let's go back out to wilson walker, who has been on scene for us throughout the morning, and this afternoon, and wilson looks like the flames are dying down. kind of a combination of the firefighters finally getting a handling on this and and the fact there's well. there's no fuel to burn anymore. >>you know it >>got >>really smoky and sort of white, smoky kind of way. you know, which tells us that they're getting some water on it and all of a sudden it's gotten almost hard to see what's left of that building from where we are. uh you know, we you and i've been watching this thing. roared to life and die back down all morning, so i'm not about to say it's over, but it certainly looks like it is sat down a little bit. uh, would would also mention that the wind is so pushing a little bit at this moment. we're getting 1 of these. >>facebook. >>sort of moments where the smoke flattens >>out >>for all the poor people down, you know downwind of this, but at this, it's almost hard to see what is left. from where we are as the smoke starts >>to just >>come off what looks like it's maybe smoldering

they came out of her home carrying boxes, and the fbi has not said, but they are looking for our wilson walker is live at city hall, where the mayor addressed both the investigation. and the recall effort against her. wilson. >>yeah. quite quite a moment here at city hall. i have to tell you, i'm struck by the thought that some people had thought that the mayor might resign amidst all of this. quite to the contrary. i'm not even sure defiant as a word sums up the tone from the mayor's remarks today. as you heard, she said, she has done nothing wrong, she said. she's not the target of the investigation. she says she does not think she's going to be charged with any crime because she said she has done nothing wrong. she also says she like the rest of us is trying to figure out what exactly is going on. and she moved on then to a list of questions, and i think at that, the remarks really started to get interesting here is that this is the 1st bit we're going to play from you for you about the question she has surrounding this investigation. have a listen. >>i i want to know what probable cause th

we'll have more on a new legal shake-up in a moment, but first let's get to wilson walker outside city hall with how mayor thao is defending herself now. wilson? >> reporter: juliette, there's still so much we do not know, questions that can really only be answered by the fbi, federal prosecutors, the u.s. attorney's office, people who know what is going on with the investigation, but we are left with these sort of two avenues here. one is the investigation that literally went into the home of the mayor. now the mayor says this investigation has nothing to do with her, but i think we're all fairly left to wonder what is the proximity of that investigation to the mayor and then the political side of all this, a mayor who is embattled to put it fairly, facing a recall. she herself mentioned her opposition today. who was the mayor talking to today? a lot of folks in oakland. let's take it apart a little bit. >> it's hard to imagine now. the time i first thought the fbi was at my door to help me, to protect me. >> reporter: a kind of nightmare is how mayor sheng thao described the morning

wilson walker gave us the first report from the scene after the fire erupted. he's live with more on what firefighters were up against. wilson. >> reporter: yeah. they were up against something they were really not going to win in terms of stopping that fire. if you look over my shoulder, they are still putting water on this construction site. every now and then you'll hear little pieces of it kind of fall down into the middle. they got to get all that scaffolding down once the building efforts is down, a lot of work still to do here. when they showed up, they realized there was really not much they could do as far as containing this thing. i spoke a little bit with chief mark lorenzen about what kind of decision they were facing when they rolled up to this inferno. >> yeah. there's no firewalls in there. they haven't been constructed yet, so it's just a tinderbox and the fire spreads pretty quickly. >> reporter: been watching the wind all day, seemed to come in little spurts and the fire seemed to really respond to it. is that what we're seeing? >> that's exact

our wilson walker spent the day talking to thao's colleagues at city hall to get their reaction on this evolving situation. wilson. >> reporter: anne, calling around oakland today, the almost universal first response was geez, i'd sure like to know more about what's going on. i think everybody sort of shares that this evening. the second response was to point out all the challenges facing oakland right now, the already sort of uncertain ground in oakland now and asked the question what comes next? >> terribly shocked. i woke up this morning prepared to address the juneteenth incident at lake merritt yesterday and as soon as i turned on the news, i saw what was breaking. >> reporter: it was shock inside oakland city hall as word spread of the fbi raids. council member carol fife said they, too, are trying to figure out what is going on and what it might mean for the city. >> we have no information in terms of the council on what's happening, but in the meantime we still need leadership and direction. >> we want to make sure we can get this all over with because right now our city will ne

