Its a move thats been long overdue. Good evening. Im ken wayne and im Catherine Heenan in tonight for pam moore. Today, San Francisco county da chase abboud in announced plans to file manslaughter charges against former rookie officer, christopher this is in connection to the 2017 shooting death of oneill that news was a welcome by families of People Killed by San Francisco Police Officers and kron fours Jonathan Mccall is here live with more john you know, id sorry catherine and was fired by San Francisco police after that shooting happened. Since that we 2009 there have been 72 officer involved shootings here in San Francisco. In september san leandro officer Jason Fletcher was also charged for the shooting death of Steven Taylor that happened in april its the second time. Officer in the bay area has been charged in a deadly shooting here in recent months before that that had been that hadnt for loved ones killed by cops say todays news gives them some much needed help. For the first
Area counties will be under this new regional stay at home order. And then 2 more counties are to follow soon after the new rules coming us coronavirus move closer to reaching itals capacity. Thursday governor gavin newsom announced that order would go into effect in 4 regions intensive Care Capacity fell below 15 so thursday icu capacity here in the bay area was above 25 . Yesterday it dropped by more than 4 to just over 21 where it stands right now, although capacity did rise by half a percentage point today it is still dangerously low, which is now prompting several Bay Area Health officials to implement those new stay at home orders earlier than necessary. So heres one the orders officially begin San Francisco santa clara and contra costa counties will begin starting these rules on sunday night at 10 which is when the states curfew goes into effect. And the Alameda County it will take effect just after midnight on monday. A marine county doesnt start until tuesday at noon and once
With a case of massive fraud. Inmates across the state have stolen up to a billion dollars in unemployment money designed to ease the pain of the pandemic. The inmates include Scott Peterson convicted of killing his wife and unborn in 2004 and carrie stainer. State Officials Say the investigation is just getting starte started. Will be one of the biggest fraud taxpayer dollars in california history. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. The abc 7 news iteam broke the story in october. A reporter stefanie sierra is live with the latest developments. Steph . District attorneys representing five counties across california sent this letter to the governor explaining how this fraud is growing out of control. The worst part is, the vast majority say it should be in the hands of struggling families across the state will likely never be repaid. It is perhaps and will be one of the biggest fraud of taxpayer dollars in california history. Reporter a billion dollars worth of Unemployment Benefi
One possible snag. The signature test. Its something all ballots must go through, especially right now as mailin ballots pour in by the millions to election offices. Good evening. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. Thanks for joining us. In the 2018 general election nearly 23,000 mailin ballots were rejected across the bay area. The big three mistakes, no signature on the ballot or envelope, signature doesnt match Voter Registration card, or ballot isnt returned in time. As President Trump erroneously claims that mailin ballots are not reliable, we wanted to look at the verification process, especially the signatures. Abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Friedman is on the story. Reporter youre looking at the largest early voter turnout in marin county history with more than 100,000 ballots cast already. Thats more than half the registered voters. Panner lowe was one of them today but after talking with us she did have some questions. Are you worried . Well, now i am. Reporter and all because of he
To speak at saturdays rally, but the event was stopped soon after it began. Police say three officers were sprayed with pepper spray and several people participating in the rally were injured, including the organizer who was punched in the face and lost his front teeth. Abc 7 news iteam reporter dan noyes was there this weekend and has been speaking with both sides in whats turned into a national controversy. He joins us live. Dan . Reporter ama, the march on saturday was supposed to be an event at twitter headquarters. To protest the company banning some altright accounts but police had to shut it down just after it started. I interviewed Phillip Anderson at the daily city airbnb where he was staying just hours after a sucker punch knocked out his two front teeth at the rally he organized for this past saturday. What are we becoming that people are going to knock the teeth out of my mouth and punch me in the face and yell black lives matter at me. White people, okay . It doesnt make a