. >> and emotions running high at a school board meeting in the east bay oakland unified now taking a step back in school merger proposals. >> plus scattered showers around the bay area this morning. here is a live look from our golden gate bridge camera showing slick roads for a wet commute. >> good morning to you. it's thursday, december 12th. >> yeah. got a taste of that wet commute on the way in this morning. >> yeah. you got to go back in the closet. dig out the umbrella. rain is back. got to go into the back of the closet, not go. reginald. we're not sending people back in the closet. we're sending you to the back of the closet to get your umbrella. got it. thank you. i hate you so much. oh my gosh. here's the live doppler seven. just get your umbrella. okay. let's just get it. you need it. okay. we're tracking that rain. another round is going to move through here around noon today. so right now. live doppler seven. some of the showers are mainly focused in the south bay, but we're drying out here temporarily. another round of rain comes in here this evening, and we'll track it

parents and students spoke out against school mergers at this oakland unified school board meeting laste you need. we need more, not less. >> don't close schools. you already close my sister's school. >> i'm tired of you lying to us, saying that you're going to vote no tonight. but you're still going to go to merge these schools. >> now, while the board did not take any action on closing or merging schools, some worry it is just delaying the process and adding to confusion that's already there. now you may remember previous plan to close and merge schools back in 2022 led to several membs of the school board being recalled by the community. so it appears, at least for now, the community has won on this issue again. of course, we'll stay on top of this for you, reggie. >> all right. thanks, gloria. christopher wray is resigning as fbi director at the end of president joe biden's term. he reminded agents of their mission during his announcement yesterday. >> and what absolutely, positively cannot, must not change is our commitment to doing the right thing in the right way. every time our

an emotional meeting tonight as families demand answers from the oakland unified school district board, the district making the decision not to vote on merging nearly a dozen schools. ktvu is betty yu brings us a closer look at that meeting, as parents are left frustrated and left confused. >> we're going to lose all the teachers that has been there for us in the past, supported us. >> i hope that every kid who comes to these schools who are planning to merge, will not have to deal with this. >> my name is miranda. i'm 14 years old. >> students, parents and teachers made impassioned pleas to the oakland unified school board urging its members to reject a proposal to merge ten schools that already share campuses at its meeting wednesday. they carried signs that read hands off our schools and mergers or closures don't touch our schools. >> yes, that's right. >> you need we need more, not less. >> the board opened the meeting with an announcement that its members would not bring the proposal for a vote, as was widely expected. >> first, i say i'm sorry. it is not okay that families had to

of concerned parents at one school board meeting at the time, one teacher told us these mergers were a bad idea that would take away services from students. oakland unified school board member george lama, who represents district five, where the majority of the proposed school mergers are located, says the area is also home to a large minority population, which some critics say is not coincidental. lama believes school restructuring needs to happen, but says students success must still be a priority. he does not anticipate layoffs, but says administrators could be reassigned or moved to other locations. if the board approves these mergers, they would take place take effect fall of next year. reporting live. bob redell today in the bay. all right. thank you for the latest there, bob. in the meantime, in san francisco, many parents and students are wondering how the district plans to close a massive budget shortfall there. last night, board members approved a plan to offer supplemental early retirement to older eligible teachers. the board is trying to cut more than $100 million from the budget. teachers eligible eligible for the early retirement plan will

the area, including uh- winds that knocked down this tree in berkeley today in the east bay unified school board is set to make a final decision on a plan to merge nearly a dozen schools. >> district leaders say the change is needed to address a growing budget crisis, but of course, many are upset. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez joins us with that impact. and gloria, this is an idea that has already caused some major disruption in the district. >> it has. amanda, many parents simply don't want these mergers. they warn that the mergers are a short term fix to growing budget problems. the oakland unified school district is facing a projected $95 million budget deficit in the next school year, and it needs to cut costs, the district says a part of the problem is declining enrollment and that it is operating too many schools, especially compared to districts of similar size. usc also blames increased salaries and the cost of repairs at schools. a plan being considered is merging ten schools already sharing campuses into five to save up to $3 million. the district says that dual language an

unified school district. good evening everyone. i'm mike mibach and i'm cristina rendon. >> families were prepared to learn the fate of their schools tonight, as the oakland unified school board took up the issue of merging schools, but in the end, there was no vote on the proposal, which created even more confusion. new at ten ktvu betty yu breaks down what turned out to be a very emotional meeting. >> we're going to lose all the teachers that has been there for us in the past, supported us. >> i hope that every kid who comes to these schools who are planning to merge, will not have to deal with this. >> my name is miranda. >> i'm 14 years old. >> students, parents and teachers made impassioned pleas to the oakland unified school board urging its members to reject a proposal to merge ten schools that already share campuses at its meeting wednesday. they carried signs that read hands off our schools and mergers or closures don't touch our schools. >> yes, that's right. >> you need we need more, not less. >> the board opened the meeting with an announcement that its members would not bring the proposal for a vote, as was widely expected. >> first, i say i'm sorry. it is not ok

