Police. As police brace to enforce a curfew in louisville kentucky tonight. Thanks for joining us tonight at 5 im pam moore and im ken wayne and explosive announcement out of kentucky is a grand jury brought no charges against Louisville Police officers. For the killing of Brianna Taylor, the only charges brought by the grand jury were 3 counts of wanton endangerment those counts against fired officer Brett Hankison for shooting into taylors neighbors homes during the raid on her apartment again the counts do not address taylors killing on twitter then crop. A lawyer for taylors family called the decision quote outrageous and offensive riding that ex officer hanna says actions should have been ruled wanted murder. Heres a live. Look at protests happening right now in this is the scene. Near Jefferson Park which is right downtown surrounded by city and county government buildings, including courthouses the jail and city hall and the Police Headquarters just a block away you can see from this perspective. It looks calm and we dont see any violence we should note though that the Kentucky National guard has been called into service and there is a curfew that is set to take effect at 09 00pm eastern time in louisville, so that one hour away. From now well keep an eye on this angry and confused demonstrators who spent months calling for the prosecution of the Police Officers in taylors death. Also taking to the streets tonight you can see police here in this video with their protective gear but on citizen downtown louisville. Again there is a curfew in effect later tonight in about an hour in louisville and police say chemical agents may be used to disperse crowds. If people do not go home here in the bay area, a wellknown civil rights attorney believes prosecutors missed an opportunity to hold officers, theyre accountable, but enter turney who represents Police Officers in misconduct cases. Sees it differently kron fours dan kerman live in the city tonight with that part of the story dan. Well ken and pam we talked to 2 attorneys both with opposing viewpoints on this one files charges against officers for misconduct the other defends those officers. It all could have been easily prosecuted for manslaughter very a criminal defense Attorney John Burris says despite being fired on first by briana taylors boyfriend, the officers who fired back killing taylor were not justified and should have been charged with manslaughter. When it only one shot and thats 20 other shot the question is was that over and over and kill and whether or not there was any effort made to de escalate the situation when there was only one shot. You have 20 shots from 3 different officers, appear that this was a manslaughter type case not easily could have been. Burress believes prosecutors took a very conservative stance by not filing charges. But bay area attorney Michael Rains who defends Police Officers believes they were simply following the evidence which suggests selfdefense. The prosecuting authorities have to say we understand the tragic proportions of this event. But we also know that the facts dont support. The filing of these criminal charge rains believes prosecutors were correct to file wanton endangerment charges against one of the officers. Who shot into the home of taylors neighbors, i think that a message that Police Officers just can randomly pull their guns and started shooting without having consequences but burris believes that clearly is not the message. The prosecutors have sent by bringing no charges for the killing of taylor. African American Community and other communities of goodwill questions raised about whether or not you can hold the Police Accountable or whether or not they can in fact outrageous conduct and not be held accountable which this case suggest. 2 attorneys opinions much more discussions. Still ahead, reporting live in San Francisco. Dan kerman kron 4 news dan thank you, heres a list of planned protests. We know about right now there is a planned march in San Francisco starts at 7 oclock tonight. At the Mission DistrictPolice Station in the city. Also a 7 oclock theres a justice for taylor protest at lake merritt in oakland. And in san jose theres a quote revenge for Brianna Taylor protest at city hall that one is set to start at 5 oclock tonight and our coverage continues throughout the night tonight and at kron 4 dot com there you can watch the Kentucky Attorney generals full announcement today a timeline of the briana taylors case as well as reaction to todays decision it is all at kron 4 dot com. And another big story we are following tonight the kind of cars that we can buy in california is about to change today. Governor gavin newsom announced a new initiative as part of the states efforts to try to reduce Carbon Emissions kron 4 Sanaz Tahernia explains what that means for us. California is phasing out sales of gas powered cars and will outlaw those sales by the year 2035 a move that governor gavin newsom says would cut Greenhouse Gas emissions by 35 . Of all the simultaneous crises that we face as a state and i would argue as a nation. For that matter. From a global perspective, none is more impactful none is more forceful. Then the issue of the climate crisis. Newsom says his plan would not ban people from owning gas powered cars or selling them on the used car market, california already has rules mandating a percentage of new car sales must be electric or 0 emissions