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Reporter the covid19 pandemic is causing delays in the courts. They wanted to make sure the victims and their families saw the Golden State Killer brought to justice. Many of them are in their 80s and 90s. Many of these people deeply affected by these crimes may not be with us at the time of jury trial. Reporter people packed into a ballroom at sac state university. Executors provided shocking new details. The defendant for sherry on the worst stomach in bed and tied her wrists together. Reporter he was sentenced to 11 consecutive life sentences and 15 concurrent life sentences without the possibility of parole. The scope of his crimes are staggering. Reporter the killer and rapist was a ray pruitt also known as the visalia ransack her the original night stalker and east area rapist. He targeted victims up and down the state including and co. Contra costa, alameda, and santa clara counties. Is time he escaped. Living communities terrified. Reporter investigators got a stunning break in the case in 2018. They submitted a dna sample into a genetic database to find relatives of the killer and that led to dangelo and help pioneer the technique of investigative genealogy. Reporter hes due back in court for august for sentencing. And will be the first time his victims and their families will have a chance to confront their tormentor. Ktvu fox2 news. And mustve been hard to sit there and listen to this. There were some really graphic details discussed today. What do we learn new about his reign of terror . Really, we learned a lot of the specifics about what happened. Some of these cases have passed the statute of limitations. As his prosecutor got up there they detailed some of the horrific instances that were happening there. We also learned a little detail about dangelo and his history of feigning despondency. We have all seen him in the wheelchair hunched over. Only days before he was arrested prosecutors said he was seen lifting heavy objects and raising his motorcycle on the freeway. He looked different than today. Very frail and using a cane to come into the ballroom today. We will have more on this coming up in just a moment. Things for your report today, we appreciated. Thank you. Joining us now is our legal expert. What is your reaction to the deal on keeping him off death row. Obviously, it saves the state a lot of money. I think is a good deal for everybody. I hate to say anything is good for dangelo. For the families, i hesitate to say it brings closure because in my over 40 years of prosecuting and defending murderers, none of this ever brings closure. People who for that, but it really never does. We heard early in the piece that the prosecutor said a lot of the victims and a lot of the witnesses are income their 80s and may not be around by the time it got to trial. Keep in mind, frank and julie, this trial not only would cost a lot of money but take a year to prosecute. It saves that time and it does bring a conclusion. I think the salient thing that it does this even if they were to go to trial, we would hope the jury would bring back a lot of guilty verdicts on the 13 murders. What happens then is after the guiltys it then goes on appeal and we all know that the Death Penalty and co. California is being held by order of the governor. We dont have the Death Penalty but of appeal could take 15 or 20 years. He looks like hes a pretty old 74. Will he be alive in 20 years . For both sides this is a good deal dangelo barely spoke today. He never said he was sorry and never looked at the victims families. That seems so gutless to me. On a certain level, it is. A lot of times the attorneys tell their clients to sit there and answer the judges questions. Keep in mind, they will have the sentencing and victim impact systems in a month or so. At that time the victims families will be able to come in and express to him and to the court how he irreparably change the trajectory of their lives and how they deeply or he deeply psychologically scarred them and how they are carrying this car for life. I will tell you, frank, when the District Attorneys got up and started to talk about this case and in the detail they talked about it in co. , go ahead, mike, im sorry, my screen went off, anyway, frank, it looks like were having trouble. Can you still hear me . Unfortunately it looks like weve lost michael cardozo. We appreciate his taking the time to talk to us. Hes been a prosecutor and attorney for 40 years. Always interesting to hear his perspective there. Survivors and victims families of the Golden State Killer filled the room today. Henry lee joins us now with reaction to todays guilty pleas. Henry . Reporter this was the day they have been waiting for for a very long time. They were glad that this killer rapist will never walk the streets again. Survivors and victims of the killer united by tragedy believe that Joseph Deangelos days of reckoning had come after more than four decades. It was unfortunate what he did to ter at 13 years old she was the youngest victim when he raped her in 1977. All of sacramento was a victim of this man. We could not stay indoors and leave the window open or leave the screen door open. Reporter dangelo pleaded guilty and a makeshift courtroom to allow for social distancing. He earned a criminal justice degree in 