Absolutely spread into the community at large. Reporter out of the 8000 prisoners statewide, only a couple hundred are expected to be released here from san quentin. There is support for this, obviously as we just saw but what more can you tell us that the timing of the releases . Reporter we are hearing that 3500 prisoners are expected to be released by the end of this month and it will continue until august and possibly go into september. Thank you. California experienced its deadliest week of the pandemic yet averaging more than 80 deaths per day and that is the average. Nearly 7800 new confirmed cases yesterday and yesterday 140 new debts. The test Positivity Rate is up to 7. 4. Los angeles county remains a hotspot for the most new cases. Right now Oakland Unified School district officials are holding a Virtual Meeting to discuss plans for the start of the school year next month and the meeting is just getting underway and the first day of instruction is set for august 10 and distr
And if you are going out, a quick look shows low clouds clearing out into the day today because we are warming up with plenty of sunshine for everyone today. At the coast, 60 degrees and mid60s around the bay and low 70s into the inland communities. That is just the beginning of the warm up and i will talk about that in a bit. For now, we will see how the traffic is doing. We do have slow traffic at the bay bridge, not unusual. Its coming up on 6 00. 6 01 to be exact with slow traffic, as you might expect. Interstate 880, looking good into downtown oakland with some other commutes waking up. 680 out of pleasanton is slow heading south. 6 01 and back to the desk. The Oakland Unified School district officials will hold two meetings for parents and neighbors to update them on the temporary closure of Mcclymonds High School after a cancercausing chemical was detected under the school. Allie rasmus is live in oakland where district officials are waiting for test results. Reporter these two
Responded but did not find any shooting victims but did find evidence of a shooting. They have now detained 4 people and arrested 2 kron fours live for us now on the scene at the high school or police just wrapped up this news zeke, whats the very latest . Justine, the Oakland Police department the Oakland Unified School district officials from both just wrapped up a press conference updating the situation here live at Skyline High School in oakland where, as you say at 11 30am, reports of shots being fired on campus here. Oakland police allied agencies, california highway patrol, the Alameda County Sheriffs Office responded to the scene conducted an investigation and detained 4 people of those 4 people. Officials at opd confirmed that 2 were arrested. They will not say whether the 4 that were detained the to the to do to that were arrested, whether they were students or not, they wont give any information about the people who were detained. Also did confirm that a handgun was recovere
Live for us at city college. Reporter good morning, reggie and natasha. City college of San Francisco is the only Community College here in the bay area with Sworn Police Officers who do not carry guns. But that could change. So what exactly is on the table here at city college of San Francisco . Well, according to the San Francisco examiner, chief andre barnes wants to purchase for his officers, two dozen guns, 40 tasers and 40 body cameras. This issue popped up after an incident in 2015. At that time, Police Received a call regarding a man with a gun at the library. No shots were fired and the gunman got away but Campus Police had to wait another three to five minutes for San Francisco police to arrive with their guns. Heres what one campus officer told abc7 news about a month after that incident. Were supposed to contact sfpd and basically wait for them to arrive and take care of the situation. Reporter so an independent consultant was hired after that incident and the examiner repo
Moore. And im steve aveson. Steve this all unfolding in the popular resort city of nice in the south of france. Steve tonight president obama has been briefed. Steve and is condeming the attack as a horrific act of terror. Steve spoke with locals with ties to france. But first Justine Waldman is here with the very latest information on the horror that unfolded in france. Justine80 people, including some children, are dead. Justine after a truck drove through the crowds who had just watched a fireworks display, celebrating frances independence. 18 people are in critical condition. This is video of the long, white truck plowing through the crowd. Justine going for at least a mile. With witnesses saying the truck would speedup and steer towards people in the crowd. Mowing them over. Justine the driver first shot into a crowd. And after exchanging gunfire with police. The truck driver is dead. Justine the truck filled with weapons and grenades. Bodies all over the roadway. Covered in table