Live from the kgo tv Broadcast Center this is abc 7 news. Protests across the bay area today stopping traffic and ending in some areshts. Demonstrators calling for an end to Police Violence. Elissa harrington joins us live from San Francisco where one protest has just wrapped up. Elissa elissa . Reporter katy, demonstrations will continue happening throughout the mlk holiday weekend. 18th and castro is back open but protesters shut down the intersection for a good hour. Theyre urging the Lgbt Community to take a stand and fight back against racism. A march in east oakland. A civil rights slide show. A rally in San Franciscos castro district. These are just a few of several demonstrations happening in the bay area over the Martin Luther king jr. Holiday weekend. Protests against Police Violence involving black men and other minorities. The movement is also to take back mlks legacy and support nonviolence and civil disobedience. Until we get justice there is no peace. Reporter four were
Wa two pittbulls go on a dangerous rampage terrorizing a peninsula neighborhood. An attack so vicious they even went after a car door. And when police could not catch him an officer used his cruiser to run the dogs down. Im dan ashley. Im amadaetz. It happened near San Mateo High School around 9 00. Katie is live at the San Mateo Police department with the story. Dan and ama one dog was killed and the other is alive, but its fate will be decided by the humane society. A woman is recovering from bites and cuts inflicted by two aggressive dogs. It was an out of breath, frightened male caller saying he just fended off two large dogs that attacked him. And there were three more calls after that. This man saw one attack. The victim a landscaper across the street. I was surprised so vicious. They are coming coming and coming back and attacking the guy. Police gave us the photo showing teeth marks in his leaf blower. He used it to protect himself. The officer who first arrived on scene couldn
Street right downtown. You can see that is a pretty interesting scene there that overturned suv. As we understand, it landed on a pedestrian that was walking on that corner right next to Luther Burbank savings. Now that person, who was a pedestrian, we understand, was transported to the hospital as were a couple of other people, the driver and someone in another vehicle. We do not currently have conditions on those people who were involved. Coming back here live downtown i do want to tell you that this is a very busy scene. Traffic has been diverted away from this crash as investigators continue to piece together exactly what happened. As soon as we have further details on the people who were involved, well be sure to pass that along. Reporting live in santa rosa, now back to you. Sergio thank you. We have more breaking news right now, this from san jose. Sky 7 hd is live over tully road. Tully road is closed in both directions near the 2200 block because of a gas leak. Pg e is request
Internet Free Community college, to help the middle class. Paid for with 300 billion in tax hikes on the rich. Middle class families are paying their Capital Gains taxes and we believe everybody else should too. Joni ernst is giving tonights republican response. Here she is practicing. Republicans say theyre listening to the president for signs of compromise. If the president is ready to play offense, we urge him to join the new congress and play offense on behalf of the American People. The American People are hopeful, but stuck. In todays new poll, nearly half say theyre satisfied with the economy, the most in a decade. President obamas Approval Rating is up 46 . His best in more than a year. Almost half like how hes handling the economy. Just over a quarter of americans see their own personal finances getting better. Most say theyre in the middle no better no worse. Theres work yet to be done. Thats what he wants to talk about tonight. While the president focuses on tax relief ameri
Trouble on the roads . We do. We started off on a quiet note and now we have not only a bart delay but we have cash paying lanes backed up and a new accident. Bart delay is on fremont in the richmond direction because of track maintenance for 10 to 15minute delay. A new accident in san jose headed to milpitas and the new crash in Castro Valley involving a big rig with lanes blocked and it is getting busy. The news now up to now getting from Silicon Valley to beijing, china required a road trip to San Francisco San Francisco for a nonstop flight or taking off from san jose and changing planes once, twice or they times. Now, an Asian Airline is trying to change all of that. Our reporter is at San Jose International airport. This is the San Jose International airport but most flights are domestic. Now, Silicon Valley can have the opportunity for a nonstop flight to china. They will receive approval for the first ever nonstop service between Silicon Valley and beijing. The 12 1 2 hour poli