Person on the raft called for help. Rescue teams recovered the kayak and a life jacket, but no sign of the kayaker. The coast guard and several Fire Agencies are still taking part in the search. Well bring you updates through this newscast and the abc 7 news app. Tonight in oakland city councilmembers are being asked to take the first step toward a policy that would regulate Surveillance Technology that can intercept your cellphone signal. Its been used under the radar for years. Thats right, police see it as a Crime Fighting tool. Carol . Reporter youre right, this technology has been around for years, used by Law Enforcement agencies all over the country. Tonight, oaklands public commission, its Public Safety commission is trying to get a handle on this and put in restrictions and private protections, because now its required by state law. The device, commonly called a stingray, mimics a cell tower, sending out the strongest signal, capturing and identifying all nearby cellphones, ev
Reporter kristen, of course this border wall news came as no surprise to its opponents. Primarily democratic politicians as well as Community Activists are really starting to strategize how theyre going to block or delay its construction. But federal regulations and treaties may also come into play. In san jose and other major imgranting communities, activists say they will not let the border wall go up without a fight. We do have allies in congress who are fighting for the immigrant community and have the ability and the opportunity to put pressure and put roadblocks in the process to make sure that the border wall isnt built. Reporter leverage may come from blocking the funds to build it if mexico doesnt pay for it. The cost by some estimates could top 10 billion, however, there are other potential obstacles or delays. The border wall will require environmental reviews according to the former deputy counsel of the epa now at Santa Clara University school of law. Given this is a massi
Last 27 years. We stand united that a safer city is a city that doesnt allow its residents to live in fear. I think families are both afraid and ready to push back. Reporter but todays action by the white house did not have any specifics. Still, because San Francisco is both a city and county, it stands to lose a large sum of money. The 1 billion in federal funds San Francisco receives a year makes up more than 10 of its 9. 6 billion budget. Schools, public health, law enforcement, transportation are among some of the many programs that receive federal funds. Lets say homeless funds are for veterans, as well. Do they want to hurt veterans . Do they want to hurt families. Reporter its hard to say how the city will make up for a possible short fall, or who will pay for it. Jason clark is with the San Francisco republican party. There arent enough rich people in San Francisco to make up for a billiondollar short fall. Its going to rely heavily on the middle and working classes to make up
President trumps policies. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. The president signed an order to end sanctuary cities that in his words harbor illegal immigrants. The president promised to cut federal funding to cities that dont compile. Its one of several actions that will have a direct impact on people here in california. We have Team Coverage on the effects. Lets begin with leeayanne melez with a look at the financial impact, lyanne. Reporter San Francisco is not the only city dealing with a possibility of losing federal funds. How about 300 other cities across the nation . All of them asking tonight can we afford to be a sanctuary city . [speaking foreign language]. Reporter today dozens of immigration advocates took to city hall chanting an organized community will never be deported. It was in response to President Trumps executive order threatening to with hold federal funds from socalled sanctuary cities. Mayor ed lee says San Francisco stands fir
Well be in the 60s. By the time we get overnight we will turn cooler with strong, gusty winds, temperatures in the 40s by tomorrow morning. This after hitting 80 degrees today. The wind gusts looking on our storm watch 7 future cast will be in the 25 to 30mileperhour range overnight early tomorrow and then stay very breezy throughout the day with a fair amount of sunshine. The winds finally dying down tomorrow night. All these little blue dots you see, the dark blue, are wind damage reports, and the lighter blue are high wind gusts about 129 as we can count them through the midatlantic area reported so far and no surprise with the high winds. One of the reports is in kensington we received a report of a wind gust there that was in the upper 50s to about 58 Miles Per Hour. That is a really strong wind gust but very typical of what we dealt with around the area. Kensington is where we find abc 7 meteorologist josh knight who was out during the height of the storm chasing the wind and fou