Heather holmes. And im alex savage. This follows mounting lawsuits and investigates actions by the California Attorney generals office, the fbi and the Contra Costa County district attorneys office. Kate brooks jarocz joins us now live outside the Antioch Police department. So, brooks, what does this letter say and what exactly are the civil rights attorneys asking for . Well that letter is four pages long, and a lot of it is based on those racist and homophobic Text Messages that was part of a joint operation and investigation by not only the fbi, but also county prosecutors. Now civil rights attorneys have also filed their own lawsuits. John burris, who wrote the letter, represents 13 plaintiffs, but he says hes interviewed more than 140 people who have stories of mistreatment, including being wrongfully detained, arrested physically beaten, illegally searched or intimidated. And now burris wants this new civil rights investigation and a practice of race based policing that he says h
Commissioner byrne here. Commissioner yee here. Uh, Vice President carter oberstein, you have a quorum. Commissioner. President elias is in route. Also with us tonight, we have chief scott from the San Francisco Police Department and executive director Paul Henderson from the department of police accountability. Uh, sergeant, could you call the first item, please . Line item one. General Public Comment at this time. The public is now welcome to address the commission for up to two minutes on items that do not appear on tonights agenda, but are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Police Commission under Police Commission, rules of order during Public Comment, Neither Police or epa personnel nor commissioners are required to respond to questions by the public, but may provide a brief response. Alternatively you may submit Public Comment in either of the following ways. Email the secretary of the Police Commission at sfpd. Commission at sf dot org or written comments may be sent
With the burning man ceo, and shell share how shes responding. Plus, meteorologist kari hall is tracking the holiday weather, your labor day forecast, and the traffic out there. This is today in the bay. Good morning. Thank you for starting your labor day with us. Im kira klapper. And im kris sanchez. Laura and marcus have this labor day morning off. We are here with you and were kind of slow in the traffic department. But the weather is glorious. It has been nice. Ive loved the cooler weather. We had a lot of clouds, but there were also some showers nearby. So for the people who went to the sierra, its been kind of a messy weekend. We take a look at pleasant hill. If youre heading to work, laboring on this labor day, were going to see temperatures in the upper 50s to start, a mostly cloudy morning, and today were going to see a lot more sunshine than we have seen over the past couple of days. Its not going to be much warmer. Take a look at these highs, looking at some low to mid80s fo
Closure through two counties. And a muddy mess in the nevada desert. We are following the latest at burning man, where tens of thousands of people remain stuck this morning, after rain that turned those grounds into a nightmare. We have an exclusive interview with the burning man ceo. Also, meteorologist kari hall tracking the holiday weather, your labor day forecast, and the traffic. This is today in the bay. Good morning. Thank you so much for starting your labor day with us. Im kira klapper. And im kris sanchez. Laura and marcus are both off. Mike is off as well, but kari is here. I have to say, i must be sounding like a nut. Im, like, this weather was glorious this weekend. I loved it. Because we dont always get cool, cloudy weather for labor day weekend. Its usually burning, sizzling hot. So thats the good thing, is that were still enjoying this cooler weather, and its going to stick around for a while. Its all because of the fog weve seen return near the coastline and its going t
This is a live update for you this morning on the interstate 80 closure and the time line on when things are expected to reopen. Plus, the exodus out of burning man in the nevada desert is still mired in mud. But we now know when tens of thousands of people may be able to leave black rock city. Thanks for joining us on this labor day monday. Im kris sanchez. Marcus and laura are off. Today may not be quite the holiday some bay area travelers had in mind as they had to labor through an extended shutdown on interstate 80 impacting one of the bay areas major arteries. Bob redell is live for us with an update from caltrans. Is the road going to reopen for tomorrows postlabor day commute . Reporter according to caltrans, yes, it is. Good morning to you, kris. I did speak with caltrans a couple of hours ago, and they tell us that westbound 80 that is shut down right now at 780 and vallejo to carquinez behind me to highway 4 in hercules will reopen at 5 00 Tuesday Morning in time for workers