New numbers from the Governors Office reveal the impact a surge of chp patrols is having on crime in and around oakland. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley, and im ama daetz. The new numbers show the cooperation between agencies is making a difference. Abc seven News ReporterLeslie Brinkley has the story. Today. The california Governors Office said chp sting operations have led to the arrests of suspects tied to carjacking rings and gangs in oakland. In just one month, elevated chp presence in the oakland area has led to the arrests of 168 suspects, with 360 stolen vehicles recovered and 16 crime linked firearms successfully seized, individuals arrested for possession of, you know, drugs, guns, stolen property and then people arrested for outstanding warrants that they that they had this began with that surge that was announced about a month ago, involving a high number of chp personnel that went into the city of oakland onto city streets, not just on on the freeways. Oaklands mayor reacted on social media, saying, together we are holding criminal groups accountable and disrupting their networks. 72 chp officers are currently assigned to the oakland area. Enhanced cooperation between Law Enforcement agencies is solving crimes across the east bay. Yesterday afternoon, a two year old toddler in the back seat of his mothers car in san pablo was kidnaped by someone stealing the vehicle on california avenue. The mother reported that, you know, she had, briefly dropped off an item at a family members house when, you know, when the vehicle was taken with the child still inside, word went out to multiple agencies, and within 20 minutes, the car was recovered in richmond. With the child still buckled inside unharmed, oakland police, using pings from the victims cell phone, were able to zero in on the suspect in oakland. A pursuit ensued, with three women in a car that was stolen from hayward on march 3rd. The pursuit ended with the arrest of a 35 year old woman. Two other women escaped on foot. San pablo police are asking for the publics help. The suspect is being detained in martinez with 350,000 bail. As she faces kidnaping charges in the east bay. Im leslie brinkly. Abc seven news. Today on the peninsula, convicted killer Scott Peterson appeared in San Mateo County superior court asking for a new trial. And our dan noyes was in court and has been going over the latest filings. He is here with the latest developments on this. Well, dan and ama, the hearing was largely procedural, setting daetz for future legal briefs, replies and hearings. Its just an immense undertaking going through all the evidence to decide if peterson deserves another trial. On my cell phone, i captured the executive director of the los angeles Innocence Project. Entering the courtroom with Scott Petersons half brother and his sister in law, janey peterson. She became a lawyer to fight for his acquittal in side. Scott peterson, now 51, appeared from mule creek state prison, 40 miles outside sacramento, with that new ponytail. He only addressed the court a few times here to say he would also appear at future hearings by zoom. Mr. Peterson, is that correct . All right. Yes, your honor. Okay the la Innocence Project filed a 1500 page brief with exhibits asking for a new trial based on what it claims is evidence withheld from petersons defense team. The defense was entitled to those at the time of trial. Mr. Peterson has been waiting 20 years to find some of these Police Reports and audio recordings and video recordings that should have been provided, Court Records show the la Innocence Project is focusing on this van, found torched a mile away from the peterson home the day after laci disappeared, with a mattress that tested positive for blood. That sample appears not to have been compared to lacis blood. Several witnesses who claimed to have spotted laci talking to the occupants of that van, seen near a burglary across the street from her home, and other witnesses who claim to have seen laci alive in the hours after scott left for a fishing trip the morning of Christmas Eve 2002, the original prosecuting attorneys from the peterson trial are back to handle this appeal, asking for more time to file an answer to that massive la Innocence Project motion. The exhibits came to us later than the initial pleadings and so thats been one of the delays for us having to go through each of those particular exhibits. Harris also asked the court to reveal the names of witnesses that have been blacked out in the recent filings. The people have never been provided with an unredacted copy of those reports. We still do not know who these witnesses are. Theyre anonymous to us. Judge Elizabeth Hill did not hear arguments today. Just set dates for future filings and hearings, noted San Mateo County criminal defense attorney paula canny was there. They wanted Scott Peterson to get convicted more than they wanted to have. The truth be told, she acted as a commentator during the murder trial and offered her opinion of todays hearing. How how the system should work in a Perfect World is the police are completely forthright, are completely transparent, give everything. And thats not what happened in this case. Neither side in this case would comment before or after todays hearing. They are due back in court several