the jokes may live on, but oakland is no longer the faces other city across today. now, california's fourth largest city is a booming center of commerce, art, industry and culture. we >> but oakland new glamour and prosperity are not shared equally by all of its citizens. nearly half of the city's population is non white and many are poor. they do not patronize the symphony or the museums. they do not use to coliseum what the airport very much, nor do they hold their share of the jobs created by oakland's new industries, port and transportation facilities. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> most of oakland's black and brown citizens came in from the south during world war ii, lured by recruiters for government and private industry to work in shipyards and defense plants. after the war, the shipyards closed, and many factories move to the suburbs, leaving most non-white workers behind. technology put more workers on the unemployment and welfare lines, where they were joined by newly dispossessed farmers and farm workers forced off the land by the growth of agribusiness. for during the 1

this protest started at oakland tech and was supposed to end up at the oakland police department but now we have speakers on the back of a flatbed truck speaking right in front of city hall. bear with me as i turn the camera around for just a minute . i show you the scene that we have here. we are still right here near broadway and franco plaza. you can see all of the people that are gathered here. the speaker is over on top of a flatbed truck. this has been a very peaceful protest all afternoon. thousands of people out here in oakland, they say they are demanding justice for george and everyone el before him. what was really interesting is one of the speakers actually said if you are here for anything other than justice you need to leave. everyone is stressing the importance of keeping this peaceful. the area saw quite a bit of violence and looting a couple of nights ago. the graffiti and broken glass very evident among the protesters here today. but again, very, very peaceful scene here in oakland today. the police presence has been minimal. it will be interesting to see what happe

for the east bay, oakland, good morning to you. taking you through the day. 1:00p.m., 75. 73, for the high temperature. south bay, san jose, 83. 1:00p.m., and 85 for the high at 3:00 p.m. in san jose. that strong ridge of high pressure is slowly moving out so the heat zone is breaking down. we will see the low pressure system, ushering in the stronger marine influence, and the pacific ocean air, kicking back in friday and saturday, and that's why we will see cooler temperatures for tomorrow and saturday. taking you hour-by-hour on future cast, and you can see the sunshine inland, and the clouds along the coast. for tomorrow, more clouds, and breezy conditions, and temperatures much cooler for your friday and saturday. in the meantime, this afternoon, for the south bay, looking at 91 in morgan hill. 84 for santa clara. for the east bay, topping out at 90 degrees in concord. 92 in fairfield and antioch, and brentwood, 93 degrees. the trivalley, mid- to upper 80s. 63 for o,d the north bay, mid- to upper 80s. 88 in santa rosa, and ther

during the 1950's, oakland became a stagnant, seating ghetto surrounded by -- oakland's all-white police department earned a reputation for head knocking brutality and has left a well remembered legacy of bitterness in them mind and hearts of many who lived in that time and place. >> i was growing up in the late 30's, early already, at that time the police department was received as total and there was fear on the part of black people. i remember one specific situation where several young blacks were being apprehended by the police, they went into their homes to put them up for some alleged crime, and i remember one to get a police officer kicking one of the young people, couldn't have been more than 13 years old or 14 years old. i think that the black panthers raised a significant issue, that was the brutality of the police when it came to the black community. >> the police were in the same position as most of government, not being responsive to citizens needs. we inculcated in our placement -- our policeman what i would characterize as a gung ho law enforcement orientation could we tal

oakland, 72. redwood city, 79. here's a breakdown this weekend with clouds and drizzle first thing tomorrow morning. a little bit cooler in the cool down will continue all weekend long. the winds will be wrapping up and right around the bay. current numbers out there, walnut creek, 83. san francisco checking in at 61. a persistent fog bank over the past few days. it is pushing back into the bay. we have trace in the onshore winds and out toward the coastline and right around san francisco. you can already see a few patches heading into this portion of the bay area for this evening. winds will pick up this weekend. out toward fairfield, that is a southwest wind at 25 miles per hour. sfo is gusting to 29 miles per hour. here is our live camera looking out toward the bay bridge in san francisco. the clouds are working their way back into the picture for this evening. overnight, fog and drizzle with temperatures in the 50s to right around 60 degrees. a cooler forecast this weekend. hotspots could be closer to 90 degree

what you hear from oaklanders who own businesses? >> the past few months have been difficult on business owners, starting with covid-19 and had to pivot to not even make up profit but become sustainable but to try to bring their business to online offerings and then, following the really horrific murder of george floyd, and the protests that have ensued, a lot of the businesses that have suffered again either black-owned and minority owned businesses in chinatown in downtown oakland. so, in addition to the physical damage that has resulted from the looting, it's economic impact to compound. >> you know, my heart breaks for business owners , the business owners say that you have ruined our lives had i agree with the reason you are protesting but don't trash my store business owners are in such a difficult position. >> it's really tough because we know from research that lack of business and then the results of the protest started off as peaceful and rightfully so to express anger, it's just really heartbreaking, like you said. >> i kn