it is 7% contained. >> number three, oakland unified school board is set to finalize a plan to mergeoday as part of the district's effort to balance a projected $95 million deficit. >> number four, novato has become the latest bay area city to approve a crackdown on unhoused people. this week, the city council approved a ban on camping on the street. >> number five a live look at the bay bridge. a hearing today will consider whether or not bay area drivers will have to pay higher prices on toll bridges. if approved, the increases would begin in january of 2026. tolls would rise as high as 1150, depending on how you pay by 2030. >> and we are looking at the east shore freeway, still bumper to bumper, getting into the bay bridge, funneling in. we had late road work on southbound 101 on the city side of things, so give yourself a little extra time. >> number seven, disney's newest cruise ship, has set sail. the treasurer has experiences based on disney park attractions and even has a haunted mansion parlor. disney is the parent company of abc seven news. >> we're going to get a lot of n

. >>> right now the oakland unified school board is voting on the proposal to merge ten schools into five. the district is currently facing a multi-million dollar budget deficit. the schools already share a location. the goal of the merger is to save money while students do not have to go to a different campus. live right now, the san francisco city hall, where the homeless advocates are celebrating the ban on overnight rv parking in the city. the restrictions passed in october will allow the city to tow oversized vehicles that people living inside them would reject offers of shelter. last month that ban was put on hold after they filed an appeal with the board of supervisors. we have the very latest on the decision now overturned. >> reporter: after hours of public comment, the board of supervisors voted 7-3 to overturn the decision to ban recreational vehicles from parking overnight on public streets. >> we have all experienced the trauma of having a car towed. and imagine having your home towed. we must be more compassionate than that. >> reporter: hordes of advocates, vocalized t

. >> one by one, speakers took to the microphone at this oakland unified school board meeting wednesdayight to voice their opinions about the district possibly closing schools that, in an effort to cut what is projected to be a 75 to $95 million budget deficit next year. >> don't close schools. you already close my sister's school? >> no to the mergers. >> after dozens of speakers, the board did not take any action on closing or merging schools. >> there has been no motion, so there's no vote. this will not happen. this will not move forward. we thank everyone for coming out tonight. and. the nothing happened on the mergers tonight. >> but while no action means no closures for now. carrie handle of a national education nonprofit says this budget problem is not going away. >> it might be able to get away with a year or two of trimming around the edges, but that's not likely to be helpful for improving academic achievement, which is the district's priority. >> oakland had a little more than 34,000 students enrolled in 2023. that's 16,000 or so less than 2003. >> the primary reason for dec

. >> in the east bay, oakland unified school board is set to make a final decision on a plan to merge nearly a dozen schools. district leaders say the change is needed to address a growing budget crisis, but many are upset. the district is facing a projected $95 million budget deficit in the next school year, and it needs to cut costs. part of the problem is declining enrollment. usc also blames increased salaries and the added cost of repairing old infrastructure. the plan, up for a vote today, would merge ten schools that are already sharing campuses. it would save up to $3 million annually. it's a hazy day with moderate to unhealthy air quality in the bay area, but rain is on the way to clear it all up. here is abc seven news meteorologist drew tuma with the forecast. >> a lot of high clouds across california still have that red flag warning in effect across the franklin fire, where winds are light but relative humidity is still very, very low. that will recover over the next 24 hours. starting to see hints of rain on radar. here's our storm system. this will move through here pret

. >> san francisco unified is not the only school district in financial trouble. tomorrow, the oakland unified school boardto finalize budget cuts there. the district is facing a $95 million budget deficit. school closures are on the table, along with a hiring freeze or even layoffs. >> a bay area artificial intelligence company is hit with another lawsuit over claims its chatbot took a dark turn. >> two bay area children come down with possible bird flu. one case blamed on milk. the other, though still a mystery. >> plus a toy drive takeover. the plans to turn the county fairgrounds into one massive toy store where kids in need can pick their present. >> those stories and a lot more coming up. but first, here's a look at what's ahead tonight on jimmy kimmel live! right after abc seven news at 11. >> jimmy thanks, dan and ama. every time you watch, an angel gets chicken wings, you can look up your primal astrological animal. >> keith urban is a panda. >> keith is a panda, by the way. have you seen that panda? that's a handsome panda. they will grow up. (♪) discover who they are (♪) what they want from this

