New at 5 00, a judge has harsh words for oakland city leaders about how they handled the investigation. Abc 7 News Reporter Laura Anthony is live at the federal courthouse in San Francisco. She has more now on what the judge had to say. Laura . Reporter this hearing just wrapped up this afternoon here in San Francisco. All the Major Players inside the courtroom. Federal judge Felton Henderson told the city of oakland and its Police Department that its long history of federal oversight is far from over. He told city leaders and attorneys for all sides, the sex abuse scandal shows were still not finished after 14 years of reforming this department. The hearing comes after an independent report found then Oakland Police chief sean wentz and top city officials including mayor schaaf were inept in their handling of a sex scab dndal involving a teenage girl. As you all know, the judge has not made a ruling, but he will make a ruling in a couple of days. And from there, we will have a clear d
It started after 6 p. M. People were trapped about and hour and a half on the bart station. Now, the shutting down that explosion shut down service to lafayette and pleasantville. Service was restored around 7 15 be trains moving at reduced speeds. Passengers said it sounded like a big explosion. Fire crews responded to the blaze just after 6 00 p. M. , and evacuated and estimated 250 passengers. We talked to some people as they were getting off the bart train people were freaking out. They were more concerned about beginning the places where they needed to go as opposed to being they were like, i need to get to this place at a certain time. There were people in the car with luggages. Reporter a lot of the people told me that most of the people inside the bart trains remained calm. They said it wasnt too bad. As they said, most people were upset they couldnt get to where they were going in time. Reporting live in walnut creek, kron 4 news. A bart official said 250 to 300 passengers on
Port opened fire. The Rookie Police officer rammed his car into their suv and helped take gusto into custody. The second suspect was arrested a few hours late. I think the police did an admirable job. This woman says her son, a decorated vietnam veteran also reacted heroically. He came to the aid of the victim using towels to stop the bleeding. He pressed them on the guys leg because it was squirting blood. He said there was blood all over. Garcia said her coworkers tried to help too. Shes praying for the guard and grateful nobody else was hit. We realize that we got a shot right here. Thats when i realized that it could have been me. Reporter we are back here live again. The chase bank remained closed today. But were told it will reopen tomorrow. Meanwhile, the two suspects will appear in Court Tomorrow to be arraigned on charges of armed robbery, conspiracy and attempted murder. Meanwhile, the victim we are told is still hospitalized tonight. The guard, with multiple gunshot wounds.
Million. An amount some consider too small to prevent such disasters from happening again. Joining me now is george avalos, Business Reporter for the San Jose Mercury news. Nice to have you here. Thank you. Pg e faced 12 criminal charges. It was found guilty of six. Aside from obstructing an investigation charge, what were some of the other charges they were found guilty of . They were found guilty of a variety of violations of the Pipeline Safety act. These primarily included things such as their preparation, assessing threats and things like that, prioritizing threats, determining how to deal with dangers in the pipelines. The acquittals primarily related to there were six counts in which they were acquitted. Primarily related to Record Keeping issues. Initially, federal prosecutors were seeking nearly 600 million in fines. Then early this month, in a surprise move, they dropped that request to 6 million. Now with this latest verdict, the maximum penalty is 3 million. Why did prosecu
The utility faces a fine of 3 million. An amount some consider too small to prevent such disasters from happening again. Joining me now is george avalos, Business Reporter for the San Jose Mercury news. Nice to have you here. Thank you. Pg e faced 12 criminal charges. It was found guilty of six. Aside from obstructing an investigation charge, what were some of the other charges they were found guilty of . They were found guilty of a variety of violations of the Pipeline Safety act. These primarily included things such as their preparation, assessing threats and things like that, prioritizing threats, determining how to deal with dangers in the pipelines. The acquittals primarily related to there were six counts in which they were acquitted. Primarily related to Record Keeping issues. Initially, federal prosecutors were seeking nearly 600 million in fines. Then early this month, in a surprise move, they dropped that request to 6 million. Now with this latest verdict, the maximum penalty