Which is why do we have police . Is it plus we are students of color . Oar she wants to have a good solution to put them at ease. I dont think they understand the effect of that uniform, that baton. The Oakland School board member said 6 million would go back into the general fund and would be used toward student services. Today at the board of education meeting, members believe it will past. Ousd is moving in the right direction. Reporter it could include security cameras, gates that lock and trained peacekeepers. She said police at schools give a false sense of security. You cant get officers to 84 schools if theres an incident going on all over the place. We already had to rely on city police, so this isnt anything new. Reporter tony thurman launched a program to get more on the impact of police on schools. When police are on campus, this results in more suspensions and arrests and specifically africanamerican students and students of color. Reporter thurman wants Clear Alternatives
We cannot continue to do what we have done for the last number of weeks. There is counties continue to reopen, the governor pleaded with californians to take covid 19 seriously. There is a surgeon hospitalizations and icu patients. The state performed a record 96,000 tests with the positivity road rose to 5. 1 . We have seen increased numbers and a lot of those numbers reflected in the bay area. That is part of the state that has moved into this new phase. Reporter the governor appointed to memorial day and statewide protest. The state remains confident in its preparation. We crushed the curve. We made it Crystal Clear when we did that. We never experienced the big spike where we were not prepared for an increase. Reporter the governor threatened to withhold relief funding for counties that would not comply with the reopening criteria including a new face mask order. We are going to attach consequences to that. It simply will not flow to those counties. Reporter the message is not sitt
Help were clear. Let them go [ applause ] reporter and now Governor Newsom has responded. A plan to battle the virus that is wreaking havoc inside california prisons, now up to 8,000 inmates could be eligible for Early Release by the end of august. I think its a good step. Reporter former inmates and advocates have been worried, especially surrounding san quentin, the site of the states largest covid19 outbreak. 7 prisoners have died. We cant afford the luxury of a slow roll out and continuing to make incremental changes in the state prison populations. We need a large scale release. We need to follow the Public Health experts leadership on this. Health experts agree. Large packed settings are a prime place for the disease to spread. Its really a chicken coop of risks for covid. Reporter ucfs doctor peter plods the governors decision to then the prison population, but remains fearful. It may not be enough. The devil is in the details. Because 8,000 inmate six only 7 of the states count
Quinton last december. I dont think a reduction of 8,000 people will create enough space, but i think its a good first step. The idea is to maximize space and protect those vulnerable. You cant have that kind of overcrowding and expect a good outcome when covid19 is raging in our state. Its a good first step and we need to do more to reduce our prison population and do it in a healthy and sustainable way. The releases will come on rolling basis. Those who are serving time for Violent Crimes, Domestic Violence or highrisk for committing a Violent Crime or have sentences requiring them to register as a sex offender are not eligible. At san quinton there are tents and beds in an extended area for those who fall ill. People are tested days before they are released. If they are negative they will be released to the jurisdiction. We are being notified of those inmates. Christie smith, nbc bay area news. We are breaking records we dont want to break. New infections and death. This graph shows
61, sunny for all today, it looks pretty good here. Any fog, there could be fog ramping up. It looks good, nice, warm, mild and that low is going to reposition itself along the west coast starting tomorrow. Today is all about sunshine and temperatures pretty close to where they should be this time of year. Lets head over to sal now. Is there a place you would like to begin besides the bay bridge toll plaza . We are going to start at the Richmond Bridge and we do have a little bit of slow traffic there as you come up on the Richmond Bridge. Traffic is going to be a little slow. It is improving a little bit but it was slower about 10 minutes ago. You can see it and this might improve right away but we will keep an eye on it for you. We are also looking at the actual toll plaza of the bay bridge westbound, and that is backed up you and the 880 over causing but 880 itself looks okay. Did a 7 01, lets go to the headlines. Breaking news coming in right now from europe about Global Travel dur