oakland police released a photo of the suspect's car. it is white 2004, 2, 2008 acura tls got 4 doors. a sunroof doesn't have a front license plate. the national park service says the same car was the one used in an armed robbery that happened november 22nd within the golden gate national recreation area and the shooter was shot while working with one of our reporters and downtown oakland last week he died from his injuries saturday morning. a $32,500 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest. a fund has been set up for kevin that she does family a cash or check donation can be made to the kevin the she to trust at the metropolitan bank location. you can do it in person or by mail. that's the address there on your screen. the information is also on our website, kron 4 dot com. >> takes a long time to get officers to academy. technology is something that we can get on the ground. much faster. >> oakland's police chief stating the obvious more can be done to prevent homicides in the city of oakland chief leronne armstron

temperatures in the mid to upper-60s and low-70s, 66 in oakland to 72 right now in san jose. san jose is the warm spot again tomorrow. comfortable and cool tonight, around 50 degrees in the bay and along the coast. farther inland, 42 in santa rosa and 43 in fairfield. mid-40s to start on wednesday. high temperatures warm up, 10 to 15 degrees above average for highs wednesday afternoon and upper-60s and close to 70 in pacifica. low to mid-70s inland. 74 in santa rosa. we are in a bit of a cool down as we head into the weekend. low to mid-60s around the bay. well above normal for this time of year. some clouds on monday, that is the case for inland parts of east bay and the north bay but rain chances are so slight we will not put any rain icons on the forecast and hope that changes as we get closer to next week. we are live in oakland at whole foods, feeding bay area families, for more details and how you can participate, go to kpix.com.give. >>> an honor for a singer, what is behind the ceremony in her hometown. >>> streaming on cbsn bay area, our full interview with a doctor

looting's which we can't say because it's racist because he was protecting ironically in a news crew and oakland. that same media that failed to call this for what it is, an abomination to be one on that note, is a new free-speech crackdown coming? what twitter did ceos say has conservatives worried. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> geraldo: george harrison later in the program, there will be a special regard to george on the 20th anniversary of his passing. but the segment is about twitter and going through a major change in leadership, the crackdown on free speech could be coming as a result. jack dorsey, the guy with the big beard, he's been replaced by his former chief technology officer who is raising eyebrows with these past comments. "our role is not to be bound by the first amendment but our role is to serve a healthy public conversation at our moves are reflective of things that we believe lead it to a healthier public conversation. before i address that, i have to say that the real scandal is that the taliban spokesman said he'll shaheen still has more twitter followers than i do. geraldo rivera, if

>>> now on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area the oakland police chief laid out his plans to respond to the spike in violent crime and retail thefts. we are live in the newsroom with what the chief is promising. >> couple of weeks that has claimed lives including a security guard. the oakland police chief took a moment of silence for the lives that have been lost and acknowledged the guard saying he was loved. he reminded the public that's reward is more than $32,000 for information leading to an arrest. armstrong also addressed burglars in the city and said there will be a presence of teams throughout the city where these robberies happening including where marijuana dispensaries and businesses are located. armstrong said he wants the community to know they are following up on leads that they get regarding the violence in the city. take a listen. >> though we continue to see crime happening that concerns us we want to make sure we are following up on those who pick up guns in our community by holding them responsible. that's important as well. > >> the mayor announced yesterday she

oakland so far this year how oakland's police chief just addressed an increase in violent crime, and the efforts underway to find the people responsible. plus the united states trying to learn more about the new omicron , burying the push for more people to get vaccinated and the growing concerns about the impact this variant could have on the economy. then after all that holiday shopping we did this past weekend. the focus today's shift to giving back to others. how you can help area nonprofits. this giving tuesday . the news at noon starts now this is ktvu fox two news at noon. good afternoon. i'm gasia mikaelian mike mibach. we start with some breaking news in marin county, where several stores at the north gate one shopping center in san rafael, have been shut down due to a hazmat situation. interviews tom vacar live on the scene and joining us live on the phone with the update, right, tom? what are you hearing? what are you seeing so far out there? well, i've been here for three hours, and that's how long this has been going on. 14 stores are effectively closed, uh, which is the

we'll be hearing from the sheriff of oakland county in just a little bit. we do know there are three deaths of students. this is incredibly heartbreaking. we have at least one teacher who has been injured, five students who have been injured. we know it's a 15-year-old that was a student at the school. i know this community well. and it's horrifying. my heart goes out to every one of the folks in the community. >> can you tell us more about the community, senator? i think one of the refrains you so often hear after something horrific as this, could it have happened here? we didn't think it could. obviously we cover school shootings far more often than we want to be here. >> right. >> tell us more about the area. >> sure. well, this is in northern, northwest oakland county. it's a small community. it's really a beautiful community, as with northern oakland county, surrounded by a lot of lakes. and it's a tight-knit community. literally, this can happen anywhere. we'll wait to find out the specifics. but just as usual we've got a lot of questions about the we