1972. Emotions were raw and many relatives wept. Some clapped and cheered and another guild cowered at him. She said that those who survived his attacks have found strength in numbers. A lot of the victims have formed a strong bond and have been supporting each other. My mom started a Facebook Group for Sexual Assault. Reporter survivors ever expect to pack the sentencing on august 17. That is when these relatives and survivors will begin to address him somewhat directly. Henry lee, ktvu fox2 news. You covered so many cases throughout your career. This is a highly notorious case going back to the 70s and 80s that effected so many people. What was that like to be in there today, and what struck you the most . Just so many people from so many counties coming together. Dangelo struck terror and all parts of california. I was stunned to realize that in my village of northwood he sadistically killed an 18year old woman. This is when i was chasing cops on a bmx bike. I cannot believe the terror he wreaked off the california. To see these people come together to face him directly was sobering. Henry lee reporting live in sacramento. Download the ktvu up so you can stay uptodate on all of the breaking news. We streamed the hearing throughout the day. Governor newsom says the coronavirus is spreading at an alarming rate in co. California. The state and some county leaders decide to pull back on reopening. Bay area counties announce their own slowdowns. The disappointed Business Owners who expected to reopen this week but instead will have to wait extract four San Jose Police officers could end up losing their jobs. Details about the raises social media post they are accused of posting. We are watching the temperatures,. Not so much today but we will be back in the 90s. Details after the break. There were now more than 216,000 coronavirus cases in california and more than 5900 deaths. In the bay area more than 24,000 cases and 570 deaths. The recent spike in cases and hospitalizations has prompted the governor to close bars and put more counties on the watch list. Greg lee is here with more on these trend lines. Greg . Reporter in the last seven days the state saw a 45 increase in positive cases. The governor said plainly today that more needs to be done to slow the spread. Reporter californias covid 19 numbers continue to rise prompting the governor and county leaders to toggle back reopening. The Positivity Rate rose to 5. 5 from 4. 4 two weeks ago. The governor says more testing is not the only reason. We do not like the trend line and that is why this mask requirement is in effect and why we are using the dimmer switch to pull back. Reporter he ordered the closure of bars and seven counties have recommended the action and eight others including contra costa and santa clara counties. Youre in a bar and you moving around and youre drinking and close to other people. Reporter hospitalizations haand icu admissions 47 . Do some stress its a small portion over all and remains confident in the states capacity. The numbers are going up but our ability to manage and absorb is significant. Reporter the governor pointed to family gatherings, prison populations and people letting their guard down. Four more counties have been added to the watchlist. 72 of the population represented in 19 counties that have target engagement with our state health officials. Reporter the state will be stepping up enforcement with 2. 5 billion in relief funding will be contingent on those guidelines. The state will intervene if needed like it to and hardhit Imperial County hinting that more action could be on the way. If we do not see a mitigation of the spread we will consider doing more. The governor stress the family gatherings as a point of concern especially as we approach the fourth of july holiday. And marin county infections at san quentin continue to skyrocket with nearly 1 3 of the prison population testing positive for the coronavirus. There are 1016 active cases up by almost 200 overnight. That includes 89 staff members. The outbreak began after 121 inmates were transferred from Southern California last month. Dozens protested over the weekend calling for the release of older and medically vulnerable inmates. More fallout following revelations that officers made racist posts in a Facebook Group chat. They were from several years ago, but they are striking a chord given the current social climate. Jesse gary has reaction. Reporter the social turbulence around the sjpd intensified following recent revelations of antimuslim writings. Some of the comments i have seen are a warrant. I was shocked by some of them. We told you that these cops exist in your department. We can tell you they do. Reporter they published examples of offensive posts from as recently as may 29. Several former and retired officers expressed views such as black lives dont matter. Another rights, i say we purpose into nooses. How safe are we . In response to a downtown demonstration that turned violent with one participant injured. A current officer posts i have no sympathy for the idiot who got his eye hurt. Nine years before this rick foster wrote a post reading, we had an ied go off on some volunteers. God is great. Prosser was named one of two officers of the year in 2011. You are what you are, privately and publicly. Theres a mindset that groups have an