Is on part of that site since the stadium was built in 1966 to be the home of the raiders and the athletics, were those teams gone or leaving . That site will be converted to housing and retail space. The group buying the site will need to negotiate with the athletics over their partial ownership of the site, before any development can actually begin. The goal is to make it one interest, either through a Cooperation Agreement or through purchasing the interest of the other side. The Oakland City Council has to authorize the sale, and the city needs the money to close a 177 million budget deficit. The oakland arena, by the way. Itll stay. Its not being torn down. A surge of california Highway Patrol officers in the east bay has led to hundreds of arrests and stolen vehicles being recovered, governor newsoms office says the chp has helped to recover more than 700 stolen cars, and made more than 350 arrests since february. Thats when the state began tempoorary surges in Alameda County to fight crime. The Governors Office says the arrests are linked to organized crime, carjackings and other major felonies. San joses finest stopped to remember 13 fallen brothers and sisters who gave their lives in service of the public present our pipes and drums mark the start of this years Fallen Officers Memorial at police headquarters. The departments acting chief joined the mayor, along with other dignitaries, for a flag raising and bell ringing ceremony. The man convicted of assaulting paul pelosi with a hammer is facing new charges in his state trial. Abc seven News Reporter stephanie sierra was in the courtroom all day long tracking the latest, and shes joining us from the newsroom live with the latest. Steph. Yes, larry and diane jury selection began today. And david depape state trial and during the middle of it, weve been following some breaking news in his federal case that could impact the timeline for the state trial next week. The 44 year old is now facing eight felonies in his state case, including attempted murder and aggravated kidnaping. The defense is trying to dismiss some of those charges in light of the federal conviction. Meanwhile, prosecutors added two felony counts to the list, one being dissuading a witness. More than 120 potential jurors are being questioned today for any potential bias. Some of the topics raised are about Mental Health and politics, including donald trump. By law, there will be 12 jurors and six alternates chosen now. Depape was sentenced last week to 30 years in prison for his federal conviction, but due to a court error, sentencing has reopened, prompting a new hearing next tuesday. But just moments ago, weve learned depapes federal defense team is objecting to that hearing and is asking for a new judge. So, larry, this may prompt some delays in the state trial. Well see. So were talking about those delays when is the state trial set to begin. So Opening Statements are scheduled for next wednesday, intentionally the day after the federal sentencing hearing. But again, this new motion filed could delay it or it could be impacted if jury selection goes past this friday, well of course, be following this closely. Larry. Dionne, stephanie, thank you. Former Oakland Police chief laurent armstrong is making some new political moves, fired a little over a year ago by mayor sheng tao. The former police chief now has his eyes set on city hall, but now he wants to join them. Abc seven News Reporter anser hassan was there today as armstrong launched his campaign for office. Former Oakland Police chief laurent armstrong filed paperwork wednesday morning in a bid for Oakland City Council. I could serve beyond, you know, law enforcement, beyond the Police Department that i could continue to give back to my community. Thats given so much to me. Armstrong lives in district seven, but is running for the at large seat, which represents the entire city. Armstrong joins the race with eight other candidates. He says his Top Priorities are Public Safety, homelessness and improving oaklands image. Those images that are out there about the city doesnt fairly represent what oakland is about. And so really trying to beautify this city so that the image of it can be what i see, which is a beautiful city that is not like any other city in the state. The chief was fired by mayor shengtao last february after an investigation found he mishandled two cases involving his officers. An independent arbitrator later cleared him of any wrongdoing, but he has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit, which he says wont impact this race. He may not have prior legislative experience, but points out that he led the Largest Department in the city with the largest budget. So i understand how to balance budgets and how to manage that. I balance the opd budget for the first time in 40 years. The first chief to do that, the oakland chapter of the naacp, is backing armstrong. Robert harris says all of oaklands problems are directly or indirectly tied to Public Safety, which gives armstrong an edge. Businesses are leaving because of Public Safety. People are afraid to go out on the streets because of Public Safety, but others are concerned that with armstrong on city council, opd could get even more money in the future. Were operating under in a city that you know, has, has, you know, is spending hundreds of millions of dollars of unchecked money on law enforcement. Right. And under the