Crowds of convention goers fill up the streets south of market, but today theres news one of the citys largest conventions is leaving town. Good news tonight in the search for missing puppies stolen from a van. Plus rain returns to the bay area. How it could impact your morning commute. I learned to not be afraid to speak up. And the major victory for an east bay woman fighting to stay in the country to receive life saving medical treatment. Now at 11 00, a major financial blow for San Francisco. Good evening, im veronica de la cruz. And im ken bastida. The city just lost its biggest tech conference of the year. Kpix 5s joe vazquez tells us tonight oracle is opting out. Reporter conventions bring thousands of people into San Francisco at a time. Tens of millions of dollars of economic impact. But today we learned one of the largest conventions in the city is leaving for las vegas. Oracles open world, which for years has brought in Software Developers from all over the globe, will no lo
Area. How it could impact your morning commute. I learned to not be afraid to speak up. And the major victory for an east bay woman fighting to stay in the country to receive life saving medical treatment. Now at 11 00, a major financial blow for San Francisco. Good evening, im veronica de la cruz. And im ken bastida. The city just lost its biggest tech conference of the year. Kpix 5s joe zquells t les ting reporter conventions bring thousands of people into San Francisco at a time. Tens of millions of dollars of economic impact. But today we learned one of the largest conventions in the city is leaving for las vegas. Oracles open world, which for years has brought in Software Developers from all over the globe, will no longer be held in San Francisco. The citys tourism bureau, the San Francisco travel association, sent out an email telling members the move of the convention would mean a loss of 64 million to San Francisco. Thats according to a report by cnbc which says oracles convent
Have drizzle and some fog looking south on 680 driving into the abyss as you head towards 24. My accuweather 12hour planner, low to mid 50s. Its mild out there. Showers will become more scattered to random. Theyll pick up in coverage and intensity as we head into the evening hours. Still very mild, mid to upper 50s. Lets see what its doing to our commute. Heres jobina. Good morning. Good morning. Were starting off with a sigalert in pittsburg. This car has flipped over. Just one car involved in this crash and it ran into a light pole and destroyed it. This is eastbound 4 before bailey road. Two lanes are blocked right now. As you can see, its not causing a major backup. This is in the counter commute direction. Moving over to emeryville, that twocar crash on westbound 80 to the eastbound 80 connector has been cleared. Live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. Metering lights came on at 5 18. You can see its raining, so take your time out there. Reggie and kumasi . The San Jose City counc
Vaping products contain very high doses of nicotine, sometimes higher than cigarettes. So its no surprise that people seeking to cut down on vaping are having trouble. Reporter but the owner of this store in san rafael disputes the claims saying the recent deaths connected to vaping are more likely related to black Market Dealers adding vitamin e acetate to products. People who dont want cigarette vaping to be around are the ones that are creating the propaganda, making it look like there is a connection between these illnesses and this cigarette use. And that is a complete falsehood. Reporter dr. Willis says until more is known, this should be the approach. One of our messages is we want to help people quit vaping the way in the past weve helped people quit smoking. Reporter now the coroner here in marin county says the exact cause of death in this case wont be known for several weeks, but he does expect the final results toat sis connecte. Live in san rafael, tim daly for nbc bay are
Reporter you may remember nghectober meeting there was a heavy police presence. Tonight police were here but out of sight while protesters took over the meeting. Tonights Oakland School Board Meeting packed with people protesting School Closures. And they came to express anger over what happened at the Board Meeting last month. On october 23rd parents and teachers angry over the districts plan to close and merge a number of schools because of declining enrollment got into a violent clash with police after a protester jumped over a barricade. A number of people were injured. Tonight at least one person demanding an apology. Your cop took me to the hospital strapped to a gurney in handcuffs. Ive been coming to school Board Meetings most of my life. Weve never had it like this where the police have been used against us here. There will be an outside investigator coming in to look at what happened, fully analyze if things went wrong, why they went wrong, whos responsible. Reporter as prote