the decision does not apply to lower end watches like the se m

this after oakland mayor shengtao reject all the finalists. a new timeline released by the police commission lays out a timeline to fill the job. but many say it needs to be filled sooner. here's abc seven news reporter suzanne phan who's going to take care of the public safety? >> who's going to take care of the citizens of oakland and the businesses of oakland? when oakland mayor shengtao on wednesday dismissed the list of three finalists for the city's top cop, now we're back to square one. >> many community leaders like bishop robert jackson were deeply concerned about the safety of oakland. opd has been led by an interim chief since february. >> we need a police chief. we've been waiting for a police chief. it's been a year now. we still don't have a police chief. >> carl chan is a community leader who connects with many businesses in oakland's chinatown. he says finding and hiring a police chief is urgent to do with all these issues. >> in our city especially, there's so many attacks against businesses, residents and pretty much everyone

for a new oakland police chief, the police commission has sent its top three candidates to mayor shengtao, who says she'll pick one as soon as possible. the names have not been made public. the police commission says this is to protect the confidentiality of the candidates. oakland hasn't had a former chief. hasn't had a police chief. i should say, since former chief laurent armstrong got fired in february after being accused of mishandling misconduct cases. experts say whoever is chosen will have a monumental task ahead of them. i think it's really important that the mayor get this right. >> oakland is a unique city and so just picking a chief with leadership skills, you know, that's good. but i think you're going to need a unique chief. we don't know if former chief armstrong is on the list of finalists. >> he made it to the round just before this. however, a mayor has said that she would not rehire him. >> plans to cut bureaucracy in san francisco have reportedly run into trouble just two weeks after they began. our media partners at s.f. standard are reporting the group together. s.f.

earlier this week, mayor shengtao said she would make her selection for a new chief soon. it's unknown if former chief lauren armstrong made that list. however, the mayor has said before that she would not rehire him and a rallying cry in oakland after a beloved donut shop there was robbed yet again. it is the second time just this week, and the third time since june. now the community is calling on city leaders to do more to help small business owners. abc seven news reporter anser hassan heard their message and has our story. >> surveillance video from early friday morning shows the popular colonial donuts in oakland getting robbed for a second time this week. >> unfortunately, we've heard this is the third time that colonial donuts has been robbed two times this week alone. three times in the last six months. this is unacceptable. no more crime. >> no more crime. >> a coalition of community groups rallied in front of colonial donuts. they blame failed leadership and failed policies for rising crime. >> we are not safe and it's because of policy, not covid, not economy,

. >> an emotional oakland mayor shengtao called for unity across the city. this senseless murder of a police officer, one of the guardians of our beautiful city. >> it will not stand. oakland will work tirelessly with all of our law enforcement partners to find those responsible for this assault on our city and the killing of our officer. >> officer lee was taken to the hospital where he died a few hours later. >> this senseless murder further underscores the courage and bravery of our officers, and it demonstrates every day that they arrive at work to serve and protect our community >> we have seen various law enforcement agencies come and go all day. we've been told the fbi is also involved in this investigation. police are asking anyone with any information to contact the homicide division reporting live. anser hassan abc seven news. okay >> unser. thank you very much. >> now we do still have much more coverage of this deadly shooting in oakland after the break. what we're learning about the fallen officer and the emotional procession held earlier today a

the sf chronicle reports oakland's police commission voted to pass its three finalists onto mayor shengtao. we asked former chief laurent armstrong about the opening tonight, and he told us he never wanted not to be chief. he was fired in february over allegations of misconduct, but later cleared of wrongdoing. >> there's another warning tonight about a scam targeting parents in the oakland unified school district. two more families received calls this week that their child was kidnaped, being held for ransom. the district says the caller even knew the names of the students. however in both cases, they were in school and found safe. well, sky seven caught the end of a rather scary situation tonight in san francisco. take a look. a vehicle was reported stolen and there was a two year old inside. it was taken at ashton and holloway in the ingleside neighborhood. police caught up with it about five blocks away, and we did spot a young child with the officers. we're told the suspect escaped and the toddler was fine. >> thank goodness. well, 80 people will be charged with unlawful public assemb

