Administrations progress announcing a new labor secretary pick, and lashing out at the media. Good afternoon, im michelle griego. Im kenny choi. Craig boswell reports from the white house. Reporter kenny and michelle, it was his first solo press Conference Since taking office. About an hour and 17 minutes repeatedly complaining about unfair media coverage, defended his National Security adviser who was forced to step down, called news of contact with the russians during the campaign a ruse and all of this taking place after what was an announcement for a new labor secretary. President trump entered the east room of the white house to announce Alexander Acosta will be his new nominee for labor secretary. He is a member and has been a member of the National Labor Relations Board and has been through Senate Confirmation three times, confirmed, did very, very well. Reporter the Law School Dean and former federal prosecutor replaces andrew puzder, the president s first choice who lost repub
Discussions about it, um, i would just like them to see more parking. It doesnt seem like theres enough parking for the membership in the club and condos. Reporter those concerns will likely be highlighted at tonights planning and zoning meeting. A group called save the claremont has been handing out flyers asking people to fight it. I hope they dont do it. Reporter the claremont, owned by the fairmont, put us in touch with the group doing this development prong and i spoke to a man on the project, and i spoke to a man on the phone who says its early to comment. Its the beginning of the Legal Process they have to go through with the city. But he did say, quote, we believe the city will do an exhaustive study of the proposal and that will determine what impacts there are and identify appropriate mitigation measures. That meeting again started just a few moments ago at 6 00 downtown in oakland city hall. Reporting live in oakland, emily turner, kpix 5. New at 6 00 oakland is one of the h
Decision making in that if she deems this to be a safe place for kiki to be then i have to trust that. Two months after she was moved to the mens halfway home, Police Received a call at 1 00 in the morning that the girl was not breathing. They found her in the Halfway House in her crib. She had passed away. Everything we tried to warn you. Nicole said she alerted Laurie Medina the director of department of family and Child Services via emails fiend caan calls to warn her she should not have been taken away from her care. No response. Now weve learned director medina has been offered a similar position in monterey county. She told us she applied for the job months ago and looks forward to serving the community where she lives. In a statement her Current Department said we grooeft passing of a child at such a young age. Confidentialality laws prevent us from commenting about a specific child or case. This is not the first time a caregiver has questioned the placement decisions made by so
Approaching 3 again and i was really sad. Also sells good hot chocolate there. I heard. And they have a jackinthe box right there at the chevron and they watch us every morning. I hear music. [ laughter ] i think were getting the wrap. All right. Thanks, guys. Lets go out to benicia. Eastbound 780 at southampton we have an overturn accident on the shoulder. But tow crews are out there now. And the commute has begun suddenly in antioch. Suddenly slow on highway 4 westbound hillcrest to a street. And checking the commute out of the altamont, same thing, just kind of your usual slow traffic out of tracy and to about north flynn. Then it completely clears out on our sensors all green but there is a lot of fog out there making it very difficult to see on some roadways including right there near the dublin interchange. Bay bridge no metering lights. The roadwork has been picked up. Just some small delays in the cash lanes. Thats kcbs traffic. Heres roberta with your forecast. Today is the th
Workers contract expired last summer. Cargo is being delayed, and shipping containers have been stacking up. Produce and other perishables have rotted. Howellle sheenson says his business is suffering, because it hasnt been worth the risk trying to export organic products to asia. Right now, we have to stop that because those products only have 80 to 90 day shelf life total. Reporter if a lockout were to happen, it would affect 29 ports along the west coast, and have wide reaching impact. You jeopardize the u. S. Economy in the Global Supply chain. In oakland, there are 73,000 jobs that depend on the port of oakland. If theres a shut down, all of those jobs are in jeopardy. We need a settlement. We need it quickly. Reporter it says it wants to avoid a lockout, but contends both sides are still far apart on several issues, and it says cargo is so backed up, the system is barreling towards collapse in a matter of days. Is that five days from now, seven days from now, ten days from now .