one proposal by oakland mayor libby schaff. the other proposed by oakland city council president pro tem. jake, bolt hiring plan seek to add more cops but have different ways of getting their council president pro tem sheng tells proposal aimed at attracting lateral officer transfers from across the country by offering a generous $50,000 signing bonus the hiring plan proposed by libby shaft and backed by council members. laura taylor, a treat read. but at 60 more officers by adjusting the city budget to accommodate 2 additional police academies and unfreezing 20 police positions in the current city budget. both proposals to hire more police come in the wake of one of oakland's most violent years in recent memory marked by 129 homicides at the time of this council meeting while simultaneously the oakland police department staffing level has dropped to 676 officers. 2 officers below the voter approved measure z which uses parcel tax dollars to fund public safety, public comments came in on both sides of the issue. >> i do not sup

more affordable housing and good jobs for oaklanders, end quote. the report dives into whether the mammoth proposal meets all state and federal rules and regulations. there were 400 comments made and discussed in the report. some issues that surface 10 will need to be worked out include managing parking pollution. waste removal and increased traffic originally was not included. who would pay for the affordable housing that is mandated and part of the project oakland a's president dave carroll applauded the report saying that it is bin 3 years in the making as for what is oakland planning commission will conduct a public hearing on the final environmental impact in january and the oakland city council is expected to make a decision in february of 2022 also this day, the port of oakland identified 21 recommended seaport compatibility measures to ensure the continued safe and efficient navigation of ships. another water side operation. so bottom line, you need to take away from this mammoth page document. is that the project has investigated meet stat

it's clearly a huge disparity in where the calls and the city of oakland come from. oakland. police are encouraging residents and business owners to consider installing security cameras as well as alarms. >> they say the technologies can both deter crime and help solve crimes after they occur. ken and pam. >> all right, rob, thank you for that. if you'd like to help kevin the shooter's family. a fund has been set up a cash or check donation can be made to the kevin nishita trust that said, any metropolitan bank location in person or by mail at the address you see on there on your screen there. the infer information is also on our website, kron 4 dot com. >> the san leandro unified school district is mourning the loss of board president christian rodriguez. he died from his injuries after being hit by a car on friday. we guess was walking with his wife when he was hit. police did not immediately respond for comment on things such as where the collision took place nor the status of the person who was driving the car involved rodriguez leaves behind his wife and 2 young children

and he's if anybody was in the area in the oakland community. in the area at the time that this incident happened that. they cell phone footage, but they please. we get to the oakland police department. >> now at 5, an emotional plea from the heartbroken family of crowd for security guard kevin nishita as the search for his killer continues tonight. thank you for being with us this evening on kron 4 news at 5. i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki liviakis. we begin tonight hearing for the first time from the family of kevin nishita spoke with kron four's pam moore the earlier today and are begging anyone who has any information in connection with this murder to come forward immediately. i kindly, please ask if anybody was in the area in the oakland community. in the area at the time that this incident happened that. >> they cell phone footage, but they please. give it to the oakland police department are seeking to find. the reasoning behind all of this. so that. so that we can have some closure. can understand why. what happens. he didn't deserve this

catching the sun as we look to oakland, oakland, 57 for your lunchtime forecast and for the south bay and san jose. 58 degrees with a light northwesterly wind. we will see the sun today. i'm tracking the next weather system. ly have details on that coming up in the seven day forecast in just a few minutes. >>> this next one is for people who haven't gotten in to the holiday spirit yet. you can apparently stay in the grinch's cave high above whoville this holiday season. >> vacation rental management platform is teaming to bring you the ultimate holiday get away. it's the recreation of the lair, did i say it right? >> the lair. >> the lair. >> love the way you say it. that lair as we -- belonging to the grinch from how the grinch stole christmas. this is on the remote property outside of boulder utah. it's a massive square feet. each room decorated as the grinch was like. even had a music room with the grinch's organ and the drum set. bookings are open for limited stays. >> nothing good happens in a lair. >> nothing good at all. >> sometimes that's fun. >> i stayed at worst places. >>

in oakland. alarming rise in violent crime. that has a lot of people in almost every neighborhood in the city not only concerned about safety. but angry. today the city counsel president proposing interesting items here. including signing bonuses to recruit more veteran police officers. in to oakland. the this comes after two more recent high profile murders. now a total of 128 total murders so far this year. that's the highest yearly total in nearly a decade. among them, the shooting deaths of a retired police officer. he protected a tv news crew. and the murder of a man who interrupted a car burglary near lake merit. the counsel president plan including signing bonuses of $70,000. to lure experienced officers away from other departments. into oakland. the goal is fill 60 vacant spots asap. >> every day we experience a new senseless tragedy. and at the same time, our police force doesn't have the resources to adequately serve our community. >> joining us the mayor of oakland. nice to have you ba