our wilson walker will have more reaction to that ruling. what it means for dealing with the homeless crisis. here in the bay area coming up at 5:00 pm president biden back on the campaign. trail, trying to do damage. control after last night's presidential debate, mr biden acknowledged the criticism about his shaky performance at the rally in north carolina. but try to energize his supporters. people. watch. president biden former pro trump spar for 9 minutes last night over issues like the economy. immigration and abortion, rights. jared hill has a recap. reaction. and according to a gallup poll. gathered before the debate about 60%. of u. s adults, said they were very concerned that president biden is too old to be president. only 18. had the same. level concern about trump. and all across the bay people gathered at watch parties for the debate. many local voters told our andrea nakano democratic party might need a plan b. >ann>nothing. yeah. okay? yeah. yeah. >ryan>and we're gathering more opposed debate responses. from bay. area. reside

wilson walker kicks off our coverage tonight. stallman -- ♪ ♪ >> reporter: outside of the official search warrant documents, she has no information about it. former prosecutor tony brass now oakland mayor's sheng thao 's attorney, he says there is no evidence that she is part of it. >> so it surprised me that they would go through the steps of a search warrant on her home. it is a terrible position to be in. >> the determination yesterday seemed to be that the raid would not have happened had the fbi not had some kind of information. >> that is an absolutely fair question. but what i didn't know when i gave a statement yesterday, she had not been contacted inquiring about anything. it was my assumption that she would have been asked for information, or documents, or devices they were needed. she must have refused that if they got a search warrant. i'm quite surprised that the search warrant was the first she'd heard of the investigation. >> reporter: before calling for her recall following the -- >> i think this was a political h

ace wilson walker shows us the council is preparing for a worse case scenario including cuts. >> i want to make it very clear that the item in front of us is about the purchase and sale agreement for this project for future economic development at the coliseum. our budget item is a separate item that we will discuss on friday >> this was not the official budget discussion but it certainly involved a big piece of it without the coliseum land sale. city officials are now considering an alternative budget contingency that would declare a financial emergency cutting some $60 million, freezing 78 police positions and five fire companies. >> and basically it is almost impossible for a city council to support those things but i suppose if the coliseum deal is not real or falls through i don't know what choices they have. >> reporter: former city manager says the real budget problems are systemic, relying on transfer taxes and the one-time relief of the coliseum sale. it is a kind of band-aid. >> i don't begrudge using the coliseum money if it is part of a plan to buy time and we are going to d

wilson walker is in sonoma county with the latest on the point fire. wilson, what can you tell us? >> reporter: the first thing is some obvious good news right over my shoulder. the skies over dry creek valley here are pretty clear. there is not much burning. this was a really good day for firefighters. winds didn't pick up. it's warm but not too hot. this was the day they were looking for. i think they made a lot of progress up there. there's been a lot of discussion about the fire we've seen so far this year sort of around california. up in sonoma we have the corral fire over by 580 a couple weeks ago and another fire in the sierra as we speak. people have been fascinated by this early start to the fire season given the fact we've had two good winters. we had rainfall that was either average or slightly above average for two straight years. we've had a couple quiet fire years. all of a sudden we have got some fires going. we talked to calfire about thiser today. why is this? why are we seeing the sudden start to the fire season with fires popping upund the state ven the fact we'v

our wilson walker is live at oakland city hall. wilson, i know you spoke with the mayor's attorney. what did he say to you? >> reporter: a reminder that tony brass is who we heard from yesterday saying he did not think the fbi would go into the home of a mayor unless they had some kind of a case or the mayor was uncooperative in an investigation. today he is her attorney and says this may have nothing to do with her and he is shocked they went into her front door yesterday. >> yeah. generally what happens particularly with an elected official is they would receive a request for information. they receive a subpoena to say provide these documents, letters, emails by this date. we want any and all communications and people comply with those. the mayor certainly would have. now i don't know enough about the investigation to say why that was necessary, why the federal government decided well, this is the best step for our investigation, but i can say this. it doesn't necessarily appear that she's even the target of the search warrant. the search warrants are for the residence. so there m

wilson walker explains that could mean some painful choices. >> i also want to make it very clear that it is about the purchase and sale agreement for the project at the coliseum. >> reporter: this is not official discussion, but involved a big piece of it without the land sale. city officials are considering an alternative budget contingency that would declare an emergency cutting $60 million, freezing 78 police positions and five fire companies. >> and so it is almost impossible for the city council to support those things. i suppose if the deal isn't real or falls through, i don't know what choice to have. >> reporter: the former manager says that the real problems are systemic on parcel transfer taxes and the one-time relief of the coliseum sale as a kind of band-aid. >> i don't begrudge using the coliseum's money. if it's a part of a plan to buy time and we're going to do x, y, and z moving forward. but if you're going to balance the budget by selling the coliseum and not do anything else, then you're just kicking the can down the road a year and then you're in a real disaster. >>