in oakland dan kerman kron 4 news. >>there was also a rally in san francisco today kron four's terisa stasio shows us what it looked like. >>as we march >>it was a moment of prayers and passionate pleas to reflect the past and honor the president at this juneteenth rally in san francisco. the street was shut down in front of san francisco city hall to give everyone apple space to gather safely during this time of a pandemic hundreds showed up including gwen woods. the mother of mario woods woods was fatally shot by san francisco police officers in december of 2015. she called out the names of others had died at the hands of san francisco police officers. >>mario woods. and as harding. now it's the time. luis gongora. jessica williams shane and says. >>mayor london breed had this to say in a statement quote juneteenth has always been so much more than a festival. it is a reminder of our history a reminder of the bonds of slavery of our long struggle for equality and it is a reminder that despite our progress we continue

>>i love this is oakland police can i help you. >>a different model of policing that involve civilians responding to specific 911 calls is currently under consideration to the city of oakland none of the calls that dispatch gets regularly is that parent will call and say my child won't get up and go to school. there's really no reason to respond to that call with a badge and a gun a little over a year ago the oakland city council commissioned the urban strategies killed so the oakland police commission and the coalition for police accountability to develop a report on how to implement what is called the mobile assistance community responders of oakland program or macro and jakes of the coalition for police accountability describes how it works for the calls that don't really require a badge and a gun. if they responded to by a macro. >>hi team it enables the police to spend their time on calls that are genuinely criminal or violent in nature instead of hiring licensed clinicians the program but you specially trained counselors an e

>>live in oakland city hall dan kerman kron 4 news. thank you so much dan there was also a rally in san francisco today at city hall and kron four's terisa stasio shows us what it looked like. >>march >>it was a moment of prayers and passionate pleas to reflect the past and honor the president at this juneteenth rally in san francisco. the street was shut down in front of san francisco city hall to give everyone apple space to gather safely during this time of a pandemic hundreds showed up including gwen woods. the mother of mario woods, what's was fatally shot by san francisco police officers in december of 2015. she called out the names of others had died at the hands of san francisco police officers. >>mario woods. can this party. now it's the time. luis gongora. jessica williams shane and his. >>mayor london breed had this to say in a statement quote juneteenth has always been so much more than a festival. it is a reminder of our history a reminder of the bonds of slavery of our long struggle for equality and it is a reminder that

the oakland unified school district making the vote to dismantle the oakland police department. all against the backdrop of the worldwide protests over the death of george floyd. board members will be voting on the george floyd resolution to eliminate the oakland school department, demanding the dismantling the police department before the beginning of the school year and redirect the dollars elsewhere in the district. >> we want all school board members to know this is what ity wants. with don't want police in the schools at all. all lives matter, but black and brown ones are disproportion killed. >> reporter: we have more at 11:00, live in oakland, kiet do, kpix 5. >> thank you. >>> that's a similar story we are seeing around the bay area. developing this morning, the petition to defund the san jose state university police department is getting real steam, authored by ten black faculty staff members at san jose state with the help of their nonblack allies, and the petition is calling to defund sity's li demeamong the cases they are citing, the brutal beating of philip chong in

concord oakland and fairfield in the mid 60's pittsburgh. you've pretty consistently been the warm spot in the bay this morning at 67 degrees now today compared to yesterday. no shortage of changes are peak temperatures will be from the 90's yesterday to police 70 is that are warm us today as much as 20 degrees cooler. that means you're going to be trading in those shorts and t-shirts he had on yesterday for a jacket to keep you cozy this friday. more on your weekend forecast still ahead james all right, thank you very much john so new this morning there are some renewed calls for the city of oakland to defund the police department in response to the recent protests over george floyd's murder. >>mayor libby shaft held a town hall last night to talk about police reform what that might look like in oakland kron four's reyna harvey live in oakland now with more on what she had to say right now. good morning that's right last night she focused like you mentioned on police reform but. >>she also talked about structural racism is well this all com

this started at the part port of oakland and they are marching to downtown oakland . there is a lot a protests happening right now to bring about social change. coming up in the next few minutes we do expect the group make its way to the plaza in front of oakland city hall for a rally, we will keep an eye on this and other juneteenth events happening around the bay area . >>> we have new information to bring you in the shooting death of breonna taylor . the mayor said one of the two or three police officers will be fired from the apartment officer brett hankinson will be fired, two others are on administrative reassignment . breanna taylors the african-american emt who was shot eight times in march, when officer serves a new no knock search warrant at her apartment . according to a pre- termination letter, the detective violated two standard operating procedures . the detectives were conducting a narcotics investigation, but found no drugs in her home . >>> in atlanta georgia, several police officers have now walked off the job . this is after two former police office