attitude like this. Nothing can be done to retired officers. The four officers currently serving are all suspended without pay. Chief garcia says he will moved to terminate and the Police Union Says they will not defend any officer who made racist posts. The da says hes reviewing case logs. I dont want any of our prosecutions to be tainted by work that was done on may divided. The fbi is also investigating the post. Similar acts of hate have been met with terminations. They refer to black says the inward. The mayor is hopeful that investigations into the officers and the Police Culture will lead to permanent change. This is a reckoning through a painful time. We are going to find a better community. Ktvu fox2 news. Back now to the Golden State Killer pleading guilty today. The da of contra costa coisspea sure who this is. Some of us are a bit traumatized and will never be the same after listening to that today. I have been a prosecutor for 30 years. And for 30 years, i have looked into the heartbreaking, literally heartbreaking eyes of crime victims. For those who were most severely affected, effective by violent Sexual Assault and by seeing someone murdered and infected by feeling the pain of knowing that their child is in the next room, their child is maybe not alive anymore, their child is witnessing a rape and possibly witness her mother being murdered. Those crime victims have a sadness in their eyes. The only way i can describe it is as if a part of them has died. And i always wondered when talking to those crime victims if they would ever fully recover. For those many years, i also believed that justice delayed is justice denied. And today there were so many emotions in the hours and hours that we all sit here and i saw so much in the eyes of the crime victims of dangelos crime victims. And what i mostly saw was sadness and rage. And even bravery that was extraordinary. I saw signs of peace as i would walk around and look into those crime victims eyes. It was a glimmer of peace. And i hope that that is a catalyst to spoke the healing process. I know that many of them rightfully believe that this day would never come. But today did come. Even though there is pain that still raw and their weight was painfully long, most of them are appreciative because they sought justice today. I know that that is true for debbie domingo, a senna clara county victim. And for all of the other crime victims. And i believe they and i and everybody in code this room and every District Attorney this year today all that. And to her extraordinary staff. I believe the people of Santa Barbara county oh our appreciation to the hardworking and gifted Law Enforcement officers who worked on this case over the last several decades. And to the past four years, i owe a great deal of debt to our assistant District Attorney kelly scott who did this so magnificently and the people of Santa Barbara county are lucky to have you. Thank you all for being here today. Please dont underestimate how traumatic is once figured to be in the room. That was the District Attorney of Santa Barbara county talking about, she was saying that she talked to the victims families over the years and it was heartbreaking. She said something interesting. Today in court when Joseph Deangelo pleaded guilty she said she saw a glimmer of peace in the victims families eyes. She hopes that this will slightly lead to hearing. We will have more on Joseph Deangelos guilty plea and also coming up at 6 00. We are looking at that red flag warning that showed up in parts of the northbay last night. You can see the areas in code red. More towards wood acre the high level stuff will go away. The wind has not been as robust as was the concern. Im going to backup the forecast model. Here we are now and you can see that the colors are sort of there. Within an hour they go away. That is representing the wind speeds. Yellows around fairfield. The high fire damage does not go away. It is summertime and something we have to think about. This component of the high fire danger goes away. Look at the hills. And those are nonindigenous the tall grasses that we get that are so flammable. The spanish came in and the hoods of their horses brought in that. Could change the dynamics of california. You didnt have these big prairie fires. I guess a b in the late 1700s the horses came in in the wild over from europe came over here and our fire danger was created. The winds, oakland, 21 miles per hour. Sfo, 21 miles per hour. Out of the west. The plan here is the winds die down and that feels good. The fog is not there now. It will work its way back in tomorrow night. We will get back to a more typical pattern. Today we didnt see many 90s. I will see you back here struck a car belonging to an African American couple was vandalized early yesterday morning. Alameda police are investigating it as a k crime. The alleged racism turned into something far more positive and meaningful for the two people allegedly targeted. Were having some difficulty queuing up that piece. In the meantime, Business Owners thought that today was finally the day they would be able to reopen. The San Francisco Business Owners are left wondering when they can welcome back customers. Also ahead tonight, Contra Costa County made the governors watch list as cases of the coronavirus trend higher. What they have planned. 