tori gaines, ktvu, fox two news. >> tori. thank you.ouched down in scotts valley. dramatic video this morning from the associated press shows the history making twister in the santa cruz mountains. it's from a bar in scotts valley. the twister hitting late saturday afternoon and was strong enough to flip a car and knock down power lines to also toppled trees. at least five people were injured. the tornado touched down right near a safeway parking lot on mountain herman road. one former first responder in santa cruz county says he was stunned when he spotted the tornado near his home. >> i could see what i thought was a bunch of birds, but what it was was a debris from the top of the tornado was kind of right over that way. i worked in emergency services for 47 years, have seen floods, fires, all kinds of stuff. never a tornado. that was the first tornado i've ever seen. >> the tornado created some tense moments for many people who were caught off guard by this twister that ripped through the city. >> i was trying to go indoors and i sai

. >> ktvu is tory gains, spoke with the family and has more details about this tragic scam. >> it's a story that sounds straight out of a movie. an 84 year old woman received a text message claiming her apple devices had been compromised. several exchanges and several weeks later she had handed over $600,000 to complete strangers. >> there's a very special place in #### for people like this. there really are. i mean, these are these are really smart, bad, bad people. i hope that they get caught. >> robert cranston's mother and father live in an independent living community for seniors in santa rosa. in may, a strange text came to his mother's phone. after a few exchanges, an official claiming to be with the department of the treasury told cranston's mother that she and her husband were connected to a crime. they also said if she didn't follow their instructions or if she told anyone what was happening, she and her husband could be arrested. >> they had built a. because of this orchestrated process, they go through the combination of fear and then and trust that they established with h

ktvu is tory gains heard from one of the victims. >> shattered glass and emptied cash registers were a common sight at four oakland gas stations sunday morning. oakland police confirming to ktvu that robbers hit at least four locations across oakland, all before 7 a.m. a gas station on high street, a car wash on broadway, an am pm on shattuck and a shell station on fifth street all had damage. sunday, just before 5 a.m, robbers broke through the front door of this gas station and stole cash from the register and stole cigarettes and attempted to break into this atm. some gas station clerks in oakland have grown used to the risk of robberies. a cashier we spoke to who asked to remain anonymous for his own safety, says a group of at least eight suspects broke through their front door. >> this time it was another cashier. they tell him, don't do anything. they will kill you. then they came over to the atm. they want to try to break the atm with a big hammer. that fight they tried, they didn't break it. >> the robbers were unable to get cash out of the atm, but damages show just how hard

in lafayette, tori gaines ktvu, fox two news. >> new at 11 a san francisco health club is reportedly facing a lawsuit over its pickleball courts. according to the chronicle, the bay club is being sued by the homeowners association of a nearby condo complex right near the embarcadero. the hoa claims the pickleball courts have created, quote, unbearable and offensive noise. end quote. the pickleball courts were converted from the club's tennis courts. there was no comment from the bay club. tonight in sacramento, an investigation underway after hundreds of birds are found, all tied to a bird fighting ring in tonight's west coast. how officials made the discovery. and major airlines racing to hire more mechanics. we take a look at a new program launched in colorado, helping to meet the demand. plus, president elect donald trump may want to end birthright citizenship, but one expert says he'll face major challenges ♪ you know i'm a dreamer ♪ ♪ but my heart's of gold ♪ ♪ just one more night ♪ ♪ and i'm coming off this long and winding road ♪ ♪ i'm on my way ♪ ♪ i'm on my way ♪ ♪ home swee

ktvu tori gaines shows us how bakers at one oakland donut shop are managing the shortage, as commercial flocks have been impacted nationwide by bird flu. >> suppliers are forced to crack down on the number of eggs they can sell, leaving small businesses like donut savant here in oakland feeling the bite of higher egg prices. you may have seen it yourself. egg shelves at popular stores. sitting empty. signs at others saying limit one per customer. an outbreak of bird flu has torn through commercial chicken flocks across the united states this year, leaving suppliers stretched and consumers in a bind. some shoppers are thankful they have been able to access eggs at all. >> and there the jumbos, which i don't know. when you cook, jumbos are a thing. they're a little on the big side for me. bigger is not better in eggs. i'm baking still, so yeah, i would have preferred just medium size, but jumbo is fine. i'm not. >> no complaints, but egg prices are higher for consumers. the usda says the cost of a dozen eggs in california has increased to $8.97. some small businesses are struggling to mak

