he says dorothy king is simply looking for publicity. >> we want to have what we had but have it be safe so nothing like this ever happens again. >> in fact mrs. king's message was to call on the city to get the artist to give just that. >> the city would come and help, not shut it down. that is all to save lives. >> king said she didn't file a formal complaint. instead says king she talked directly to the mayor about the salt lick. >> the building next door has housed a number of people. i know for a fact it is only one way in and one way out. i could come here on a friday or saturday night and there is people lined up all the way around the block. i already know -- it is not licensed. i'm trying to get it licensed. >> the man who claimed king was doing this for publicity finally drew the air of king's daughter. >> we think the way you are going about it is wrong, that we are wrong. our friends died, we think you are going about it wrong. you should say -- i'm sorry we should haven't done that. >> [ indiscernible ] and try to work with other people you don't know. >> your sympathy is --

dorothy king says after the ghost ship tragedy that left 36 dead, she felt compelled to speak up about the dangers at the warehouse. >> i know for a fact it's only one way in and one way out. >> reporter: king says she often sees long lines of young people waiting to get into the warehouse for events. but some tenants of the warehouse say they feel the building is safe and has plenty of exits and even a fire escape. they accuse king of mounting a witch hunt to evict artists from spaces. king says she supports the artist community and used to live in a warehouse herself. now oakland city councilman noel gallo said he would like to pressure the city to put pressure on the building owners to make sure that their buildings are safe. reporting live in oakland, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> marianne, thank you. one of the things we learned late this afternoon, many of the people who died didn't have a chance. they were trapped upstairs while the bottom floor was burning. we're also learning about their lives. these were artists, musicians and students with unique souls. nbc bay area'

and completely out of line.>> dorothy king is simply looking for publicity he says. we want to have it be safe said nothing like this happens again. >> in fact mrs. king's message was to call on the city to help the artist get just that.>> the city would come in and help -- not shut it down -- take these warehouses and invest money into it and get the proper permits -- that is all we want.>> king said she did not file a formal complaint. instead she talked to directly to the mayor about the salt lick. >> the building next door has house a number of people. i know for a fact that is only one way in and one way out. i could come here on a friday -->> well what other things that we are trying to figure out of course and we think we have a good handle on it was this being a legal occupation . it appears it was an illegal occupation but we are trying to get those documents together. i did contact the person who runs the salt lick finally after he posted on twitter, but i have yet not received the answer. sorry about that report breaking up a bit but we will have it on aga

yeah, dorothy king owns the restaurant behind me. she wanted to bring attention a second warehouse that she believes is a potential fire hazard here in oakland. the warehouse next to her. so she invited the media for a news conference inside her restaurant but it backfired. take a look. >> hey, y'all are on the witch hunt, okay? y'all need to cool [ censored ] , okay? we're still grieving our friends. our friends aren't even in the ground yet! >> every, single artist involved thinks that this is wrong and they are calling you snitches and saying this is a witch hunt. [ screaming ] >> save lives, then be quiet as a mouse! >> reporter: so as you can see, her news conference interrupted by "artists" who felt the restaurant owner would threaten the warehouses like the ghost ship a place to live and place to work. now, warehouses like the ghost ship have been unscrutiny since the friday fire. the artists who interrupted king said she should have spoken to them instead of calling a news conference accusing her of capitalizing on the traged

dorothy king owns a warehouse next to the salt late. king says a fire at that warehouse could be deadly like the one on 31st avenue. the people who live there disagree with that take. >> i know for a fact it's only one way in and one way out. >> there are two walkways where you can exit. there is also a fire escape which reporters might have noticed is at the front of the building. there are several massive windows on hinges that open up onto roofs next door and so on. >> here is where dorothy king, the owner of the barbecue restaurant, is coming from. she lost a friend in the ghost ship fire and has lived in a warehouse herself. she is urging the city to help local warehouses so that artists can continue to live there safely. >> as we have reported this is not the first time oakland officials have found issues with that property's owner and her family. >> our team, kris, put together an ex ausive time line showing contacts between ing and the city of oakland going back almost 20 years. steven stock shows us what he's uncovered. >> repo

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dorothy kings owns a barbecue next to a warehouse called salt lick. she says a fire at that warehouse could be deadly. the people who live in the warehouse disagree. >> i know for a fact there's only one way in and one way out. >> there are two walkways where you can exit. there's also a fire escape which reporters might have noticed is at the front of the building. there's several massive windows on hinges that open up on to roofs next door and so on. >> king lost a friend in the ghost ship fire and has lived in a warehouse herself. she's urging the city to help local warehouses so artists can continue to live there, but live there safely. >> certainly a delicate balance. 4:49 right now. we're turning to business news. there are reports that apple is working to rent new movies earlier on itunes, like early before they even hit theaters. >> that would be very early. early start to our day. let's check in with landon dowdy live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> good morning sam and laura. wall street will try to stay in rally mode today. the

