chief floyd mitchell has a whole lot on his plate as he takes over the department. it comes as the conversation about crime in the city generates some strong opinions, even sparking a pair of recall campaigns. >> i've been in this profession probably longer than most of you have been alive. i've been in here for almost 35 years. this is one of the most honorable and greatest professions that you can choose. it has been very good to me and my family. >> chief mitchell spent part of his day speaking with new recruits and walking the halls of the department he will now lead. he emphasized everyone has a role to play in public safety. >> i'm looking forward to working with you and with the members of the community to make oakland safer. >> our wilson walker spoke to oaklanders about what they hope for in the new chief as he gets to work.

>> oh, my goodness gracious, you know, besides the litter and the robbery, i've had a lot of employees quit. >> reporter: everado rodriguez has been frustrated for a while. when we first spoke, he was lamenting the state of his neighborhood and the crime that's surrounded his business. his thoughts on the new police chief. >> i think we've been needing one, somebody permanent, that we needed one a long time ago and maybe we shouldn't have had the other one removed, you know, but it is what it is now. >> so normally there would be so-called honeymoon period, but unfortunately, our situation is so needed of him, especially our business community. so he has to hit the ground running or flying right away. >> reporter: carl chan is head of the chinatown chamber of commerce. he, too, has been

sounding alarm bells on crime in recent years. >> and so in order for him to be successful, i think he needs to build a good relationship within his department, but also within the entire community from east to west oakland, the hill to the flatland. >> reporter: chan's top concerns for the incoming in police chief, political minefields and oakland's looming budget deficit. >> we are realizing that the resources may not be there for him. >> reporter: no one would describe the role of oakland police chief as an easy job, but many agree that the budget challenges and the recent surge in robberies could make it as difficult as ever, but rodriguez is still hopeful. >> i say one guy with the proper attitude will always make a difference. it always takes that one guy, okay? changes people's attitudes. that's what needs to change here. >> reporter: went up and down international boulevard today

asking people about the new chief and most were not aware that oakland had one and virtually no one was actually familiar with the new chief. so if nothing else, floyd mitchell has something of a blank slate as he takes over the reins of the oakland police department. >> local businesses sure are hoping chief mitchell helps prevent more incidents like this. on friday the restaurant of a former top chef was broken into multiple times on the same night. we're talking about alomar, a popular dominican spot in downtown oakland. the thieves took at least $6,000 worth of liquor. it's the eighth time his restaurant has been hit and he told us he's thinking about leaving oakland if things don't improve. >> people know me. i'm always the one who is uplifting others, always happy, always has a smile on my face, but this is the first time i feel

deflated. >> so far in 2024 robberies are the only crime up from last year. opd data through may 5th shows overall crime down 32%, including a 16% drop in homicides and 49% drop in burglaries, but robberies are up 6%. the santa clara county sheriff's department's latest class of deputies is including one who is a little older than your average recruit. >> upon which i'm about to enter. congratulations. >> that is 66-year-old bob yee taking the oath with his fellow recruits. yee is a retired tech marketing executive, but he decided he wanted to get back into the workforce by serving on the force. that's bob's wife who pinned his badge on during the ceremony. bob says it feels like a gift to wear it. >> it feels great. it's been a long journey. it's a continuation of my journey to help the community, improve the quality life and to improve

public safety. >> yee said his interest in law enforcement started during the pandemic. he first volunteered as an ambassador in oakland's chinatown after hearing about attacks on asian seniors. he now starts his months of field training. also in the south bay students at san jose state have become the latest to set up an encampment calling for a ceasefire in gaza and for the school to cut financial ties with israel. we've seen encampments take shape at uc berkeley, stanford, san francisco state and sonoma state among others. dramatic testimony in the criminal trial of former president trump, michael cohen, the man who once said he would take a bullet for trump, testified against his former boss. jarrett hill is at the courthouse in manhattan with the details. >> reporter: former president trump left the new york courthouse monday railing against his criminal trial. >> there's no fraud here. there's no crime here. this is four weeks of keeping me from not campaigning. >> reporter: trump's former fixer, michael cohen, spent the

