Or closing your shades during the day. Stay well and keep it golden. A familiar face, a superhero helping out the Homeless Population here in downtown san jose. The Oakland Unified School board has voted to eliminate the Districts Police department, but not everyone is happy about it. Governor newsom announced a huge spike in california covid cases. What epidemiologists say is contributing to the surge. The heat peaks tomorrow. The areas of highest heat illness coming up. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Major new developments tonight after a decadeslong battle by Community Activists and parents. The Oakland Unified School board has voted to eliminate the School Police force. Abc 7 News Reporter j. R. Stone is in the newsroom with more. Well, alma and dan, some of those weve seen rallying in the streets are calling this an historic win tonight, but others i talk with say they now fear for their childs safety. Cheer among many in oakland as th
Long to eliminate school police. The vote was unanimous and will do away with Law Enforcement and any Armed Security in Oakland Schools. We dont need police. We dont need any Law Enforcement entity. The move will eliminate the Districts Police department at the end of the year, and will shift all calls to the oakland Police Department. In recent weeks there have been rallies and marches in favor of this. Even warriors coach steve kerr took to the streets. Some parents we talked with are not happy. I think its a bad idea. Carolyn bim has two sons in the Oakland School district and she worries for their safety and others. My son was bullied this year, sixth grade year and seventh graders threatened to bring a gun and shoot my son, right . Im like whoa, right. Former District Security guard tony helgel agrees. I think its a dangerous mistake. Thats telling people that the school zone is a free for all for criminal activity. Now, though, there is a hope from many that School Employees will
Robert . Reporter thats right. In fact there are a number of protests through the city. They are here at 1 00. It shows you how widespread the response is and many south bay groups, the response needs to be different from what it has been in the past. If you are at risk of being taken they acknowledged the image of ice raids struck fear in the hearts of many immigrant families, but rights activists want it to generate determination and action as well. How do we defend ourselves . The Rapid Response networks and other activists groups are spreading the word of a hotline to report ice activities and get advice, including having an attorney show up at their home. Naomi is a network volunteer who has undocumented family members and said the hotline and Community Support is bolstering her resolve. Its difficult to process that maybe your parents or your friends can be taken away. All these things are intended not just to gin up the base, but to destabilize and make the community feel they h
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School claimed they were not told. The school is saying they verbally told parents about this event but since all of this has occurred, theres a policy that will have to be put into effect. Im curious because some of these kids are small. How much do these vests way . They way 10 of the childs weight. We looked online and the vests are actually sold in local stores. You could buy them online. They are nothing new. Its used for children who may have adhd. A tool, a learning tool. With the parents are saying, they wanted to know their child was going to be put in the vest. All right, thank you. A multimillion dollar bay area burglary, taken down by Police Hundreds of victims have new hope of getting their belongings back. The suspect unloaded millions of dollars the bags packed with stolen goods. They rated a storage unit and found boxes and boxes of items. One down the woman picked up her laptop, stolen from her car in oakland in november. I did not think i would reunite with my stolen