a fire in the oakland hills will have details. know why it was so scary even though thank gosh, nobody was hurt. after the death of tyre nichols, the congressional black caucus is now renewing their push for nationwide police reform. we'll have a live report from dc after the break. and we are looking at rainfall really coming down right now. the commutes la up into san francisco. >> starting to pick up further south in the bay as well as across the bridges and into the east bay. it's a wet morning says slow it down >> 5.14, the time and happening today. the oakland zoo is reopening after being closed for about a month after a massive sinkhole opened up from recent rain storms. this, of time lapse video of the repair work done to that 40 foot hole. the zoo is going to be opening up at 10 this morning and zoo officials say it's and it's extending its popular nighttime lantern event, glow farhi, which was originally scheduled to end last month. but they're extending that now through march 4th. >> it's 5.15, right now and it is raini

at the same time that oakland city council member carol fife in the city of oakland where there to close the encampment them. he says that he approached the council member, yelling his disapproval. i told, carol, this is your fault. >> this is your fault because you have these advocates out here working for you and they're lying to people in your line to people why we're having this back and forth. barreled into the conversation and pushes me back and he's yelling the whole time. you need to back up. you need to back up. don't try to walk towards. are you kind of saw her. don't do that. and i'm not trying to do any of that. whether council member, carol 5 says that she felt threatened and concerned for her physical safety. >> so i and well within my right as is every human being to be safe, we all deserve to be safe. and if someone is it is it is choosing to take that safety from you. then the law says that you are within your rights to defend yourself. >> in this case, 5 says her close friend did the defending this incident comes on the heels of last week's press conference at city hall

and that was in oakland. well, hate crime charges have now been filed against a man accused of committing a hate crime against 3 asian american people in san francisco. it happened monday in dolores park. police say that armando sanchez, vasquez threw a brick and a metal gate at the victims, one of whom was over the age of 70. the suspect has pleaded not guilty in court. did that yesterday. he was set to be back before a judge later this month. if convicted of all charges he could be facing up to 10 years behind bars. >> it's 9.49 in the east bay, a black owned developer group founded in oakland is a step closer now to securing ownership in the coliseum site. oakland entered into an exclusive agreement with the developers and the group plans to redevelop that area with affordable housing sports complexes and retail kron four's philippe djegal has more. >> oakland based african american sports and entertainment group announced during a news conference outside ringcentral coliseum thursday that it has entered i

. >> oakland. >> you can emulate it but you can't duplicate it. >> this is oakland. >> joining us now are -- thank you both for being here today. you were there on the march on sunday. tell us what that was like. >> i think it's alys good to see the people rightfully enraged when the people continue to suffer at the hands of violent states. it's paramilitary wing, the police department so anytime you see the people again uprising you understand but i think what's missing is the organization for the people's energy to guide them towards real radical change unless you funnel people into the quote unquote democracy of the united states where you will get the concessions and the reforms but no real change because what is happened since the last uprising? people continue to suffer. we still see people since -- what's really changing? what we try to do is provide people with real programming to see a real change to where we can organize for change so that when we go out we feel systemic and institutional changes. if we give the people a real understanding of the conditions that lead to this

of oakland? >> advo kas are pointing fingers at the mayor that their voice was ignored in the matter. >> do we feel we matter at all? no we don't. >> when is the citizen's voice going to matter to this mayor. you've been in office for a few weeks and you have made a major mistake. >> armstrong's firing came hours before police commissioners were to hold a disciplinary meeting on the chief. its chairperson say, we respect the mayor's decision to release chief armstrong without cause. we are sorry to lose an effective reform-minded chief who led the o.p.d. into compliance in 51 out of 52 tasks of the negotiated settlement agreement. the o.p.d. has been under federal oversight for two decades. in a new statement, armstrong said, i continue to believe my termination was the result of a fundamentally flawed process that resulted in unfair, inaccurate conclusions about me. i'm continuing to evaluate my legal options to preserve my rights and my hard-earned reputation. advocates are looking at their nex

more support in oakland is pouring in for former oakland police chief leronne armstrong. in fact, today , it got deeper. the naacp and other groups gathered around city hall and said they are outraged. >> today we will show oakland not only our voice matters, but our fight is strong and our fight is long and we won't stop . we can't stop until we get what we came for. >> they want him reinstated. mayor sheng thao fired armstrong last wednesday after he was accused of covering up an officer misconduct case. armstrong says he is appreciative of the support to get him reinstated. so, what is next in this story? we are told armstrong's legal team will initiate an appeals process this week. we also, again, reached out to mayor sheng thao's office and she responded with a statement through a spokesperson thing we have no additional comment and would refer you to her remarks from last wednesday. that is when the official firing announcement was made. not another word yet from her on that. >>> 680 is back open ahead of schedule. caltrans reopened the freeway. repairs began betwee