in the newsroom, tory gaines, ktvu, fox two news. >> well, it should be consideren emotional time forigh first spoke with his family nine yearc ago. >> thank you. mother and son share a precious moment together decorating the tree in their nta clara homroe, but this may be their season together. both have battled cancer, but sherry carter says her doctor told her recently she has only 1 or months to live. >> i just want to make it past christmas because i don't want to pass on christmas and he that be the multiple myeloma, a type of for. i first met her and her son carter,e years ago, soon after he was diagnosed. they told their story of shared strength. now, sherry is scrambling to get hffairs in orderor two sons. >> they're going to have a really heavy load on them financially and emotionally. >> carter battled brain cancer himself while attending college. he also suffered a stroke and needed to learn how to walk and talk again. carter credits his mom wh helping him navigate thd to recovery. now, he's determined best of their situation. >> i decided i'm going to do what i can to mak

ktvu is tory gains, spoke with the family and has more details about the tragic scam. >> it's a story received a text message claiming her apple devices had been compromised. several exchanges and several weeks later she had handed over $600,000 to complete strangers. >> there's a very special place in #### for people like this. there really are. i mean, these are these are really smart. bad, bad people. i hope that they get caught. >> robert cranston's mother and father live in an independent living community for seniors in santa rosa. in may, a strange text came to his mother's phone. after a few exchanges, an official claiming to be with the department of the treasury told cranston's mother that she and her husband were connected to a crime. they also said if she didn't follow their instructions or if she told anyone what was happening, she and her husband could be arrested. >> they had built a because of this orchestrated process. they go through the combination of fear and then and trust that they established with her. also, they had her, you know, lock, stock and barrel with the

live this morning in petaluma tori gaines, ktvu, fox two news. >> all right tori thank you.ooding in some bay area coastal areas. the king tide reached about seven feet in san francisco, along pier five along the embarcadero. the high tides happened during a particular alignment of the sun, the moon and the earth will really be the highest tides of the season for this king tide season, which always happens in the winter. >> have they worsened over the last couple of years in terms of regularity or intensity? >> well, we do have sea level rise, so every year there's going to be a little bit higher than they were the year before. >> now, the port of san francisco is already working with the u.s. army corps of engineers on a plan to adapt the city's shoreline to these higher water levels caused by king tides. >> the jury in the trial of nima momeni is scheduled to resume deliberations this afternoon in san francisco. it will mark the seventh day of deliberations. momeni is charged with first degree murder in the stabbing death of bob lee, the founder of cash app. prosecutors sa

tori gaines joins us now live from lafayette. tori. >> hello.ring in a new leader for its police department. but folks here did tell me tonight that seeing the old chief leave is bittersweet. it's a new era for the lafayette police department. police chief ben aldridge, who has headed the department for seven years, is stepping down. >> this has been an opportunity of a lifetime. we have a great community, a lot of community spirit. we have a community that wants to be involved with public safety, be involved in decisions. are being made throughout the city, really. >> chief aldridge leaves behind a lasting legacy after he led the police department through some of the toughest times for a chief. >> seeing him go. it's sad, but at the same time we have a new incoming chief that ben supports that who's shadowing ben this week and will, you know, get his wisdom. and jamie is, i think, the right chief now for us. >> lieutenant james williams was selected to be the next chief after interviews with the city manager, as well as panels with the city dep

our tori gaines is live in oakland here to bring us up to date. tori. >> hi. good afternoon. garcia. yeah, we were storm chasers this morning. we brought you views of how this storm is impacting the bay area. from up in the north bay, down into san francisco proper. and we ran into a lot of folks who were just out enjoying the rain. the wet weather is back in the north bay. had enough rain by early monday morning that there was an abundance of standing water on roadways and freeways, as well as off ramps down in san francisco. rain and strong winds over the weekend toppled large trees near the corner of fulton street and 36th avenue. police closing fulton for several blocks on monday due to the downed trees and power lines that remained on scene, though, the rain was coming down pretty hard in sf, we still came across lots of folks who were ready to take on this wet monday morning. some came prepared by wearing full body rain gear and even weatherproofing their bags. >> many years ago we were a two car family and then a tree fell on my partner's car. and so now we're a one ca

