Years ago. Were supposed to be celebrating our empowerment and our community as queer people, that we wake up to finding that people are bashing our building and breaking our windows because of their own hate. Swinging hard, as hard as he could and he was angry. Reporter cosmos was setting up his jewelry stand when he saw a young man breaking the windows with a golf club. Cosmos started yelling. Stop, stop, stop, as loud as i could. Then he saw me. Reporter he says the man took off on a bike. Joe hawkins was the first to carry the pink torch for this years pride weekend relay culminating in San Francisco and escorted by mayor libby schaaf whos outraged by the vandalism. And i am furious that anyone would find it appropriate to commit that kind of act on any building, but particularly this sanctuary. Reporter San Francisco pride celebrations have gone virtual due to covid19, and many say the Castro District has lost its party spirit this year. Because its supposed to be pink saturday to
Stunned. Abc 7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard joins us live in oakland with more on this story. Cornell. Reporter dion, on a weekend when many of us should be celebrating our pride, folks here at oaklands Lgbtq Community center are just not feeling it after someone broke the windows this morning. They vow to move past this. Meantime others are getting used to pride celebrations gone virtual. Im just speechless. Reporter its not what joe hawkins was expecting this pride weekend. They crashed that window, broke these completely out. Reporter most of the windows in oaklands Lgbtq Community center smashed on saturday morning. Joe cofounded the center three years ago. Were supposed to be celebrating our empowerment and our community as queer people, that we wake up to finding that people are bashing our building and breaking our windows because of their own hate. Swinging hard, as hard as he could and he was angry. Reporter cauosmos saw a you man breaking the windows with a golf club. Cosmos
Right around the corner. Ballots must be dropped off in person or postmarked in the mail by november 8. The person in charge of running californias elections is the secretary of state. That is Shirley Weber in california. She was appointed to the state in the u. S. Senate by january 2021. Alex padilla vacated the office of the Vice President , Kamala Harriss position. He became an appointed senator. This year, secretary weber is on the ballot in her First Campaign for the position. She is running against republican candidate robert petoskey. She joins us today to offer insights on how the state has prepared for this election and what we can expect to see in the days ahead. Secretary weber, thank you for joining us. Thank you for the invitation. Good to be here. There has been a critical loss in fate of the system of elections in america with a tax from republicans growing daily. Many republican candidates have said they wont accept the results unless they win. What are you doing to bui
Right around the corner. Ballots must be dropped off in person or postmarked in the mail by november 8. The person in charge of running californias elections is the secretary of state. That is Shirley Weber in california. She was appointed to the state in the u. S. Senate by january 2021. Alex padilla vacated the office of the Vice President , Kamala Harriss position. He became an appointed senator. This year, secretary weber is on the ballot in her First Campaign for the position. She is running against republican candidate robert petoskey. She joins us today to offer insights on how the state has prepared for this election and what we can expect to see in the days ahead. Secretary weber, thank you for joining us. Thank you for the invitation. Good to be here. There has been a critical loss in fate of the system of elections in america with a tax from republicans growing daily. Many republican candidates have said they wont accept the results unless they win. What are you doing to bui
After three miles of hiking on the Lower Bear Trail, the “disturbing” sight led Buz Cotton and his wife Quincee to cut their hike short Sunday. “We got down to the (Elk Park) road and.