. >> reporter: dorothy king owns a barbecue store and says it's its responsible to help artists and to make collectives like the ghost ship safe. also to stop the potentially unsafe parties that are happening there. >> i can come here on a friday or saturday night and there's people lined up all the way around the block. i always know that it's not licensed. >> reporter: her neighbors saw the presser as an invasion into their mourning and an unnecessary spotlight on their community that they say is already under siege. so they interrupted with an ire all her own. >> observers and journalists have called the wrong response to this tragedy an example of what will only margin alize of people who gravitate to spaces like ghost ship because of economic and cultural pressures. >> reporter: a lot of artists are very angry by the coverage and by what happened. they say they feel like what's created by the coverage of this fire is a witch hunt. we have more about that coming up at 6:00. >> emily, back to say. do we know if the salt lick is up to fire standards at all?! >> reporter: we don't. bu

. >> reporter: last week, dorothy king made waves when she voiced her concerns about the safety of the warehouse space next door. known as the salt lick. >> my friends died. i can tell you whatever i want. >> i empathize with that. >> reporter: now they team up to fund raise for any needed fixes. today fire inspectors toured the warehouse. >> the inspectors were, you know, very appreciative of certain features of the space, you know, including the fact that there's smoke detectors in every room. >> reporter: this tenant said inspectors suggested manageable improvement, but i says other artists he knows in oakland have gotten eviction notices from their landlords. and many fear they may be next. in fact, some are meeting tonight to gear up for surprise inspections. >> what's on the line for a lot of people is an affordable space to work or an affordable space to live. >> reporter: artists are doing all they can to support one another during this very, very difficult time. again, a benefit concert will be held here at the fox theatre tonight starting at 7:00. reporting live in oakland, i

. >> reporter: put on by this long-time restaurant owner, dorothy king, a long known homeless advocate. after the fire sher, she decide speak out. >> i think the community is angry, and i can understand that. they're grieving. >> reporter: she went to the salt lick collective on the second floor. she doesn't want it to become another ghost ship and says she intends to push the city for more affordable housing. >> and i told you that this meeting was about standing with y you. >> you did it wrong. >> tell me what i did right or wrong, okay? >> my friends died. i can tell you whatever i want. >> and i sympathize with that. i sympathize with that. >> maybe your sympathy is weightless to me. because you are hurting us. this is hurting us. >> well, i'm sorry. >> reporter: the artists fear they will be evicted. they pointed to a fire escape, but that fire escape just leads to the edge of a roof. a ladder is strapped to it. the big question is whether the building meets city codes. >> all we're after, and i love the artist community, but the property owner is, at the end of the day, responsib

king says she is to live in a warehouse in her big concern has always been safety of the residence. >>> the police chief of heyward is officially retiring. stewart had been the police chief or 5 years. she notified the rank-and-file of her department yesterday. 4 months ago she was placed on paid administrative leave while the city conducted an investigation, but the city would not say why but there had been suggestions of a conflict of interest involving her husband. her husband spoke exclusively to claudine and says this has needlessly hurt both of their careers. >> i have worked with every single department head of the city of heyward. >> do you think you did anything wrong in terms of conflicts of interest? >> absolutely not. several of the jobs i had lined up with law-enforcement agencies unfortunately got canceled but it also cost -- cause my wife to retire . >> what you say about that? >> nothing. >> the city manager says the details of the investigation will not be made public. >> will have to wait longer to find out the future home of the raiders. owners metà yesterday to

. >> homeless advocate dorothy king owns everton jones barbecue, a fixture in oakland. next door to the restaurant on the second floor there's an art and entertainment venue called the salt flick. people fear it could become another ghost ship after the fire and seeing people in line to go there she decided to speak out. artists interjektd at the press conference. >> there are two walkways where can you exit. there's also a fire escape which reporters might have in the is at the front of the building. >> and the fire fear eviction and king want to put pressure on the city to find affordable housing. >> i love the artist community and the property owner is at the end of the day responsible to make sure that all those individual enjoying themselves living there and are safe and the property owner has to be responsible for all the codes necessary. >> in the end, both sides agree to meet at the restaurant again, this time with city officials, to hammer out a sloigs. >> you can certainly kneel the frustration. one tribute will be held at k7 and two benuri rite and one sta st

dorothy king owns this on second street. she's worried if there was a fire at that warehouse, that lives could be lost. you can see a mattress up against the window at this warehouse on second street near jacqueline square in oakland. this is one of the concerns that dorothy has about the building next to hers. she expressed her worries today. she says if a fire broke out here, the warehouse could become a death trap and often sees long lines of young people waiting to attend events here. >> i know for a fact, there's only one way in and one way out. >> but tenants at the warehouse say it's safe. >> i'd like to state that this is in fact untrue. there are two walkways where you can exit. there's also a fire escape which reporters might have noticed is at the front of the building. there's several massive windows on hinges that open up on to roofs next door and so on. >> reporter: today, some in the artist community accuse king of a witch hunt to evict artists have spaces. that's when tampers begin to rise. >> you don't tell

