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OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) – An effort to combat crime in Oakland — The president of the city’s Chinese Chamber of Commerce says he’s fed up with nothing being done to stop violent crime. Now, he’s calling on Governor Gavin Newsom to declare a state of emergency... “Governor Newsom, we want you to do this. Declare a State of Emergency for the city of Oakland. We want you to bring in the California Highway Patrol. I am not only asking for patrolling Chinatown. I am asking to send the police, the CHP to the city of Oakland. All areas. We need...

Police around the region say we are in the midst of an epidemic of gun violence the likes of which we have not seen in decades. And it isn't just in the big cities like San Francisco or Oakland, but the smaller ones, too. Our ABC7 News Insider Phil Matier has been talking to local law enforcement agencies to see what they are finding and what police say they need to stop it. One veteran is Hayward Police Chief Toney Chaplin, who knows what it's like to work in a big city. On the streets of his suburban town, guns...