Max harris. Many family members clearly upset by what happened. We spoke to family members of two victims who died and heres what they had to say. Its just disbelief, im in shock. I dont know what else to say. We were hoping for justice. We did not get justice. Personally, i feel that its because the city has so much to do with it, they couldnt just find these two people guilty. Imad, im just upset, my son and his girlfriend died, and its just in vain . Ive been here almost every day for over five months. For the jury to come back with this . Its just upsetting. There is no other word for me to say. Im just upset right now. The key question is will the Alameda County va retry Derick Almena or decide not to retry him. The key question here is that 10 jurors were in favor of guilty, two were in favor of acquittal. The key thing is whether or not the das office has the resources to do this again. I spoke with it chief assistant da and this is what he had to say. Since the beginning of thi
A hung jury leads to a mistrial. Jurors said they were deadlock on his fate. Ive been up with my complaint be client. Hes less distressed than i, we look forward to the next trial and the next trial well do better. The jury acquitted max harris of all 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. This isnt a time to talk about the two years that my innocent client spent in jail. This is a time to thank the community. The decision came after months of testimony and a shakeup in the panel the judge thanks the jury for their service. Service. Police are searching for the vandals who target today church in downtown san jose. Investigator say they painted antisemitic and satanic messages on the walls on the cathedral. The pictures of the hate messages were taken before they were painted over. Church leaders say the San Jose Community will not tolerate any acts of hate. St. Josephs was built in 1885 and serves as the cathedral for the Roman Catholic diocese of san jose. Groups are fighting the high
Through. Another bad day for 80, this is going to be a long investigation. There. It may be theyre going to let some of these cars through. But it is very slow in the area and traffic is backing up quickly in that area. Lets go and load up this map here for you. Show 80 westbound, that is where it is. Thats where the backup is this morning. Is going to be quickly backing up towards 580. If you know anyone who comes this way. You might as well wake them up and say hey this is a big problem for you. It is going to be for a time. This is what it looks like, traffic is at a complete standstill all the way up to the freeway. This is a major problem, we will let you know more about it. Another bad day for the e sure freeway, basically stand bound. Eastbound not affected. Other commute is pretty normal, highway 580, 680, highway four. Lets go to steve with todays weather. It is only 5 am. Lightly traveled on a friday but this is just bad news for that commute. Obviously. A little warmer today
Forecast highs will be a little below average to near average. A long stretch in august. In early september, they were all above. That is not the case now. I think it may be below normal temperatures by next tuesday. Locale low clouds filling them. The monsoon clouds are taking an exit stage right. 50s on the temps remaining. Low 50s, mid 50s, even upper 40s. 59 in santa clara valley. 58 in gilroy. 57, santa cruz. Boulder creek, they are at 61. Onshore breeze in place. Not screaming or roaring, but it is there. The low clouds will fill them. We have an isolated shower, but a lot of that is heading off toward central nevada and points east. For us, low clouds. In 10 minutes or, 60s, 70s, and 80s on the temperatures. Anything better to report . Anything back to normal . Or are they still clogged up . It is not back to normal, but i think it was better than it was when we first began. Steve, lets talk across the county, we have more people on this road. People have heard about the problem
Second. First, we have to focus on the big news happening right here at home in the city of oakland. Executors indigo ship warehouse try are now deciding whether or not to seek a second trial against defendant derek l mehta. They found max harris not guilty on all charges. They voted 10to to convict l mehta. That means a hung jury. Prosecutors talk to harris about feedback on whether or not to retry a meta. Derek l mehta. To be an convicted, he is very unhappy when he thinks about the loss. Our hearts have been with the families of the 36 victims that died in this unspeakable tragedy. That still remains our focus. He was released from dublin just last night. His next Court Appearance is scheduled for october 4th. Deputy say they talk with max harris about 15 minutes before releasing him. Authorities said he was quiet and reflective as they drove him to an undisclosed location. Terrace did not want to make any public statements at the time. Derek almeidas attorney said he will not stop