>>reporter: a week ago, dorothy king, the owner pleaded with -- to bring itself into compliance. >> we think the way you are going about it is wrong. we think you are going about it wrong you should say i am sorry you shouldn't have done that. >> try to watch other people you don't know. >>reporter: as a result the owners saw a hate filled racist comments on facebook blasting the restaurant. on wednesday the tension was gone, everyone has made amends. both party called it a misunderstanding and everyone wants to operate safely. last week he accused king of looking for publicity said emotions were raw as a process the death of friends among the 36 people killed in the warehouse fire. >> one of the things i would like to say is to apologize for misinterpreting your intentions when i first came in. >>reporter: now everyone is on the same page. the group had a 36 second moment of silence for the ghost ship victims. later in the day the fire department stopped by for an inspection. king, used to live in a warehouse as she always had the artist' well-being in mind. >> we have been meeting ev

. >> restaurant owner dorothy king said she used to live in a warehouse, and always had their best interests in mind. >>> workers at casino san pablo called for an increase in their benefits this evening. dozens of union workers marched in front of the casino in the city of san pablo. they say housekeepers, servers, and others make just $11 an hour. >> we know they have the money. we don't know why they can't give it to us. also, they just bought land in windsor, and they said they're going to build a hotel over there. >> the workers want a 12% raise. more negotiations between the union and casino are set for january. >>> the federal reserve raised a key interest rate today by a quarter percent, and more rate hikes may be coming. janet yellen predicted three more rate hikes this year. experts say people may start to notice higher rates for some loans. >> it affects the short term rate like auto loans, and short term bank loans, but the long term rate for mortgages really doesn't affect it much. for those people still looking for houses, and working out financing, it's loans are incredibly lo

dorothy king was a community activist and says she was devastated. >> to tell us to go back where we come from and call us the end word -- and word -- end -- n-word, i've lived here my whole life and i've never heard anything like that. >> yelp is reviewing reviews to remove posts that appear to be motivated by news events rather than the reviewer's personal experience. >>> a woman who lost her boyfriend in the fire is finding comfort in a special picture taken about a year ago. she was kissing griffin madden outside a broadway show in new york when a professional photographer snapped the photo. the photographer showed it to her at the time but she never had it copied. after losing griffin in the fire, she posted a message on face. saying she wanted to track down that photo. that message reached the new york-based photographer who gladly shared the picture with her. >>> coming up, the golden state warriors trip to utah tonight. the jazz face the music. mark tells us one of the stars had a scare coming up next in sports. >>> these bay area law enforcement officers are embarking on an

. >> the restaurant owner dorothy king says she used to live in a warehouse and her biggest concern is the safety of the residents. >>> a tennis instructor in sunnyvale is facing serious charges, accused of sexually assaulting two underaged girls. >> we learned the man was already a registered sex offender. ann rubin tells us that parents are outraged he was hired in the first place. >> reporter: authorities have arrested matt montana for what they're calling continuous sexual abuse of a child. he was teaching at the sunnyvale tennis center. at the time montana was already registered as a sex offender in san jose and listed on the megan's law website. >> it was really on him in order to make that notification and not to put himself in those conditions as well. he clearly hid that. >> reporter: the facility belongs to the city of sunnyvale but operated by bg tennis. they're not sure if background checks were done. in 2012, a new operator moved in and montana declined to reapply for his job. still authorities say he continued to give private lessons at west valley college and parks in su

. >> reporter: dorothy king spent with mayor schaaf a few months ago about the salt lick but he believes that city officials have been turning a blind eye to the artist collectives, many of which are not being inspected. >> take these warehouses, the foundation and build some co-ops. >> she must be operating under the guys that she cares about us. >> reporter: rocky came to today's news conference. he lost several friends in the ghost ship fire and is upset at king for taking aim at this nearby warehouse. he is worried about a widespread crackdown on these collectives. >> she has no idea who she is dealing with here. like the kind of people that come to places like the ghost ship where the fire was. like we are marginalized people. >> reporter: king says she is concerned about people being hurt if a fire breaks out this building and the impact it would have on nearby businesses. but jj jenkins who owns the merchant salon directly under the salt lick says shutting down these collectives is not the solution. >> oakland is going to try to make an example out of it. you can't stop it as long

rachel king tweeted that she put everyone on notice that she made donations to the kind fund, 14 donations so far. and that is how we broke the record, that extraordinary generosity. and what i'm reading in most of your tweets is that the most important reason that we broke the record this year is the way kids like this girl opened your hearts when you heard them talking about their lives in malawi. on giving tuesday at the end of november we broke a record for one-day contributions, and that was thanks entirely to joyce, who you heard spontaneously recite a program when i discovered her ambition was to be a doctor and poet. you've found meaning in that poem for your own lives. joyce's poem about how we make progress in our own lives and in this world, little by little. when i asked tommendani to what she would say to the people who contributed the money, she said this. >> i would thank them very much for what they have done and what they are doing. without their help, we couldn't finished our school and have our new hope. >> new hope. in a year where so many things in the world have gone