day on the stand detailing so-called catch and kill operations to quash unfavorable press about his former boss. cohen implicated trump in a 2015 effort to create a false story. cohen testified trump told him, "make sure this story doesn't get out. you handle it." >> him set on doing his dirty work. >> reporter: cohen's $130,000 payment to adult film star stormy daniels is at the heart of the case. prosecutors say trump directed cohen to make the payment ahead of the 2016 election to keep daniels quiet about an alleged 2006 sexual encounter with trump. prosecutors say trump then engaged in election fraud by classifying checks cohen received as legal payments when they were really reimbursements for the daniels deal meant to sway the election. the former president pleaded not guilty and says the encounter with daniels didn't happen. >> got no evidence and i'm innocent. >> reporter: with former

president trump under a gag order not to talk about witnesses, he didn't comment on michael cohen's testimony today. instead trump allies attacked cohen's credibility. >> this guy is a convicted felon. does any reasonable sensible person believe anything that michael cohen says? i don't think that they should. >> reporter: michael cohen has admitted to lying under oath. he also served jail time on federal charges related to these payments. >> the prosecution's expected to wrap up its case later this week. along with the presidential election, voters in san francisco have some big decisions this november, including the closely watched race for mayor. the candidates are doing all they can to win over the city's asian american residents. >> what happened was we succeeded in winning historical recalls against four elected officials. >> coming up at 5:30, we'll look at how asian american voters are flexing their power at the ballot box in san francisco and how politicians have taken notice. in san francisco

construction is officially underway on a project aimed to make soma safer and more accessible to cyclists and pedestrians. there will be renovations between second and 11th street on soma and the same work is planned on howard between fourth and 11th. protected bike lanes will be added separated from the road by planters. they'll also put in raised crosswalks and a dedicated public transit lane. officials expect the folsom street production project to finish in 2026. howard street has a goal of finishing in 2027 breaking ground next year. public officials and workers on the front lines are now sounding the alarm of governor gavin newsom's revised budgets plan. newsom says california's budget deficit is at least $45 billion. so the governor is proposing major cuts, including slashing hundreds of millions of dollars from state and local public health spending. health officials say the cuts would

leave vulnerable communities at great risk. >> public health nurses like me are working until we are sick ourselves trying to keep up with the demand for preventive care our communities need. the funding that goes to public health programs like prevention, disaster preparedness, education and resource referrals not only saves lives, it keeps millions from becoming a burden on acute care throughout the system. >> these original investments were made in the wake of the covid-19 pandemic. still ahead, work is underway on a new thank you, america monument in san jose, how it will also serve as a hub for vietnamese americans. the cdc wondering about a new surge of covid and today the key ruling after the virus killed a guard at san quentin prison. over the last four or five days things kind of cratered. >> sick pelicans turning up all

along the california coastline. cooler temperatures to start off the week with a stronger breeze and deeper marine layer. it will surge far inland tonight. we're tracking that fog and how long the cooler temperatures stick around in the first alert forecast.

that explosion demolished a span of the bridge that collapsed in baltimore. the goal is to free the cargo ship that was trapped when the key bridge came down in march. six construction workers were killed. the final body was recovered just last week. 21 crew members have been living on that ship since the collapse. it still took a as soon as this week. on wednesday a house transportation committee will hear testimony about the federal response to the collapse. right now a wildlife crisis is playing out all along the california coast. thousands of pelicans are starving to death. scientists just don't seem to know why. here's video from huntington beach from santa barbara county. wildlife rescues are overwhelmed with

emaciated birds with more arriving every day. that includes one bay area rescue center and john ramos has their plea for help. >> reporter: this public open house at the international bird rescue in fairfield almost didn't happen, but they decided to go through with it anyway because they thought it was important for the public to understand the crisis they're dealing with. the international bird rescue center is accustomed to dealing with injured or sick birds, but what began slowly in april has suddenly become overwhelming. >> we're all going back and forth like is this a thing? is it not a thing? over the last four or five days things kind of cratered. >> the first time in ten years it's the most pelicans i've ever seen here. it's quite unusual. >> reporter: brown pelicans you see at the beach skimming over the water in formation like a squadron of fighter planes, but lately they've been found wandering in unusual places unable to fly away from people. >> one bird we have in care now