ktvu tori gaines joins us live tonight from san jose, where the alum rock school board is considering seven schools for closure. here. tori. >> yeah. that's right. now, when you think about it, for parents, there are so many things that they have to keep in order for their kids. and for some parents here in san jose, finding a new school for their children could be added to that list. some families in the alum rock union school district in san jose are facing closure concerns for yet another year. >> one day, my two son came hom. they cried. they said, mom, it's so unfair. last year we were on the struggle of closing and we fight for it. and then this year it's the same thing. >> two middle schools, four elementary schools and one combo elementary, middle school could be on the chopping block. three other schools in the alum rock district are being considered for consolidation or redesign. this is all part of the district's attempt to manage its $20 million deficit. alum rock isn't the only bay area school district struggling. oakland hayward, fremont and san francisco school district

ktvu tori gaines shows us how bakers at an oakland donut shop are managing the shortage, as commercial flocks have been impacted nationwide by bird flu. >> suppliers are forced to crack down on the number of eggs they can sell, leaving small businesses like donut savant here in oakland feeling the bite of higher prices. you may have seen it yourself. egg shelves at popular stores. sitting empty. signs at others saying limit one per customer. an outbreak of bird flu has torn through commercial chicken flocks across the united states this year, leaving suppliers stretched and consumers in a bind. some shoppers are thankful they have been able to access eggs at all. >> and they're the jumbos, which i don't know. when you cook, jumbos are a thing. they're a little on the big side for me. bigger is not better in eggs. i'm baking still, so yeah, i would have preferred just medium size, but jumbo is fine. i'm not. >> no complaints, but egg prices are higher for consumers. the usda says the cost of a dozen eggs in california has increased to $8.97. some small businesses are struggling to make

i'm tori gaines.tvu fox two news. >> the east bay's new congresswoman is back from orientation in washington, d.c, and coming up tonight at 1030, we sit down with representative elect lateefah simon to hear about her top priorities. >> i have to bring resources back home. >> so that means i'm going to spend a significant time working across the aisle with republicans. >> and we are tracking the weather. we've got some mild temperatures for december. some cool overnight lows, but mild to warm daytime highs. where's the rain? when's it coming? what's a five day look like? i'll see you back here. [music] >> and the castro lighting up its tree tonight. all the sights and sounds (♪) when your child has moderate to severe eczema, it's okay for them to show off. show off their clearer skin and noticeably less itch, with dupixent. because children 6 months and older with eczema have plenty of reasons to show off their skin. with dupixent, the number one prescribed biologic by dermatologists and allergists, th

ktvu tori gaines heard from one of the victims. >> shattered glass and emptied cash registers were aght at four oakland gas stations sunday morning. oakland police confirming to ktvu that robbers hit at least four locations across oakland, all before 7 a.m. a gas station on high street, a car wash on broadway and ampm on shattuck, and a shell station on fifth street all had damage. sunday, just before 5 a.m, robbers broke through the front door of this gas station, stole cash from the register, stole cigarettes, and attempted to break into this atm. some gas station clerks in oakland have grown used to the risk of robberies. a cashier we spoke to who asked to remain anonymous for his own safety, says a group of at least eight suspects broke through their front door. >> this time, it was the other cashier. they tell him, don't do anything. they will kill you. then they came over to the atm. they want to try to break the atm with a big hammer. they tried, they tried. they didn't break it. >> the robbers were unable to get cash out of the atm, but damages show just how hard they tried.

meetings tonight in oakland, hayward, fremont and the alum rock school district in san jose, ktvu tory gaines joining us now live from the newsroom. and tory, the alum rock school district is considering seven schools for closure. >> that's right. the alum rock union district says school closures are a necessary part of maintaining local control over the area's schools. now, the district telling parents tonight that it could face a state takeover if it doesn't mitigate at least some of its large deficit. now, families in san jose tell me there's already so much to manage as a parent and finding a new school for one or more children is a tough item to add to the list. some families in the alum rock union school district in san jose are facing closure concerns for yet another year. >> one day, my two son came hom. they cried. they said, mom, it's so unfair. last year we were on the struggle of closing and we fight for it. and then this year it's the same thing. >> two middle schools, four elementary schools and one combo elementary, middle school could be on the chopping block. three other scho