over the weekend, oakland saw its 133rd homicide. the chief addressed the violence while announcing a plan to add an additional policing district in east oakland, where he said 60% of calls occur. we know that the vast majority of the violent crimes happen in east oakland plan to add nearly 50 officers on the city's east side was welcomed by neighborhood city council member lauren taylor. the fact that we will have. 48 more officers on the ground in this half of the city will go immensely to addressing the inequities in the call volumes. evan sernoffsky ktvu, fox two news. all right. moving on to our weather is a live look outside mount diablo and contra costa county chilly out there high. it's just cracking. 50 degrees ktvu meteorologists roberto gonzalez here now the look at what we can expect high roberta gregor spot on those temperatures barely cracking 50 degrees today, after barely making it out of the forties yesterday as well, this is a beautiful view. it's our live weather camera looking out over the city of san francisco. t

city leaders and even the oakland police department? >> you know, they're very sympathetic to what we're going through. they hear us, which is great, and they want to help. they're trying to come up with solutions to help us. council member katherine is presenting some legislation to help with reduction of taxes at the state level. so they're definitely hearing our cries for help. >> and that's a big leap here. it seems like a big leap. you want these tax breaks, is it local, city level and state level? what are you looking for exactly? >> both, at the city and the state level. you know, cannabis businesses are taxed excessively. 40-plus percent when all of the taxes are accounted for, which is quite challenging and then all of the regulatory and compliance infrastructure that we're required to have, it's a lot. it's very costly. and very hard to make a profit in cannabis contrary to what most folks believe. >> if you don't get these tax breaks on the city level and state level, what's the future of your business and some others that yo

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oakland voters say they want more police. and the oakland catholic biases -- diocese was blunt, talking about how it affected him and his parishioners personally. >> i was held up at gunpoint while walking on a saturday afternoon right outside my church in central oakland. during sunday mass, a deranged man took over the sunday service, anyone to send. how many poor citizens have to be shot and killed in oakland before the city council will refund the police department and give us the protection we need? larry: it has gone fromromromrom defunding to now some of those same council people are advocating bonuses of up to $50,000 to get officers to transfer from other departments to oakland. the bottom line is, today's vote is a political move. we will see some people in a mayoral election turn around and say, maybe we overstepped, maybe we got ahead of ourselves, may it's time to reset. even if you add these academies, it takes up to 18 months to two years for going to graduate and know what they're doing. this does not necessar

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this is near 14th and harrison in downtown oakland. this is just seen video, but authorities want that cell phone video. they are asking the person who recorded the video or anyone with video linked to the investigation to contact them immediately at opd homicide hotline to report 32,000, $500 is being offered for information that leads to an arrest. a fund has been set up for them to shoot a family, a cash or check donation can be made to the kevin the sheet of trust at any metropolitan bank location. you can do that in person or send it in the mail. the address is on the screen. we've also posted this info on our website. kron 4 dot com. >> then use variant of covid-19 continuing. now to spread all across the country. it was said to be a matter of time. and here we go. the omicron variant was first detected in the u.s. just yesterday and the person. >> infected lives in san francisco now nearly a dozen cases have been confirmed throughout the u.s. are. ken wayne joins us now live in the studio where these cases have been confirmed an

one proposal by oakland mayor libby schaff. the other proposed by oakland city council president pro tem. jake, bolt hiring plan seek to add were cops but have different ways of getting their council president pro tem sheng tells proposal aimed at attracting lateral officer transfers from across the country by offering a generous $50,000 signing bonus the hiring plan proposed by libby shaft and backed by council members. laura taylor treat read with at 60 more officers by adjusting the city budget to accommodate 2 additional police academies and unfreezing 20 police positions in the current city budget. both proposals to hire more police come in the wake of little oakland's most violent years in recent memory marked by 129 homicides at the time of this council meeting while simultaneously the oakland police department's staffing level has dropped to 676 officers. 2 officers below the voter approved measure z which uses parcel tax dollars to fund public safety. there was a heated debate centered on the subject of hiring lateral

she is live now in oakland with his story, amber. julie the witness tells me it was a terrifying experience any ran for his life. he says he's lucky to survive with minor physical injuries. to be there right next to him when he was shot was traumatic and violent. this east bay man tells me he and his father witnessed a deadly shooting of security guard kevin nishida. the day before thanksgiving, he says they went down to prime 356 after seeing news coverage of the store being burglarized to give the owner a check to show support. i saw that there was a tv crew there or a reporter and a. what i thought was a cameraman ended up being kevin sheedy. he was just helping set up the camera. the witness says the reporter and machida were waiting to interview the store owner who wasn't there yet. the reporter asked the man and his father for an interview when she learned that they were planning to help the owner. this thing happens so quickly out of nowhere, it seemed, um. this big guy with the same amount amount of gun was was running up to

