Building a better bay ar, whta as a peaceful show of solidarity with protesters in portland took a violent turn. Oakland cleaning up after windows were smashed and buildings hit with graffiti. Hello, thanks for joining us. Im eric thomas. And im dion lim. A night of unrest after a protest march threw downtown calling for Racial Justice turned violent. There were clashes with Oakland Police and a fire was set at the Alameda County courthouse. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard has images and reaction. Police say demonstrators set fire inside the Alameda County courthouse in oakland saturday night. Sky 7 captedth f set outside the building. The Fire Department put both fires out quickly. Windows were broken here and at a nearby apartment building. At Oakland Police headquarters a group kicked down barricade. People are very upset. Vanessa dub joined the protests in support of black lives matter and police reform. And against federal agents being deployed to portland, oregon. There were g
The mayor is responding tonight. Reporter parts of downtown oakland are a mess today after a protest last night and the aftermath. Boardithows the painting over graffiti at Police Headquarters and u. S. Mail trucks. Last nights demonstration in oakland has cleanup crews busy today. The demonstration was loud, but peaceful early on last night. The stated purpose of the protest was for oakland to show solidarity with the demonstrators in portland, facing off with federal officers in a demonstration that has lasted nearly 2 months. They also wanted to reiterate that blacklight matter. After it got dark, it got ugly. T county courthouse. Burn it down. Reporter others not down barricades at Police Headquarters. Oakland Police Reported vandalism in multiple small fires in downtown oakland. Several people were arrested. Vandalizing our downtown gives donald trump the images he wants and the justification he seeks to send federal troops into american cities. We cant be full and play into his t
Fires throughout downtown oakland. Several people were arrested. The mayor said, vandalizing downtown gives donald trump the images he wants and the justification he seeks to send federal troops into american cities. We cant be full and play into his twisted campaign strategies. We celebrate passionate protests, but when they have protests after dark, they may be covering for agitators more interested in stoking civil unrest. Earlier this week, President Trump threatened to send federal agents into oakland. We are not going to let new york, chicago, philadelphia, detroit, baltimore and oakland, we are not going to let this happen. This is a time when everyone should see history turning. Reporter Barry Thornton is with refuse facism, one of the groups that protested yesterday. What trump is doing is not a campaign strategy. There may be an element of that, but it is mainly about the consolidation of fascism. We might have disagreements. If you want to mess up the pd, that is on you. Rep
Morning. Right now, streaming on cbsn bay area, here is our camera on Treasure Island, looking towards the city this thursday morning. Thank you for starting with us. It is august sixth. I am anne makovec. I am len kiese. Lets get to the forecast with our meteorologist. It will be less breezy compared to yesterday and we will start warming up. Lets get some temperatures on the screen. 60 degrees in concord, 60 in oakland, San Francisco is 58. Decreasing clouds and enough that you might get some light drizzle if you were near the coast. We are 10 degrees warmer today inland. You dropped 10 degrees but today you are putting it right back on. There is your forecast. 80 degrees for inland spots and mid 60s for the bay. It will be cloudy for the morning but we will clear the gray out more so than we did yesterday. Breaking news, a Deadly Police shooting in oakland overnight. Officers had been at pippin and apple street. Police in san leandro say at 11 00 officers pursued a suspected stolen
With the protesters in portland. In downtown woke up to a mess today. She says she is wearing the vandalism could potentially lead to the president sitting federal officers into oakland. That is absolutely correct. The president has already hinted at that. The protest last night was peaceful until about 9 pm. That is when they report evangelism at the police station. Shortly thereafter there was a report of a small fire at the superior court house. Some are concerned that those incidents could be enough to motivate the president to send in federal forces. She organized this demonstration in oakland. In solidarity of the ongoing protest in portland. Demonstrations that have seen clashes between protesters and federal officers. Some people say they are okay with federal force being used or but under one condition. As long as it is called for. Meaning if there is a lot of violence or destruction, that is how they can keep it under control or prevent it, then i would say yes. The mayor and