They also say they are forced to move outside of oakland just to maintain a living because they simply cant afford to live in oakland anymore without that cost of living increase. The city has offered the unions a 4 increase the first year. And a 2 increase the second year. But that 2 is contingent upon generated revenue that the union says they felt was too impossible to meet. They proposed an 8 increase in pay overall over two years but mayor schaaf says they cant spend money they dont have. That would require the city to cut 188 fulltime workers because of the 19 million deficit the city would face in two years. But the fight is deeper than money tonight. The strike itself isnt sitting well with mayor libby schaaf because of the impact its having on Services Like libraries, Senior Services and head start programs and how its going to shut them down. They have the money to keep up with the cost of living. I dont understand the stubbornness of not wanting to give us what we deserve. I continue to be extremely disappointed that the unions have chosen to strike when we have not reached impasse. That is very unusual. It is an unfair labor practice and we are taking the appropriate steps to get the courts to declare that is the case. Reporter the Union Workers argue that they havent had much of an increase since 2008. Mayor schaaf says the strike is unlawful. We asked her to elaborate and she directed our questions to the city attorney. Well have more. Ktvus alyana gomez outside city hall in oakland, thank you. The headline, 3,000 workers Union Workers in oakland will be back on strike again tomorrow morning. Stay with ktvu for continuing coverage on this developing story. Well be bringing you updates on air and online. The oakland as plan to build a new ballpark next to the Laney College came to a hall. The board of trustees ends talks with the team. The School District owns the land where the as want to build the new ballpark. The move blindsided the as. The team had been working with neighborhood groups to get everyone on board with the hope of building a 35,000seat stadium just a short walking distance from downtown oakland and bart. It wasnt one major factor but, rather, for us to look at ourselves and say what do we want as peralta and how do we ensure that its the best thing for us . The oakland ace said the team may now reexamine other sites including the waterfront near jack london square. As president dave cavill says the current site is off the table because it wouldnt create enough revenue. The captain with the Oakland Fire Department is pleading guilty to child porn charges. 58yearold richard chew was sentenced yesterday to 150 days in jail and ordered to register as a sex offender. He has been out on bail. Investigators served a search warrant at his home in lafayette and found hundreds of images of child pornography on his laptop. The preliminary hearing today for the two men charged with Involuntary Manslaughter following oaklands deadly ghost ship warehouse. This hearing is designed to determine if theres enough evidence for the case to go to trial. Our Crime Reporter ktvus henry lee was in the courtroom today and he is in the newsroom now to tell us what happened. We heard from two men who lived at the ghost ship and one of them was very emotional on the stand. He cried as he testified against one of his friends. Reporter Derick Almena and max harris have each been charged with 36 counts of Involuntary Manslaughter for the fire last december one count for each victim. A musician who visited the warehouse on the day of the fire testified. Aaron marin described the building as a beautiful space and compared his stay there as like going to disneyland because of all the artifacts. He was there when the fire started during a party and barely escaped saying, everything was pure panic and chaos. I accepted the fact that it was over for me. Almenas Attorney Says marin testified that there were objects brought into the warehouse for that party including a bubblelike projection screen that blocked people from moving about. Serra argues that testimony helped the defense. It has nothing to do with my client or the codefendant. Thats these people who came up and placed these items there. That wasnt part of the warehouse. So i think that helps us. Reporter warehouse tenant jose avalos testified. He cried as he testified against his friend max harris. He said he paid rent to harris and that he heard from many people that harris hosted the party the night of the fire but that answer was stricken from the record because of hearsay. We said all along that the narrative in the press and that the District Attorney has had is wrong. The narrative is my client was second in command and he promoted the party. Thats wrong and we are trying to dismantle those notions. Reporter this hearing is expected to last about five days and the d. A. Plans to call about 20 witnesses and at the end a judge will rule if theres enough evidence for the case to go to trial. In oakland, henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. Henry, some of the victims families were in court . Reporter yes. They listened and some of them cried as they heard testimony and very emotional for everyone involved. Henry lee in the newsroom tonight, thank you. In Southern California, the thomas fire continues to burn out of control. Its 65,000 acres so far. In 10 minutes well have Live Team Coverage with the latest on the firefight and weather conditions with winds expecting to ramp up again. A major diplomatic shift coming out of washington tonight. President trump says the u. S. Now recognizes jerusalem as the capital of israel. That decision was greeted with celebrations in israel and protests in the palestinian territories. It was one of President Trumps key Campaign Promises