Several minutes. His family is now sharing its reaction to the District Attorneys Office deciding to charge three officers with involuntary manslaughter. Again, this is three years to the day since his death, and there has been so much concern from the family ever since that day, abc seven News Reporter Tara Campbell was at tonights gathering, a celebration friday of the life of Mario Gonzales and the criminal charges filed against Alameda Police officers in his death. Exactly three years ago, my, you know, like my son, they died right here in this park. Marios mother speaking one day after Alameda County District Attorney pamela price announced the results of a new investigation, eric mckinley, james fisher and cameron leahy. Leahy have each been charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter, price pledging to reexamine the case when she first took office, reversing the decision of her predecessor, nancy omalley, who cleared the officers of any criminal wrongdoing. You know, its
The sergeants named in the fbi investigation will be returning to work. Abc seven News Reporter anser hassan has the latest. Antioch resident frank sterlings 2009 encounter with then Antioch Police officer rick hoffman left him hospitalized. He was awarded compensation as part of a settlement alleging excessive use of force. Last year, hoffman, now a sergeant, was put on paid leave after being linked to the police texting scandal. Now hes coming back. Well, definitely. Were all very upset that rick hoffman has come back. Hes known for committing violence in the community. Hes mentioned in the text message scandal, laughing at violence. Last year, an fbi investigation uncovered a racist texting scandal at the Antioch Police department. Documents from the fbi and the Contra Costa County District Attorneys Office show rick hoffman on a series of text chains that used racist, misogynistic and homophobic language and memes. If you sent a message, received a message, laughed at a message. If
Right now at 11 00, israel is fired back, breaking his overseas tonight, with the situation, nbc news, israel carried out limited military strike against iran in the past few hours, the source says that israel is currently assessing the strikes effectiveness and the damage it caused, iran state media reports air Defense Systems were engaged in several provinces and Nuclear Sites in the city of istafan our safe. This came after irans first direct attack against israel last weekend iran fire 300 drones and missiles, but they did not cause widespread damage and no one was killed. Is really officials apparently notified the u. S. That a response was coming. Make sure to stay with us for the latest on the breaking news, the morning team will be up all night tracking any new developments today in the bay, beginning at 5 am. Also breaking tonight, significant information, china is sending the city giant pandas. Guess what san franciscans, i have some really exciting news, we have some cute, c
Let the streaming begin. Thats nightline. You can watch all of our full episodes on hulu. Well see you right back here same time tomorrow. Th and what were learning tonight as morning rises in the middle east. Plus the future of death row. It seems one california mayor is quite concerned with the san quentin exit strategy, and panda diplomacy is paying off the sweet new partnership with the San Francisco zoo. Just in tonight. Always live abc seven news starts right now. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley and im ama daetz. We begin in the middle east. Tensions are ratcheting up tonight after israel retaliated against iran for an attack over the weekend. Explosions were reported in at least one city in central iran. Iranian Officials Say a military air base was hit. Now the question is, will things escalate in the region even more , and will iran respond after it had said its military operations were over . In tel aviv, heres abcs News Reporter matt gutman, a senior us
Chaos and confusion. Thats how San Francisco officials describe the oakland airport. Name change, how the City Attorney is now responding. And pandemonium. Mayor london breed announcing San Francisco will be getting giant pandas from china. How much is going to cost to get the zoo ready for them . A lot. Good morning. It is friday, april 19th. Yes, were excited about that and also about whats going on with our forecast. But first going to check in with amanda for a look at traffic. Yeah, were keeping our eyes on the sig alert in the east bay. This is through pleasanton cruz. Were hoping to reopen the roads at six. That has not happened yet. But this is southbound 680 before castlewood drive. All the lanes are currently shut down due to sweepers cleaning up gravel in the area from that solo crash. Uh stop traffic is from 580 now with more than an hour delay, so try to avoid this area. Please use foothill road as an alternative route. Drew. Hey amanda, thanks for that information and the