times, july 15th being the last date on the calendar. So three more to come. Its amazing. Were still talking about this. All these years later, right . Yeah. All right. Thank you dan thanks. Well, police say theres no evidence that a pepper spray incident at a novato mosque was a premeditated or targeted attack. According to a Nevada Police department, a man entered the Islamic Center of north marin on redwood boulevard around 830 last night and began talking with people there for services on the first day of ramadan. Thats when someone noticed what they thought was a firearm inside a bag. The man had placed on the ground. The suspect was getting ready to leave, and the victim ultimately tried to get in between the suspect so he couldnt get back to the handbag where he had seen the handgun inside. A scuffle ensued and the suspect tried to get his handbag back during the altercation there, the victim was assaulted and was sprayed with pepper spray. Police arrested the suspect, 48 year old david margoliash, at his home in san rafael. They say they found the pepper spray but no gun. Mark faces charges of Unlawful Possession of pepper spray and disrupting a religious ceremony. Police say the victim was treated for minor injuries at the hospital in the east bay. Some uc Berkeley Students and alumni are upset with how the university handled the closing of peoples park. Now, the University Says its looking for a developer for part of the project. Abc seven News Reporter ryan curry spoke with students and the university about peoples park. If you go around dwight way and haight street, all youll see are shipping containers stacked on top of each other with cameras all around the park. The University Made this unannounced move on tuesday. Students and alumni stood in front of the barricade of shipping containers, asking the university to open the park. This space was actually cultivated by residents, community members, students. Its been over two months since the University Closed the park. While they wait to Start Building a new housing project, uc berkeley plans to build over 1000 new units of Student Housing and 100 units of supportive, low Income Housing that project is on hold, waiting for a ruling from the state supreme court. Until that comes, people are not allowed in peoples park. There was a lot of disbelief, like when we saw the plans of like the shipping container walls. We were like, no, thats thats going to be a psych out. This has to be a fake plan. Like theres no way this is really whats going to be happening in january. Chp, Berkeley Police and University Police came in full riot gear to stop protesters and close off the park. A confrontation led to a few protesters being arrested, and there was just vans driving up dwight and then, like full gear riot cops, crossbody rifles jump out and start sprinting into the park. Uc berkeley says these shipping containers, as well as the amount of police that night, was necessary because the last time they tried to fence off this park, they were met with heavy protests. In the summer of 2022. All of that was made necessary because when we tried to close the park in august of 22, there was an outbreak of violence and vandalism, now questions are being raised over if the university has a developer to build this project. The University Says they are the developers of the Student Housing building, but theyre looking for one to build the Affordable Housing complex. We dont have a developer for that yet because we want to settle the legal issues first, and then absolutely, were going to find a developer. Theres a lot of interest out there. Meanwhile, the students and alumni say they want the university to look elsewhere. You have no developer, and thats really not what we want. Weve told you like what we want and youre not listening. In berkeley. Ryan curry, abc seven news. Elsewhere in berkeley today they took action to in an effort to return some land to indigenous people. The City Council Unanimously approved a plan to return to the ohlone people, land that is now a parking lot for thousands of years, the land was burial and ceremonial grounds. The current owner of the land will receive 27 million in exchange for the property. The majority of the money will come from a trust that works to return land to native peoples. Still ahead banning the social media app tiktok across the entire country, the effort by congress and the impact it could have. Abc seven news at get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. Contact your volvo retailer to learn more. 