. >> right now oakland's police department has 676 sworn officers. that is the lowest number it a decade and below the voter backed measure z that requires at least 678 sworn officers. >>> in san francisco, shoplifting has gotten so bad at the safeway in the castro. betty shows us the story is taking drastic action. >> customers say that they are noticing more security guards inside and outside this safeway in the castro and they are seeing more security gates and barriers. this automatic gate closes after each person enters the store. now these barricades make it harder for shoplifters to make a run for it. safeway also added poles to its shopping carts to make it harder to remove from the store. >> i think it's probably good that they did that. there was really bad shoplifting. almost every time i came here. >> in late october this particular safeway once open 24 hours started closing at 9:00 p.m. due to theft. >> a lot of times there was like people running and then like security following or trying to stop them. >> the shopper admitted to stealin

oakland police released this photograph of the suspect car. it is a white 2004 to 2008 acura tl with 4 doors and a sunroof. it does not have a front license plate. the national park service says the same car was used in an armed robbery that happened back on november the 22nd with in golden gate. national recreation area as it relate as to the latest who police say the gunman shot him while trying to steal our reporter's camera a reward of $32,500 is being offered for information leading to an arrest in that case and a fund has been set up with an issue to family a cash or check donation can be made to kevin issued a trust and any metropolitan bank location in person or by mail to the address on your screen. that information is also on our website at kron 4 dot com. >> also in the east bay another small business has been burglarized in oakland and this time it was a shoe store renegade running on grand avenue that was targeted surveillance cameras captured 2 thieves breaking into the store sunday night. the owner says this is the 3rd time this

six 107 inch at the oakland airport but much less than that in downtown oakland. san francisco and san jose with four 100 of an inch. barely more than a tracy livermore. it was enough to improve air quality. it is still not fantastic. just a little bit more in the santa clara valley and the south end of the bay but just barely edging up towards the top of the moderate category and maybe unhealthy for sensitive groups. things should improve with the next rain chance, the next one system to our northwest but will send a chance of showers towards us late tomorrow and into tomorrow night. we will show you the cloud cover building in with locally dense fog to start tomorrow. a chance of some hit or miss showers during the afternoon but they will be more miss than hit. best chance of showers will develop after the sun goes down tomorrow evening and continue into the early hours of tomorrow night, mostly getting out of here by midnight and we should be drying out into thursday with a mixture of clouds and sunshine in the forecast on thursday. right now, plenty of sunshin

and i'm here to assure oaklanders. we take this extremely seriously. >> thank you for joining us tonight here on kron, 4 news at 10. i'm pam moore and i'm catherine heenan can has the night off. oakland mayor libby shaft from the city council president pro tem. they are presenting their plans to not only add police academy classes but reverse the budget cuts to the department. and that is our top story tonight, the final vote was 6 to one with one abstention to add 60 more police officers to the force. >> those officers would come through to new police academies. kron four's dan thorn was following the meeting this evening. he joins us live from the newsroom right now with more on what happened and hope and oakland mayor libby shaft is applauding this vote saying that it will increase public safety. >> in the embattled city of oakland. the city has been dealing with a dramatic jump in gun violence and council members in favor of adding more officers hope that this will help curb the problem. >> the oakland police depar

the 24th on the 300 block of 14th street in downtown oakland. authorities are asking the person who recorded the video or anyone with pictures or video link to the investigation to contact them immediately at opd is homicide section a reward of $32,500 is being offered for information that leads to an arrest. and a fund has been set up within the sheet, a family, a cash or check donation can be made to the kevin issue to trust at any metropolitan bank. location in person or by mail at the address on your screen. the information is also on our website, kron 4 dot com. and today the chief of opens department of violence prevention took questions from reporters about the level of crime in oakland right now. the chief admits that the current problem presents a bigger challenge for those committed to reducing violent crime. well, for says the has that part of the story. >> it does not matter what we're to look like this in open subsides. nobody strategy is being impacted. have to be really up front at the oakland department of violence prevention, ap

. >> not everyone agrees with that approach to solving oakland's problems. a co-founder of what's described as the anti police terror project. talk to kron four's rob nesbitt about a new report on police staffing. >> members of the more police does not equal less crime, calling the hiring of more police officers in oakland unnecessary when they're already officers on the force who can be redirected to handle serious crimes. >> there's no denying oakland's crime problem. cat brooks says she feels the suspense every day. there's a bloodbath happening. our streets. i send my kid outside every day terrified. she's not going to come i know that super so many the co-founder of the anti police terror project agrees with oakland's police chief and mayor that something needs to change. but she does not believe adding more officers is the answer, brooke says new data from oakland's re imagining public safety task force. >> shows that at least 62 officers spend their time responding to non criminal and nonviolent crimes. why do we need cops to kowtow cars. why do we ne