and it was backed by some of his most influential donors. Fox news Lauren Blanchard is in washington to explain why this move could potentially jeopardize u. S. Efforts toward peace in the area. Lauren. Reporter hi, frank, julie. The white house is calling it a recognition of reality. Now there are plans to move the u. S. Embassy from tel aviv to jerusalem. I have determined that it is time to officially recognize jerusalem as the capital of israel. Reporter President Trump begins to fulfill a Campaign Promise pledging to relocate the u. S. Embassy in israel. It adds a new layer to an already complicated situation in the middle east. Both israel and the palestinians claim jerusalem as their capital, but neither has been recognized until now. This decision reflects the president s commitment to an ancient but enduring truth. Reporter israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu applauded the announcement but palestinians say its a step back diplomatically. The stab in the back at this point in time represents a selfinflicted disqualification of the u. S. As a fair mediator. Reporter there are now concerns about safety for americans worldwide. Embassies in europe and the middle east have sent out warnings to citizens abroad. President trump says todays decision is not meant to create outrage but create peace in the middle east. This decision is not intended in any way to reflect a departure from our commitment to create a lasting peace agreement. Reporter Vice President mike pence will travel to the middle east in coming days to reaffirm americas commitment to peace. Lauren blanchard, fox news. Thank you. [ music ] we are seeing a lot of flames and loud explosions here. Warm springs road. Coming up, hundreds of frantic 911 calls during the devastating north bay firestorm. At 6 30, 2 investigates goes through the tapes that reveal what residents first saw. First, after the break, well take you live to Southern California where the winds are the big concern with those big wildfires still burning out of control. Crews were experiencing 60, 70, 80mileanhour winds with the fire front coming through. Its amazing they even survived. Sorry. I cant make it. Its just my eczema again, but its fine. Yeah, its fine. You ok . Eczema. Its fine. Hey hi arent you hot . Eczema again . Its fine. I saw something the other day. Eczema exposed. Your eczema could be something called atopic dermatitis, which can be caused by inflammation under your skin. Maybe you should ask your doctor . Go to eczemaexposed. Com to learn more. Thousands of firefighters are on the front lines of damaging fires in Southern California. In all, as many as 200,000 people have been evacuated from their homes in the face of these fires. The skirball fire started about 5 p. M. This morning. Its now burned about 400 acres near the 405 freeway in the exclusive bel air neighborhood. Thats not far from ucla and sunset boulevard. The skirball fire is also near the getty museum. Officials say as many as 6 homes have been destroyed. Crews were able to fight the fire from the air despite some very strong winds today. And it appears that firefighters are starting to get a handle on this one. Of course, there is also that massive fire that is burning in Ventura County. Crews are facing extreme fire conditions tonight. Its estimated that the wind whipped flames have already destroyed hundreds of homes. Nearly 2,000 firefighters are on the fire lines. Today, ktvus Cristina Rendon talked with people whose houses were spared and one man who lost everything. Reporter the thomas fire jumping highway 101 on wednesday between Santa Barbara and ventura, this resident using a water hose to douse flames before firefighters arrived. I actually live, like, right across the street, so im actually im sort of protecting my own home right now. Reporter in the city of ventura, roughly 30,000 people are evacuated. Firefighters from alameda county, monitoring hot spots and getting thank yous from residents. We can go back through and we can we got this, come back around and we have a wind change and now weve lost something. When the crews were experiencing 60, 70, 80mile anhour winds on the fire front coming through them, its amazing they even survived. We are trying to be supportive as much as we can and strong for each other. Reporter much like the north bay fires, the thomas fire is unpredictable. Flames sparing her home but destroying her inlaws home down the street. We were having dinner the night before last and i always loved this house so much because of the amazing view of ventura that you could have from here. And it was a beautiful house. And now its just rubble. Reporter nearby, mike learning the fireproof safe in his home isnt so fireproof. His friends finding jewelry and coins in the rubble. This is the second time i have had a fire. Im not used to it. Everybody lost. So i feel for them as much as myself right now. You got to be positive. What else are you going to do right . The first time i was disappointed but you rebuild. Its just stuff. I mean, everybody in my family is healthy and we can buy new stuff. Reporter the threat is far from over. The winds are expected to pick up tonight and could reach 80 Miles Per Hour on thursday bringing with it the potential threat for new fires that can spread as quickly as this one did. In Ventura County, Cristina Rendon, ktvu fox 2 news. Chief meterologist bill martin bill martin is track the conditions that firefighters are facing tonight. First lets go to Ventura County and fox news adam housley for the latest. Reporter yeah, frank and julie. Tonight its about waiting. This is similar to the north bay Fountain Grove area, for example, where the hills come down into the city. This area was completely ravaged for 24 hours as the fire moved through here