A rally in San Francisco expressed support for a man shot to death by police, as a civil rights lawsuit gets under way. The parents of Alejandro Alex are suing four officers in federal court for wrongful death and excessive force. A jury will decide whether police acted reasonably when they shot and killed the 28 yearold in march of 2014. Officers were responding to a report of a man with a gun acting erratically. Police say they believe their lives were in danger, as alex nieto pointed a gun with a red laser light at them. It turned out to be a taser, one the man used for a job as a security guard. Alex nieto was struck at least 10 times. [ speaking spanish ] very emotional to see all of these people supporting us here and that they know that alex was such a good young man. A good young man, good student. He always liked to help others. Jury selection in the federal trial is now under way. The trial is expected to take about a week and a half. In the south bay, a preliminary hearing c
Numerous mid70s around the bay area. 76 at oakland so far and fremont 74 in San Francisco. 81 in santa cruz. Live doppler 7 hd you can see hardly a cloud to be found. Meanwhile, we still have the beach hazard alert in effect for rip currents, large breakers. Looking out over San Francisco on this sunny afternoon. Mostly clear this evening and mild. Cool inland in the Early Morning hours. Warm again tomorrow afternoon with highs ranging from near 70 on the coast to near 80 in the warmest inland locations. Quite a warm weekend. A look beyond the weekend weather in just a moment. Dan . Thank you so much. A lot of people went to the beach today to enjoy the warm weather, but as spencer mentioned, there is an alert about sneaker waves right now. Here is a look at San Franciscos ocean beach from our camera. Thats where Wayne Freedman is live for us. Wayne . We learned a lot about sneaker waves and rip currents today. One can lead to the other. We learned if you get caught in a rip current do
Charged with dui. Police say he crashed his ford pickup into a san jose home while under the influence, this is a problem ive got to get fixed reporter smith agreed to enter rehab and missed five games. He returned to a team apparently bound again for suffer another frustrating last minute defeat, smith appeared to take it in stride. No blame. Two good teams went out there and there was a winner return to index of back pam the 49ers releaseds arr pam it says quote we are disappointed to learn of the incident involving aldon smith. Pam . As this is a pending legal matter and we are still gathering the pertinent facts, we will have no father, matt. Further comment reporter aldon smith isnt the only 49er in trouble. A separate investigation looms over quarterback colin kaepernick. He, and 49ers wide receiver quinton patton, were named in a miami police report. The players will have to be responsible with what they are doing. It is not good for the community or the team. Nor is it good for
Few issues with her audio. We will try to get back to her. Kron4 will be following this story for you all morning long. We will have live reports every hour from boston. vicepresident joe biden is expected to speak at a special Service Later this morning. Robin the weather is shaping up to be nice but not as warm as yesterday. We have corel temperatures but otherwise we will see a cool down. The temperatures are cool. Make sure that you grabbed a jacket. We are mainly in the 50s. The 49 degrees for daly city and san mateo is at 52 degrees. 54 for fremont and 52 in livermore. It is also a bit foggy outside. Visibility was reduced down to 0 for service spots. Santa rosa and places like Half Moon Bay are getting reduced visibility. Here is a look at what you can expect for today. It will be nice today. We will see the fog moved back. The temperatures will be coming down. We will see the sea breeze and the wind picked up. It will be breezy. That afternoon highs for today would be nice all
The power outages are severely impacting the quality of life of a young disabled Cuban man, as reported by his mother on social media. Identified on F.