jeffrey wieler resigned last night as mayor. the whole thing began last week when constituent conna mccarthy asked wieler if he would join in a moment of silence for those killed in charlottesville. >> he responded as a moment of silence, i will stop engaging with you. >> reporter: she found post after post espousing angry right wing sentiments on wieler's facebook page. she read some of them at last week's city council meeting. >> the left is dangerous and unamerican. transgenders are mentally ill. >> reporter: in this affluent and largely progressive town surrounded by oakland, residents were outraged. >> i began receiving e-mails from constituents approximately every 10 or 15 minutes, the vast majority of which were calling for his replacement as mayor. >> reporter: so wieler's colleagues on council who voted him in as mayor scheduled a special meeting to remove him from the post. that's not necessary now and while he would not speak with us today, wieler did issue a statement apologizing for posts that he acknowledged were i

jim wieler is resigning. he sent kpix 5 an e-mail, it would be unfair to the city and a personal betrayal of my principles if i allow this circus to continue distracting residents, the city council and city staff and i don't need anymore hate fail or threats of violence. i apologize for helping create this situation. >> this is what we hoped for. i talked to jeff, he was aware of what his colleagues were recommending. >> reporter: acting mayor of piedmont bob mcbain urged him to step down. someone posting as jim wieler wrote a rant about hillary clinton's campaign for president president. i want to say i dearly lover vaginas. they read some of his social media postings allowed. >> black lives matter encouraging cop killing. >> if you are going to use social media you better know how to use it. if you are a public official you need to be careful about what you say and how you say it and perhaps more importantly, in my opinion, some of the things that jeff said were just plain wrong. >> reporter: jim wieler spe

scheduled a special session for today to remove mayor jeff wieler. yesterday jeff wieler submitted his resignation, submitting a long apology denouncing neo- nazis, white supremacists and racism. " i have learned the hard way that what one says on facebook can come back to heart -- to haunt you. stability is essential. going forward i will restrict my posting to pets and vacation. " jeff wieler plans on keeping his seat on the city council. >>> battling a grass fire near livermore and started around 6:30 pm along the mines road south of livermore. the video and photos being tweeted by the alameda county fire department showing the fire retardant dropped on the flames as the smoke billows out. the last report said 44 acres had burned into the steep hills and only 20% contained. we expect another report when the sun comes up this morning. there is no word of injuries and investigators still do not know how the fire started. >>> it is 5:19 am. >>> harvey, the tropical storm, having a big impact on flights with 1500 canceled and more expected. several cr

a few weeks ago jeff wieler said liberals are un-american, that the black lives matter movement encourages cop killing, and that transgender people are mentally ill. angry people confronted him at the last city council meeting, and the city council had scheduled a special session today to consider the removal of jeff wieler but he submitted his resignation yesterday, denouncing white supremacists, neo-nazis and racists. book can come back to haunt you, and civility is essential." "going forward i will restrict my facebook posts to pictures of our pets and vacation. fortunately i have never tweeted." he plans on keeping his city council seat. >>> the crews of alameda county and cal fire battling a grass fire around 6:30 pm at mines road south of livermore. video and photos were tweeted by the alameda county fire department showing fire retardant being thrown on the flames as the smoke billowed up, and at least 50 acres have burned in the steep hills and only 10% contained. we expect another report shortly after daylight. there is no word of injuries. investigators still do not know how the

jeff wieler plans on staying on the city council. >>> at charlottesville, virginia, people spoke out about the violence that hit their city a few weeks ago. one woman was killed and dozens injured when the car rammed into the crowd of counter protesters at the white supremacist rally. two state troopers were killed when their helicopter crashed while monitoring the protest. hundreds were at the town hall meeting to talk about how the city handled the situation. >> for a 50 year old white woman it was a shock for me to see how utterly the police failed to protect the residents of our community. >> [ applause ] >> the city is hurting and i am not sure exactly how that healing will trickle down from dc. we need answers. >> a lot of education needs to happen so that we can figure out how things like this that happened this summer cannot happen again to our community. >> the justice department also sent representatives to the town hall meeting.>>> mtv took a moment to highlight the nation's social issues. last night the direct descendent of the confederate general robert e lee spoke to th

wieler plans to stay on the piedmont city council until his term expires in november 20-18. council had originally scheduled a special meeting tonight to consider removing him as mayor...that meeting has since been cancelled. vice mayor bob mcbain is now piedmont's acting mayor ...until the council votes next week to elect a new mayor. some of wieler's alleged facebook post include... " transgenders are mentally ill" and " democrats are the plantation slave masters of today." happening now an east bay city is spraying mosquites...to try to get rid of the critters that can spread the west nile virus. trucks will be rolling through the area you see shaded in red in brentwood. fogging started at about 7-45 p-m and will wrap up by midnight. the area is borded by balfour road to the north... armstrong way and armstrong road to the south... walnut boulevard to the east... and crescent drive to the west. bart meanwhile is exploring an expansion in the east bay. it is proposing taking trains all the way out to livermore. an environmental impact report has been completed and currentl