and burned down home after home. We watched them burn yesterday. Today its all about trying to tamp down areas, even like this obviously this home is destroyed but the idea was the Fire Department came up from los angeles counties, happened to be the unit that was here, and they drenched it just to make sure that theres no way that any embers could reignite when those winds come and if they come we are still all waiting in these mountains and all around Southern California for those santa ana winds to come back. Here there were gusts up to 70 miles an hour on monday night into tuesday. As you said there may be as much as 80 miles an hour today as the fires are burning now in five locations here in ventura and los angeles counties. So adam, right now, can you feel the winds picking up . Typically they pick up overnight and sunset. Reporter right. Now, we last night, we had that happen. Tonight not yet. You can see a little bit really light movement. Thats the First Movement we have had in hours. So does that mean theres more to come . We dont know. We are hoping the forecasts are wrong. I will tell you its still very dry. Thats something that was a little different than the north bay fires. Its just extremely dry, much drier than up there two months ago. Down here, we havent had any rain also because santa ana winds always come this time of year but generally theres rain that comes through other than the drought years so you will have at least some moisture on the ground. Theres been no moisture here really at all. And after that heavy rain last year, theres a lot of fuel and then when you bring the low humidity and the winds through like we saw monday night into tuesday, just made the per fire conditions. We have bay area crews down here with the whole mutual agreement helping fight the fires. Its been reported that in los angeles counties alone, they have told 100,000 people to evacuate. Where are they going . Reporter well, i think some of those numbers are down. A lot had to do with the bel air fire and people on both sides of the 405 freeway. For those in the bay area, thats right where the 405 freeway comes into los angeles so if you are driving from Northern California, driving south you come over the little ridge, you see the getty museum on the right and on the lefthand side is where ucla is and westwood and santa monica. Thats where the fire was burning. My wife on the way to work this morning was stuck in the fire and took some video and did some instagram as fire was on the both sides of the freeway. A lot of the evacuations were there. They are letting some people back. Theres some press conferences so i think the numbers will go down. You stay with friends like in the north bay area, you go to san diego for a couple of days. Every hotel thats open thats way from the fire lines of course is booked. You know what happened in the north bay fires. We saw neighborhoods and rows of homes completely destroyed, and then another area where there would be homes that were saved. Are you seeing the same thing happening down there . Reporter absolutely. Its eerie. Im from the north bay and i grew up there. I know this area, as well. My College Roommate is from here. Similar topography. Going through yesterday and today up see homes gone like we homes in Fountain Grove or coffey park. And then all of a sudden you see one home or two homes and sometimes its a home with redwood siding and shake roof and you think, how did that home neighboring and the three around it are all just ash . And you just dont know. I know that, you know, one man we sauteed last night we saw a little fire next to his house we flagged down one of the fire crews and they put it out and his home is the only one standingon the street. Sad especially so close to christmas and a lot of families came back to this. This home was oldest one in the neighborhood there for 75 years. Still a big fight to go. Adam housley in v county, thank you. How are the winds . They will be up to 50 miles an hour in the Higher Elevations into 3 to 6 a. M. The big issue there of course is you have lots of embers on the ground. We are talking about ventura and brentwood. The winds came up overnight but they hadnt put out the fire done a good job putting it out so an ember flies, boom, Oakland Hills fire so thats obviously the concern tonight and youre talking about thousands of square acres that have been burned so its going to be tough to, um, make sure all those are out. So heres what the winds did. Here it is 10 00 tonight. Up in st. Paula almost 40mile perhour gusts. Then right around 3 to 4 a. M. , the winds pick up. Some winds could be strong. They are forecast to go 80 but counts on 35 to 40, 45milean hour winds by 6 a. M. They back down by lunchtime. They dont go away but they are not as strong. Then as we get into friday, they start to go away. Theres the smoke plume we have been talking about. I was talking to a friend in ventura and the smoke is bad. You can see it. How many square miles of smoke are we talking about . Its an urban area especially by ventura so bad air quality especially at night when the smoke sinks. So when i come back well talk about the forecast winds, at 10 00 tonight id like to you join us too because the 10 00 well start to know if the winds are going to happen. They will be shopping up on some of the gauges. Well have the forecast coming up. Coming up, more Sexual Misconduct allegations against senator al franken as calls are louder for him to resign. None of it is okay. None of it is acceptable. And we as elected leaders should absolutely be held to a higher standard. Up next the latest on the controversy from capitol hill. Also, you dont see this very often. Remember this . Chiefs player there threw the penalty flag into the stands . Now Marcus Peters has been