For only 29. 95 a month for three months. Call or go online today. Video showing an incident at a protest involving the San Francisco Sheriffs Office has sparked a new criminal investigation. Coming up, wihat the San Francisco District Attorney has to say about it. A Bay Area Police chief drawing criticism tonight for comments he made about shooting guns during a protest. Without your help we will not survive. The desperate plea from a longtime Silicon Valley trade school at risk of closing because of covid19. It was a hot day again across the bay area, but cooler weather is about to move in. Well have the details in the accuweather forecast. Abc 7 news starts right now. Defund opd happening now, hundreds of people marched to oakland mayor libby schaafs house chanting the names of men and women killed by police. Theyre calling on the mayor to defund the Oakland Police department and reinvest the money in education. Abc 7 News Reporter j. R. Stone is live in oakland. J. R. . Reporter ye
They let their voice be heard. And you can see that tonight in the signs. The many signs that they left outside of the mayors house. That one there saying defund the police. Now, i do want to go to some of the video because it was pretty incredible seeing the amount of people who came out to march from one walgreens in oakland and up to the mayors house. I can tell you their message, a clear one, in defunding the Police Department. Now, what does that mean, you ask, they made the point they would like to see a lot of that money that goes to the Police Department rerouted into other areas like education and services as well. This was a youthled rally tonight. So a lot of young people out here. We spoke with some of those young people who at times had lit candles in memor of thwhdit e hands of officers. This is what they had to say. Being a resident from oakland and having a mayor like libby schaaf, who is complicit and completely complacent with the violence of opd on their brown and bl
Or scooting under the gate to get paying for their ride. These gates will use air pressure instead of a motor and should be able to handle 30 riders per minute. They do not think these will slow you down. This new design is sa money saver and will cost 60 million less. The board will be getting good news at that meeting. The second big issue on the agenda, bart will be discussing creating a national truth, racial healing and transformation commission. This has been proposed by u. S. Representative barra lee. We expect to have more details about that later today at the meeting. Reporting live at the Pleasant Hill bart station in walnut creek. Amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. Now, live desk update. At the live desk, Police Departments across the country are announcing reform in the wake of George Floyds death. In response to the demand forum, the Minneapolis Police chief says his department is withdrawing contract negotiations with the police union. In new york city, former attorney general L
And ventura counties to be clear bars are not open in either of these county Santa Clara County state officials there have not yet said when bars there can reopen in bars and. Contra costa county are set to start reopening this wednesday kron fours dan thorn getting reaction in martinez tonight. He joins us with more whats becoming a rather confusing situation. Dan. Well thats right ken local bar owners tell us that they are simply looking for better directions from state and local Health Leaders, these businesses were just days away from reopening, but now it looks like that may not happen. People looking to get back in the bay area bars may have to wait a little longer governor Gavin Newsome announcing on sunday hes recommending watering holes in contra costa and santa clara counties close up its ban. A bit harsh to isolate want industry over and over again the owners of firehouse bar and grill in martinez reopen to customers on june 9th. Following county Public Health rules customer
Our concern. We address whether the agency complied. According to chief justice, the department of Homeland Security can try again in another way. It will likely take a long time for another decision. This decision today was lawless. It was gamesmanship and contrary to the judicial oath. It protects hundreds of thousands of immigrants who were brought to the u. S. Illegally. The dissent written by Justice Thomas says the program which was a executive order under president barack obama was never lawful to begin with and the court is holding the Trump Administration to a higher standard than the program itself. The president tweeting these horrible and politically charged decisions are shotgun blast into the face of people that are proud to call themselves republicans. The president said he would be releasing a list of conservative justices he would nominate. He said that is the reasons they need to bolt in the fall. Fox news. The california state attorney general says todays decision is