And we lived there for awhile. I lived there until i was probably five or six years old. Then we gradually worked our way out of the lower east side. We move north to the bronx, where i grew up mostly. For a while, we lived in a Community Called Brighton Beach in brooklyn, which is a beautiful place right on the beach in Long Island Sound that many poor russians lived in those days. I would say we were very poor. My father worked as a restaurant worker all his life. My mother worked in the garment industry, so she will take the subway downtown from the bronx every morning to work. My father worked in a cafeterias. My sister roselyn and i were left more or less alone most of our lives. I was pretty much left alone most of the time i was growing. Up that was fine, i loved it because in the bronx, we live right next to bronx park which is a wonderful place for kids to grow up. Theres the bronx zoo and the botanical gardens. I used to go there all the time. I used to sneak into the bronx a
Reducing the Oakland Police departments budget by 50 . A first of its kind for stress in the workplace for e. R. Doctors. What it says about bay area physicians and beyond. Confrontation over mask wearing at a walmart that has gone viral. Ill show you the changes that well follow in time for the weekend. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Document a marathon evening of Decision Making in oakland including plans to slash the Police Departments budget in half. It comes on the sail day the mayors home was vandalized. What role enforcement plays in our community is our focus on building a better bay area. Live from the newsroom, Tonights City Council meeting is still going on right now in. Thats right, ama and dan. It started at 1 30 this afternoon and its still going on right now. Now some of the big headlines, move the handling of special events to the administrators office. And creating a task force that they said would reimagine public safety. Councilmember taylor said there would be
Office. And creating a task force that they said would reimagine public safety. Councilmember taylor said there would be a 15member Task Force Made of nominees that come from each district of oakland. Theyre also open to having youth members be a part of the team. Next week they will vote on this task force. Before these items were decided, Public Comments stretched on for nearly three hours. Defund the opd by an additional 1. 4 million this year and form a task force which must be led by the most impacted Community Members . I was really appalled. Defund opd was the main message from speakers. Those exact words were graffitied on mayor schaafs house overnight. Police are calling it an act of vandalism. This statement, this attack designed to intimidate the mayor and strike fear into her family will not stop her from advocating for the policies she believes are in the best longterm interests of her beloved home town. We will keep you updated on the other items that were discussed at th
Finally get the new suspensions been built following decades of political infighting and design disputes. This used to be a double decker freeway right here and now it is almost like a park. Everything is gone. All the freeway is gone. Within just this past hour, at Abbott Square in santa cruz, moments of silence right at 5 00. Santa cruz suffered major damage with the downtown section destroyed. It was only 20 miles from the quakes epicenter. Lets Flash Forward to moay a 4. 5 shaker strucklet hill and this morning, another 3. 7 struck in San Benito County not far from tuesday 4. 7 near hollister. Aside from the physical danger, earthquakes can also take a huge financial toll. Why are so few people willing to protect themselves from that . We sent kpix 5s john ramos to find out. If there was ever a place where a threat of major earthquake should fill reallys here in the bay area. It happened at the turn of the last century and then again 83 years later. Each time, people clean up the m
Fire danger goes into effect at 5 00 a. M. Tomorrow to 5 00 p. M. Thursday. Very low relative humidity and under those conditions fires can start and spread quickly. Here is our wind advisory in effect from 6 00 a. M. To 3 00 p. M. Thursday. Winds will gust in those Higher Elevations and stronger up to about 55 Miles Per Hour. Theres a possibility of down in h trees and power lines. Tomorrow evening well have strong winds gusting from 14 to 40 Miles Per Hour and the gusts become widespread by 11 00 p. M. Tomorrow and going into thursday, wind gusts up to 45 Miles Per Hour. The relative humidity is going to remain low tomorrow afternoon. Well see relative humidity only in the Single Digits about 7 to 8 to 14 to 15 and it will remain low through thursday morning into thursday evening before the humidity and wind begin to moderate and get back to normal levels on friday. Ill have a look at the sevenday forecast in a few minutes. State and local officials are demanding answers, why is pg e