came from santa cruz and it had tried to walk into a bar right near the boardwalk. so these birds are disoriented. >> reporter: they aren't sick. they're starving. for some reason that remains a mystery the birds cannot find the fish they need to survive. they eat the same diet as other birds, but it is only the pelicans brought in by the dozens. >> one of the things we'll be relying on is the ocean scientists and avian folks to figure out why this fishing stock is eluding them. >> some of them are coming in less than half of the body weight that they're supposed to be. so imagine a human going through that, you know. you're supposed to weigh 150 pounds. you're coming in at 75 pounds. you're going to be having some severe problems. >> reporter: the center currently has 120 pelicans and is expecting another 30 to 40 in a few days. as a result, the rescue center is facing a crisis of its own. the birds respond well to the food and vitamins they're getting, but they can't be released into the wild until there is a food

supply for them. it's putting a major drain on the center's finances. >> right now we're going through 500 pounds of fish a day. that's about $1,000 a day. you can start to multiply that out. >> reporter: so they're asking for help. donations to help pay for food and volunteers to help care for so many patients. >> i mean especially for crises like this where we take in this many birds we need as many hands on deck as we can get. volunteers are the backbone of this organization. >> reporter: no one knows for sure why this is happening or when it might end. pelicans burn a lot of calories and can die within days with no food. so the fear is for each of the birds captured and saved, many more have already perished in the wild. >> then over the last four or five days things just kind of cratered. >> the center says any pelican found acting strangely or looking sick should be reported immediately to local animal control. if you're interested in donating or volunteering, you can find a link to the

center on our website at kpix.com. new video shows the moment a mountain lion was released back into the wild. there it is. this says in san luis obispo county. the big cat received life saving care after he was hit by a car in march. the animal had road rash wounds, a fractured jaw, and a broken canine tooth. a team from san diego took good care of him and fitted him with a gps collar so they can keep track of him. in simi valley these hungry goats are helping protect the ronald reagan presidential library and museum by eating the brush around the facility to help reduce wildfire risk. we see this in the bay area, too. the goats will be on site a couple weeks filling up their stomachs and reducing the fire danger. >> basically goats are mother nature's lawn mower or garbage disposal. >> they'll eat anything. >> is there anything they won't eat? >> not organic anyway. >> tin cans.

>> some in organic things they will eat. it's very needed ahead of wildfire season. seems a little early to worry about that. we just had rain a week ago saturday, but with the dry warm weather last week -- >> never too early to think about it. >> the fire fuels are average dryness for this time of year. this week we'll have a little moisture courtesy of the onshore breeze. it's not as beneficial as flat out rain, but it adds a little bit. we look towards downtown san francisco and there is the fog in the background. it will make a push across the bay into the inland valleys by early tomorrow morning. low cloud cover and fog will be present through the rest of a quiet second full week of may. the may gray along the coast will be tough to shake. elsewhere clouds and fog in the morning and sunshine in the afternoon. temperatures will run close to average for most of us around the bay area as we head through

the rest of this week. different perspective of downtown looking to the southeast from the mark hopkins hotel, 58 in san francisco to 75 degrees now in concord, 50s, 60s and 70s, very few 80s on the map today. might sprinkle a couple of those in tomorrow after a foggy start. cast indicates widespread visibilities. the fog hangs on a little longer in the north bay valleys and your temperatures will be a little cooler in the afternoon. by late morning the fog will retreat to the coast, not away from the coast, though. i think you'll have mostly cloudy skies overhead the next several days. temperatures tonight upper 40s and low 50s, not much variation, only a 5-degree spread by early tuesday morning and temperatures are going to warm up. let's look where we end up by tuesday afternoon. up to around 80 degrees in san

jose, 80 in los gatos, 82 in morgan hill. the onshore breeze isn't going to climb over the santa cruz mountains, so your temperatures manage to hit 80s for most of the next several days. temperatures in the east bay also 70s, half moon bay underneath the deck of clouds, you'll be stuck in the upper 50s. low 60s in san francisco. very close to where we're supposed to be this time of year and temperatures in the north bay low to mid-70s, not mid- to upper 70s to around 80 degrees in other parts of the bay area because of the fog in the first part of the day. the winds pick up throughout the day tomorrow, but not too strong as the sun comes up. we get through the first half of the day without much breeze, but the onshore wind starts to accelerate a bit, gusts up to it around 20 miles an hour, about half of what would be

