Fours michelle kingston has been following the story she joins us live from oakland with more michelle. Yeah it was an oakland resident who first found that rope hanging in the tree that shes calling a new says she says it was disturbing. Are really looking at what i think im looking at Portia Freeman was walking lake merritt on tuesday. I stop us there for a second and i want to get a closer look when she says she saw a noose hanging from a tree later posting this photo in a video of what she encountered on social media, the intentions will matter with regard to whether or not this is prosecuted as a hate crime but intentions dont matter. When it comes to terrorizing the public oakland mayor libby schaaf says there were reports of several nooses found on trees around the lake police say they found 5 on tuesday afternoon all of which had been removed one person told police he put the ropes up for exercise months ago the mayor says that does not excuse their torture us in terrorizing effects. The guy. Cole. But this robot there. He said it was for a mind you ive never seen a swing set. Resembles a dose. You know it looks like mostly of like most about it was a hoax. The discovery of the noose is come just days after the fbi and the department of justice began reviewing investigations into the hanging deaths of 2 black men in Southern California and at a time when protests are happening in oakland in across the country against Police Brutality and Racial Injustice was very to start, but sadly in that time. You know bring awareness to the situation. Police are investigating they that an extra patrols here at the lake and theyve also contacted the fbi live in oakland tonight, michelle kingston kron 4 news. And another big story that weve been following there are growing concerns tonight about the rise of the socalled both Boogaloo Movement. Yesterday the fbi be that if the proper would move a little faster thank you. The fbi revealed the air force sergeant charged in the killings of 2 Law Enforcement officers has ties to the extremist movement. Today in nevada there were 3 men indicted on terror charges federal prosecutors say they are involved in that same movement. Experts say its been on the rise for some time now kron fours dan kerman he joins us live from San Francisco with more on what we are learning about this movement. Bam. Govern i spent the day talking to terrorism experts and those who look into extremist groups like this they say this is more of a movement as opposed to an organized group they say it is really grown out of charlottesville when many groups disbanded many of these people individuals with similar ideologies found themselves online and then. Realize that they can come together with the same reasons and go full. Both the 3 men indicted on terrorism charges in las vegas and stephen the man charged with gunning down a Security Officer at the oakland Federal Building have been alleged to have links to the right wing extremist movement. The boogaloo boys. It has a lot of different factions. But what we do know the one thing that binds them and that shared idea of. Kicking off another civil war Devin Burkhart this with seattles institute for research and education on human rights is not the first instance, but it is in fact. The latest in a long string of activities in a very short period for these groups. We are deeply concerned about it. A further level of violence and danger coming from these folks spotting members can be difficult. Federal Authorities Say this patch with a reworking of the American Flag is associated with the group. And was found in a vehicle registered to this movement has spread like wildfire is kind of a one size fits all for people with grievances against the government particularly those who are concerned about social unrest and an extreme view of Second Amendment rights and for the race is part of this. Rachel civil war. Brian levin is the head of Cal State San Bernardino Center for the study of hate and extremism he says after charlottesville many hate groups disbanded he says the Boogaloo Movement started to gain steam when these individuals with similar ideologies found each other online. Were now seeing cells and groups may be school warned that are radicalized in most news. Well i what i worry about is when you have these even want to lose those stations will be some degree a limited maybe local organizing for cells are so low as to if theyre not. Orchestrating something getting sustenance from from other members of the group. And thats not enough to raise concern they say that there is some evidence that during Election Years. This type of violence increases this being an Election Year just another reason to worry live at the San FranciscoFederal Building dan kerman kron 4 news. Thank you dan heartbroken and in morning, hundreds of people gathered for a very somber goodbye to a beloved sheriffs Deputy Sergeant gutzwiller he was killed in the line of duty nearly 2 weeks ago today, dozens of Law Enforcement joined his family in honoring his memory. Our deputies. Did that day saved many many lives. And theres a hole in her heart and theres a whole. That damons memory will fill. Reminding us of how he lived his life, how he served his community. And how he protected and loved his family. Some of us lost her best friend. Some of us. Plus the fella brother foggy lost her soulmate carter and baby thats weather plus the man that would have wanted to be the best at a given moment in your career that will knock you to your knees. This unfortunately is one of them. And together were going to fight. Well pray to god that the family of this will never happen again. The man that im missing. Who carter is missing. And your new baby. Well never meet. This is a man or whole community is missing. I do feel like damon is here with me today. I think hes here now and i hope we always will be. You know they will carry him with me. And 3 were children. Todays ceremony at the prompter would move there you go. Prompter is not over but on that website youll be able to follow the investigation youll read about the suspects military background again thats all on kron 4 dot com. Some of county is moving closer to reopening more of its economy Effective ImmediatelyIndoor Dining gyms movie theaters