to keep the oakland school police department. >>it's the only school district in alameda county to maintain its own officers kron four's michelle kingston explains. >>dozens of people honking holding signs and asking for the school board to vote to eliminate the oakland schools. police department the black organizing project a local organization working for racial social and economic justice has been asking to remove police from oakland schools for years now oakland educators now standing in solidarity with the organization and looking to replace uniformed and armed officers with counselors nurses and mental health staff. >>and the things that students actually need to ride and to learn and save over policing, we know that to create real safety funds need to be directed to him providing the basic services that students need to having counselors have restarted just innocent people that are trained in that 9 uniformed who their presence produces fear. >>on monday afternoon people stood outside the oakland school district headquarte

the scene was may 29th outsidover the oakland federal courthouse. federal agents say steve carillo shot and killed federal protective guard pat underwood. steve carillo was in a van driven by hrged aidin and abetting the killing. justice cased the area on foot. there was an active black lives matter protest going on at the time. and they drove the van as steve carillo opened the passenger door and opened fire. >> he elected to travel to oakland to conduct the murder and take advantage of a time when this nation was mourning the killing of george floyd. there is no evidence that these men had any intention to join the demonstration in oakland as some of the media have asked. they came to oakland to kill cops. . >> reporter: federal agents got a tip that the van in question was found in ben lomond in the santa cruz mountains. when the sheriff's officers went to serve a search warrant on june 6th, steve carillo shot and killed the sergeant. he used the same firearm in both killings, a machine gun made from untraceful parts known as a ghost gun with sil

it's a ten minute drive from oakland tech high school down here to the oakland pd headquarters. that is where they are stationed, they are ready. we know that multiple agencies from across the bay area are helping out tonight. i saw a squad car from are san mateo county as well. more than 50 volunteers. they brought out their own broom,ing and detergent, and wash cloth to scrub out graffiti. demonstrators packed their cars and took part in a caravan protest. they signed light for essential workers and victims of police brutality. it made it to oakland's trueville neighborhood where protestored demanded an end to police brutality. >> we're being slaughtered and it has to stop. it has to stop. >> some people can do what they did last night. come of us can to do. it's a balance. >> and overnight, vandals targeted small businesses in east oakland, ranging from known stores to jewelry shops. i can tell you the police officerers have helmets, batons, they have cuffs in case they have to take anyone in custody. this is where we with expect the connection between the police and protesto

oakland is the latest city to enact a curfew. mayor libby schaaf says extreme violence and unrest combined with new police intelligence make it necessary for police to stay -- for people, rather, to stay home. the curfew runs from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. effective immediately. >> we have concluded that we must impose a curfew to restore some safety, some security. we have endured too much damage to date. >> oakland is one of many bay area cities with a nighttime curfew now in place. we have a lot of cities to get through to give you all an update on the safety where you live. the first curfew starts in just under an hour at 6:00 p.m. in san leandro as well as walnut creek. their curfews run through 5:00 a.m. next up at 7:00 p.m. pleasant hill, residents are to stay home to 5:30 a.m. the next time slot affects the most bay area residents, all of alameda county along with the cities of san francisco, danville, and lorinda. a curfew from 8:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. santa clara and san jose start their curfews at 8:30 p.m. those run to 5 i

with sunshine, 71 in san francisco, 76 and in oakland. i will let you know when to see temperatures into the 90s this week, coming up. >>> i'm anne makovec at the live news desk. let's go to the l.a. area where there is a wildfire burning. chopper kpix showing a lot of smoke coming off the fire. this is the east side of the five freeway. it is 20 acres. it started earlier this morning at 3:40 am and quickly took off. that is because they are dealing with the santa ana winds throughout the entire region. it is burning some medium brush on the east side of the freeway. it is not threatening any homes but it is threatening a jail in the area. the los angeles county fire department had more than four helicopters doing water drops, trying to get out of control because they say at this point it has the potential to grow to about 50 acres. the entire elliott area right now is under red flag warning for the rest of the day. obviously those r. we will keep an eye on that one. back to you. >>> a new twist in the killing of a santa cruz deputy who w

oakland police department. they are making that 2 1/2 mile trip down broadway. behind me is the target that was looted so badl

opd headquarters here in downtown oakland. now, oakland police is getting help from nearby departments tonight, the question is, will people follow tonight's 8:00 p.m. curfew? earlier this morning, more than 50 volunteers brought their own brooms, detergents and washcloth to help scrub off the graffitis from historic buildings like oakland's first skyscraper, and demonstrators packed cars and took part in a caravan protest, protesters shined a light for the lack of ppe for essential workers and later the caravan made its way to oakland neighborhoods where peaceful protesters demanded an end to police brutality. take a lins. >> and overnight, vandals turned to small businesses, in oakland, ranging from cell phone stores to jewelry shops this. eye glass store was spared but the owner is not taking any chances tonight. and i can tell you, just what from what i'm seeing on the ground, multiple business, including a nearby chinatown neighborhood, have already boarded up the window, and doors, and clearly small business owners, brac

