Or closing your shades during the day. Stay well and keep it golden. A familiar face, a superhero helping out the Homeless Population here in downtown san jose. The Oakland Unified School board has voted to eliminate the Districts Police department, but not everyone is happy about it. Governor newsom announced a huge spike in california covid cases. What epidemiologists say is contributing to the surge. The heat peaks tomorrow. The areas of highest heat illness coming up. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Major new developments tonight after a decadeslong battle by Community Activists and parents. The Oakland Unified School board has voted to eliminate the School Police force. Abc 7 News Reporter j. R. Stone is in the newsroom with more. Well, alma and dan, some of those weve seen rallying in the streets are calling this an historic win tonight, but others i talk with say they now fear for their childs safety. Cheer among many in oakland as th
Long to eliminate school police. The vote was unanimous and will do away with Law Enforcement and any Armed Security in Oakland Schools. We dont need police. We dont need any Law Enforcement entity. The move will eliminate the Districts Police department at the end of the year, and will shift all calls to the oakland Police Department. In recent weeks there have been rallies and marches in favor of this. Even warriors coach steve kerr took to the streets. Some parents we talked with are not happy. I think its a bad idea. Carolyn bim has two sons in the Oakland School district and she worries for their safety and others. My son was bullied this year, sixth grade year and seventh graders threatened to bring a gun and shoot my son, right . Im like whoa, right. Former District Security guard tony helgel agrees. I think its a dangerous mistake. Thats telling people that the school zone is a free for all for criminal activity. Now, though, there is a hope from many that School Employees will
This morning an update on that story about a woman caught on camera sbrenksintentionally g on a 1yearold boy. Police say that the woman is a teacher. Lauren martinez is live at the yogurt land where it all happened. Good morning. Reporter good morning, julian. This woman is intentionally or accused of intentionally coughing on a young child last friday over a dispute over social distancing. The boys mother says police have shown her a photo lineup and shes identify the woman. In the Surveillance Video released by police, you can see the woman walk over to his stroller and cough at least two times over a young boy. The mother says the woman standing in front of her got mad that she was too close in line. The Oak Grove School district released this statement that says in part, we are aware of an incident allegedly involving one of our employees who was roe v. Wade i dont taped coughing on a baby at a local eatery. The employee is currently off of work and not providing any services to ou
People showed up. Check out the line. It was long. This shouldnt be something that people dont have access to. Everybody should have one of these. So im committed to getting a mask to everybody in this community who needs one. Heaney is collecting donations to pay for the masks and sanitizer on this gofundme page, more than 7 grand so far. He is teaming up with organizations to help pass them out. Its only right that we take care of our people. Theyre not forgotten. Did you have a mask before today . No. Deborah cooly is feeling safely. Cough and gag in front of your face. Homeless living on the streets cant always protect themselves. For people who are housed, they can go inside and tak dend be wearing them. But for folks who do not have that option are going to have to be using them a lot more. The citys new mask ordinance requires them to wear a mask in public, but not when youre exercising or going for a run. When youre in line to go to a store, if youre in a store, if youre on pub
Et to start at 10 00 this eng morning with social distancing restrictions. In washington, congress is working on a federal emergency spending bill to get billions of dollars flowing again. The loan for Small Businesses ran out a few days ago. Andrea has more with the crucial negotiations happening today. Reporter americas businesses are taking a big hit. Many about to close for good. The money is out and i better stop my business. Reporter the rescue loan fund and the program maxed out days ago but help could be coming. The Trump Administration asking congress to approve an additional 250 billion. This bipartisan deal would include funding for Small Business loans, plus billions more for hospitals, disaster loans and covid19 testing. The latest report shows 5. 2 million americans file for unemployment for the first time just last week. That brings the total to more than 20 Million People who applied for unemployment amid the pandemic. Some economists that i have been speaking with our