. >> wilson walker talked with a wildfire researcher about what that means for our fire season. >> what is the cure time of the glasses? when will they be susceptible to ignition? so that's something that all the agencies and even the utilities and the research community are watching right now. >> reporter: watching the bay area hills turn from a faded green to a light brown. craig clement, director of the wildfire research center at san jose state, he says the past few days have been a reminder that even a good winter has legs when it comes to keeping fire risk down. >> the corral fire was a big fire, but it was a grass fire. and grass fires are very common this time of year. it's the first type of fires that we really get. >> we call it a light flashy fuel. that grass just burns so readily. >> reporter: grasses are usually cured by early june, so fires are now likely. so the next question becomes the larger fuel that is ignited by a grass fire. >> these are what we call live fuel, living plants. those living plants have a lot of soil moisture right now because of the wet winter, so th

wilson walker spoke with him today. >> reporter: . >> i mean outside of the official documents she has no information about it. >> reporter: oakland mayor thao's attorney said she had no idea about the unfolding investigation. there is no evidence she is part of it. >> it surprised me they would go through the step of a search warrant on the home. it makes her vulnerable. >> and your determination yesterday seemed to be this raid would not of happened had the fbi had some kind of actionable information and you are saying this has happened? >> no, that is a fair question. but, what i did not know when i gave the statement yesterday was that she had not been contacted inqueuring about anything. it was my assumption she would have been asked for information or documents that are needed she must of refused that if they got a search warrant. but i am surprised the search warrant was the first she heard. >> reporter: people were calling for her recall before the votes were tallied. i am not, i think it is a political hit job. i think it was done tactically. >> reporter: also speaking out oak

wilson walker spoke with politicians and community leaders about what the fbi raids mean for the political landscape. >> terribly shocked. i woke up this morning prepared to address the juneteenth incident at lake merit yesterday. as soon as i turned on the news i saw what was breaking. >> reporter: shocked in of oakland city hall as word spread of the fbi raids, councilmember says they, too, are trying to figure out what exactly is going on and what it might mean for the city. >> we have no information in terms of the council on what is happening. but, in the meantime, we still need leadership and direction >> we want to make sure we can, you know, get it all over with. right now our city needs leadership. >> reporter: carl chan says his concern, the investigation wherever it might be going, will take the focus away from other issues. >> let's allow the fbi and let them do the work and making sure that, you know, we understand what is going on. >> we do. we just have to wait and see. it is too early for us to make a determination as to whatever is going on. >> reporter: bishop jackson spe

let's go to wilson walker who is live with th latest. obviously it is a big deal. >> reporter: yeah. and also in just the last hour we heard officially from cal fire that two residential structures have been lost in this fire. that is something that i heard among neighbors talking about. confirmation that what sounds like two homes lost in a fire that took some people by surprise yesterday. we talked about the seas■■al chang that we have watched in the last couple of years. this fire did spring up quickly yesterday. in fact it just grew in size really over the course of an hour or two fed by the winds. did not so winds like that today. very good news up here as you can see. sky clear behind me. not much smoke to talk about right now but scary for people in dry creek valley. >> through our chief we have done so much preparation, firefighters felt confident to hold the fire to mountain view ranch road and they did. >> reporter: when the evacuation order came, fred peterson stayed behind to watch firefighters stop the flames just across the

we begin our team coverage with wilson walker live at the scene. wilson. >> reporter: yes. a huge blow for affordable housing and for firefighters when they landed here. they knew they were in for not so much of a fight of the this was all about containment. >> here we are in the middle of an urban suburban area dealing with what we saw yesterday inside joaquin valley is, yeah, fire spread through ember. >> reporter: the fire chief himself made a direct comparison to a wildland fire, a large construction fire fueled by just enough wind sending burning debris into nearby neighborhoods. >> there's probably at least a dozen small little spot fires they've been dealing with. >> i saw when i just was driving over to the middlefield road the smoke and then i see there's a lot of flames over there. >> reporter: more than two hours the flames surged with the wind gusts before dying back only to come leaping back again when the gusts returned. so from the earliest stages firefighters knew what they were dealing with. >> we had some decent winds kind of pushing the fire through the b

