the oakland police department oakland is currently at 680 officers. the lowest in a decade. our residents and local businesses deserve safety properly staffed police department to respond to emergency calls and to prevent burglaries before they occur. we've also reached out to the chief for a statement on the ongoing violence tonight as of right now, we're waiting to hear back. to the south bay now san jose officials about lined their plan to tackle the growing number of smash-and-grab thefts around malls there. kron four's, rob fladeboe was at the event today. he joins us now live from the oakridge mall in san jose. >> with details on that. good evening, rob. >> good evening, grant. that's right. i'm here at a san oakridge 2 more robberies here in san jose to tell you about. there's also been a couple of arrests that we can tell you about and also a message here a city officials to what the mayor calls of the smash mobs don't come to san jose, as you can see, security very tight here at the mall. here's more. >> private security in san jose police making themselves visible

the oakland police department oakland is currently at 680 officers. the lowest in a decade. our residents and local business deserve safety properly staffed police department to respond to emergency calls and to brent burglaries before they occur. >> another big story tonight, south bay officials announcing a united front and addressing the retail thefts threatening to disrupt holiday shopping at the same time, police have arrested 2 men in connection with 2 more shopping mall thefts there. well, off, that double has the latest from san jose. >> private security in san jose police making themselves visible here at oak ridge and other shopping malls in san jose at the same time, officials pledging a strong response to the rash of retail theft plaguing the bay area. >> investigators from all over the bay area and all over the state have already begun to uncover much of who is behind these crimes how they're operating and how to arrest them. >> the extra security comes amid 2 more thefts at the macy's stores at both oak ridge and valley fair in san jose 19 year-old boy in huntl

of oakland. what will you do to bring a stop to gun violence in the city. >> it is important that we have a law enforcement presence to hold the line while we are also investing to address the root causes that lead to the public safety challenges. we face. you know, i have fought for better public safety. >> we fought for historic investments in violence. prevention is always important that if we can prevent this from happening before it happens. that is what we should do. we have to make sure that we've got public safety response. >> at the level to provide the safety and security for our residents. we have to investing root causes and we can do both at the same time. i also propose. >> and pass a new public safety policy that will improve our recruitment and retention of open officers. we know that we have a retention issue here in the city of oakland. >> resources. the number one issue that exist in terms of not having the resources both for response but also for deterrence and prevention beca

san francisco just under an inch oakland. also just under an inch and just a drop in the bucket in san jose with the rain shadow in full effect for that area. now tonight. well, that fog it's going to kind of settle in late tonight or early tomorrow morning. again, the napa valley yet through the delta you get over the concord area. watch out. you could be talking about the visibility is down to 0, maybe less so in some spots around the bay area. so it is going to fairly fog early on tomorrow morning. then we'll start to clear out your skies and here we go. a big change in the weather pattern. one cold front kind of sliding on through that one moving out of town. then here comes a big dome of high pressure building in. i think this is going to be a significant ridge of high pressure. not only is going to dry us out tomorrow, a dry us out for the next 14 days or so. we'll have more on that and the rest your weather coming up in a few minutes. thanks, lawrence. the san francisco department of elections has certified a petition.

homicide detectives or oakland crime stoppers. turning to other news tonight. kron 4 staying on top of a developing story out of the south bay where san jose police are searching for answers in a shooting that happened outside of a football game in campbell that injured 2 men last night. it happened in the parking lot of on high school police say both men suffering non-life-threatening injuries detectives, meanwhile, are still searching for a motive and a shooter. the game between sarah and saint francis for the ccs division. one, a football championship was stopped for a short time. but did rizzo. new tonight a to walnut creek family has quite a story to tell tonight. they say they're cleaning up and looking for the folks who they say vandalized their home not once, not twice, but 3 times this week alone. the family says someone covered their home in toilet, paper eggs and even saran wrap their bushes kron four's amanda hari live tonight with talking with the family has their story. amanda a wild one. what are they saying? >> ver

. >> 2 people died in a shooting early this morning in oakland. it happened on the 400 block of 17th street not far from lake merritt. you see on the map here. it was just after midnight. police say they arrived on scene found a male and female both oakland residents, both dead at the scene. police have not announced any arrests or suspect information. these the city's 100 and 21st and 122nd homicides of the year. anyone with information is asked to call police in the east bay and oakland city council member announced a new plan to try and stop this uptick in violence. councilmember lauren taylor, who's running to become oakland's next. mayor says that he has 5 multifaceted goals that he says will reduce the rate of crime in oakland and that includes doubling the solve rate of violent crimes. also cutting in half the number of unanswered 911 calls doubling the capacity of successful violence interruption in crime to turns programs. reducing disparities in public safety response between different communities across oakland and alameda county. and f

