For them. He said he urged him to take action. He had a face to face meeting but it did not go well. The bishop of oakland is a racist. Their meeting last friday spurred this video. He said to me, black people should be happy with the way the church and this country has treated them. And in that moment, i got up and i am, i cannot believe what you just said. This meeting is over. His spokesperson tells me, bishop barber did not say those words but barber declined my request for an interview. Did he make a media appearance last month with other clergy urging Governor Newsom to allow churches to reopen. Cant we reopen under the same conditions that the stores and supermarkets, marijuana clinics tarks too parlors are opening under . He pointed to this video today in which california clergy come out against racism. So many of our brothers and sisters suffer daily from the injustice of racism. Bishop barber is there but does not directly comment. He did hold an Online Service the day george
Area. Chopper 5 over a pair of small vegetation fires in san jose this afternoon. One started in the interstate 280 highway intersection interchange. The other burned about six acres near south on highway 101 in south san jose. No damage reported. In livermore a pair of fires gained momentum for a while under near triple digit conditions. One burned about an a and have near minds road. The other, called the lad fire because of its proximity to the livermore lab, burned nearly 30 acres. It is nearing containment earlier today i got close to some nearby wineries. Mcgrail vineyard says its lucky a vineyard was spared when flames racing over the hills stopped just feet away. You can get smoke taint on the grapes and we just have some fruit set in here so we want to avoid any kind of smoke. No official word on what caused the fires. Christopher columbus going on another voyage. Today the city of San Francisco decided to remove the statue of columbus near coit tower. Earlier this week it was
The Oakland Police and the fbi. Our first michelle kingston has more for us tonight from lake merritt. While the ropes and now this fake body are being investigated some people here in oakland have taken it upon themselves to patrol the lake to get more eyes on whats going on just my stomach turned and i couldnt believe what i was seen a fake body hanging from a noose on a tree near Lake Merritt Police say the person who reported the hate crime took it down and when officers arrived they found this material stuffed in the shape of the human body with a rope tied around the torso and neck laying on the ground next to a tree with an American Flag flying next to it. Any symbol of hate any symbol of violence does not have a place in oakland Oakland Police say they notified the fbi and both agencies are working to identify who was responsible for this and the nooses found hanging in the trees around the lake on tuesday both incidents are being classified as hate crimes in vigorous us. To es
We are back with images showing just one of several fastmoving wildfires burning in arizona right now. Thousands of people have been evacuated and several highways are either fully or partially closed. So far no structures have been damaged, but flames have scorched more than 300 square miles. As we officially head into summer tomorrow, several states are reporting soaring Coronavirus Infection rates. 20 states are seeing increasing numbers of new virus cases. 18 have growing rates of hospitalizations. California is among the states that just set a daily record for new cases. That forced governor gavin newsom to require everyone to wear a mask when in public. Those soaring infection rates in the south have some governors from former hot spots in the north considering travel restrictions, but are they effective . I spoke earlier with dr. David eisenman. Were seeing troubling coronavirus numbers across much of the south, including in texas and arizona. New yorks governor says he might is
He said f on thursday, he was arrested on four counts of felony threats with a hate crime enhancement . You want to say anything to the family and children . He said nothing after posting 150,000 bail. But his attorney did talk. He signed foup for rehab, because i said dude, you have a drinking problem. She said he too much to drink. Does he believe that black lives matter. I think he does. He does by his actions. Why did he say that . I dont know. Describes him in recent days. Who was just fired from his job at United Airlines over this matterer. Just a bundle of tears. Super upset is. Super crying, and super stressed out. He disputed that he threatened to shoot the especially ffamily, but they have interviewed a dozen witnesses. We interviewed many people and its based on race in a time in our world. She and her husband are relieved that the District Attorney filed charges. Sabotti is scheduled to be arraigned on tuesday. In red wood city, abc7 news. Police Reform Efforts in several