Illegal fireworks and celebratory gunshots. Police started receiving calls hours before the new year. Like last year they had increased presence on the streets, but this year they tried something new. Employing that increased staffing to hot spots or areas in the past that have had an increase of gunfire as well as fireworks activity. And they will respond to those calls. The special Enforcement Teams issued 29 traffic citations and they made 8 arrests last night and there are lots of new laws in effect this morning that you might need to know about. Kpix 5s keit do has more on what these laws mean. Reporter it will be a happy new year for a lot of people who will be getting a boost in their paychecks. Starting today the minimum wage goes up for every major city in the bay area including san jose. This is all part of a slow phasing in process for some minimum wage laws that were passed a couple years ago. Starting today san joses minimum wage goes up to 10. 30 an hour. Oakland 12. 55.
Accidents and incidents theres not a lot going on, on the freeways. Mass transit changes for the holiday, most everyone on a sunday or Holiday Schedule running later changes or Getting Started later this morning. No ace train or Ferry Service today. We are just about 4. 5 hours into the new year. And kpix 5s andria borba caught the celebration that was going on along the embarcadero along with the crowds, droves of Law Enforcement officials. Reporter the security can be everywhere around the embarcadero tonight, the Ferry Building locked its doors at 9 00 to make sure no one else got in. [ music ] reporter tense of thousands around San Francisco get ready to bid 2016 adieu, watchful eyes will be stationed all over the city making sure 2016 begins without a hitch. As of right now we havent had any type of threat to indicate any possible terroristic threats here in the city. Reporter but sfpd is prepared with officers at every intersection along the embarcadero and a few blocks west, as
Is not afraid. Tonights other news, President Trump described statues of confederate slavery as useful. We have an update on the police chief. While we get to that, lets go to catherine harrison. Catherine the mouthpiece for the isis terrorist group has claimed responsibility for barcelona. There are a couple of options, the suspects were radicalized online or that isis had a more direct role by engineering the plot and pulling the trigger on the timing, or the second, isis is being opportunistic trying to take credit for the violence in barcelona. We have seen the Intelligence Agency and Law Enforcement ramp up and get focused on barcelona. Elaine duke has been briefed on the attack and is monitoring the situation. Also, her old boss john kelly chief of staff at the white house has been briefing President Trump. The fbi is engaged and offering help. In barcelona, offering direct assistance to the american in the city. Spanish authorities began sharing information with identities of th
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