earlier this week, mayor shengtao said she would make her selection for a new chief soon. it's unknown if former chief lauren armstrong made that list. however, the mayor has said before that she would not rehire him and a rallying cry in oakland after a beloved donut shop was robbed yet again. it's the second time just this weekend. the third time since june, and now the community is calling on city leaders to do more to help small business owners. abc seven news reporter anser hassan heard their message and has our story. >> surveillance video from early friday morning shows the popular colonial donuts in oakland getting robbed for a second time this week. >> unfortunately, we've heard this is the third time that colonial donuts has been robbed two times this week alone. three times in the last six months. this is unacceptable. no more crime. >> no more crime. >> a coalition of community groups rallied in front of colonial donuts. they blame failed leadership and failed policies for rising crime. >> we are not safe and it's because of policy, not covid, not economy, not

>> last week, the city's police commission formally sent the names of three candidates to mayor shengtaothe mayor says she's going to now go through the process of vetting those candidates, intending to pick one as soon as possible. >> abc seven news reporter tim johns has been following this story and joins us with the latest. tim. >> yeah. dan. now, those names of those three individuals are not going to be made public. that's because of confidentiality and privacy concerns. but remember, oakland hasn't had a police chief since february. and several folks tell me they believe the long process has hurt the city. >> the long wait in oakland may finally be coming to an end. ten months after losing yet another police chief, the city's police commission has sent a list of three candidates for mayor xiang tao to consider. >> just get it done. this has been an arcane process. barry donilon is the president of the oakland police officers association. he says the long period of uncertainty without a chief has cost both the department and the city itself. all of it coming during a year where cri

in a statement to abc seven news, mayor shengtao writes, oakland has more police officers, safety ambassadors violence prevention teams on our streets than any time in the past two years. we've also increased patrols and undercover operations and providing funding to business districts to enhance security. but at today's rally, they say these are band-aid solutions to ongoing issues. >> these are all superficial response to what's been ongoing. we need actual solutions that are sustainable in oakland, anser hassan, abc seven news. >> also in the east bay, there's a push underway for a new protection for renters, better access to lawyers to deal with possible evictions. but some landlord are saying they want the same protections as abc7 news reporter ryan curry breaks it all down. >> she calls it an early holiday gift, but for leslie lewis, it's another chapter in a long battle. for now, he gets to stay in this home. how long have you lived here? i've lived here since 1954. decades in oakland. but for the 10th time, he's avoided eviction. he pays his rent on time, but his landlord wants a new

this after oakland mayor shengtao rejected all three of the commission's recommendations. abc seven news reporter melanie woodrow has the latest. >> it's unclear when oakland's mayor will appoint a new police chief. the police commission must now return to the drawing board to come up with a new list of possible candidates for the mayor to consider. in an email to abc seven news, the police commission president writes, quote, we respect the mayor's decision to ask for a new list of candidates for the oakland police commission will continue to perform our duty under the city charter to review candidates and provide recommendations to the mayor, the commission will work collaboratively and diligently with the mayor to find exceptional candidates for oakland. while the names have not been officially released, activists and city officials have been talking about the candidates, including former oakland police chief lauren armstrong. the police commission set her up. >> i don't know why you would send armstrong to her. she fired armstrong. she told you she was not going to hire

now oakland mayor shengtao fired armstrong back in february. she says for his mishandling of officer misconduct investigations. tao had said before she would not rehire him, but armstrong had the support of several city council members, some community groups and the local chapter of the naacp. the mayor didn't elaborate on why she rejected the candidates, but said only in a statement she looked forward to working with the commission to find new candidates for the chief position. back in september, mayor tao made this pledge on ktvu about what she would do if her city did not have a police chief by the end of this year. >> do you think we'll have an opd chief before the end of the year? >> i'm really hopeful that we will. and if we don't and i'll say it right here today and if we don't, i will declare a state of emergency to get a police chief. because this process has been held up by the police commission for far too long, i think the selection that was presented to her was pretty irresponsible on the part of the commission, and somewhat disres

. >> shengtao nikki bass we need a state of emergency. we got to stop the robbing of this of the community and the business community. >> oakland city leaders counter by saying crime is trending downwards. the addition of foot patrol officers having chp help with traffic mitigation, and the introduction of the mobile command center in the fruitvale district. they argue, as evidence of progress. in a statement to abc seven news, mayor sheng tao writes, oakland has more police officers, safety ambassadors and violence prevention teams on our streets than any time in the past two years. we've also increased patrols and undercover operations and providing funding to business districts to enhance security. but at today's rally, they say these are band-aid solutions to ongoing issues. >> these are all superficial responses to what's been ongoing . we need actual solutions that are sustainable in oakland, anser hassan, abc seven news. >> and a north bay community is throwing its support behind some beloved donut shop owners after a devastating b

