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KOFY ABC7 News 900PM On KOFY March 28, 2017

Pepper spray is being blamed for another emergency. Several people say they were pepper sprayed inside the stone galleria. Theyre treating 10 to 15 patients. Shoppers are being asked to avoid the mall. Good evening, im dan ashley. A nearly unanimous decision by nfl owners has cleared the way for raiders to go to las vegas. And from phoenix where the owners voted. As you know we just finished an important conversation by the raiders. Which are owners approved overwhelmingly. Reporter its a vote that came earlier than expected and more one sided. All but one nfl owner voting to send the Oakland Raiders to las vegas. We work very hard and never want to see a relocation of a franchise. That means exhausting our options and doing everything we can. Reporter but in the end Roger Goodell said what oakland offered wasnt good enough. My father used to say the greatness of the raiders was in their future. Reporter the owner recognized a differ klt time in oakland. I love oakland. I love the fans in oakland. And i know theres going to be disappointment and maybe some anger. Reporter as for the nfl owners, their overwhelming vote signalled they had no hesitation about pulling the raiders from oakland. I think they worked very hard to try to make things work and it has ntd worked out. And now they have an opportunity to be a very solid, vibrant team. Reporter for die hard fans, the news was devastating. Wever been telling them all day you made the biggest mistake 06z your lives and the next year or two is a disaster. Reporter mark dave us was asked if the door was completely shut on oakland. Yes. Reporter dolphins owner said he did not feel the raiders met the relocation criteria by doing all they could to stay in oakland. And theres mixed reaction. Some say its gut wrenching. Raiders gear was dumped in the trash outside team head impaqua in alameda. Its like a family. Its a one of a kind thing and they took that from us. They took and went to l. A. And came back to oakland because this was home. So they can go to las vegas and come back home. So im going to fight until its all over. Meantime fans cheered at least one sports bar. Raiders quarterback derek carr said in part while i am from california and would have loved playing in oakland my whole career, i understand the business side of the nfl. Oakland, our team loves you and my family and i love you. The loss is a big blow to the city of oakland who fought for years to come up with a solution to keep the team. Wayne freedman has reaction from city officials. Reporter this is a 31 1 vote of the nfl sounded like as they echoed through the marble grandness of Oakland City Hall. I feel weve been abandoned. We did everything they asked of us. This was their choice. Reporter lumeanting what might have been on 55 acres adjacent to the oakland coliseum. A place shovel ready, endorsed by the city last december. I can tell you after the carson vote and after the new lease was negotiated with the coliseum, the raiders ceased all communications with the city of oakland. Mark davis knew he wanted to go to vegas, he shouldnt have let us on. She said oakland would never do that again after building and paying for the renowned mt. Davis. Regarding the oakland as she said the nfl asked for too much. I was specifically asked to exercise the early termination option we have in their lease, kick them out of the coliseum. Reporter something they would not do as evidenced one hour later when she raised an as flag above city hall. By comparison, there were no raiders flags today. In fact, larry reed says hes looking for a way to evict the raiders from their coliseum lease immediately. Because i dont want them now. They can go down to santa clara and play. They didnt want us. We busted our tales. Reporter in Oakland City Hall they say they fought the fight but no one will cast a statue to remember this one. Wayne freedman, abc 7 news. If youre not sure how to express how you feel, we have you covered. You can share this badge on your Facebook Page at facebook. Com abc 7 news. Three people died at a fire at an oakland apartment this morning. Smoke could be seen for miles, not far from 27th street. Abc 7 News Reporter, Emily Woodrow has more. Reporter firefighters expect to be here until tomorrow morning. The search continues for anyone who maybe inside. Early this morning, bright flames and billowing smoke. More than 80 people live here. Most were asleep when the fire began. Were going to die in here. Reporter some say they didnt hear fire alarms in their apartment. Our neighbor, thank god for him, he banged on that door so hard and loud. Reporter many said they were trapped. I was hot enough to cook a turkey. My brain was clicking, which way do i go . Reporter they rescued 15 people, some hanging from windows and others on fire escapes. It really was a challenge to get to all these people. Reporter fourpeople including two children had smoke inhalation. Residents later went to a nearby church. The red cross is providing assistance. There are questions tonight about living conditions. If any building need to be rehabbed, that one did right there. Reporter attorney james cook is representing tenants in the building. Theres a river on the first floor with wires, toilets over flowing, a lot of people with Mental Health issues. Reporter its unclear what role if any those conditions played in the melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. And as with last decembers deadly ghost ship fire, there were repeated complaints about the condition of the fire that caught fire this morning. The i team has obtained exclusive video from the fire. I caught up to pastor jasper loury to see the damage to their transitional housing program. This is ridiculous. Its just another episode of a type of ghost ship, if you want my honest opinion and we tried to