By japanese military. Melissa kane is at that statue in st. Marys square. Reporter we are here at the comfort Women Memorial in San Francisco. When the statue was unveiled about a month ago this whole area was private land. Because of an unrelated transaction this whole area just became public land. That means that is a public statue and it is an expression of the citizens of San Francisco. That change the facts is what has the mayor of osaka threatening to sever sister city ties with San Francisco. You would say it is just a statue however i think that we can see from all of the stuff going on around statues in the country about the confederacy how important that user. Reporter judith is the president of the comfort women justice coalition. They deny the they flamed women for sex and world war ii claiming that they were not coerced or numbers were very small. This started in 2013. The then mayor of osaka said that it was right to have comfort women. That soldiers needed comfort women.
Effect. Ill explain it all coming up. Right now we are tracking delays for drivers heading along westbound 580, pretty typical. We did have an earlier accident, those slowdowns started earlier this morning. Right now its about a 30 minute commute between 205 and 680. Ongoing road work between southbound 680. Caltrans should be wrapping up with that right now. Were still seeing those slowdowns. Do give yourself a little extra time if you are heading in that direction. Were showing speeds in the red around 20 miles per hour. Looks like they reopened the connector ramp from eastbound 24 to southbound 680. Were no longer seeing the backup over there. Over at the bay bridge toll plaza, cars backing up in those cash lanes. 10 minute ride into San Francisco. Now theres a check of your traffic, back over to you. Thank you. As Law Enforcement investigates the deadliest mass shooting in modern u. S. History people are coming together to honor the victims. A number of vigils have been held to hon
Clear skies clearing up, so you can see the moon. The official harvest moon was yesterday morning, and today, look, the moon still bright, huge out there. This is such a great view of it. They call it the harvest moon because its so bright, you can actually do a lot of farming back in the day. You could look up at the sky and see that out there this morning. At the embark concord 52, oakland 59. Livermore 50 degrees, San Francisco 55 degrees. Temperatures are on the rise. Brace yourselves. Its going to be a hot one today and a hot weekend. Ill explain it all coming up. Thank you. Victims of sundays Mass Shootings in las vegas are being remembered as authorities continue to investigate why a gunman opened fire on a crowded Music Festival. 58 people were killed including three women with ties to the bay area. 32yearold michelle vo was one of those women. She was a san jose native who was working in pasadena. A candlelight vigil is planned in san jose at 7 30 tonight in honor of vo outsid
Mass evacuations yesterday evening explaining the spillway was in danger of collapsing. It was like 0 to 60. Reporter i asked the sheriff today. That had nearly 20,000 people leaving their homes and ari. When this incident occurred, we needed to act quickly. Reporter the sheriff said the facts on the ground changed weekly. The holes were discovered and he felt the need to call for the emergency evacuation and people need to continue to stay out of their homes. Getting this people home is important to me. I have to synchronize the situation. If its raining and theres more water coming, i cant in good conscious believe those people are safe. Reporter michael and his family were prepared but many others evacuated abruptly leaving valuables and pets behind. They would like a better explanation. I still dont have a clear idea of what their actual danger was. I dont know exactly why we cant go home. I wish they would communicate that better. Reporter in the meantime, they are trying to be as
Homeowners are still cleaning up from the february flood. It crested at 5 1 2 feet above flood stage. The owner did not want to talk on camera that allowed us to show the damage. The floors and walls had to be ripped out and the once beautiful garden has been swept away. San lorenzo was four feet below flood stage this afternoon. It looks like Paradise Park will be spared for now. The greens are storing some of their friends valuable possessions. Its nice to not have the drought, i feel sorry for those people who are still negatively affected by whats happened. We are here to help. Reporter this is a look at highway 17 come of headlights are cars coming southbound. They have the tree out of the way and traffic is moving. We just check the rain gauges and its gone from four feet below flood stage to 2 1 2 feet below flood stage. Its picking up and the rain looks like its not stopping. Kit know a rescue in san jose, firefighters saved three people who got caught in the coyote creek near