>>i would say oakland is looking a little bit like heaven today, oakland mayor libby shaft compared her city to heaven friday while announcing the city had received a $28.2 million grant for several projects in east oakland. the have been comment was pointed at president trump who during a fox news town hall slammed oakland for its violence. >>take a look at detroit take a look at what's happening in oakland. take a look at what's happening in baltimore, and it really gets upset when i say and they say oh is that a racist statement is not a racist. frankly. people come up to me say thank you, thank you sir for saying it. the city's it's like living in hel. >>oakland is a heaven for inclusive diversity for value, some social justice for an amazing art since food scene where chef says the president has been bashing oakland since he ran for president 4 years ago. >>and she sees an unsettling pattern. the president repeatedly bashes oakland and he bashes other cities that are known as traditionally black cities. >>he has consistently been races been xenophobia. >>mayor sheriff says violent

till friday and similar to a curfew in the city of oakland. >>reporter: oakland and america. we have concluded that we must impose a curfew to restore some safety. some security. we have endured too much damage today. >> there were close to 20 bay area cities and counties that have a curfew in place and we have a running list at "ktvu.com." amid these measures the aclu is pushing back against curfews and acted here in the bay area and beyond california as well and let's talk more about the organization's stance against curfews by welcoming aclu senior staff attorney. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> you listen to the words of the city and county leaders. we heard from the mayor we have incurred too much damage we heard from the mayor that we can't have the sense that these leaders are arriving at curfews out of some frustration and a bit of reluctance but with the whole intent to make their cities and their residence safe again. >> i have no doubt that the intention and i think this is a troubling response and these curfews are troubling response to la

. >>> the oakland mayor is heading back once again after trump compared oakland to living in co-help. henry lee now with the mayor's reaction to all this. >> reporter: it's no secret that the mayor does not think much of the president. and for trump, that feeling is mutual. >> reporter: no love lost between trump and the oakland mayor >> he has been insulting us since he first ran for president. >> reporter: he blasted them during an interview with sean hannity on fox news >> we have cities that are far worse. take a look at detroit. take a look at what's happening in co-oakland. take a look at what's happening and baltimore. it is like living in . >> reporter: the mayor had this to say. hell is another four years with this racist in office. on friday the mayor double down. >> you should know that his statements are clearly racist. >> trump said he had the support of african-americans. >> everyone says oh, is that a racist statement? frankly, black people come up to me and say thank you. thank you for saying it. >> the idea that lack oakland leaders have had an opportunity to thank hi

>>i would say oakland is looking a little bit like heaven today, oakland mayor libby shaft compared her city to heaven friday. well announcing the city had received a million grant. >>for several projects in east oakland. the comment was a slam of president trump who during a fox news town hall slammed oakland for its violence. >>take a look at detroit take a look at what's happening in oakland. take a look at what's happening in baltimore, and it really gets upset when i say and they say oh is that a racist statement is not a racist. frankly. people come up to me say thank you, thank you sir for saying it. they want to help the city's it's like living in hel. >>this president never hesitates demoralize or demean particularly cities of color as he tries to whip up his base mayor schaaf says in fact violent crime and gun violence are on the decline in oakland, yet she fears the president's attacks will just get worse. >>as the november election approaches in fact in a tweet she said helle is another 4 years of this racist in the white house felt elections matter it is time to get out to

>>i love this is oakland police can i help you. >>a different model of policing that inlve civilians responding to specific 911 calls is currently under consideration to the city of oakland none of the calls that dispatch gets regularly is that parent will call and say my child won't get up and go to school. there's really no reason to respond to that call with a badge and a gun a little over a year ago the oakland city council commissioned the urban strategies killed so the oakland police commission and the coalition for police accountability to develop a report on how to implement what is called the mobile assistance community responders of oakland program or macro and jakes of the coalition for police accountability describes how it works for the calls that don't really require a badge and a gun. if they responded to by a macro. >>thai team, it enables the police to spend their time on calls that are genuinely criminal or violent in nature instead of hiring licensed clinicians the program but you specially trained counselors an

a racist message and a oakland. the police were contac immediately after found. >>> a disturbing story in south lake tahoe. a black doll was found hanging by its neck, a day after the police department partnered with community members to hold a town hall meeting, having positive conversations. >> it's not acceptable in our community. that's nothing something that south lake tahoe stands for. that's not something our police department stands for, and that's not the message we want out there. >> no word of how long the doll had been hanging there. >>> a live look at downtown san francisco, and supervisor in the city have unanimously approve and overdose program site. the overdose deaths are rising in san francisco, and 2017 saw 222 deaths, and in 2018, there were 259 overdose-related deaths. in 2019, rising to 330. the mayor said the safe consumption sites save lives, reducing public drug ruse, reduce disease, and also help people find help. >>> new this morning, federal regulators are going to vote next month to set