standing up for the city of oakland as a police chief. i did my job and i believe i did it. well, armstrong then came out on the attack targeting both mayor tower and robert warshaw. the federal monitor overseeing the department. my termination was never really about the facts about performance. my ability to effectively lead the oakland police department. >> my termination was about federal monitor. robert warshaw and the mayor's failure to fight for the oakland community. >> armstrong called warshaw a bully and said he continues to find problems within the opd so we can stand the job as federal monitor and collect a paycheck. every era made by the police department is considered a scandal. >> and it reaches all the way to the top of the organization consistently. and to write a sensationalized report. like you had a chance to read. is unfair. it's unfortunate. armstrong says when he called out, we're show a publicly. >> instead of standing with the oakland community, mayor tao fired he blamed her for acting without input from the city's

he is from oakland. i trust him to do the job. >> so armstrong was put on leave by the new mayor of oakland following allegations that he mishandled two police misconduct cases. let's go over to contra costa county, where you can see this. a tesla slammed into a home last night on poinsettia street in san ramon. a family friend said that the car was parked in the garage with a driver behind the wheel and not on the autopilot that sometimes figures into the stories. it somehow malfunctioned and then just accelerated on its own! you can see that he went right into the kitchen. fortunately other than the countertops, nobody got hurt. >>> now to the desperate search for survivors in turkey and syria after two massive earthquakes killed more than 7000 people. the death total is extolled to go up. now we are getting video of what rescuers are facing. heroic moves. take a look at this. run video shows exit craters digging through piles of debris. you see bonfires scattered around the rubble. this particular vie

oakland had its initial plan rejected. dan: a beloved cafe is closing its stores this weekend after more than two decades in business. the owners say they just cannot longer stay in business. the closure has caught in the attention of city leaders. as tim johnson explains, it's just one example of an alarming trend. reporter: tucked away on the trendy streets of cole valley, you will find reverie cafe. a beloved neighborhood hotspot that has been a staple of the community since 2002. >> we've had a lot of events over the years. marriages, baptisms. reporter: it will be closing its doors for the last time, driven out of business by disputes with the landlord over issues like rising rent and recent conditions. across san francisco, small businesses continue to struggle. >> our streets are tragically dirty. we are short on police officers so enforcement is difficult. reporter: the closure has made waves at city hall with the supervisor posting on facebook about the development of storefronts in san francisco neighborhoods. th

oakland at 66. a couple more 70's across the north bay and napa, fairfield vacaville and as well as in santa rosa, right up to 70 degrees. here's a look ahead to tomorrow's temperatures fall into the low 60's after today's upper 60's to low 70's. even cooler yet come wednesday will be in the low 50's for your daytime highs. cold rain really kicks into gear come thursday and friday, the weekend stays cool but should drive back out before even more rain into next week rain. all right, john, thank you for that. let's check on your bridges. it's going take about 7 minutes to make it into the city this morning. may so that fremont street exit. >> how about the san mateo didn't want to one 12 minute drive. a richmond center fell bridge tolls to 1, 1, about 8 minutes and the golden gate bridge. 37 to the toll is going to take you 20 minutes on this monday morning. with spring break. season is here and tsa, they're now. the agency says they anticipate passenger volumes to not only to meet pre-pandemic level

but first an historic church in oakland is gone. the first african methodist episcopal church known in the community as fame was destroyed by an overnight fire. the flames started outside and spread fast and now all that is left of the building are the exterior walls, the inside of the two story church is gutted, and nbc bay area's robert handa was at the church all day today and joins us live right now. you've been busy trying to get more information for us. what are you learning? >> reporter: well, basically obviously right now so much of it is geared around cleanup and trying to grab whatever it is they could grab from inside the church. they were actually able to salvage quite a bit. but as you saw and mentioned before, the flames could be seen from all over the city. it was roaring through the building. some people were talking about the fact they believe it started somewhere near the entrance on the 37th street side. maybe outside and maybe inside. they are not sure because the fire raced through the building so fast, up the w

and that would have been the oakland hills. remember, that was up in elevation to so that could have been an issue. but also some good news. we've got some rain on the way and that rain will take care of things overnight tonight. that's going to be a nice little soaker. we're going maybe see maybe a quarter of an inch, maybe a 3rd of an inch down in the urban areas, maybe half an inch over some of the mountain tops. but this is the first in a series of storms that will impact the bay area will trying time those out for you. coming up in a few minutes. thanking or fire news tonight. pga is now facing manslaughter charges over its alleged role in a twenty-twenty wildfire that >> killed 4 people. the zogg fire burned about 90 square miles in shasta county. cal fire says the blaze started when a tree fell and hit a pg e power line. among the victims. an 8 year-old girl and her mother. the pair were caught by the flames while trying to drive away from their home pg and e pleaded not guilty to 11 felony and misdemeanor charges last j