that's where ktvu tory gains started. she's now in san francisco. as you continue to follow the intense weather. hi, tory. >> good morning gasia. we are in san francisco. we are getting a bit of a break from this rain, but i want to show you some of the impacts of this storm this weekend. i want to show you over here we have a street closure. the police have fulton avenue closed between or. excuse me, fulton street closed between 36th and 34th avenue. that was due to downed trees and downed branches. that happened over the weekend. you take a look over there. it doesn't look that extreme. you start to take a look for the right, and it gets a little more extreme pretty quickly. and i'm going to take you all the way over here to the right where we have a giant downed tree. you see, that is a fully uprooted tree. these roots can go tens of feet into the ground and they have fully lifted out. now, this was high winds that caused these trees and these branches to just topple over, topple over this weekend. but as we know, it's wet weather like this that c

we have tori gaines joining us here and rosemary orozco as well. good. hello. have you both. yes. happy happy start of the week. yeah absolutely. so i want to let you both know you're here on a verype

ktvu tori gaines joins us live tonight from san jose, where the alum rock school board is consideringools for closure. here. tori. >> yeah. that's right. now, when you think about it, for parents, there are so many things that they have to keep in order for their kids. and for some parents here in san jose, finding a new school for their children could be added to that list. some families in the alum rock union school district in san jose are facing closure concerns for yet another year. >> one day, my two son came hom. they cried. they said, mom, it's so unfair. last year we were on the struggle of closing and we

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ktvu is tory gaines joins us now live in studio. to share more details from tao's time serving oakland in the top job. good morning tory. >> good morning. yeah. it's tao's final day in office, and as an as a mayor she has faced several challenges. her time in office has been marred with several difficulties. first off as soon as she got into office, within a months, the first thing she was tasked with handling was trying to get an oakland top job. now obviously, she ended up firing a former police chief, leronne armstrong to many many folks were challenged by that. obviously here's one person who ended up leading the recall effort against her. >> it falls on this particular mayor is that she's done things to exacerbate the problem. firing chief leronne armstrong first, a baseless firing. >> yeah. so obviously there was a lot of challenges for tao. she was facing that. and then came the fbi after the recall efforts grew against her. now this fbi raid, she had no warning about it. here's what she had to say when she learned of the raid

. >> and ktvu tory gaines is in our newsroom with more about xiang tao. orning dave. yes, it is tao's final day in office, and we're looking back at what has been a complicated term for soon to be former mayor xiang tao tao, who was once thought to have a burgeoning political career, ran for oakland's top job after serving only one term as city council member in district four. now, labor and progressive groups bolstered tao as she ran for mayor in 2022, with tao winning that election by a razor thin margin only 622 votes. tao's term has been marred with issues from the start. within 13 days of taking office, former opd chief leronne armstrong was placed on leave after an investigation into alleged police misconduct. >> our goal here is not to be punitive. this is not a disciplinary action to chief leronne armstrong. this is an opportunity to more fully review the findings of the reports and let our oversight bodies act and do the job that they're in place to do. >> tao later chose to fire armstrong the following month. he has since sued the city and the ma

reform would finish on 72 seats and the tories would gain, i think, 100 seats.y'd be left with about 178. so that's breaking tonight. they're calling it a mega poll. i know it's too early. they've still got four years to go and have an election now, but that kind of shows you that the pubuc kind of shows you that the public also, it does show you as well that our electoral system is not really representative of what people are thinking. >> that's true because the way that we've got the two party system, you know, the third party is never going to win. >> i think the key now is that reform has to underpin itself with some really good structure. you know, it has to have really outline its purpose, its broader purpose really strongly, then its vision, then its focus, then its vision, then its focus, then its strategy. and from amongst this membership, it needs to. and nigel farage knows this. you have to recruit serious people who are prepared to knuckle down. >> well, i guess they would say they have started recruiting serious people. they've got yousef, who's the

the move comes as reform uk continues to gain momentum, boosted by recent defections from the tories . boosted by recent defections from the tories. birmingham city council has reached a deal to settle historic equal pay claims, with liabilities of up to £760 million. the agreement, which involves 6000 low paid workers, is being hailed as a historic outcome for women employed by the council . employed by the council. settlement payments are expected to be up to four times higher than those first offered in 2021, with payouts due next yeah 2021, with payouts due next year. the labour led council has declared itself effectively bankrupt last year due to those pay bankrupt last year due to those pay claims, and has since implemented steep budget cuts and tax rises. councillorjohn and tax rises. councillor john cotton says the deal is a key step towards ending pay inequality in the uk, and cyprus have announced a new partnership to combat organised crime and illicit russian money. following sir keir starmer's visit to nicosia, the two nations agreed to share intelligence and expertise to