done. >> our forces made unit has been talked to some oakland officials about the tragedy. >> oakland mayor libby shaft releases her first statement regarding the toddler killed by a stray bullet on the 8 80 freeway at oakland over the weekend, quote, to lose a 23 month old to gun violence is is heart-wrenching in as sickening as it gets as a mother and as a mayor, i am devastated by the totality of human loss and trauma caused by gun violence in our society as our department assists the california highway patrol to investigate this tragedy and bring the perpetrators to justice. we anyone who may have information to share it with chp investigators immediately unquote senseless killings with gun the child killed in the shooting of the 8.80 freeway represents oakland's 119 homicide of the year. >> that's compared to a total of 109 homicides for all of 2020. bishop bob jackson of acts full gospel church in oakland has been a long time outspoken advocate for public safety. he describes an atmosphere of apathy being a major contributor to nothing being done to put a stop to the gun violenc

it's been a violent month in the city of oakland. this is a look at all of the shootings that have been reported over the last 10 days just since november 5th overall gun violence is up 33% this year. compared to the year 2020. a bounce. does that stop in oakland, though, over an antioch police are investigating a shooting that killed a 36 year-old man over the weekend. police say it happened just before 11 o'clock, saturday night. the victim was found laying on the sidewalk near traverse city away. a neighbor told us one of those bullets went right through the wall of their home. >> yeah, it's it's very nerve wrecking to see the bullet hole right where my brother sleep like that's what his fate would have been if you would, and sleeping here and people who wasn't homer either of us were home. >> detectives say the investigation is in the early stages. so far, details on the suspect have not yet been released. turning now to our coronavirus coverage. amazon has been hit with a $500,000 fine from the state for concealing covid cases a

just a little cooler of a oakland at 62 for your high today. ogilvie at 61 degrees and a few 50's near the coastline on over to mill valley. tomorrow's temperatures right around the same as today. a few scattered showers are possible, especially for the north bay. after that, we're dry all the way through the thanksgiving holiday. so this is going make for some easy holiday travel. the next best chance of rainfall in the forecast aside from tomorrow we'll be a better chance of showers into the weekend after thanksgiving. great job. thank you for that. all right. let's get a look at your thursday morning traffic. if you're heading from the east bay into the city right now. >> a little under 2 minutes for your drive time not seen the gusty winds that we saw yesterday in the fog. now we had along the bay bridge. getting across towards the peninsula. be the san mateo bridge a little under 30 minutes to make that drive. let's head over. also get a look at the richmond sandra fell comey traveling at a richmond a little under 9 minutes and the golden

the oakland police chief addressed the crime today. our kron four's, catherine heenan. >> joins us now live from the newsroom with details catherine, what does he have to say. sounded so frustrated oakland police chief leronne armstrong. so there is a clear problem in the city of oakland saying at one point we need help on saturday. the chief says there were 2 dozen incidents and just over 10 hours, he says that includes an armed carjacking that ended in a deadly police shooting a roving caravan of thieves that targeted at least 2 dozen businesses and attempted homicide. another shooting that killed a juvenile and sunday. police said they investigated 6 more shootings. chief armstrong says the police department desperately needs help from all city workers in order to fight violence. >> nobody should have to live through this. asking council to step up and have a conversation about how they can support our effort to address public safety in the city. i'm also saying that it doesn't need to be more police. every city agency in oakland sh

there's been 127 homicides in oakland this year. so again, violence just continues to stack up in oakland and of course, it's is very worrisome. doris doris james. >> and there is thank you, reza. want to continue to cover this because bringing attention to the problem is part of getting solutions and funding and everything else to. stop. and thanks so much in oakley, a 13 year-old was arrested for a carjacking after leading police on a high-speed chase. the car was stolen in oakland and then spotted an antioch early yesterday morning. and police were told that the teenager had guns. they responded and the boy led them on a chase that ended in oakley where he crashed on main street and that's where he was taken into custody. >> 9.18 is the time. and still ahead on the kron 00:00am morning news. we're going to chat with barry congressman eric swalwell about the rise in crime that we've seen in his area of the east bay that he represents and all around the bay for that matter. and we'll also talk to about what's up in washington this

hospital we have now learned from oakland police that the victim died yesterday. officials have not release any further information, including the victim's name or age, but we will continue to update you on the story as more details become available and staying in the east bay, a 37 year-old man is now dead after being shot last night in antioch police officers dispatched. say that they started getting calls about gunshots near traverse the way around 1030, last night. and police say that they found the man on the sidewalk with gunshot wounds. a neighbor that we've got a chance to speak with us as a bullet went right through their home. >> yeah, it's it's very nerve wrecking to see the bullet hole right where my brother sleeps like that's what his fate would have been if been sleeping here and thankfully he wasn't homer either of us were home. >> police say the investigation is in the early stages. they say they do not have a description of the suspect at this time. and right now no one is in custody. >> tonight. cal osha's looking for answers into the death of a

