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KPIX KPIX 5 News At 6pm July 12, 2024

Office the protests revealed cracks between the San Jose Police department and the community it serves. Old simmering grievances and questions about Excessive Force and misconduct forced to the surface by the inyourface chaotic clashes between police and protesters two weeks ago. Does that mean in the face of chaos that we didnt make mistake . Absolutely not. Of course we did. Are there things were not proud of . Of course there are. Were human beings and we made mistakes. Reporter reforms focused on limit thing use of tear gas, flash bang devices, batons and rubber bullets on protesters. The city council is considering an outright ban on rubber bullets. I think that the fact is that so many people got hurt by these projectiles. And they were innocent protesters needs to be looked in further. Reporter chief garcia says he supports these reforms as well as the hiring practices, joining to pledge not to hire officer whose have been fired or left other digits because of misconduct. This Police Department doesnt Hire Police Officers that come with a history of gross misconduct. But we are going to take a stand with other Police Departments. The representation for our people will be there, but, if an officer did wrong, then i support discipline. To say that you can just ram policies down the throats of officers without having their buyin is not realistic and it is not going to work. Reporter given the urgent nature of these questions, the city council has scheduled an emergency meeting for friday to finalize their decision. In san jose, devin feeley, kpix 5. Santa rosa Police Department announced a short time ago it will stop using the socalled restraint or choke hold as a use of force procedure effective immediately. Another day of protests across the bay area as george floyd was laid to rest in the city of houston. In san francisco, a kneeling for justice was held outside city hall. Organizers say they wanted to pay tribute to floyds memory during his funeral. Meanwhile in oakland, chopper 5 over a vigil to honor black lives lost to police violence. And in south san jose, a group of protestors spotted today Holding Signs near blossom hill road and the alameda expressway as cars were passing by. In the meantime, three days after a deadly tiinvo asone chp official word on what happened. Kpix 5s Julia Goodrich is live near the site of the shooting and we expected to hear something today from oakland police. Reporter you know, i keep checking my phone for the latest email on a statement because the oakland Police Department said they will release some sort of information sometime today. Im still not getting any word yet. In the meantime, family and friends are demanding some answers. The chp says they were conducting a criminal investigation when 23yearold eric salgatto was shot and killed during a vehicle pursuit. His pregnant girlfriend was in the car and survived. Eric and briannas child did not make it. She has passed. She has passed away, and so the police have murdered their unborn child as well as eric. The shooting happened saturday night where this memorial of candles and flowers are now. The police say salgatto was driving a charger that 70 cars this dealership. The majority of cars tracked down using theft recovery gps. The owner telling me at least 60 cars have been recovered. As you can see, they havent been recovered in one piece. This windshield is completely busted out. This particular car has the engine torn out. And right here you can see all of the limbs on rims on this particular car ripped off. Reporter and her sister was saying her brother was trying to change his life around and she cant understand why he was killed convenient if he was driving a stolen car. And now this group is out protesting again demanding answers. We want the names of the police officers. We want their personnel files. And we want them sent on a one way eton rig now. Repoer it is the poliartment that is the lead agency investigating despite the fact that it was the chp that reportedly opened fire. We will continue to follow up on this and once the statement is released, we will certainly have that on kpix 5. In oakland, juliet goodrich, kpix 5. Governor newsom continued the statewide listening tour where he met with black Community Leaders and Business Owners about the need to forge ahead with a cautious reopening. We cannot be in a permanent state of flux. You want a Public Health crises, social determinants that could lead to catastrophic Public Health outcomes. The group met at miss ollies downtown. The governor added that he expects to see a spike in crasses as more sectors of the economy reopen. But this time the state is prepared for it. Coronavirus cases are rising across california. More than 13 6,000 cases have been confirmed statewide. Compare that with the end of march when the tally was just over 1,200. At the time nearly all of those cases were in Santa Clara County. Kpix has what is different now despite the steady climb. Reporter the number of new coronavirus hospitalizations in Santa Clara County is up, but not up dramatically enough, according to health officials, to pull become on plans to reopen large segments of the economy. Outdoor dining has returned to Santa Clara County and that is reason to celebrate for this group of friends. The reopening to downtown to patio living. Reporter but the diners are not the only is is one of a han jose restaurants that