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Tech expert omid bonoff said this could ultimately cripple the app that has 170 million us users, more than any other country in the world. So its a critical problem. It doesnt mean that theyre going to go to the phones of every single user and uninstall it. The government will ask apple and google to remove it from their app stores, so there is no more update. The app itself is going to start becoming outdated, and its going to start becoming less attractive, and its going to die out over time. This is not the first time the app has faced a ban. In 2020, an executive order from President Donald Trump was ultimately blocked by the courts. This time, tiktok is fighting back. Did you wake up with this message on tiktok today . The app is calling on its users to reach out to their local Congress Person to fight the ban. If tiktok is banned, it would be a huge blow to businesses and content creators like san joses adam juratovac. It allows you to find people who are also like minded with yourselves, but also allow you to search for different opinions, different locations. So though this ban would actually impact a lot of small american businesses, this ban would actually impact a lot of content creators who are building their careers using the tiktok platform. Juratovac is not only a content creator, but also a lawyer. He understands the concern for congress is exploitation of tiktok user data, including video history, user location, even user estimated income. But he thinks the government needs to worry about constitutional rights. They have to follow the Us Constitution when it comes to restricting the bill of rights, including the first amendment. There are very specific, particular cities that the government has to prove in order to revenge on that speech or to infringe on that right wednesday, the bill will face a house vote. Next would be the senate. Then president biden. He said he will sign it immediately should it reach his desk. Dustin dawsey, abc seven news. Robert f kennedy junior is apparently zeroing in on a running mate, and its an interesting list. The New York Times reports Aaron Rodgers and Jesse Ventura are on his short list. Rodgers would be an interesting choice since hes the quarterback of the new york jets and the height of the campaign would coincide with football season. Ventura would also bring star power. The former wrestler served as minnesotas governor. Kennedy is running as an independent. Still ahead, growing concerns about Quality Control at boeing. Were taking a closer look at reports of the companys failed audits by the faa and how it could affect domestic air travel. And just a reminder, the tax deadline is quickly approaching. So to help you get ready, seven on your side is teaming up with united way bay area and hosting a tax chat this friday. You can get your questions answered by Tax Professionals by sending them in. Now just go to abc seven news. Com and click seven on your side to find the form. A super thin, flexible patch with maximum otc strength lidocaine that contours to the body to relieve pain right where it hurts. And did we mention, it really, really sticks . Salonpas, its good medicine. In an apparent suicide. Abc News Reporter derek dennis has the latest now on the mounting issues facing the planemaker. New concerns about Quality Control at boeing. The New York Times reports the company has failed 33 of the 89 audits the faa conducted after a door panel blew off in midflight on this Alaska Airlines plane in january. Investigators later found four bolts were missing following the incident, the faa took immediate action to increase its oversight activities, and we will continue to put safety first. The faa also conducted 13 audits of boeing supplier spirit aerosystems. Seven reportedly resulted in a failing grade. The times say documents show the faa observed mechanics at spirit using a hotel keycard to check a door seal and spirit mechanics applied dawn soap to a door seal as lubricant. Boeing responding overnight, saying, we continue to implement immediate changes and develop a comprehensive action plan to strengthen safety and quality with transparency at every turn. Spirit says theyll address the issue and continue efforts to improve safety, with the goal of zero defects and safety. Officials around the world are looking into the terrifying incident yesterday, where 50 passengers were injured on a boeing 787 dreamliner over australia. The airline saying the plane experienced a strong shake and blames a technical event for the dramatic loss of altitude. Meanwhile, a boeing whistleblower was found dead friday after an apparent suicide. The body of 62 year old john barnett, a longtime boeing employee and quality manager, was found in charleston, south carolina, where he was being questioned in a case against boeing. Barnett raised concerns about production standards, telling the bbc in 2019 that workers deliberately used faulty parts. Boeing denied his claims. The issues with boeing are having a ripple effect. Southwest airlines is following united with a hiring freeze. Boeing has been unable to deliver planes on time, forcing it to trim its 2024 schedule. Derek dennis, abc news, new york. In the south bay, police say they caught two thieves red handed after they stole some copper wire from the vta system. The two suspects were seen in a truck at a vta station in san jose, but officers got to the scene too late. However, they were spotted less than an hour later at another station in sunnyvale. Police pulled them over and say inside the truck, 20ft of copper wire weighing over 100 pounds. Vta says it has been hit more than 20 times since the beginning of the year by copper thieves. Public works crews were back on the third street bridge in San Francisco today. The bridge, located right next to oracle park, is currently undergoing repairs after being damaged in last years winter storms. Several barges smashed into the bridge, breaking parts of the railing and its wooden planks. Workers attached new steel beams to the east side of this historic overpass. The n