. >>> live look at oakland. the city is the target of a new lawsuit over police conduct, and it seeks a federal court injunction against using several types of nonlethal weapons against protesters. kiet do has more on the lawsuit and the latest demonstrations in the streets of oakland. kiet? >> reporter: good morning, and a group called the national lawyers guild will be releasing details about the lawsuit in a few hours. it's a civil rights class action lawsuit to try to stop oakland police from using rubber bullets, tear gas, and flash bang grenades against protesters, and they said despite 20 years of federal court oversight, the oakland police continue to violate the rights of peaceful protesters particularly african americans and people of color. >> defund the police! >> reporter: and yesterday thousands of protesters march in the streets of oakland raise awareness about the latest movement to gain stream, defund police. they marched for two miles to what they believe to be the home of the mayor, but she di

oakland, 63. livermore, 58. san jose at 62, and for santa rosa, starting off our day at 53 degrees, and the red flag warning, for the areas highlighted in red, for solano county, the red flag warning until 1:00 p.m. today. northerly, north easterly winds 10 to 20, and the relative humidity values 10% to 15%. the winds, you can see not as strong as yesterday, and just looking at 6 miles an hour in fairfield. other locations, calm conditions to start off the day. the peak of the heat today, the hottest day of the week. the lighter wind, and lower fire threat, thankfully so. the weekend, mild by the bay, and toasty and hot looking inland. here's the satellite and radar view and the strong ridge of high pressure is in place, and the heat dome is building for us today. taking you hour-by-hour on future cast, and you can see the sunshine headed through the afternoon, and as we look to tomorrow, we are going to start to see a few more clouds along the coast, and a little bit cooler along the coast, and a hot day inland

joining us now to talk about what happened in oakland. over the weekend with the city has plan now moving forward is oakland mayor libby schaff a good morning mayor. good morning marty i understand it's quite a situation in oakland over the weekend and we saw the of of the scene of destruction going on the looting the vandalism happening there. what are the plans now for the city of oakland moving forward in terms of maybe a curfew may be calling in the national guard things like that. >>let me be clear that we have been calling in outside help and the mutual aid that we've gotten from departments from santa cruz just sonoma has been invaluable as well as the state of california we have called in for reinforcements and they have come in the form of the chp a couple 100 officers that have been deployed here in the bay area that have been integral to our plans. certainly we are constantly assessing the conditions and our intelligence to determine whether a curfew is the appropriate law enforcement tool. let's be clear last night we chose to

and west oakland. those are the kinds of things that people want to see to feel like they're being heard, their needs are being met. that is in the proposed budget that is in front of the city council right now. >> so what vision do you have for the oakland police going forward when it comes to how they interact with the community. >> we have to engage in a whole different model, and i have a lot of hope. when you look at statistics, you see tremendous changes in oakland police. 8 can't wait campaign recognized it. oakland has seen one of the most dramatic reductions in officer involved shootings but we must do more, and a lot of that has to do with culture, and one of the things that oakland is doing and one of our focuses last night in our town hall is the creation of a race equity group within the police department led by an officer who is having the important and sometimes uncomfortable conversations about race. not just about how the department interacts with the community, but how the department

is the one with >>in oakland juneteenth celebrations coincide was hate crime investigations by oakland police and the fbi after ropes and a fake body were found at lake merritt despite all of this thousands of people gathered at the lake today to celebrate juneteenth the day the last in slaved african americans learned they were free in the u.s. well for gayle ong is live in oakland tonight we're gathering is just wrapping up gayle. >>can people just starting to leave the lake as we speak and despite the recent incidents at the lake people say today is all about freedom >>the crowd stretched as far as the eye can see many enjoying themselves gathering on the lawn dancing showcasing art work the empty theater packed at lake merritt friday to celebrate juneteenth the winds that we are finally free. >>full of running out here who is the one with my little income. >>and it's a really hard time right now, but i mean we still happening. you know come together and celebrate each other and adversity and then to speak out against. you know that the flight killing was a softball the holiday comm

oakland tomorrow mid 80s. upper 70s for you in livermore. 79 in san jose becomes 92 tomorrow and that's just the beginning of it. "futurecast" shows us dry and warm, it's not until friday that the clouds come back and another system trying to make it through perhaps friday night into saturday. we will see that holds together. here is the big picture. today a lot of sunshine and beautiful and tomorrow down right hot. upper 80s and upper 90s on wednesday. thursday warm. we do not feel a cool down until friday. that is more meaningful as we head to the weekend and we see the cloud cover coming. be prepared for extreme heat as we head into tuesday wednesday and thursday. guy's, back to you. >>> kyla grogan, thank you. california department of resources are all offices to close covering dmv offices to those that license workers and provide healthcare. officials at individual agencies have determined which buildings should close. the state department justice memo was sent to employees saying they should not come to

