Credible threats of violence on election day. Given the emotions surrounding this years election they are overly cautious. An unsetting sight on union square. Windows covered with play wood as concerns grow of civil unrest on elect night. Stores, its unusual, i wouldnt expect this in this neighborhood. Were hoping for the best but were preparing for every cob tin jenny. Union square falls in the supervisors district. Police have not said to board up many dont want to take chances to protect their property and merchandise. Its easier to put up plywood than loose a window. Reporter on Mission Street the ground floor windows on the sales force are boarded up. Back in may and june, 37 businesses had broken windows and San Franciscos downtown areas during protests over George Floyds death. Every Police Officer in San Francisco will be on duty. Canceling all vacation thats for the next two weeks. I dont necessarily expect too much to happen, were brand new, it like insurance for us. Reporter
Counties that are on the watch list for increased coronavirus activity. Abc 7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez has local reaction. Reporter School Districts in the buy area had every intention of welcoming back students in the fall. Until covid19 numbers recently forced the state to roll back business reopenings in several counties. Marin county, for example, is one of the districts on the states watch list because of its rising numbers. Yet this morning some parents came out to support inperson learning. Already children who have not schooled since march 16th and 17 whoth need to get back in front of the eyes of our teachers. We believe it can safely be done. Reporter the white house has threatened to cut funding if schools dont fully reopen. When he says open he means open in full, kids being able to attend each and every day at their school. Reporter therefore continuing with the Distance Learning model has not been an easy decision for many School Districts. Heres the state superinten
Now where someones actually pointing a laser at the helicopter. And just nearby we see a few dozen protesters doing the electric slide. This is downtown oakland. Well bring you there soon. Homes and animals caught in the path of a brushfire still burning in the north bay. That fire breaking out as tripledigit heat scorched the bay area, but there is relief coming soon. Jeff has your updated forecast. Good evening, everyone. Im janelle wang. A massive show of support for black lives matter in San Francisco. Tens of thousands of people raising their voices demanding justice for george floyd and an end to racism. Nbc bay areas jean elle is live in San Francisco where its past curfew right now. Jean, are protesters still out and about . Reporter they are, janelle. This protest started around 4 00 this afternoon. Police say there is still a small group of about 200 protesters roaming the city. Were here at mission station. You can see police are still stationed here outside in riot gear jus
You look live from sky 7. A protest that has been going on for hours over the death of george floyd in minneapolis, minnesota spilled out on the streets of oakland tonight and on to the 880 freeway. This is a live picture. Things have calmed, but there are still a great many protesters still out there. Well, and in san jose protests have been going on since around 3 00 this afternoon. This is the scene earlier. This is sky 7 in san jose. You can see that protesters, they have been facing off with police all day since around 2 30. It started on highway 101 and then moved through the streets of downtown oakland where there were multiple clashes with police, and there continue to be issues out there, even at this late hour. So two protests and two of the bay areas major cities tonight that have lasted for hours there have been no major injury, were happy to say, but there have been a number of skirmishes and a number of incidents in both of those cities. Protesters still on the streets in
Showing an suv right there barreling through a crowd of protesters at sixth and santa clara streets downtown. The person in the video, we have frozen it right there, but he does appear to be okay because he got up and walked away moments later. But we dont know the extent of any injuries that resulted from this incident. This video was posted around 9 20 tonight. The Santa Clara Sheriffs Office says around 9 00 at the same intersection, a deputy was involved in a shooting. They did not say if this was connected to the car or provide any more details. The deputy fortunately is okay, but this is just one of many incidents tonight that were trying to gather more information on as these protests erupt in oakland and contine in san jose. And that incident that kate just talked about could have been extremely serious, as you can tell. This is in downtown oakland at city center starbucks, where protesters lit that starbucks on fire, as you can see. It did not last for long, and authorities we