chiefs tenure, this this amount skyrocketed. Armstrong wouldnt comment on the recall campaign against mayor tao, but adds, if the mayors seat becomes open, nothing is off the table in oakland, anser hassan, abc seven news. A Class Action Lawsuit over rampant Sexual Assault at a recently closed east bay federal womens prison will go to trial in june of 2025. The lawsuit was filed by a group of formerly incarcerated women against the federal bureau of prisons. Eight former Correctional Officers have been convicted and charged of abusing female inmates. A search is underway now for a 70 year old oakland woman believed to be missing in mendocino county. Authorities say elizabeth shank was visiting from the bay area when she went missing on tuesday morning. The man who reported her missing told deputies that shank went for a walk but never actually returned. Shes considered to be at risk due to her age and preexisting medical conditions. A car fire on the westbound lanes of highway four outside of martinez turned into a dangerous situation. At about lunchtime, ammunition that was inside this burning jeep just started going off. Thats according to first responders. Firefighters did manage to extinguish the fire without anyone being hurt. No word yet on the cause of the blaze. A coalition of california mayors is urging the governor and the legislature to maintain funding for a Homeless Housing grant program. Its known as hap, and the program provided 1 billion in the past year to pay for housing and shelter for people facing homelessness. The program has helped 42,000 people find long term housing. Locally, our street homelessness has reached a ten year low, but our family homelessness has increased. We need all of the resources we can to address these issues off the streets and into interim housing placements. San jose mayor matt mehan you just saw him there. He joined the call for continued funding. He says hap helped 2500 people find housing in san jose and another 6700 avoid falling into homelessness. Well, it looks like there wont be a huge high rise tower going up near San Franciscos ocean beach. The developer, who proposed this huge 50 story condo tower on slope boulevard has withdrawn the project. Instead, theyre selling the property to a nonprofit that plans to build a much smaller building on that site. San mateo county went all out to show off the monster machines that keep life humming along on the peninsula. Take a look at this in honor of National Public works week, the county put this incredible display together a gigantic machines, dump trucks, cranes, paving equipment, you name it, they brought it all out. That includes the one piece of equipment you really dont want to see in your neighborhood. That would be the storm Response Unit. There are any areas that are flooded during big rain events. Water cant be moved fast enough for whatever reason. Well bring our storm Response Unit there so that we can put our pumps out there and evacuate water, move it from one location to another. The county board of supervisors declared this week as public works week, recognized the departments Invaluable Service to the community. Fewer homeless on the streets. But its costing us more. Exactly whats happening. Commutes to work on the upswing after the pandemic. But its not all bad news. And targeting hackers and facebook, the demands on meta from dozens of state attorneys general. Im meteorologist sandhya patel. Temperatures heading in one direction today, and thats down. Ill show you how long this trend will continue. When nexgard® combo is the only monthly topical that protects against fleas, ticks, tapeworms, and more. Use with caution in cats with a history of seizures or neurologic disorders. Nexgard combo,. Youre the one that i want. The monthly oneanddone you want. A slow network is no network for business. 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Its about ten days a year that were talking about, and right now youre probably wondering what happened to the good news he was talking about abc seven News ReporterDustin Dorsey in the south bay. With that part of the story, when it comes to one of the biggest issues plaguing bay area residents, one topic seems to always come up the traffic in the commute. Its just stop and go. Traffic everywhere, accidents, people driving fast, people in a hurry, congested, definitely congested. Stressful. From the east bay to the south bay and up the peninsula to the north bay. It takes a while to get around. People actually spend so much time stuck in traffic. Annually it equates to ten days in cities like oakland and San Francisco. But would you believe some commute times are actually decreasing in the bay area . Whos saying its a decrease . Im really im really curious. That would be the Us Census BureauAmerican Community survey. While the nationwide average has increased by two minutes in the past decade, the bay area is showing progress. When you look at the top ten cities where commutes have decreased from 2012 to 2022, fremont is first in the nation, with drivers saving about 27 more hours per year over the last decade, which means youre saving about six minutes per workday. At number six. San francisco, which saw a 17 hour dip rounding out the top ten is sunnyvale, where drivers shaved off nearly 14 hours in that span. Residents we spoke with were slow to believe their time was actually being saved. I dont know if its gotten worse over