currently crime is taking a toll on oakland. retail sheft that sores are on the rise. 700 people have been shot so far this year. 132 individuals have been killed. >> oakland residents should not be afraid to walk in their neighborhood. >> reporter: counsel member, lauren taylor believes chp officers on the street will help. >> when you talk about technology on the freeway, so they know there's not a blind spot that exists. >> reporter: pastor jackson wants to see all crime fighting tools on the table because his city is in crisis. >> not putting up with it anymore and she wants change. >>> san francisco has a new plan a series of measures to slow the spike of crime and drug use in the tenderloin. increase in police officers and public health liaison to get drug users into treatment and people into houses. the mayor says she's putting the tenderloin and the world on notice. it's not for criminals anymore. >> and it comes to an end when we take the steps to be more aggressive with law enforcement. more aggressive with the changes

san francisco, oakland and san jose. the rain chances through the week and even for christmas day. inland east bay, the north bay and the coast with that rain on and off rain over the next several days. let's check in with ann for a look at traffic this morning. those slick conditions out there. >> now we are hearing about some delays on mass transit. delays on the transbay tube in the daley city and east bay directions. check that out if you are going out on bart today. if are you going out on the roadways are you dealing with a lot of puddles out there. let's go live to our photographer, is he driving in heyward this morning. southbound 880 approaching the 92 interchange. things moving at long smoothly there. taking a live look at the bay bridge, metering lights on. a 17 minute drive. let's take a look at the pass, still that fog advisory in effect. a 42 minute drive right now there 20a to 680. going from tracy into the city. our east bay travel times, everything still looking pretty good right now in the green. we are

that vehicle was recovered tuesday, also in oakland. so here's another look at the two men wanted by police and their vehicle. it is a wide audi q three suv again. police say that the vehicle was used in the crime, so if you recognize the vehicle or the suspects. give authorities a call by the way that suv has roof rack bars and a spare tire on the rear of the vehicle. it also has a california license plate number. it's right there on your screen . d 3 to 1 z one. coming up dubose samuel alito for here. what it is next in sports and then coming up on the 11 o'clock news a year and a half after an officer of the leo shot through a police truck's windshield, killing, alluding suspect. an outside investigator releases a new report that shows that that shooting was not objectively reasonable. are going, everybodyy is with you tonight, you know, not so long ago, you can bank on it. sharks are going to the playoffs every year, but the last couple of years they have been in the nhl netherworld, you might say, not even sniffing the playoffs. bu

oakland at 52 degrees. our beaded hayward each up 53 some 40's from petaluma napa on up to cloverdale reyna. thanks for that. as you're hitting the road this morning. you want to be careful because like john mention conditions. >> are slick out there. they just turn the metering lights on at the bay bridge. a little under 12 minutes for your drive time, 5 1880, as you're driving to a rebuild berkeley. i don't see any accidents or delays heading across towards the peninsula. little under 14 minutes for you as you're traveling. no issues along one. oh, one to slow you down. 85 in menlo park 30 minutes for you to 3785 82. no major delays as you're traveling crockett down towards the maze. a lot of fun. 1880, a little under 17 minutes. we'll have more traffic coming up dorian james. send it back to you. a lot right. 6. oh, one. and today there's going to be the memorial service for our kron 4 security guard kevin nishita. >> who was gunned down and killed while he was guarding one of our crews. yeah. this happe

it would offer hiring bonuses to lure officers from outside oakland. we are in a public safety emergency right now. schaaf said. house plan isn't in conflict with hers and she doesn't oppose it. the mayor said her plan factors in the current high officer attrition rate as well as coming retirements. we value their service. we want them to continue in this incredible sacrifice that they have made. to the public's safety chief laurent armstrong said the city will graduate and academy of 39 trainees next year, he said 35% of them were born raised or have some connection to oakland groups that have been calling for defunding. the police, including activist cat, brooks, jested the mayor's proposal. in a statement, brooke said, quotet in tens of thousands last year to demand the city of oakland reinvest our tax dollars in programs that will actually keep us safe, not over police, black and brown communities. mayor shaft said that the $5.8 million to pay for these additional officers. won't come from cutting existing city services. in the newsroom. evan serno

alameda 48 degrees oakland 45 as his valais hope. so we are going to see cool temperatures and it is already starting to have that winter like feel in the forecast, even though winter doesn't officially start until tuesday. but when tracker for overall tracking very calm conditions with winds right now. well into the single digits and overnight lows tonight we're going to see widespread low to mid and upper 30's. but even cooler for those of you in santa rosa subfreezing temperatures at 29 degrees in downtown san francisco cooling down to 43 degrees. but i wouldn't be surprised if we cool down into the low 40's because of that radiational cooling effect that we're seeing right now temperatures, though, for tomorrow, even cooler then today we're going to be 48 degrees below average. we're barely going to make it into the low 50's for concord in livermore, napa as well. the not that far behind 51 degrees with mid 40's for oakland and hayward. so a little bit milder there downtown san francisco at 52 degrees with mountain view in the lo

