and his son andy wong, of bribery, conspiracy, mail fraud and wire fraud. the 22 page indictment alleges the scheme started in 2022, just before tao was elected mayor of oakland in november. >> weeks before that election, tao made commitments to take official actions as mayor that would benefit the. >> wong's questions had lingered as tao's home was raided by the fbi prior to her 2024 recall. the indictment repeatedly refers to an unnamed coconspirator who worked with the wong's. the indictment alleges tao and jones tried to cover up cash payments for a 95,000 no show job salary to jones from the wong's. it also alleges they covered up funding for campaign mailers from david and andy wong, whose family operates recycling and housing businesses that contract with the city. in return, tao allegedly pushed for renewal of contracts and exerted influence as mayor to help the wong's businesses. >> her agreement to purchase housing units from a company owned by the duong family, her agreement to ensure the extension of a contract for recycling services that the ci

norman wong. i'm glad he stood up.ot of people have feelings about stuff, but they're not willing to stick their neck out. in 1898, norman's great grandfather wong successfully defended his claim he was a u.s. citizen in the supreme court. officials were denying wong reentry back from china during a wave of anti-asian sentiment in the country, saying his parents were chinese nationals at the time of his birth. but they were in the u.s. legally. so. wong's win reaffirmed the 14th amendment that anyone born in the u.s. is automatically a citizen. his story was thrust back into the national spotlight. this next order relates to the definition of birthright citizenship under the 14th amendment of the united states. anti-immigration advocates are pressing for another interpretation, saying wong's story isn't the same because his family was here legally. now, a battle in the courtroom is looming because less than 24 hours after mr. trump signed the order, 18 states are suing to stop him. he has overreached by a mile in this

and his son andy wong, of bribery, conspiracy, mail fraud and wire fraud. the 22 page indictment alleges the scheme started in 2022, just before tao was elected mayor of oakland in november. >> weeks before that election, tao made commitments to take official actions as mayor that would benefit the. wong's. >> questions have lingered as tao's home was raided by the fbi prior to her 2024 recall. the indictment repeatedly refers to an unnamed coconspirator who worked with the wongs. the indictment alleges tao and jones tried to cover up cash payments for a 95,000 no show job salary to jones from the wongs. it also alleges they covered up funding for campaign mailers from david and andy wong, whose family operates recycling and housing businesses that contract with the city. in return, tao allegedly pushed for renewal of contracts and exerted influence as mayor to help the wong's businesses. >> her agreement to purchase housing units from a company owned by the duong family. her agreement to ensure the extension of a contract for recycling services that the ci

wong grew up in san francisco and got into standup after graduating college.he won two previous golden globes for her work on the hit netflix show "beef," but last night was her first win for a standup special. here's some of her speech. >> you know, i come from san francisco and that's where i started doing standup and i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for all the stage time that i got there and all the practice i got to become a standup comedian. so i really want to thank molly schmink from the sf punchline comedy club. >> punchline was quick to congratulate ali writing on facebook, "congratulations to ali wong. punchline is honored to be a part of your journey. go, ali." it really is just a fun night for all those really who know ali and love her and, of course, people just within the comedy community here in san francisco, like you said, not a lot of shout outs, but punchline do shows six nights a week and they have comedians locally and from across the country. they're a cool and historic venue in the city. >> a favorite spot of dave chappelle. >> very true

in court friday, tao, with her attorney as well as jones and the wongs, pled not guilty. they are presumed innocent, but rippy says the indictment alone is having an impact on public trust in oakland and beyond. it's going to be a very big challenge to overcome in the future for not only oakland, but many other local governments to make sure that they can maintain what trust is left. and now we wanted to know more about that city official who was appointed and allegedly selected by the wongs. i reached out to the city just moments ago. they say they are working on a response right now. candice nguyen, nbc bay area. we investigate. i'm sure you'll be around more with more information on this. thank you, candice, for following it. of course, we're going to continue our coverage of former mayor thao's indictment in our 6 p.m. newscast. we can also see our previous reports on our website, nbcbayarea.com. we've posted a detailed timeline of how this case got to this point. 24 hours later, this large fire at a lithium battery storage facility is still burning in monterey county

