abcnews.com. sle in the lane, snow isu liglistenin a beautiful sight, we re happy tonight towin in a winter wonderland enjoy holiday magic at both parks during disneyland resort s diamond celebration. towin in a winter wonderland.weee hoooooo! broadcast center, this is abc7 news. now at 11:00, city hall chaos. abc7 news reporter alan wang tweeted this video from alameda as a debate over rent control turned into pandemonium. good evening and thank you for scroining us. i m ama daetz. and i m dan ashley. let s go to alan wang who has more on tonight s contentious meetings. dan and ama, the city council is still discussing the possibility of a more for yum on moratorium on rent increases. this is a tight community where half of the people rent. almost everyone knows someone who has been affected by rent increases and that s why it got so emotional tonight. tempers were already hot, but it dwot worse after a majority of alameda landlords erupted early and
tempers were already hot, but it dwot worse after a majority of alameda landlords erupted early and monopolized the seats. one man tried to rush into the council chambers and appeared to drag down hahn. he picked the man out of the crowd and threw him on the floor in front of the protestor camera. the bloody man was arrested along with another man who was handcuffed outside the council chambers. one in five landlords have spoken. four renters have spoken. the mayor decided to allow an equal number of tenants who voiced their concerns. she pays $1,875 a month for a two-bedroom apartment. i have a $300 increase and then also she is asking me to leave in 60-days. next month during the holidays. that s why alameda tenants are in favor of a more for yum to limit or halt rent increases while the council examines the possibility of rent control. we are watching trends and family get squeezed out of the town with evictions with no cause. but many small landlords say ren
telling their story only to abc7 news. good evening. i m ama daetz. it was sup positioned to be a fun halloween night for a brother and sister. they say they were attacked when opposing people who were jumping in line. the victims are talking to david louie, live at great america. david? reporter: thousands of people were here at great america on halloween night. many of them could be key to identifying who attacked those two adult visitors. those guests are now seeking out witnesses who might have video or photographs of the attackers because they say security staff here at great america didn t do anything about questioning any of the people. 24-year-old keisha johnson and her 21-year-old brother michael were standing in line at a maze saturday night. they spoke whup a group of five cut n their objection was met with cussing and shoving. he punched me in the side of the head and knocked me out. i didn t expect that. you blacked out? i blacked out a minute and a half.
as a result of some of the things that he s saying to us, we should be a able to make a rests very shortly. homicide captain james clark told us jenkins put up a fight and that s likely why she was shot. he says jenkins was not attacked because she was transgender but because she had money. clark told eyewitness news the attack is not considered a hate crime. authorities say jenkins may have been working as a prostitute when she was attacked. anybody that engages in sex work is a human being. and they they re life is not less. they do not deserve to be beaten down, gunned down and he can cuted in our streets. reporter: eyewitness news reached out to keisha s family but they were too upset to speak on camera. strangers stopped to honor the 22-year-old with a vigil near the crime scene. that s somebody s child regardless. it s sad. that shouldn t happen to anybo anybody. reporter: detectives say that pedro reading a tacked a transgender victim a few years back.
david? reporter: jessica, ukee, at this point authorities believe this was a robbery and the motive was likely money. they know who they re looking for. they just hope they find those three suspects and soon. it s a sad and senseless murder. reporter: tuesday morning will mark one week since police say 22-year-old keisha jenkins was found beaten and shot near hunting park. according to detectives, pedro reading confessed to attacking jenkins. but told detectives he was not the trigger man. authorities are confident three others were there and one of them shot jenkins in the back. he s helping us out, um, and as a result of some of the things that he s saying to us, we should be a able to make a rests very shortly. homicide captain james clark told us jenkins put up a fight and that s likely why she was shot. he says jenkins was not attacked because she was transgender but because she had money. clark told eyewitness news the attack is not considered a hate crime.