that's in oakland as well. we have a traffic collision and so things are a little slow along 8.80 through oakland and san leandro as well into the city right now about 14 minutes for your slow commute because of the water and the slow conditions. let's get a look at the san mateo, virginia cross towards the peninsula. there as you're traveling. no accidents at this hour. there is one along 2.80 southbound south of 92 less to santa tale. so that's a little slow there. let's get a look at the richmond sandra fell commute as you head out of richmond help the rain coming down there about a 30 minute drive for you across the war. sandra fell and the golden gate bridge. 20 minutes traveling from the north bay into the city will have more weather and traffic coming up for now. you know what we should do. a studio weather update. >> yeah. and you feel it. i can you i isn't working in haha there was no air. yeah. this is not just about the weekend looking up to see when you head of the morning starts with with with with

still no delays at sfo oakland or san jose. the fog. yeah. it's been surging back on shore up above. we've had some mid to high level clouds too. but the better has completely changed of those offshore winds. we're getting on shore flow and that will change everything. temperatures in the 50's all around the bay area. now high pressure weakening somewhat still the main jet stream. well to the north here is going to take some time before begins to drag its way back in the california. bring us a chance of rain for tomorrow. we're dealing with the fog. so the warm conditions mainly mild weather around the bay area. long range forecast, though, looks a little more promising now as we're going to see a change in the pattern. of course, all the storms had a right over the top of the ridge of high pressure that will continue into the weekend. but then as we get to monday that storm system drops in the bay area. not the best scenario to get much in the way of rain. but that may just open the door. in fact, models are picking up on another one. coming

we have to go to oakland every day. he has chemo, so we have to go to treatment every day next week. visitors who give $20 or more and are a raffle for thousands of dollars in prizes. there's not really words you can put. out there that explained the amount of effort they're putting into all of this and it's no, we don't know anybody. i don't know how to thank all these people. they don't even know us. and. we just really grateful they're they're doing this for handing for us, but the first recipient for the tunnels of joy fundraiser was my sister who's since passed each year, a young cancer patient has been chosen as a fundraising recipient. it began with a neighbor's sister who had breast cancer. this neighborhood becomes takes you in as a family, so. your family is the lacosta family? no. a free holiday display and a chance to help a deserving family. every christmas. the tunnels of joy grow longer and more elaborate, and their eyes are going to sparkle. when they see your house. you want to put more money into it. y

this is 8.80, southbound north 98th avenue in oakland. so we're going to keep keep an eye on that for you. let's get a look at the san mateo bridge you're heading across towards the peninsula a little under 13 minutes for your drive time. they are still slick across our golden gate richmond center fell bridge. but the weather is actually a taking both of those 2 bridge cameras down for us. so again, drive safe. and so one more weather and traffic coming up. for now, let's go back to these top stories. >> this week's storm also brought plenty of snow to the sierra because yesterday was opening day at the sugar bowl resort. both skiers and snowboarders took advantage. >> you know, 4 days ago we have any snow at all. and then now they're 60 inches on the ground on the upper mountain. we're open for business at the snap of a finger. >> the excitement came. >> travelers to the resort can be treacherous at times. the chp is advising everyone to travel slowly and safely to the sierra and check to see if in where chain controls are in effect. cri

in a bicycle crash in oakland. the 11 o'clock news on ktvu. fox news starts now. bart employees are in shock after a well respected manager suddenly died . hello again, everyone. i'm alex savage in tonight for frank somerville, and i'm julie julie haener jamal thompson was killed over the weekend when he was thrown from his bike while riding through oakland shepherd canyon park. ktvu zach sauce joins us now with how his colleagues are remembering him. zach. good evening. caring funny and beyond hardworking. those are just some of the ways jamal thompson is being described tonight by his family, friends and former coworkers that bart, a man they say was simply taken away from them too soon. we have a hole in our heart for his passing lynn williams, still reeling over the loss of her colleague, bart 41 year old jamal thompson. he was my co worker. he was my personal friend. and you know you're not supposed to have favorites. but he really was. thompson was cycling nearly 5900 block of shepherd canyon road on sunday in oakland's mark claire neighborhood when he was t

good afternoon. >> justine oakland councilmember dan called says it's time for oakland to follow suit with cities like san francisco and berkeley. the council in oakland will vote tuesday on called ordinance if passed businesses like restaurants and bars will have to ask for proof of vaccine starting february. 1st the requirement would also apply to movie theaters gyms, concert venues, libraries, even dental offices called says several businesses had asked the city to require proof of vaccine this summer with the spread of omicron. he consulted with the alameda county health officer and determined that now is the time to make changes. >> we want to protect the people who are indoors who are already or or not. and make sure that the and the night of accident. people who are higher risk of having the disease are not spreading it's more people reducing the spread of the virus is fundamental to to controlling the virus. >> i also spoke with an oakland restaurant owner about the possibility of requiring proof of vaccine to enter her business. hear what she had to say about the emergency or