and his son andy wong, of bribery, conspiracy, mail fraud and wire fraud. the 22 page indictment alleges the scheme started in 2022, just before tao was elected mayor of oakland in november. >> weeks before that election, tao made commitments to take official actions as mayor that would benefit the. >> wong's questions had lingered as tao's home was raided by the fbi prior to her 2024 recall. the indictment repeatedly refers to an unnamed coconspirator who worked with the wong's. the indictment alleges tao and jones tried to cover up cash payments for a 95,000 no show job salary to jones from the wong's. it also alleges they covered up funding for campaign mailers from david and andy wong, whose family operates recycling and housing businesses that contract with the city. in return, tao allegedly pushed for renewal of contracts and exerted influence as mayor to help the duong's businesses. >> her agreement to purchase housing units from a company owned by the duong family, her agreement to ensure the extension of a contract for recycling services that the c

and his son andy wong, of bribery, conspiracy, mail fraud and wire fraud.page indictment alleges the scheme started in 2022, just before tao was elected mayor of oakland in november. >> weeks before that election, tao made commitments to take official actions as mayor that would benefit the. >> wong's questions had lingered as tao's home was raided by the fbi prior to her 2024 recall. the indictment repeatedly refers to an unnamed coconspirator who worked with the wong's. the indictment alleges tao and jones tried to cover up cash payments for a 95,000 no show job salary to jones from the wong's. it also alleges they covered up funding for campaign mailers from david and andy wong, whose family operates recycling and housing businesses that contract with the city. in return, tao allegedly pushed for renewal of contracts and exerted influence as mayor to help the wong's businesses. >> her agreement to purchase housing units from a company owned by the duong family, her agreement to ensure the extension of a contract for recycling services that the city of oa

wong and his father, david wong, who own california waste solutions, funded a negative mailer campaign costing approximately $75,000 in support of tao's mayoral campaign. >> look, i am, i am angry. this is ridiculous that uh- democracy has been trampled on here in oakland. >> former council member lauren taylor was ahead at one point during the ranked choice voting tally by 3587 votes, but wound up losing the mayor's race by just 677 out of about 125,000 votes cast. the difference, according to taylor and his chief of staff, this mailer slamming taylor sent just days before the election. >> they obviously had darkened his his face and darkened his skin and had outrageous allegations. it just seemed incredibly unfair and disappointing in public. >> real estate agent and political activist mario suarez always said that he paid for the fliers and this anti-law and taylor website. but last summer, mayor xiang tao's former chief of staff told me she watched suarez approach tao and andy wong at this campaign event in october 2022, asking for more money for the fliers. >> and that was the fir

andy wong text back. prosecutors allege that wong funded a negative mailers campaign attacking tao's political rivals. they went out one week before the 2022 election. former city council member lauren taylor, who narrowly lost to tao in 2022, addressed the indictment friday. when we talk about a 677 vote margin, those fliers that were funded through this scheme clearly had a direct impact on the outcome of our election. the multi-year investigation was a coordinated effort with the irs, u.s. postal inspection service, the u.s. attorney's office, and the fbi. our cameras were there last june when agents from the fbi raided tao's home as part of the investigation. if convicted on all six counts, tao and jones both face a maximum sentence of 95 years in prison. jones and the wongs have also pleaded not guilty. andre, do you have any comments? in oakland, emma goss, nbc, bay area news. other candidates vying to replace tao are weighing in as well. former congresswoman barbara lee said in part city hall must

wong's victory was not a given.nese sentiment was high when wong fought his case. the very same supreme court years earlier claimed a oriental invasion was a menace to the civilization when. even in that climate, our constitutional principles shown through. which is why president-elect trump's crusade against birthright citizenship is so alarming. this is what trump told nbc's kristen welker in early december. >> you promise to end birthright citizenship on day one. is that still your plan? >> yeah, absolutely. >> the 14th amendment says that, quote, all persons born in the united states are citizens. can you go you get around the 14th amendment with an executive? >> maybe have to go back to the people. we have to end it. we are the only country that has it. >> we are not the only country which has birthright citizenship. excluding the united states, 32 countries have some form of it. but that's largely unimportant to donald trump as long as -- as is the long history of precedent that protects birthright citizenship

wong and his father, david wong, who own california waste solutions, funded a negative mailer campaign costing approximately $75,000 in support of tao's mayoral campaign. >> look, i am, i am angry. this is ridiculous that uh- democracy has been trampled on here in oakland. >> former council member lauren taylor was ahead at one point during the ranked choice voting tally by 3587 votes, but wound up losing the mayor's race by just 677 out of about 125,000 votes cast. the difference, according to taylor and his chief of staff. this mailer slamming taylor sent just days before the election. >> they obviously had darkened his his face and darkened his skin and had outrageous allegations. it just seemed incredibly unfair and disappointing in public. >> real estate agent and political activist mario suarez always said that he paid for the fliers, and this anti-law and taylor website. but last summer, mayor sheng tao's former chief of staff told me she watched suarez approach tao and andy duong at this campaign event in october 2022, asking for more money for the fliers. >> and that was the f