el jefe de policÍa de la ciudad de oakland, armstrong dio detalles de los Últimos homicidios ocurridos en esa ciudad. la conferencia de prensa comenÓo con dos minutos de silencio, en memoria a los asesinados en los Últimos dÍas, sobre el asesinato del guardia de seguridad de la televisora (nombre en inglÉs), dijo que identificaron un vehÍculo acura blanco del 2004 al 2008, con techo panorÁmico sin placa, el jefe de policÍa tambiÉn instÓ a la poblaciÓn a comunicarse con ellos si tienen informaciÓn al respecto. en san ramÓn la policÍa reporta que varias personas mayores han sido vÍctimas de ladrones que le robaron joyas que llevaban puestas. de momento se registraron casos en berkeley, (nombre en inglÉs), y san ramÓn. segÚn los investigadores las vÍctimas son personas que caminan solos con accesorios a la vista, los criminales se acercan para ganarles la confianza les hablan y los despojan de sus pertenencias, y tienen vehÍculos cerca para escapar, tenga mucho cuidado. las Últimas semanas se ha visto un incremento en los crÍmenes de san francisco incluyendo robos de

oakland mayor libby shaff wants $18 million slotted for programs to help deter crime to go to oakland police following the recent spike in homicides there. the money was diverted from opd following a city council vote in june. >> the news conference follows the death of a man near lake merritt. eric davis worked in construction, before he came to oakland two years ago. heavily involved in his church in los angeles and we spoke with his mother and aunt who are just heartbroken and pleading for answers. >> he was our heart. trying to protect everybody. >> pick up for whoever can't pick up for themselves. >> crimestoppers offering a $10,000 reward for information in this case. that news conference is expected to begin within just moments. as soon as it starts, we will bring that to you live here during our midday newscast. >>> this morning, one of the men arrested during the smash and grab at union square more than a week ago appeared in front of a judge. >> 24-year-old callaway was 1 of 9 arrested during the chaotic night. nbc bay area's cierra johnson in the courtroom this morning. she

million federally raised grant to set aside for this set of structures and roadwayings connecting the sf oakland bay bridge and on the west side of the yerba buena island. thank you to speaker pelosi and senator padilla as well as mayor breed and commissioner haney for advocating in this project. this is all very exciting and we're preparing to compete with the transportation sales tax being presented by a virtual town hall. i invite all interested members of the public. on how these critical funds that we will leverage to compete for the federal grants. finally, colleagues, we're coming up on a sad anniversary, but one is important to recognize each year the world day for roadside traffic victims. the organized event will be held this sunday, november 21st, at 3:00 p.m. at city hall and is opened to all. participates will be in front of the memoriam. i've asked staff to agendize the hearing for the december 2nd hearing and updates on the recently adopted action strategy and i look forward to the discussion with you all about how we can continue to make good on these commitments in san francisco

another business bird allies in oakland. it's the renegade running shop on grand avenue and you can see this is a surveillance video. the robbers went in there. the thieves took off. everything. just as many shoes as they could possibly carry basically. and this is the 3rd time that this store has been broken into. >> when you're building community and we love being in oakland. and when something like this happens, it's just it's just heart it's sad. of course it's a little scary and frightening. i don't know how many more incidents like this we can take to keep our doors open because, you know, every time it's a loss this time. he says he lost about $5,000. at least. >> in the south bay happened there. santa clara shoe store robbed twice in less than a week by a large group of fees. a group of about 2 dozen. look at that 2425 people forcing their way into the store in the santa clara town center on el camino real and they stole shoes and clothing. this was last tuesday about 1 o'clock in the morning. then they went back thi

it was designed by howard grant, an 83-year-old living in oakland. she designed five muni stations all connected and the castro muni station is the only muni station that has a green belt. and in 2018, myself along with adjoining neighbors and renterses, we co-signed two street park applications submitted to public works and san francisco parks alliance, the nonprofit headed by drew becker. with that, we've added on 1,800 signatures and we are very much in effort to preserve and landmark our beautiful train station. we do not want to be sacrificed to landfill for the stake of an elevator. we need an elevator for ada access and public works had a sensible design in 2018 with a conservative light touch for an elevator by the rainbow flag. now, the project is funded by the state department of recreation and parks with a current budget of $2.5 million, republican tax dollars to demolish and replace our historically significant environmentally significant site. you all had mentioned the importance of children having access to nature. this would be project

oakland either. they actually announced a 20% decline in their total cargo volume for month of october compared to the year before. turns out all the delays in southern california were so bad that some carriers diverted their ships directly asia bypassing oakland in the process. and as we know in socal, they're already running the ports down there. 24 7 trying to take care of the backlog. there. the president is going to talk more about this. you heard a little snippet today. we'll talk more about it tomorrow will carry that for you. okay. we'll take a break. a 22 the time coming up, a wrong-way driver crashes into a chp patrol car. >> well caught on camera. we'll explain what happened. ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ welcome back 8.25, an earthquake shaking the south bay earlier on this morning. it was a very minor quake at 2.7. >> but that was centered just south of most