this was the scene outside a jack in the box in oakland this morning. the workers are demanding that fast food companies provide better health and safety standards against things like covid and violence from customers. protesters were joined by elected officials at some rallies who touted ab to 57 a bill that would strengthen unions and offer protections to workers the vote for a b 2.57. is scheduled for january. and new at 3 governor gavin newsome opened up today about why he abruptly canceled his trip abroad to the united nations climate summit. the governor made his first public appearance since that cancellation nearly 2 weeks ago. our capitol bureau reporter ashley zavala explains. the stresses. balancing your responsibilities of work. >> and also responsibilities at home. governor gavin newsome aiming to put any rumors to rest about his nearly 2 week absence. the governor tuesday in monterey making his first public appearance since suddenly canceling his trip to the cop. 26 climate summit in late october. >> for what he said at the time was becaus

we may soon know fate of the oakland coliseum oakland city council meeting currently underway taking a live look at that are live. listen, i guess today the council's hearing 2 proposals on what to do with the oakland coliseum. one group working towards bringing a wnba team. >> into oakland which might find a home there. the other group is spearheaded by baseball hall of famer dave stewart, who's expressed interest in building a new ballpark. the council is expected to vote on which group they want to enter into a bank into an exclusive negotiating agreement with for the next year. we're going to be following that vote. we will bring you very latest on kron. 4 news at 5 we want to go live now to wisconsin where the judge is back in the courtroom during the murder trial for kyle rittenhouse. let's listen in. >> okay. >> you're you're in the first class seats all >> i understand intuition break for the evening which certainly you're right. if you're in charge at this particular point. and i also understand that. i was told that i'm not clear on whether you decided you wanted to come ba

oakland police chief addressed the crimes today. kron four's catherine heenan joins us from the newsroom tonight with the details. catherine. yeah. boy, did he so frustrated open police chief leronne armstrong. >> says there's a clear problem in the city of oakland saying at one point. >> we need help on saturday. the chief says there were 2 dozen incidents in just over 10 hours. he says that includes an armed carjacking that ended in a a deadly police shooting, a roving caravan of thieves that targeted at least 2 dozen businesses and attempted homicide. another shooting that killed a juvenile and sunday. police say they investigated 6 more shootings. chief armstrong says the police department desperately needs help from all city workers in order to fight the violence. >> nobody should have to live through this. asking council to step up and have a conversation about how they can support our effort to address public safety in the city. i'm also saying that it doesn't need to be more police. every city agency in oakland should be foc

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

oakland police released this picture of what is believed to be the suspect's car. a white 2004 to 2008 acura tl with 4 doors and a sunroof. it does not have a front license plate. oakland police say the gunman shot in a sheet of while trying to steal our reporter's news camera. this is certainly a tragic story. another senseless killing here in the bay area. but as you can understand, this touches the crowd for family in an especially profound way. kevin issued often protected our reporters when they were out on assignment, he passed away on saturday morning from his injuries and today oakland city leaders came together to honor the kron four's haaziq madyun has that part of our coverage. >> you know, i reflections about the tragic shooting death of you. >> kevin. she does someone who dedicated his life to keeping others safe as well as to supporting the free press, which is a cornerstone to a healthy democracy. >> oakland mayor libby schaff and council members shade lauren taylor and treat to read share their reactions to the shooting death of kevin ishida, a secu

wu the toddler was hit and killed by a stray bullet in oakland nearly 2 weeks ago. good evening, everyone. thank you for joining us for kron 4 news at 6. i'm catherine heenan in for pam moore. and i'm ken wayne jasper was killed when he was caught in the crossfire of a gang-related shootout along interstate 80. >> his mother was behind the wheel as they were driving home to fremont kron four's phillipe djegal shares. how jasper is being remembered. >> 23 month-old jasper wu mourned by family and friends at mountain view cemetery in oakland following chinese tradition after the funeral loved ones gathered out front burning. some of jaspers toys and other itees that made him happy with the belief. the flame will deliver his belongings up in heaven family just couldn't stop crying. the traditional buddhist ceremony ended with jaspers cremation, president of the oakland chinatown chamber of commerce. karl chan speaks for family. he was cole's part of jaspers grandfather speech. >> detailing how much harm has been done by one senseless act. important not only hitting jus