my ability to effectively lead the oakland police department. my termination was about federal monitor. robert warshaw and the mayor's failure to fight for the oakland community. >> armstrong called warshaw a bully and said he continues to find problems within the opd so we can stand the job as federal monitor and collect a paycheck. every era made by the police department is considered a scandal. >> and it reaches all the way to the top of the organization consistently. and to write a sensationalized report. like you all had a chance to read. is unfair. it's unfortunate. armstrong says when he called out, we're show a publicly. >> instead of standing with the oakland community, mayor tal fired he blamed her for acting without input from the city's police commission ana says her decision was anything but bold. >> i believe that it takes bully. it takes courage to move this city forward. she took the easy route. she accepted the monitors conclusion and faced it without weighing the evidence and without asking the hard questions about the report i

up snech oakland. and santa rosa. the wind direction is coming off the land, blowing toward the ocean. this down sloping wind is what brought us the warmth today. a little warmer than yesterday. live views from the -- from the tower cameras. you'll notice the high, thin,s by by clouds are still with us, all in association with a system off the coast. a live view from the santa cruz camera. this may be a good place to go this weekend. the air quality will be good to moderate which means it's fine to be outside to enjoy the sunshine. here's the low that is bringing us the high clouds. as it's been pulling away, the clouds have been thinning and the system will continue to rhett are grade. let me show you a closer view of live doppler 7. clouds just high level. they're harmless right new. that's going to look different comed mile to latter part of next week. temperatures anywhere from 50's to 60's. here's a beautiful view from our emeryville camera as we are looking at filtered sunshine. the chill returns tomorrow mornin

oakland. the crime was caught on surveillance video, you can see several men stealing thousands of dollars in merchandise and cash. they keep taking every expensive liquor. we have slacks. you know, they take the movie. they'd be taking hennessy. they'd be taken the initials we have in the doors. they take it. they take them. glad we money. so far, no arrests have been made. the store owner says if he could, he would close this door, but he still has a three year lease the cost him $9200 a month. china says it is looking into reports that a chinese spy balloon has been flying in u. s airspace. one person in billings, montana got video of the balloon as it flew overhead. there it is, the pentagon says it is monitoring the path of the balloon, which it says has been flying over u. s airspace for the last couple of days. u s fighter jets were preparing to shoot it down if ordered by the white house. but the pentagon did not recommend that, citing potential risks for people on the ground. balloon

now at 4:30, oakland's police chief is out. newly elected mayor fired him, and the questions asked this morning and the look at the growing backlash. >>> help is on the way for those lives turned upsidedown by a house fire in san francisco. the new promises being made by city leaders. >>> more freezing temperatures or near freezing temperatures this morning. meteorologist, kari hall, is looking at what we can expect just ahead this morning. you're watching "today in the bay." >>> good thursday to you. thank you for starting your morning with us. i am laura garcia. >> i am marcus washington. we will look at the commute in just a bit. mike has his eyes on that. first, another cold morning. >>> yes, we start out with another freeze watch as well as a freeze warning for some of the inland areas in parts of the valleys in the north bay. this continues through 9:00. if it's not freezing it may at least be frosty as you are getting started and we are below freezing right now. dublin, it's just 30 degrees. it's 32 in mountain view. 31

so we're not sure whether or not there's going to be a move for oakland, oakland's home. mlb team want to check that out in just a bit. but from proio

police say the pair was last seen yesterday at the oakland b.a.r.t. station and the child, tayana, was taken from a home in san jose. the stroller tayana is in is black and teal in color. she was last seen wearing a white jacket with pink sleevesb. mendez has a tattoo inscribed "dante" on her neck. police seydoux to drug use and arrest, mendez is not fit to care for the child. if you see them, call 911. >>> within the hour, we are expecting a news conference coming from community leaders following an announcement that oakland mayor sheng thao is firing police chief leronne armstrong. police commissioners were supposed to meet last night to consider his fate when the mayor announced he would be let go. as nbc bay area's bob redell explains, many people, including armstrong, are unhappy with that decision. >> reporter: a number of community leaders in oakland are not happy with the mayor's decision to fire the chief of police. they plan to express their, quote, profound disappointment at a news conference later today at noon. yesterday oakland mayor she

leaders, including the oakland chapter of the naacp, the federal judge overseeing oakland said n the evidence that he'd seen and the federal oversight report which demonstrated significant problems within the department. armstrong also called the report on this alleged misconduct, quote, embarrassingly inaccurate and contradictory since the beginning. mayor tao has maintained that accountability has been the most important thing throughout this process. and here's what the mayor said just a short time ago. >> it's an absolute requirement that my administration, including the chief of police be able to work closely with the monitoring team. and to speak credibly before the court. but i am no longer confident that chief armstrong can do the work needed to achieve the vision. so today. i have decided to separate from chief leronne armstrong from the city without cause. this is not an easy decision. but it's one i believe it's necessary for that progress to continue. >> again, that was dan thorn reporting for us tonight. the mayor also said that this is not a disciplinary action. the dec

