Us with mores with stories halfway through the trading day. This uptrend is continuing. The s p 500 has little changed. We have seen some weakness in Telecom Stocks that have been holding it back, health care is also on the downside today. Limitings their gains there and in the s p. But we could see a closing record for both that and the s p. Of individual stocks we are watching, twitter is seeing an interesting spike today. Up 4. 5 . There appears to be no concrete news regarding the company, but increasing citing speculation after disneys purchase of the fox assets. Pointing toers are a tweet from yesterday from Goldman Sachs ceo lloyd blankfein. And they say i dont know jack. Some are pointing to that as some sort of deal making, maybe nothing isut confirmed there. It is all speculation. But the stock is up in todays trading. Look at those telecoms ahead of that decision on Net Neutrality. Interesting, the stocks are not necessarily trading as you might expect. In other words, if th
Twitter. Anderson has been a p. E. Teacher and coach for four years, before that, he worked with kids in various organizations. The 39yearold told us by phone, quote, i love children and i dont do this work as long as i have if youre not passionate about the children and work ive done. Reporter any discipline for the student . No. Not at this time. Reporter anderson is on paid leave pending the outcome of the districts investigation. Laura anthony, abc7 news. A memorial is growing at the foot of a west oakland mural after authorities are calling a senseless killing of an artist. Friends of antonio rom ramos tell us he was shot while working on a mural this morning. The 27yearold was a volunteer with the oakland super heros project. A class of middle schoolers was supposed to visit tomorrow. What was he doing . Just painting . Trying to beautify a neighborhood . Were devastated. Were busy painting and heard a gunshot. A search for the shooter is ongoing. Oakland police are looking into
Maybe you saw the project taking face behind us in this overpass here. On highway 580. You might have even passed Antonio Ramos when he was working on it. No one saw the shooter coming. Were devastated. Thats what the whole mural is about, community, revitalization. But not soon enough, after a man with a gun killed one of the artists with a single shot. Motive unknown. I saw a minor altercation between him and the suspect. I think that fortunately, engaged somehow with the shooter. And before we knew it, the man pulled out a gun and shot him. The artist had volunteered his time on the oakland superheros project which aims at involving middle school kids who had planned to visit here tomorrow. The artist had cleaned up the area. This mural had been coming along quickly. It should have been something good. Now, in its place, sadness and pain. Trying to beautify a neighborhood that has challenges. Everyone passing by has been saying thank you. Now, no words. From oakland, wayne friedman,
And at Valley Medical Center examined him before and after the move. At this time we have no information about the cause of death. Any assumptions as to the cause of death is pure speculation until the medical examiner finishes their review. We expect that review to take place in the coming days. Based on our information the inmate had a long history of violent behavior, both in public and with jail and medical staff. He was in a unit that was being monitored. There was no indication the day before, a couple days before that there was any physical confrontations the indent followed the death of enmate Michael Tyree allegedly beaten to death by three correctional deputies on the same floor of the jail. This jail and really no jail is equipped to handle individuals with mental illnesses. The reason its called an illness is because it requires treatment, treatment to be done at a hospital. Reporter and as with the tyree case there are a number of different agencies also investigating the
Ter onto celebrate his life. Nbc bay areas Stephanie Chuang is live in oakland. Stephanie, people are remembering him as a good kid who was trying to make his community a better place. Reporter thats what we heard over and over again this morning, kris. His family pulled up in a car this morning and immediately they got out. And it just seemed like they were here visiting the site where his life was taken just 24 hours ago as he was working on a mural. I talked to his younger sister who was on crutches. And she was telling me shed been here last night for a vigil but couldnt stay very long through tears. She was absolutely emotional. More than 100 people packed this area under the 580 overpass. This is on west street here for a candle light vigil to remember antonio ramos. Oakland police say this is where he was shot while Painting Part of a 4,000squarefoot mural part of a project to beautify oakland. His parents, older brother and younger sister were among the family members here this