Convictions here in california. Good morning. Thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. Im marcus washington. Im kris sanchez. Laura garcia is off. We will get to the developments involving Harvey Weinstein in a moment. The dow tanking at this hour. At one point it was down 600 points. So this is a mild improvement. This is happening as investors on wall street react to concerns over covid19 in the uk, inflation and fiscal growth. Experts say the dow is headed for what could be the biggest drop of the year. Back to those developments out of new york. An Appeals Court is overturning Harvey Weinsteins 2020 conviction on felony sex crime charges. Ginger Conejero Saab is joining us. This reversal is sending shock waves for people who saw that me too movement play out and people wondering what will happen with his case here in california . Absolutely, kris and marcus. The courts ruling is essentially saying that Harvey Weinstein did not receive a fair trial in his original case, and th
Old. You know, i think Law Enforcement has to take care of business. The city has got to take care of business. Its every other night, sometimes its 5 00 p. M. Sometimes its 6 00 p. M. 10 00 p. M. Like last night, 10 00 p. M. Sometimes its 2 00 in the morning. Reporter jenny recorded this scene from her backyard last night watching the spectators put their lives on the line. It concerns me because how come they are not afraid . Reporter residents say they are afraid and frustrated and dont understand why the city isnt doing something to stop it. Somethings got to be done about all this. The issue we had last night were our lack of staffing, our lack of resources and other calls for service that had higher priority. When we were able to respond to the sideshows, they were already concluded. Reporter Vallejo Police say its a staffing issue. They say they understand sideshows are dangerous and a two sans but claim they are doing their best. Right now we are trying to recruit, and we are t
Loved by so many across the city and across the bay area. For evidence of that you just have to look at this line of people waiting to get inside the city hall rotunda to pay their respects to the late mayor. Many local politicians also on hand as well and many well known figures from across the community that want to say goodbye. A moving scene in early this morning and we will show it to you. Mayor lee arrived at city hall for the last time. It was just before 7 am as pallbearers carried his flag draped casket up the steps of city hall. San Francisco Police officers were at a tension saluting his casket. His body was brought into the rotunda where he now lives in state and will remain for the rest of the day. We caught up this morning with former mayor willie brown who arrived around 9 am to pay respects to his dear friend. He had, basically, diplomatic skills unlike most ordinary politicians. Ed lee i dont think ever flew off the handle in the 3540 years , certainly not the eight ye
In freezing in valley locations to 40s around the bay. Santa rosa has dropped below freezing. 31 of five your door and fog at the airport. Not this airport, sfo, but in santa rosa. On the valley floor we are seeing patchy fog. San francisco, 48. Oakland, 40. Livermore, 35 and san jose, 44. You can see San Francisco sfo looks good as far as visibility is concerned. Its been fluctuating in the east bay. About a mile and three quarters. That darker shade of gray is for the to the north. We have seen this develop from the airports and down through petaluma. You may come across some fog and he could be dense. Here are the afternoon highs for today. San francisco in the low 60s. In her east bay, low 60s. Another spare the air day. We have the air quality check coming up and the extended forecast through the holiday weekend. Were getting new numbers on drunk driving arrests over the holidays. There were more than 790 people arrested for dui during the holiday weekend. One of those arrested is
Thats when he admitted he was a chp officer. I finally said, you be careful out there. Were turned on the news at 5 00 and the first thing that came up at 5 00 was his picture on the tv screen. To tell you the truth, i think him if i remember right, i was standing in front of the tv and i fell down on my knees. Reporter very shaken. Ronald share what may have been one of the last conversations the officer had. That was hours before the chp officer went to work on Christmas Eve patrolling 880 south in hayward. Shortly before midnight, a man accused of being drunk and high on marijuana crashed into the chp car killing camilleri and injuring another officer identified as jonathan velasquez. Jonathan velasquez is expected to recover. Camilleri was a frequent customer and i asked ronald what would it be like going back to work. Just knowing i will need see never see him inside that store again and continue the friendship. I really did just start to get to know him. Knowing the friendship wa