Inside of the Carmel Mission lie the remains of one of californias earliest colonists. He left off the coast of spain. They come to rye to baptize indians they felt never heard the x÷gospel. Reporter the Catholic Church and military staked their claim by Building Missions and presidios. There is only one problem, there were people here. Native americans. Sera saw it as an opportunity to say souls. He wanted to preach to indian people the road to salvation. It was brutal to our his ancestors were among the 300,000 native americans in central and southern california. The arrival of the spanish was catastrophic. They brought disease, and livestock that trampled plants the native americans ate. They took away their customs. They couldnt practice their songs or ceremonies. Native americans were put to work building the missions, including mission dolores. It was one of the first Nine Missions built under serrs orders. Those who escaped were recaptured, tortured and often subjected to beati
Offers fell through, including this one, on wilota drive, fairfield. Its just a safe, beautiful community. Want to it stay that way. Im a home schoolteacher as well as a full time teacher. I have students in my home. Reporter he may be moved every five days. The d. A. Saying its virtual limb possible for his office to investigate whether motels are in appropriate areas. Vic lee, abc7 news. We have breaking news out of san pablo. What appears to be a head on collision at castro ranch road. Ambulances are on the scene and a rescue helicopter is on the way. Authorities havent said how many people were hurt here or the severity of the injuries. Right now, the road is closed in both directions. You can see its causing major back up there. Our breaking news continues on twitter on abc7 news bay area and abc7news. Com. San jose police say the man shot last night was trying to grab a shotgun out of the police cruiser. The officer arrived and police say woods refused to comply with the demands.
Wealthiest nation on earth. Good evening, im dan ashley. Im cheryl jennings. And im ama daetz in washington. The buzz is not about politics but the pontiff. 78yearold pope francis is making his first visit to the United States. He arrived this afternoon, near washington to an awaiting red carpet and greetings from the first family. The president will welcome pope francis tomorrow. He will be the first pope to address a joint meeting of congress. Pope francis left by motorcade for the apostolic emembasbassem. Many tried to get closer to the building where the pope will sleep this evening. The pope will make stops in new york as well as philadelphia. Tomorrow, pope francis is scheduled to bestow sainthood on the father of the california missions. Here in washington, theyre making last minute preparations for the ceremony. Thousands of people are expected to attend the controversial rise to sainthood. Inside of the Carmel Mission lie the remains of one of californias earlit colonis. He le
Hospital. But officials have been unable to agree on where he will live. Reporter the 64,000 question is when . And where . The question came up during a Court Hearing about seven months ago for smith on this subject. And today, after that seven months, well, the state agency supposed to look for housing for smith finally told the judge we give up. The judge gave Solano County prosecutors until october 13th to find a home for frasier smith. The 51yearold convicted rapist is soon to be released from the hospital. The judge threatened to release smith as a transient. Liberty health care contracts with the state to help sexually violent predators reintegrate says it looked into 4,000 places, which means jessicas law district restrictions on distance to schools and parks. Its most ever conducted. The last being 3,000 inquiries. In this case, they found only three homes, two in Solano County, and one in contra costa county. The rights of the villians should not take precedence over the righ
Not all the cameras are real. Im not going to go into how many of our cameras are actually videoing or not videoing, or decoys, as you say. Reporter this morning, barts general manager talked about all of this directly to the bart board of directors who employ her. When you compare 2014 over 2015 we had 10 fewer serious crimes on bart. So we have a good trend in that direction. As time goes op we will be bringing additional requests to the board to make additional investments in security. Reporter now, beyond video cameras, barts police chief says that the layered system includes eyewitness passengers, bart employees, 350 Police Including 210 sworn officers, and other City Police Departments that bart passes through. Bart maintains this system is safe and will be so for the super bowl. Well see that at 6 00. Tom vacar, ktvu fox 2 news. The San Francisco Police Department has a new police chief. The department announced this week that assistant chief eddy garcia will take over as interi