and the lawyers for david wong had this response, saying mr. wong denies wrongdoing and will vigorously defend these allegations in court. he looks forward to prevailing in this case and continuing his decades of service, philanthropy and devotion to our community and the bay area. now, the indictment details alleged bribes were spent on a negative mailer that helped xiang tao just before the 2022 oakland mayoral election. it raises an intriguing question could we actually have had a different mayor, had that money not exchanged hands, as authorities allege? abc seven news i-team reporter dan noyes spoke to the man who tao edged out, and any comment about what's happening in his white suit and white tennis shoes. >> andy huang would not answer questions as he entered federal court to face bribery, conspiracy, mail and wire fraud charges in connection with former oakland mayor xiang tao. but the indictment says in exchange for future favors, contracts and political appointments to wong and his father, david wong, who owned california waste solut

andy wong text back. prosecutors allege that wong funded a negative mailers campaign attacking tao's political rivals. they went out one week before the 2022 election. former city council member lauren taylor, who narrowly lost to tao in 2022, addressed the indictment friday. when we talk about a 677 vote margin, those fliers that were funded through this scheme clearly had a direct impact on the outcome of our election. the multi-year investigation was a coordinated effort with the irs, u.s. postal inspection service, the u.s. attorney's office, and the fbi. our cameras were there last june when agents from the fbi raided tao's home as part of the investigation. if convicted on all six counts, tao and jones both face a maximum sentence of 95 years in prison. jones and the wongs have also pleaded not guilty. andre, do you have any comments? in oakland, emma goss, nbc, bay area news. other candidates vying to replace tao are weighing in as well. former congresswoman barbara lee said in part city hall must

wong kim ark was born in san francisco on sacramento street to immigrant parents. after a visit to china, wong kim ark was denied reentry into san francisco because of the chinese exclusion act. wong kim ark went to court, arguing that his birth on u.s. soil made him a u.s. citizen. ultimately, the supreme court ruled he was right under the 14th amendment. california and attorneys general from 17 other states say that's a lesson the new president is about to learn again, and that it's very dubious legal reasoning under trump's executive order. and he's not able to just undo the 14th amendment with the stroke of his pen. but ramos won't have to worry about her daughter's citizenship, since the new executive order won't take effect for at least 30 days. but ramos says the fear is already dominating her community. you mucha gente en la calle. ramos says she useto see a lot of people on the street and in the stores of her community. not so much today. growing fear of mass deportations, pushing undocumented immigrants back into the shadows. damian trujillo nbc bay area

andy wong text back. prosecutors allege that wong funded a negative mailers campaign attacking tao's political rivals. they went out one week before the 2022 election. former city council member lauren taylor, who narrowly lost to tao in 2022, addressed the indictment friday. when we talk about a 677 vote margin, those fliers that were funded through this scheme clearly had a direct impact on the outcome of our election. the multi-year investigation was a coordinated effort with the irs, u.s. postal inspection service, the u.s. attorney's office, and the fbi. our cameras were there last june when agents from the fbi raided tao's home as part of the investigation. if convicted on all six counts, tao and jones both face a maximum sentence of 95 years in prison. jones and the wong's have also pleaded not guilty. andre, do you have any comments? emma goss for today in the bay. meanwhile, some candidates who are vying to replace tao are now weighing in. former congresswoman barbara lee says in part, quote, cit

norman's father was either wong kim ark son or grandson.that time leave some doubt. >> i have a fractured. >> family history. >> that fractured history includes his mother. >> she was still. >> 16, probably when they had to leave. >> the picture shows his mother's family with their bags packed during world war two. they were forced to leave their san leandro home and sent to a u.s. concentration camp in utah simply for being of japanese descent. >> you deny your own people their citizenship rights and live as a total underclass forever and their children. that's not supposed to be the american way. >> lyanne melendez, abc seven news. >> let's go. are we ready for some nominees? let's go. >> the nominees are and are not. many say, san francisco's jon chu, who directed wicked, was snubbed. next, see who did make the (banker 1) let's hear it! (vo) with wells fargo premier a team can help you plan for your dream. (woman) i have this vacation home... (banker 2) so, like a getaway? (woman) yeah, but... it's also an eco-friendly artist retreat. (b