required for a wind advisory, but that noticeable cool onshore please will be with us in the afternoons the next several days. the eight to 14-day outlook from the client prediction center takes us through memorial day weekend and shows a significant chance of cooler than average temperatures in that eight to 14-day time frame. we'll keep you updated how things are trending. let's take you through the rest of this week. inland parts of the bay area, a little bit of fog in the morning rapidly giving way to sunshine with mid- to upper 70s, a little more cooldown early next week as highs retreat to the low 70s. around the bay also close to average, upper 60s to near 70, more of a mix of clouds and sunshine, more cloud cover for a bit longer, gradually makes it back to the coast. along the coast you'll be under the may gray the rest of this week with

temperatures reflecting the influence of those clouds, highs only around 60 degrees through the week into the weekend and to start off next week, no big changes even as we look beyond the seven-day forecast, just cooler than normal temperatures, maybe looking a bit more likely for memorial day. >> thank you. the oakland zoo just welcomed its newest giraffe. up flex, the results of the social media naming contest.

a new monument is in the works at san jose's vietnamese

garden. san jose has the largest vietnamese community outside vietnam. >> it will be a life size statue of two soldiers, one american and one south vietnamese in honor of the soldiers who fought side by side in the vietnam war. >> today's ground breaking is a long time coming. the project was funded in 2019 but put on hold during the pandemic. >> san jose is yours and you deserve a place just for you, somewhere with reminders of where you've been and where you have yet to go. >> the statue is just the start of the big plans for the garden. the space once completed will host performances, educational programs, and other community events. the postal service is releasing new stamps honoring legendary photographer and san francisco native ansel adams. >> it features 16 nature photographs taken by adams. we're talking about places like yosemite, golden gate bridge, pebble beach, and

sequoia national park and some localities outside california, including aspen, colorado, and arizona's monument valley. >> the usps says 20 million stamps were printed and they come out on wednesday. the oakland zoo's new giraffe finally has the name. >> the 13-month-old came to the bay area from new orleans. the oakland zoo held a naming contest on social media to pick that name. >> the winner is nuru. it is swahili and the word that means the liked. >> he certainly is. san francisco's asian american community has often been overlooked in city politics. up next, we'll introduce you to the residents forcing local leaders to pay attention. >> it's outrageous that we were seeing it and then allowing it to happen. and lake tahoe's almost full, why that could mean visitors are even more squeezed for space this summer. new developments in the race to integrate artificial intelligence into your daily

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right now at 5:30, four years after a guard died following a covid outbreak at san quentin, a key ruling to hold administrators responsible. for the first time ever a group of apple employees have authorized a strike, details on the historic vote. we're taking a deeper look at the growing political influence of the asian american

community here in san francisco. in san francisco asian americans make up 33.7% of the population. despite representing 1/3 of the city the group was never considered an important part of the political landscape. >> that all changed in 2022 when the asian american voting block woke up and decided to flex their muscle at the ballot box. >> we're looking at two issues that sparked this awakening and how politicians have taken notice. >> reporter: when lily ho walks through san francisco's chinatown, she sees power in numbers. >> the aapi community is 38% of the population of san francisco. so if it's not important, it would be a really big problem. >> reporter: and when hate became part of the problem for the aapi community, it was lily and other community members who became part of the solution,

especially during the rise of attacks on elderly asian seniors. >> it was anger. it was frustration, hopelessness. it was shock like how can this even happen? >> reporter: at the time the community felt their concerns were ignored by then district attorney chesa boudin who they believe was not doing enough to protect them. >> it was outrageous that we were seeing it and then allowing it to happen. >> reporter: and in 2022 the power of the asian vote led the charge to recall the former d.a. and that was just the beginning because during the same year that same voting block of asian americans frustrated with the direction the school board. >> education and public safety were tw