this new rule would make california the first in the country to phase out sales of gas powered cars new regulations will have to be developed taylor to this move it toward a 100 0 emission the order also pushes state agencies to create charging stations across the states in a timely manner while also eliminating new fracking licenses requiring the Automobile Industry to implement a complete overhaul. The trends are in the direction globally and 0 emission vehicles. If you are an american manufacturer how can you compete globally unless youre in that business unless youre pushing the boundaries of innovation unless youre encouraging that same mindset that we are trying to advance here in the state of california, according to a report by the California AirResources Board a 41 of total Greenhouse Gas emissions in the states in 2017. Came from transportation so move like this is huge in the states fight against Climate Change. Good policy. Celebrating technology and accelerating innovation. Innovation that california game. We do it better than any body else roughly a dozen states follow californias lead on stricter auto emissions standards. If those states follow suit on 0 emission vehicles, it could have a huge impact on the u. S. Auto industry tahernia reporting kron 4 news. San jose now where you may have seen people with packets of information stickers and some fairly advise going door to door in neighborhoods, hardest hit by the coop coronavirus the ideas the ideas to help keep essential workers safe and help struggling businesses follow the rules and make their customers feel safe kron fours rob fladeboe joins us now live from the san jose for. Thats right ken and pam im here on allen rock avenue, which is one of several neighborhoods on the east side of san jose at the side of highway 1 one that have been especially hard hit hard by the coronavirus as you can see behind me some businesses now trying to reopen, but they are struggling to make ends meet they want to stay safe. They want to keep their employees safe and keep their customers safe Santa Clara County trying to help out lets take a look. About 2 dozen teams like this one are now engaged in spreading the word about how to stop the spread of the coronavirus they are part of Santa Clara Countys Community Health and Business Engagement team. The idea is to inform and encourage essential workers and residents about best practices to protect themselves and prevent the spread of the coronavirus what you need and whats required to sound like could call letting the public know that they are following the teams have visited more than 3,000 businesses already met with 1400 essential workers in the san jose which has been disproportionately hit by covid19 its the kind of personal engagement that helps get Accurate Information out to the Community SaysPublic Health officer doctor sara cody. And we know that members of this community have had to make it extraordinarily difficult tradeoffs between their health their work and how they will support and nourish their family it turns out most businesses are willing and eager partners the outreach teams have information about Financial Aid and other resources as well. Alum rock show rancho grande, a boot and clothing shop is having trouble keeping the doors open because of the pandemic says manager gigi sold in long i think its a good program because i will have to pay the people in so they can be safety and indicated about the fire is so one spreads will spots and everybody can go back to her. Normal. The because it wouldnt take care of ourselves. Spreading. And we have learned that the spread of the virus here in the san jose is slowing doctor telling us today that in the past month or so that the numbers here on the east side have dramatically improved his hope that this outreach effort will continue that trend live in san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news rob. Thank you also in the south bay Santa Clara County leaders are taking further action to try to prevent evictions they approved an additional 5 Million Dollars in financial assistance. County Officials Say the money will go directly to landlords sal give struggling renters more time to catch up on the rent payments tenants have until the end of january to pay 25 of their back rent in the east bay Contra Costa County is extending its protections for people who cannot afford to pay rent because of the pandemic the new rent and eviction moratoriums are now extended through the end of january. The measure does offer some relief for landlords as well it converts back rent payments into Consumer Debt allowing landlords to start going after their money in small claims courts beginning in march happening right now late Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg made her final trip to the u. S. Supreme court. She is now lying in repose live pictures from washington dc shell be there through tomorrow her body will be there so americans can pay their respects. To the second woman to serve on the nations highest court. There was a ceremony held there this morning honoring her life and legacy. On friday she will become the first woman in American History lie in state in the u. S. Capitol. Coming up at 5 a continuing scramble by california lawmakers to reduce the risk of wildfires this a senator who says a lot of people are still in denial. Some oakland families are getting help when it comes to Distance