Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. Good morning, everyone, it is sunday, june 14. Im liz kreutz. Its start with a quick look at the weather. First, meteorologist liz kreutz. He lisa argen. Hey, lisa. Hey, liz. The clearing will work its way to the south. Looking from mt. Tam, you can see the low cloud deck in the distance. Low 60s on the coast. This is walnut creek, cloudy to start with mid60s, mild in response to all that sun in the north bay. 61 in livermore. This morning, were a few degrees milder. By noontime, 70s inland, about 70 around the bay. And everyone should be sunny with partly cloudy skies at the coast, warming to the 80s midland, mid70s around bait. Well talk about a bigger warmup towards the middle of the week. And we have the summer solstice on the way, well include that in my sevenday outlook, liz. An investigation is under way after someone shot at chp officers in hayward. We have brandnew video that came in overnight. Take a
City. Power to the people reporter speaking your mind versus staying safe. Black lives matter reporter its a delic ampde decision they must weigh. Mace, tear gas. It doesnt do any good. You know, what we really need is reform. Reporter after police used chemicals to disperse crowds in at least four bay area cities. San jose, walnut creek, santa rosa and oakland, where jennifer lee was hit with a flash bang. The next day, it blistered over, you could see the sparks went off of my back. Reporter today the San Francisco council announced the right to demonstrate chemical agents that should not be used in war time, where its banned or on our own population. Reporter now the call to ban the use of tear gas gained traction when doctors began speaking out saying it using it on protesters during a pandemic could enduce coughing and relisa new wave of covid19. If you want to go ahead and ban it, that is fine. Let it be known, we didnt use any of it in San Francisco. Reporter tracy mccray said t
Police taking part as racial tensions continue to simmer. Reporter they laid out a National Reform plan they say they believe could really make a difference and it begins with several concrete steps. The three Police Unions took out ads saying there are no words to convey our disgust and sorrow over the murder of george floyd adding they have an obligation to take action. They are calling for a national use of force standard focusing on des esqescalation and to ide officers that might need more training. This comes after the death of george floyd at the hands of police and calls to defund them. We are serious about talking on a National Level about National Reform. Not just in the city of san jose. A national use of force policy. A National Database in regards to officers. They cant reenter the system if there was gross misconduct in the firing. The unions have always been so resistant to change and they have what they have. They want to keep what they have. They are critical of those
We are following news right now. That breaking news involves a situation that still brought traffic to a standstill on the bay bridge. Cars blocking every lane on the westbound span. We saw a patrol car pulle just ten minutes ago. This is a live look as i speak. We heard reports of officers stopping cars on the bridge at t yerba buena island. It may be a protest. No traffic is moving on the western span of the bay bridge. As you look at that shot right there, you can see some of those folks out there on the bridge. Were talking about around a dozen or two dozen people on that bridge. Ive seen some other pictures out there this evening of the standstill and the backup before this area, the area that has been closed down because people literally waiting in their cars for this situation to be cleared where they can open this up to traffic. Now, we will keep monitoring this situation and bring you updates on abc7 news. Thank you for joining us at 5 00, im j. R. Stone. And im dion lim. For
Island, emeryville, even into berkeley. So a situation we will continue to monitor throughout the evening. Not only on air but also at abc7news. Com. So good evening and thank you for joining us. For the most part, it has been the big cities where weve seen a lot of these protests since last months death of george floyd. It was danvilles turn in what was billed as a wakeup march. Abc7 News Reporter cornell bernard was there and spoke to the organizer. Cornell . Reporter organizers never dreamed they would be leading a protest march in their home wnapne a edsof pplee i support. Several hundred people on the move through the streets of down danville in support of a growing movement. Because black lives matter. Reporter this peaceful march organized we came together and. I think it is time for danville to really wake up. Reporter aqua is 25 years o. She was so moved by the death of george floyd, she knew she had to bring a message to her home town. I never thought this would be my reality