Im looking forward to working with you and with the members of the community to make oakland safer. Another new police chief in oakland. His first day and the hopes of a community for the year ahead as businesses close and robbery numbers climb. As hard as it is and its still damn hard, but theres just like this light at the end of the tunnel. Oakland gave me my dream and made my dreams come true. So ill always be indebted to the town. Not all is bad in oakland. And in fact, in some ways, things are up. How cell phone data informs where and when the big east bay city makes a bounceback. This community has become increasingly outspoken and also influential politically. Roots and resilience. Our aapi month stories define the importance of the asian vote in the bay. And Artificial Intelligence bosses in the bay area today. The talk of keeping technology in the Health Category and the work to keep it from harm. Good morning, everybody. Im reed cowan and so nice to have you with us on a tuesday. 6 00 in the morning and im max darrow. Gianna franco is off today. Its great to be here with you all and reed, always great to be with you as well my friend. Nice to be with you my brother. Okay, lets take a live look outside on this tuesday morning. And see what were dealing with here. Beautiful, beautiful out there. With just you know if you dont like the weather in the bay area, maybe drive ten miles and you will see something completely different or wait a minute right max . This is just a typical view though. You got the fog right below and then a beautiful sunrise above. Maybe most of you wont see it today though. Jessica burch, where you got to be to see this sun today . If at all. Because we didnt really see much of it yesterday. No. If you head to areas like in higher elevated areas like the hills in San Francisco, you can actually see the split just from the foggy side and the not so foggy side in the peninsula. So lets take a quick look at what thats going to look like for us in the bay area. Everyone has a different sight picture and some of us dealing with cool and cloudy conditions all day long along the coastline. But in the inland areas the sun will come up once again anywhere from concord stretching down into the Santa Clara Valley. So heres our weather headlines. It is a quiet weather pattern for us this week. But that may gray is sticking around for us today, tomorrow just like what we had yesterday. And were going to still see the sunny afternoons in the inland areas but daytime highs, theyre going to stay pretty much near normal. So lets take a look at what that means for us. Once again were topping off in the upper 50s and lower 60s along the peninsula down into halfmoon bay. Pulling right back up into petaluma and santa rosa were topping off this afternoon in the 70s. And as may gray is definitely holding on tight to us for now. Its going to take a while for this to dissipate and move along. Right now heading down into the Santa Clara Valley, we have one of most beautiful sunrises i have seen in quite some time. Its just over that cloud layer were waking up to and looking up at. Help bleed off the marine layer and 80s today near livermore and low 70s in the heart of redwood city. So as we take a look at whats going on for us throughout this afternoon, that marine layer pulls back like a blanket just along the coastline. Like what i mentioned earlier, its going to split the peninsula in half just like yesterday, if you head up to areas like al that plaza the park in San Francisco. Head up there and you go to the highest peak you can actually see the foggy side of San Francisco and the not so foggy side. Thats going to be the case for us all throughout the peninsula into areas like santa cruz, were now over to you, reed. All right, thank you so much. More reactions on the roadways as people start their drive time on a tuesday. We have a few things to let you know at the top of hour a live look at bay bridge. This is what we usually see because the metering lights are now on. And the traffic is backed up to the usual sight there at the toll plaza. It does look like this for the next few hours. Just pack your patience. Approaching from 880 and 580 are clear. Into San Francisco, chp alerted a crash on westbound 80. Kind of a hiccup as you make your way across the bay bridge. Well keep watching it. Live now in the south bay where we see a new campus encampment. This one at san jose state university. Calling for a ceasefire in gaza. The message continues to be persistent there and at other bay area campuses. In fact, we are told there will be rallies today as regents where the university of california meet at uc more seed for three days on a hot button issue. So let us know what you think of this one. Should professors and staff be barred from posting their views about the war in gaza on campus websites . These are campus websites not personal posts. With University Officials facing criticism by members of congress for not controlling hate speech against jewish students, those officials now feel the pressure to set boundaries on political speech that could appear to represent the universities overall political stance. That wont be the only thing. Probably heard the term calimony. Its describing uclas divorce from the pack 12 to join the big 10 and a plan for ucla to write a big check to cal were talking about 10 million a year to help cal shore up its Athletics Department after that sports divorce. Max . Bay area cities continue to try and find ways to get people into downtowns. Still struggling to recover during the daytime. The permanence of hybrid work really is a major issue and has been for a while. But at night, a change for the better that may be you have even noticed. Yesterday, we showed you it is still quiet during the workdays on weekdays in downtown San Francisco, but at night a lot of restaurants and bars are seeing solid foot traffic. Cell phone data backs up the two realities as well. So this morning, we take you to oakland. Like San Francisco, downtown