Learning how a Nonprofit Organization partnered with the Bay Area Sports Team to make it happen plus at least 6 San Francisco schools have been given approval to reopen to students the precautions in place to keep both children and teachers safe. Im meteorologist Lawrence Karnow what a gorgeous fall day out there today a lot more this election, all californians will be able to vote safely from home. Every active, registered voter will receive a votebymail ballot with a unique barcode. You can track it using wheres my ballot . And youll receive automatic notifications by text, email or voice call to let you know the status of your ballot once you mail it, drop it off at your polling place or at a drop box. Vote by mail ballots. Simple, safe, secure. Counted. Learn more at vote. Ca. Gov the czu lightning complex fires are now fully contained but that doesnt mean fully controlled re population efforts are still proving to be difficult due to the close roads and damaged utilities the complex fire started back on august 16th and burned almost 87,000 acres in san mateo and santa cruz counties. One person died. Another was injured 925 homes were destroyed. Favorable weather conditions. The past 2 weeks have led to a break in the fire season in Contra Costa County but cloud forced to leave to go reports the Fire Protection district says thats about to change dry brush, warm weather and no rain a recipe for disaster. The Contra Costa CountyFire Protection district says the fire season started in early may. And that the first 2 months were extremely busy and about 400 increase our grass and vegetation fires in the too much first team season, a sign of things to come so far this year the Fire Protection district has responded to 1131 grass and vegetation fires compared to 756 fires during the same period last year a 50 jump, this has been a interesting and challenging fire season. I think the important for from paper this point. They are just getting going to be a it sits in the heart of the season fired his spokesperson, steve hill says the height of the season is expected next month. And this year he says the season likely will not end until december when the rains arrive. Now standing dry lightning strikes a virtually every fire that we fight every grass and station the fighting the county made by human or so are all preventable at the moment, the Fire Protection district has 4 crews which amounts to 16 firefighters providing mutual aid to other departments outside of the county and most of the 380 frontline staffers are on standby for the next big fight in her well staffed and i would or firefighter the morale is good karma there working overall cal fire says since the beginning of the year more than a 1000 wildfires have burned more than 3. 6 million acres of land in the state in Contra Costa County phillipe djegal all kron 4 news even with the ongoing nightmare of California Wildfires a lot of people in the state are still unprepared for the risk kron fours Catherine Heenan host of inside bay area politics. Talk to a state senator who is doing everything he can to try to change that yeah ken and pam were talking much senator bill dodd, he really has more than his share of constituents who have suffered terrible losses and the recent wildfires. His district includes much of wine country and beyond and no you wouldnt think people there would need a lot of safety reminders but the senator held a virtual town hall on preparedness this week. He says they absolutely do. I think in in in many those that have never experienced this fire before. I dont think it will ever happen to them and Everybody Needs to realize with Climate Change with more more fuels. There are for example, you know i live in napa county represent napa solano and sonoma counties, parts of sonoma counties. If you take a look at the watersheds there and then about a forest land that has not burned. That should give everybody more and more reason to get active to get involved to protect to harden their homes and do whatever it takes to young their their properties and this goes with Santa Clara County alameda to costa county. Theres probably very few counties in the bay area that are going to have this issue. The dog got it we have to all be careful. We could have gender reveal parties that cause fires that kill people and take amounts of land. And scorching you know really thousands of homes that a dog is one of the thanks that there are places where people should not be rebuilding after a wildfire. Weve heard that before but he admits theres no real way to force that idea on land owners who have lost everything and in campbell. All right, thank you very much catherine lets take a live look outside at downtown San Francisco, a spectacular day good visibility, no smoke out there. Pam yeah, and check in with our chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow temperatures are about to heat up, but of course that means so is concerned about more fire danger be on top of the winds are going to switch direction. We talk about those offshore winds at this time of year thats when they travel from the north and the east back toward the coastline as they flow toward the coast they dry out so low humidity and very hot temperatures and theyre Strong Enough certainly to fire got started. Very dangerous conditions out there right now were seeing an onshore breeze you can see some of that fog making its way through the Golden Gate