the last year, but it definitely has not gone down. Not not even close. Metropolitan Transportation Commission spokesperson john goodwin, however, was not surprised. A lot changed in the bay area between 2012 and 2022. The biggest thing, of course, was, the pandemic and that introduced, the widespread acceptance of remote work, goodwin says. More express lanes and continued emphasis on Public Transportation likely contributed to lighter commutes as well. But drivers say there needs to be more solutions to make a truly noticeable impact. Let us work remote. Maybe some kind of like incentives for drivers. Like if you like, take like 3 or 4 people, maybe they can give like some kind of like discounts for everything. Goodwin says. Another solution comes down to solving a decades old problem of affordability and housing. If workers can live where they work, commuting would be almost nonexistent. Until that time, we wait in traffic in the south bay. Dustin dorsey, abc seven news. All right, speaking of driving, there is bound to be a lot of people on the road this memorial day weekend. Oh, yeah, triple a is predicting more than 44 Million People will be traveling between tomorrow and tuesday. And gas prices are not going to help with that cause. The National Average is 361. Okay, but here in california its 517 a gallon. I feel so uncomfortable at this thought. Here in the bay area it is even higher. Napa county, listen to this. The highest with an average of 551 a gallon. Abc News Reporter perry russom has a look ahead ahead of what triple a is calling a record breaking Memorial Day Travel weekend. The Biden Administration is releasing 1 Million Barrels of gasoline. The added barrels are expected to help lower gas prices today. On average, a gallon of gas is 3. 61, 0. 07 more than this time last year, Energy SecretaryJennifer Granholm says the gas reserve will be strategically released between now and july 4th. Triple a predicts more than 38 Million People will be driving this Holiday Weekend, the highest number since tracking began in 2000. That number is up 4 from last year, nearly 2 from 2019. I think mostly people will travel by car because they have more control of their destiny, you know, for a couple of reasons. Its a long weekend, but its still a short period of time. Thursday through monday. And if you have a family more than just two people traveling, if you have a family like a four people, it may be more conducive to go by on the road. According to inrix, a transportation analytics company, the best times to drive are tomorrow and friday. Leave early to avoid the morning commute. The worst times to drive are sunday and monday. Avoid the afternoon hours. Travel time is 90 longer than usual. We can also anticipate that in the metro areas, you know, when youre in new york city or d. C. Or chicago, all these urban areas, when youre closest to the city, you have to contemplate the congestion of traffic being in that area. Youve got to allow more time. Triple a is also predicting more than 3. 5 Million People will fly for the holiday. That is the busiest memorial day at the airports in nearly 20 years. Perry, russom abc news, washington. Drive safely. You just looked back. Well, no, i actually was looking because when i was driving into the city, there was so much haze, i thought, like, am i driving to los angeles . Where are we here right now . It could just be your eyesight, right . Well, thats failing also. But. But, sandy, im not totally crazy, right . I mean, no, youre not very hazy out there. We do have some moderate air quality across parts of the bay area. Larry and diane, lets take a look at the 24 hour temperature change. We are starting to notice the drop off nine degrees cooler in the city. It is down seven degrees from novato to san jose. Four degrees cooler. Oakland, concord. Youre down five and the onshore breeze is contributing. It is gusty right now, up to 32 miles an hour at sfo, 22 in novato. Those winds are going to remain with us this evening, getting up over 40 miles an hour along the coastline. You will notice at 7 p. M, still pretty breezy across the region. 30 two half moon bay. And then the winds will remain gusty along the coast, but inland areas drop off by midnight. Eventually they pick right back up again, so tomorrow morning we start out breezy along the coast and then breezy to gusty for the rest of the day as we take a look at the satellite and radar. Live doppler seven. High pressure is going to start to back away as this trough deepens. Its not going to bring us rain, but it will continue that cooling trend that is already underway right now as we speak. We did have a little fog this morning across parts of the bay area. It is gone. And heres a lovely view from santa cruz with blue skies 63 degrees in the city. It is in the 60s from oakland to hayward, 76 in san jose, and currently 74, in redwood city. The sun shining in walnut creek, 85 in santa rosa, one of our warmest spots. 70 petaluma. Napa. Youre down to about 82 in concord right now. Livermore 80 degrees or up to, i should say, from sutro tower. We are seeing a little bit of that haze tonight. Tomorrow, breezy to gusty the next few days the cooling trend continues. And your memorial day weekend will be off to a below average start. In terms of your temperatures. So this evening still pretty mild around 5 00 7 00 youre looking at 60s and 70s, except near the coast. Youll see some 50s tomorrow.