the city of oakland has reopened a covid clinic downtown at frank ogawa plaza. this comes as there is a growing push to get people vaccinated and boosted it is a free walk-up clinic that offers covid vaccinations as well. as 3 different covid-19 tests. the pcr test is a one to 2 day turnaround at no cost. and if you would like it either. the rapid antigen on the rapid antibody test. there is a 30 minute turnaround. but. >> you may have to pay for that test. the city says the clinic will be open every day during the week from 9 in the morning until 5 in the evening and that includes holidays. >> well, oakland could soon require certain businesses to check for covid vaccine record. so council member just introduce an emergency ordinance. requiring proof of vaccine to places such as bars and restaurants and gyms in oakland. it goes to the city council for 2 full vote on tuesday. kron four's rob nesbitt joins us now live from our newsroom with more on the rules and when they could be put in place. trump can it pass businesses will have to ask for proof of full vacci

chief armstrong says oakland is seeing a trend of groups of people not from oakland coming into the city to commit crimes. >> and they work fast as much as 30 burglaries and one hour live in the newsroom. i'm rob nesbitt kron 4 news. thank you, rob. another big story tonight takes us to michigan where a 15 year-old has been arrested after police say he opened fire on his high school campus, killing 3 students and wounding at least 6 others, including a teacher police responded around one this afternoon to a report of an active shooter at oxford high school. it's about 30 miles north of detroit. police do not know the motive yet. and believe the youngster acted alone. the school was put on lockdown and students were later escorted to a nearby parking lot officers arrested the teenager and they say they found the gun. he used that student reportedly asking for an attorney after being taken into custody. domestic terrorism is now being used to describe experiencing a flash mob retail robbery. >> like the ones that we've seen recently here in the bay area armed forces. made you spoke to the

if you have information, you are asked to call the oakland police. >> oakland leaders speaking out with regards to the spike in crime. there is a primary responsibilities to citizens to maintain public safety. residents and small businesses and victors fear becoming the next victim of violence and theft. >> we need protection in the city of oakland. i am here, today, to say enough is enough here the city council and mayor can bring in the deputy sheriffs from the alameda county sherrif's department to patrol our cities and help us be safe. we deserve that. we deserve the right. we live here and pay taxes here . >> reporter: the city needs 850 police officers to make the city safer. the oakland police department has 60 vacant positions. >>> and the city council will address the wake of deadly violence in the city. the meeting started an hour ago and katie is live with the update. >>> before they discuss and hear that, many are passionately making their case for why city leaders should or should not increase the numbers. 476 officers currently is below the threshold needed for the city to

it is a solemn day in the bay area history today marking five years since the oakland ghost ship fire in oakland that killed 36 people and led to the city making promises on reforms especially when it comes to building inspections. nb bay area's bob riddell live this morning looking into the city and if it has been keeping up with the promises. what did you find? >> reporter: good morning, marcus. oakland fire department acknowledges that there are still areas in need of improvement but that it is making progress on the reforms. you may recall for a three-year period after the ghost ship warehouse fire the oakland fire departments, fire prevention bureau, had failed to inspect just over half the properties within the city that it was requires to inspect. this is after they hired more inspectors according to a city auditor report that came out in october of 2020. why is this significant? the oakland fire department did not inspect the ghost ship warehouse which had been illegally converted into a live/work space for artists with illegal wiring, no smoke detectors or sprinklers, crammed

east bay travel time walnut creek to oakland, ten minute drive. the maze to san leandro, 12 minutes 880 north in oakland, 12 minutes from san jose to the east side of the bay and san mateo bridge cam looking clear, 12 minutes from 880 to highway 101. >>> it's the end of no shave november for a fire crew in the east bay. >> firefighters across the bay area grew their mustaches and beards all month. yesterday alameda firefighters shaved it off at the charity event to raise money for men's cancer awareness. money raised will be donated to the american cancer society. >>> happening today, a job fair at oakland colosseum companies looking to hire include amazon, whole foods, alameda, contra costa, american red cross. the job fair starts at 1:00 and goes through 4:00 p.m. >>> also today, san francisco's annual lighting of uncle john's tree in golden gate park. festivities kick off at 6:00 with the tree lighting and then live music at the band shell and a light show. that starts at 7:00. >>> still ahead on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area. >> robots

oakland, hayward and piedmont also have similar vaccine mandates. now every teacher must either be fully vaccinated or have a valid exemption. if they don't, they could lose their job. and for those that do receive that xecht exemption, they'll be required to take a pcr covid test weekly. this district struggle with a teacher shortage and some are worried that the mandate would make that worse. but the teachers union says it has had the opposite effect. take a listen. >> we actually think this helps our staffing shortage and we're actually finding people wanting to teach in west contra costa because of the vaccine mandate, making them feel safer being able to teach here. >> and the president of the teachers union, united teachers of richmond, says 99% of its 1600 members are vaccinated. as for the students, they must be fully vaccinated or exempted by january 3rd or they will go back to distance learning. earlier we were speaking about some of the venues implementing these protocols. new protocols at the chase center. the announcement was made right