last night, the oakland unified school board said it will not vote on the proposed mergers. mike hutchinson, the vice president of the oakland school board, said mergers are no longer part of the school district's plan to close a $95 million budget deficit. and in the future, if mergers are considered, hutchinson says the school board must discuss it more with the community. the parents and teachers left last night's school board meeting feeling relieved, but still skeptical about how the board plans to save money. >> it makes me feel frustrated because it has been exhausting the parent activism that has been required to come out and make voices heard. >> there's been just a lot of problems with the messaging around this idea, and too many people have conflated a plan to possibly merge schools that share a school site with our budget solution options when they are not connected at all. >> the school board did approve a plan to balance the budget. that includes eliminating overtime and some management jobs. >> disturbing allegations are coming out against an after school progr

. >> the oakland unified school board is scheduled to finalize cuts at its meeting tomorrow. the district is facing a $95 million budget deficit. the school board has been considering a number of options. you may remember last month the idea of school closures was back on the table. a hiring freeze, the elimination of positions, and the restructuring of some departments are also being considered. >> the alameda county board of supervisors today approved a process for selecting a new district attorney. this after voters in november approved a recall of district attorney pamela price. after much public comment, the board agreed to slow down their proposed process by one week. >> we're going to change the timeline so applications would be due on monday, january 6th by 5 p.m. >> the week of january, and then everything else is adjusted by one week. accordingly the week of january 13th. the board will select at least three candidates to interview. the interviews will take place the week of the 20th, with an appointment made in early february. that's the timeline. these steps will

the oakland unified school board has postponed its decision on proposed mergers. i don't want my son to happen little hard to school. i don't want to have send him to a private school because i grew up in unified school district and that turned out great. and that's what i want him to alicia henderson, son is a first grader at think college. now she and other parents feel the board isn't being transparent. >> because board members didn't even share their opinions. what are options? they say they have options, but they're never brought those options table. the school board is considering to merge 10 of its schools. they say the change would increase community teacher presence and even better prepare students for higher education. >> students at united for success academy say they already have support of teachers and a strong community that teachers are really nice. they help us small school. the teachers can help you more on they believe in you. some people even held signs reading, keep small schools safe way like a community is just so fun is like a big family com

. >> one by one, speakers took to the microphone at this oakland unified school board meeting wednesdayinions about the district possibly closing schools that, in an effort to cut what is projected to be a 75 to $95 million budget deficit next year. >> don't close schools. you already close my sister's school? >> no to the mergers. >> after dozens of speakers, the board did not take any action on closing or merging schools. >> there has been no motion, so there's no vote. this will not happen. this will not move forward. we thank everyone for coming out tonight. and. the nothing happened on the mergers tonight. >> but while no action means no closures for now. carrie handle of a national education nonprofit says this budget problem is not going away. >> it might be able to get away with a year or two of trimming around the edges, but that's not likely to be helpful for improving academic achievement, which is the district's priority. >> oakland had a little more than 34,000 students enrolled in 2023. that's 16,000 or so less than 2003. >> the primary reason for declining enrollment is b

at its meeting later this afternoon, the oakland unified school district board will meet to decide whetherns to merge ten of their campuses into five. you can see the list of schools that are under consideration right there on your screen. these ten schools are already located on shared sites, so the proposal calls for the merger of international community school and think college. now manzanita community school and manzanita seed acorn woodland and encompass esperanza and korematsu discovery academy. united for success academy and life academy. now students would continue their classes as normal at these new combined schools, but the district estimates that by merging these campuses, they'll be able to cut down on administrative costs by an estimated 2 to $3 million, which is a small step towards closing the district's projected budget gap of $95 million next year. last month, there was a large crowd of concerned parents at one school board meeting. at the time, one teacher told us these mergers were a bad idea that would take away services from students. oakland unified school board memb

. >> san francisco unified is not the only school district in financial trouble. tomorrow, the oakland unified school boardt to finalize budget cuts there. the district is facing a $95 million budget deficit. school closures are on the table, along with a hiring freeze or even layoffs. >> a bay area artificial intelligence company is hit with another lawsuit over claims its chatbot took a dark turn. >> two bay area children come down with possible bird flu. one case blamed on milk. the other, though still a mystery. >> plus a toy drive takeover. the plans to turn the county fairgrounds into one massive toy store where kids in need can pick their present. >> those stories and a lot more coming up. but first, here's a look at what's ahead tonight on jimmy kimmel live! right after abc seven news at 11. >> jimmy thanks, dan and ama. every time you watch, an angel gets chicken wings, you can look up your primal astrological animal. >> keith urban is a panda. >> keith is a panda, by the way. have you seen that panda? that's a my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis held me back. but now with skyrizi, i'm all in.