>> last week, the city's police commission formally sent the names of three candidates to mayor shengtaothe mayor says she's going to now go through the process of vetting those candidates, intending to pick one as soon as possible. >> abc seven news reporter tim johns has been following this story and joins us with the latest. tim. >> yeah. dan. now, those names of those three individuals are not going to be made public. that's because of confidentiality and privacy concerns. but remember, oakland hasn't had a police chief since february. and several folks tell me they believe the long process has hurt the city. >> the long wait in oakland may finally be coming to an end. ten months after losing yet another police chief, the city's police commission has sent a list of three candidates for mayor xiang tao to consider. >> just get it done. this has been an arcane process. barry donilon is the president of the oakland police officers association. he says the long period of uncertainty without a chief has cost both the department and the city itself. all of it coming during a year where cri

the sf chronicle reports oakland's police commission voted to pass its three finalists onto mayor shengtao asked former chief laurent armstrong about the opening tonight, and he told us he never wanted not to be chief. he was fired in february over allegations of misconduct, but later cleared of wrongdoing. >> there's another warning tonight about a scam targeting parents in the oakland unified school district. two more families received calls this week that their child was kidnaped, being held for ransom. the district says the caller even knew the names of the students. however in both cases, they were in school and found safe. well, sky seven caught the end of a rather scary situation tonight in san francisco. take a look. a vehicle was reported stolen and there was a two year old inside. it was taken at ashton and holloway in the ingleside neighborhood. police caught up with it about five blocks away, and we did spot a young child with the officers. we're told the suspect escaped and the toddler was fine. >> thank goodness. well, 80 people will be charged with unlawful public assembly a

. >> shengtao nikki bass we need a state of emergency.top the robbing of this of the community and the business community. >> oakland city leaders counter by saying crime is trending downwards. the addition of foot patrol officers having chp help with traffic mitigation, and the introduction of the mobile command center in the fruitvale district. they argue, as evidence of progress. in a statement to abc seven news, mayor sheng tao writes, oakland has more police officers, safety ambassadors and violence prevention teams on our streets than any time in the past two years. we've also increased patrols and undercover operations and providing funding to business districts to enhance security. but at today's rally, they say these are band-aid solutions to ongoing issues. >> these are all superficial responses to what's been ongoing . we need actual solutions that are sustainable in oakland, anser hassan, abc seven news. >> and a north bay community is throwing its support behind some beloved donut shop owners after a devastating burglary this

mayor shengtao has rejected all three final candidates for that position. now that list included former oakland police chief leronne armstrong, whom tao fired ten months ago. san leandro police chief abdul pridgen, who is currently on leave from that department, was another candidate. so was kevin hall, who is the assistant police chief in the town of tucson, arizona. henry lee explains in the details after he spoke with city leaders. >> it should be no surprise that oakland mayor shan tao has rejected a familiar name on the list of finalists for police chief larry armstrong, the top cop she fired back in february. but she's also thrown out the two other candidates presented to her by the oakland police commission. >> there is no excuse at any governmental level from the mayor down on why we have not made a selection, oakland city councilman noel gallo, a strong supporter of armstrong, says this development is yet another setback in the city's search for a new chief. the way we're continuing fighting with each other, um, is not going to solve the critical t

. >> oakland mayor shengtao vowed to seek justice for the officer's family and the department. >> oakland will work tirelessly with all of our law enforcement partners to find those responsible for this assault on our city and the killing of our officer. >> as investigators searched for suspects, firstrillionesponders mourn the loss of one of their own. a procession of police cars and motorcycles escorted the officer's body from the hospital . fire trucks lined overpasses along 580 to honor the fallen officer. the procession ended at the coroner's office, where loved ones embraced each other and were comforted by law enforcement. officers stood at attention, a gesture of respect for a man who gave his life serving the citizens of oakland. funeral arrangements are pending . henry lee, ktvu, fox two news. all right. >> alameda county district attorney pamela price responded to today's shooting, saying, quote, the deadly violence that we have experienced in oakland in recent years has no place in alameda county. the murder of this young officer is inexcusable, and my office stands ready to p

