Complete bay area News Coverage starts right now. This is ktvu channel 2 news at 6 00. This extra Police Officer standing by. Businesses are closing early as oakland prepares for a possible third night of protests. Good evening everyone. Im frank somerville. And im julie haener. We want to go to ktvu channel 2 news john fowler. Police are not taking any chances and trying out a new tactic. John . Reporter thats right. I spoke to oaklands chief of police who told me the chp cars you can see parked on broadway underneath highway 880 are part of a new strategy to use chp to protect the freeways so oaklands Police Officers can better protect the businesses. The chief acknowledged should have been better protected. About ten businesses suffered damage. This mobile store cleaned out by looters. And protesters were misguided. It is not going to fix anything. It is not going to change anybodys decision and it happened somewhere else, not here. Reporter people who witnessed this said it is unbe
And which commute will be affected. A Christmas Tree turns out to be the big contributing factor to that deadly mansion fire. Good evening. Im derek mcginty. Im jan jeffcoat. A tragic accident that happened at the worst possible time, those words tonight from an atf agent on the cause of the fire that claimed the life of an annapolis couple and their four grandchildren. Our mola lenghi spoke with experts about how such a Christmas Tree could do such damage. Reporter oh, yeah. It can be difficult to imagine that the fire that torched a sex teen thousand square foot house and 16,000 square foot house and killed six people began with a Christmas Tree, but experts we spoke with tonight say they arent surprised, that Christmas Trees can be extremely combustible. This was an accidental fire thats very tragic. Reporter accidental, tragic and fast. Fire need two things, an ignition source and fuel. There was an electrical spark and a Christmas Tree to fuel the fire. Doesnt take much ignition s
Injured. In the middle of this gasoline was poured on the fire. A racist instagram image was posted including swastikas, skulls, a noose and the phrase day of the rope hang them high and hang them slow. The user account said he was in auschwitz. After the salisbury daily times reported on this School Officials reacted. Heres the principal tom zimmer. It plays on peoples emotions and feelings and hits them at the corps. If i am a Young African american male being racially attacked through instagram, i want somebody to do something about it. Reporter zimmer said today the studented involved in the social media posting students involved in the social media posting and videos have had action taken but policy prevents him from saying what those actions are. Reporter in an area of the School Parking lot both white and African American kids call redneck row students reacted. Theyre not all racism. Yeah, of course, some people. Small amount. That are like that, but not everyone. Reporter we me