are open with outdoor table service. It is better than just take out orders. Reporter the further lifting of Health Restrictions like this comes at critical time, just days after mass protest of Police Brutality in the streets of san jose, which saw breakdowns in social distancing and many people not Wearing Masks. Now the county officials are keeping an eye on a rising key indicator. We have seen an up tick, a small up tick in the number of hospitalizations in the county. Reporter hospitalizations went up from 38 on may 31 to 73 by monday. We know that it is going to take for us at least three weeks to fully understand the impact of those of that easing of restrictions. Reporter the county is now urning more people to be tested, especially essential workers around those who were involved in the protest. And face covering, maintain tet is all pace and get test a continuing prescription that has so far made santa declare a. I. A county a model with how to deal with the pandemic. Kpix 5. Im john ramos in danville. What will School Look Like if it does reopen in the fall. [ the state superintendents guidelines are raising more questions than answers. Well have that story, coming up. Plus, the push to bring back high school sports. Parents in Northern California are hoping their student athletes dont get sidelined. Tomorrow is not going to be uathletic training. Y outdoor it is going to be even hotter and we had plenty of locations in the 90s already today. Im tracking tomorrows heat coming up this virus is testing all of us. And its testing the people on the front lines of this fight most of all. So abbott is getting new tests into their hands, delivering the critical results they need. And until this fight is over, we. Will. Never. Quit. Because they never quit. A live look from chopper 5, a black lives matters marcs from perk live. Berkeley. A lot of reaction from parents and School Districts tonight after the state issued new guidelines for schools to reopen. As kpixs john ramos reportsno one really knows what to onknows what school is going to look like when and if it reopens in the fall and the state estis than answers. After three months in lockdown, carly cant wait to join her friends at the volleyball team, but the guidelines announced by the state for reopening in person classes dont sound like the High School Experience she has dreamed of. These are years of our lives that i dont pant to miss out. Reporter the guidelines from the state superintendent tony thurman spell out in detail the new procedures from everyone Wearing Masks and getting their temperatures checked every day to protocols for social distancing that may require students to only be on campus two days a week. Were taking the approach that as schools plan to reopen that they should plan to open under the most safe conditions that we have information for. Reporter but many parents feel they are in limbo. They need some ideas of what is this going to look like to make some plans. It is not sustainable forever. Reporter and School Districts arent sure what to think ever. Berkeley unified has already said it is planning for remote lestatement were all eager to have answers so families, students and staff can make plans and know what to expect to the greatest extent possible. The problem is the state says the guidelines are not mandates. The districts are free to develop their own plans. But troy flint with the California School Board Association says that is just a ploy to avoid giving schools the money they need to comply with the guidelines. What the state is saying is here is what you need to do to keep kids safe when you go back to school, but were not going to provide you the means to do it. So it is almost like School Districts are being set up to fail. Reporter some parents think it is still too dangerous to go back at all while others are so turned off by online schooling that they feel it is a bigger threat to their children than covid19. I dont want to live afraid. I would rather have my kids live a life than live a life afraid. Reporter in danville, john ramos, kpix 5. Parents are hoping their student athletes dont get signed this year. The major topic of discussion in tonights Board Meeting after coronavirus canceled all sports this year. Theyre hoping to learn the new guidelines sports are brought back. So we are afraid there is no sports. If there are no sports, that closes the conversation down. I used to know im going to do this and it is noth i dont really know what im going to do anymore. Parents say that they want to be included in the conversations with the district when it comes to sports. a fullscale response to a vegetation fire this afternoon. This is along may bury and jackson avenue. Chopper 5 was over the area where we saw intense flames about an hour ago. We just learned the crews have main mainly have it under control. None of the homes nearby were damaged. Boy, this weather, paul, is not helping anything. It is hot. It is dry. And it is a little windy, too. It is just you just want a little bit of rain. Yes. Unfortunately that is something we cant count on this time of year. The wind has been pretty strong by the water. Inland it alson t been as bad. It is just something were going to have to be occupied with for the next several months. The peak of this little mini heat wave arrives tomorrow t storm system tries to spread a chance of a couple of showers into the no showed you those daybyday chances at 5 30, a whopping 20 for the north bay. Dont pin your hopes