And a monumental shift in American Drug policy on the horizon. How the Biden Administration aims to reclassify cannabis as a less dangerous drug making a historic step toward Drug Law Enforcement reform. Live from jack london square. This is morning time two. The night. Our todays wednesday, may first. Youre looking live at the oakland estuary right now and is looking beautiful out there on the water. Blue skies as well. The sun is up for later this week. Were going to check in with Steve Paulson in just a few minutes for an update on that. Coming up, we want to welcome you all to the nine. We want to get right to that news taking place overnight, right . 24 hours of chaos on College Campuses across the country, as protesters on all sides of the israelhamas conflict clash and some leaders finally saying enough is enough, ordering police to move in. Fists fly, people kicked to the ground, others beaten with sticks. On s, demonstrators devolving into chaos between propalestinian and coun
Shoulder, but i continue to track that. Slowing for the upper east shore freeway. Recovery from an earlier crash and we have a half hour drive from highway 4 to the bay bridge building as it has volume starts to build. Back to you. Thanks so much, mike. Continuing coverage this morning of the raging wildfires in Southern California. We have live pictures to show you. This is the passive thomas fire burning in ventura county. It is still 5 containment. Live aerials of the lilac fire. There are six fires burning across Southern California this morning. Two new fires broke out yesterday in riverside and in san diego counties. You can see all of them all over. Here is the latest on what we know. In total, 140,000 acres have burned. Nearly 200,000 people have been evacuated. 500 buildings, maybe more, including homes have been destroyed. The extreme weather conditions wont be going away anytime soon, which is making the fire fight difficult for crews. Jinah kim joins us with the progress th
Monitoring that car fire reported going through niles. Not a i think maar issue but there may be some activity if you make the connecting between mission and 680. The rest of the bay a mild build for the south bay, a little bit and the metering lights are on at the bay bridge. Back to you. New this morning, city leaders in alameda are at least temporarily shelving a plan to use license plate readers to track car thieves. Sharon katsuda is live in alameda with the controversial proposal. Good morning, sharon. Reporter good morning. Well, the city says it wants more information before it decides on putting up cameras that would track you coming in and out of alameda. Early this morning the city voted to set aside a half Million Dollars to pay for the cameras that would be set up near the tubes and heavy traffic areas and read the license plates of all cars going in and out of the city, but the council wants to hear more information on the plan before moving forward. The police chief says
Took care of the girl who did not appear to be hurt. In the meantime, there was a man on a skateboard seen leaving the area. Investigators later identified that man as the father of the oneyearold boy while the woman is the mother of both children. That Man Told Police that he didnt see the girl being pushed out of the car and he told them where to find his son with the babysitter in oakland. Child protective services is now taking care of the boy along with his fiveyearold sister. Police say they are questioning the mother in this case but are not offering more details. They will only say it is an ongoing investigation. Turning to continuing coverage of the ghost ship warehouse investigation. Now that the da is charging two tenants in connection to the fire there are questions about whether the Building Owner should also be prosecuted. Michael courthouses says he could be from the legally liable in the case even though some have described her as an absentee landlord. She is ultimately
I want to mention, southbound 880 has a three car accident. It was reported about two minutes ago so we will follow up on that. This is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza. You can see a little delay in some lanes. Lets go back to the desk. Some breaking news. President trump tweeted his. For the new fbi director. He said i will be nominating christopher a ray, a man of impeccable credentials to be the new director of the fbi details to follow. Christopher ray served as just assister as district u. S. Attorney with the Justice Department from 2003 through 2005. Developing news in iran after several people were killed in two terror attacks. The total of 12 people were killed and 42 hurt is the latest number. Gunmen stormed parliament and went on a shooting spree before setting up a suicide bomber that isis released video from inside the building during the attack showing a gun man in a mans body laying on the ground. All four attackers were killed. In the Second Attack a shooting and su