according to one of those emails this morning, we spoke with mayor shengtao, who says the city wants to make sure this mistake is not repeated. we're hiring an actual grant centralized grant personnel, so that we can centralize all the grants instead of having it piecemeal from department to department. >> that was one of the issues, right? if it's a multi department grant, then sometimes it can get caught up in whatever it is. and then so we don't know. and so we're centralizing that process. >> we reached out to police who directed our questions to the city administrator's office. the city administrator declined our request for an interview. you can read the full details of this story on our website at ktvu.com. a seven year old antioch girl and her family are upset and frustrated tonight after thieves stole a santa decoration from the front porch of their home as ktvu crime reporter henry lee explains, the theft has also left them unnerved and questioning their safety. >> an empty space sits where the santa once stood, but jolly old saint nick is no more. >> someone showed him sur

mayor shengtao rejected all the commission's three finalists on wednesday. city has been without a police chief since february after the mayor, fire chief lauren armstrong, according to the mayor, for mishandling officer misconduct in investigations. >> there's been no police chief in this town since february. >> i feel like that's pretty irresponsible. >> the oakland police commission is a group of seven citizens charged with, among other duties , recommending three finalists for the job of police chief in a special meeting last night, the commission revealed its timeline for the process open recruitment will start january 1st and continue through that month. the commission will spend the month of february evaluating the candidates. the next list of candidates will be given to the mayor on march 1st. at that point, oakland will have been without a permanent police chief for more than a year. >> i mean, i think that's a problem. i'm obviously, if we're going to have police, we should have somebody in charge of them. >> spokesperson for the mayor says finding

we'll talk live with mayor shengtao about how the patrols are going and look at what still needs to beone to lower crime rates. we'll be right back sides is being introduced in congress. now, the parents of sammy chapman are the force behind this. 16 year old sammy died two years ago of an overdose of fentanyl that had been delivered to his home in southern california by a drug dealer. he apparently bought the drugs on snapchat. his parents say they didn't know who their son had been in contact with online and say this proposal would give parents more information about who is connect ing with their children. >> if a drug dealer reaches out to their kids, if they're being bullied, and if they're talking about suicide, if they're at risk of violence, you know, if we had had that safety software available to us, which snapchat and tiktok don't allow and instagram and facebook don't allow on their instant messaging aspect, if we had had that, then sammy would probably still be alive today. >> now, the bill would force social media platforms to allow parents to use third party software to m

mayor shengtao is among the oakland city leaders expressing grief and outrage over the officer's violent death . >> this senseless murder of a police officer, one of the guardians of our beautiful city. it will not stand oakland will work tirelessly with all of our law enforcement partners to find those responsible for this assault on our city and the killing of our officer. >> investigators say the deadly shooting took place around 430 in the morning yesterday, just south of oakland's jack london square. the 36 year old officer was part of a team that responded to a break in at a cannabis dispensary tree. police say he was driving an unmarked car when he was shot at. he died a few hours later at oakland's highland hospital. ktvu james torres has been on this story since it broke yesterday morning, and he joins us live from oakland to continue our coverage. james claudine, good morning to you. >> well, we heard the details from interim police chief darren allison of the crime yesterday afternoon, but we never heard details of the suspects accused of committing that crime. though the chie

. >> mayor shengtao rejected all three of the commission's finalists on wednesday. the city has been without a permanent police chief since february, after the mayor fired chief laurent armstrong, according to the mayor, for mishandling officer misconduct investigations. >> there has been no police chief in this town since february. >> i feel like that's pretty irresponsible. >> the oakland police commission, a group of seven citizens, is charged with, among other duties, recommending three candidates for the mayor to hire . they revealed a new timeline for the interviewing process in a special meeting last night. open recruitment will start january 1st. we'll continue all that month. the commission will spend the entire month of february evaluating the candidates next list of candidates will be handed over to the mayor. march 1st. by that time, it will be a year. more than a year since oakland will have been without a permanent chief. >> i mean, i think that's a problem. i'm obviously, if we're going to have police, we should have somebody in charge of them. spokes

