That twitter Ceo Jack Dorsey pretty much just fixed. Within the past few hours, it was cellar this morniearlier thy tweeted that he would give 10 million to give every single child in oakland access to a laptop and internet. This happened hours after the district, the city of oakland, the oakland Public Education fund, and the Tech Exchange announced a Fundraising Campaign to bridge the socalled digit divide, a divide that has become much more noticeable during the pandemic. Schools are closed. Students must now rely on distance herlearning. But thousands of oakland students dont have access to those technologies. 17,000 students lack access to high speed internet. Another 5,000 have no access at all. In a statement 30 minutes ago the School District wrote, its unclear how quickly theyll be able to put that 10 million donation to use given that supply chains are having problems caused by the shelterinplace order. They point out that the 18,000 students who borrowed computers from schoo
Video is adam powell and that he tried to ambush two Police Officers inside a starbucks sunday night. Fortunately his gun malfunctioned and officers were able to chase him down. Officers think the attempt was premeditated. He was wearing body armor. The soul weapon was affixed with a barrel magazine. Reporter hours earlier his own son was shot inside this city house. All i hear is a lot of Police Coming down. Reporter the shooting was accidental but its hard to ignore what powell did after it happened. Several persons present inside the residence at the time of the shooting. Person of interest who was present at the time of the shooting but left prior to officers arrival was identified. Reporter that person of interest is powell. Neighbors have seen to have family here and there and have noticed the boy shot looking at them from a window. Me and my friend always right around. Like over here. Like with our bikes. And i always see them up there yelling at him. s theres a lot of activity
Person killed and walnut creek this year. The 38yearold bay area resident was fatally shot overnight in this intersection of cyprus and focus downtown. Blocks away from the police station. 1 28 am in the morning, our officers heard sounds of gunfire coming from locust street. Reporter police say that brown was inside the bar before he was shot three times in the back. He was taken to a nearby hospital where he died of his injuries shortly after police say about 30 people were in the area at the time. Witnesses reported seeing the shooting and said that it was an africanamerican male in his 20s, approximately 6 feet tall, and 160 pounds. Reporter the search is on for the gun man, and his room leaves behind a fiancie and her daughter. Walnut creek Police Detectives are following up on the leads and this is an extremely active investigation. All the information thus far indicates that this was not a random event. Reporter police say that this murder does not reflect any patterns of increa