. >>> meanwhile piedmonts mayor jeffrey wieler resigned. avoiding a special council meeting planned for today which would have considered remopping him. the community was outraged last week when his posts were angry right wing rants. >>> an emergency landing for an sfo bound flight. a woman from san jose pulled out her phone when she says another passenger quote lost it. [ inaudible ] >> this happened last week after the plane took off from mexico city. it had to make an emergency landing in guadalajara. witnesses say the passenger was jumping and yelling from his seat. other passengers say he is drunk. >>> an emotional tribute the message shared at the vmas from a mother after her daughter was killed in charlottesville. >> reporter: and a new head of uber. coming up, we'll meet the man who appears to have just been named the new ceo. >>> and the market just opened up about ten minutes ago. let's get a quick look cat big board here, you can see the dow is up a about -- up about 20 points, coming up we'll get an update from kcbs radio's fina

jeffrey wieler resigned as mayor. last week constituent mccarthy asked wheeler if he would join in a moment of silence for those killed in charlottesville. >> his importance was as a moment -- response was as a moment of silence i will stop engaging with you. >> reporter: she began looking at wheeler's public facebook page and found post after post espousing angry right wing sentiments. she read some of them last week. >> the left is danger and un- american. transgenders are mentally ill. >> reporter: in this affluent and largely progressive town, surrounded by oakland, residents were outraged. >> i began receiving e-mails from constituents approximately every 10, 15 minutes. the vast majority of which were calling for his replacement as mayor. >> reporter: so his colleagues on the council who voted him in as mayor scheduled a special meeting to remove him from the post. that's not necessary now. and while he would not speak with us today, wieler did issue a statement apologizing for posts that he acknowledged were in

jeff wieler's resignation took effect one minute past midnight this morning. he posted liberals are un- american, black lives matter movements encourages cop killing, and transgender people are mentally ill. he caused fears among residents. the city council had scheduled a special session for tomorrow to consider wieler's removal. he issued a long apology today denouncing white supremacists, neo-nazis, racists. wieler said, "i learned the hard way what someone says on facebook can come back to haunt you. civility is essential. experience can be a painful teacher. going forward i will restrict my facebook post to pictures of our pets and vacations. fortunately i have never tweeted. -- tweeted." he plans to keep his city council seat. >>> an urban search and rescue task force got their orders to head to texas. >> reporter: all morning long members out of menlo park were in standby mode. knowing they would be deployed to respond to tropical storm harvey. then at 12:30, the order came down. >> we were going to send out a modular package, which is a 14- person team

wieler will remain on the council. >> happening today, a hearing expected to continue in a recall effortinst santa clara county judge aaron persky. he argues the recall should be handled by the state and not the county. a temporary restrainer order has stopped organizers from collecting signatures put that issue on next june's ballot. if the court sides with persky, that means they would have to start this recall all over again. organizers say persky has a pattern of bias in cases involving sex crimes, including the case against former stanford swimmer brock turner. >>> the u.s. navy says divers have recovered the remains of all ten sailors who went missing after the "uss john mccain" and an oil tanker collided near singapore. divers found the remains over the weekend in flooded compartments of the destroyer. the cause of last monday's collision is still under investigation. the top u.s. navy commander has ordered ships around the world stop and retrain sailors in proper procedures and safety precautions. >>> president trump plans to sign an executive order that restores military equipme

in a statement, wieler said, quote, i'm proud of what i accomplished as a civic volunteer. how my service as mayor is ending. >>> tropical storm larvae continues to batter parts of texas this morning. the storm responsible for at least four deaths. >> now there is frustration over not getting through to 911 because the system is overloaded with thousands of calls. abc's natasha barrett has the latest. >> rescues continued throughout the night in houston, the country's fourth largest city in crisis. >> the water came up so fast, it was incredible. >> emergency management officials are asking the public for help, saying they need more boats for rescues as roads have turned into rivers. the geography in houston not helping the situation. rain water is forced onto streets, then onto small bayous easily overwhelmed by heavy downpours. first responders are stretched so thin, neighbors are pitching in to help others from the devastating flood waters that followed hurricane harvey. >> first time in0 years the water has come up this high. i have been here for 40 years. >> other desp