hair salons they can reopen. But they do have to operate with new safety restrictions. We have details again on our website kron 4 dot com and were going to have a live report on kron 4 news at 9 oclock. We are getting a better look at what students and school staff can expect when classes back in session this fall. They will begin reopening across the state in august and september again there will be special safety measures. The School SuperintendentTony Thurmond says they will focus on things like a requiring temperature checks. Face coverings and providing personal protective gear for everybody. Some of this so like social distancing could be kind of tough thats because classrooms have generally been packed with limited space. We know that the key to our success into our safety around a safe reopening is maintaining very small class sizes, maintaining physical distance and were going to take these next few weeks to continue working with our schools between now and august and september when schools plan to open they help them work out the measurements of their campuses well need help for making sure that they have access to personal protective equipment. He says that schools will now be moving quickly to put these new guidelines to work. And weve got the latest number on bay area coronavirus numbers there are nearly 1800 cases in the bay area 512 people have died Alameda County has the most cases that has been true more than 450116 deaths we have a complete list on our web site kron 4 dot com. And maybe you felt that there was a 3. 6 earthquake which hit the south bay today it happened about 1035 this morning about 5 miles southwest of alum rock about 8 miles west of milpitas it hit along the calaveras fault. The usgs says it had a depth of about 4. 6 miles. No reports of any damage or injuries. And another beautiful looking day, lets take a live look outside and i looking at the golden gate bridge, lets take a check of the forecast with Mabrisa Rodriguez but greece uh. Hi there cath are yet noticeable warm up today in the bay area tracking widespread 80s as you head out the door so well above average temperatures even though summer is right around the corner officially starting on saturday but throughout the San Francisco peninsula coastline specifically in downtown San Francisco in half moon bay, even extending into hayward getting the return of those cool westerly breezes so that cool sea breeze influence is whats keeping temperatures there. Relatively cooler compared to everyone else but still above average about 10 degrees above normal right now for downtown San Francisco at 76 degrees mid 60s for half moon bay, 77 for hayward but conquered in antioch flirting with 90s currently at 89 degrees san jose in the mid 80s and santa rosa also in the mid 80s out there right now for your wednesday evening and we are noticing double digit air mass out there right now widespread warming. We were as much as 15 degrees warmer. Earlier today than we were yesterday marine layer nowhere in sight and i am tracking pretty calm. Wind speeds out there right now but high fire danger concerns for parts of the bay area more coming up my full forecast in a few minutes back to you. A few coming up 4 people are dead following a violent car crash last night what the chp says happened right before the car went off the car keenest bridge and felony murder among the nearly dozen charges and ex Police Officer is facing now in atlanta and the shooting death of brush art form. And when we come back back open for business will and these fake Contra Costa County moving along with reopening efforts. Although there are still activities you have to avoid because of state requirements kron fours Charles Clifford has the latest details well here in Contra Costa County on wednesday Health Official her have allowed barbershops and hair salons to reopen if you need a haircut. You can get one now those businesses will be required to do frequent cleaning and customers will have to wear face masks maintain socialdistancing now around Contra Costa County there are other easing of of restrictions as well today, there now allowing more people to go to outdoor pools also you can go to the park in small groups you can play tennis some of the playgrounds are still closed basketball courts. Those are still closed. Thats due to a state requirements now the county is following a timeline here in the next big step is july 1st when this may start allowing Indoor Dining and gyms to reopen among other things and then possibly in late july early august you could see schools reopen i talked to one Business Owner today in lafayette who says he has not been hearing from his customers at his barbershop and people are really happy to be back yeah, yeah were were cooking up a we have limited space available. But we do have gaps a were you doing social distancing korea, cleaning the place 3 times a day just were not even though restrictions are being eastern Contra Costa CountyHealth Officials are quick to remind everyone that the coronavirus has not gone theres still a bit over 2000 confirmed cases of the virus here in the county and theyre asking people to take basic safety precautions, stay home if you can wear a face mask and also maintain social distancing. But for now in the east bay Charles Clifford kron 4 news. At San Quentin State Prison. There is a spike in coronavirus cases and as kron first collegiate dollars reporting a coalition of advocacy groups now wants the state to release the inmates. Just this week, the number of inmates at San Quentin State Prison testing positive for covid19 has jumped from 26 to 47 and it had no confirmed cases until may 30th. Thats when 121 inmates from another State Facility were transferred to the prison. One where 500 inmates had tested positive and 13 die right now that the quality of life as you report in sight. James king is a former san quentin inmate whose sentence was commuted he was released in december before the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic. Hes now a staff member for the Ella Baker Center for human rights. He says the state should parole elderly inmates these are people were safe to release right now and. We are asking the government for large scale release in order john but create more. And