leaders, including the oakland chapter of the naacp, the federal judge overseeing oakland said that he was disappointed in the evidence that he'd seen and the federal oversight report which e% demonstrated significant problems within the department. armstrong also called the report on this alleged misconduct, quote, embarrassingly inaccurate and contradictory since the beginning. mayor tao has maintained that accountability has been the most important thing throughout this process. and here's what the mayor said. just a short time ago >> it's an absolute requirement that my administration, including the chief of police be able to work closely with the monitoring team. and to speak credibly before the court. but i am no longer confident that chief armstrong can do the work needed to achieve the vision. so today. i have decided to separate from chief leronne armstrong from the city without cause. this is not an easy decision. but it's one i believe it's necessary for that progress to continue. >> the mayor went on to say that this was not a disciplinary action. the decision was based

oakland has gone through 10 police chiefs since 2009. the first female police chief fired in 2024 alleged misconduct. kirkpatrick sued over her termination and one. the next res following his resignation, the city went through three chiefs in nine days. reggie: this morning, the city of oakland is also dealing with a ransomware attack that has crippled city services. people trying to do business at city hall were met with signs saying the building was closed. one person told us she needs to pay her business license fee. if she doesn't bite next month, she will face a late fine. >> i still wasn't able to pay my business license renewal in-person with cash. >> i'm very frustrated with this. >> it's a city shutdown of information systems that we rely on for every single function of our city. reggie: the city of oakland did not respond to our request for comment. oakland issued a state of emergency on tuesday because of outages. the attack first happened one week ago. kumasi: san francisco's outer sunset district struggling to get back to no

grew up in oakland. he's going through the same things that a lot of black men have been counted in the city of oakland. his brother was killed. >> in the streets of oakland. and so he culture, he understands the problems and he was on his way to abate the problems and he was doing a fine job and for him to be terminated behind these things that his people that were in leadership for police department. i had given him reports that they had investigated and told him that, yeah, no reason to doubt what he's investigating of. people were saying. i just think that that totally unfair. >> well, in contrast, we have the anti police terror project's executive director calling what you just heard identity politics saying that it should have no place in picking the department's leadership, adding that armstrong's alleged failure, probably discipline a sergeant in question. should be done enough to render him unfit for the job. he believes that mayor touted the right thing. >> well, in the north, they were talking

in oakland and alameda. it caused many delays at the airport as planes were taking off and landing. announced that there was a power outage so it would leave would be delayed to claudia story was flying into oakl nd from phoenix. her plane had to wait on the tarmac. >> fortunately at say 45 minutes tops. we were able to get off the jet and then we just had to get off the runway off to the side. so planes could land. >> i could look up at the terminal suit was all dark. so that was kind of interesting pg e and the oakland fire department are still investigating the cause of this fire. says that they are have to wait to be able really look at all the equipment to be able to realize and try to figure out what the what the cause of the fire even though the fire was controlled at the pga yard, tsa had its own fire to put out with security lines growing. >> it wasn't until about 3 in the afternoon that tsa lines started moving again. flyers say they were impressed with how the airport employees handled it all in a

church in oakland. >>> bizarre weapon of chase in what is called a racist attack. >>> it's back to work for many today. we are seeing that in our commute. i will have your travel times. >>> we want to give you a live look from tahoe courtesy of palasades, a tahoe ski resort, as people get ready for a cold front bringing fresh snow and strong winds. first alert meteorologist jessica burch is here to talk about the strong winds we will feel on the ground. >> exactly. miles an hour today. see gusts i know so many people are heading back to work today. i want to start with this live clip. i flew over tahoe last night with national guard. this is a quick look at the snow levels. we will see plenty more snow there and back in the bay too. let's head to our weather headlines. starting this morning alone, we are seeing cooling conditions. temperatures yesterday, 70s. today we will see 50s and 40s and more 40s as we wrap up the week. we will see scattered showers tonight into our forecast for pretty much the res

i'm sarah stinson reporting live in oakland. back to you. >> sarah, thanks a lot. let's take a live look right now at pg and e's outage website. as you can see, power still out for a large portion of oakland of that red. right? there is where the outages are happening. more than 47,000 customers right now are still without power. >> power was restored, though, to alameda sometime after 05:00pm this evening. alameda power officials said there was an issue with a pg e transmission line. it left the posey and webster tubes as the only ways in or out of alameda for much of this afternoon's, you can imagine the traffic that folks were dealing with. you can see those cars were piled up, trying to get over the park street bridge earlier today, many businesses had to shut down for the day as they were unable to operate without power. others tried to work through the outage. >> i originally thought i believe the good news because i was mixing what was going on that i for sunday like it's kind of chaotic busier days. most people come here for our softer. so, you know, partne

