Downtown area, angry over George Zimmermans acquittal. Right now, the protesters are assembled in front of the Alameda County courthouse on fallen street, between 12th and 14th. Thats not far from lake merritt. This is a live picture from news chopper 2. You can see the crowd has gotten slightly installer. We have a team of ktvu reporters on this breaking news tonight. We begin with ken wayne, who was following the protesters when they decided to walk up an on ramp to shut down intersate 880 tonight. Reporter 6th street at broadway is still closed. You can see the officers car behind me. But the good news is the nimetz freeway is now open. After protesters walked to 6th and broadway, they were met with a line of officers in riot gear blocking their path of 6th street. Some protesters broke away, and simply walked the opposite direction up the unguarded off ramp, and up to the elevated elevated portion of the busy freeway. Traffic came to a stand still in both directions. Despite the in
Blocking traffic in both directions. Good evening. Disruptive and tense. With we are tracking the protesters as they pass through oakland. They have turned violent, forcing police to make some arrests. Stephanie is joining us live. You are hearing that police are making another call for help at this hour . Reporter they are, we are just getting reports now that the protesters are getting more violent this happening at city hall in just the last half hour to an hour, you can see here at Police Headquarters is where they set up a command post, police have called for other neighboring Law Enforcement agencies to come here and stand by. Help that Oakland Police say they really need as they deal with the shooting on the east side tonight and now the protests that are grown out of control. The cheers grew louder as this man was cuffed and and switched between two Oakland City Police officers. This protester one of the 150 to block the lane. I think people were united and outraged and shocked
90s there, as well. D. C. Heating up in more ways than one. This is the hottest time of the year. But this is unusual. And sam champion is starting us off with the heat warnings and advisories for so much of the country right now. Its not just how high the temperatures are. But how many days the temperatures have been so high. Thats the important part, elizabeth. How long the heat will last. I dont think people realize what you just said. Its not august thats statistically the hottest time of the year. Its right now. The fact that were going to threaten records in hartford, and providence, just one or two degrees off the record today. But this stretch of heat will last for five, six, seven and in some cases longer days. Thats going to be the real issue for a lot of folks trying to keep cool. From maine to minnesota, blistering heat affecting almost half the country. You ever been close to death . Its about two steps closer. Reporter after the hottest day of the year in new york city ye
Thank you. Breaking news in san jose. Dozens of animals are killed in an overnight house fire. Kpix 5 reporter sue kwon is gathering more details from the scene and sue, more than 100 cats were inside the home. Reporter yes. Thats right. Were here at 6900 block of [ indiscernible ] in south san jose. This is an unusual scene, captain reggie williams. What you found inside was surprising . Thats correct. When we got here we found a resident trapped in the rear of the residence. Firefighters made a valient effort and rescued valiant effort and rescued the resident. We found 100 cats also. Reporter the back area was locked off to keep the animals inside. What were the conditions . The conditions inside were lots of cats inside. The resident was woken up by the dog. When asked, she said there was 100 cats. Reporter five to six cats were saved, one dog were saved. The other cats were dead. Some of them were in a kennel. Others were not. Firefighters were able to go in and pull the cats out.
The 2400 block of bryant. A man was shot about 4 30 this morning and Police Believe the shooter is still inside the building. Officers are evacuating the building. Its located about two blocks from San Francisco General Hospital. The victim was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. Some developing news down in san jose. Nearly 100 cats are killed in an overnight house fire and now we are learning why so many animals were inside the home. Kpix 5 reporter sue kwon talk to the homeowner just moments ago and joins us with more. Sue. Reporter carol miller lives in this house here in south san jose and a very devastating night for her. Right now there are construction crews on site boarding up the home. The fire broke out here at around 1 45 a. M. Carol was sleeping. Her dog started barking and woke her up. She made it to a back patio through some thick smoke and flames and there was an enclosure back there to keep animals from escaping. She had about 100 cats inside the house. A