Bridge and what a gorgeous day. It is been today but things going to start to shift gears now and so as we get to the weekend. Weve got a fire weather watch has been issued likely to turn into a warning this weekend right now were expecting those areas above a 1000 feet or so. Looking to some winds gusting 3040 Miles Per Hour to the east bay Solano County 25 to 40 miles an hour. Stronger winds in the north bay maybe as high as 35 maybe 50 Miles Per Hour across some of the highest mountain peaks above a 1000 feet or so so certainly something to watch out that starts on saturday through monday and thats going to be the peak of the heat wave to right now the seabreeze has kicked in the youve got 12 miles an hour into San Francisco, 21 sfo 23 in fairfield even 22 in napa so thats a nice breeze and thats were going to feel tomorrow the storm system making its way in the Pacific Northwest theyre getting some much needed rain up or some of the fire is located there were going to see some rain in california, not here. But some cooler weather for at least tomorrow well talk more about that in a few minutes all right lauren thank you very much so far at least 6 schools have been given approval by the San FranciscoPublic Health department to reopen to students on board Maureen Kelly talked to staff at one school making last minute preparations and another which already officially welcome students today. Redbridge school in the citys dogpatch neighborhood had their official first day of school today for their kindergartners first and second graders, the small 14 Students School had already been running a camp here since september 1st so they were well prepared with changes like social distancing signage and improvements to their ventilation system. The head of the school says its great to be able to have her students together. Making new friends and playing and just being with other kids are some of them for the first time in a long time and thats just really. A lot of fun to watch face shields have been laid on every desk here at convent and stuart hall as part of the changes theyve made to get ready to welcome their k through second grade students here tomorrow were incredibly excited weve been waiting for a long time to start to iron out the logistics of what is dropoff look like what his pickup look like the classrooms are ready. The faculty and staff is ready or systems and procedures for keeping everybody safe is ready. But now its just you know the final details were so excited for tomorrow morning. They expect to bring in 2 additional grade levels every 2 weeks which would mean 7th and 8th graders will be showing up to their classrooms in about a month and a half. The school goes to 12th grade but High School Students are still in limbo since the citys Health Department is holding off on letting any High Schoolers back just yet students here at convent stuart hall will be expected to be tested regularly for covid19 how frequently depends on their age is k through 6th graders will need to be tested every 4 to 6 weeks while High Schoolers when they are allowed back will be expected to be tested as frequently as the staff. Every one to 2 weeks. Maureen kelly kron 4 news still ahead at 5 thousands of airline employees worried they could be furloughed next week if congress doesnt help the industry but lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say is needed to keep the airlines and Business Health care workers at one north bay hospital say they deserve more in the north bay caregivers at a santa rosa hospital say management is not doing enough to protect staff from a recent coronavirus outbreak so today a group of employees at santa rosa Memorial Hospital held a rally outside the building. Back in august the hospital said 26 employees there at least 5 patients contracted coronavirus hospital says it did Contact Tracing and testing to try to isolate the outbreak. The employees say management didnt do enough testing have not provided enough ppe. Workers. All over not just. Hurt. Public. And happening in parker hospital we contact trace. We make sure that that are caregivers are taking care of wheat asked. And we ensure that that there isolated go home and get better were interested in their wellbeing and making sure that they can come back and take care of our patients and our community. The people rallying today say theyd like to see some changes moving forward they want covid19 testing to be available to everyone who needs it. They also want their patients remain isolated until theyve tested negative for the virus tonight, we know 6 bay area employers were cited by cal osha for failing to properly protect employees from contracting covid19. The Santa Rosa Police department received the stiffest penalty of 32,000 for failing to screen people with coronavirus symptoms as is required by the state cal osha says the Police Department also failed to report an employees death due to covid19 for 2 weeks after that person died. The other employers find where health care facilities. Coming up next thousands of people lined up at the u. S. Supreme Court Building today to pay their respects to Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. Im alexandra le mon in washington democrats say there will be payback if a new Supreme Court justice is confirmed before the next inauguration all have that story coming up. And many students need more than just laptops to practice Distance Learning