Employ local workers. Basically our taxpaying dollars are being used against us. Reporter oaklands boycott wont be official until the full City Council Considers it at a future meeting. In oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. Two groups that have been on opposite sides of issues like gentrification joined forces today to oppose the policies of president trump. Tech works and selfdescribed anticapitalists staged a rally this morning at king plaza in palo alto. Organizers say the demonstration was meant to promote what they say are the values that drive silicon valley, diversity, inclusion and civil lynn libert. They hope to build a connection between the two groups. Investigators say they are making progress in trying to identify those dirt bikers who beat up a lyft driver last week. This is the shocking video of the attack during rush hour on highway 101 in San Francisco. Were learning this is not the only group of bikers who have caused problems. Abc 7 News Reporter vic lee is live in
Nbc bay areas rick boon is live outside the hall of justice in san jose with what they want. Rick. Reporter hey, janelle. What they want, they want this guy to spend the rest of his life in jail. This shocker today comes almost exactly a year to the date that Robert Farmer was picked up, arrested for all these crimes. In court today, he admitted to everything. He says even though he admits he did it, theyre not letting him off the hook. 25yearold Robert Farmer and his attorneys made a lastminute decision in court just before new evidence was set to be added in the cases against him. Farmer admitted to 21 counts of felony animal cruelty in which he assaulted and murdered more than 20 cats. We never found the body. Reporter her 17yearold cat, go, go, was one of Farmers First victims. Surveillance video captured farmer in the act as he chased and picked up the cat from the neighborhood. Just took our sense of safety. Because he took it from us. Reporter the 25yearold was finally found and
Now you can know what is about to happen before anyone else. Its a story for dave osterberg. Im laura moody. Russell and im russell rhodes. A lot ahead this morning but speaking of dave, hes not here. Lindsay is and theres rain on the way. Lindsay but not this morning. Dry times until wetter times later this afternoon. Clouds thickening today but we have breaks in them. Its developed to 76. We 80s this morning even though its very muggy. Notice the little swirl. Thats a tropical wave that will move across our area today and with it, giving us patchy sprinkles in polk county. Nothing major. We need to bring in some heating before we opt the late day rain chance to 60 to 70 . Because of the content of moisture in the atmosphere, highs in the upper 80s. Well time out the best arrival of storms coming up. Courtney. The interstates are building up this morning and were seeing delays through plant city along i4 corridor. This is a live look at the westbound traffic. Taillights heading near B
Defending world champ j. B. Mauney is surprisingly still searching for his first ever 15 15 bucking battle when today we welcome back one of the best ever, 2012 at World Champion bucking bull returns after a year off and he is out to prove he has not lost a step. We welcome you inside Scott Trade Center for the third 15 15 bucking battle of the 2016 season, which means we welcome you up top once again to the pbrs built ford tough skybox along to time pbr world champ Justin Mcbride and two to form, j. B. Mauney is already manufactured multiple highlight moments a season. Absolutely and i think that will be his legacy. He was one guy that could always write as tough as bulls, but taking a look at him here, j. B. Then when you look back at last week, this is a bull that made the guy look like he did not have a chance against him in j. B. Mauney makes him look likely bolded everybody should rise. With rides like that we dont need more headlines, but we have one with one of the sports best
Reporer he was a giant in the law. Known for sharp intellect and sharp tongue, Justice Scalias views on the constitution influenced a generation. Nominated by president reagan, scalia joined the court with established philosophy that judges should follow the original understanding of the constitution. One of his most significant opinions was the landmark ruling that the Second Amendment guarantees an individual right to bear arms. He could seem combative, despite partisan rancor of washington, scalia had deep friendships with liberal justices, Ruth Bader Ginsburg who shared his affinity for opera. His disagreements he said in a 2008 interview with 60 minutes were not personal. I attack idea. I dont attack people. Some very good people have very bad idea. Reporter in a statement, ginsburg said they were best buddies and color r itiques made her opinions better. The apple sauce, arglebargle as scalia put it, and gave me just what i needed to strengthen the majority opinion. I could be ch