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For private Insurance Companies the typical five day treatment will cost 3120 per patient. They will begin charging next month. It had previously been donating ptosis to the government since it received an emergency use alteration in may. San francisco was set to we enter the next phase of reopening but now that move is on hold after a spike in coronavirus cases. How much thats impacting businesses that have been looking forward to today. Now those businesses are wondering when they will be able to reopen. Thats right, frank. And also wondering how much longer they will be able to hold on before they close their doors for good. Reporter after weeks of steady progress, San Francisco leader so the process down canceling the latest round of business able to open on monday along the nail and hair salons and barbershops. She says her staff held a meeting last week ready to resume haircuts today and sent out emails to customers urging them to sign up for appointments only to learn that reopening is off. We have been doing a lot of things to make sure when this they came we would be ready. It is very disappointing to not be able to open. Reporter the city making the decision due to a fivefold increase in cases in a week of 10 days the only responsible move was to delay the reopening. Bars were on the list set to reopen. San franciscans need to Work Together Wearing Masks and observing social distancing to help people and businesses survive we need everybody to join together because the Health Issues and Economic Issues are linked to each other. We cannot solve our economic shoes. By and large the bars in San Francisco or frustrated but on board with waiting. Bar owners want to reopen responsibly. We are not asking to pack bars with people sweating on each other. We are asking to open when restaurants do in a responsible way in but ever restrictions are required. Reporter when they are allowed to reopen their doors when ever that may be, they will need loyal customers to return. San francisco zoos and museums are on that list of places that we will have to wait for them to reopen. San franciscos move to delay some openings does not affect the businesses that are already open. They will have to adapt to how covid19 is impacting the city. It will be dictated by the data. Live in San Francisco, ktvu fox2 news. It really is heartbreaking with how many people are really hurting right now. Thank you. A joint effort between the San Francisco School District and other agencies offering free thermometers to people who need one. They are giving away 8800 smart thermometers. They can be connected to a phone app and you can track your temperature over a week or a month. Another feature allows users to see spikes or hotspots in their area. Is people are looking toward what was school like like in the fall, having regular temperature checks is a reality. Making sure that every hospital has the materials and technology to do that will be crucial the School District will continue to give away the thermometers as supplies allow. U. S. National park service Officials Say the gas will be required to make parking reservations online. Face coverings are not required but strongly encouraged especially if youre not able to socially distance. The parking lot will be reduced to 50 of capacity. The park is open from 9 am to 6 pm. Businesses have realtered plans to reopen. Were joined live with reaction from Business Owners in both the east and south space. Alameda and Contra Costa County both announced they are positing their reopening plans while Santa Clara County is being warned to keep it sparse close for now. Reporter and codowntown many businesses were preparing to open on wednesday. Like this newly posted signs says, that reopening has been delayed. Is awful for our business and it is a bummer. Reporter the general manager spent the day cleaning gym equipment that will remain unused for now at the contra costa delayed its reopening plans that had given Fitness Centers Indoor Dining and bars the green light to resume business. I was so ready to open and so ready to see my members again and just go back to a sense of normalcy. It doesnt seem like that will be happening soon. Reporter the move happen after the governor recommended contra costa and santa clara counties to keep bars close because of the rising rate of cases and hospitalizations. Covid hospitalizations jump by 25 and the Positivity Rate increase to 6 with more young people testing positive. The county says 38 of those testing positive for 40 years or younger. More than half does testing positive are in that age group. Younger people are playing a major role in driving the increase according to health officials. The best thing we can do is lay low and circle the wagons. I think it is okay to pull back. The last thing we want to do is something prematurely. Reporter Santa Clara County was closed indefinitely. At the old back in saloon the general manager says Outdoor Table Service is most important these days as the indoor bar remains closed. At our bar we only have maybe five or six people added if we did six feet protocols. I mean, it is pointless to open a bar right now anyways. Reporter the curve slowed in april but the south bay has seen a worrisome uptick in cases and hospitalizations in june. The doctor plans