Building a better bay ar, whta as a peaceful show of solidarity with protesters in portland took a violent turn. Oakland cleaning up after windows were smashed and buildings hit with graffiti. Hello, thanks for joining us. Im eric thomas. And im dion lim. A night of unrest after a protest march threw downtown calling for Racial Justice turned violent. There were clashes with Oakland Police and a fire was set at the Alameda County courthouse. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Barnard has images and reaction. Police say demonstrators set fire inside the Alameda County courthouse in oakland saturday night. Sky 7 captedth f set outside the building. The Fire Department put both fires out quickly. Windows were broken here and at a nearby apartment building. At Oakland Police headquarters a group kicked down barricade. People are very upset. Vanessa dub joined the protests in support of black lives matter and police reform. And against federal agents being deployed to portland, oregon. There were g
People and latin x people and everybody is out and so sick. Political police oppression. Reporter later some broke from the larger group spray painting graffiti. Oakland Police Declared it an Unlawful Assembly tweeting, we are asking agitators to stop throwing items and pointing lasers at the officers. Mayor schaaf said vandalizing our down gives donald trump the images he wants and the justification he seeks to send federal troops into american cities. We celebrate passionate protest but oaklanders need to know, when they attend protests after dark, they might be providing cover for agitators. The vandalism is ugly. Reporter hes disappointed. He believes the actions of some distract from the black lives matter movement. This is a bad image for the city of oakland. This doesnt bring floyd back or anything. This is damage for the city, period. The Oakland Police say theyve made several arrests but did not give details on charges. In oakland, abc7 news. In Seattle Police arrested 45 peop
Announcer building a better bay area for a safe secure future. This is abc7 news. The coronavirus pandemic continuing to hurt bay area workers. Tonight were tackling unemployment. The new relief bill some workers say cant come soon enough, and the red tape some Restaurant Owners are running into as they try to reopen. Good evening, and thanks for joining us. Im dion lim. Im eric thomas. Taking a look at where california stands right now with the coronavirus, the number of confirmed cases in the state is down significantly with more than 8200 cases over there were over 10,000 cases yesterday. The seven day Positivity Rate went down to 7. 8 which is under the states threshold of 8. Santa cruz county was added saturday to the states watch list. That means in cases dont drop in three days it will have to roll back its reopening. Tonight bart board dufty. They said they failed to comply with the health orders. The pandemic including the economy, a big part of that is record numbers of unemp
Gavin newsom about his states plan and his message to protesters. And industry impact. Oil prices tank to an historic low, as a new hot spot for the virus grows in americas Food Processing plants. First, heres todays eyeopener. Your world in 90 seconds. Personal Health Creates economic health. Thats our mindset. Thats what all our mindset needs to be. The outbreak is getting worse in some parts of the country. At the same time, other areas are lifting stay at home orders. If we all pull back, we could see a second wave. The president claims, in a latenight tweet, hell sign an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration in this country over coronavirus fears. I believe in governance by law, not necessarily by tweet. New reporting on the health of kim jongun. Speculation of his health has been on the rise since he was a noshow at a major celebration of his late grandfather last week. This is something that is extremely sensitive. So we may continue to hear lots of conflicting stor
He said not only did the Golden State Warriors clear durant but also durants own personal physician. Lets hear coach kerr speaking with reporters just a couple hours ago. When we gathered all the information, our feeling was the worst that could happen was a reinjury of the calf. That was the advice and the information that we had. Atd that point once he was cleared to play, he was comfortable with that. We were comfortable with that. So the achilles came as a shock. A shock and they deal with reverberations. Shoot around after practice today. One last before the final and pivotal game in oracle arena. These shirts have become sudsen collectors items. The town. Not yet. Not if its possible to extend life support in this venue tomorrow night. Talk about emotion. This piles finality on top of mortality. Well have motivation tom. To protect home court and feed off the crowd energy. And keep the season alive. Theres a lot of things you can tap into for energy tomorrow. Well be ready. We al