Months that have led and culminated in this tension boiling over. And we saw what happened in minnesota, in minneapolis. Unfortunate unrest. But today were seeing what appears to be a largely peaceful statement and demonstration playing out right now on 101 in san jose. My partner dan ashley joins me here now for abc7 news at 4 00. Dan . Kristen, good to be with you. Remarkable to see whats happening on 101, southbound 101. We can only hope that it will continue to end as peacefully as it looks like it has begun, to end, but with some of the protesters leaving the freeway, we dont know to where they have proceeded, but there are probably still a good 100 on the freeway. And you mentioned something interesting, kristen, that id like to chime in on with the charges now facing dee inderek youve seen on video choking george floyd, charged with thirddegree murder. A lot of people are wondering what charge. We hear so often about manslaughter, firstdegree murder, seconddegree murder. What is
Next hour. This is our break and opportunity to get things done before it heats up later today. Mike, you have an update for the bay bridge. I do. Mid span, shows slowing over here coming up the incline. The traffic streaming over toward the tunnel at yorba buena island. So far thats the only slowing we see at the toll plaza approach stphraofp thanks, mike. A live look at the airport. Starting today a new spot for rideshare pickups at the domestic terminal. An attempt to ease some of the congestion at sfo before the Summer Travel season kicks in. Ali wolf is live with a look at the changes which actually might cause a bit of confusion. Right, ali . Reporter yeah, laura, it definitely could cause confusion. It affects drivers for Rideshare Companies and also passengers. Instead of getting picked up down here at a curb, passengers are now going to have to walk across the skybridge behind me and to the roof of the domestic hourly parking garage. That is the new pickup area starting this m
Clear. Its going to heat up fast. Whatever you have to do outside, get it done early. By 1 00, were already at 87 degrees. Well talk more about this. Mike, youre seeing unexpected slowing. We are, kari. For the most part, the bay area looks standard. A little build here for the south bay. Unexpected right here into fremont. Well check with our partners at waze. They are talking about the slowing into fremont and the reason why. All these people are hard hats. Construction crews starting to clear. Well track the slowdown. Thanks so much, mike. 6 01. Major changes to sfo. A live look, in fact, at the airport starting today a new spot for rideshare pickups at the domestic terminal. It is an attempt to ease some of the congestion before the Summer Travel season really kicks in. Ali wolf has a look at the changes that might cause a little confusion for people, ali. Reporter laura, thats right. Thats the confusion that affects rideshare drivers and also travelers who are landing here at sfo
San felipe road. A small car and that is where the fire started from the car fire. Right now cal fire as we mentioned is doing its best. They are working their way up the steep terrain. Where the fire started there is a lot of dense brush and oak trees. They are trying to make it up a steep hill to prevent the fire from coming up here and into neighborhoods. Once again, to update you, the fire has now grown to 40 acres. About an hour ago it was less than 20 acres. So growing quite fast and there are brisk winds out here. Reporting live from san jose. We sped up the video here, you can see how fast the smoke started to spread. You can see it from the east bay and from the south bay. Lets bring in jeff. We also wanted to show you the smoke plume. And this was about an hour ago and you can see how high the smoke was billowing up. The current view of the downtown camera is showing the smoke is more compressed to down to be the surface. An indication that they are getting a better handle of
Officers are gunned down. The head of the Silicon Valley naacp, called it a bet y betray betrayal. Very upset, disappointed, saddened, they said they have no relationship with our community. Theres no more trust for the poa. Nicki johnson, the widow of Michael Johnson says the holidays are a painful time for her family, and she hopes the video ad will ultimately lead to productive talks. The hurt and pain is on both ends. I think theres things we can do as educated citizens to not label people or to judge or make those assumptions. Well the first test of nicki johnsons hopes will come sunday when the naacp and other groups meet, to discuss an official response to the poa ad. Robert honda, nbc bay area news. The question is, are more Police Officers being killed in the line of duty. Our Investigative Unit has been looking into the issue. The fbi tracks officer killings. Most recent numbers are from 2015. The number of officers killed on duty has said roughly the same, an average of 49 a