Morning. Thanks for joining us for our midday newscast. Im Marcus Washington and im kris sanchez. Laura garcia is off. We continue our coverage of those protests that are happening across the state and across the nation. And so far, we can tell you 1900 people were arrested at College Protests across the country. To date, the latest happening within the last hour at Portland State university. On the left hand side of your screen, you see protesters squaring off with police in riot gear. And on the right, a similar scene with protesters running from officers at the university of buffalo. And check out this before and after the university of wisconsinmadison. In just one day after police tore down an encampment there, students returning, setting up more tents overnight. Tense moments over at ucla. This is where chp moved in to make arrests. Hundreds of those protesters who defied warnings were taken into custody, and tents were torn down. Heres a live look above that campus. This is wher
For an update on this tense situation. As the arrests continue to mount. This is today in the bay thanks so much for joining us on this thursday morning. Im kris sanchez and im marcus washington. Certainly a busy thursday morning for you. Were going to get to that breaking news in just a moment. But first we want to get a look at whats happening with that weather here in the bay area and kerry. It has really been a nice one for us. It has. Its been a great week and weve enjoyed sunshine and cool mornings, but warm afternoons its also been windy and were already seeing some of those breezes picking up in san rafael as well as San Francisco. Elsewhere, a calm wind with temperatures in the low 50s. A live look outside in oakland as you get ready to get this thursday started. Were in the low 60s, and then well see temperatures in the low 70s for the afternoon. Eventually well make it up to 75 degrees there. 75 in hayward, san jose will reach a high of 78. In the same in los gatos, mountain
Theyre having weapons pointed at them. Theyre being physically abused, beaten and shoved on their routes. Thieves targeting mail carriers. The latest postal worker robbery. What the post office says the criminals are after, and road closures causing headaches for drivers across the bay area. The highway shut down underway. Well tell you how to get around those closures. The news at five starts right now. Thanks for joining us. Im gia vang and im terry mcsweeney. Propalestinian protests continue to heat up on College Campuses across the bay area and the nation. Demonstrators at stanford remained on campus overnight. Administrators warned students to clear out of white plaza near the Student Union by eight last night. If they didnt, they could be disciplined or even face arrest. Now, according to the San Francisco chronicle, this morning, Santa Clara County deputies attempted to identify students involved going through that tent encampment there. So far, though, we have not heard of any
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