Being linked to the police texting scandal. Now hes coming back. Well, definitely. Were all very upset that rick hoffmans 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 you didnt report these messages, we dont need you in antioch. Abc seven news has learned that an investigation was conducted which cleared hoffman to return. That could include a demotion in rank, but details of the investigation havent been made public. Theyre back on the force. So were there no findings in this investigation . Why hasnt there been any, disclosure on that . Why isnt it the
Neck, as a yield for his wife to call for police. Thats when a second suspect appeared to fire a single shot. I had the guy in front of me, i did not plan that, i was holding him in a certain way and when the guy tried to shoot me there was not much of me to hit because the guy was in front of me. Reporter it is unclear if the man jones had and they had lot was hit by the bullet but after the shot the two suspects jumped into a getaway car and sped away. We should probably think next time about going out there and facing them, because it was really hard to watch some guys shoot my husband. Reporter jones wife says it was terrifying and grateful he is okay. I thought next time be a little less tough and dont go out there, or at least go out with a bat. In 20 years weve had two cars stolen from in front of her house and at some point you get tired of it and you want to stop them, i did not plan to get shot at. Reporter Hayward Police say they encourage people to be good witnesses but con
Away from the coast. And then by 4 p. M. It is a warm april day. 80 and our warmest areas inland. Widespread 70. Around the bay shoreline. Even along the coast. In the mid 60s. In a lot of areas. So 75 the high in oakland today will go to 70. In the city near 80 in santa rosa, 81 in san jose will hit 79. In concord in livermore. Hi, amanda. Hi, drew. It is slow moving in the south bay. Were going to take you to morgan hill. There is an overturned car and chp is reporting injuries. This is northbound 101. After a cochrane road, you can see speeds are down to nine miles per hour. There is stopped traffic from san martin with a 45 minute delay. Back to you at the desk for our headlines. Thank you. Amanda. Happening today, a San Francisco jail is set to reopen while a second one is still closed. Both jails were locked down over the weekend due to violence at both facilities. Abc seven News Reporter ryan curry live at the jail on seventh and bryant streets. And ryan. There was another attac
On the peninsula. Good afternoon, welcome to nbc bay area news at 4 30 pm. Outside the jail in san bruno trying to get more information. And tracking other stories including details on the protesters who blocked the Golden Gate Bridge. The semper cisco da talked moments ago, the reason she says she is not filing charges right now. Back in court to try to get his conviction overturned. Scott peterson begins a series of hearings today, we were there for what happened today and what is to come. At an alltime high, it has never been better to own gold, why the price has shot up and where it is likely to go from here. Lets begin with the situation at the jail in san bruno that brought out a tactical team, two prisoners refused to come out of theres cell and after a week of lockdown. Sent them out there, would you learning . Reporter it lasted about two hours, looks very different than what it did before before when we saw sky ranger ahead, they tell me its all because two inmates refused to
Countries to Work Together to confront some of the Biggest Challenges theyre facing. But in addition to that large meeting, the president also will be holding oneonone meetings with various World Leaders throughout the week. Some of the most closely watched meetings will include a meeting on wednesday with israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu. There had been a lot of questions about whether such a meeting would take place since netanyahu came into power last year. The white house has expressed criticism about netanyahus governments plans to overhaul their judicial system. So there had been questions about whether the two leaders would meet at the white house or at unga. It does turn out that that meeting will happen in New York City on wednesday. The president also will be meeting with brazilian president Lula Da Silva for the first time as well. Then after the president wraps things up in New York City, he comes back here to washington for perhaps the most consequential meeting o