bad timing right the oakland police department under staff. all the while fighting an increase of violent crime, almost a daily basis. pretty much on a daily basis. it's awful this morning. the oakland police chief will address staffing issues and recent homicides chief armstrong announced this press conference just hours after the city council and mayor libby schaff talked about what they plan to it. the mayor saying she was going to propose hiring more police officers in front of council this week. the city saw its 127th homicide this year on sunday right after additional tactical teams were put into place to support patrol officers responding to these violent crimes within the last week, 3 lives have been lost to violence. one of our own. there's also been 44 instances of gunfire and 35 robberies. officers have recovered nearly 1000, 100 guns within the last year. police did insist in addition to these tactical teams helping they did help reduce crime over the holiday weekend. but that's something we need to ask more about more about these

there's a new push to add police officers in oakland. >> i am bob redell. in a few hours at 11:00 this morning, opd's police of chief will discuss the murders in the city and the additional staffing of tactical units to try and combat the crime. this comes after the death of a man near lake merritt killed while trying to stop somebody from breaking into cars. the victim was 28-year-old davis, and before he came here he was heavily involved in church. >>> one day after holmes alleged she was raped at stanford, she testified focusing on starting her own company was the way she coped with the drama. cross-examination starts later this morning. >>> starting out nice and cool across the bay area. it's one of the warmer days of the week as our valleys reach into the low 70s. we will see more of the same tomorrow and the next few days, and then cooler for friday into the weekend but still not seeing rain in the 7-day forecast. san francisco will have warmer temperatures, and reaching in the upper 60s for the next couple of days and more sunshine once again. laura?

and a look at oakland, 880 at the coliseum. check out the left side, the southbound lanes are moving well under the limit. reggie: this holiday season, we want to enjoy the gift of being together. for peace of mind, take the first step in knowing. because it might just be a cold, but you want to be confident. the binaxnow covid-19 antigen self test has the same technology used by doctors and detects multiple variants. so in just 15 minutes, you can test, know, and go. available in stores and online. ♪ ♪ mike: good morning on this tuesday. more fog. it is migrating to the south. it will start evaporating at 9:00 48 in santa rosa. 52, santa vizio. -- san francisco. near record highs today. a better chance tomorrow. we will continue that on thursday. reggie: coming up, more gma. we will see you in 30 minutes for another abc 7 news update. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ with chase security features, guidance and convenience, banking feels good. chase. make more of what's yours. hi honey! hi mommy! oh i missed you! you just want to vid

. >> those middle staffing >> thats the new plan oakland mayor libby shaft promising to make changes to combat violence in oakland. >> so today we're going to be hearing from police chief warren armstrong as well about these recent murders that we've seen in oakland and the staffing concerns that they're dealing with right now. stinson is live in the newsroom with the latest. sara. >> the local police department is understaffed. all the while fighting an increase of violent crimes on really a daily basis this morning. the oakland police chief will address staffing issues and the recent homicides that we have seen chief armstrong announced this press conference just hours after mayor libby schaaf said she plans to propose hiring more police officers. as you just heard, she do that in front of city council this week. the city saw its 127th homicide this year on sunday right after additional tactical teams were put in place to support patrol officers responding to this uptick in violent crimes within the last week, 3 lives have been lost to violence, including one of our own. there's be

reggie: oakland police suspects escaped in a black suv. kumasi: this morning, police are hoping someone has information about the person who killed a tv news guard last week. please take a look at this photo. this is a white acura tl with no front license plate. please believe this vehicle was used in the attempted theft of a forced camera equipment. a retired police officer was guarding the crew and was shot during that attempted theft. he died saturday at highland hospital. a trust fund has been set up for his family, as well as an online fundraiser to cover medical and memorial expenses. you can find a link on our website, abc7news.com. today, the oakland police chief is expected to address violence in his city. we have already learned more police will soon hit the streets as a part of the city's response to while in crime. >> there is nothing progressive about unbridled gun violence. this is what oakland or's want, a comprehensive and effective approach to safety. that includes adequate police staffing. kumasi: the mayor said in a poli

oakland, a good volume of traffic. no problems for the nimitz as you drive down between the two bridges we showed you. >> we're back at 7:25 with a live local news update. >> don't forget to join us at our midday newscast at 11:00. a live look at downtown san josÉ. christmas in the park. the "today" show is coming up next. >>> good morning. breaking news, be prepared. with the omicron variant spreading around the world, president biden and health officials urge all adults to get their booster shot. >> this variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. >> pfizer seeking approval for its extra dose for 16 and 17-year-olds amid growing fears about the strain's potential impact on very young children. major cities now telling people to mask up once again and this morning, still more questions than answers.