piedmont has submitted his resignation due to the controversial facebook comments he made and jeff wieler said that liberals are un-american, that black lives matter movement encourages cop killing, and that transgender people are mentally ill. he was confronted by anger people at the last city council meeting and the city council had scheduled a special session to consider removing jeff wieler but he submitted his resignation yesterday issuing a long apology denouncing white supremacists, neo-nazis and races. "i learned the hard way that what one says on facebook can come back to haunt you, and civility is essential. that experience has been painful . i will restrict my facebook comments to my pets and vacation. " >>> and san mateo county $23 million of marijuana plants were seized and four were arrested. it was growing on the land that belong to the mid-peninsula regional open space property and the water department. the sites were well hidden and the plants were between two feet and 10 feet tall watered by a sophisticated irrigation system that illegally tapped into the water sources.

at a council meeting last week, resident conna mccarthy read what she claimed were wieler postings that said: "black lives matter encourages cop killing," and democrats are the plantation slave masters of today" and "transgenders are mentally ill." (pam) coming up:getting around the bay area this weekend could be a chalenge.. whether you drive or take public transit.what you need to know about some major closures this weekend. (steve) and next:we will take you live to houston.. hours after harvey made landfall again... ♪ it's time for the biggest sale of the year with the new sleep number 360 smart bed. it senses your every move and automatically adjusts on both sides to keep you effortlessly comfortable. and snoring... does your bed do that? the new 360 smart bed is part of our biggest sale of the year where all beds are on sale. and right now save 50% on the labor day limited edition bed. plus 36 month financing. ends monday! grown right here in california, with absolutely no antibiotics ever. a better way to grow, a better way to eat. and it starts with foster farms simply raised chi

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you need to be very careful about what you say and how you say it. >> in an email to kpix 5, jim wielerld be unfair to the city and a personal betrayal of my principles and past efforts if i allowed this circus to continue distracting residents. his resignation takes effect tuesday. >>> time now 5:56. burning out of control. the firefight under way against a growing wildfire near yosemite national park and the hotel that was just evacuated because of the fire. >> scorching temperatures in the bay area. how to keep cool and safe this holiday weekend coming up. just northeast of houston. the incident, which was expected, is being blamed on the extensive flooding from harvey. but first-- the dang >>> reported at a chemical plant at houston, two explosions. the incident because of flooding from hurricane harvey. >> but first, the dangerous high temperatures in the bay area. this is a live look outside and also at the temperatures expected. some cities could soar into record-breaking territory. good morning, it's thursday, august 31. i'm michelle griego. >> i'm kenny choi. this morning, we h

jeff wieler...has resigned from his position following an outcry about controversial social media posts. but... he plans to stay on the piedmont city council until his term expires in november 20-18. the council had originally scheduled a special meeting tonight to consider removing him as mayor...that meeting has since been cancelled. vice mayor bob mcbain is now piedmont's acting mayor ...until the council votes next week to elect a new mayor. some of wieler's alleged facebook posts include... " transgenders are mentally ill" and " democrats are the plantation slave masters of today." . (grant) new tonight at ten: we are hearing from a man who was pistol whipped and beaten near the sherwood mall in stockton. he told reporter kay recede - he believes he was in the wrong place at the wrong time. fernando piedra is a family man... so when three men pistol whipped him last wednesday -- his mind raced to his 5-year-old daughter (fernando piedra, calaveras county)"i emptied my pockets and i was like hey man i have a little girl. i got a little girl and i remember i kinda started crying... i