oakland which is where you are looking right now live, its still shell of itself. At least in a prepandemic sense during the daytime. While it is getting busier theres still just as an absence of people who work there on monday to friday during the regular working hours however a different picture unveils itself in the evening that shows promise for the town. But it comes with some big ifs. Reporter with another day of work at her flushoakland office complete, monique rans is headed home to San Francisco. Yeah, i have worked downtown almost two years now. Reporter like many people who work downtown, shes a hybrid worker and makes the commute a few times a week. Yep, were in tuesdays, wednesdays and thursdays and then work from home mondays and fridays. Reporter her Office Attendance has recently increased, up from two days to three days a week. Its still not the most bustling downtown i have seen as far as cities go. But it seems it seems to be getting a little livelier. Reporter but its still pretty slow downtown. With hybrid work the norm, theres still an absence of people during the day that once kept the town busy. Theres a few restaurants that have closed since i have worked here. Yeah. So it does seem like things are not the best for businesses nearby. Reporter by using cell phone data to get a complete picture now, of downtown population patterns now versus prepandemic numbers, rather than just Office Vacancy rates, the university of Toronto School of cities has been tracking downtown recovery rates for several years. Of the cities they track, oaklands downtown is on the slower side when it comes to recovery during the monday to friday working hours of 8 00 a. M. To 6 00 p. M. Its at about 63 of prepandemic levels during the day. But per the cell phone data, downtown activity jumps at night. Hovering around 100 of prepandemic levels. We have 21 on the books today. Must be a show. You want to check on that at the fox though. Reporter which is why chef nelson german and his team game planned for what would be a busy night at his restaurant, sobre mesa, which as of lately, has started to become the norm again. A lot of positive energy in oakland right now. Lets keep it going. Coming out of the hole and coming out strong and just going to keep on going. Reporter chef nelson says he noticed things started to pick up a few months ago. Still not perfect, of course. Theres still people, not enough people walking the streets. But theres an uptick slowly. I wish it was happening a lot earlier. When people were other businesses that were amazing were still around. Reporter he believes some of the changes are due to investments in making downtown oakland safer, though he says more does need to be done. Definitely has helped especially in this area having the parking garage thats outside at 19th street, having a program, only 5 at a secured lot afterhours. That has made people feel a lot safer. Reporter the Restaurant Business is never easy. But during a time when many have either chosen to or no choice but to leave oakland, chef nelson says he owes it to the town to be part of the comeback. As hard as it is, and its still damn hard, theres this like light at the end of the tunnel. Oakland gave me my dream and made my dreams come true. Ill always be indebted to the town. Thats what keeps me going. Because theyve given me so much, i have to give back. I feel like it does get a bit of a bad rap. Reporter while she enjoys being in downtown oakland the days shes in the office, monique does see how the permanence of hybrid work creates a major challenge for downtowns as they come back or really come into a new version of themselves. I think it does make it tougher for cities with people just commuting in and not staying and frequenting businesses locally as much, aside from work. Reporter so when people are downtown, she hopes theyll think to support local businesses first, so they can help move the town forward. Well, theres more afterhours activity happening in oakland, crime really does remain a serious concern. Despite his positivity about being in the town, chef nelson recently dealt with his own share of problems. His other restaurant ala mar was recently broken into multiple times. Moniques employer has brought in more security to make people feel safer when they go to and from work. She thinks thats been a good move to this point. Now when it comes to the prognosis for oakland recovery, dr. Karen chapel with the school of cities downtown Recovery Project says oakland has its unique set of challenges that could continue to impact that road to recovery. Even though our data showed it has great afterhours activity, i think a lot of that is changing actually in the negative direction. Im seeing a lot of recent restaurant closures, a lot of store vacancies. I think oakland is going to need a little bit more of a boost to come back. But that Million Dollar question, where exactly will that boost come from . So lot of people who take pride in living from oakland and chefnelson was really bummed out and upset and angry after that series of breakins that he dealt with recently. Right. But it was the people who lifted him up and gave him a new sense of positivity or just really reminded him of the positivity that he has for the city hes proud to call home. To the people who broke into the business and we still dont know who they are, they havent been caught. You are workings against the interest of your own city and that really is the message for anybody who would commit crime in oakland. The other thing is were seeing businesses pull out that are connected to major corporations. Were not seeing the local businesses the barbecues that were hit by fire and were not seeing local startup businesses pulling out. Theyre putting the skin in the game and i think thats why we have such joy and highlighting their stories here. Absolutely. Well, hopefully we can see some more solutions soon so they can get on track. All right. Lets speak about the solutions and you know lot