Oakland. Kpix5s andria borba is at lake merritt were thousands are celebrating at a rally right now. Reporter well as you can see, there are thousands of people gathered. They dont plan on leaving any time soon. They are out here to celebrate their heritage and how far they have come from where their ancestors were. Across the bay area, juneteenth, the bay African American slaves became emancipated was honored. With marchs calling for continued progress i think, i can feel that there will be something. Reporter d ie celebrating exactly how far those freed come. Of how far our ancestors have brought us. And then, just, mindful of how far we have to go. Reporter at lake merritt amidst the horses and dancing and food, there was a push to make sure the the marchs of the past few weeks turn into real change on a political level. Making sure those who believe in protesting are registered to vote. And thats another way that they can protest. By voting. While the acceptance of the holiday by C
For 24. 99 a month for 12 months. Or, ask about packages with speed up to a gig. Click, call or visit a store today. Now at 11 00 an alarming rise in coronavirus cases in california. Were not out of the first wave of this virus. Tonight what the governor is saying about reversing the reopening. An alameda man following a lawsuit against facebook saying the company is censoring his freedom of to general will not investigate a Deadly Police shooting that sparked outrage in ba the explanation tonight. Plus our original reposutin are taking advantage of widespread bay area protests. We go from business to business and clear out looters. By the time we are two businesses away, the looters are back. Now at 11 00 streaming on cbsn bay area. Coronavirus cases soaring in california. Good evening im ken bastida. Im elizabeth cook. The state has reported more than 46,000 cases since mid march. More than a third of those in the past two weeks alone. Tonight kpix 5 maria medina reports if those num
The company is censoring his freedom of speech. Californias attorney general will not investigate a Deadly Police shooting that sparked outrage in east bay. The explanation tonight. Plus our original report linking the looters. Tonight the evidence suggesting a group of organized thieves are taking advantage of widespread bay area protests. We go from business to business and clear out looters. By the time we are two businesses away, the looters are back. Now at 11 00 streaming on cbsn bay area. Coronavirus cases soaring in california. Good evening im ken bastida. Im elizabeth cook. The state has reported more than 46,000 cases since mid march. More than a third of those in the past two weeks alone. Tonight kpix 5 maria medina reports if those numbers continue to spike, the governor warns he may have to shut down the economy for the second time. The governors warning comes as parts of the state moves over to reopen. As residents are eager to continue the progress and not take any steps
Change directions. It is going to become much drier and it is going to start to pick up speed. This is why there is a red flag warning. Look at the time on this. It is not in starting until 10 00 tonight. The real focus of this is going to be in the overnight hours and in the Early Morning for the northbay mountains, 1000 feet. Particularly, the mountains in and around napa and sonoma. Are very familiar story here. The mountains are included in this, but technically you are particular concern is the ut wind country. This is about as strong as the wind has been. I will be back with more on the red flag warning and what happens after all of this went. Thanks so much. It is not just the wind that is a concern, it is all of this illegal fireworks that have been going off lately. Firefighters say this is exactly what sparked this three along firm fire. No buildings were damaged, but it took 56 firefighters to put it out. Despite the danger, pg e says that they have no plans to shut off any
From last nights looting. We begin with the protests underway right now in downtown San Francisco. Good evening. Im brian hackney. Im juliette. Joe joins us in the market area. Joe. Weve been monitoring a large, loud, boisterous, yet peaceful demonstration as it makes its way through the streets of San Francisco. Lets take a look from up above chopper 5. This is a crowd of about thousands. They started at city hall, roughly 3 00 with a few hundred. Now it has grown exponentially. These folks are protesting the death of george floyd, one of many demonstrations around the country. Demonstrating against the death of a man at the hands of a Police Officer. Weve watched as just in the last hour, this crowd branched off in two different directions. One went toward the bay bridge. The other toward the hall of justice. One young demonstrator said he recognizes even gathering in this crowd presents a risk to him. Were all risking something by being here. You see, like, how armed the police here