oakland and piedmont have similar vaccine mandates. there's new protocols in effect for the chase center. that announcement was made right before last night's warrior home game. kids 5 through 11 must show proof of vaccination or a negative test taken within three days of the event, and at the sap center, same goes but it's for kids 3 to 11. they will have testing at the arena for some of the unvaccinated kids, and that testing will last for an hour for kids, and as a backup you may want to have your kid tested to have that negative result to get into the venues at sap and chase. >>> a follow-up on the deadly shooting of a security guard protecting a tv news crew in downtown oakland, a look at the suspected getaway car. the reward to solve the shooting has grown to more than $38,000. the guard was a retired decorated police officer. he was murdered november 27th. a public memorial service scheduled for thursday at the san josÉ civic center. >>> high-end stores are not the only ones being targeted by robbers. restaurants are also facin

it happened in oakland yesterday. a couple was driving toward the corner and they tell us the passenger in the suv in front of them jumped out and climbed beneath a parked car. 20 seconds later the man hops back into the suv catalytic converter in hand. the couple called police and so did we for more information. no word on arrests. >>> san jose police called them a prolific robbery group, a group targeting asian women before they were caught. maria cid medina has details. >> it was really scary. i am not too worried for myself but of course grandma, grandpa, mom, dad. >> reporter: john warned his family to be well vigilant after well planned and organized robberies were repeatedly happening. >> i still remind them, always have your pepper spray, your taser on you. always be aware of your surroundings. >> reporter: john is feeling relief after learning these six suspects are facing felony charges with hate crime enhancements. >> six men who preyed upon asian women, robbed them, took their purses, attacked them to stea

>> i live in deep east oakland. i would say that it is partly the answer. >> reporter: she reached out test to express her concerns about crime. she said it's not necessarily about numbers, but it is absolutely about responsiveness. >> it appears in the community in the flatlands, we are not as important as people in other areas. when we call the police, the answer we get is, there are things that they must address that is more important than her concerns. >> reporter: it's a longtime complaint from east oakland residence, that there crime concerns take a backseat to other parts of town, from violence to illegal dumpling. she says her community feels left behind. >> so, we need counsel persons to move into each other's districts to see for themselves what we deal with. >> reporter: the mayor says she will issue a revised strategy for policing by the end of the week. the city council will hold a special meeting on gun violence on december 7. in oakland, wilson walker, kpix 5. >>> oakland police want you to take a goo

this is a picture put out by oakland police tonight. it is wanted in the murder of 28 year-old eric davis. investigators releasing this picture this afternoon in hopes of being able to solve this senseless murder. here's a closer look at that suv. it is a newer model. toyota rav 4 28 year-old air davis was shot and killed sunday afternoon at lake merritt. investigators say he was simply trying to stop car crooks from breaking into cars at lake merritt. those who recalling his murder since list. tonight, family and friends gathering to remember his life, his girlfriend even offering her thanks to him for having the privilege of knowing him, family members say eric raised in southern california moved to oakland just a few years ago to start his life. his cousin kendrick told me today that eric had a number of goals that he was working on. she called him hard working and had a smile that everyone loved. she says right now they're close knit family at a complete loss for words over his last. she's calling for the violence to stop in hopes t

oakland not so bad at 57. now, as you leave the house this morning, you may be thinking to yourself. i just need to we accident, so we are seeing just a little delays are traveling there to a mighty good alternate if you're trying to get around that heading into the city right now from the east bay a little under 20 minutes. slick conditions are still there. so everybody is moving a little slower this morning heading across towards the peninsula a little under 20 minutes for your drive time looking at some slower highways traveling crockett down towards the maze a little under 35 minutes heading across towards sandra fell via the richmond sandra fell bridge. it will take about 14 minutes to make that drive. a lot 5, 80 here in oakland castro valley to the maze. about 30 minutes. we have more traffic coming up at darya. james, back to you. thanks a lot. of rain t 20 and california is seeing a significant increase in. >> this illegal sideshows and street racing in the bay area and statewide the commissioner of t

and giving people a huge bonus if they want to work for the city of oakland. the reality is, i did to bring up to the council that i would support measure c academies and hiring more officers, but when it comes to the lateral academy, we tried that years ago. and it was a complete failure because we wound up hiring people from all over the outside of oakland, and it did not work out. that is why we terminated the program. so, i asked the police administrator, to present to the public a recruitment program with clear goals and objectives that we could meet, and not have this ongoing situation we have today with a lack of police. being on the city council, i have been the strongest supporter of the police. i voted in 782 officers in the budget to be hired, but they never came close to that number of hiring. i also was the one that helped form the police commission, and also support their effort with the last budget for 737 officers and as many academies as necessary to get the job done. but what oakland needs to do, from the mayor, administrator and police chief