norman's father was either wong kim ark son or grandson. that time leave some doubt. >> i have a fractured family history. >> that fractured history includes his mother. >> she was still. >> 16, probably when they had to leave. >> the picture shows his mother's family with their bags packed. during world war two, they were forced to leave their san leandro home and sent to a u.s. concentration camp in utah simply for being of japanese descent. >> you deny your own people their citizenship rights and live as a total underclass forever. and their children. that's not supposed to be the american way. >> lyanne melendez, abc seven news. >> well, plenty of new changes as the new trump administration takes shape. you can keep track of the first 100 days at abc7 news.com, as well as the abc seven bay area app. >> taller than ever. a new study in just who's growing and a road test that's testing some drivers well, this news is for you. the cdc now recommends you get vaccinated against pneumococcal pneumonia. why? if you're 50 or older even if you'r

wong had no parents who were citizens in the united states. so, rob bonta, i've known him for a long time, and he's absolutely right. there's no case here, but there is a supreme court that has three justices appointed by president trump. so nothing is a lock when it gets there. yeah. as we've seen, anything can happen nowadays in this country. professor, with so many executive orders here in these last, what, 24 hours will many of them be challenged legally? and is that just a tactic to slow down the process? maybe a block the speed, so to speak? yeah. raj, i call it whack a mole. we've seen that game. whack a mole, put out as many of these orders as you can, and some of them may survive and others will not. there will be two solid years, at least, of litigation over these orders. starting today. birthright citizenship already has three lawsuits filed in different states around the country, and it's going to be a continual process of lower court decisions, appellate decisions, some supreme court review, and some will succeed. the president do

and so we can thank wong kim ark for reaffirming that. right.nd many thousands, millions of americans have enjoyed birthright citizenship since then. the perspective and interpretation of uh- that the trump administration has, in its executive order, has never been supported by any court or the us congress. it is a fringe theory that should be struck down and immediately in federal court, and birthright citizenship should continue. >> to dive into the weeds just a little, tiny bit more. the fight centers on a particular clause in the 14th amendment right. the trump order says children born to unauthorized immigrants or temporary visitors are not, quote, subject to the jurisdiction of the u.s. in the way that the 14th amendment intended. is that open to interpretation? how are you going to argue that. >> it's not open to interpretation? the general application of that, subject to the jurisdiction thereof clause is primarily focused on the children of foreign diplomats who are present in the united states, but subject to the rules and laws of thei

the court agreed with wong kim ark.at under the 14th amendment, he was a citizen. the 14th amendment was ratified in 1868, three years after the end of the civil war, to address this country's original sin of slavery, to reverse previous law and court precedent that denied the citizenship and basic humanity of nearly 4 million formerly enslaved people, it said. what it meant if you're born in america, you're an american citizen. but it was wong's case that made it clear that the 14th amendment applied to almost all people born on american soil, regardless of race or ancestry. as i mentioned, the 14th amendment did not initially apply to native americans until the indian citizenship act of 1924. 100 years ago. since president donald trump signed that executive order on monday, six separate federal lawsuits have been filed representing a combined 22 states and two cities. on thursday, a reagan appointed federal judge in washington state, judge john kunau, said, quote, i've been on the bench for over four decades. i can't

owners say they wanted the bar to be a place to watch women's sports and san francisco native ali wong won best stand-up comedian on television for netflix special ali wong, single lady at the golden globes in her acceptance speech, wong took the time to thank or san francisco routes and sandwiches, punchline comedy she also thanked molly smack from the comedy club. and more bay area news. we're talking about those that are headed to the coast. he urged to watch out for those sneaker waves. they can sweep across the beach without warning and pull people into the water. >> we do have a high surf advisory at the coast. the strong rip currents expected to continue through 04:00pm tomorrow for all of our beaches, especially those facing northwesterly. so something to consider if you do happen to plan, heading out to the coast today on what will eventually be a beautiful afternoon. got to get to some fog first, though, and there is some pockets of dense fog in there. it's really of dried into the bay. there. you can see the very top of suture tower sticking up through it. so just watch out