. >> in march, the it masked mayor shengtao. how far along her administration was informing the thousands of people impacted by the breach. but we did not get a straight answer. are you 50% done with that process? >> do you know if you're almost done with that process where does that that's going to be an ongoing process. >> we have notified the current employees and not just that, but we are now notifying employees that have left the city. >> the city's ignored or ignored and stonewalled its own employees. >> that was ten months ago today , we're told the city's notification process has been completed for several months, but the i-team continues to receive complaints from residents affected. i never heard anything, no, no. in may, the mayor committed to spending an additional $10 million to upgrade and harden the cybersecurity protections over the next two years, documents obtained by the i-team from the city administrator's office show only 30% of that goal has been spent since, including the restoration of opd's cctv server ,

. >> oakland mayor shengtao called this an attack on the entire city, and her office says this menorah not released any suspect information at this time. if you know anything about who may have been involved, you are asked to call oakland police, right away. live in the newsroom lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you. lena. the man convicted in the attack on speaker emerita nancy pelosi's husband will be sentenced in that federal case in april. the attack on paul pelosi happened in the couple's san francisco home last year. 42 year old david depape was convicted of one count of assault on the immediate family member of a federal official and a second count of attempted kidnaping of a federal official. he, still facing a trial on state charges. that trial is set to start january 12th. >> new developments hundreds of people turned out for last night's santa rosa city school board meeting. as the district begins discussions that could bring police officers back on campuses permanently. that meeting went long until midnight , although no big decision was made at the end for much of the

shengtao called for unity across the city. >> this senseless murder of a police officer, one of the guardians of our beautiful city. >> it will not stand. oakland will work tirelessly with all of our law enforcement partners to find those responsible for this assault on our city and the killing of our officer. >> reporter officer lee was taken to the hospital where he died a few hours later. >> this senseless murder further underscores the courage and bravery of our officers, and it demonstrates every day that they arrive at work to serve and protect our community. >> we still have not been given a description of those involved in the shooting. oakland police are asking anybody with any evidence to call the oakland homicide division reporting live anser hassan abc seven news. >> all right. unser thank you so much for that update. and alameda county district attorney pamela price responded to today's shooting, quote, the murder of this young officer is inexcusable. she adds. my office stands ready to prosecute whoever is responsible and hold them accountable for killing this officer. >> and go

crime stats compared this year to last year, it's a big decrease of about 50% and oakland mayor shengtao said there are more police officers currently patrolling the streets than there has been over the last two years. >> the new chief of the city's violence prevention department, holy joshi holly joshi, joined us on mornings on two and talked about what she plans to bring to the new role. >> i think for too long in this city and across the nation, honestly, we have put very little attention to gender based violence and what's happening to our women and girls in the community. and we know that when women and girls are unsafe, that communities are not healthy. >> joshi also said that she plans to develop a close partnership with whoever is seated as the next chief of police. san francisco police conducted shoplifting blitz operations at two stores last week. >> police coordinated in an effort to arrest retail thieves last tuesday, december 12th, sfpd said two separate operations were conducted at stores at stonestown galleria and on mission street near the metreon. in total, 18 people wer

that's when mayor shengtao fired him, citing an investigation that found he'd mishandled two misconduct cases. an independent arbitrator, though, cleared him of those accusations. armstrong replaced interim chief susan manheimer, who replaced anne kirkpatrick, who in 2017 was oakland's first female police chief. she was on the job for three years and was fired in 2020 for reporting alleged misconduct. but kirkpatrick fired a fillled a lawsuit disputing her termination and one prior, chief, sean whent, resigned in 2016 after members of the department admitted to having sex with an underage prostitute who went by the name celeste gwap. following his resignation, oakland went through three chiefs in nine days right, let's turn now back to the weather. >> we showed you some of the dramatic surf around the bay area today, but more wet weather is coming. >> yeah, a little more intense to sandia. >> absolutely. >> we're going to see some heavier rain and certainly strong winds coming our way. >> so dan let's look at live doppler seven right now. the storm that is heading in our direction is ri

