Very latest information good afternoon, theresa. Were out here at the intersection of high street and foot hill im joined with the opd spokesperson with the Oakland Police department tell us and bring us up to date right now as far as what you guys are doing to try and get this hostage or that to get the man out. What we can share with you is the starting 1115 this morning. So weve been out here since 1115, 1600 block of high street. What we do know is that we had an armed barricaded, individual who had taken hostage from this particular business where the incident is occurring. In a lot about the last half an hour the hostage was safely released unharmed. Our Tactical Negotiations Team continues communication as communication is on and off. But this has the release of the hostage and thats really the goal is the safe release of the hostage in a safe surrender. Of the armed gunman that is our primary focus im going to share with you where we are right now our tactical Team Continues th
Propalestinian protest on campus, quote, escalated, Law Enforcement officers moved on to the irvine campus this afternoon. Youre looking at live pictures now from the scene. Officials say demonstrators have blocked the entrance to the physical sciences building. According to our sister station in la, Law Enforcement has declared an unlawful assembly. You can see all the police there. They are forming a line a thick line to hold the protesters back. And we have seen a few people being detained. Also. We have seen the protesters shouting at the officers. But again, youre looking at live pictures right now of essentially a face off between protesters at uc irvine and Law Enforcement. Were going to continue to watch this developing situation when we get any new details, we will bring them to you and back here in the bay area, student protesters at San Francisco State University say they have reached an agreement with the schools president on the issue of gaza. They started camping out on c
Public property on a public sidewalk, so we are able to record here now again, in a statement, though, i do want to get to the statement i almost forgot about uc berkeley said that they are considering this an active crime scene here at the anna head complex. They said today is the 55th anniversary of peoples park in action. Was first announced on platforms controlled by peoples park activists. They are vandalizing an unsafe, boarded up, fire damaged building next to peoples park. We have confirmed that the coalition with whom we reached out reached an understanding with yesterday, did not initiate todays actions. Now, one other thing i do want to mention is when we got on the scene here, we saw probably 4 or 5 chp cars with their sirens on screaming up this block. About 10 or 15 minutes after that happened, another round screaming up this block. I asked uc berkeley if they are aware that police would be taking any action against the people inside or out front of this building. They sa
Today, Attorney John Burris stood with the family of Angelo Quinto and announced a 7. 5 million settlement with the city of antioch. This is the end of a civil suit, but its only really just the beginning of a lifetime of positive social change, so we are really grateful to have been able to honor angelo in this way. Traditional justice has not been available to our family. What weve done instead is try to make some needed changes, to make the process fair for more transparent, more accountable, for other families, for other people. Quinto died after being forcibly restrained by Antioch Police in 2020. Police were called to the home on reports of a family argument, but quintos relatives say it should have been clear he was suffering a Mental Health crisis. The suit claimed that while restraining him, police put their knee on his neck and he stopped breathing. He died days later, the family notes, since his death, theyve pushed for major reforms in how Police Respond to similar calls. T
humanitarian ceasefire in gaza. every other member of the council backed the resolution, apart from the uk, which abstained. palestine condemned the result as a terrible day for the council, but israel thanked the us, saying a ceasefire would give hamas - which is classed as a terror group by many western governments, including the uk a chance to regroup. our correspondent hugo bachega reports. in gaza, there is no safe place, says the un secretary general. the healthcare says the un secretary general. the healthca re system says the un secretary general. the healthcare system is collapsing, hospitals have come battlegrounds, and palestinians have no shelter or anything else needed to survive, he says. this was the scene in khan younis in the south yesterday, in the aftermath of an israeli abstract, as the military pushes ahead with its against hamas. hours later, the un in new york, the secretary general called for a ceasefire and how did this warning. there is a high risk