i'm 14 years old. >> students, parents and teachers made impassioned pleas to the oakland unified school board urging its members to reject a proposal to merge ten schools that already share campuses at its meeting wednesday. they carried signs that read hands off our schools and mergers or closures. >> don't touch our schools. that's right. [applause] >> you need we need more, not less. >> the board opened the meeting with an announcement that its members would not bring the proposal for a vote, as was widely expected. >> first, i say i'm sorry. it is not okay that families had to go through this, this fear and these feelings. when i visited the sites, i tried to reassure people as much as i could that i wasn't going to be voting for it. >> vice president of the board mike hutchinson said he believes there should be community conversations around how schools should look moving forward. >> there's been just a lot of problems with the messaging around this idea, and too many people have conflated a plan to possibly merge schools that share a school site with our budget solution options when the

the oakland unified school board has postponed its decision on proposed mergers. i don't want my son to happen a little hard. a squad of want to have send him to a private school because i grew up in unified school district and i turned out great and that's what i want him to do. what alicia henderson son is a first grader at think college. now she and other parents feel the board isn't being transparent because board members didn't even share their opinions. one of options. they said they had options, but they're never brought those options table. the school board is considering to merge tenant that they say the change would increase community teacher presents and even better prepare students for higher education. students at united for success. academy say they already have support of teachers and a strong community that teachers are really nice. they help us small school. the teachers can help you more on they believe in you. some people even held signs reading, keep small schools safe way like a community is just so fun is like a big family combine all together

the oakland unified school board has postponed its decision on proposed mergers. i don't want my son to have to go to a charter school. i don't want to have send him to a private school because i grew up in unified school district and that turned out great. and that's what i want him to alicia henderson, son is a first grader at think college. now she and other parents feel the board isn't being transparent because board members didn't even share their opinions. what are options? they said they had options, but they're never brought those options to the table. the school board is considering to merge 10 of its schools. they say the change would increase community teacher presents and even better prepare students for higher education. students at a united for success academy say they already have support of teachers and a strong community that teachers are really nice. they help us small school. the teachers can help you more on they believe in you. some people even held signs reading, keep small schools safe way like a community is just so fun is like a big family

last night at the oakland unified school board meeting, it was announced there would not be a vote ond vice president mike hutchinson says mergers are no longer part of the school district's plan to close a $95 budget deficit, and firefighters in southern california have now slowed the spread. in malibu of the wind driven franklin fire. cal fire says just over 4000 acres have burned. it is 7% contained. more than 20,000 people are still under evacuation orders and warnings, but no injuries have been reported. cal fire is still investigating, investigating the cause of the fire. >> more than 900 people died in the jonestown massacre back in 1978, but now the country of guyana is planning to turn the site of the massacre into a tourist attraction. now retired congresswoman jackie speier survived being shot multiple times in jonestown. she was an aide to then congressman leo ryan, who was assassinated during the massacre. they were there to investigate claims that people were being held against their will. speier wants the federal government to put a stop to the plan. >> horrified becaus

the oakland unified school board has postponed its decision on proposed mergers. i don't want my son to have to go to a charter school. i don't want to have send him to a private school because i grew up in open unified school district and that turned out great. and that's what i want him to alicia henderson, son is a first grader at think college. now she and other parents feel the board isn't being transparent because board members didn't even share their opinions. what are options? they say they have options, but they're never brought those options table. the school board is considering to merge 10 of its schools. they say the change would increase community teacher presence and even better prepare students for higher education. students at united for success. academy say they already have support of teachers and a strong community that teachers are really nice. they help us small school. the teachers can help you more on they believe in you. some people even held signs reading, keep small schools safe way like the community. is just so fun is like a big family

the oakland unified school board has postponed its decision on proposed mergers. i don't want my son to have to go to a charter school. i don't want to have send him to a private school because i grew up in open unified school district and that turned out great. and that's what i want him to alicia henderson, son is a first grader at think college. now she and other parents feel the board isn't being transparent because board members didn't even share their opinions. what are options? they say they have options, but they're never brought those options to the table. the school board is considering to merge 10 of its schools. they say the change would increase community teacher presence and even better prepare students for higher education. students at united for success. academy say they already have support of teachers and a strong community that teachers are really nice. they help us small school. the teachers can help you more on they believe in you. some people even held signs reading, keep small schools safe way like the community. is just so fun is like a big