oaklands new mayor sheng thao says she will be working with the a's to keep them in oakland, but according to the chronicle, the two sides have yet to talk. >>> a state of emergency declared in oakland due to ongoing ransom attacks. the cities i.t. is working to restore systems and bring those services back online. this attack happened on february 8th. the biggest impact has been a slower response time for 911 calls. the city says all core functions are still intact, including 911, financial data, and fire and emergency resources. we spoke with our security expert about difficulties when the enemy is always evolving. >> they all have very sophisticated ways and means of infiltrating the power grid, the water system, all these things. they have people constantly working on, how do they get into these systems? >> so, there is no timeline for when things will be back to normal. in the meantime, the city is urging people to avoid using 911 unless it is a life- threatening emergency. instead, you can call 311. >>> bart is partnering with sentences goes asian women's shelter to launch a mystic v

low 60s in san francisco in oakland. upper 50s around the coast, but amateurs are higher than normal for many inland parts of the bay area . low to mid 60s in the north bay, and upper 60s in the santa clara valley. san jose is one of the warm spots. a degree, maybe two degrees warmer on thursday, then we are back to near average temperatures friday and saturday. we will mix and upper 50s and low 60s sprinkled in. slight chance of showers saturday. if you have plans i would not rearrange anything. it looks like a breed chance of showers. we warm up on sunday and monday. the next showers will be accompanied by chillier air next week. >>> straight ahead in sports, the record was set the year he was born! tonight, lebron james owns it! a milestone of a moment in l.a.! >>> also tonight, oakland going beyond offering up art, want morore from youour vitam? geget more witith nature's's b. fromom the firstst-ever tripe acaction sleepep supplemenen. to daiaily digestitive suppor. to more wewellness sololutios every daday. get momo

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week oakland police officers will resume foot patrols. officers will walk throughout business and shopping districts. acting chief darren allison and mayor shang towel announced it last tuesday to address safety concerns expressed by business owners and attract more shoppers. ama: less than a week ago the oakland mayor fired police chief armstrong. calls to reinstate him have grown louder. today the oakland naacp organized a rally. >> bring him back. >> bring him back! reporter: calls to bring back leronne armstrong are growing louder by the day. >> we are not here just because he is a black man. we are here because he is a good man and a good cop. reporter: faith leaders joined the oakland naacp and hundreds of people showed up to support armstrong. >> we will continue to press the reinstatement of this chief. reporter: armstrong was terminated without cause by the oakland mayor, a month after the mayor placed him on paid leave after a federal report questioned lack of response surrounding misconduct by one of his sergeants. >> she took

an exclusive with oakland mayor thao. she continues to defend her decision to fire the police chief. >> i no longer had the confidence in chief armstrong to fulfill those requirements, right, the requirements that i feel is incredibly -- >> was there a better option? also, the mayor talks about the a's. >>> plus, the lawmaker just returning from the war zone, and tells us what he saw as we approach the one-year mark of the war in ukraine. >>> and watch where you drive. thousands of teslas being recalled. because of autopilot. >>> students using ai to write papers. is it cheating? we investigate chatgp. >>> good evening. this is nbc bay area news tonight. i'm raj mathai. we're going to get to oakland mayor thao in a second, but first wanted to get you updated on some of the headlines. a 2-year-old girl kidnapped by her own mother in san jose. the girl has been found safe in oakland. that's the good news, but tonight police are still looking for the mom, this woman, crystal mendez. police say she abducted her daughter yeste

binaxnow strong outside oakland city hall. community leaders are upset and mayor shank house decision to remove him without cars will turn to our crime reporter henry lee live at city hall to bring us the scene there, henry gasia. there's more than three dozen community members out here in support of the former chief. now we are on frank ogawa plaza outside city hall. they say mayor centaur acted rashly in removing the top cop. they say he was moving the department closer to an end of federal oversight. on wednesday , the mayor ended weeks of speculation by firing the chief after initially placing the top cop on leave last month. confidential reports obtained by ktvu accused the department of gaps and missteps in investigations into a sergeant accused of trying to cover up to incidents now that's sergeant michael chang was accused of hitting a mercedes with the department issued chevy tahoe in the san francisco parking garage back in 2021 not reporting the crash outside investigators say that she failed to hold chung and other

grew up in oakland. he's going through the same things that a lot of black men have been counted in the city of oakland. his brother was killed in the streets of oakland. and so he understands the culture, he understands the problems and he was on his way to abate the problems and he was doing a fine job and for him to be terminated behind these things that his people that were in leadership for police department. i had given him reports that they had investigated and told him that, yeah, no reason to doubt what he's investigating of. people were saying. i just think that the totally unfair. >> well, in contrast, we have the anti police terror project executive director calls that identity politics saying it should have no place. one pick in opd leadership. armstrong's alleged failure to properly discipline. that sergeant in question should be enough to name him unfit to serve and they are tell did the right thing. okay. let's gears for a second. another story we're following. we're learning more about t

