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His father a veteran. Mother, a seamstress. He never forgot his roots. Stood up for immigrants. Never forgot who he was or where he came from. He was quiet. Laid back. Low key. Knew what he needed to do to get the job done. His priorities, mourners said were housing, homelessness, jobs and minimum wage. Lee had Many Political battles in his three decades of public service. Points may have disagreed with him on policy but everyone agrees that our mayor was a good man with a good heart. At the end...

Suddenly and unexpectedly passes away at the age of 65. There are flowers covering the mayors desk inside his City Hall Office tonight. Good evening, thanks for joining us. Im dion lynn in for ama daetz. The death of ed lee left the bay area stunned. His impact spread far beyond San Francisco. Well share some of the stories with you tonight. And reporter vic lee has more now acting mayor made the official announcement late this morning. But those here already knew. This after breed held meetings...

It goes downhill from there. That is clear political bias, contempt for the President Trump inside the investigation. Today we will pill back the layers of the story. You will see the deep state of work. Now look at this pivot 99 of the vote counted, Democrat Doug Jones at wheaton republican roy moore in the Alabama Senate race. A defeat for President Trump for backward more. It is a defeat for the Republican Party which will have a slim 5149 majority in the senate. Democrats much stronger than ...

Doug jones is going to the doug jones is going to the senate. The democrat won a razor thin victory over republican roy moore in a very contested election. Well have more on that all morning. All right, but were going to continue to the other news were following. The largest fire scorching Southern California is expanding after nearly a week. The thomas fire is nearly 240,000 acres. Its moving into Santa Barbara and ventura counties. Many residents are Wearing Masks to avoid breathing in smoke. ...

American people, a giant tax cut for christmas. And when i say giant i mean giant. [applause] David Connell mcshane, with us now. Connell, this was the president s final sales pitch to america an capitol hill. The house and senate will vote on a bill next week, right . Reporter that is still the plan, david. Interesting to hear what the president was on all of this, although updates weve been getting past couple days are focusing on tax rates for upper income people and also for businesses, the ...

Something he now says he regrets. The vandalism happened in the store. You were in the store . Yes. Ill sorry to hear about that. It also caught the eye, she drops her daughters off at a daycare nearby. She posted it online will. I didnt want to be too aggressive. I wanted people to care. Sinhell have to pay the 50 deductible to remove the paint. They met for the first time in a lot. She talked about starting a go fund me page. A suspicious duffle bag wreaked hacking today. It was all a hands on...

Courthouse and you learned there was a previous incident this morning. It made for a very unnerving morning. I was inside for the ghost ship preliminary hearing when we heard the promotion the commotion that the bomb squad was called to the building for the second time today. The streets were blocked off by Oakland Police after a man left a backpack outside the building at about 10 30 this morning. That man then went inside the courthouse and was confronted by sheriffs deputies who asked why he ...

They need to make these mid year cuts. Cuts are not something we ever want to see. We dont want to do this, but the reality is we have to make some cuts because if we dont, if we stay in the position we are currently, in all likelihood were going into state receivership. Thats where the state would come in and make cuts without asking any questions or hearing public comment. That could be anything up to and including the closing of a number of schools immediately. Standup those opposing the cuts...

Sweep south over the area late friday night and Early Saturday Morning which then increases nne winds along the ridges and peaks saturday. A dry pattern may turn to a wet weather pattern next week. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 darya new this morning. The Oakland Unif...

Felt when a british anchor gave it all away. A rebellion is now under way on this friday, december 15th. From abc news, this is world news now. You do have to see his reaction. I just saw the movie a couple hours ago. There were so many Different Things that happened, so many twists and turns that yeah, the less you know going in, the better. Hmm. It is better. Thats why you dont look at twitter. Thats true. But were going to start this half hour with the republican tax overhaul plan hitting a s...