Colleagues at city hal. She is not big on nicknames bust just wants to get things done for oakland. The pastor at bb Memorial Church has the new mayor in the front pew. He believes the city is in good hands. Im confident in the ability, skill set, to not only bring our city forward but to unify us. She likes the endorsement but knows she has big job ahead. When i set my mind on a goal for oakland i am very serious about it. Her First Priority . Reducing a a rising crime rate. She wants to increase staffing by putting more cops on the street. We have to give police the modern tools and that starts with communitybased policing. That means officers forming relationships with people some communities to prevent violence before it happens. Clearly crime is an issue in oakland. Dana olson owns a store on piedmont avenue. Working with people to help build the communities so people can feel safe here and want to participate in the city. The mayor support the marches but not the vandalism and lo
Made it a teaching moment. We are the children, mighty, mighty children. March through the lake shore district . Oakland. These demonstrators barely old enough to read and write but wise enough to know the difference between right and wrong. The group marched through the Farmers Market getting attention. As a group of parents really concerned by the issues happening with people being killed by the police and the backlash as a result of that and we wanted our kids to be engaged in the discussion. Talking about Racial Injustice isnt easy with little kids, so they called on dr. Seuss. They were really quite small. You might think such a thing wouldnt matter at all. The speeches teach tolerance and acceptance when one group with stars fir the bellies and those without. Is that fair . Kids later made their own stars. Brianna wants her kid knows that black lives matter. Dont want to make it too big but at the end of the day, fairness equality, are issues i think our kids know already. And yo
As soon as we get it right here on abc7 news and follow us on twitter for breaking updates at abc7 bay area. Good evening. Im katie marzullo. Other news now. In five days San Francisco and the north bay will be mostly cut off from one another. The Golden Gate Bridge will be shut down for 52 hour and could have a severe impact, and not just on drivers. Lilian has more. Reporter these are the zipper trucks that will be used next weekend to install the moveable median barrier. They arrived this weekend ask theres permanent fix tours at the Golden Gate Bridge to be used a few times a day to change lanes as needed. The new barrier will be made of concrete and will replace the plastic tubular pylons currently used to separate the northbound and southbound lanes. Workers need a couple days for the installs so the span will be closed to vehicles from 12 01 a. M. Saturday to 4 00 a. M. Monday. Cyclists pedestrians and golden gate transit buses will be allowed. Merchants in sausolito which rely
Earlier today on 16th street approached other officers and inquired as to what kind of weapons we carry. Which the osers at the time found very curious but nothing played out at that time. The chief says the mans gun turned out to be an air soft, pellet or bb gun. For the second time in as many weeks thousands of Police Officers from across the country gathered in new york city to say goodbye to one of their own. Officer lius funeral took place today. Officer liu and his partner were shot while sitting in their squad car. Lius wife spoke at his funeral today. We love you. I love you. Forever, i love you. New york city mayor bill de blasio thanks liu for his service. Some officers turned their backs as he spoke. Police unions have accused him of taking sides, supporting him of taking sides in recent weeks. Members of the Concord Police department were at last weeks memorial for officer ramos. Jetblue airway flu more than a thousand officers to the service for free. A man who brought a l
Allentown and gusting to 33 miles an hour in northeast philly. Lets quickly bring you the temperatures down. 31 in the mt. Pocono area. 38 and falling in pottstown, while its 42 in northeast philly and philadelphia international. The temperatures will continue to fall. At 7 00 34 degrees. Then sunshine some passing clouds and 32 at 9 00. Up to 35 degrees at lunchtime. Your hourbyhour forecast when im back in ten. Right now lets check in with first alert traffic reporter jillian mele. Good morning jillian. Good morning to you, bill to you at home as well. Lets start you off in new jersey, where we are dealing with a minor problem out of burlington county. This is traffic lights that are malfunctioning in columbus route 206 at East Mansfield road. We still have repair work going on from an earlier accident with a downed pole in lower moreland. Byberry road between Huntington Pike and masons mill road. That should be out there soon. Stick to county line road to avoid that area. Montgomery