wilson walker is live at raimondi. wilson, turns out you don't need to be in the bleachers to have a great seat, right? >> reporter: that is true. excuse me. for a very few lucky people, you can see the game from your home. i happen to be standing out here just over the right field wall which turns out to be a pretty good place to catch a home run, more on that in a moment. talking to a lot of folks out here opening night, a couple things kept coming up, one, that it really does feel like a neighborhood ballpark. some other folks kept saying it really feels like oakland which is not a bad thing to say on opening day. >> when they first started, i couldn't understand what they were doing and then these bleachers went up and my mind was just blown. i had no idea. it was like my mind couldn't even visualize what was going to happen here. >> reporter: right across the street from a baseball stadium that materialized in barely two months, susan diego is now watching oakland ballers history from her home. she is still a littl

wilson walker now with that combination of wind and high temperatures and that dry brush, that equals fuel for a potential tinderbox. >> what is the cure time of the grasses? when will they be susceptible to ignition? so that's something that every -- all the agencies and even the utilities and the research community are watching right now. >> reporter: watching the bay area hills turn from a faded green to a light brown, craig clements, director of the wildfire research center at san jose state, says the past few days have been a reminder that even a good winter has legs when it comes to keeping fire risk down. >> the -- corral fire was a big fire. but it was a grass fire. and grass fires are very common this time of year. it's the first type of fires we really get. >> we call it a light flashy fuel that grass just burns so readily. >> reporter: grasses are usually cured by early june. so fires are now likely. so the next question becomes the larger fuel that is often ignited by a grass fire. >> so these are live fuels. what we call live fuels, living plants. those living plants have

. >> thanks, wilson walker, reporting live from oakland city hall. wilson mentioned the attorney. one person caught off guard by the mayor's statements today was her nfirmed to our juliette goodrich he has withdrawn from representing thao after her comments this morning. >> when i heard the content of the press conference, it just became clear to me that the mayor and i had very different approaches or different philosophies about how to proceed, which is fine. she is the client. >> brass also told juliette he didn't know the mayor was going to speak this morning, would have advised against it. we'll have more from their conversation this afternoon coming up at 6:00. >>> go home now! go home now! >> meanwhile some instant feedback to the mayor's statemenghthe group trying to oust her from office. our kevin ko was there at frank agawa plaza. >> reporter: mayor sheng thao spoke inside oakland city hall, some of her most vocal critics were outside the alreada rally, a recall rally specifically, planned at 11:00 a.m. this morning before the sudden announcement that mayor thao would sp

. >> wilson walker has a closer look at the intervention and its impact on the streets. >> what i'm noticing during the day it's difficult to find at all. >> reporter: j.j. says the trend started months ago and has only accelerated in recent weeks, drugs like fentanyl getting harder to find in san francisco's tenderloin. >> definitely. people are definitely selling smaller amounts and more fights are happening because of it. people are getting ripped off. >> i have a couple friends of one wanted to move to philadelphia and another to oregon so they could get dope easier. >> reporter: brian says the diminishing supply of readily available drugs is the direct result of fewer dealers. >> of the main ones selling here for years that like established themselves, there's probably less than ten out of jail now. >> reporter: you've walked these streets, right? there used to be six to ten drug dealers on every block during the day. special agents in charge of the san francisco field office for the dea brian clark says combined federal, state, and local efforts have turned a corner and drug dealers ar

wilson walker spoke with thao's new defense attorney today who says she is still doing her duties as mayor. wilson. >> reporter: right. we'll start by saying we have not seen or heard from the mayor, but we've heard from a number of voices in support of her. let's start with that attorney. if you were with us yesterday, you heard former federal prosecutor tony brass saying the fbi certainly would not have gone to the mayor's home unless she failed to cooperate with an investigation. tony brass is now the mayor's attorney. he says she may have nothing to do with this at all. >> i mean outside of the official search warrant documents, she has no information about it. >> reporter: former prosecutor tony brass now oakland mayor sheng thao's attorney says she not only had no idea about the unfolding investigation, he says there says no evidence that she is part of it. >> so it surprised me that they would go through the step of a search warrant on her home because the optics make her vulnerable. it's a terrible position to be in. >> reporter: your determination yesterday seemed to be this