mayor shengtao is now requesting a new list of nominees from the police commission.t's a big setback for the city, which has been without a permanent chief since february. that's when tao fired leronne armstrong, citing an investigation that found he'd mishandle two misconduct cases an independent arbitrator cleared him of those accusations, and he reapplied for his job in october. now, it's unclear if armstrong was on the list of final candidates nominated. >> smoke from a fire at the san leandro marina could be seen for miles this morning. the former harbor master's office just went up in flames about 830 this morning. the building, which had been abandoned for quite some time, is expected to be a total loss. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. abc seven news was back in los altos today to follow up on this strip mall that burned on christmas morning. today it's been fenced off and marked as too dangerous to enter the fire before dawn on christmas morning. went to three alarms as it spread. firefighters say they'll need to demolish the building befo

mayor shengtao and opd announced changes to patrols. >> they are moving officers away to focus on stopping burglaries. >> we moved some people from our team, our specialized undercover team, to assist with this project, to drive around covertly looking for people, casing businesses or trying to break into businesses. >> more officers will patrol the late hours of the night and the early mornings. the goal is to stop burglaries like these cars ramming into businesses with groups of people jumping out to steal. we spoke to one of those victims this week who says repair costs will add up. >> i went on my inside camera. it showed one guy coming in, one guy crawling out uh. they destroyed both of my doors. that's probably $4,000, right there. >> the police department says making these changes should reduce these burglaries. after what happened. this week. they say they need to act fast. >> these are our community members. there are businesses. we rely upon them and they rely upon us. it's on acceptable to have vehicles or anybody damaging property and let alone the theft of it. >> in oakland, p

. >> oakland mayor shengtao vowed to seek justice for the officer's family and the department. >> oakland will work tirelessly with all of our law enforcement partners to find those responsible for this assault on our city and the killing of our officer. >> as investigators search for suspects, firstrillionesponders mourn the loss of one of their own. a procession of police cars and motorcycles escorted the officer's body from the hospital . fire trucks lined overpasses along 580 to honor the fallen officer. the procession ended at the coroner's office, where loved ones embraced each other and were comforted by law enforcers, and officers stood at attention, a gesture of respect for a man who gave his life serving the citizens of oakland. officer lee's death is especially tragic in light of this holiday season. funeral arrangements are pending. henry lee ktvu, fox two news and there has been plenty of reaction to this morning's killing of an oakland police officer, alameda county district attorney pamela price released a statement saying in part, this is a tremendous tragedy for our entir

. >> oakland mayor shengtao vowed to seek justice for the officer's family and the department. >> oakland will work tirelessly with all of our law enforcement partners to find those responsible for this assault on our city and the killing of our officer. >> reporter as investigators searched for suspects, firstrillionesponders mourn the loss of one of their own. a procession of police cars and motorcycles escorted the officers body from the hospital fire trucks lined overpasses along 580 to honor the fallen officer. the procession ended at the coroner's office, where loved ones embraced each other and were comforted by law enforcement. officers stood at attention, a gesture of respect for a man who gave his life serving the citizens of oakland and officer lee's death especially tragic in light of this holiday season, other law enforcement agencies from across the bay area and region have been paying their respects in person and on social media to lend their support and sympathy. live in the newsroom. henry lee, ktvu, fox two news. >> henry, thank you. is there any word on the search for t

well in oakland, mayor shengtao held another annual toy drive for local children in need. hey guys.ayor, the mayor is here. >> happy holidays, mayor tao and seiu local 1021 union members handed out thousands of toys and warm coats at the union's headquarters this year. >> the group filed or filed rather two school busses full of gifts for children in oakland's underserved communities. >> the alameda county district attorney declines to seek additional charges against several men accused of killing a security guard in oakland. still to come tonight, a look at the implications of that decision in the trial, plus reaction from the security guards family. also ahead, a nine figure settlement between google and california. the promises from the tech company to increase its stronghold in some key areas. >> introducing an all new way to watch ktvu news live on your big screen, search fox local on your tv streaming device and download it for free. access all fox two newscasts plus exclusive features like the ktvu video vault archives search, fox local on your tv streaming device, or scan th

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mayor shengtao rejected all three of the commission's finalists on wednesday. the city has been without a permanent police chief since february after the mayor, fire chief leronne armstrong, according to the mayor, for mishandling officer misconduct investigations. >> there's been no police chief in this town since february. i feel like that's pretty irresponsible. >> the oakland police commission , a group of seven citizens charged with, among other duties, recommending three candidates for the mayor to hire , revealed a new timeline for the interview process in a special meeting last night. open recruitment will start january first and continue all month long. the commission then spends the entire month of february evaluating the candidates. it's the next list of finalist is to be handed over to the mayor. march first. at that point, oakland will have been without a permanent police chief for more than a year. many asthma sufferers can expect a big change in the new year. the widely used asthma inhaler flovent will no longer be available at pharmacies across