the oakland unified school board has postponed its decision on proposed mergers. i don't want my son to have to go to a charter school. i don't want to have send him to a private school because i grew up in a high school district and that turned out great. and that's what i want him to alicia henderson, son is a first grader at think college. now she and other parents feel the board isn't being transparent because board members didn't even share their opinions. what are options? they said they had options, but they're never brought those options to the table. the school board is considering to merge 10 of its schools. they say the change would increase community teacher presents and even better prepare students for higher education. students at united for success. academy say they already have support of teachers and a strong community that teachers are really nice. they help us small school. the teachers can help you more on they believe in you. some people even held signs reading, keep small schools safe way like a community is just so fun is like a big family co

the oakland unified school board has postponed its decision on proposed mergers. i don't want my son to have to go to a charter school. i don't want to have send him to a private school because i grew up in open unified school district and that turned out great. and that's what i want him to alicia henderson, son is a first grader at think college. now she and other parents feel the board isn't being transparent because board members didn't even share their opinions. what are options? they say they have options, but they're never brought those options to the table. the school board is considering to merge 10 of its schools. they say the change would increase community teacher presence and even better prepare students for higher education. >> students at united for success academy say they already have support of teachers and a strong community that teachers are really nice. they help us small school. the teachers can help you more on they believe in you. some people even held signs reading, keep small schools safe way like a community is just so fun is like a big

the oakland unified school board has postponed its decision on proposed mergers.on't want my son to have to go to a charter school. i don't want to have send him to a private school because i grew up in open unified school district and that turned out great. and that's what i want him to alicia henderson, son is a first grader at think college. now she and other parents feel the board isn't being transparent because board members didn't even share their opinions. what are options? they said they had options, but they're never brought those options to the table. the school board is considering to merge 10 of its schools. they say the change would increase community teacher presence and even better prepare students for higher education. >> students at united for success academy say they already have support of teachers and a strong community that teachers are really nice. they help us small school. the teachers can help you more on they believe in you. some people even held signs reading, keep small schools safe way like a community is just so fun is like a big fami

the oakland unified school board has postponed its decision on proposed mergers.o a charter school. i don't want to have send him to a private school because i grew up in open unified school district and that turned out great. and that's what i want him to alicia henderson, son is a first grader at think college. now she and other parents feel the board isn't being transparent because board members didn't even share their opinions. one of options. they said they had options, but they're never brought those options to the table. the school board is considering to merge tenant that schools. they say the change would increase community teacher presence and even better prepare students for higher education. students at united for success. academy say they already have support of teachers and a strong community that teachers are really nice. they help us small school. the teachers can help you more on they believe in you. some people even held signs reading, keep small schools safe way like a community is just so fun. it's like a big family come by all together. we all

the oakland unified school board has postponed its decision on proposed mergers. i don't want my son to happen little hard to school. i don't want to have send him to a private school because i grew up in o'en unified school district and that turned out great. and that's what i want him to alicia henderson, son is a first grader at think college. now she and other parents feel the board isn't being transparent because board members didn't even share their opinions. what are options? they said they had options, but they're never brought those options to the table. the school board is considering to merge 10 of its schools. they say the change would increase community teacher presence and even better phepare students for higher education. >> students at united for success academy say they already have support of teachers and a strong community that teachers are really nice. they help us small school. the teachers can help you more on they believe in you. some people even held signs reading, keep small schools safe way like a community is just so fun. it's like a big

the oakland unified school board has postponed its decision on proposed mergers. i don't want my son to have to go to a car to school. i don't want to have send him to a private school because i grew up in open unified school district and that turned out great. and that's what i want him to alicia henderson, son is a first grader at think college. now she and other parents feel the board isn't being transparent because board members didn't even share their opinions. what are options? they say they have options, but they're never brought those options to the table. the school board is considering to merge 10 of its schools. they say the change would increase community teacher presence and even better prepare students for higher education. students at united for success. academy say they already have support of teachers and a strong community that teachers are really nice. they help us small school. the teachers can help you more on they believe in you. some people even held signs reading, keep small schools safe way like a community is just so fun is like a big fam