of oakland is try to make it easier for people who live there to get rid of their unwanted large items. think old mattresses tires. dishwashers will aim it. if you've been it is unbelievable and the mess. >> as kron four's haaziq mod-yoon reports. first, though, it's the city's latest effort to reduce illegal dumping. >> in the fight to eliminate illegal dumping sites like these. the city of oakland announces that all residents can now schedule bulky waste drop-off appointments with waste management at no charge here at the davis street resource and recovery complex in san leandro. the expanded service will also cut out the middleman for oakland renters who no longer have to coordinate with their landlords to get their bulky waste picked up for the first time. >> renters will have direct access to schedule their bulky item collection. and if you can't do that, you always have the opportunity to come to davis street disposable dispose of the material has a 25 year of them as id. and i know i'm happy to have this extra free service. that having been a former mentor. i'm just really happy

the city of oakland is where shooter got his start in law enforcement as an officer with the oakland housing authority. i in. >> and his first day of law enforcement. and boy, if if i can describe it any way be like the energizer bunny carol du plessis. >> is the oakland housing authority chief of police. he knew she to for 27 years. it's just so energetic and and so willing to to do things he says new fee to always kept in contact even after he left the housing authority. he then went on to work for hayward police san jose police and the coma. police department before joining star protection agency. this is video of the coma. police department escorted his body out of highland hospital where he died saturday morning. >> from his injuries. no family should have to suffer as result of some bodies. >> misconduct of reward of $32,500 is being offered for information that leads to an arrest there's an obligation of society that some that whoever has information. >> they need to speak up. they need to come for. we need to put this to rest. kevin leaves behind a wife, 2 children and 3 gran

oakland's public safety committee voted unanimously to end testing for off the job. cannabis use vice mayor rebecca kaplan says the city is already facing a recruiting crisis and has trouble retaining employees with the current testing rules in place. the proposal will now go before the full city council and an approval there could do away with the testing. oakland. firefighters responded to reports of smoke tuesday near san pablo and athens avenue. and that's where they found a homeless encampment on fire which they say was threatening to expand the 3 story building that they were in front of. but luckily they were able to get it quickly and no damage was done. no reports of any injuries. >> and the south bay a controversial statue in downtown san jose is coming down after 30 years city council members unanimously

oakland police are searching for shooter and the city's latest act of violence. thank you so much for joining us here right now on kron, 4 news at 3 o'clock. i'm justine waldman. this time. the breaking news is hitting very close to home for us here at kron. 4 a short time ago, someone shot a security guard watching one of our crews while on assignment in oakland kron 4 jobs mccall is here right now with what we know so far. good afternoon, jonathan it's just terrible. it really is a heartbreaking day for us hern on kron four's. justine, good afternoon. >> we are still waiting to get more information from oakland. police in a news conference that could come at any second as soon as that information is available. we will pass it along. here's what we do know at this hour a security guard assigned to one of our reporters was shot this afternoon at last check that security guard was in surgery at highland hospital. we are once again waiting for police to get an update on his condition. our reporter was not injured in that shooting. this all went down just before 123

oakland's public safety committee voted unanimously to end testing for off the job. cannabis use vice mayor rebecca kaplan says the city is already facing a recruiting crisis and has trouble retaining employees with the current testing rules in place. the proposal will now go before the full city council and an approval there could do away with the testing. oakland. firefighters responded to reports of smoke tuesday near san pablo and athens avenue. and that's where they found a homeless encampment on fire which they say was threatening to expand the 3 story building that they were in front of. but luckily they were able to get it quickly and no damage was done. no reports of any injuries. >> and the south bay a controversial statue in downtown san jose is coming down after 30 years city council members unanimously voting to remove the thomas fallon statue after hearing from mexican and indigenous speakers on how they feel when they see the statue, they say it's a symbol of colonization genocide and the taking over of other people's land. the city now has to decide i

anyone with information are urged to call oakland homicide detectives or oakland crime stoppers, a reward of $32,500 now on the table for information that leads to an arrest in that case. also, a fund has been set up to help the family of kevin, the shooter. we have details on how you can help right now at kron 4 dot com. also you can make a donation at any metropolitan bank to get a better look at the car. investigators are currently looking for right now. all that information right now is that kron 4 dot com. ahead tonight here on kron. 4 news at 6, a happy ending after a coyote found nearly drowning in the san francisco bay. >> the latest updates from fire crews to release him back into the wild. >> and i'm rebecca strom in from a breeze of rodriguez's. we're tracking warm afternoons and chilly overnight temperatures my full forecast coming up after the break. stay with us. >> welcome back, everyone. i'm in is now spending the night behind bars after sacramento. police say he fired at them early this morning. police say they responded to a call when they got to the south sacramento nei