prevent it and no ones listening. The first two floors contained the euro House Program to provide housing to those recently out of jail, Mental Health and drug issues or would otherwise be homeless but the building fell into disrepair. We talked to theers that be and since december thats what weve been doing is trying to get assistance with it. Going back 10 years, city records show 20 complaints including mold, mildew, no heat, hot water and electrical issues, holes in the walls and one described the entire building structure as unstable. This is very inhumane. Reporter forme residents and their family gave me video that showed filty conditions long before the fire. Rodent droppings. I met this oakland port worker as he was searching for his brother who suffers from schizophrenia and disappeared after the fire. The brother saw the conditions and went home. I know im probably going to break down in tears. Right now im holding it in because i know for a fact theres probably nothing going to be done and thats the sad part that a lot of people are going to be living on the street. Reporter i reached out to the buildings owner and said that the nonprofit was behind on their rent. Pastor lowry even planned a News Conference to complain about the conditions inside that building, then the fire started. For the i team, dan noise, abc 7 news. Theres a new phone scam as soon as you answer. The one word to avoid saying so you dont fall victim. Sanctuary cities have been told they will lose funding if they ignore federal law. And a meteorologist, still breezy out there. The winds are going to bring about warmer temperatures. And it was the first monday commute for bart had problems this morning when a towned power line causing a delay for hours. Thats now been resolved but the first kmiet day for the warm spring station had commuters smiling. Abc 7 News Reporter shows us why its not just passengers. This is great. Very laid out, spacious, plenty of parking. Convenient location. Reporter and so far no pigeons are roosting thanks to all the bird spikes involved. Its our first time and were kind of excited so its closer to our house. Reporter he has been a bartd commuter for three years and very happy about this station. It cuts down commute by 15 to 20 minutes. Its actually walkable distance. So it saveds a lot of time and makes easy access for me. The own of spin a yarn steak house has been waiting for the new station and its already experiencing an uptick in business. People are just grabbing cars and driving on this side to see whats here. So theyve had quite a few customers come in and decided to come in and check it out. Reporter five more employees have been added to handthal boost in business and it might also ease Traffic Congestion according to this commuter. I think this opens up a lot of commute for people taking 680 driving every day as i have or 880. So i drive 880 south every day. Reporter in fremont, david louie, abc 7 news. Theres a new call to action in the takata airbag scandal. As many as 32 million cars are involved. Honda said they need to seek repair immediately. Honda says certain 2001 to 2003 models pose the most urgent threat. At least 11 people including three in california were killed because of the defective airbags. We have a lest of the effected vehicles at abc 7 news. Com. There is a phone scam trapping americans with a single word. Abc News Reporter, Rebecca Jarvis explains how it works. The new government warning oofg growing phone scam. Teresa thomas says she got the call at home in minneapolis. She said i didnt expect you to pick up. Can you hear me . Seems innocent enough. You pick up, the voice on the line asks can you hear me . When you answerer yes, the scammer is recording and can use that yes to authorize future charges. If it sounds fishy, hang up and dont provide any information about you. Reporter dont answer calls from unknown numbers. Take advantage of any free robo call Block Service and report suspicious numbers to the fcc. Rebecca jarvis, abc 7 news new york. The caller asks if you want to be added to the do not call registry, most would say yes, the government will never phone you to answer this question. Dont speak to that message. A powerful cyclone is hitting the northeastern coast. Ahead of cyclone debbie. Making land fall today. But some ignored the warnings. They say its worst cyclone to hit australia in six years. We have tornado sirens going off. Here in the u. S. Tornado sirens, damaging winds and hail the size of baseballs. Several states are dealing with Severe Weather and more storms are expected to tomorrow sflp that looks ferocious. But around here in the bay area weve got a nice dry week. Abc 7 news meteorologist when you talk about Severe Weather on the east coast, it means tranquil weather on the west coast. Probably the only fly in the ointment was the wind. Still rather breezy through the evening hours. A little bit of a dip in the morning and right back up into the afternoon and the evening. Not too bad. The winds gusting at times 20 to 25 miles per hour. Lets show you live doppler 7 at this hour. Requires a really quiet picture after that wet winter. Weve got a dry stretch of weather headed our way. From our roof top camera at kgo studios. Its a picture perfect night. Beautiful lights of the bay bridge. Forecast is going to call for that breeze that will bring us mild temperatures the next few days. Yes, there is a possible sprinkle but the caveat is its probably the extreme northern portion of our viewing area. Its a very limited shot at that. Warm sunshine will return orn friday. Out there right now 50s across the board. 50 in hayward, 50 in San Francisco and 54 currently in san jose. So right now winds still a bit breezy. 20 san car low. 18 that current number at sfo. So they are slowly coming down as we approach the midnight hour. A beautiful sky. About 46 fremont. And 44 that number in nap a a. Need the jacket first thing but highs on our tuesday. Beautiful in the south bay. Lotsf sunshine for santa clara. 