To welcome customers back so soon. Good evening and thanks for joining us at everybody im Vicki Liviakis and im grant lotus not as bad as it was last night, but this Atmospheric River continues to pass through parts of the bay area tonight. Prompting several weather alerts in our region. The rain is falling in Santa Cruz County tonight streets there as you can see. Pretty slick and water is standing in some areas of Boulder Creek. Flood advisory has expired within just the past hour. But a Flash Flood Watch is in effect that curation orders and warnings remain in place near the burn zones in san mateo and santa cruz counties see her on the map the areas shaded in yellow are under evacuation warnings. The areas in red have evacuation orders in place. Is rain and snow knocked out power for more than half a million pg e customers in northern california. Nearly 75 of those customers have their power back on right now, but 16,000 customers in the bay area. Theyre still in the dark tonight a
Issues. We will wrap it up in about 15 minutes. Here it is, jeff was talking about it. We mentioned it also. That mudslide near salinas. Here is new video in our newsroom. Debris and mudflows causing significant damage to homes and roads. Mud pushed up against the homes spilling over onto the street. Firefighters say at least two people were hurt and nearly 50 horses were rescued. Look at that sludge and mud and mess right there. The mudflow is from the river fire zone from last august. While the bay area escaped flooding and mudslides for now, many areas instead got snow. Jodi hernandez went to one spot that just last week was the site of a brush fire. Reporter parts of the bay area look more like the sierra today after the storm delivered a good dose of snow. Its been crazy weather lately, right . Reporter ashley and Payton Wilcox spent the morning playing in the snow. As Mother Nature brought yet another surprise to parts of the bay area. Its been interesting definitely this year. R
Recently jacob blake reporter have sparked protests across the nation. There are two systems of justice in the United States. Theres a white system, and theres a black system. The black system aint doing so well. But were going to stand up every black person in the United States is gonna stand up were tired, im tired, of looking at cameras, and seeing these young black and brown people suffer reporter there were also calls for people to show up and vote this november. We must march do the ballot box, or the mailbox, to demand the leadership we deserve reporter the rally ending with a march from the Lincoln Memorial to the mlk memorial. Obviously there were concerns of parked crowds during a pandemic. Everyone was temperature checked and event organizers asked people from highrivel areas to stay home. Reporter white house chief of staff stood by the president s assertion that his administration has done more more minority communities than any president in recent history. And here in the
Well be following this. In the meantime, that was not the only march here in the bay area. A group march have beened to Oakland City Hall to protest for change. Reporter they have said that much has changed, but much has stayed the same. They had a simple message. I want you to stop killing us stop killing us now stop murdering us reporter 57 years after dr. Martin luther kings i have a dream speech in washington, his call resonates, especially in todays climate. Are you waiting for another video, another attack on our community to bring us down . Well, thats not what were waiting for. Reporter with the deaths of george floyd, breonna taylor, and others, killed by police, civil rights, a pressing issue now much as it was back in 1963, and had hoped for greater headway since then. Its disappointing we are here, but we have to rise up and do something about it. Reporter speakers adapted dr. Kings speech with a plea connected to the Current National reckoning over race and policing. Its h
Might do. We were consult . Ed they would try to frame us as race its. Reporter he said they are black head organization, they are targeting the superintendent not because of race but because of policy. The time is long overdue. She is in charge of our School District, and she has failed to prepare us for this school year. Reporter some of the demands include full ppe and testing in place at schools, accessible online learning, and federal dollars to help get through the crisis. Meanwhile, the Oakland Education Association and the Oakland Union mid School District are still at issue over hours of live instruction and access to technology. Our families, students, and community, you know, deserve just to have some direction and to know how the school year will begin for their students. Reporter i asked the Union President , keith brown, if they dont reach a deal, if there is any plan to strike. We dont have an agreement by august 10th, monday, we are prepared to move forward and teach wi