distancing for people the California Department of corrections and rehabilitation says it has already paroled 3500 inmates during the pandemic to relieve overcrowding systemwide and that more releases are forthcoming, san quentins population is that roughly 122 of its maximum capacity, it needs to be on the east. At least 8080 of that city in order create any possibility of social distancing and grouping people in groups just like were supposed to do on the outside stay in our in our family and thats what people in prison are supposed to do if you know the dark story of a 100 people or or a or many south better pack closely together sharing seeing phones bathroom showers. Then the not kind Public Health requirement is impossible to meet the department of corrections says statewide more than 2100 inmates have tested positive for covid 1917 people have died. Phillipe djegal all kron 4 news. All right time for another look at the forecast well take a live look over the city, its beautiful, its still sunny, lets go back to Mabrisa Rodriguez. Hi there catherine yeah, and the days continuing to get a little bit longer right up until saturday, the longest day of the year with summer solstice and were going to notice or sunset at 08 35pm in the evening here in the bay area, lets take a look at temperatures out there right now near 25 degree difference between conquered antioch in half moon bay, currently 40 with 90s for parts of the tri valley is there but half moon bay, 64 degrees on account of that cool sea breeze, but wind speeds pretty breezy throughout downtown San Francisco 26 Miles Per Hour sustained with gusts. Upwards of 30 Miles Per Hour and also for parts of Solano County fortunately winds a little bit on the breezy side but out of the north so we are noticing the return of those offshore winds. Thats what we have that high fire danger could see gusts from now all the way through 1 oclock thursday afternoon upwards of 35 Miles Per Hour or less so we do have this red flag warning in effect an overnight recovery as far as a relative humidity go still going to be dry and that 30 to 50 of percent help so that is why were going to have that red flag warning in effect through tonight and also for the 1st half of tomorrow as well but the heat is on we are going to notice above average temperatures so today is going to be warmer and it is going to continue to be warmer all the way through tomorrow. It is going to be the peak of this mini heatwave along the coast, widespread 70s. Shoreline widespread 80s there with inland areas warming up into the low to mid 90s so were going to be about 10 to 15 degrees above average for most of the bay area. Some relief along the coast by late this week but i do have a sneak peek of our fathers day forecast coming up in just a few minutes catherine back to you. Forgot about fathers day. Thank you very much mabrisa 4 people were killed last night when the suv they were traveling in beard off the car keenness bridge happened about 8. 20 last night this was just east of pomona street. The chp says the car went off the bridge, it hit a parked Freight Train below. Police were told the car had been headed east on 80. It had been veering across 4 lanes of traffic before it went over a barrier wall. The victims include a 19 yearold and a second 19 yearold also a 21 named christopher model of rodeo, the 4th person has not yet been identified by the Coroners Office the chp hoping they say to hear from witnesses a 21 yearold man was shot and robbed in San Franciscos Bernal Heights neighborhood that was early this morning happened about 02 00am and the area of richland avenue near holly park. Police say a man had approached the victim demanded his belongings and then shot him and after shooting him grabbed his wallet and cash. The victim has been hospitalized he is expected to survive. No arrests have been made. Go ahead 5 days after rayshardbrooks was shot and killed by police in atlanta and the officer who fired is now facing murder charges and when we come back california one step closer to repealing its af the effort to restore affirmative action in california that cleared a key hurdle today in the state senate. But not all minority groups are placed Ashley Zavala explains. California is one step closer to repealing its affirmative action ban from 1996 notion that we believed 25 years ago. That by denying our differences we would be elevating everybody. Has been proven to be completely. The opposite restoring affirmative action in california would mean Government Agencies and academic institutions can hire workers or admit students based on Race Ethnicity or national origin, the senate labor employment and Retirement Committee voted 4 to one wednesday to send the bill to the next committee before a final floor vote the measure named acea 5 ultimately brings the issue to voters to determine whether california should reinstate affirmative action more than 100 opponents called into wednesdays hearing many from the Asian Pacific islander community. A nation is in the midst of a people in the coming further down the road. In one of them. But the bill has been at the top of the legislative black caucus is priority list support for the measure grows as the National Conversation on Racial Justice continues personally this doesnt have a Colorblind Society i find offensive. Because it did not i who i michael im rich cultural heritage, the heritage and background. But im quite its not about color blind. Its about respecting different if the Legislature Passes the bill by june 25th it will be on the ballot in november in sacramento, Ashley Zavala kron 4 news. And our washington dc reporter sits down with President Trump and talk about the Police Reform bill and the possibility of another round of stimulus checks. Also the disturbing number of states now reporting a spike in coronavirus cases and after the break charges have been announced against the fire the former atlanta Police Officer shot and killed Rayshard Brooks whos now facing felony murder charges those charges were announced today against Garrett Rolfe use the officer who shot brooks in the back as brooks was fleeing and a wendys parking lot it began when officers found brooks asleep in his car in the drivethru. Brooks grabbed a taser from an