on that, but at least it will bring relief from the heat. Close to 90 degrees in concord. Low 80s in san jose and in oakland still, upper 60s. In san francisco, a little bit of relief thanks to that an shore breeze a lovely evening by the bay. If you want to get out for a dog walk, temperatures are still warm. Temperatures about 10 degrees warmer than they were 24 hours ago and even five degrees warmer around the bay itself that onshore breezeiswaiting to kick in a little later today. Sierra is this evenings dog, bringing you the dog walking forecast. Her person wanted to share that picture and what a perfect picture with the Golden Gate Bridge in background. Around the bay, you dont have to wait until the sunsets. They will head into the 60s as we head for the rest of this evening. Wait until closer to sunset. Temperatures are going to drop off nicely the rest of the night a little bit of fog right along the coast and near the bay tomorrow morning. Temperatures beginning wednesday morning in the 50s. Mostly mid to upper 50s. And were going to warm up well into the 90s farther inland. Mid to upper 70s to around 0 degrees around the bay. Very similar to todays temperatures and the same thing along the coast. The knot bay, a few degrees warmer than today. Mostly in the low to mid 90s but temperatures back off a little bit. Even inland on thursday and then the heat wave comes to an end completely on friday as the stronger on shore breeze kicks in a couple of sprinkle0s arrest passing shower to the north of the golden gate on friday, maybe even lingering into saturday. Your odds of seeing anything more than a trace are very low and temperatures warm back up as we climb the other side of the temperature roller coaster early next week. Well have an update on the hourbyhour temperatures, not just the highs, coming up at 7 00. Fans coming back to the grand stands well tell you which sport that is and a local baseball star about to make history in the major like draft. Who he is, where he this is decision tech. Find a stock based on your interests or whats trending. Get realtime insights in your customized view of the market. Its smarter Trading Technology for smarter trading decisions. Fidelity. I know i sound like a broken record. Still no deal between the owners and the players, but baseball will hold their draft tomorrow. The tigers have the first pick. Theyre expected to take petalumas spencer torque lson. The draft, an accomplishment, but to be in the conversation at the very top is very humbling. And pretty cool. Torque lson went to casa grande high schoo lymaand then on to Arizona State where he nearly broke the schools home run record. He would become the first player from a Bay Area High School to be drafted first overall. His coach at casa grande, and he is thrilled for peta lyma. When i first started, peta lyma was cow country. People didnt want to come and play here because they didnt want to drive here who were they going to play . What is over in the north bay. It is great things in that the 707 here is doing things. It comes from a lot of good coaches and it is always down to the athletes, spencer is the most special we have had ever. On sunday nascar will allow a small number of fans to watch the race in person. 1,000 Service Members will be invite toed watch the race in miami, and then the following sunday at talladega, 5,000 fans will be permitted to watch from certain areas of the grand stand. Reverend al sharpton is demanding more than an apology from the nfl regarding how the league handled colin kaepernick. Kaepernick has remained unemployed since protesting Police Brutality during the National Anthem in 2016. Last week the nfl commissioner Roger Goodell was apologizing on social media but today during George Floyds ra reverend sharpton called for more. Youre sorry, then repay the damage you did to the career you stood down because when colin took a knee, he took it for the families in this building, and we dont want an apology. We want him repaired. South florida there is no question kaepernick has the abuilt to at least be a backup quarterback in the nfl, finally, maybe he get as chance. And i know he has been training hard. We have seen those videos of him him working out like he was a member of the family now. It looks like he is at least physically ready. Exactly. Id like to see it come full circle, maybe finish with today College Students and staff hit the streets by car for a Racial Justice demonstration in san pablo. They started at Contra Costa College and made their way through downtown. Organizers say support for black people and ominoritys has risen and fallen for centuries, but they cant let up on the energy of this moment. Tonight cbs news is taking a look at the fight for Racial Justice across america. We invite you to join gayle king and cbs news for a special justice for all tonight at 10 00 here on kpix 5. Captioning sponsored by cbs ptioning sponsored by cbs odonnell tonight, the final farewell to george floyd here in houston. Odonnell the 46yearold laid to rest as his casket is taken to the cemetery on a horsedrawn carriage. His family says floyd wanted to change the world, and he has. When he took his last breath, the rest of us will now be able to breathe. Odonnell breaking news tonight floyds former co worker tells cbs news that fired officer Derek Chauvin had a history with floyd. Reporter how well did he know him . Ld say poinustody heard saying, i cant breathe

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