Could not start any better than that. Welcome. Its a cold one out there. I dont have to tell you that. You probably notice yourself. Santa rosa is 35, palo alto is at 38. I think well see more. There are a few clouds coming in, but hey, chill out. Its friday. Thats because its a cool one. Cold morning sun and clouds. Theyll be on the move here. Not as sunny as yesterday. You see those just to the west. But so well start off with the sun, then get some clouds. Most of these are diving a little bit to the south, but its not going to be very warm today. 60s on the highs. All right. Sal is here. Well just say happy friday and i hope its quiet out there. It is mostly quiet out there, steve, which is good. Its nice and light, although there is one spot i do want to tell you about. And theres a ramp closure northbound 85 on the connector ramp to northbound 101 after an overnight deadly crash there. This happened at about two in the morning, but theyre still out there investigating on northbou
, and allow retailers to get restraining orders against convicted shoplifters. D. A. S would also be allowed to pool resources across jurisdictions to result in stiffer penalties. Today is a good day for retailers. We think these will provide a number of tools for Law Enforcement, for retailers and for District Attorneys that we think will change the narrative on how california will address retail thefts throughout the state. Republican Assembly Leader James Gallagher its a good start, but it does not solve the problem by any means. We need to reform proposition 47. There is a separate effort underway to repeal parts of prop 47, which in 2014 reclassified felony thefts under 950 as misdemeanors. Not to say everything about 47 is hunky dory and perfect. And we want to help fix some of the ambiguities there, but we can do it without reforming or going back to the voters 47 itself. The governor is living in a fantasy land, and he continues to say hes doing all these things. Meanwhile, ram
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
About how cold it is this morning and even a little bit of some rain moving through parts of the bay area and that is helping to keep us a little bit milder and just above freezing in many spots. As were seeing a lot of green here in San Francisco, down toward pacifica and also in burlingame, san mateo, sprinkles this morning, watch out for that as you head out for your drive. Temperatures now in the mid 40s. Its not only cold but it is getting soggy in parts of the bay area so i will be tracking that. Mike, you now have a Traffic Alert for a motorcycle crash. I do. We talked about the crash on the upper east shore freeway, i said i would give it a few minutes for chp to give us more detail. From san jose into San Francisco both sides of the bay look great. A slower lighter build on both sides of the bay but over here westbound your commute direction at pinole valley road reports of a motorcycle down and the rider may be still down in lanes. So this is a big concern. Only the fast lane
People like me as well, who i was studying the history when this was going on i thought, it is so important for people to know about this history because theres kind of a notion that, oh, adoption is great. Isnt it nice when people who have financial means take in children who are in difficult circumstances or who are neglected or abused . I felt like there was an important history to be told here, that theres more than meets the eye, that sometimes the state was using the promotion of fostering and adoption as a tool to undermine ofian people and instead providing the resources that indian communities needed to thrive and for indian families who are struggling to get back on their feet, over time, it seemed like the government was really trying to just undermine these communities through removing their children, because if you remove children, third ofy up to 1 . . A all children, the tribe cannot persist and the culture cannot persist. Issues is such a grave for indian families and i