This is ktvu, fox two news at 730. And good evening, everyone. Im heather holmes. We begin tonight in east oakland where neighbors have banded together to beef up security after a tragedy last summer. Crystal bailey joining us now live from the newsroom with more on this Community Effort to try to curb crime. Crystal well, its all about neighbors helping neighbors with cameras typically placed on busy street corners, protecting homes and supporting Law Enforcement in the Quiet Community of maxwell park in east oakland, neighbors are tight knit. And in june of 2023, when 60 yearold David Schneider was senselessly shot while trimming trees in his front yard, neighbors came to his aid while he was dying and gathered security footage for investigators. In what Oakland Police originally thought might have been an attempted robbery. It just really, struck the whole community. It activated us. We felt, you know, upset and scared. And so we all came together to try and think about how we could
Liccardo in the november runoff, but heres the important part. As of last week, San Mateo County is working with the u. S. Postal service and other partners to resolve the status of about 16 ballots that are still in their envelopes. We have not received a response from San Mateo County Elections Officials about the status of those ballots, but with the margins this close, just four votes, it could certainly change the result. The Santa Clara County registrars office, using this as another reminder to voters that every vote counts. In the last election, we had a tie. This election that was a tie. There were a lot of people think that their vote doesnt count, but every single one counts. This is separated by four votes. Now you know what i mean. So even if its like a tiny, tiny part of the entire cast of ballots, it still has a big impact on every single part of the process. So its important for people to make sure they dont just register. They actually go vote to now, this afternoon we
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Wilson is a dispatcher and union leader who says the renovated space is half the battle. The other half is finding the dispatchers that San Francisco and nearly every other u. S. City desperately needs. The real issue is staffing. We have a staffing crisis and we need to update our systems. The city says the pushing to years ago. We are finally starting to see a turn in that crisis. So, for instance, we were unable to fill our academy classes, not even by 50 over the last two years. We are going to seat a class next month that will be almost full and then we have two more classes scheduled that we are very confident will be full. Reporter in San Francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. Happening right now in San Francisco, singing for cecil, past and present choir members of the glide Memorial Church ensemble are honoring the late reverend williams. This is a live look now at the Iconic Church in tenderloin. This is a special tribute to honor the reverend who through the month of
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