Two stories tall. There have been several fires in encampments underneath bart tracks before and last year a man who live in a wooden shed in west oakland died in a fire. Still, advocates say the citys plan to destroy these streak tou streak tours is not the solution. A lot of residents put sweat equity in them. Some have concrete and tile flooring and decorations and roof. Everything. Its a big blow to lose the structures. Reporter the oeast oakland collective is raising money to buy tents that will go right where the structures are now, underneath the bart tracks. Cesar said the city may tear down his home but he plans to stay right in this spot. Thats all i got. Reporter this is all you have . Uhhuh. Reporter what if they take it away . I have to sleep in outside. In the street. Reporter now city officials here acknowledge putting those tents in the same spot directly underneath the bart tracks is not an ideal solution. They are saying they will take a little bit of time hopefully t
Prosecutors say they will argue regardless of the dropped charges he should remain in custody given the gravity of the charges he is facing. Attempted robbery, false imprisonment and two counts of battery. Those are serious charges. Reporter ahead of tomorrows decision, wallace lee is also speaking out. The group is opposed to the Navigation Center being built close to where the attack on camera occurred. We do have a Mental Health crisi and homelessness crisis in the city. I think that its wrong to put 200 people, many of whom are mentally ill and active drug users, into a residential area where there are 10,000 people. Reporter there will be an opportunity for Public Comment at tonights 5 30 p. M. Meeting. Melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. Did the victim from that august attack have any reaction today . Reporter i reached out to her, but i have not heard back. Wallace lee says that he has been updating her on all of the court appearances. All right. Thank you so much, melanie. One of the
Defensive end Brandon Graham yesterday. Hes excited about the week ahead. You know, im excited. Im like, you know, i got to enjoy it, you know, but we here to we here the take care of business. Its cold. Yeah, its cold. But you know, we going to be in 70degree weather and we going to be all right. But im excited, you know, just to be down here just to be in this atmosphere and im just going to go out here and enjoy some food right now and see what minnesota is talking about. Yeah, so Brandon Graham talking to us last night. We were gentle compared to what theyre going to see in this building at the excel Energy Center later on this evening for super bowl Opening Night. I got to come up with some crazy questions. You got a little time. Im going to work on it. For now im jaime apody live. Back to you guys in the studio. Thank you so much. And now lets go to brian and sharrie inside of the mall of america in emergency bloomin. Hey, guys. Reporter yeah, hey, monica, hey rick, youre right,
Issued sometime this evening for the heart of the delaware valley, strong winds is the major concern there but you can take a look at those dewpoints, that moisture rich air dark greens in the midatlantic with dewpoints in the lower and middle 70s. That just means theres a lot of water molecules sitting in the atmosphere so when a storm hits it literally floods that rain out of the atmosphere. So, scattered storms and downpours here this evening, right through saturday morning. Some areas could see up to 3inches and if that happens, there could be some localized quick flash flooding with the heaviest steadiest of that rain with the front passing through between 4 oclock and 8 oclock tomorrow morning and when i come back well talk about a sevenday which features better news here for most of the weekend sharrie. We have a little bit of a change that youre going to like that in accuweather forecast. Ill take your word for it. Adam thank you. Speaking of the time line adam just mentioned b
Heather. Landlords can evict tenants without a reason. Ktvu Azenith Smith is live with more and why advocates have resorted to fasting in attempt to try to spark some change. Azenith . Reporter well ken they plan to stay hungry until tuesday. They dont want to harm their bodies physically, but they want to get their message across about no cause addiction. Outside San Jose City hall a group braved the rain spending the Easter Holiday fasting for a cause. We have water right here, but we also have electrolyte water. Reporter Jocelyn Hernandez hasnt own since good has eaten since good friday. They have not seen the crisis. Reporter holding up signs fasting for a cause, pushing for renters rights. The biggest issue, no cause addiction policy allowing landlords to evict tenants without reason. They joined the Hunger Strike on saturday. Now 20 people are fasting. Theres people that go hungry in the city every day ask and then they become homeless. Our city council had an opportunity to chan