Empty store shelves and covid cases on the rise, but one doctor tells us it is not all bad news here in the bay area. A day ahead of dia de los muertos altars like this one adorn San Franciscos Mission district to remember those who have died from covid. Record warmth to kick off november today, and that warm weather, its going to be sticking around. Well have all the details in the accuweather forecast. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Announcer building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. The pandemic tightening its grip. At least 31 states reported at least one record high day of new coronavirus cases in the past month. That is according to Johns Hopkins university data. Good evening and thank you so much for joining us. Im dion lim. Our nation hit a singleday record of coronavirus cases. More than 99,200. Cases rising in 48 states, every one but nebraska and delaware. Several countries are seeing a case spike with england expected to enter a new N
Reducing the Oakland Police departments budget by 50 . A first of its kind for stress in the workplace for e. R. Doctors. What it says about bay area physicians and beyond. Confrontation over mask wearing at a walmart that has gone viral. Ill show you the changes that well follow in time for the weekend. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Document a marathon evening of Decision Making in oakland including plans to slash the Police Departments budget in half. It comes on the sail day the mayors home was vandalized. What role enforcement plays in our community is our focus on building a better bay area. Live from the newsroom, Tonights City Council meeting is still going on right now in. Thats right, ama and dan. It started at 1 30 this afternoon and its still going on right now. Now some of the big headlines, move the handling of special events to the administrators office. And creating a task force that they said would reimagine public safety. Councilmember taylor said there would be
Office. And creating a task force that they said would reimagine public safety. Councilmember taylor said there would be a 15member Task Force Made of nominees that come from each district of oakland. Theyre also open to having youth members be a part of the team. Next week they will vote on this task force. Before these items were decided, Public Comments stretched on for nearly three hours. Defund the opd by an additional 1. 4 million this year and form a task force which must be led by the most impacted Community Members . I was really appalled. Defund opd was the main message from speakers. Those exact words were graffitied on mayor schaafs house overnight. Police are calling it an act of vandalism. This statement, this attack designed to intimidate the mayor and strike fear into her family will not stop her from advocating for the policies she believes are in the best longterm interests of her beloved home town. We will keep you updated on the other items that were discussed at th
To you, thank you for joining us. Im dave clark. Good morning, im voters will be asked to decide if the Public Works Department should be broken up wednesday morning, we made it and split into two. If this vote passes, one to the middle of the weekday. Yes we did, pam. Department would focus on july 22nd. Street cleaning, sidewalk maintenance, and sanitation Steve Paulson, i need to tell you, a big breeze has picked up duties. The other would be focusing on engineering, design, and here as well. Project management. Same here, pam and dave it this comes after the recent is, it is roaring at my Corruption Scandal led to the arrest of the former director. Location, which is not unusual in east bay couple who had in the summer, but it wasnt the strong yesterday, thats to cancel their wedding because of the pandemic is hoping to for sure. Wieir dream wedding in france. Around cordelia its around 25 ktvu tells us how the brides to 35. So theres a pretty good breeze work during the pandemic h
Well have traffic and weather in just a moment. First, a Small Plane Crash lands on a residential street in bay port long island. The pilot and passenger hurt but police say could have been much worse. We have more from Stony Brook University hospital. Both the pilot and passenger came here after the plane crashing down to the ground on fire, but are injured but are alive. Their survival is being described as as miraculous. The plane cam crashing to the ground narrowly missing homes and businesses. He stalled came back in and hit the first poll, twisted and stuff. And one passenger took off headed from up state new york around 7 p. M. Sunday after gaining altitude trouble. The pilot attempted to turn back but never made it. The small plane falling from the sky breaking through branches, clipping a utility poll catching fire on impact. We are in our house and heard a big crash, looked out thewindow and saw a big dark cloud of smoke rising into the air it was kind of short, didnt linger.