For only 29. 95 a month for three months. Call or go online today. Video showing an incident at a protest involving the San Francisco Sheriffs Office has sparked a new criminal investigation. Coming up, wihat the San Francisco District Attorney has to say about it. A Bay Area Police chief drawing criticism tonight for comments he made about shooting guns during a protest. Without your help we will not survive. The desperate plea from a longtime Silicon Valley trade school at risk of closing because of covid19. It was a hot day again across the bay area, but cooler weather is about to move in. Well have the details in the accuweather forecast. Abc 7 news starts right now. Defund opd happening now, hundreds of people marched to oakland mayor libby schaafs house chanting the names of men and women killed by police. Theyre calling on the mayor to defund the Oakland Police department and reinvest the money in education. Abc 7 News Reporter j. R. Stone is live in oakland. J. R. . Reporter ye
They let their voice be heard. And you can see that tonight in the signs. The many signs that they left outside of the mayors house. That one there saying defund the police. Now, i do want to go to some of the video because it was pretty incredible seeing the amount of people who came out to march from one walgreens in oakland and up to the mayors house. I can tell you their message, a clear one, in defunding the Police Department. Now, what does that mean, you ask, they made the point they would like to see a lot of that money that goes to the Police Department rerouted into other areas like education and services as well. This was a youthled rally tonight. So a lot of young people out here. We spoke with some of those young people who at times had lit candles in memor of thwhdit e hands of officers. This is what they had to say. Being a resident from oakland and having a mayor like libby schaaf, who is complicit and completely complacent with the violence of opd on their brown and bl
Or scooting under the gate to get paying for their ride. These gates will use air pressure instead of a motor and should be able to handle 30 riders per minute. They do not think these will slow you down. This new design is sa money saver and will cost 60 million less. The board will be getting good news at that meeting. The second big issue on the agenda, bart will be discussing creating a national truth, racial healing and transformation commission. This has been proposed by u. S. Representative barra lee. We expect to have more details about that later today at the meeting. Reporting live at the Pleasant Hill bart station in walnut creek. Amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. Now, live desk update. At the live desk, Police Departments across the country are announcing reform in the wake of George Floyds death. In response to the demand forum, the Minneapolis Police chief says his department is withdrawing contract negotiations with the police union. In new york city, former attorney general L
Post. This response or, if you could again by reminding us what u. S. Telecom is and who you represe represent. Guest thank you very much, peter. Rate to be here but i represent the future of conductivity and members of u. S. Telecom are the broadband carriers, innovators and Technology Companies that are all about delivering and Building Networks of the future to all americans. We have Large National providers like at t and verizon and wonderful regional providers like consolidated frontier and windstream and Alaska Communications but we also represent a number of our smallest providers serving our Rural Communities across the country and we are really proud to know that around us as well some of the most innovative Global Technology Enterprises Like cisco and ericsson and they are a part of our effort to raise the bar when it comes to this Important Technology which is broadband. Host give us a snapshot, if you would, of the last couple of months for your member compani companies. Gu
Here is a look at the latest design. They will pitch this to the board today. They have been trying out the style at the richmond station. It was designed by b. A. R. T. Engineers. It has two fight five feet swingstyle barriers. Riders are more than ready to see these installed. B. A. R. T. Loses a lot of revenue from fare jumpers. Its not fair for those who pay. I think that would not only prevent a lot of vagrancy inside of t. R. T. Ha b. A. T. Gets the fair share and continue operating to serve the public well. Reporter this new design is a money saver. It comes in at 60 million cheaper than the gates they were considering. Theres another item on the agenda for the Board Meeting that got our attention. They will discuss creating a national truth, racial healing and transformation commission. This has been proposed by u. S. Representative barbara lee. The hope is to address racism and discuss the black lives Matter Movement and to the future we hope to learn more details about it lat