>>any symbol of hate any symbol of violence does not have a place in oakland oakland police say they notified the fbi and both agencies are working to identify who was responsible for this and the nooses found hanging in the trees around the lake on tuesday both incidents are being classified as hate crimes in vigorous us. >>to escalate our patrols to watch more to be better a community safety organization is asking the community to come together in control the activity taking place at lake merritt we're not asking anybody to engage to find anybody to do anything of that nature we just want eyes out. >>because we know that typically a lot of these folks who do things like cowards and then was that they have on them the less likely they are to show up right nor corey showed up today to help patrol want to send a really loud and. >>clear message that on acceptable and will not be tolerated want to continue the legacy. and the bay area. this is not welcome. and that we will stand together as a community to shut it down a shed it out if you'd like to participate in the community patrol w

meanwhile, wve got harvey live in oakland she'll have the latest on efforts to reform the oakland police department they held an online. the gathering last night a town hall we're going hear from oakland mayor libby shaft on that. here's a quick live look outside we have a couple cameras to share with you the san mateo bridge camera showing you the right on 92 this morning. traffic moving in both directions so that's great news there the chp lot relatively clear for you this morning and also watching the golden gate bridge and the commute there looking good both north and southbound 1, 1, doesn't matter which direction you're heading. the traffic is light at this hour and it looks like there are no traffic issues from santa rose all the way down into san francisco, your favorite ride so far nice and smooth. it will probably start building up in the next hour, we'll keep an eye on it and give the update. when the world gets complicated, a lot goes through your mind. with fidelity wealth management, your dedicated adviser can give you straightforward advice and tailored recommendations. th

susie steimle,. >> kpix 5. >> oakland has a law like this on the books. the ordinance goes before the board of supervisors next tuesday. keep sending your stories and ideas to project home at www.cbs5.com and see all the reporting on our website. >>> looters hit businesses and set fires it during george floyd protests. earlier today protesters made their way on to a freeway in los angeles and police say that same group moved toward city hall and broke into a pharmacy. dozens of people were arrested for that break in. >>> more demonstrations unfolded across the country today. arrests made inside the macy's store in manhattan amid violent protests. in dallas, protesters moved on to the freeway. and thousands on the streets in chicago. right now restrictions are in place. >>> mass protests are raising new coronavirus concerns prompting experts to warn crowds could cause a surge in cases. experts worries the wave of protests will almost certainly set off new chains of infection and there is a high risk of spread anytime there are large numbers of people who a

the oakland schools. police department. it's the only school district in alameda county to maintain its own officers kron four's michelle kingston explains. >>dozens of people talking holding signs and asking for the school board to vote to eliminate the oakland schools. police department the black organizing project a local organization working for racial social and economic justice has been asking to remove police from oakland schools for years now oakland educators now standing in solidarity with the organization and looking to replace uniformed and armed officers with counselors nurses and mental health staff. >>and the things that students actually need to ride and to learn and save over policing, we know that's a great real safety funds need to be directed to him providing the basic services that students need to having counselors have restarted just innocent people that are trained in that 9 uniformed who are armed and who their presence produce a spear. >>on monday afternoon people stood outside t

at oakland tech high school. a civil rights attorney accused police of violating their own policies. >>> three san francisco supervisors planned to introduce legislation later this week. it would banned police from using certain crowd control tools against protesters. it's known as the right to protest safely act. it calls for the ban of chemical agents and nonlethal projectiles by the police. its response is coming from police using tear gas and rubber bullets on peaceful demonstrators. >>> protesters gathered in several bay area cities this weekend as well. sky fox flew over the scene yesterday evening as dozens of protesters on bicycles rode through the streets in downtown oakland. organizers say the black solidarity ride was intended to pay tribute to the african americans killed by police officers in the bay area and across the country. >>> earlier in the day, hundreds of families circled the lake in oakland in support of racial justice. the demonstration began at children's fairyland with many parents walki

they started gathering at oakland technical high school at 4:00. protester were told to wear masks and stay six feet apart. abc 7 news's joins us on the phone. thomas, describe the scene and where you are right now. >> reporter: a couple of hours ago, it was a couple of thousand people in front of oakland tech. over the past few hours, it's grown mightily. i was at the front of the march, right around 5:40, and stood for 20 minutes as the protests passed the kaiser hospital and cheered on the health care workers out there, there were nurses on it andjoyous her ants.pause fthe i'm now at the back of the progression, and i would guess it's about 20 blocks long. i can't see it from the air. i can't see the front of it from where i'm standing at 27th and broadway. >> what is the situation with regard to law enforcement at this point? are there a lot of police visible as you march? >> reporter: i have not seen them along the route. i saw a couple of police cruisers near oakland tech high school when it all started but no o walking the streets. eerybody

