And the hidden smiles. The foggy glasses, and the muffled laughs. A simple piece of fabric makes a big statement i care. Wear a mask. Lets all do our part to slow the spread. There are questions tonight regarding the recent release of Violent Crime statistics in oakland, some say that. A politically motivated the interim police chief is saying no that is not the case kron fours Haaziq Madyun has the story. We have in fact become a sides but we are not trying to cause any alarm Oakland Interim Police chief Susan Manheimer made herself available to the media answering a variety of questions among them were questions about the motivation behind recent opd press releases highlighting a spike in homicides and this years 34 increase in gun violence and gangs and groups who are conflicting in between different cities or our initial responsibility is to do this call to action and let everyone know were out there to interrupt assignments we are with our ceasefire and our community a partnership
To transfer. The patient to the hospital, the situation becomes worse and the number of available ambulances gets reduced. This isnt a new thing. This has happened periodically over the years and its not unique to contra costa. Since september, the number of ambulances has increased from 54 to 72 per day, but Officials Say theyve received 240 calls for an ambulance this year alone. More than two thirds of them needed serious advanced medical attention, and paramedics are hard to hire and keep. We are putting up to a dozen firefighter emts through Paramedic School and then our subcontractor, amr, is also putting many of their emts who want to become paramedics through this Paramedic School, hospitals are overburdened and understaffed with hospital wait times for ambulances up to an hour at places like contra costa regional and john muir, walnut creek. We have seen some success with sutter delta in antioch, who has reduced their ambulance patient offload time in the last 12 months by a f
About price drops in this economy, but that is what is happening in oakland. Rent is getting cheaper. According to the website apartment list, the average rent is just below 2,000 a month, a 10 drop from last year. Our kelsi thorud spoke with one renter who is taking advantage. She just moved to oakland because of the lower prices. We also just want a space that feels really like calming and definitely one of my favorite parts was the kitchen and the corner windows. Im a big cook. I love cooking. So having a lot of counter space, having nice new appliances was really important to me. Reporter india rose carter just moved from in apartment in San Francisco to oakland with her partner. I cant afford to live in San Francisco anymore and so this kind of felt like the only option relatively close to home. Reporter india says they toured dozens of apartments during their search and definitely noticed the lower prices in oakland. We were aiming for a two bedroom with the hopes we would have s
Served time for assault on a Police Officer is identified as the suspect who fired at police over the weekend in a san jose neighborhood. Plus, theres also a continuum of collaboration that needs to happen, so that we have a resilient system in this county. Increasing concerns over a lack of ambulances and emergency resources. Officials in Contra Costa County tonight, looking for ways to address the issue. This is ktvu, fox two news at 730. Ambulance service challenges that only seem to be getting worse. Thanks so much for joining me on this monday night. Im heather holmes, contra costa fire says they are at a crisis point. Our crystal bailey is here now with more on the situation and possible solutions. Crystal. Well heather hospital wait times for ambulances in Contra Costa County are far above the state standard of 20 minutes, and the issue is not new and its not unique to Contra Costa County. Its my personal opinion that that Emergency Medical Services ems in this state needs a sig