hoping things just don't get out of hand or wilson walker asked a wildfire expert what we should expect this fire season. >>what is the cure? time of the grass. when we they be susceptible? to ignition? so that's something that every all the agencies and even the utilities and the research community are watching right now. watching the bay area hills turned from a faded green to a light, brown, craig clements, director of the wildfire research center at san jose he says the past few days have been a reminder >>that >>even a good winter has legs when it comes to keeping fire risk down. the brawl. fires was a big fire, but it was a grass fire and grass fires are very common. this time of year is the 1st type of fires that we really get. we call it a light, flashy fuel that grass just burns so readily. grasses are usually cured by early june, so fires are now likely. to the next question becomes the larger fuel that is often ignited by a grass fire. live what we call live fuels living plans. those living plants have a lot of soil moisture right now because of the wet winter, so they're doi

wilson walker has a closer look at the intervention and how it's having an impact on our city streets. >>what i'm noticing. during the day. it's difficult to find at all, >>jj says the trend started months ago, and it has only excel. accelerated in recent weeks. drugs like fentanyl. are getting harder to find in san francisco's tenderloin. >>definitely definitely so people are definitely selling. smaller amounts. and we're fights are happening because of it. people are getting ripped off. yeah, i have a couple of friends. one wanted to moved. to philadelphia and another to oregon. just so they could get dope easier. brian >>says the diminishing supply of readily available drugs is the direct result. fewer dealers >>of the main ones that have been selling here for years. you know that established established themselves, probably less than like 10 like that. there's out of jail right now. like you've walked these streets, right? yeah. used to be 6 to 10 drug dealers on every block during the day. >>special agent in charge of the san francisco field office for the d e, a brian clark says

wilson walker has the very latest from healdsburg. >> through our chief we've done so much preparationthe firefighters coming up here felt pretty confident they could hold the fire to mountain view ranch road and they did. >> reporter: when the evacuation order came, fred peterson stayed behind to watch fire fighters stop the flames just across the street from his house. >> this is the fire line, but there's unburned between us and the fire. >> reporter: so we spent the day doing his own patrolling along the fire line keeping evacuated neighbors informed what was going on and helping mark water sources in case they were needed by fire crews. >>> pg&e is getting ready for the peak of wildfire season. the utility company will hold drills. you may see low flying helicopters and drones in santa clara and santa cruz counties, although the wind could impact those plans. >>> paul heggen is tracking the winds prompting tonight's red flag warning. >> still 2 1/2 hours to go in the red flag warning for the north bay hills. the winds have been gusty throughout the day for all parts of the bay are

wilson walker on the ground breaking reporter whose legacy will drive the discussion to this day. >> i think it is also more of a huge thing from being out in the sun. it's an old book, let's say that. >> reporter: off the shelves of his living room, he has pulled an old copy of history on the troubled response to aids and the work of the san francisco chronicle. >> obviously he was a pioneer. he was, you know, out very early and a journalist from the beginning. i think, you know, there say maizing work that way. >> i always try to report on things that would not be covered if i did not do it. >> reporter: the first openly gay journalist at the chronical would ultimately produce three monumental books on lgbtq history and rights, and at the center of that work was his coverage of an epidemic. >> well, it was very difficult when you know people are dying, getting sick, and you don't know yourself and what that situation is or maybe you do. >> reporter: we talked about this a lot because we were both ultimately gay, working in the mainstream media. we were covering the biggest story to

as wilson walker reports, that doesn't necessarily mean the tests are making a widespread comeback. >> stanford is kind of following the pack on this one. i would have expected them to be out in front, but mit, harvard and the ivy's have done this months ago. >> reporter: the return of standardized testing is a story with several parts. >> the first thing is covid. during covid students couldn't take tests. test centers were canceled. so colleges had to let in kids without test scores or they wouldn't have any students. >> reporter: another component is the age of the weighted grade when some schools can boast 40% of a graduating class with a 4.0. >> so when they see everybody with straight as applying, straight as don't mean what they used to. >> reporter: added up and many of the nation's most selective schools were seeing applications jump 50% a year. >> so at one point i think they just got overwhelmed and they were having trouble making decisions because if you're getting 50,000 applications for 1,000 slots, how do you make that decision? so this was really going back to how it w

wilson walker. thanks. so much for your great reporting this morning. i meanwhile, local helicopter pilot shared this video on x, formerly known as twitter. the building looks like it's glowing from the inside. look at that. you can see at this the roof was completely gone and the sighting was falling off at this, right now there is an air quality alert in place in palo alto because of smoke from this fire. this site was a 155. 0 affordable housing project called middlefield junction. it was being built on county owned land behind and fair oaks health center. the plan was to build 179 apartments, a child care center and even community open space. and remember, we brought you this breaking news live on aaron streaming on cbs news app will continue to monitor this stay with us for the latest throughout the day and today's fire in redwood city comes a day before things really start to heat up here in the bay area, first alert meteorologist darren peck is tracking the temperatures. from our virtual view. studio, darren when we get a nice little break to sta