. >> while mayor shengtao recently pledged $2.5 million to fix the outdated 911 system, it's no secret strides need to be made to make sure emergency calls are answered and quickly brooks jarocz ktvu fox two news is coming up tonight at 11 witnesses are speaking out after a shooting on piedmont avenue in oakland. >> what we're learning from them and police are tracking the rain that's coming tomorrow. >> it could have an impact on one of the commutes. and a little bit after that, i'll have the forecast and the five day just ahead. but first, presidents from top universities on capitol hill today. >> the concerns and the pushback over their handling of anti-semitic incidents on campus jack, the data shows that people love our more flavorful ultimate cheeseburgers. show me the data. so the data is good? the data is real good. honestly, best data i've ever had. my best-selling ultimate cheeseburgers, seasoned as they grill. the war against russia. if the united states does not send more military aid. zelensky's appeal comes as another multi-billion dollar aid package is tied up in the hou

mayor shengtao also said there are more police officers currently patrolling the streets than there have been over the past two years. >> tonight, new video showing the frantic scene in prague as a gunman opens fire at a university. people rushing from buildings, police officers running toward the gunfire and people also hiding wherever they could. it is being described as the worst mass shooting in the czech republic. at least 15 people are dead, and more than two dozen are injured tonight, as fox's matt finn reports, the gunman was a student at the university. >> panic on the streets of the czech republic, capital of prague. police racing to respond to a mass shooting at charles university, where more than a dozen people were killed and more than 20 others were injured after a student opened fire in a philosophy department building. >> it's just we found out relatively quickly that he was a student of the faculty of philosophy. >> he the shooter, a 24 year old man, is described by police as an excellent student with no criminal record. he died at the scene, and while his name hasn't be

earlier this morning, we spoke live with mayor shengtao about the process of hiring a new chief ten months after she fired the former chief back in february. she said she's still waiting on the police commission to send her a list of three nominees so she can choose one of those three or reject them all. she says she thinks the city should have its next police chief. within the first few months of next year. >> well, if i don't have those three names by december 31st, then we will look into calling for a state of emergency. but at this point in time, i do not see that happening because, again, the police commission is they're wrapping up their interviews and they are solid in regards to the timeline in regards to the next two weeks, we should have the three names. so i'll go through my interview process. and if i decide that we have a candidate who would be a great police chief to really lead us out of the federal oversight, then that means that we can move forward as soon as possible to actually onboard the new police chief when we asked you about a plan teach in for palestine planned by

according to the chronicle, oakland's police commission voted to pass its three finalists onto mayor shengtao. we asked former chief leronne armstrong about the opening, and he told us he never wanted not to be chief. he was fired in february over allegations of misconduct, but later cleared of any wrongdoing. there's another warning this morning about a scam targeting parents in the oakland unified school district. two more families received calls this week that their child was kidnaped, being held for ransom. the district says the caller even knew the names of the students. however, in both cases, they were in school and safe. in san francisco. so take a look. sky seven caught the end of this intense situation here in the city. a car was reported stolen and there was a two year old inside. it was taken at ashton and holloway in the ingleside neighborhood. police caught up to it about five blocks away. you can see them here. and we did spot a young child with the officers. we're told the suspect escaped and thankfully the toddler was fine. 80 people will be charged with unlawful public assem

. >> in march, the it masked mayor shengtao how far along her admin was informing the thousands of peoplepacted by the breach. but we did not get a straight answer. >> are you 50% done with that process? do you know if you're almost done with that process? where does that stand? that's going to be an ongoing process. >> we have notified the current employees and not just that, but we are now notifying employees that have left the city. the city's ignored, ignored and stonewalled its own employees. >> that was ten months ago. today, we're told the city's notification process has been completed for several months, but the i-team continues to receive complaints from residents affected. >> i never heard anything, no, no. >> in may, the mayor committed to spending an additional $10 million to upgrade and harden the cybersecurity protections over the next two years, documents obtained by the i-team from the city administrator s office show only 30% of that goal has been spent since, including the restoration of opd's cctv server, which the mayor says is now fully operational. but other concerns