. >> thank you, a role call >> president bleiman >> here >> vice president wong. >> commissioner perez. >> here >> commissioner poggio >> here >> commissioner thomas. >> here >> thanks the next item is general public comment is anybody interested in commenting. no public comment. >> item throw approval the minute for december 17, 2024 commission meeting. do we have a motion to approve the minutes? >> so moved. >> seconded. >> is there public comment on our meeting minutes? no public comment. close public comment special vote. >> president bleiman. >> aye >> vice president wong >> aye yoochl commissioner davis >> aye >> perez. >> aye. >> poggio. >> aye. >> thomas. >> aye. >> all our welcome i will be sure to this evening e mail all commissioners and staff with just directions for attending as a member of the public. you are very much dips couraged from driving here. there will be many street closures occurring and please take public upon transit if you comprehend that will be occurring 11:30 tomorrow and there will be an open house at city hall after. which is open to the public and the

close public comment special vote. >> president bleiman. >> aye >> vice president wong >> aye yoochl commissioner davis >> aye >> perez. >> aye. >> poggio. >> aye. >> thomas. >> aye. >> all our welcome i will be sure to this evening e mail all commissioners and staff with just directions for attending as a member of the public. you are very much dips couraged from driving here. there will be many street closures occurring and please take public upon transit if you comprehend that will be occurring 11:30 tomorrow and there will be an open house at city hall after. which is open to the public and the new mayor will have a receiving line where he will meet any member of the public this wants to meet him and take a photo with him. that is exciting there will be a lot of events and follow up to the inauguration, authorize, we get to work so our first department head meeting with the new mayor occurs thursday morning. i will keep this group, wear of initiatives this the new mayor and his policy chiefs are planning. if you have any information that you want me to funnel upward, know that i

comments from nvidia ceo, jenson wong. take a look at what he has to say. >> you said 15 years for very useful quantum computers, that would be on the early side. if you said 30 is probably on the late side, but if you picked 20, i think a whole bunch of us would believe it. what we're interested in, we want to help the industry get there as fast as possible. >> and his comments obviously had an impact on the market. quantum computing stocks falling double digits. okay, that is your setup, now we want to switch gears and see how europe and asia are doing after that selloff. sylvia, good morning. >> very good morning, frank. today, i have two different market stories to tell you about. let me start with the performance over in asia. and indeed, very interesting how you were highlighting there, the pressure that we saw on u.s. stocks yesterday. that translated also into some of the moves over in asia. we had the nikkei down a quarter of a percent. if i show europe, the market narrative is different. investors in europe basic

we look forward to clear and wong's good name before the court and a jury of his peers. and joining us live now with legal perspective on this investigation is criminal defense attorney michael cardoza. he's worked in da's office is out of san francisco, alameda and la county's and now runs his own private practice. cardoza law. good afternoon to you. >> that afternoon. >> so mister cardoza, this announcement comes 7 months after the fbi raided former mayor taos home along with properties tied to that family. we know that they're facing federal corruption and bribery charges. so what kind of legal defense you see them building as this investigation continues. >> well, the lakers defense is going to be interesting because right now we just be speculating. basically they're saying we didn't do that. there are other people that are making things up. they're not telling the truth. that's basically what they're the fence appears to be right now that these charges are unfounded with witnesses that shouldn't be believe that, we're going to find out about that, >> well, mayor te

that is ray wong in cooper to know a california bro, toby walsh in sydney and bryan wong's in hong kong. and thank you to for watching, you can see the program again any time by visiting our website out a 0 dot com for further discussion to go to our facebook page. that's facebook dot com, forward slash a inside story. you can also join the conversation on x a handle as, as a inside story for me, elizabeth put on them and the whole team here, bye for now. the the latest news as it breaks as this is fire holes. the focus now shifts the making sure these a delivery continues to address the long term needs of jobs, of people with detailed coverage and this type, some loss of destruction. policy news are still willing to rebuild their houses and collect anything left from their memories from the hoss of the story for recovery will take to use in order to remove the rustle and re gain a semblance of normality. again, north and south korea to nations. technically still a tour, as relations between the neighbors deteriorates some tiny south korean islands are in the firing line. 101 east meets