so we're in the low 70's for oakland and san jose. nearly 10 degrees above average for those of you in oakland. you should be in the low 60's this time of year. instead, milder temperatures warming up into the low 70's with above average temperatures expected for your work week monday as well. calmer conditions wind speeds easing up a bit for your sunday night. that trend is going to continue through your monday as well. temperatures as you head out the door 60's for downtown san francisco, mid 50's for oakland. but check out cnn. nearly 10 degrees cooler 46 degrees petaluma in the upper 40's with santa rosa in the mid 40's. so make sure to bundle up there in our north bay valleys because of those southerly winds. but taking a look ahead at your extended outlook warm day on monday. into a gradually start to cool down through your thanksgiving thursday morning. your full forecast coming up in just a few minutes. just seen. and jonathan, back to you. >> marissa, thank you. still to come tonight here on kron. 4 news at 8 o'clock. we'll t

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

police in oakland. police have both shared their over the shooting chp again is leading this investigation and so far nobody has been arrested and they are asking for the public to come forward with more information so that they can solve this case and give this family some closure. catherine and vicki, thank you very much, dan. >> and oakland mayor libby schaff. she has released a statement on jasper wu's death saying to lose a 23 month-old to gun violence as as heart-wrenching and sickening as it gets as a mother and as mayor, i am devastated by the totality of human loss and trauma caused by gun violence in our society as our department assist the chp to investigate this tragedy and bring the perpetrators to justice. we call on anyone who mation to share it with investigators. immediately. 23 killed by gun violence. 23 months old. >> represents oakland's 119 com, a site compared to a total of a 109 homicides for all of 2020. it's also the 76th freeway shooting in alameda county over the last 12 month

have you seen mirlande oakland. police say that someone stole this purebred french bulldog at gunpoint friday night. >> marlins owners says that her friend was walking with him near valdez and 24th streets when 2 men pointed a gun at her kron 4 s taylor picks up the story. >> really should be he should. he should. he should have with this change right now. >> hannah nelson is on the verge of tears talking about her nearly 2 year-old frenchie merlin who she says was stolen at gunpoint on friday. nelson says she was visiting friends in atlanta for thanksgiving when she got a call from her friend marie cobain's who was watching merlin at the time at one of them come in front of pointed a gun in my said give me the dog. >> and basically the other one already gone to go grab early. and bain says she was walking rolling when it happened around 06:00pm at valdez and 24th streets in oakland. she says the 2 men then jumped in a car and sped off going the wrong way down a one-way street towards whole foods very couldn't get a

anyone with information is urged to call oakland homicide or oakland crime stoppers. right now a reward of nearly $33,000 is currently on the table for information that leads to an arrest in that case. joining us live now to talk more about the violence in oakland. in one city leaders say they hope to accomplish in response to kevin's death. we're joined by oakland city council member dan called councilman called. thanks so much for joining us here on kron, 4 news at 10 o'clock. >> thank you, jonathan. it's good to be here. and i'm so circumstances. i wish more positive. my heart goes out to the family and friends the really officer this because that's what he was a good portion of his life. he was best i can tell from everything i've read today in the past is he's a man of honor and yet a careers be proud of and. our collective hearts go out to his family and close friends and end to that kick family as well. so our condolences. thank you very with all the violence that's been happening right now. we've heard play after play after plea from council members. we've hea

so far. 60 degrees in hayward, 60 in downtown oakland. 64 in san francisco. the already getting into the mid 50's for petaluma and nevado high pressure is really dominating the bay area we've been seeing it for the last couple of days. that's why we're seeing little bit of a warming trend and dry. no rain in the so far. unfortunately, though, we do need it. try to take advantage of these afternoon. being so warm and unlike normal for this time of year again tomorrow we're temperatures back into the 60's and 70's. i will have all those details coming up in just a bit. in my full forecast. jonathan, back to you. rebecca, thank you so much. more to come tonight here on kron. 4 news at 6 o'clock. >> including new concerns over the latest covid-19 variants spreading rapidly across africa. >> the new steps already under way to try and stop it from reaching the united states. then a look at how new security measures are in place around union square making shoppers feel safe this holiday season. despite recent smash-and-grabs in the covid-19 pandemic. shoppers are st

demonstrators are gathering in oakland tonight. this is at the federal building in oakland. organizers say they are standing in solidarity with kenosha, wisconsin. so this is a reaction to today's verdicts of acquittal and the kyle rittenhouse trial. and so far it appears the protests are peaceful. we have not heard any reports of violence or property damage. >> the south bay sarge is retail water providers been given the green light to raise its rates for those who overuse their water kron four's. rob fladeboe reports of people who don't cut back. well, now face a drought surcharge. >> more than a million south bay residents will soon be under the most restrictive water conservation measures in the state as reservoirs across the valley are now down to just 11% full. this week. the california public utilities commission approves san jose water company's request. >> to add a drought surcharge to the bills for those customers who failed to cut back their water use by 15% says the company's leanne wallboard ski. it's a ray it's that we have basically no choice where we're in a