san francisco, oakland and san jose. a little warmer for tomorrow and then a cooldown as we look to plenty of sun through the workweek. cooler for the weekend ahead. 6o's and 70 a through thursday and there we go with the cooler temperatures for our weekend. a big cooldown in store for us for saturday and for sunday. all right. it is time now for bay area bright spots. here is a unique way to light the menorah with tiki torches. check out this photograph from bruce on the first night of hanukkah. he said that's his cat major tom there inspecting the candles. i love it. which want to see your holiday lights as we celebrate the season. e-mail your pictures and videos to bay area bright spots or tag us in social media using the hash tag kpix bright spots. >>> let's check had in with traffic. >> major tom making me smile this morning. i love a good kitty on a tuesday. starting off with the bridging though. commute wise not so great. foggy on the bay bridge. a live look. bumper to bumper traffic. metering lights on, a 17 minu

just on the oakland side. you can see slowing here approaching the toll plaza and over here at the metering lights. the clouds are clear once you hit treasure island and get into san francisco. so it's on the east bay side. highway 4, no slowing there. more slowing for highway 37, and that fog in santa rosa, also showing over here at half moon bay. santa fe shows the first blip there. >> thanks, mike. >>> coming up, convicted killer, scott peterson, no longer at san quinton. the reason why he's now a peninsula jail cell. >>> and then the vaccine mandates suffer another loss in court. >>> then the big win and adjustments they will have to make on the fly ahead of sunday's game. >>> follow nbc bay area on instagram to get new stories in your feed. i'm morgan, and there's more to me than hiv. more love, more adventure, more community. but with my hiv treatment, there's not more medicines in my pill. i talked to my doctor and switched to fewer medicines with dovato. dovato is for some adults who are starting hiv-1

this one in. >> oakland. it's the renegade running shop on grand avenue surveillance cameras captured the thieves breaking into the store. this was on sunday night. and this is 3rd time that this store has been broken into. >> when you're building community and we love being in oakland. and when something like this happens, it's just it's just heart it's sad. of course it's a little scary and frightening. i don't know how many more incidents like this we can take to keep our doors open. >> all right. because you know, they're losing money. i'm sure they have insurance. and it's just now that i'm asked the owner says that most recent this recent burglary cost them about. >> $5,000. >> let's go to the south bay now where a santa clara shoe store was robbed twice in less than a week by a large group of burglars police say the group of about 2 dozen people forced their way into the store inside the santa clara town center on el camino real. still shoes still close. it happened last tuesday right around one in the

san francisco, oakland and san jose. temperatures slightly cooler through the rest of our workweek for the inland east bay. a bump in the temperatures for the north bay and cooler as we look to saturday and sunday. >>> how is that morning commute? >> things looking very good in the south bay. an eight minute drive everything in the green as you can see moving up it the east bay, walnut creek to oakland only a ten minute drive castro valley to the maze. 18 minutes and the maze to san lea in, dro a 12 minute drive. bay bridge in the green. metering lights still off. smooth ride there. seven minute drive from the maze and san francisco. golden gate bridge looking clear. 19 minutes going southbound, the san mat oh, bridge the light commutes, 12 minute drive and checking out main travel times, everything again in the green. even the pass at this hour. good news and 1401 northbound. 36 minutes. >>> it's travel tuesday and this week the best travel tech items. our traffic specialist brings us the details from i-5. >> before you

lakeport, oakland, and san jose at 72 degrees. tonight, you can see the green in the higher elevations. that is the breeze that will keep our higher elevations into the 60's while drier air will filter into our windshield -- wind-chosen valleys and drive us into the 40's. here is a look at monday. watch the heaviest of the rain more than likely slide into the sierra and bring them a slight chance of some valley rain and mountain snow. for us, we will watch seattle, portland, and medford receive all of the beneficial rain that we could use because really seattle does not need anymore. here is a 7-day forecast and we are making a run at record highs today. a better chance tomorrow. our warmest day. thursday will be a lot like today. a few degrees cooler, especially at the coast friday and temperatures are close to average. we are in the 60's, but we are in the lower upper 60's, which is just a bit warmer than it should be for this time of year. we are going to talk about our day of giving here at abc7. it is a day to focus on the or