. >>> sky fox was over oakland about 90 minutes ago shooting these pictures from oakland tech at 45th and broadway. students there and others are protesting in front of the school. we are estimating the crowd in the neighborhood of two thousand for what is being called the nonviolent march for the community and families against racism. right now, that crowd is marching down broadway and they are just about at the paramount theater. they are marching to downtown oakland and then to the police department which is at the end of broadway. actually, they are marching to a plaza two miles from oakland tech right in the heart of the downtown area. we will keep following the story and have more updates for you throughout the newscast. >>> and to castro valley were hundreds of demonstrators gathered on redwood road in front of the chp building. officers lined up inside of their vehicles as protesters marched with signs demanding justice for george floyd. >>> curfews are in place in at least 10 bay area cities and counties. all of alameda county is under rent a p.m. curfew until friday. in cont

at the oakland federal building. the fbi says the two are part of an antigovernment extremist group. he left his active duty post on a mission to kill cops. >> new details in the disturbing story of the e bay executive accused of tarting a massachusetts couple with sinister corporate revenge. one of the accused is e bay former ceo. and former c c o texted saying we're going to crush this lady after the couple wrote an unflattering story on the company. other employees are accused of using that as license to mail the couple things like cockroaches, a bloody pig mask and a funeral wreath. they resigned in september. but neither has been officially charged in the case. >> the mood at the country led to other controversial topics including the issue of the native american genocide. some cities and government buildings have began removing statues of christopher columbus. what people are saying. >> leaders in sacramento have agreed to remove the statue of christopher columbus from the capitol. in san francisco, the statue

what's your message to 2 folks who are thinking of going to oakland. >>well first of all we are under a pandemic we're under a shelter-in-place order that is still in place in alameda county and so people should not leave their home unless they have essential errands to run that is the case that i'm really urging people to not go out after dark please choose to stay home she was to keep everyone that you know home that is what is necessary for everyone safety right now and also allow us to put a stop to the lawless behavior which is not acceptable. >>oakland mayor libby shaft thank you so much for spending some time with us great th welcome back everyone the time is 8.13 good morning and thanks for staying with us let's check in with meteorologist dave spahr good look at the monday morning forecast and see how it's shaping up outside your door dave good morning. >>that morning robin good morning, everybody and though we looks like sky conditions are really improving brain nicely this morning. we had some fog in some cloud cover as the season the shot f

on wednesday, the school board is trying to decide whether or not to keep the oakland schools. police department it's the only school district in alameda county to maintain its own officers. our first michelle kingston explains. >>dozens of people talking holding signs and asking for the school board to vote to eliminate the oakland schools. police department the black organizing project a local organization working for racial social and economic justice has been asking to remove police from oakland schools for years now oakland educators now standing in solidarity with the organization and looking to replace uniformed and armed officers with counselors nurses and mental health staff. >>and the things that students actually need to thrive and learn and save over policing, we know that to create real safety funds need to be directed to him providing the basic services that students need to having counselors have restarted just innocent people that are trained in that 9 uniformed who are armed to their presence produces fear. >>on monday afternoon people stood outside the oakland

but he will forever live with that night in oakland. scott olson was severely injured in this intersection, 14th and broadway, here in oakland. since then there have been many demonstrations here, and olson wonders, he even worries if he could have done more to protect all the protesters that came after him. >> it makes me feel like i've let some people down. i could have used my position a few years ago with my case to push harder for some changes. i'm both frustrated, angry and hopeful all at the same time. i'm frustrated and angry to see the police still using this violence, but i'm hopeful that we can come out with a better solution. >> reporter: according to oakland police, since occupied, the department has significantly changed its training and policies, eliminating the use of certain projectiles, including the type of bean bag that injured scott olson. laura anthony, abc7 news. >>> an announcement of arrest date reportedly revealed says that black men are four times more likely to be arrested than white people. melanie woodrow j

the oakland police department, alameda county d.a.'s office, and the chp all investigating. >>> actions speak louder than words. this evening in san francisco, silence. this silent memorial powerful and unique. nbc bay area's jean elle reports from glen park. >> reporter: hundreds take a knee at a silent vigil for george floyd in glen canyon park. organizers say the community needed to mourn floyd and demand police reform together. >> it's important to have a place where we could as a community come together and acknowledge that, hey, this is happening, and this is not right, and we need to do something. >> reporter: people of color in the crowd say this show of support is important. >> to see communities that are not typically speaking out against these injustices in our communities, to really speak out and after two weeks and to take this knee, that's really beautiful to me. >> it'sempowering. >> reporter: silence for eight minutes and 46 seconds, the length of time a minneapolis police officer had his knee on floyd's neck. rebecca w