medics rushed him to been off children's hospital in oakland. but he later died today the fremont police department offered its condolences saying that the act of violence is not acceptable going on to say that chief washington has been in contact with oakland police chief leronne armstrong and that you truly share concern and outrage our department along with our community stand in support of the family. they say anyone with information on the shooting now urged to call california highway patrol oakland police, meanwhile, say that robberies in the city have jumped 15% so far in 2021 the department says they've investigated nearly 2200 hold up so far this year to reduce your chances of becoming a victim. the department now offering these tips. they say don't resist for property that can be replaced. also don't be distracted by your electronic devices. make sure you limit the personal items that you carry on yourself to just an id and a bank card. meanwhile, new at 6 o'clock. check this out. fairfield police say an alert citizen found a skimming

we start this sunday night with more violence on the streets of oakland in just the last few hours, oakland police tell kron 4 news that a man was shot and killed in the city's latest homicide while simply trying to stop a car from bring broken into opd says the shooting happened around 3.30 this afternoon at lake merritt. investigators say that man who was the victim of a car break-in himself was trying to stop yet another one from happening when he was shot that man later died at the hospital. the shooter fled the scene. the death now the city's 127th homicide of 2021 tonight at $10,000 reward is being offered for information in the case. oakland police, meanwhile, are also searching for answers in the murder of kron. 4 news security guard kevin the shooter was shot while on assignment with one of our reporters on wednesday. he died from his injuries yesterday morning, kron four's amanda hari live for us tonight in the newsroom after talking with oakland leaders about the impact of his last even those who didn't even know kevin. now responding meant. >> yes and every single person i spoke

coming up at 4 in oakland city council member is launching a campaign to become the next mayor of oakland. >> we're going to bring you her announcement live, use your phone scanned. the qr code on your screen and it will take you straight europe starts. you can download kron on for free. >> about the time we've got for thps afternoon. thanks for joining us here on kron, 4 news at 3 well below. >> announcer: today on a "dr. phil" exclusive... >> detective dennis wustenhoff bled to death hours after someone blew up his unmarked car in front of their patchogue home. >> 31 years ago your husband, an undercover police officer, was killed suddenly in a mysterious car bombing. >> the car exploded in front of the house. my children said they could hear me scream so loud. >> we know he was busting up a drug ring. we know there were possibilities of cartel involvement. nobody has been arrested. nobody has been prosecuted. the murderer is walking free. do you have a feeling about what happened here? >> i know what happened. the police commissioner put out a statement saying this could be a personal

oakland international airport. expecting twice as many passengers. this thanksgiving weekend compared to last year stands to reason with the vaccines here now kron four's, phillipe djegal spoke with travelers who say they feel safe getting on planes. >> some 170,000 passengers are expected to travel oakland international airport next week. assign travelers are gaining confidence in air travel safety as more people are getting vaccinated against covid-19 more regularly, tested vaccinated. the protocol is pretty solid. if you are not fully vaccinated and must travel the centers for disease control and prevention says you should get tested both before and after your trip. >> the oakland airport makes testing available on site. i got a couple to this past month in. >> they've all come back negative just kind trying to stay on that during thanksgiving weekend. the airport is expecting 80% of the passenger traffic. it's all during thanksgiving weekend back in 2019 the agent. that means a lot to me. really happy to see my clients on the road before morning,

of course, you've been hearing about is surging in oakland and elsewhere. today. it hits close to call home here at kron 4, the kron 4 security guard was shot while on assignment. we have all the details on this frightening incident >> from the bay area's local news station. you're watching kron. 4 news at 6. >> now at 6 oakland police are searching for yet another shooter in the city's latest act of violence video posted to the citizen app shows the same where it happened this afternoon. good evening, everybody. welcome to kron. 4 news at 6. i'm pam moore. i'm ken wayne. gun violence has touched so many lives and families here in the bay area over the years. but especially recently and tonight it has touched us the kron 4 family, a security guard company. one of our reporters. >> was shot while out