. >> oakland city leaders are asking for the violence to stop. the mayor wants to add more police officers on the streets and it comes as the latest victim, 28-year-old eric davis was gunned down on lake marist sunday afternoon and he was trying to stop somebody from breaking into a car. we spoke to his mother and aunt who live in l.a. >> he was our heart. he cared about everybody. >> eric will take up for whoever can't take up for themselves. >> he was heavily involved in the new mt. pleasant missionary baptist church in l.a., teaching bible study and coaching kids in basketball, and he was trying to make it on his own and lived near lake merritt. >> we really thought that was a good place for him. you know, he didn't deserve to lose his life. the violence, it has to stop. >> oakland police say the passenger inside a rav4 shot davis. a $10,000 is being offered from crime stoppers for information in the case. his family, too, is pleading for help. >> we want to ask for the public's help, locating the suspects who murdered a kind and loving son. >

when you're building community. >> and we love being in oakland. and when something like this happens, it's just it's just heart it's sad. of course it's a little scary and frightening. he says a lot of businesses in the area are on edge after the numerous burglaries these last couple of weeks. there are people who. >> logically do not want to come downtown do not want to being involved in any kind of physical altercation with people either saving the goods in their car or been witness to it in a store. and again, it feels like. you know, the police are so short staff that they're not visible through no fault of their own and there's no city. our public officials that are out talking to us, you know, to find out. either what they can do or to hear from them what they are doing. so all of it just feels like kind of a big ball of like frustration and wondering and and then sometimes in some cases just feeling. you know, like maybe there is no way out. >> that's frustrating. that was taylor reporting. and meanwhile on the peninsula, daly city police a

we are talking 60's and 70's with that sun. 65 in pacifica, 68 san francisco, 69 oakland. upper 60's to low 70's for the peninsula and upper 60's to low 70's. 70 for concord and we are looking at daytime highs around 69 in napa. >>> let's check in with traffic. >> good morning. things looking pretty clear. let's start off with the bay bridge. things moving smoothly there. metering lights are off. it should be an easy drive. time from the maze into san francisco, seven minutes. golden gate bridge looking clear. a 20 men drive going south from 37 into the city and the chp has issued a fog advisory. keep abhijit eye out for that when you cross and looking at the main travel times. pass in the green, other roads looking good so far, highway 4 to the maze. 13 minutes and 101 northbound looking clear. >>> just as the holiday wraps up a new coronavirus variant. andrea is in san rafael with more on how the potential next wave may hit just in time for christmas. >> at this point the omicron variant hasn't been seen here but many feel it's just a matter of time, most likely in the n

but in fact, maintain those middle staffing >> oakland's current budget freezes. an additional 50 positions in the police department. mayor chef says the city is going to be making the case to reverse police budget cuts and hiring freezes which are scheduled to start in about 8 months. chap also says that a hiring plan for a new officers will be brought in front of the council by friday. come police, meanwhile, are asking for the public's help in finding a car that might be connected to the killing of kron. 4 security guard. kevin, the shooter she did was tragically shot and killed while on assignment last wednesday and we have a picture of the vehicle and there it is. it's a white 2004 to 2008 acura tl with 4 doors and a sunroof. give this a good look. it does not have a front license plate. police say the gunman shot the shooter while trying to steal our reporters camera. passed away on saturday morning from his injuries. a $32,500 reward is now being offered for any information that leads to an arrest. and as the investigation goes on, city leaders in oakland a

his name is martin callatano of oakland. charged with assault with a deadly weapon, felony assault on a police officer. police say he argued with a cal trans employee, then drove his truck the wrong way through the toll plaza. you can see him slam into a chp patrol car in one of these videos that we have been showing you backward. he actually drove the wrong way several times on the bridge hitting two other cars. the officer did suffer some minor injuries during the arrest. >>> okay. a surprising sight on thanksgiving and, no, that's not a turkey. it's a mountain lion. just casually, strolling down a street in san bruno. you can see it there, it's daylight. something you don't typically see. nbc bay area's ginger conejero saab spoke to the family who shot that video. >> reporter: this quiet residential street doesn't see much action, so you can imagine the shock and fear that people felt when they saw a mountain lion make its way down this street in the middle of the day. liz burrdebt says she looked out of her window on tha

hear exclusively from the only daughter of the security guard killed while protecting a news crew in oakland. his final heroic act. >> i know that he would want us to take a vacation, but to be honest, it is too hard. >>> chs p is adding security to bay area shopping malls, will it be enough to curb a string of retail fest? we are hearing about a new coronavirus variant. omicron. >>> good afternoon, i am alan martin. we have how the potential nextwave may hit just in time for christmas. >> reporter: at this point omicron variant has not been spotted here in the bay area yet, but many medical experts feel that it is just a matter of time. most likely within the next two weeks. >> we have not seen our family. that is the heartbreaking part. >> reporter: visiting from rhode island to see family this thanksgiving, frank and marie are concerned about the new variant that was first detected in south africa. >> when will this end? it seems to keep getting legs, and continuing. >> reporter: researchers want to know how transmissible omicron is, how sick it can make you, and how well it holds up to v

