A mix of excitement and reluctance of support in the bay area for oakland native Kamala Harris, joe bidens pick for Vice President. The game plan just changed in san jose for teachers at the last minute. And a homicide here. Ill tell you what we know. A stretch of toasty triple digit days ahead. Ill have more on the heat coming up. Abc7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Tonight, a historic decision. Joe biden choosing bay area native and california senator Kamala Harris as his running mate. If elected, harris would be the first woman Vice President and the first black or Indian American candidate. Biden tweeted the news saying, i have the great honor to announce that ive picked Kamala Harris, a fearless fighter for the little guy and one of the countrys finest public servants. And harris tweeting in response, im honored to join him as our partys nominee for Vice President and do what it takes to make him our comm
Kamala Harris Actually began her career at the Alameda County d. A. s office and elected San Francisco District Attorney. So for better or for worse, people here in the bay area know her policy, style, and work very well. Oakland native senator Kamala Harris is stirring up mixed emotions across the bay area after locking down her position as joe bidens running mate. I talked to my mom tonight. Reporter Christine Pelosi is chair of the democratic chair house caucus. Her mother is nancy pelosi. We talked about how great it was for the country. Reporter pelosi and harris met as law students. Ive seen her grow and develop over the years, but also taking that same approach of trying to mentor young women, trying to lift up other people. I know its a lot of controversy around kamala, especially with her as the d. A. Of San Francisco. Reporter Felicia Jones is the founder of the justice for mario woods foundation, who was shot and killed by San Francisco Police Officers in 2015. We attempted
And he basically banged the table, slammed his hands on the table. Looked directly at my son and said black lives matter. He said f black lives. A protest planned today taking a different tone. An entire Community Rallying behind this family, all of them upset over the hateful message delivered to their kids. They believe you should be too. Good morning, everyone. Saturd j protests happening all around the bay area today. If youre just waking up lets start with a quick look at the weather. Hi, everyone. Were starting out with a mix of sun and clouds out there. Theres a system to the north of us allowing for some showers. Not here, though. Were going to see the breezy winds. In fact as we look closer to the extreme northern part of the state you can see the activity there, but wave got party cloudy skies from our east bay hills camera. And this is look at our cloudy east bay hills camera with some fog there. Mid50s santa rosa with upper 50s in concord. And from our roof camera a breeze
Ikea. Mayor london breed is celebrating with her supporters. Im kate larson in San Francisco where the race for District Attorney is getting heated. A packed meeting tonight. On the agenda, possible crack down on shortterm rentals. In san jose, a father knocked unconscious. Tonight we hear from the victim. Abc 7 news starts right now. Its election day for several bay area communities and the results are coming in right now. Two major races in San Francisco. The race for San Franciscos District Attorney has become a nailbiter and mayor london breed is cruising to reelection. Mayor london breed is winning with 60 of the vote followed by ellen tonight as you said she is handily in the lead and really no surprise. Its hard to beat an incumbent and the five challengers running against her are really relatively unknown to voters. She greeted her supporters, thanked them for their support and vowed to work hard particularly to combat homelessness. It feels good. Im excited, but im also, like,
Mayor london breed is celebrating with her supporters. Im kate larson in San Francisco where the race for District Attorney is getting heated. A packed meeting tonight. On the agenda, possible crack down on shortterm rentals. In san jose, a father knocked unconscious. Tonight we hear from the victim. Abc 7 news starts right its election day for several bay area communities and the results are coming in right now. Two major races in San Francisco. The race for San Franciscos District Attorney has become a nailbiter and mayor london breed is cruising to reelection. Mayor london breed is winning with 60 of the vote ellen tonight as you said she is handily in the lead and really no surprise. Its hard to beat an incumbent and the five challengers running against her are really relatively unknown to voters. She greeted her supporters, thanked them for their support and vowed to work hard particularly to combat homelessness. It feels good. Im excited, but im also, like, anxious to continue to