up in the oakland hills. it destroyed one home and damaged several others. now. it started yesterday afternoon just before five o'clock and 18 can drive not far from skyline boulevard. ktvu is jana katsuyama has more on that. a neighbor says he was at home when he heard crackling and then said he went outside and he realized his neighbor's house was on fire. i came out on the deck, and that's when i saw the column of smoke coming out of the house, kevin be crafting his wife, corrine, live around the corner from the house burning on akin road in the oakland hills. eaves of the roof . next door had caught on fire and there was a dog in that house. so they were trying to rescue the dog. and yeah, so it was kind of crazy. black smoke from the fire was visible. miles away, and firefighters got the call at 4:17 p.m. and about 50. firefighters rushed to respond, concerned that the fire could spread in the wooded area to nearby homes department was amazing, hendrickson says his heart goes out to his neighbors who sto

oakland's top cop demanding to be reinstated. the new information he will sent to the mayor that he says clears his name. >>> we got the highlights of music's biggest night. the bay area artists walking away with trophies and the musicians making history at the grammys. >>> for the second time this year steph curry is out of action with an injury. the timeframe for him to get back on the court. >>> today as we continue to celebrate black history month, we introduce you to a group in oakland using a creative strategy to get kids interested in learning about the past. >>> first in our top stories. terrifying images of a building collapsing after two earthquakes walked turkey and syria. video shows the building tumbling down in turkey. a huge plume of dust and debris. people running through the street. more than 2300 people are dead after the powerful earthquakes. sadly, that number is expected to rise even higher. rescue workers are frantically searching for survivors under piles of rubble. >>this d footage shows is known as the ,

well, gorgeous sunshine behind us along the oakland estuary. roberta gonzalez, are we completely done with the rain? i doubt it. yes we are. yes it was such a stormy weekend , wasn't it from friday on a little bit of a rest a little bit of everything right? so we did have the rain hair which translated on over to snow in the high sierras. you were sharing those pictures. look like kind of a giant snow globe in tahoe, so we decided to tally up some of the numbers for you and share with you just how much snow did fall over the weekend. integrated lake tahoe area anywhere from 14 inches in bear valley to 30 full inches and homewood north star with a couple of fotis snow as well, there you have kirkwood at 17 inches of fresh powder tomorrow and wednesday. it is snow free a bit more seasonal on tuesday, the average high and tahoe for this time of the year is 43 degrees. the overnight low is 19 degrees, so a bit more seasonal tomorrow and partly sunny conditions on wednesday, but when you talk about all the that's no. what does it mean for us? as far

the oakland zoo closed because of the rain. the zoo says they will issue refunds for anyone with reservations. as of right now, the glow farhi event that is scheduled for tonight is still slated to happen. but the zoo says they are going to make a final decision at some time at this hour. so we'll bring you that update if and when we receive it. coming up here on kron, 4 news at noon, longtime oakland congresswoman barbara lee has her eyes set on the u.s. senate. more on her plans and the endorsements she received. that's next. >> plus, tax season in full swing. but officials are giving some california filers some much needed relief. those details coming up. and after brutal attacks caught on camera, people in san jose showing support for to street food vendors. we're hearing from one of the welcome back in south bay. people in san jose are showing support for to street food vendors. >> who were attacked in recent weeks. comes as one of the attackers is apologizing for their actions. kron 4 sarah stinson reports. >> rain or shi

my name is rory chan, and i grew up here in oakland. here in oakland chinatown. so this is the grocery store. they sell fresh noodles. how long you been your -- >> since 1931. >> 1931 kid in it is the same family >> yeah. it started with my husband's grandfather. >> we make whole n pretty famous, we make our own noodles and stuff. >> if you walk around oakland chinatown, you will notice there's very few signage in english, because they really cater to local chinese immigrants, vietnamese immigrants. >> get to know the business owners here. many of them do speak english, even though they do speak chinese to each other. it is a chance for you to engage and get to know them and their story. >> how long have you been here? . >> 43 years. . >> 43 years. wow. >> yeah. i'm the antique and chinatown. >> what kind of business is this? >> chinese medicine. >> so if i have arthritis, would you be able to help me? >> we are going to take care of you. >> ok. >> first generation, and my family. >> maintaining the his hometown, his homeland in hong kong, and he is bringing it h

oakland at 38, san jose at 37. that's just the start of a whole lot of us livermore and dublin below freezing. currently brentwood, you're at freezing pad. aluma at 29 degrees. currently a few other 20's in the north bay. sonoma fairfield, santa rosa below freezing at 30 degrees. so it's cold just as cold as yesterday for many spots. frost advisories and freeze warnings for about the same locations as they were yesterday and about the same time frame to up until 09:00am this morning. hopefully you got the plants covered up last night and just warm and cozy. a change from yesterday is it's not near as windy. winds have calmed down consistently and should stay a lot calmer today. what you'll notice today as well is a lot of cloud cover moving across the bay area. despite that, we are set to remain dry, though. so you will see mostly cloudy skies, but a dry one ahead of us jackets on all day long highs in the upper 50's to low 60's. pretty similar feel as to what we had for your wednesday rain. all right, john, thank