from oakland to l.a. dion: sunday afternoon, eric noticed his car parked in the area had been broken into. oakland police say when eric noticed the suspects break into another car, that is when things took a turn. >> the victim interrupted an auto robbery in progress and was shot by the passenger in the suspect vehicle. we know the suspect vehicle is a toyota rav4, black in color. we will be pushing out a photo of this vehicle within the next day or so. dion: i spoke to his mother who flew back to l.a. this afternoon. she said she was devastated and there were no words to convey her sadness. as she and her sister karen try to put the pieces of their shattered life back together, they implore the public. >> we would like to ask for the public's help with locating the suspect. who murdered a kind, loving son, brother, nephew, a party young -- hard-working young man. dion: police are offering up to $10,000 leading to the arrest in this case. >> he didn't deserve to lose his life. the violence has two stop. -

oakland orders that there are repercussions to that. at the same time, we must continue to invest, doubling down on crime prevention. mayor libby schaaf said today that she plans to submit a revised police hiring plan to the city council, which could include another police academy. the california highway patrol says there was an increase in the number of deaths and the wise this holiday weekend. officials say 57 people were killed in crashes across the state. during the chp s 102 hour maximum enforcement period . that is a 14% increase from last year and the chp arrested 1019 people for impaired driving . that is a 17% increase from thanksgiving 2020 concerns tonight over the new oh, macron vary and prompting the cdc to change its booster recommendations. now saying that everyone over 18 should get a booster shot. ktvu jana katsuyama joins us now live in the newsroom after talking to a doctor about whether current vaccines will protect us from this latest strange. heather the ucsf neurologist says that it will take several weeks before

from oakland to l.a. dion: sunday afternoon, eric noticed his car parked in the area had been broken into. oakland police say when eric noticed the suspects break into another car, that is when things took a turn. >> the victim interrupted an auto robbery in progress and was shot by the passenger in the suspect vehicle. we know the suspect vehicle is a toyota rav4, black in color. we will be pushing out a photo of this vehicle within the next day or so. dion: i spoke to his mother who flew back to l.a. this afternoon. she said she was devastated and there were no words to convey her sadness. as she and her sister karen try to put the pieces of their shattered life back together, they implore the public. >> we would like to ask for the public's help with locating the suspect. who murdered a kind, loving son, brother, nephew, a party w w young -- hard-working young man. dion: police are offering up to $10,000 leading to the arrest in this case. >> he didn't deserve to lose his life. the violence has two sto

we heard today from the democratic mayor of the city from oakland. she spoke to our colleague, indicate bolduan. she said in her view the lack of police officers, not enough police on the street are partially to blame. take a listen to what she said. >> let me be clear, oakland needs more police. we have been impacted by staffing reductions, covid interrupted our recruitment and training processes, and the defund rhetoric is challenging our ability to attract and retain recruits. >> reporter: so all those things taken together, the targets themselves prime for these robbers staging their acts and at least in the mayor's view there, the lack of police on the street is the perfect storm that's allowing this to continue and worth pointing out there are things that police officers are trying to do both behind the scenes and things that we can see with our own eyes. we know they're working together, trying to build out the networks. gather intelligence, recruit sources to figure out who is running these groups, who is operating them and directing them so

that's because the tow truck was stolen in oakland. they are handling that part of this investigation. that's where kate tunnel himself. he is now behind bars at the santa rita jail facing a very long list of felony charges including evading arrest and stolen property. we're live tonight in the city. jonathan mccall kron 4 thank you, jonathan. >> in oakland investigators are working to solve the city's 100 27th homicide of the year. police say the most recent victim was a man who was shot and killed while trying to be a good samaritan. it happened at lake merritt on sunday afternoon. the victim, according to police, tried to stop an auto robbery when they were shot by a passenger in the suspect vehicle that vehicle a black toyota rav 4 got away. this is just the latest incident and what city leaders are calling a public health crisis of gun violence in oakland and now some officials want to reverse course on some previous decisions. they say there is an urgent need to take immediate action. >> will not only police department over 678 o

week in oakland. oakland police say between last monday and yesterday, three lives were lost to violence. there were 44 reports of gunfire and 35 robberies are crime reporter henry lee spoke to the family of a man shot and killed. while trying to stop a car burglary and he has our report tonight. we have taken an unprecedented number of guns off the streets, but clearly that is not enough. oakland mayor libby schaaf says she's heartbroken with at least two more lives lost of violence over the weekend. there is nothing progressive. about unbridled gun violence. early saturday, security guard kevin machida died three days after the retired police officer was shot while protecting a crime for reporter downtown. kevin shida is someone who dedicated his life. to keeping others safe , as well as to supporting a free press is unbelievably tragic to see that he lost his life in the performance of those duties and those ideals on sunday afternoon, 28 year old eric davis was shot and killed while confronting a

this violence new at 9, another small business burglarized in oakland. the latest to be victimized. >> is a shop called renegade running it on grand avenue near broadway. good evening, everybody. welcome to it. kron 4 news at 9. i'm vicki liviakis and i'm grant lotus surveillance cameras captured 2 seeds breaking into the store. 4 sailors second. joining us now live from the studio with more on the story, you will only see here on kron 4 taylor. it seems to never it can't catch a break. can't catch a break. and as you can imagine, these store owners are of course, frustrated. >> a lot of them are feeling feeling anxious lately with all of these burglaries and break-ins. one of the owners at renegade running says this is the 3rd time they've been burglarized this year. the 4th time since they opened a year and a half ago and they're just not sure how much more that they can take. >> i don't know how many more incidents like this we can take to keep our doors open. one of the owners of renegade running victor diaz is contemplating keeping his doors open fo