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hopefully we can remain, you know, not a lot of big fires. >> all right, wilson walker there. so on this first alert weather day, as we watch high temperatures stay with us for the locations of cooling centers and just to make sure your neighbor is safe. check on your neighbor as well. we have more information for you on kpix.com. now this. >>> call it a rebirth. call it a revival. these are the ballers. a new pro baseball team built by oakland. >> all right baller, let's go. >> built for oakland. >> all right. play ball. now going to oakland's beautiful raimondi park. home of the ballers. >> the team will be back in action tonight for their second ever game at home. first pitch 6:35 tonight against the yolo high wheelers. it was definitely exciting time for the inaugural home opener last night. what you are looking at is bay area rap legend mistah f.a.b. shaking things up and he didn't throw out the first pitch. but he decided to take a swing at the first hit there at raimondi park as well. as for the actual game, the high wheelers, they came out swinging. they got hot from t

wilson walker's in san francisco with what that could mean for the city's effort to address the homelesss. >> so at this very moment we are analyzing the decision. we will be providing additional guidance and legal advice to the administration and policymakers as they think about how to change policy based on this decision. >> reporter: san francisco city attorney david chiu says the work is already underway reshaping city policy on how to manage encampments, particularly when services are declined. as we have shown, some on the streets reject shelter options for various reasons, sometimes for personal safety concerns. >> for people to do them type of drugs can end up living and dying on the streets and it's real easy. >> reporter: there's someone there to save you. >> correct. >> it's totally [ bleep ]. they want you to throw away all your personal property and drop everything and go with them and go to like a dorm where they're just stacking us. it's like a mental house in there. >> the decision will provide us with more flexibility in how we address this. >> reporter: the city attorne

wilson walker. has his story. >>i think it's also more kind of 8. a age. from being out in the sun. so it's an old book. let's say that the shelves in his living room david toller has pulled an old copy. of history. the land. book on america's troubled response. to aids. and the work of his former colleague at the san francisco chronicle. he was obviously a pioneer. he was, you know out very early. and our there's a journalist from the beginning. and i think you know amazing. work that way. always tried to report on things that would not be covered. if i didn't >>do it. >>tilts the 1st openly gay journey. at the chronicle. ultimately produced 3 monumental books. on lgbt. history and rights. and at the center of that work was his coverage of an epidemic. yeah. it was very difficult. when it felt for your own community and the people that you know, are dying and getting sick. and you know, you don't know yourself. you know what your situation is? or maybe you do. talk. over and i talked about this a lot because we were both openly gay working in the mainstream. media. and covering the

wilson walker was there for the release in sausalito. >> they love to spend time together. i think some of them at our maine aviary are a little bit like it's time to go home. >> reporter: it was very close quarters for the last mile of their recovery, but the destination was the foot of the golden gate and a return to the wild. these brown pelicans showed up starving or disoriented across the region before being rehabilitated in fairfield. russ curtis is with international bird rescue. >> 27 birds. this is going to be our biggest release so far. >> reporter: with the crates lined up, the gates were opened and it was very clear that just about every single one of these birds was ready to go. >> there they go. they'll break on into groups i find. sometimes some of them i've seen seen it look like they paired up a little bit hanging out together that long in captivity. >> what i love to see is they dunk into the water. they start preening, wetting their feathers, maybe even start looking for food. >> reporter: j.d. bergeron said there was one reluctant pelican. >> there was a

as wilson walker reports, the city has to make a deal happen to avoid the $60 million of budget cuts. >> so, basically almost impossible for a city council to support those things. but, i suppose if the coliseum deal is not real or falls through i don't know what choices they have. >> reporter: former city manager says the real budget problems are systemic, namely a reliance on parcel transfer taxes and the one time relief of the coliseum sale. it is a kind of band-aid. >> i don't begrudge using the coliseum money if it is part of a plan to buy time and we are going to do x, y and z moving forward. but if you are just going to balance the budget by selling the coliseum and not do anything else then you are just kicking the can down the road a year and then you are in a disaster. >> the purchase price of $105 million with at least $60 million received in the next fiscal year. >> reporter: the sale negotiations are conditioning every single day but there is no timetable and there are more questions about how the payments would be delivered. >> and so what i like to know based on what we