oakland police are investigating. meantime, chp is investigating a shooting that left a woman dead on the oakland freeway or from. just after 1:30 a.m. in the morning, officers received a report of a victim being assaulted at 580 edwards avenue. emergency personnel found she had been shot. that woman was pronounced dead at the scene, and authorities do not have emotive with no suspect located. tomorrow, and oakland school number will host a zoom town to discuss the district's finances. she will hold a virtual meeting with oakland unified cfo to discuss how the district can best use its resources. the town hall is set to start at 5:30 p.m. part of the conversation is expected to focus on teacher pay. for the past four months, oakland teachers have been working without a contract. negotiations continue, but ousd is warning about an unexpected budget deficit. moving to the south bay where community members showed up to support two street vendors, who were recently attacked in san jose. organizers held a cookout in suppor

i grew up here all my lifetime in east oakland. we've always had killings and shootings and robberies, but i've never seen oakland at this level. two years ago, the colonial pipeline ransomware attack took six days to resolve . oakland is already on day eight and counting. tom baker. ktvu fox two news. alright, tom. thank you. 15 cars just right here alone in a row. which shattered windows was just shocking. especially in this neighborhood, a common sight across the bay area car windows smashed, but more than a dozen in this east bay neighborhood is not unusual coming up a live report on the items taken and the critical clue that helped police track them down. also no toxic threat. that's the message to a community in ohio that was forced to evacuate because of the release of dangerous chemicals ahead of 5 30. why that message is not resonating with many residents tonight. california lawmakers lining up to run for dianne feinstein find senate seat once her term ends the late development today involving oakland congresswoman barbara

grew up in oakland. he's going through the same things that a lot of black men have been counted in the city of oakland. his brother was killed in the streets of oakland. and so he understands the culture, he understands the problems and he was on his way to abate the problems and he was doing a fine job and for him to be terminated behind these things that his people that were in leadership for police department. i had given him reports that they had investigated and told him that, yeah, no reason to doubt what he's investigating of. people were saying. i just think that the totally unfair. >> well, in contrast, the anti police terror project's executive director calls that identity politics saying that it should have no place when picking the department's leadership adding that armstrong's alleged failure to properly disciplined. the sergeant in question should have been enough to name him unfit to serve and that mayor tao in their mind did the right thing. >> in the north, they were talking about the

oakland is acting up. what's troubling is a succession of police chiefs have come and gone, and yet it just seems like an impossible job. chuck wexler heads up police research organization. what will it take to be police chief? there just seems like the bar keeps getting, um, pulled higher and higher. so the chiefs on leave the sergeant accused of the two incidents is on leave and that former oakland internal affairs captain he's now with the east bay regional park police district, where he is also on leave. in oakland. henry lee ktvu fox two news, henry. thank you time. 406 oakland police continue to investigate a weekend shooting where one person was killed and another was enger. it happened early yesterday afternoon on east 18th street near foothill boulevard. it was detected by the police shot spotter system to wounded people were found by police. both were rushed to the hospital, but one of them died. so far, no arrests have been made. the rain we've had so far this winter has been great for easing ca

with the oakland girls youth club she says they would be especially inspired by that move. >> meet oakland's own lady rebels. these girls ranging in age from 7 to 12 are a force to be reconned with. they come from around the east bay and aren't scared to take on any team. girls or boys. >> we want all our friend games but then we like watched a game. >> the lady rebels biggest fan is her dad. detroy quinney was the one who pushed the storied program to create a girls team. >> when you see them practice, it's different. they play with so much more fight and hunger than them. they want it. >> reporter: detroy himself played for the rebels and he wanted to pass it along to his kid. including hid daughter. >> i love this team. i've been in it 35 years i wouldn't change it for anything in my world. i have my legacy. both my sons play, my daughter is playing now. >> all of the rebels are huge basketball fans. many have older brothers who play the sport and a few of them have gone to an nba game. >> i've been to a warriors game. >> would you like to go to the wnba game. do you think it'll be fun to

in the oakland area. the operation targeted high crime areas and went after offenders who were wanted for homicide, sexual assaults and robberies. we arrested 21 homicide suspects who have open arrest warrants in the oakland they area. that's number one out of all the 10 locations for operation north star. the main focus of this operation was to reduce violent crime in oakland and in the bay area. and we did just that. in all marshals say the operation resulted in the arrest of 833 fugitives, violent criminal sex offenders and gang members in the city of oakland. albuquerque new mexico. buffalo, new york, cleveland and columbus , ohio. detroit. jackson mississippi. kansas city, milwaukee as well as puerto rico. tomorrow marks the 30 day deadline for mayor sing tao to discipline oakland police chief laurent armstrong or not, she put him on administrative leave on january. 19th the chief is criticizing the reports on his handling of police misconduct. and the reports also call armstrong not credible. that w