amanda hari kron 4 news in oakland. investigators are working to solve the city's 100 27th homicide of the year. police say the most recent victim was a man who. >> was shot and killed while trying to be a good samaritan at lake merritt on sunday afternoon. the victim, according to police, tried to stop and all hope for a win. it was shot by a passenger in the suspect vehicle that car a black toyota rav 4 got away. this is just the latest incident and what city leaders are calling a public health crisis on gun violence in oakland. and now some officials want to reverse course on previous decisions. they say there is an urgent need to take immediate action. >> it will not only police department over 678 officers. but in fact, maintai those middle staffing >> oakland's current budget freezes an additional 50 positions in the police department. mayor chef says the city will be making the case to reverse police budget cuts and hiring freezes which are scheduled to start in 8 months. schaff also says a hiring plan for new of

no delays being reported in oakland. no delays in san jose either. here's the forecast model. you see the clouds gather along the coastline. now, then we start to see a little bit of a northerly component, a win. there you go. this what we're going to see play out to get these really weak system slow by of a sudden you see it on shore, breeze surge and high pressure starts to build in to get a little bit of an offshore wind. something to watch out for legacy that dense fog in the central valley. otherwise, you know, we're going to back that sunshine again across most the bay area again for tomorrow. overnight lows will be chilly in spots. so low 40's in the north bay mid 40's into the east bay. you've got a mixed bag of 40's and 50's around the bay and the coastline highs tomorrow running up to 60's in the san francisco and dry patchy fog along the coastline. should give way to some sunshine and mild temperatures there. 70 degrees in millbrae about 68 in brisbane. 7 degrees in palo out to the south bay enjoying plenty of 70's. by tomorrow afternoon. but on the hazy side, thoug

as of today, we have 677 officers serving the city of oakland. >> reporter: oakland's ongoing wave of violence, the mayor said she will present city council with new assessment of the city's safety needs. >> that analysis will make the case that additional police staffing is needed in the wake of this violence spree. >> oh, it's a long drawn-out process. from recruitment to training, to getting them into the academy, to field training, to acting independently as an officer is probably 18 months or more. >> reporter: james is a criminology professor with san francisco state university, and also a former police officer. he says reversing the losts at opd will take time, and that's just on the personnel front. >> to go back and resurrect those programs, you have to convince the community, you have to convince the city council people. you know, there's funding issues. >> mayor schaaf said that conversation will start excuse friday. today she spoke about some of the victims in oakland's recent string of killings. >> there is nothing progress uv about unbridled gun violence. this is what oa

este no es el Único incidente que enluta a la comunidad de oakland. tamara mino nos dice quÉ proponerla alcaldÍa para reducir las tasas de violencia. tamara: durante una conferencia de prensa la alcaldesa de oakland dijo que presiona para que haya un incremento en esa ciudad. [habla en inglÉs] tamara: la alcaldesa dijo que este viernes presentarÁ un plan para contratar mÁs oficiales. >> este dolor de las familias y de la comunidad. >> representan a cientos de oficiales y creen que es la soluciÓn al problema. >> asegura que el problema es las personas que renuncian a sus cargos. >> ellos quieren que impulsemos muchas cosas en la ciudad. [habla en inglÉs] >> varios consejeros lamentaron el fallecimiento de un guardia de seguridad. >> la mayorÍa de las veces reportamos a un guardia de seguridad. expresamos nuestras condolencias. >> la policÍa aumenta el patrullaje en las calles. quÉ te dijeron? >> me dijeron que hay una reducciÓn importante en los crÍmenes violentos. >> cuatro personas ingresaron a una tienda walgreens. robaron productos de v

it is the latest homicide on what's been a frightening couple of weeks in oakland. today mayor libby schaaf announced a plan to hire more police officers and to roll back some budget cuts to public safety. as far as the shooting, it happened sunday at 3:30 in the afternoon near lake merritt on grand avenue. police say that a passenger in a black toyota rav4 shot a man as he tried to stop a car break-in. the mayor says she wants to add an additional academy to add more officers to the ranks. the holiday she says always brings more crime, but schaaf says last year zero bail policy is contributing to the avalanche of crime in her city. >> the change in bail policies and we believe that that change is not giving sufficient weight in its consideration to gun-related crimes. >> we have to demonstrate our support for those officers who are sacrificing day daily to keep our community safe while, at the same time, investing in replenishing the ranks. >> crime stoppers offering a $10,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest of those people responsible for the shoo