again, oakland has already a very low amount of police. the lowest officer per crime ratio of any city in america. so we are not talking about a police state. we are just talking about an adequate amount of police to respond to people's 911 calls and do the focused violence work that has succeeded in the past. >> mayor schaaf, we look forward to better days for oakland in the days and months to come. thanks for your time tonight. appreciate it. >> thank you, raj. >>> also tonight, this just happened. the warriors in new york city. we had plenty of hugs before this game started. steph curry, reggie miller, and ray allen, the three best shooters in nba history. who's that? alicia keys hugging spike lee. this was the hot ticket in manhattan. here's the skinny. steph curry needed two three-pointers to break the all-time record, and there it is, a special moment. that's it. see how fired up he is? curry now all-time nba leader for three-pointers, 2,974. we've seen almost all of them here in the bay area. curry ended up with five three-pointers

east oakland. the city council member representing that district is revealing his own plan council member lauren taylor claims that he's been a longtime advocate for more officers in east oakland. he has introduced legislation now instructing the chief of police and city administrator to come up with a plan to bring over a 100 new officers to oakland over the next 2 years. >> we are 50% higher in terms of violent crimes per officer. then the other large cities in northern california sacramento san jose and san francisco. we have to acknowledge that. yes, we need a higher baseline of police officers. while we are also re imagining public safety. >> taylor's actually running to be oakland's next mayor. and he's also calling for a bigger investment in surveillance cameras to be installed throughout the city. >> well, we are seeing that light rainfall all across the bay area this morning. obviously making for some wet conditions there as can't see much of anything out there, low cloud cover, certainly

oakland leaders are not proposing unusual police staffing numbers. they've been losing around 10 cops a month through attrition and want to get back to pre pandemic staffing levels. in the newsroom . evan sernoffsky ktvu, fox two news. a social media campaign is working tonight to attract new recruits to oakland's police department. we understand getting better means being open to making changes and always moving forward. to help in our mission. opd is looking to hire new officers who value teamwork , cherish our community and are committed to helping oakland live up to his potential. in a new video posted to opioids social media pages, chief armstrong makes clear some of what he's looking for in new officers post includes a link to information that potential new hires will need. and for a look at that new information. just go to the web link section of ktvu dot com. we have the link right on our website also knew at six tonight, a man charged in the shooting at 10 4 and mall in san bruno has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison. 20 year old

the most violence occurs in east oakland. as a result of that, i'll be shifting our resources in the oakland police department to create a sixth district to add an additional district into east oakland. >> reporter: starting in june, 48 extra officers will be assigned to the new district. he says it's all part of the cultural shift he's trying to promote within the ranks. part of that change includes asking the community for their help in solving cases. >> all of that helps us solve these crimes. that is the level of accountability that we need. >> reporter: one of those crimes is the death of a tv news security guard who was shot and killed in downtown oakland nearly a month ago. police say they found the shooter's getaway car. this white acura tl. but the chief did not disclose more about the suspect and his whereabouts. >> we are analyzing everything within that vehicle. >> reporter: a reward of more than $38,000 is still up for grabs for anyone with information that can lead to an arrest in the killing. in oakland, meliss

kpix5. >>> taking a live look at oakland. today the city council will vote on a proposal to require proof of vaccination at many indoor businesses. >> we are just above 80% vaccination rate. that's not horrible but there's a lot more people who need to be vaccinated. >> the city councilmember said he hopes to encourage more people to get the vaccine. if the measure passes proof of vaccination will be required for indoor dining, gyms, museums, and other public indoor spaces. the ordinance would take effect early next year. >>> we are helping you stay ahead of the pandemic. >> a swift law enforcement response. after shoppers called 911 about a fight that ended in gun fire inside oakrige mall. >> i heard like a gun shot. like it was so loud it. was so loud. i hear people screaming and then running toward inside our store. >> hundreds ran to the nearest exit or store where employees trained in active shooter incidents locked the doors and hid everybody inside back rooms. >> people were screaming and some were crying. >> it was ve

oakland is facing the highest homicide rate in almost a decade. >> the oakland police officers association does not believe officers from outlying communities will suddenly want to pick up and go work in oakland, even with a $50,000 bonus. oakland is losing 10 officers per month and about 80% of those are taking jobs in other departments, not retiring. laura anthony, abc 7 news. ama: police remain a visible presence in the union square two weeks after large groups of thieves hauled off thousands of dollars of merchandise. union square is one of the city's most popular holiday shopping destinations. the added patrols, they are there to make shoppers and merchants feel safe. today, california's attorney general general announcing names of five major players in an organized retail theft case. investigators found boxes and boxes of stolen goods stored in a warehouse in warner creek. the items had been stolen for three years from residential and auto break-ins and from stores like target, cvs, walgreens across the county. it was described as one of the largest retail theft operations in the sta