the oakland unified school board has postponed its decision on proposed mergers.t my son to have to go to a charter school. i don't want to have send him to a private school because i grew up in a high school district and that turned out great. and that's what i want him to alicia henderson, son is a first grader at think college. now she and other parents feel the board isn't being transparent because board members didn't even share their opinions. one of options. they said they had options, but they're never brought those options to the table. the school board is considering to merge tenant that schools. they say the change would increase community teacher presence and even better prepare students for higher education. students at united for success. academy say they already have support of teachers and a strong community that teachers are really nice. they help us small school. the teachers can help you more on they believe in you. some people even held signs reading, keep small schools safe way like a community is just so fun. it's like a big family come by al

oakland unified school district board is set to vote this evening on the recommendation to merge ten of its schools into five. that meeting got underway at 4:00. the proposed school mergers include international community school with think college now, manzanita community school with manzanita seed, acorn woodland with encompass, esperanza with korematsu, discovery academy, and united for success academy with life academy. those ten schools are already located on shared sites. students would continue their classes as normal at these new combined schools. the district estimates that by merging these campuses, they'll be able to cut down on administrative costs by some 2 to $3 million a year. if the school board approves the merger this evening, they would take effect next fall. today, a surprise announcement relating to california's ongoing homeowners insurance crisis. for months, we've been telling you about major home and business insurance carriers announcing plans to stop issuing california policies. you might have been affected. today, farmers insurance announced it's going to sta

last night, the oakland unified school board said it would not vote on the proposed mergers. utchinson, the vice president of the oakland school board, said mergers are not part of the school district's plan. the district has to close a $95 million budget deficit and in the future, if mergers are considered, hutchinson says the school board must discuss it more with the community. parents and teachers left last night's board meeting feeling relieved, but still skeptical about how the board plans to save money. >> it makes me feel frustrated because it has been exhausting the parent activism that has been required to come out and make voices heard. >> there's been just a lot of problems with the messaging around this idea, and too many people have conflated a plan to possibly merge schools that share a school site with our budget solution options when they are not connected at all. >> the school board did approve a plan to balance the budget. that includes eliminating overtime and some management jobs. >> the number of children who got their flu shots is the lowest in years, ac

board members are banking on a different tactic. >> going forward, the school district must value our voices. >> reporter: the san francisco unified school district board of education has approved a plan to offer supplemental early retirement to older eligible teachers at the end of this school year. the move is a part of the district's strategy to cut costs and balance its budget. >> we are trying our best to get to a responsible fiscal health in a way that also prioritizes the experience and dedication of our employees. >> reporter: but not everyone agrees that buying out teachers is the best way to save money. dozens of people took to the microphone during public comment to voice their concern with the policy. >> more older, experienced teachers leaving our schools replaced by new, younger, less experienced teachers will result in poorer learning outcomes for our students. >> it is absurd to talk about cuts while our schools are still crippled by vacancies. at best we have been short by two full-time classroom teachers, which is hugely destabilizing. having day-to-day subs in a classroom for four months is a crisis and should b

the oakland unified school district board is set to vote on the recommendation to merge ten of its schools into five. the proposed school mergers include. take a look here. international community school with think college now. manzanita community school with manzanita seed acorn woodland with encompass. esperanza with korematsu, discovery academy and united for success. academy with life academy. those ten schools are already located on shared ses. students would continue their classes as normal at these new combined schools, but the district estimates that by merging these campuses, they'll be able to cut down on administrative costs by some 2 to $3 million a year. if the school board approves the mergers this evening, they would take effect next fall. do you have trouble getting onto facebook or instagram today? meta's family of apps were down this morning. it says, due to technical issues. started at 10:00 this morning. meta acknknowledgedhe outage on x, saying that the company was aware of the issues. facebook, instagram threads, whatsapp and messenger were all impacted by this. servi

the fremont unified district school board, area four decided by less than 30 votes. look at this competition here. 18 year old renu naeher becomes the youngest ever woman elected. joining us now is renu naeher. first of all, congratulations. how do you feel? i'm very excited to see that you know that the community is willing to support a young candidate. and i'm very excited to be on national news. so it's great to have you. 18 years old. why did you do this? what got you involved? well, i was always involved with work in our school district. it started off with volunteer work. i helped sponsor foster youth. i tutored refugee students. and later, after i saw the student mental health crisis post covid, i joined and i chaired the mental health committee, also known as the wellness committee. so from there we were able to bring a lot of changes, mainly the sandy hook promise, which allowed for anonymous reporting systems on campus. and so seeing the changes that i was able to bring as the chair of a smaller committee and being the product of the fc school system itself