the oakland school police department and businesses across the u.s. are still slowly opening back up after the break we hear details on for your money tonight the pandemic recently stopped the economy in its tracks right now businesses across the country are slowly opening up new report suggests ways that employers can do that safely. >>mandy gaither has more in tonight's consumer watch. >>with millions still unemployed and other still waiting to get back to work a report in the new england journal of medicine outlines what businesses can do to safely resume operations during the covid-19 pandemic employees and customers are encouraged to do what's already been asked of everyone wash hands frequently wear masks, stay apart and stay home if and well, but the report also suggests employers may take disciplinary action against employees who don't abide by these guidelines, it also advises employers to offer or extend sick leave benefits to encourage workers to stay home when feeling sick. businesses can also place partitions or barriers between workers o

to invest in oakland she gave a budget breakdown on how much is actually invested in the oakland police department schaaf said opd makes up about 20% of the city's budget historically she said it's been around that same percentage. she also set the current proposed budget for the city. cuts roughly $5 million out of opie's budget that proposed budget also adds $22 million to services, including affordable housing homelessness services along with job training and also addresses illegal dumping in east and west oakland. now several other see leaves or leaders lent their voices during that town hall including representatives from the police department and some other agencies they talked about non law enforcement interventions and some of the work that's being done here at home. air shaft talked more in-depth about this moment. and we have a low meant. where we. >>can continue to see this to bite. or choose a 3rd story. the place that we can move to together. where people have such a sense of safety. government intervention that arms response is no longer necessary. >>now mayor chef also en

oakland your remain in the upper 70's concord hanging on to 90 degrees. but just barely well up in the north bay some more 90's and pittsburgh. fairfield antioch vacaville and over to youngsville sonoma napa and santa rosa, some of our spots still in the upper 80's and still on the toasty side. now after 2 days to see temperatures tomorrow and saturday are cool stays in the forecast, a whole lot cooler in fact than we are today as for sunday we're closing out the weekend back to some warmer conditions and by monday tuesday and wednesday of next week. it's back to those temperatures inland on the warm side with comfortable conditions by the bay in coast. that's your forecast james all send it back to you all right john thank you very much. let's jump outside see how it's looking on the roads this morning, our first camera for you the bay bridge toll plaza. shot and you can see traffic moving through the gates without any issue no problems heading across the span into san francisco and we're also looking at pretty good on the san mateo bridge which is the o

it needs to be stopped across the country but we are particularly dealing with oakland here. >> oakland city right lawyer filed a lawsuit earlier this month. >> reporter: in these last few demonstrations, they actually went out and caused the conflict. >> police in riot gear deploy teargas on a group of protesters one block from department headquarters. the group was an offshoot of an earlier protest organized by students at oakland tech high school. the department said some in the group were throwing rocks and bottles at officers and repairing molotov cocktails. new body camera footage shows the police deploying smoke and gas on the crowd. police said one bottle was thrown before the order to deploy the gas. >> i just took my first bottle. >> reporter: no other threat seen in the video. oakland police say they used that 31 teargas canisters, four smoke grenades and three projectiles that day. >> if we want to take away the teargas, take away the use of flash bangs against people who are protesting. >> the alameda county sheriff's office and u.s. marshals said they will stop providing m

keep you posted on what's going on in oakland across the bay area. >>also coming up tonight at a former president barack obama speaking out on the crisis facing the nation saying this nation was founded on protests adding that protest and boating are both needed to make change also ahead a live interview with a local criminal defense attorney about the charges against a minneapolis police officer in the george floyd killing the 3 of the 4 offic by taking out a live pictures from portland oregon, where you can see a large crowd gathered in a park area. >>in this has been the scene of a number confrontations between police and demonstrators portland's always been a pretty progressive activists kind of city and they've had a lot of protest over the past week or so in fact this is the 6th night of protests in portland. so we'll keep an eye on things. they're in portland oregon as we move through the night. >>golden state warriors star steph curry his wife aishah among the crowd of demonstrators this afternoon for a peaceful march in oakland teammate want

the mayor sent this statement to oakland voters tonight. we agree that investments in education, health, housing security and economic well- being are the most powerful ways to advance safety in oakland, we recognize a growing group of people, especially people of color, feel that police presence in response compromise their sense of safety, but since oakland citizens make more than 100,000 911 calls each year, the funding is not the answer she says, preventing crime and suffering, save lives and justice to those who have been harmed, oakland cannot afford to further defund the police department, we have the lowest officer per crime staffing levels of any police department in america pick >> i've heard politicians say defunding the police say it would never work, we don't know what it's like to live in a world when there are no police. >> reporter: making up 1/5 of the city's budget, they are encouraging voters to contact their city council person if they want changes to the budget.>> to make it clear, the crquite sure whether they were act