Will do whatever it takes to make him the next commander in chief. Harris is the first black woman in the history of us politics to join a Major Party Ticket and the 3rd woman to serve as a vp candidate for a Major Political party. She also also is of course a bay area native. She grew up in oakland and started her political career after graduating from the u c Hastings Law School back in 1989. In 1990 she was named Deputy District Attorney in Alameda County. Then in 2003 harris was elected San Francisco District Attorney where she served 2 terms. She was an elected as California Attorney general in 2010. Harris began a second term in that post when she announced she was running for us senate where she was elected in 2016. Then in 2019 senator harris launched her president ial bid. And now one year later, she is joe bidens running mate. Theres a long list of San Francisco city leaders who worked with Kamala Harris as she climbed the political ladder. Kron fours michelle kingston shows
Good evening. Im elizabeth cook. And im ken bastida. Len ramirez was hit by a Police Rubber Bullet while covering the protests, and he joins us from san jose with some details on the mayors nur plan. Len . Reporter that is right. The mayor says he does not want to defund the police department, but he does want to take away some police tools and police power, especially around the area of internal investigations affidavit accountability, but some Community Members say the mayors ideas just are not bold enough. I am quite willing to bet that san jose has the finest Police Officers in the country. Reporter while voicing strong support for officers and the chief, the mayor said recent events make its clear that Police Reforms are needed. Our community expects us to do better, and were committed to doing better. Reporter the San Jose Police called ate war zone when a black lives matter protest on may 30th turned into this as police tried to clear the crowd, some protesters threw rocks and b
S in the 50s and 60s. 91 in san jose, and 96 for concord. Highs 8 to 17 degrees above average for this time of the year, and we will talk about stronger onshore flow kicking back in for us, and i will let you know exactly when coming up in a few minutes. Im anne makovec at the live news desk, and we have breaking news right now in the south bay. A wild fire in the San Jose Hills, and this is new video just in. Its in the area of san philippe road, and the San Jose Fire Department had trouble finding access to the fire because its burning a few miles up a hill with no real roadways nearby, but they are now actively fighting the fire. They were able to get the equipment up there, and cal fire is also on the scene, trying to work with strike teams to get a more concentrated attack on the fire. At this point, no homes are threatened. Thats the good news. At last word, about 16 acres, and we are waiting to get a better idea of the size of the fire from firefighters, and they are busy right
For this time of the year. I will talk about the big cooldown with stronger onshore flow in a few minutes. And right now, firefighters are on the scene of a brush fire in san jose, and it is burning near san philippe road and heartland, behind the california oak creek. If took awhile for fire crews to gain access to the fire no structures are being threatened right now, cal fire is assisting. Im anne makovec at the live news desk. The unemployment numbers just out, 1,877,000 americans just filling for firsttime jobless claims in the last week, and that brings the total over the pandemic, since march to 42. 5 million. The ninth straight week of decline right now, and one third of americans have not even received their unemployment assistance yet, and theres a backlog here. Tomorrow, we are going to see the numbers coming out of unemployment claims for may. Thats sure to be another dismal number. We are going to check out how it affects the stock market live in half an hour when the open
Are lower than others, you can see that overall cases continue to go up and down in a similar rate as in midmarch when the shelterinplace order began. Of the six counties, the latest numbers show Alameda County currently has the highest number of positive cases with 3,049. Marin county currently has the lowest case with positive 420. In both county, the demographics of who is testing positive is strikingly similar. According to public data, in Alameda County, there were more male cases than female. The largest number of cases were between the ages of 18 and 30, and the largest racial group by far is latino. In marin county, public data also shows more male cases than female. The largest number of cases between the age of 35 and 49. And again, the largest racial group, latino. In fact, latinos make up 52 of marin county cases, despite making up just 16 of the countys population. But its not just about the number of cases in the county. The case rate, which shows cases per capita, is als