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it is our economic right. >> reporter: wong kim ark wouldn't have wanted it any other way. >> usually executive orders take effect immediately but the birthright challenge has a 30 day waiting period and the president lifted restrictions on arrests at churches and schools. so immigration and customs enforcement set a policy in 2011 preventing agents from arresting people in sensitive locations. trump has promised mass deportations but wouldn't say when. and where they would be carried out. >>> onto the south bay. multifaith leaders held a community prayer vigil in downtown san jose this evening to show support for the immigrant community in santa clara county. faith leaders tell us it is an important time to stand together. >> that community is very scared about what's going to happen next. are they going to be separated? are they going to be able to live the life they have tried to live? >> faith leaders say they hope the immigrant community feels they are supported and leans on them during these times. >>> the aclu and state leaders say the immigration crack down can have big impact

san francisco native ali wong, one best stand-up comedian on television for netflix special ali wong, single lady. her golden globes, acceptance speech. in that she thanks san francisco routes because that's where she's from. and san francisco punchline, comedy club as well. and she thanked the comedy club as well, saying that, you know, that's where she got her start and turn. >> well, in more bay area news, those headed to the coast are urged to watch out for sneaker waves. they can sweep across beaches without warning and pull people back into the water. so it's going to be rough. went out there along the coastline. just keep that in mind. >> workers lines lit up in those advisories courtesy of those sneaker waves, which you'll see right back up there on screen, something that we are going to be seeing intel for our pm tomorrow. so if you are heading out to the water, especially this afternoon when the weather gets a little bit more comfortable and sunny, do watch the coast and keep some extra distance between yourself in the water where we're sitting right now. a lot of low fog re

into knowing that bribes would be offered and accepted by tao and jones in exchange for allowing the wongs to exercise illegal influence over the levers of city government. the indictment alleges that the illegal conspiracy began around october 22nd, before the november 2022 oakland mayoral election, weeks before that election, tao made commitments to take official actions as mayor that would benefit the duong's. examples of promises allegedly made by tao include her agreement to purchase housing units from a company owned by the duong family. her agreement to ensure the extension of a contract for recycling services that the city of oakland had with one of david and andy duong's companies. and her agreement to use influence to help appoint a high level city official to benefit the duong's business interests. in exchange, the duong's allegedly provided payments to tao and jones in various forms, including the financing of a negative mailer campaign targeting tao's political rivals and providing jones and tao with $95,000 in direct payments disguised as wages for a no show job. for jones, w

it's our civil right, is our economic right, and we'll continue to fight this. >> reporter: wong kim arch wouldn't have wanted it any other way. >> there has no doubt been a lot of fear surrounding what could happen when it comes to changes in immigration. so much so they held a prayer vigil in downtown los angeles tonight. people of many faiths said they wanted to show support for the community >> that community is very scared about what's going to happen next. what's going to happen to their children. are they going is to be separated. are they going live the life they have tried to live >> reporter: faith leaders say they hope that the community leans on them at difficult times. the lclu says president trump's immigration crack down may impact how socal recovers from the recent fires >> in catastrophic disasters that the fires that we under went in los angeles, immigrant communities at the forefront of clean up and recovery, hundreds of day laborers organized themselves and took to the streets to clean up and help others >> reporter: they consider president trump's actions an atta

and david wong's lawyer sent a statement saying in part, quote, mr. duong denies wrongdoing and will vigorously defend these allegations in court. he looks forward to prevailing in this case of continuing his decades of service, philanthropy and devotion to our community and the bay area, quote, that family owned several businesses in oakland. we first learned about them and their connections with city leaders following the fbi search of their homes. >> last summer, the drawing family owns oakland's recycling service, california waste solutions. it claims cws is the largest recycling company in northern california with 300 employees. the drawings also appeared politicians at every level and it social media full of pictures of him with multiple politicians, including tao her former opponent lauren taylor and former congresswoman barbara lee and governor gavin newsom. the enemies business association, which david wrong chairs also organized a trip to vietnam in 2023. how it ended that trip as the mayor oakland. well, if you'd like to read the 22 page in

but the indictment says in exchange for future favors, contracts and political appointments to wong and his father, david wong, who owned california waste solutions, funded a negative mailer campaign costing approximately $75,000 in support of tao's mayoral campaign. >> look, i am, i am angry. this is ridiculous that uh- democracy has been trampled on here in oakland. >> former council member lauren taylor was ahead at one point during the ranked choice voting tally by 3587 votes, but wound up losing the mayor's race by just 677 out of about 125,000 votes cast. the difference, according to taylor and his chief of staff, this mailer slamming taylor sent just days before the election. >> they obviously had darkened his his face and darkened his skin and had outrageous allegations. it just seemed incredibly unfair and disappointing in public. >> real estate agent and political activist mario suarez always said that he paid for the fliers, and this anti-law and taylor website. but last summer, mayor sheng tao's former chief of staff told me she watched suarez approach tao and andy duong at