to have a longer health order in the days. We are in code this fight for the long haul. We need to adapt to the risk it has created. And marine tells us Alameda County also announces temporarily pausing its own july 1 reopening plans citing an increase in covid19 cases and hospitalizations in just the past week. Protesters gathered to demand two antioch Police Officers be fired. One officer was with the San Francisco Police Department and involved in the deadly shooting of a homeless man that lunched at officers with the knife. The shooting was determined to be justified. He previously worked with Antioch Police and returned there this year. The other officer posted on his personal Facebook Page that it would be quote 100 justified for an officer to slap a protester who flipped off police. We are here at city hall and we are hoping they will hear us now and actually take some action. We have been getting a lot of run around. We are investigating and working on it. No one hates that police more than us. We are here asking for action. The family of the man killed was that the protest. The San Francisco da declined to file charges against the officer. We reached out to Antioch Police for comment today but did not hear back. Berkeley moves to defund is Police Department. Details about the mayors latest budget the trims more than 9 million from its police force. Today but mayor took a step toward defunding the police. He introduced a proposal that would cut more than 9 million from the berkeley Police Departments budget with plans to move that money to other areas in the community. Joining us now is j jordan and expert on the defund the police movement. Many berkeley residents are demanding change and now city leaders are responding. What are your thoughts on cutting more than 9 million from the berkeley to Police Department . In general we applaud the efforts of any city that takes steps towards reimagining but Public Safety looks like. We call it this concept of shared safety were Public Safety is more than just the absence of crime. It is the presence of well being. It doesnt have anything to do with Public Safety per se and nothing to do with crime. A lot of timess homeless issues, drug addiction and cops will agree that they are not social workers. They are not homeless professionals. They are not drug addiction counselors. So taking that taxpayer dollar and investing it into things that make us safe is the right thing to do. A recent report from the california budget and policy Center States that california spends a whopping 50 billion on the criminal Justice System. If you were to just take 5 of that money, 250 million we could cure homelessness in the state. By cities taking action and saying we need to reimagine but Public Safety looks like and listening to the people footing the bill for Public Safety, it makes sense. I get that youre looking at talking about mental Health Issues, homelessness issues and taking money and shifting it toward that. Do you know if some of these plans losing 9 million with possibly result in the loss of officers . Would police lose their jobs . Again, this is about safety. There is a conversation and ongoing negotiations that you are seeing. Lack folks in america say that we do not feel safe. And that is a values conversation. The conversation around jobs is a self interest conversation. Money from taxpayers that are supposed to keep us safe should go to the thing that keeps us safe. If that means keeping things out of the social Justice System and putting it in the places that create safety, that has to happen. There are innovative ways to figure that out. We have to get to the point where we can even have that conversation. When you have Police Unions backing a proposed Ballot Initiative in november that seeks to rollback reform, Police Unions right now are backing a Ballot Initiative that would expand prisons and increased Police Budgets across the state upwards of 400 million a year. Those are not conversation starters. When you talk about jobs, you have to call off the values conversation in this. It is a delicate balance on how and where to allocate resources. So many issues need to be addressed. What do you say to critics of possibly they are defunded it could lead to the loss of officers and fewer officers on the streets could make people worry that lives could be in jeopardy. How do you respond to those peoples with their concerns . I am from the north side stockton and the city where we have michael tubbs. When you think about say communities in stockton, i encourage your viewers to think about what makes a safe community. Manicured lawns, home ownership, good schools, afterschool programs, sports teams. None of that has to do with police at all. The more police you see in communities is an indication of last safety. When we invest in things that stop crime do we have less crime . Data shows the crime has decreased over the past 20 years. Prison population has decreased over the past few years. Spending has increased. Police budgets have increased. There is a disconnect there when you have the reason we should invest like the argument is we should invest more in cops and prisons that would make a safe. The data speaks a different narrative. The spending has gone up. When you think about say communities you dont think about communities that have a bunch of police in them. High ownership, high graduation rates, credit unions, access to food, that is what creates safety and not more police, not more prisons, not more jails a very important discussion to have. All across the country were looking at ways to make people safe and work things out. The Berkeley City Council will address these issues and we hope to learn more. Thank you for being with us. Thank you. Sucker looking into that forecast and it includes a bit of a warmup. A warm up further this week. The winds will die down and weve got some more to talk about. 