the oakland unified school district will meet to discuss school mergers on bob redell later today. the oakland unified school boardn schools are already located on shared sites. students would continue their classes as normal at these new combined schools, but the district estimates that by merging these campuses, they'll be able to cut down on administrative costs by an estimated 2 to $3 million, which is a small step towards closing the district's projected budget gap of $95 million next year. cinthia pimentel is in for kari this morning. cold temperatures once again. yeah. we're below freezing right now in santa rosa. a frost advisory for the north bay. the east bay? 32 in danville right now. and we continue with those low 30s and some 40s for the south bay. now, after this cold morning, watching the chance of some patchy fog as well. we'll turn it mostly sunny before the storm. number one arrives later tonight and will continue with an atmospheric river on into the weekend. and that's coupling up with king tides. so we'll talk about what to expect coming up at 8 a.m. wait for you. all right. thanks, cynthia. a

with projected budget deficits now totaling $100 million next year, the oakland unified school district board to make cuts somewhere. and after voting down mergers tonight, hiring freezes and staff cuts will have to be made across the district, possibly dozens of full time positions. they were so focused on the mergers, and i don't think they really understand that. the budget cuts are actually probably having more impact on every single school in the district. staff analysts said merging the administrative costs of ten schools into five would save up to $3 million annually, an idea that didn't sit well with many teachers or with parents. but neither do the budget cuts. i'm tired of you lying. i'm tired of you lying to us, saying that you're going to vote no tonight, but you're still going to go to merge these schools and to take that support from our teachers to our students would be awful. a teacher who siton the union's bargaining team accuses the board of balancing the budget on communities of color and migrants, while largely leaving the schools untouched in the oakland hills. you want t

at its meeting this afternoon, the oakland unified school district board, they will meet to consider a recommendation by staff. this would be a vote of the recommendation to merge ten of their schools into five. now, the ten schools are already located on shared campuses. the proposal calls for the following combinations the new mergers international community school and think college. now manzanita community school would merge with manzanita seed, acorn, woodland and compass. esperanza and korematsu discovery academy and united for success academy and life academy students would continue their classes as normal on these new combined campuses, but the district estimates that by merging these schools, they'll be able to cut down on administrative costs by an estimated 2 to $3 million, which is a small step towards closing the district's budget gap. that's projected to be $95 million next year. last month, there was a big crowd of concerned parents at one school board meeting when they heard about the proposal. at the time, one teacher told us these mergers were a bad idea that would t

schools. district leaders met today to talk about how to tackle a $95 million budget deficit. next week, the oakland unified board will finalize cuts. the board is considering a number of options, including school closures, a hiring freeze, eliminating positions, as well as restructuring on the peninsula san mateo county sheriff continues to put up a fight, making a new move to try to keep her badge. >> sheriff christina corpus sent a letter today to county supervisors saying she is opposed to a charter amendment that would ask voters to give the board the power to remove an elected sheriff from office. supervisors could pass that measure tomorrow. it follows a report that says corpus abused her power and had an inappropriate relationship with her chief of staff, and sent racist and homophobic text messages. corpus denies the allegations and has refused calls to step down. all right, here's a live look outside. on this second night of december, we'll continue to see some mild and warm temperatures throughout the week, which is very nice. >> yes, but is it going to stay dry? abc seven news meteorologist sandhya pa

schools. district leaders met today to talk about how to tackle a $95 million budget deficit. next week, the oakland unified boardl finalize cuts. the board is considering a number of options, including school closures, a hiring freeze, eliminating positions, as well as restructuring on the peninsula san mateo county sheriff continues to put up a fight, making a new move to try to keep her badge. >> sheriff christina corpus sent a letter today to county supervisors saying she is opposed to a charter amendment that would ask voters to give the board the power to remove an elected sheriff from office. supervisors could pass that measure tomorrow. it follows a report that says corpus abused her power and had an inappropriate relationship with her chief of staff, and sent racist and homophobic text messages. corpus denies the allegations and has refused calls to step down. all right, here's a live look outside. on this second night of december, we'll continue to see some mild and warm temperatures throughout the week, which is very nice. >> yes, but is it going to stay dry? abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel

san francisco unified school district leaders meeting tonight. it's the last school board meeting before students and staff. go on break. the board is expected to vote on mergers and closures very soon, even though it wasn't brought up tonight, they did recap the budget, which is the crux of the reason for these closures, many students and their families took the opportunity to voice their concerns as well as educators before the bar goes on. holiday school officials discuss how they were going to stabilize the deficit, mainly the school closures that lie ahead. and in total, 13 schools will be impacted in this next school year. 3 will officially close. an 8 will merge with others. school officials also said 2 will be a welcoming school for close school. according to fsu, was the the schools were chosen to merge because they had fewer than 260 students and are in the low as 50% of composite scores. still, it's going to keep speakers from being fed up with that decision and voicing it tonight. >>happening, our students to know they can come to school safe and we have unders

