Public universities and Government Agencies stopped considering race in their hiring and admissions decisions. Today the assembly approved a proposal to repeal that ban. The bills author says recent police traiks tragedies are showing that race and gender still matter. The bill could be ratified later on this month and be up for a vote in november. Happening now, calls to disband Oakland Unified School Districts Police force. Kpix 5 is live in oakland with the plan and how backers say they would keep students safe. Reporter well, ken, backers say that there is a plan in place that they want to implement to keep students safe even without a Police Department. They say they are the only School District in Alameda County that has that Police Department and those millions could be better served serving the students. The idea of defunding the police is not a new one for the black organizing project. The idea was first introduced nine years ago with the proposal to reallocate 2. 3 million fr
People are dead 3 are wounded, including at 10 yearold child. A celebration of a toddlers birthday erupted into gunfire tuesday night outside this will lay her home and sent the avenue its deeply disturbing that they would target a small children and women like this and the men that were there, but it was a toddlers birthday party. And weve got this level of violence is just its disturbing multiple gunman opened fire in a 63 yearold woman and a 37 yearold woman were killed a 10 yearold child was wounded along with 2 other adults, those 3 are expected to survive. The 192 shootings in vallejo just last year alone folios police chief says bringing down gun violence is a top priority. We need your support we need to be united with our residents with our Faith Based Community with her. On nonprofits we need to come together to to reduce violence. But the chief says police cannot do it alone and it will take the community to come together. But i think the pilots and middle schools, high scho
And, kari, you said this will stick around for a few days at least. Yeah, and its all about your location becau inland valleys reached over 100 degrees, so there will be all about location in those wideranging temperatures as we get a start this morning taking a live look at walnut creek, one of those hot spots as we start out this morning well be in the upper 50s to low 60s and then we start to see those temperatures heating up by late morning and well see once again another hot day for the inland valleys. And this continues throughout the week. Well talk more about this coming up. Mike, how is it looking for Early Morning commuters . The Speed Sensors look great. A live look at the bay bridge toll plaza, had to take a look because reports of a crash, a fenderbender, approaching the toll gate. We dont see a problem and, remember, all cashless. Chp maybe helping with paperwork. As far as speeds go around the bay, a nice, smooth flow. There was an incident on highway 17. Well follow up
There were a couple slower moving vehicles. Thats how much impact just a few cars can have with lighter traffic. Over here theres more traffic volume, westbound 580. Typical slowing out of the alat this month. Kari showed you the live look to livermore and dublin. A good amount of vehicles through the area but no real slowing. Now the slowing in the altamont, i will track it next through livermore where you see a little slowing for west 84 that will give a good judgment about how we expect the commute to shape up. Back to you. New overnight brushfires burning and the Fire Department says it looks like somebody set those fires on purpose. Today in the bays bob redell joins us live from kelly park in san jose. They reporter no, and they tell us, kris, the battalion chief tells us this should be a good reminder for anyone setting off illegal fireworks ive heard them in the east bay and i know other people heard them elsewhere just dont do it especially given how dry this brush is. So just
An ongoing debate since a young man was killed outside an Oakland High School by Campus Police. The last time supporters brought this up was back in march and now theyre at it again on the heels of a nationwide call to Defund Police are kron fours Ella Sogomonian live for us in the newsroom with the push for change thats being sparked by George Floyds death at the hands of police l a. You can grant nearly 10 years ago a group of oakland activists started a campaign to get Police Officers off of School Grounds will today they presented a resolution to the school board using worldwide momentum that banks to shift away from relying so heavily on officers. Prize in oakland for Police Free Schools have fallen on deaf ears for nearly a decade. On wednesday supporters hope that this time would be different. A group called black organizing project hosted students parents and elected officials at a school in that element re school to announce the george floyd resolution intended to finally shut