Represented by women nancy pelosi in San Francisco, zoe lofgren in the south bay and lateefah simon, the replacement for barbara lees 12th district in the east bay. If she wins in november, it speaks to the issues that women face running in politics. Doctor Samantha Francois is a professor of womens studies at cal state east bay. She suggests that lower voter turnout means fewer younger voters, who are often more likely to vote for minority candidates. She adds that female candidates still face a tough time fundraising. Adam schiff outraised both his female opponents in the democratic party. Both katie porter and barbara lee, by like 2 to 1. But professor francois also notes that schiff got big endorsements from high profile female politicians like pelosi and barbara boxer, and that exit polls suggest that women voters supported schiff in equal numbers to men. I think we have to have a broader lens in terms of looking at local elections, city elections, and county elections. And we saw
Strong winds whipping in the sierra as a powerful blizzard pummels the region. Tonight, communities bracing for dangerous conditions ahead also, one step forward in the long search for a new Oakland Police chief. Tonight, the four candidates speaking directly to the community as residents hold out hope for new leadership. As long as that position has not been filled, the crime keeps going up. The city of oakland now, without a police chief for more than a year. Good evening everyone. Im mike mibach and im cristina rendon. Members of the Oakland Police Commission Held a Community Forum tonight introducing the public to the four police chief candidates, topping their list new at ten ktvu Jana Katsuyama joins us live with highlights from this meeting and what comes next. Well over the past year, it has been a battle trying to fill this position between the Police Commission and the mayor, who fired the last chief, lauren armstrong. The mayor refused to come to the meeting tonight, but man
Addressing Community Members for the First Time Since two major incidents. First, a fire that appears to have been set saturday inside target. Second, a 7eleven that was ransacked during a sunday sideshow that left one person shot. And this pickup truck on fire. Our target was set on fire. The sideshow that you reported on, its lawlessness. Completely lawlessness in the city. And everyone knows it. And theyre taking advantage of it. On monday, multiple neighbors who chose not to show their face out of fear voiced their safety concerns. After the 7eleven and sideshow situation, two Community Members like Paula Connelly took it a step further, begging for help from the governor. State of emergency. Last july, we have no help from the outside, no sheriffs, no chp. Oakland just got an influx of officers from the governor, and we would like the governor to send officers here, interim Vallejo Police chief jason todd says the department is severely understaffed at just 33 patrol officers, but
Election, and left in the dark. Local lawmakers say theyll demand answers from pgandes following Power Outages that lasted for days. Abc seven news starts now. Always live abc seven news starts right now. Great. Well, its a day to highlight all the positive lives of oakland. And thank you for joining us tonight im j. R stone. You may have seen the seventh annual black joy parade that we stream live today on abc seven platforms. Its more than just a celebration in the streets. Its a week long effort to elevate a community that sometimes vilified and often overlooked. Love it is my first time. Im so excited. I missed it last year, so many people lined the streets of oakland on this sunday to catch the seventh annual black joy parade. Its how john coakley celebrated his 73rd birthday. I had to get out of the house and come down here and do this. I love seeing all of our black people come out the different businesses and the different ethnicities. For years, the black joy parade has celebr
plus, drivers in california are in for yet another blow to our wallets. the new gas tax now in effect and what the state is doing to ease the extra cost also. it does hurt. you have to plan a little different. budget. the fourth of july holiday is costing americans more. how inflation is impacting cookout plans and travel on the roads and in the sky. the news at 5:30 starts now. one of the best weekends of the year has arrived, and people are on the move. let s take a live look at traffic cam across the bay area. traffic actually looks fairly smooth. 880 in oakland a little congested, but planes, trains, and automobiles, millions of americans are traveling for the fourth of july weekend. aaa estimates more than 40 million people will be traveling by car, which would set a new record. how about our local airports? let s take a live look now at sfo. airports and airlines are struggling, as you might know, to keep up, as demand returns to pre-pandemic levels. the problem