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Justice. Reporter an emotional funeral for george floyd whose death sparked a Worldwide Movement for change. We are rising in love. He went down and injustice and we are rising up for just is. It is our time to honor his life and death by becoming one family with one teacher. Reporter the eyes of the world were on houston, texas as leaders gather to bid a final farewell to george floyd. 500 people were invited for the private service. Silent says his casket was carried into the church. Reporter it was a heartwarming celebration including emotional remarks from the grieving family at the video message from former Vice President joe biden. Unlike most, we must grieve in public and that is a burden. A burden that is your purpose to change the world for the better in the name of george floyd. Reporter an impassioned eulogy by reverend al sharpton. Asbury lake you to rest today, the movement will not rest until we get justice, until we have one standard of justice. Reporter the mayor and th
Counties. Sonoma county with the most, 65,000. Santa clara county, 38,000. Contra costa county, 37,000. Pg e says it continuing to monitor weather forecasts and th let us know when theyre turning that power back on. Now, we could take a look at the area thats burning, as you just mentioned, scott. But even closer, take a look. When you zoom in to the actual site, it kind of gives y breakdown of the actual areas where the power remains off. This can take you down to even individual street levels there as well. Its happening throughout the bay area. We have seen a little bit of improvement along the way, especially in some of the outlying areas of san jose and what have you. You continue to monitor whats going on, hoping for updates from pg e. Even deanza community college, half of it without power, the other half with. Take you to live pictures from nbc bay areas sky ranger. This shows you the actual burn area from that fire in moraga. Power lines were already shut off when this fire st
Brink of closure. A lot of us are, and its due to safety concerns. Customers dont want to come out to oakland sending a message to city hall. More than 200 businesses have said they will close their doors. Good evening, everyone. Im mike mibach. And im julie julie haener. This comes after a spike in the number of car break ins, robberies and retail theft all around oakland. New at ten tonight. Ktvu zac sos joins us now live after speaking with Business Owners participating in the strike. Zach julie, there seems to be this general consensus amongst the Business Owners i spoke to that the city really just is not paying enough attention to their concerns that the city is really just mismanaging the issue of crime. But the final straw for them, for those going on strike tomorrow, seems to have come when the state offered that grant money to combat retail theft and the city just didnt apply in time for it. If things dont turn around in oakland, we will not be able to survive. It is just tha