. >> now at age oakland police searching for yet another kron 4 security guard. this time shot while on assignment. what we know about the city's latest act of violence teaming up to tackle a growing problem. east bay leaders are trying to crack down on retail crime and a lot of people heading out for the thanksgiving holiday. we're keeping an eye on the roads during what could be a record breaking travel day. >> good evening. thank you for joining us for kron 4 news at 8. i'm ken wayne and i'm pam moore. tonight violence on the streets of oakland hitting close to home for us here at kron. 4 earlier today, a private security guard on assignment with the kron 4 news reporter was shot. and what police say was an attempted armed robbery kron four's jonathan mccall joins us now live in the studio to give us the latest on this investigation. jonathan, you know, up and can we covered this violence all the time. >> and it's very tragic when it hits close to home and shows that even us the media not immune to what is happening on the streets right now. oakland police tel

this is yet another child hurt by gun violence in oakland last week. as you recall, a 23 month-old toddler was shot and killed by a stray bullet in a gang-related gun battle and it 80 in oakland. this is jasper wu. he was in the car with his mom when he was hit right now, police are still looking for the shooters involved. a $10,000 reward is being offered to anyone who can provide information leading to the arrest of the shooter's. i'm still waiting to hear back from oakland police about last night's shooting. they've been busy over there. i know. but we do want to get you the latest. so stay tuned. we'll have another update for you on our app. kron on at 10 o'clock darya james, back to you. thanks a lot, sarah. >> it is 9 o 4. and also in oakland, we have an update on the woman who was shot near lake merritt on thursday. sadly, she has died from her injuries. police found her on lakeshore avenue. the woman died over the weekend. investigators are still looking for the shooter this morning. >> and happening today. more police are going to be on campus

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

cameras in oakland. has it made you cry on for news. >> a man is in critical condition tonight after being shot yesterday in east oakland police say the shooting happened shortly before 4 in the afternoon on 76 avenue near macarthur boulevard. anyone with information is asked to call the oakland police department is san francisco, a 25 year-old man has died from injuries related to an october shooting and police are still searching for the shooter. it happened at buchanan and hate streets the night of october. 23rd police say a car crashed into a pole and the victim inside was suffering from a gunshot wound. police are now can duck ting a homicide investigation. we learned the victim has had died on tuesday. anyone with information is asked to call san francisco police. this is just one of several recent shootings that have happened in the haight ashbury neighborhood in mountain view a 15 year-old has been cited in connection with bomb threats made against local schools. investigators say on october the

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

i'm grant lotus and i'm vicki oakland. police say that the city's homicides have already passed last year's record of 101 opd says that they are investigating a 120 homicides right now. the department also reported 45 shootings, 45 robberies in just the past week alone has recovered more than 1000 guns this year. earlier this month, a gun battle and 80 took the life of 23 month-old jasper wu now as his family plans funeral arrangements for jasper. the hunt for his killer continues. no arrests have been made in that case. police are also investigating 2 shootings that took place along oakland's lakeshore avenue on the edge of lake merritt in less than a week. one woman died after being shot while sitting in a car last week on thursday. but the latest shooting happened over the weekend. just a block away from the previous shooting. our for talks one-on-one with police chief leronne armstrong about what can be done to in some way, you know, to stop this violence at least slow it down jonathan mccall is here tonight with detai

is asked to contact oakland police. >> has might kron 4 news. >> all right. let's take a live look outside. this is the of blood leave you from our camera on top of mount tam. meteorologists mabrisa rodriguez. here with us now we see the sun they're not for long. i guess we actually may see sun tomorrow. just get rain when it's stark and cooler temperatures arrive at least will dry out by tomorrow afternoon with overnight showers arriving tonight and. >> we are tracking widespread 60's and 70's very seasonal temperatures. as you head out the door for your wednesday evening. >> radar for tracking dry conditions. our next storm just to the north over your rica inching its way closer towards reading and it's going to make its way into the bay area by the overnight hours with an atmosphere river set to return monday through tuesday of this upcoming week. but before that we're going to have a sneak peek of showers by this weekend. so let's track all these upcoming storm certainly getting spoiled with our wet season giving us above average rain, even throughout the

of san francisco. 32 year-old joshua underwood of san francisco and 18 year-old rodney robinson of oakland charges include robbery burglary, conspiracy possession of stolen property. illegal possession of a firearm by a felon and carrying a concealed weapon. mayor kevin wilk says these brazen thefts will not be tolerated. our police department. >> we'll have made and will make arrests. we're going to be working with the da's office to have the most serious charges that we can possibly have and we will be encouraging the da's office to charge them with the highest crimes possible on sunday. >> police stepped up patrols in this area and put up barriers to cut off car access on broadway plaza. one of the entrances to the store is located despite the increased police presence a witness says other thieves were back at it on sunday. >> i sighed nordstrom employee run out of the building notify the police that 2 people had ran out of the back with items and as a kind of followed a woman of the coroner said she saw and then about 2 or 3 police suvs, lights and sirens when chasing down the street a