the oakland police department is now searching for a new chief afternoon. mayor sheng tao fired chief leronne armstrong. this comes as armstrong has been placed on administrative leave earlier this year after an investigation by a federal monitor concluded that the chief failed to properly handle misconduct allegations by a police sergeant under him. and what was going just received this statement from armstrong, it reads in part, i am deeply disappointed. >> in the mayor's decision after the relevant facts are fully evaluated by weighing evidence instead of pulling sound bites from strategically leaked inaccurate reports. it will be clear. i was a loyal and effective reform or of the oakland police department. it will be equally clear that i committed no misconduct and my termination is fundamentally wrong, unjustified and unfair. yeah, again, the next chief will be oakland's 13th chief since 2009. >> so a lot of drama here again. and of course, many strong opinions about this latest move to fire the chief or getting reaction tonight from many community le

failure to fight for the oakland community. he had harsh words for both the mayor and the independent monitor who commissioned the report from an outside law firm. that report said the chief and his department failed to hold sergeant michael chang, responsible for two alleged cover ups to write a sensationalized report like you all have had a chance to read. it's unfair. it's unfortunate, he says the mayor's decision to fire him was not bold, as some have said. i believe that it takes courage up to a bully. that bully, armstrong ma. the monitor who's paid a million dollars a year to investigate issues when they nopd and to report them to a federal judge. she took the easy route, she accepted the monitors conclusion. faced it without weighing the evidence. sergeant chang and now two lieutenants accused of botching the internal investigation are all on leave the city now, once again searching for a new chief, i think we're sick and tired of seeing this. you know, we pay the process. oakland chinatown community leader carl chan sa

>> i would come back to oakland in a heartbeat. does oakland want me? but what i go back to oakland? i never wanted to leave and i would be there monday afternoon, but you know, that is not my decision. if it was up to me my bags would be packed but it is not up to me. >> what does the future hold for leronne armstrong in terms of what happens next with him? >> what i would say to people and i do because i teach around the country now, teaching future police leaders, do not run away from your storms. embrace them, on my counsel to armstrong would be, i know how badly it hurts tonight and it's going to hurt for a long time. but don't run away from the storm. embrace it. and he may find that he is more marketable than he ever dreamed of if you'll make it through the storm. he can come out stronger, so i wish the best for the man. >> we appreciate you talking to us and thank you for your insight and giving us some perspective what's going on. thank you again. >>> very good perspective. darren allison is serving as acting chief. the mayor says the departmen

it's about 10% of its staff in oakland, kaiser says it's cutting back on office space in oakland because of remote and hybrid work schedules . big name athletic shoes may be losing some of their status on the collectibles market. a new analysis shows prices for some of the biggest names sneakers dropped an average of 7% last year, the year before the going price for collectible shoes jumped 23. market researchers say the price jump during the pandemic, like many other assets , part of the reason was supply chain issues. and now that most of those have been resolved, there are more sneakers available on the market, which drives down prices and inflation is hurting budgets and changing some wedding plans, according to a survey of wedding vendors. 77% of them plan to raise prices. the survey shows couples now spend an average of $29,000 on their wedding. that's up about $5000 from before the pandemic. the survey also found more couples are trying to save money by shopping on the secondhand market or opting for a weekday or morning celebration. i'm pam cook, that's a look at your dollars and

the new kid on the block in oakland's rockridge neighborhood. and so far, so good for sarah this area and you get something new. >> i'm really happy for the refreshed. and it feels like. >> this could my best friend's house. that's, you know, one of the charms of acre. >> pete sicknick, the epic water bar across the bay in san francisco behind the acre 5 with lighter and airy dining room and >> a new bar upstairs to grab a before dinner as well as the more casual downstairs bar and cafe for things like pizza fire up to month. >> haitians are mediterranean inspired in california. fresh says arbor on some rock and spiced burrata executive chef dirk >> makes the food saying cinnamon and lemon and honey, that's kind of what dresses it. check out the sauteed prawns on brioche or the roast chicken from the wood-fired stove result with daughter brought. >> it's fresh. it's it's incredible food atmosphere. and yes, 5 real hit with the neighborhood crowd. >> yeah. being part of the community here in the history and and last year adding to the rich histor

was the oakland airport around 4? sarah stinson has the story. >> the power's back on here at the oakland airport. but for about 2 hours, it started to look like the old days with everything being done manually instead of electronically. the >> everything was shut the machines weren't working the conveyor belts. more thing. so everybody lined up. >> this is cell phone video showing the long lines of people at the oakland airport when the power went out. >> the major outage was caused by a fire at a pg substation near 50th avenue and coliseum. way. >> around one sunday afternoon we were able to gain access into the pga yard and found that there was a a transformer actively burning >> inside the arden, oakland, fire crews put out the flames, but the damage was already done over 50,000 customers lost power in oakland and alameda. it caused many delays at the airport as planes were taking off and landing. announced that there is a power outage so it would leave would be delayed to claudia rtory was flying into oakland fro