shot in downtown oakland in the line of duty before thanksgiving. he passed away on saturday. >> amen -- on sunday, amen who confronted a car burglar was shot. days before, this was the finish line for the oakland turkey trot. now the site of an unspeakable tragedy. these men are the latest victims in oakland to murder total, which tops 120 seven for the year. >> so what is being done about it? more police, or patrol, more resources? it is clear there is no easy answer. the oakland mayor made an impassioned plea for the city to stand in support of its police force. >> i am hopeful that we as city leaders can send a unified message to the oakland police department, the hard-working men and women who risk their lives every day to keep us safe and to respond to those calls. more calls per officer than any other city in the country. that we value them, that we support them. coco oakland's latest homicide victim, a 28-year-old man named eric davis, killed while confronting a car burglar. abc spoke exclusively to his mother and aunt. >> he was always look

when you put oakland ear's. in harm's way. oakland police chief iran armstrong will hold a news conference on tuesday morning to address the recent violence. henry lee ktvu fox two news and, as we mentioned earlier, the oakland city council is holding a special meeting on the issue of crime next week. that meeting is set for december 7th and will include the police commission, the community policing advisory board. and violence prevention commission, among others. one employee of the san jose daycare center, is under arrest for several counts of sexual abuse of a child over a period of several years. investigators say that 62 year old julio cesar carrasco diaz worked at a licensed facility on mcginnis avenue. they say that the victim recently reported being sexually assaulted there by the suspect. over a period of several years from 2011 to 2019. police believe there could be other victims. if you have any information you're asked to contact san jose police. this variant is a cause for concern, not a cause for panic. the same

the efforts underway to stop it from spreading oakland. city leaders are announcing new crime prevention measures. this after this kron 4 security guard shot and killed while on assignment. >> and a good samaritan was killed while trying to prevent a car break-in. we have team coverage on what the mayor is doing to try to stop the violence. i'm ken wayne. i'm pam moore. the news is 6 is next. ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ >> from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news at 6. >> being on high alert as appropriate. the concern is appropriate panicking is certainly not appropriate. >> our top story tonight at 6 are growing concerns about the highly transmissible the kron covid-19 variants bay area infectious disease expert call this new variant, a cause for concern but not a cause for panic. good evening. thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 6. i'm ken wayne and i'm pam moore. the worl

how do you explain the wave of violence in oakland the last couple of weeks? deadly freeway shootings, mob-style retail thefts and yesterday police say a man was shot and killed after trying to stop a thief from breaking into a car. the mayor says she has got a solution to the crisis. and it begins with more police. melissa colorado. ♪♪ ♪♪ >> reporter: thanksgiving morning this was the carefree and joyful scene in oakland. hundreds of families taking part in the turkey trot race around lake merritt. by sunday afternoon, what was once the finish line for runners along grand avenue became a crime scene with officers investigating the city's 127th homicide of the year. police say a man followed and confronted someone he suspected was breaking into cars. >> the victim interrupted an auto robbery in progress and was shot by the passenger in the suspect vehicle. we do foe that the suspect vehicle is a toyota rav4, black in color. >> there is nothing progressive about unbridled gun violence. >> reporter: oakland mayor libby schaaf says the perfect storm of ci

when you put oakland ear's in harm's way. oakland police chief of iran armstrong will hold a news conference tomorrow morning to address the recent violence in the newsroom. henry lee ktvu , fox, dooney and henry. this proposal by the bear when will it go before the city council? well the mayor expects to have some more details released as early as friday. so we'll try to figure out more at that time. okay we'll be following what the council decides. henry. thank you. meantime an employee of the san jose daycare center is under arrest for several counts of sexual abuse of a child over a period of several years. investigators say that 62 year old julio cesar carrasco diaz worked at a license facility there on mcginnis avenue. they say a victim recently reported being sexually assaulted there by the suspect over a period of several years from 2011 to 2019 . police believe there could be other victims. anyone with information is asked to contact san jose police. since roaring tires screeching coming up how neighborhoods known fo

dan: a transgender oakland woman is making history on jeopardy. amy schneider has won eight games in a row, earning her a spot on the tournament of champions. she is the first trans-person to qualify, winning four consecutive games or more. the tournament is next fall, but before that, she will be back on jeopardy tonight to try to continue her winning streak. so far she has won over $295,000. you can watch jeopardy weeknights at 7:00 right here on abc 7, followed by wheel of fortune at 7:30. local products. kristen: yes, we have to talk to her when her run is over. i hope it is a long run. i think we have a long run of sunshine. spencer: wonderful segway. that's what we have coming our way. we will have mainly clear skies, but some high clouds will pass by with patches of fog, overnight lows mid to upper 40's. highs tomorrow much like today, under sunny skies again, mid 60's at the coast, up to 70 around the bay, low 70's inland. you can see the prediction was correct, through friday, we will have sunny skies and mild to warm conditions. the cat