but as our wilson walker hit the streets and talked to some people, he says they have seen that start to change. >> what i'm noticing during the day, it's difficult to find at all. >> jj said the trend started months ago and it only accelerated in recent weeks. drugs, like fentanyl, are getting harder to find in san francisco's tenderloin. >> definitely. definitely. people are definitely selling smaller amounts and more fights are happening because of it. people are getting ripped off. >> yeah, i have a couple of friends. one wanted to move to philadelphia and another elsewhere because they wanted to get drugs easier. >> they say the ready supply of drug is the direct result of the fewer dealers. >> of the main ones selling for years, you know, and established themselves probably less than 10 out right now. >> like you walked these streets, right? there used to be 6-10 drug dealers on every block during the day. >> special agent in charge of the san francisco field office, brian clark, said combined federal, state and local efforts have turned a corner and drug dealers are now on the

wilson walker was at the team's home opener where it turn out you don't even need to be in the bleacher to have a great seat. >> when they first started i couldn't understand what they were doing. then these bleachers went up and i just, my mind was just blown. i had no idea. it was like my mind couldn't visualize what was going to happen here. >> reporter: right across the street from a baseball stadium, that materialized in barely two months. susan diego is watching oakland baller's history from her home. and she is still a little shocked by it all. >> this was not on my bingo card. get a higher powered binocular. >> reporter: she had a slightly obstructed yet very comfortable view of the first baller's home run. >> that is worth it. to hear that? that's crazy. >> this is a decoy. because they asked for the ball. so i gave them back the original ball. they have it now. but this is good enough. so, yeah, first oakland. i was able to touch the first oakland baller's home run. >> reporter: it was mike gaunt who grabbed the first home run as he and some friends caught what they could from

tonight at 6:00 our wilson walker speaks to a political expert to try to sort out the turmoil and what's next for oakland in the wake of the search of mayor thao's home. >>> the alameda county d.a. is asking people to come forward with any information on the shooting at a juneteenth celebration in oakland. today pamela price said her office has not filed any charges and is reviewing the evidence. that shooting happened on grand avenue near lake merritt last wednesday. oakland police now say 14 people were shot instead of 15. they counted one victim who was shot in a separate shooting that same day. the d.a. is asking for witnesses or anyone with video that can help police with their investigation. >>> i'm anne makovec following governor gavin newsom's state of the state address. instead of a live speech to the legislature, it was a prerecorded addressed posted online, the governor defending the state against "conservatives and california barbers." >> they bashers." >> they do so in the name of "liberty" and freedom. they want to roll back at the same time social problem, racial justice,

wilson walker asked a pr expert about what he makes of it all. >> what i do know is that this would not have gone down the way it did if i was rich, if i gone to elite private schools or if i had come from money. >> i think she felt like she needed to maybe make a strong statement, you know, not a lot of people have been stepping up to defend her. i think that she felt like, you know, if she was not going to get out and defend herself no one else was going to do it for her. >> for public strategy and public affairs expert. the crisis facing the player and the city of oakland is not really the investigation that came to the mayor's house it is the compounding of many different crisis. >> the mayor took office in the midst of hacking a.i. denial for service. facing hundreds of millions deficit. the a's stadium negotiations which were unraveling. high crime and crime issues. all of those things when she took office. >> nothing is going to distract me on building the progress in the last 18 months >> no one knows yet where the investigation is going, he says it is all of these events togeth

the ballers have spent 1.6 0 0 upgrading it, wilson walker has a closer look at what fans will experience. from security. to parking. yeah. we're very close. we're putting the final touches in it's a little bit stressful because we've got a lot of little things >>on the cusp of opening day ballers co founder paul freeman is watching the final pieces fall into place. getting the park ready for baseball. and opening nights. sellout. his message for anyone. unfamiliar. with the area. >>i think 1st of all, this neighborhood is a lot safer than people expect. i mean, we live in a big city you always got to, you know, look out, but this neighborhood my kids play soccer at this. field right over here. we also have a lot of security. over a dozen security personnel will be here. we have opd will be on site. so this is going to be safe. secure environment. >>and for anyone. who is driving impossible. and possibly worried >>about >>car. >>we got a lot of different parking places. there's a parking lot right across the street over there, which is under roof. we have another very large parking facili