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Reporter last nights oakland fire was due to illegal fireworks in a city that forbids them which is pretty much the case everywhere. Only five of nine counties allow safe and sane exploding fireworks and only in 12 towns. They may be sold between june 28 and july 6 only. 18 fireworks stands support local youth groups. All of the fires that have been created have been 99 of them have been illegal fireworks. And Alameda County, dublin, new work in union city allow safe and sane fireworks. Santa clara county, only gilroy. Only dixon, rio vista and suisun city. Where do illegal fireworks come from . Dennis a spokesman for the legal safe and sane tnt Fireworks Company for most illegal fireworks these days appeared to come to seaports from asia to places where they are legal. We will pick up fireworks that are legal in other states. That containment never makes it past or even to the california border. Some go to nevada were cars and trucks bring them back into california. Most of these people know when they can bring it across the border and the smallest of any risk of being caught. We are potentially the worst ignition sources for wildfire. Reporter cal fire reports 2996 fire so far this year and thats 1200 more fires and at the same point last year. Fireworks legal and illegal are of factor. Omissions are dry and we are seeing unseasonably frequent wind events. There are more fireworks in the state and that is extremely alarming to us. According to the American Pyrotechnic Association between 2018 injuries declined by almost 56 . That is thanks to better products and better supervision. Ktvu fox2 news. You get old grandpa bill going on and it makes no sense to have fireworks outside of the big state that is tender dry all summer. I cannot believe we continue all these years doing that. I just talked about the wild oat in the tall brush that is not indigenous but is here because of the spaniards and came in on the hooves of horses. When you walk in the weeds that really dry tall stuff, wild oat. Fireworks just eat that stuff up. I am always amazed that we dont just do away with all fireworks. 13 degrees warmer right now and coconquered. 12 degrees warmer in the east bay out toward fairfield. 56 degrees tomorrow in San Francisco. Maybe some patchy coastal fog. More than we saw today. A nice day tomorrow and a lot like today. We are looking at a gradual warming and a temperature footprint that looks like this. The reds are in the 90s and a pretty much looks like this through the next few days. You will see it in the five day forecast. We will continue to see low 90s and those inland bay valleys. Lets take a peek at the weekend. There you go. I will see you back here with the forecast at 6 00. Ng more f white house about the reported bounty on u. S. Troops. Coming up, we got reaction from lawmakers about the situation overseas. Lawmakers in washington are demanding more information about an Intelligence Report that says russia offered the taliban bounty payments to kill american troops. Fox news ray bogan tells us President Trump was not briefed after it first appeared in the new york times. It is distressing. This president has a far to close relationship with Vladimir Putin and excepts everything he says on face value. Reporter as members of congress arrived back in washington, a Russian Military Intelligence Unit offered bounties to militants to target u. S. Troops which may have led to american deaths. The times reports u. S. Intelligence officials and special Operations Forces alerted their superiors. It has raised questions of what trump new and when. Whats being done to help deal with the fact that we have u. S. Troops in harms way. The chief of staff, cia director and National Security advisor confirm neither the president or Vice President had been briefed. The veracity of the underlying allegations continue to be evaluated. Jacking status this type of information needs to be brought through all of the proper channels before its released. This goes on every day in the intelligence community. The American People are like a deer in the headlights. Reporter multiple sources tell fox news brought intelligence not verified is rarely if ever included in president ial daily briefings. Ray bogan, foxnews. This is ktvu fox2 news at 6 00. He spent decades terrorizing california communities before being brought to justice. Today the Golden State Killer admitted his guilt for killing and raping dozens of women. How do you plead . Guilty. The 74yearold made that admission of guilt many times today. He did so in front of his victims loved ones. Todays hearing was held in sacramento. The antelope was sentenced to several terms of life in prison without parole for a string of sadistic crimes in the 70s