for years she served on the community committee for the peoria unified school district and later ran for school board. from 2008 to 2018 she served in the arizona legislature for nine years, both in the house and the senate where she received special recognition such as champion of the taxpayer, guardian of small business and senator of the year. from various organizations due to her outstanding work, she has served on several subcommittees within the subcommittee on energy and commerce during her time in the house of representatives she served on several caucus and founded the wonderful protect kids caucus. in the 118th congress, the house majority whip tom emmer appointed her as a member of the whip team. some of debby's bills, including the hands off our home appliances act and the united states courts -- the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. mrs. miller: can i request another minute? i guess not. the speaker pro tempore: the chair cannot entertain the gentlewoman's request. mrs. miller: all right. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from

schools. district leaders met yesterday to talk about how to tackle a $95 million budget deficit. next week, the oakland unified board will finalize cuts. the board is considering a number of options, including school closures, a hiring freez, eliminating positions and restructuring. >> today, defense attorneys will give their closing arguments in the trial over the killing of cash app founder bob lee. nima momeni is accused of stabbing lee to death in san francisco in april of last year. prosecutors say he stabbed lee after his sister claimed she had been drugged and sexually assaulted by a drug dealer. she met while with lee. they say momeni then tried to hide the knife by throwing it over a fence. lee's brother was in court yesterday during the prosecution's closing arguments. >> i think dave did a great job of summing up this case and really putting it in perspective and really drawing in what the facts are of this case. >> momeni claims the stabbing was self-defense, and that lee is the person who came at him with a knife. he faces 26 years to life if convicted of murder. >> new developments in the deadly stabbi

the oakland unified school district, also facing a multi-million dollar budget deficit. the school board held a special meeting focused on closing that $95 million gap by the next academic year. now, as we've seen in other districts, declining enrollment is bringing down state funding while at the same time, teacher salaries in oakland are rising. one of the most high profile proposals is to consolidate ten schools that already share campuses, but that has upset many parents. >> now you turn to students and families to solve the problems made by your poor choices. you proposed mergers and you said it will save little money. >> next wednesday, the oakland school board is scheduled to vote on its options for balancing the budget. school districts in fremont, hayward and san francisco are also facing declining enrollment and big budget deficits. >> our time now 705. happening today. a member of the emeryville city council facing being censured by his colleagues. council member kalimah priforce is accused of violating several ethics codes, including campaign finance rules and talking about c

schedules for all the unified school district employees to help in preparation for new pay roll system scheduled it go live for them july 1. historically we have come to the boardith updates about the issues with unified school district due to their systems, so we are still working through issues. we still do not have a working interface file. we do anticipate testing another file in the next coming couple weeks. finally, we like to talk about the work and effort that goes into supporting the precision communication that have that targeted messages. we have to do data mining to get there and here is examples of targeted messaging, to get to all the different lists and hand that over so our communication team for all the great work that they do with that. turning it over. >> thank you. good afternoon commissioners. jessica, communication director for the health service system. each year my team has the honor of providing more then 80 thousand members with their custom open enrollment letters. this year that involved creating 89 different custom templates with hard coated [indiscernible] we could not do this without the support of [indiscernible] who provides wit

it is time to eat people.of the board of education of the san francisco unified school 2024, is now called roll call please. thank you. president alexander. commissioner bogas present. commissioner fisher here. commissioner kim here. commissioner lamb here. commissioner sanchez. vice president. wiseman. board president. alexander, here. thank you, thank you. all right. for the information of the public. child care will be provid

schools. district leaders met yesterday to talk about how to tackle a $95 million budget deficit. next week, the oakland unified board will finalize cuts. the board is considering a number of options, including school closures, a hiring freeze, eliminating positions and restructuring. >> today, defense attorneys will give their closing arguments in the trial over the killing of cash app founder bob lee. nemo mckinney is accused of stabbing lead to death in san francisco in april of last year. prosecutors say he stabbed lee after his sister claimed she'd been drugged and sexually assaulted by a drug dealer she met while with lee. they say mckinney then tried to hide the knife by throwing it over a fence. lee's brother was in court yesterday during the prosecution's closing arguments. >> i think dave did a great job of summing up this case and really putting it in perspective and really drawing in what the facts are of this case. >> mckinney has claimed the stabbing was self-defense, and that lee is the one who came at him with a knife. he faces 26 years to life if convicted of murder. new developments in the deadly st