73, 74 respectively. 71 in red wood city. 72 for palo alto. 69, 65 for daily city into the north bay. Sunny, breezy. 73 vallejo. Into the east bay. Oakland bright, beautiful but breezy. 72 that number in richmond. And inland equally as beautiful and breezy. That number in pittsburgh, 75. Futurer tracker shows you by midweek those numbers will continue to rise. Lots of sunshine out there. But watch what happens on thursday np numbers drop by some 5 to 10 degrees. That system we are tracking well to the north of the region, likely showers around urekau. And cooler air by thursday. But warm right back up into friday. Sunny and mild on your tuesday, wednesday its mild and picture puffer kt. We rapidly rebound on friday, saturday and sunday just beautiful weekend on the way. Excellent. Thanks. Well, up next. Its a problem facing astronomers. What uc berkeley scientists are doing to help them out. And hundreds of Peaceful Protesters arrested in russia. vo with thousands of quality preowned vehicles. And exceptional customer service, head t to your neiborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone. Flip your thinking about buying your next one. Dust isnt just a nuisance around our homes. Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory made this 3d dust map of the milky way galaxy. Helping them find more dust free lines of sight when peer nothino the united states. They hope this will help complete the remaining 1 3. Were coming off the busiest year for airlines in the united states. 2016 set a record for the number of passengers. Nearly 929 million, up 3 from the year before. Southwest ranked as the busiest u. S. Airline by carrying more pasmpgers than any other airline. Follow bide los angeles, San Francisco International Airport ranked 7th. Delta is having fun at units expense. Today they tweeted flying delta means comfort. That means you can wear your leggings. United failed to let two teenagers on a plane because they were wearing leggings. They were using a united employee pass which requires traffickers to fall though companys dress code. Regular customers are allowed to wear leggings. Growing calls to recuse himself from the russian interference investigati is this the year you spend more quality time with your dog . Then you belong at Bass Pro Shops for huge savings during our dog days sale. Like a 3pack of playhound dog toys for under 10. And redhead mens rock bridge shorts starting at under 20. Live where you live. The Justice Department has a severe warning. So called sanctuary cities will lose funding. Those include san jose, oakland and San Francisco. Here with reaction from city hall. Reporter while the u. S. Attorney general urged cities to comply with detainers. Mayor took an opportunity to they make our nation less safe by putting dangerous criminals back on the streets. We all remember the tragic case of kate steinle. Reporter Jeff Sessions warning comes two months after President Trump signed an executive order demanding states comply with federal immigration policy. San francisco in return sued the trumpa administration. The City Attorney says Immigration Enforcement is the federal governments job. A professor of law at u. C. Hastings. Theres no requirement that a School Official turn over somebody to immigration or that other officers turn people over to immigration. Reporter most republicans agree with the attorney general. Why do people like our governor, jerry brown, believe that they can pick and choose the federal laws that they obey. Reporter still the board of supervisors has vowed to continue to defy any step up of enforcement laws. We have to find the money. Theres just no backing down in the face of this hate. Absolutely not. Reporter any with holding of the federal dollars must be approved by the government. A Civil Rights Group is asking californias attorney general to investigate several schools. Four bay area districts are among the 79 acrossed the state accused of asking for this information. Dublin tells the chronicle its now reviewing its form. Pesk daro says it will stop asking for that information. The House Committee chairman is in more hot water tonight. Nunes is heading an investigation into russian interference and ties to the trump campaign. I wasnt sneaky and it wasnt at night. Reporter thats representative nunes defending himself about accusations that hes too close to the investigation and others that hes snuck around white house grounds at night toget classified information. At least once a week if not more we have to go to the executive branch to read classified intelligence. Reporter the day after he met an informent, he told reporters there was information allegedly showing intelligence officials may have inadvertently picked up information from President Trump and his transition team. What ive read bothers me and i think it should bother the president himself and his team. Reporter the president said the findings somewhat vindicated his claim that president obama wire tapped him even though theyve said there is no such evidence. I must tell you i somewhat do. Reporter the dust up is calling for spurs of his resignation. Chairman nunes is falling down on the job and seems tobe more interested in protecting the president than in seeking the truth. Seeking the truth about russias alleged medaling in the 2016 election and possible ties to the trump campaign. It would be in the committees interest for him to recuse himself. The Trump Administration is calling on russia to release the Peaceful Protesters. A Human Rights Group reported more than 900 people were arrested. Some are criticizing the Trump Administration for initially remaining silent on the protests. They issued a statement calling the deengz its quote an affront to a central d

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