Emergency Operations Center will be activated as well as the Sobering Center on mission street. We dont want people drinking and driving so use our Public Transportation system. Reporter alex is visiting interest riverside where he says his citys festival of lights celebration took extra safety precautions this year, as well. This year, for the First Time Ever they had snipers all over downtown. Scary that we have to be at that point but if it works and it helps people feel safe, then its worth it. Reporter police will be out in full force on sunday evening. No discretionary time off is being granted for officers. And a note about fireworks. They are illegal in San Francisco. So if you would like to see them, dont try it yourself. Head down to the embarcadero. Its a free show. Leave it to the professionals. In San Francisco, Tara Moriarty, ktvu fox 2 news. I think the weather is going to cooperate. How many people are going to show up for this . Reporter they didnt go over the numbers
Discussion. A state law goes into effect january 1 concerns a Group Activists say has been overlooked in that conversation. More on the new law and who it protects. Reporter that new law expands protections for victims of Sexual Harassment. Specifically for transgender people experiencing harassment at work. From a threatened band in the military to a number of so called bathroom bills in several states transgender people faced hurdles in 2017. At oaklands lgbt center when i asked the director to sum up what kind of year it has been for transgender people he took us into a room and showed us a wall of photos of trans people. Who had been killed in hate crimes. That is not even the whole year. This is half of the year. Trans people are being killed because they are transgender. This speaks to what we believe is the most marginalized community of people in america. Reporter he hopes the momentum from the me to movement reflected by times person of the year cover showing women breaking si
Documents show that ali admitted that he drank and smoked. Since thanksgiving, there has been six tragic deaths at the hands of drunk or drugged drivers. When we say when will we say that enough is enough and everybody says that he or she must not drink, smoke, or take drugs and get behind the wheel of a car. Reporter alis blood proves that he was over the limit, and the black box it is cadillac show that he was traveling at 120 Miles Per Hour when he crashed. Be smart before it is too late. Reporter because it was late on the Christmas Eve night when choices ended in tragedy. Ali told investigators he knew he was under the influence and realized he should have pulled over at least three separate times, but didnt. He made the decision to keep driving. He is expected to be transferred to the jail tomorrow when he gets out of the hospital. Do we know anything about his criminal history . Reporter we looked into his history and the only thing that we could find was some speeding tickets.
With me regularly. And so here we are today. Reporter after each fire, the building was all boarded up but people got in each time. The cause of the fire is under investigation. But gallo told me there was a fight between two groups at the property and one group ticked the other out. Gallo says the evicted group apparently came back and started the fire. The councilman says the building is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places which is added to the challenges in deciding the future of the building. Now, ironically, a west Oakland Baptist church had recently offered to buy the building for 300,000. Far below market value. They will discuss the proposal in april. Henry lee, ktvu fox 2 news. Does it look like the building is a total loss . It looked like there was some left but are they saying its a total loss. Reporter its destroyed. What was left of it after the boards have been up were taken down not much left inside. Thank you, henry lee. On ktvu. Com well post the latest
We have breaking news out of san jose. Police say a man died at the hospital after getting stabbed on north king road. Just after 5 00 a. M. The san jose homicide unit has not released the victims name. The motive isnt known yet. Officers are at the scene investigating. New developments in a random shooting that killed a woman at the San Francisco water front this week. This man 45yearold Francisco Sanchez confessed to killing 32yearold kate steinly. He has an extensive criminal history and has been deported to mexico multiple times. This tragic killing is calling into question San Franciscos immigration policies. Here is vic lee with more. Reporter flowers mark the spot where catherine steinly was fatally shot wednesday evening. Divers from this police boat found a gun off the waters of the pier. Investigators believe it was used by Francisco Sanchez who was caught later that night not far from the shooting and charged with steinlys murder. Sanchez is on probation in texas. He has a l