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---"jeff wieler" se vio obligado a renunciar anoche, luego de fuertes criticas por una conversacion queostuvo en las redes sociales. --el alcalde escribi en ''facebook'' que las personas transgenero estan ''enfermas mentalmente'', los liberales no son estadounidenses y el movimiento ''black lives matter'' alienta al asesinato de policias. blanca/cam-pan --camaras de trafico captaron el dramatico rescate anoche de un conductor atrapado en su auto en una autopista en houston, texas...luego del paso del huracan ''harvey''. --el vehiculo estaba casi cubierto por las aguas pero el hombre pudo salir por la ventana trasera. --los bomberos usaron una balsa inflable para rescatarlo y llevarlo a una zona segura antes de volver a patrullar el area en busca de mas sobrevivientes. take vo/cesar --rescatistas de la bahia van camino a texas, a auxiliar a las victimas de las inundaciones... ---un equipo especial de rescate urbano y su modulo de rescate acuatico del departamento de bomberos de menlo park, fue activado ayer por la tarde y desplegado a las zonas devastadas por la tormenta tropical ''harve

jeff wieler will resign next tuesday after giving up his position as mayor. he was criticized for comments on social media, comments like transgender people are mentally ill, liberals are un-american and the black live matter movement encourages cop killing. he step down as mayor before the council voted on whether to remove him. jeff wieler says he spent his life helping the city and did not want to be a distraction. >>> the la city council voted to replace columbus day with indigenous people day the measure was approved 14-1. the one person to vote against it says he sided with the italian- american community. the new holiday will still fall on the second monday of october. it will be a paid holiday for city employees. los angeles joins san francisco berkeley santa cruz and other cities that have renamed the holiday. >>> 7:53, dish soap recall up next. what was found in one company's bottles. >>> soap being recalled due to respiratory infections, the company dr. brown tells customers to immediately stop using the natural bottle and dish soap as it could con

this follows wieler stepping down after people were offended by his facebook post.y shared posts like black lives matter encourages cop killing and transgenders are mentally ill. >> we have much more ahead on "abc 7 news at 11:00." constriction contribution. a south bay restaurant owner is in hot water over an apparent donation to a white supremacist >>> also, her dog dayzee died. tonight only "abc 7 news" follows a south bay woman's frustration and quest for justice. >> later, from hyperspace to the golden gate bridge. golden gate bridge. calling all star wars fans. ♪music the lord says, "come to me all you who are weary and find life burdensome, and i will give you rest." join us for the majesty of the catholic mass here sunday mornings at 8:30. for more information visit mysundaymass.org >>> a political controversy has claimed a restaurant in santa cruz. the owner was exposed as having apparently made a campaign contribution to david duke. >> the man now says his business is under attack. "abc 7 news" reporter katie marzullo has reaction from santa cruz. >> i'm s

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this follows wieler stepping down after people were offended by his facebook post.ared posts like black lives matter encourages cop killing and transgenders are mentally ill. >> we have much more ahead on "abc 7 news at 11:00." constriction contribution. a south bay restaurant owner is in hot water over an apparent donation to a white supremacist >>> also, her dog dayzee died. tonight only "abc 7 news" follows a south bay woman's frustration and quest for justice. >> later, from hyperspace to the golden gate bridge. calling all star wars fans. this is >>> a political controversy has claimed a restaurant in santa cruz. the owner was exposed as having apparently made a campaign contribution to david duke. >> the man now says his business is under attack. "abc 7 news" reporter katie marzullo has reaction from santa cruz. >> i'm shocked. if i knew he was contributing to hate organizations i would not come eat here. >> reporter: jason sahara planned to eat here for his birthday. he didn't know it was closed until he arrived and read the sign in the window. according to t

jeff wieler said he would resign after giving up his position as mayor after being criticized for hiss on social media saying that transgender people are mentally ill, liberals are un-american, and that black lives matter movement encourages cop killing. he step down before the council could vote on whether or not to remove him, saying that he spent his life helping the city and did not want to be a distraction. >>> a congressman wants to ban the secret service from paying any businesses connected to president trump and congressman adam schiff will produce an amendment for the appropriations that would stop the secret service funds from being used for businesses owned by the president or his family including hotel rooms or office base. congressman adam schiff says that the trump related businesses are making profit off of the secret service. the creation of the amendment comes after the report to the president's trips to his own properties is putting a financial strain on the secret service who right now protects 42 people including 18 members of the trump family. >>> hundred >> the c

some of wieler's alleged facebook posts included comments insulting transgender people and democrats.k ) fire crews are still working to put out a fire that's burning in livermore. it's happening near mines road and crane ridge road. so far it has burned 44-acres and it is now 80-percent contained. there are no reports of any injuries and no buildings are being threatened. (mark) coming up on the kron four morning news... college football fans angry at taylor swift. could baseball's biggest home run hitter become a giant? the texas rangers act like jerks when it comes to helping out with harvey. and there's a new richest man in the nfl. the world according to gary is in a few minutes. and after the break... even once the flooding is over in texas... there are major health concerns. we'll explain. (robin) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. acci dent hwy 4wb at bailey blocking the left lane. (tiffany) we continue to follow the latest as tropical storm harvey hits texas and makes it's way to louisiana. and doctors are now warning people of the p