there's a chance, nvidia ceo jenson wong could make some comments leaving the white house. folks, we have cameras ready to bring to you if it happens. don't change the channel. we're also getting more clarity of tariffs that president trump will put on canada and mexico. the white house just confirmed in the last hour that tariffs are on the two allies, canada and mexico and china will go into effect tomorrow, february 1. press secretary karoline leavitt said trump will implement 25% tariffs on the three nations -- mexico and canada, 10% on just china. while nvidia white house meeting may be seizing the moment with all the talk about china and tariffs, with about 58 minutes left of trade for january and the bulls are seizing the month. check out the blue chips and this up flat line at the moment and doesn't mean much and look and see the game 4.7% jump month to date. puts the dow in position to grab the trophy. betting on ibm, goldman sachs or 3m, you're leading the way, 3m up 18% and ibm up 16% and goldman sachs up 11.6%. even taking into account what happened monday, reme

special ali wong, single lady talks about dating post-divorce. make sure the first female comedian to win in that category. in her acceptance speech last night, she took the time to thank or san francisco routes and the city's punchline comedy club. says she wouldn't be where she is. if she hadn't gotten the practice doing stand-up. >> all right. that's it for kron. 4 news at 5. appreciate you being with us this hour. we'll be back at 6. >> now about 4 news at 6 for the second time in a month. the city of oakland has a new mayor as another prominent east, a politician could be getting ready to throw her name. is the race to replace shane plus, a change in leadership could be coming to the embattled if you police department. >> is at 6. >> good evening, everybody. thanks for joining us on kron. 4 news at 6. i'm vicki liviakis grant lotus our top story. the city of oakland has now its 3rd mayor in less than a month. councilmember kevin jenkins was selected by his fellow council members as the interim mayor this afternoon. but as kron four's, dan ke

esto fue en 2023, un viaje pagado en parte por la familia wong. al momento. en ese momento esperamos saber qué información nos trae el fbi. hay un proceso. presumimos que él está inocente, pero veremos a ver qué información nos trae el gobierno. bueno, hasta ahora tao y la familia duong han mantenido su inocencia. vamos a cambiar de información. usar documentos falsos para trabajar aquí en los estados unidos es una práctica que realizan muchos de los que se encuentran de manera indocumentada en el país. de esto surge una pregunta qué problemas podría acarrear esto en el futuro? por eso, flavio lacayo ha conversado con expertos con miembros de nuestra comunidad sobre este tema. flavio, cuéntanos qué dicen ellos. qué tal? césar miryam buenas t tardes. bueno, sabemos todos que la necesidad de trabajar y mantener a una familia obliga a muchos inmigrantes indocumentados a comprar papeles falsos. un abogado criminalista y una jurista experta en inmigración nos explican los problemas que pudieran derivar con el uso de documentos falsos. hay que hacer lo

last night, several bay area stars won big, including ali wong, who took time to thank the bay area in you know, i come from san francisco and that's where i started doing stand up, and i wouldn't be here if it wasn't for all the stage time that i got there. wong earned the award for best stand up comedy performance for her netflix comedy special, single lady. this is the second golden globe for the pacific heights native, and another bay area artist also took home a prize a new one. director jon chu accepted the cinematic and box office achievement award for wicked. my parents came to this country and loved wizard of oz. they tell us about the golden, a yellow brick road and the rainbow place over the rainbow that all your dreams come true if you dare to dream it. and so when i'm up here looking at you, living the dream and looking at this beautiful, beautiful cast, it's more beautiful than i ever thought it could be. other big winners include amelia perez, a baby reindeer shogun and hacks. well, happening now the bay area's commercial dungeness crab season is officially underway. thi

jensen wong delivering the keynote at ces. a lot to unpack. this is what he said about the blackwell gpu and where fits into the company's a.i. picture. >> you get this incredible graphics card here blackwell, i'm going to shrink it and put it in there. does that make any sense? well, you can do that without artificial intelligence. >> i say physical a.i. is all the talk. >> develop the evolution. i've got to tell you this physical, first i'm going to say there's just a huge amount of people saying amazon's gunning for nvidia. amazon -- like a good game of chess. no, they play checkers. after this, amazon's a checkers player. >> what does that mean? >> because amazon -- the big reason why amazon -- that amazon's supposed to be gunning for nvidia, right, microsoft's supposed to be -- good luck, he's doing physical. what he's doing -- >> wait, just to stop. what you're talking about is the development of their own chips, is that what you're saying, gunning for them? they use nvidia chips but use arm-enabled architecture that help in the data cen

