Protestors calling for 15 to be the national standard. Good afternoon, it is tuesday, november 29. Im kenny choi. Im michelle griego. Kpix 5s jackie ward is live at sfo with more on the local fight for 15 demonstration. Reporter hundreds of uber and lyft drivers just arrived here at sfo. You can see those big flags. Thats the fight for 15 movement. This protest here is a continuation of what happened earlier this morning. [ chanting ] reporter right in the middle of the morning commute, a couple of hundred protestors closed down the intersection at 98th and international boulevard in oakland demanding a higher federal minimum wage. They say california is on the right path. We are not asking to become millionaires. We are not asking to, you know, retire on this income or anything like that. Were just asking that were able to maintain a living. Reporter he is a single father of 10yearold twins. He brings them to work with him because he says theres no other option. Right now were just ex
He stepped down. More information around his resignation will be made public at a News Conference this morning. It comes amid an investigation into an underage sex scandal involving several officers and allegations of assault by an offduty officer. The city is expected to launch a nationwide search for its next police chief. Heres a look at the former chiefs background. Sean whent joined opd in 1994 in the patrol division. He worked his way up the ranks. In 2012 deputy chief. May 2013 interim chief. A year later appointed chief. Crime has dropped under his tenure as chief. The city announced deputy chief ben fairow from the Bart Police Department will be interim chief for now. He has worked with the oakland Police Department in the past. Sean whents resignation comes three weeks after San Franciscos police chief stepped down. Greg suhr resigned hours after officers killed a woman in the bayview. He had been under pressure to make changes after criticism over Previous Police shootings a
Its very close to the macarthur maze. You can see it coming from several bay area freeways. Flames were towering into the air. Even the construction cranes were on fire. There are other condos and apartments in the area. Some of them have been evacuated this morning. Firefighters are really fighting this fire in defense mode. They are trying to prevent the fire from spreading. So far, they have been able to do that. But neighbors are without power and water. As soon as i realized it was this i knew it was probably going to be bad because this was like a massive wood scaffolding kind of thing, the way they are constructing it. Reporter yeah. That certainly makes the firefighting effort very difficult. Its like a tinderbox. Check out the cars parked on the street outside burned by falling embers melted by the heat. We havent heard of any injuries yet. But we heard a paramedics pulled into the scene. I think they are trying to figure out what they are dealing with. By all accounts there w
National convention. Now, in the recent interview he addressed trumps comments about a federal judge whom trump said couldnt be fair because of his mexican heritage. Eastwood said people are being too sensitive but a lot of prominent republic been distancing themselves from trump. Even his running mate mike pence doesnt rump a lot of republicans have been distancing themselves from trump even his running mate mike pence doesnt see eye to eye with him. Trump refused to endorse House Speaker paul ryan and ripped senator john mccain for failing veterans. Among highprofile republicans, hewlettpackard leader meg whitman said she will vote for and donate to Hillary Clinton. Somebody has to get through to him that if he continues to have 48 hours like the one he just had, then not just his presidency but other members of his party, the down ballot tickets, the senate, the house of representatives, are in real jeopardy. Reporter just heard another congressman parting with trump after that clas
Freeways as a result. Apparently you can see the blaze. This will affect your drive toward the bay bridge this morning. Traffic is okay toward the toll plaza and all approaches are okay outside of 580 where there are some slight delays. In emeryville a sixstory building is on fire on the 3800 block of san pablo a commercial space under construction. No injuries. Anne makovec is on the phone with more. Anne. Reporter yeah. Im here at, um, adelaide and west macarthur boulevard. Its on the border of emeryville and oakland and this fire is raging, it has been since it started at 2 30 this morning. We understand this is a condo building under construction. Flames are coming from the site. Theres one crane that was part of the construction and its on fire. So its creating a visual hazard in the bay area. You can see the flames all over the east bay. This is very close to the macarthur maze. 40th and san pablo, also the west macarthur onramp to westbound 580 is closed as well as a lot of side