mayor piedmont will step down altogether after a series of controversial facebook posts and jeff wieler will resign next tuesday after he had given up his position as mayor saying he wanted to stay on the city council. he was criticized for his comments on social media, saying that transgender people are mentally ill, liberals are un-american and that the black lives matter movement encourages cop killing. he stepped down before the council could vote on whether to remove him saying that he had spent his life helping the city and did not want to be a distraction. >>> a stabbing apparently unprovoked in san rafael at the senior living community, and the 66-year-old victim is out of the hospital. the police want to find the suspect and what they call a vicious attack.>> someone heard him screaming in pain, and they call the police. >> reporter: the police headquarters are only a few blocks from the rotary manner senior apartments. >> he was conscious but bleeding. >> reporter: the 66-year-old man had wounds on his face, neck, head and chest. >> the stabber has been identified and she is o

jeff wieler says he will resign next tuesday after giving up his position of mayor last weekend.was criticized for comments made on social media like transgender people are mentally ill, liberals are un-american and the black live matter movement encourages cop killing. he stepped down as mayor before the city council voted on whether to remove him. wheeler says he spent his life helping the city and he did not want to be a distraction. >>> the 49ers play their last preseason game tonight against the chargers at levi stadium. most of the starters will likely sit. the younger players are battling for a roster spot. rookie quarterback cj bet there'd -- won't be starting this season but fans are starting to see why he was drafted. he is making plays under pressure and he could be the backup to brian hoyer, the game tonight starts at 7:00. >>> tonight the raiders host the seahawks it is their last preseason game, ej manual will play at quarterback he is battling connor cook for the second spot. tonight could be the first we see of the raiders first-round draft pick conley who missed

some of wieler's alleged facebook posts include... " transgenders are mentally ill" and " democrats aretion slave masters of today." . (james) the president is defending his controverisal pardon of arizona sheriff joe arpaio. arpaio was facing a possible jail sentence for ignoring a court order... to stop racially profiling minorities. trump said the timing of that announcement, last friday night as the hurricane was making landfall...was intentional. the president has drawn criticism for his comment: "i assumed the ratings would be far higher than they would be normally.". (james) coming up. twitter helps reunite a dog lost in tropical storm harvey with his owner. that's just ahead on the kron 4 morning news. (robin) no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. (james) california is looking to up the ante to entice more drivers to switch to electric or hybrid vehicles. a proposal is making its way through the legislature to increase rebates from 25-hundred dollars to 10- thousand dollars or more. if that happened, a chevrolet bolt would cost the same as

wieler is avoiding >>> this is a kp x i update. >>> good morning. piedmont mayor has resigned.sel meeting that is scheduled for today that was going plan on moving in. >>> is and in just a few hours, the suspect charged had in a deadly shooting of a liquor store owner is going to face a judge. he was on probation when he shot in owner last week during a botched robbery. stick around. we will have traffic and weather in just a moment. or owe seos or owe or yoowe >>> good morning. we're tracking slow downs for the drivers across the bridge. we with also have some mass transit delays to tell you about. system delays for bart riders due to police activity out of west oakland. we're tracking a slow ride over at the bay bridge toll plaza, and the back up is all along the shore east freeway. over an hour commute from highway 4. >>> how about this everybody? this is the place to be if you want a cool day. head to the coast. we have areas of fog, low clouds and can then sunshine in the 60s and even low 70s. livermore, we're at 69 degrees. you're only going to 67 overnight. same today. e

earlier this week jeff wieler resigned as mayor of piedmont but he said he would keep his council seatgned from the council entirely. the former mayor quit after writing what he later called inflammatory or insulting posts on facebook. the posts targeted transgender people and democrats. he has since apologized for the posts. ( tiffany ) two teenage brothers were injured when their car flew off the road near tiburon...and landed on the roof of a home... 60 feet below. it happened yesterday morning on paradise drive... while the two were on their way to redwood high school. police say the 17-year-old driver was speeding and lost control while going around a curve. no one was hurt in the home the car landed on. the driver suffered critical injuries. his 15-year-old brother has serious injuries. ( mark ) several city leaders in california are fighting to end the state's housing crisis. 11 mayors of the state's largest cities are urging lawmakers to negotiate a package of housing bills to tackle the problem. those bills include a four- billion dollar housing bond. the mayor of los angeles