same group that stood behind wong kim more than 125 years ago. >> and whatever trump says, we need to fight it and fight it to a max and continue to fight this. it sour right and it is our own right and it is our economic right, and we will continue to fight this >> reporter: he wouldn't have wanted it any other way. usually executive orders take effect immediately, but the birthright challenge includes a 30-day waiting period. rob bonta will seek an injunction before it could be implemented. >>> the trump administration say lowing authorities to arrest people at churches and schools, saying they will not tie the hands of law enforcement, but will then trust them to use common sense. immigration and custom enforcement set a policy in 20111, preventing agents from arresting people in sensitive locations. the biden administration issued similar guidance. >>> coming up at 5:30, we will talk to professor rory little from uc law it in san francisco about some of the legal battles that will play out during the next four years. >>> meanwhile defendants convicted on charges related to the jan

claudine wong, ktvu, fox two news. >> pretty incredible gift.ank you so much for wrapping up your 2024 with us. the countdown, of course, to the new year is on. i'd like to wish you a happy new year, and also a reminder that you can watch a live stream of san francisco's midnight fireworks celebration on our fox local app. good night and happy new year! we'd like to leave you with a live look at san francisco along the embarcadero, as crowds are gathering tonight for crystal clear skies and the beautiful fireworks show that will light up the night sky to ring in 2025. best wishes for a great new year bay area for the last time in 2024. good night, bay area. we'll see you in 2025. [music] yeah. >> hello. and welcome to like it or not, i'm dave clark. this is a show where we talk about things, about what you're talking about, the latest hot topics. what's trending now, this particular episode is all about ringing in a new year. and i've got some of the best people in the bay area here. i'm just saying are the cre

i'm claudine wong. >> happy new year. claudine wong, dave clark, good to see you i'm dave clark. it's wednesday. it's the first day of january 2025, new year's day. and i know someone who made the best tamales in all of the bay area. nice. her initials are roberta gonzalez. >> that is so sweet of you. did you try them? >> i'm going to. >> okay, but you're just saying that they're the best because it was a rumor. they are the best. okay. no, it's a tradition. you have to begin the new year with a tamale to have a healthy new year ahead and a happy new year. you know, in the south, it's black eyed peas. >> yes, it is. >> it is. but i tried it one year with a girlfriend, and my year didn't go so well. so i'm sticking to the tamales. >> we'll make you some new ones. >> all right. there you go. hi, everybody. good morning to you. it's a brand new start to a brand new year. clear and chilly. but i have been noticing increasing cloud cover. it will be partly sunny today, then turning mostly cloudy. temperature wise right now we've jumped up to 40 degrees from 36 in the tri valley. we're

. >> san francisco native ali wong.and-up comedian on television for her netflix special ali wong, single lady that makes her the first female comedian to win in that category in her acceptance speech, wong took time to thank her san francisco routes and san francisco's punchline comedy club. in her speech, she said she would not the where she is. if she hadn't received that practice at. that comedy club to become a stand-up comedian. >> and check this out. a guy using the fresh snow in kansas city to his advantage. as you can see, gotten a snowboard and went around the neighborhood using a truck. the video taken by neighbors who say they impressed with this stunt. all of this was happening while 2 other cars were having some trouble while trying to make their way through the snow. and this is it gets dangerous. but if you have some fun in it, why not? but the troubling part, it's not like fun. that's all from the newsroom right now. thank you for joining us this monday here on kron. 4 news at noon. i'm justine waldman.

she's accused of agreeing to purchase housing units from that wong's extend their recycling contract in oakland and hire a high-level city official to benefit them in exchange for their financing. a negative may lurk campaign against house political rivals and $95,000 in payments to jones disguised as a no show job with the promise of additional payments. the u.s. attorney's office says that as a result of these alleged schemes tell broke the public's trust in city government. >> the public needs to know. they can trust those in charge city hall. to work for the best interest of the people of oakland. this public trust is broken. when elected officials agreed to a pay to play system to benefit themselves. >> if convicted on all counts, tell could face decades in prison, supervised release or more than a million dollars in fines. former mayor thao has maintained that she did nothing wrong in san francisco. charles clifford kron. 4 news. >> our team coverage continues. sheng thao. her partner and the oakland businessman accused of bribery went before a federal judge today. kron four's