anyone who has information on this case is asked to call oakland police in oakland city council member announced a plan, a new plan to try to stop the uptick in violence says city is experiencing council member lauren taylor, who is also running to become opens air says he has 5 mo goals that he says will reduce the rate of crime in oakland. you can see them on. there's your screen. that includes so number one, doubling the solve rate of violent crimes cutting in half the number of unanswered 9.11 calls 911, calls doubling the capacity of successful violence, interruption and crime deterrence programs. reducing disparities in public safety response between different communities across oakland and alameda county. and finally adequately investing in community health. sir, a mental health services. the city of oakland has seen more than a 120 homicides as we just reported so far in 2021. >> we are also following breaking news out of hercules where a man has been hospitalized after a shooting at a mall parking lot. police say it happened about noon at the willow shopping grand avenue cente

but the pa celebrated the grand opening of her restaurant will propose kitchen in oakland. her ancestors are from the kickapoo nation of oklahoma. but she was born and raised in the east bay. she incorporates california native produce in recipes like buy-in blue corn me falls salmon. salad the berries and pick up food chili. her goal is to preserve her culture in this indigenous space. it is welcome to everyone and her inspiration is community and family. >> i grew up in the inner tribal friendship house. and that's where it's located here in oakland and that some were a lot of different tribes celebrate their cultural and foods and things like that. but i must say the most is my grandma. there's in my and keys. it was tellis day it's a family tradition that how we harvest corn, how we could get just for birthdays are how it's could just for any holiday or even just a gathering and that's something that is very cultural traditional into our family. so i love hartenstein need of >> welcome post kitchen is in oakland's fruitvale district at 33 o one east 12th street suite. on

our crews are in downtown oakland on 14th and oakland working on a story when a couple of suspects jumped out of the car, tried to rob our crew of equipment. kevin was there. kevin, the shooter. he jumped into action. and unfortunately he was shot twice. we understand that he was pretty bad where the oakland police officers. they came to the scene. they saw. they recognize that he was one of them. they put him in the back of a a squad car and rushed him to highland hospital where he underwent surgery and james it rocked the media in the bay area on saturday because we all thought he was on them. and i found out on saturday morning that he had died. i couldn't believe it because i actually texted him on friday saying if you need anything, i'm there for you. now i know why he did not respond. here's video or picture, i should say, provided to us by the oakland police department of what they believe is the getaway car. it's a 2004, 2, 2008 acura tl with that. no license plate in the front. there's a sunroof as well. hopefully you will recognize it and let investigators know, by the way, guys

of oakland. that, of course, continues. we will so be talking to candidates, certainly about their plans to address the city's major problems. gun violence is one of them. panned. catherine, back to you. grant. thank you. a san francisco community is in mourning after a teacher died while walking to school yesterday morning, a car hit 30 year-old andrew zemin by sherman elementary school that said franklin and union and the cow. hello, a neighborhood. >> family members say they're in shock with the cousin telling kron 4 that they just don't understand how this happened. his death marks the 12th pedestrian death on the streets of san francisco this year. >> we have the tools in our tool box to redesign our streets. so cars can drive and that we are prioritizing our most vulnerable in our streets. >> the principal of sherman elementary says it zemin was patient and kind and a positive role model today. some of the neighbors in that area were out on the corner where the incident happened, trying to

they are being assisted by the oakland police department. opd chief armstrong said on friday that he believes the reward money could help but that it will take more than that. of rewards help influence people to bring forth information. >> we hope that this additional money will help somebody feel like they are encouraged to bring forth that information. it's much needed. i think the outcry from the community as well asking for that information will also be helpful. so i think it's a collective effort. i don't think money alone is the we need people to feel remorseful for this family. we need people to feel empathy for what happened and we need people to think about what if this was a child of yours. what if this was a relative of yours. would you want people to bring that same information forward so that the people responsible could be held accountable. i think they would a go fund me page has also been set up to provide financial assistance to jasper wu's family. so far over $200,000 has been collected. >> all right. back live we also know

the owner of oakland's blunts and more dispensary near the oakland coliseum estimates that over a dozen burglars broke into his pot shop early sunday morning started about 05:00am with a side show at 66 avenue and coliseum way. the owner says once the burglar started scaling the fence security arrived. 7 minutes later to fund this surveillance video. you can actually see them looting the display cases running away says he's heard about many other cannabis dispensaries and pot grow operations that have been hit over the past month with several happening just this weekend following the acquittal of kyle rittenhouse blunt says he and other cannabis business owners really fed up with paying high taxes and not getting much in the way of police response. >> we're tired of talking. we're tired of paying high insurance rates. extra security. and the taxes. we talk about tax try potentially coming in the mayor's office. we don't know what we can do, but its top action would kind of talk. >> glenn says that he fears that they will need to brace for yet another round of trouble as the ahmad arbery