wilson walker. now with how the combination of wind high temperatures and really try brush make for a tinderbox threat for a wildfire, risk. what >>is the cure? time of the grasses. >>is >>when will they be susceptible to ignition? so that's something that every all the agencies and even the utilities and the research community watching right now. the bay area hills turned from a faded green to a light, brown, craig clements director of the wildfire research center at san jose, 8. he says the past few days have been a reminder. even a good winter has legs when it comes to keeping fire risk down. the crowd. >>fire >>was a big fire, but it was a grass, fire and grass fires are very common this time of year is the 1st type of fires that we really get. and we call it a light, flashy fuel that grass just burns so readily. grasses are usually cured by early june, so fires are now likely. to the next question becomes the larger fuel that is often ignited by a grass fire. live what we call live fuels living

coming up at 6:00, our wilson walker will dig into the plan to keep people safe at that ballpark. >>> pro football hall of famer larry allen passed away sunday at age 52, best known for his time with the cowboys, but finished his career with the 49ers in 2007. he was one of two players from sonoma state to make it to the nfl. the cowboys released a statement calling allen, "one of the most respected, accomplished offensive linemen to ever play in the nfl." he died while on vacation with his family in mexico. >>> in san francisco protesters arrested today after occupy be the lobby of the building housing the israeli consulate. we saw police officers loading one man into a van earlier today. demonstrators called for an end to the israel-hamas war occupying the building on montgomery street several hours before police eventually moved in. no word yet on the number of arrests, but a journalist from the associated press saw about a dozen people taken away in zip ties. >>> there is a new effort to crack down on the sale of stolen goods on san francisco's step streets. mayor london breed and

wilson walker hit the streets and talk to some people who say they have been seeing things start. to change. i'm noticing. during the day. it's difficult to find at all, >>jj says the trend started months ago, and it has only excel. accelerated in recent weeks. drugs like >>fentanyl. >>are getting harder to find in san francisco's tenderloin. >>definitely definitely. so. people are definitely selling. smaller amounts. and we're fighting. are happening because of it. people are getting ripped off. yeah. i have a couple of friends. 11. wanted to moved. to philadelphia and another to oregon just so they could get dope. easier. >>brian says the diminishing supply of readily available drug is the directorate. result. fewer dealers >>of the main ones that have been selling here for years, you know that, like have established him. there's probably less than like 10 like that. there's like out of jail right now. like you've walked these streets. right? there used to be 6 to 10 drug dealers. on every block during the >>day special agent in charge of the san francisco field office for the d

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he tells our wilson walker he's lived there since 2019 with his cat. >> we did this to get ahead, to bite the bullet. living like this allows us to take care of tire, insurance, dental appointment, oh clothes for kids, back to school. not only rent's expensive, everything's expensive. >> reporter: in a matter of weeks they could be forced to move when the city starts cracking down on parking restrictions. >> i think there are people that just, yeah, we just rub them the wrong way. i don't know where they want us to go. we're just human beings. sorry i was born. sorry we were born, but we're all god's children, i think, so we should have compassion and empathy. >> reporter: the city planning to begin enforcing a four-hour parking limit, and today jonathan and a few dozen others temporarily blocked the road leading to the stones town mall in protest, demanding the city postpone enforcement again or find them another safe area to live. 11-year-old hazel and her family were among those hopeful for a resolution. >> we want to protest for our home, our safety and be safe. that's all what i

so wilson walker asked the experts what we should expect this fire season. >> reporter: what is the cure time of the grasses? when will they be susceptible to ignition? so that's something that all the agencies and even the utilities and the research community are watching right now. >> reporter: watching the bay area hills turn from a faded green to a light brown, craig clements, director of the wildfire research center at san jose state, he says the past few days have been a reminder that even a good winter has legs when it comes to keeping fire risk down. >> the corral fire was a big fire, but it was a grass fire. and grass fires are very common this time of year. it's the first type of fires that we really get. >> and we call it a light flashy fuel that. grass just burns so readily. >> reporter: grasses are usually cured by early june, so fires are now likely. so the next question becomes the larger fuel that is often ignited by a grass fire. >> so these are live fuel. we call live fuel, living plants. those living plants have a lot of soil moisture right now because of the wet winte