of people say crime is a concern in oakland. Businesses struggling because of robberies. We just talked about that. So enter a new tool. In Law Enforcement. A new police chief and this is coming at a time when hes working under a da and a mayor facing recall attempts. So there are some tricky waters to achieve some of these goals we just talked about. Well meet the new chief on the job straight ahead. Plus, lets go over the bay bridge back to San Francisco and talk about the power of the asian vote. Coming up, the accomplishments of one group that felt unheard, where they go from here to did my legs shrink . I can move them. I mean, i knew Alaska Airlines premium class had extra legroom but this. This feels different. Okay. Crazy idea. On the count of 3. Im going to try and cross my. Ohhhhhhhhhhh boyy thats nice. Woooooo all right, good morning to our friends in oakland. Its 6 15 in the morning. Your alarm going off now. Another day of introductions for the newest top cop in oakland. Floyd mitchell. He started his day yesterday talking to oaklands newest officers who hell lead. Heres what he told them about a career in Law Enforcement. Its given me the opportunity to meet some amazing people and see really truly what human nature and what the impact we have on human nature as Law Enforcement officers. New boss, new recruits but outside of these rooms mitchell knows the honeymoon phase will be shortlived. Tall order. Heres his first message to a public that is anxious for change. Listen. Im looking forward to working with you and with the members of the community to make oakland safer. The mayor and the d avenue of the county face losing their jobs if recall campaigns are successful. We talked to those who hope to work closely with the new chief. Unfortunately, you know, so our situation is so needed of him. Especially our business community. So he has to hit the ground running. I say one guy with a proper attitude will always make a difference. And always takes that one guy. So rodriguez there in our community. Saying he believes somebody needs to have a great attitude and stay positive. So lets talk about this. Overall, crime is actually downcompared to the huge spike in oakland last year. Were talking about robberies up overall crime down. 6 16 on the tuesday morning. Taking a live look outside, this is a beautiful view looks like its from mount diablo looking towards the east bay there. Looks like some of the fog is cleared up, jess. But were in for a fairly pleasant day here. So jess, im going to move over to you now because fire is burning somewhere else in canada. Causing some concerns for people in the United States. Absolutely. It looks like a foggy day in the video from canada. But thats actually just a blanket of smoke. You can barely see the skyline in calgary right now. As dozens of active wildfires are burning in alberta and British Columbia sending the thick smoke across the border down into the United States actually. And theres also just air quality alerts on end on both sides of the borders. Anywhere from minnesota all the way up into canada and officials have issued the states first air quality alert of the year. With parts of wisconsin and iowa also facing very similar air quality issues. We are keeping a close eye on that here in the bay. Of course were keeping a close eye on that here because we have loved ones over there and also just continuing to watch that smoke really billow its way down. I want to show what you it looks leek right now and current conditions. This is the pm 2. 5 levels. Continuing to watch this this morning. We have a weather pattern actually blowing the smoke down into the nebraska and dakotas. Continue to keeping a close eye on that. But lets dive over into us in the bay area. Its not a blanket of smoke, its a blanket of may gray. Rock along the california coastline anywhere from bodega bay stretching down into communities like halfmoon bay. Now into the afternoon hours we go, just like clockwork and just like yesterday too, it pulls back along the coastline and were left with sunnier skies anywhere from napa into areas like los gatos. Into the afternoon hours. But it stays cool and cloudy as can be. Along our coastline. Keep a close eye on the marine layer in the next couple of days and kind of the big talk of the town right now. Really, because daytime highs are really reflective as to what we can expect when it comes to that marine layer. I mean, cool, cloudy and a little bit breezy along the coastline and only topping off in the 50s near halfmoon bay and pacifica. Low 60s now into San Francisco. Yesterday we were in the 50s. Once we head off into the east bay like i mentioned sunny as can be through the afternoon. Once the blanket pulls back. Still sitting over the Santa Clara Valley but its also only 6 19 right now. So it makes sense. It will pull back closer to around 10 00. Well see sunny skies and upper 70s all the way down into san jose. With that sun already shining just above us. And above all this gray. Now as we head into in next seven days High Pressure sitting offshore and its kind of staying stagnant. 70s remaining in the forecast a little bit of a cooldown as we head into our weekend setup. But still, partly cloudy conditions in our inland areas and 70s in sight for us there and then we see more 60s in sight for us all the way along the bay. Reed . All right, lets talk about traffic this morning. 6 20. One of the main trouble spots this morning is for our friends over the altamont pass. We continue watching this one. Usually a hotspot for westbound commuters coming out of tracy very slow as you go to 680. Its about 56 minute drive from the 205. Now lets take a live look at the southbound 880 and san lorn so. We can see some more brake lights starting to fire up over in the east bay. That will lighten up a bit in hayward or approaching the 92 to get on to the san mateo bridge. You have a clear drive over on to 101 from there. In San Francisco, construction is officially under way on a project aimed to