As do i think these perceived as were a sham foresee them that did not give Brianna Taylor voice. Good evening, everybody thanks for being here 9 oclock, im grant lotus and im Vicki Liviakis say heres what you need to know as these protests continue tonight. Here in the bay area and across the country a little background here one of the 3 officers involved in taylors case was indicted on firstdegree wanton endangerment charges yesterday the 2 Louisville Metro PoliceDepartment Officers shot last night during protests they are expected to recover from their injuries. And tonight were getting a look at the body cam footage of another officer calling for help. The one person has been arrested for the shooting and tonight several more protesters were arrested, although its unclear what it was for and the 09 00pm curfew thats in effect in louisville has been expended extended rather so the weekend. Briana taylors shooting of course happening kentucky and today, kentucky senator the Senate Majority leader mitch mcconnell, waiting for the first time on the decision not to file charges in her death. Kentuckys attorney general Daniel Cameron conducted exactly the kind of thorough impartial investigation. Justice demands. Yesterday that chopper concluded. And the grand jury conducted. The handoff the criminal prosecution. I have full confidence in the attorney generals painstaking pursuit, a fox and justice. Mcconnell also denounced what he describes says the lawlessness violence and riots taking place during recent protests. Demonstrations are happening here in the bay area really all across the country are Taylor Bisacky live for us to. Show us of she is not live for us ok lets going to hear from taylor. In oakland and San Francisco and across the bay area. Protesters rallying for justice for Breonna Taylor after wednesdays grand jury decision were no Police Officers, but they reckoned charged for cried. I i think many of us. Had a very emotional reaction to what happened and even if we did know Brianna Taylor. This image of this beautiful young black women who was peacefully sleeping in her bed to know that people cant even sleep in that peacefully in their bed. And not have to worry about being murdered by the police. Is just crazy george delveys founder and executive director of communities, united for restored of youth justice or courage for short come to organize a rally in oakland thursday night in solidarity with Brianna Taylor. Bay area families who also lost loved ones to police gathered in oscar grant plaza. But the truth of the matter is this happens in california. We have Brianna Taylors and here in town here in california. We have George Floyds here in california and we have those family members who have to pick up the pieces meanwhile in San Francisco, the car caravan was plan to slow down traffic over the golden gate and bay bridges forcing the chp to issue a warning for drivers to expect a slow commute. And youre the foot of the bridge dozen people gathered to get drivers to participate people like lisa byrd though throng and were here to remind people that this cant continue and that we wont stop saying anything and we wont stop saying their names until it stops because it really does matter People Matter enough is enough and we are tired, im taylor reporting kron 4 news. Oakland police sent out this tweet about tonights demonstration at Frank Ogawa Plaza they say about a 100 people showed up. There were no arrests and no citations and no reports of any damage. In the south bay Brianna Taylor activists venting their rage at city hall in the form of graffiti and vandalism and as kron fours rob fladeboe reports now their actions. They also have rekindled the debate over a controversial statue in san jose. The scene this morning outside city hall in san jose. Crews were using a pressure washer to erase a large message that read justice for briana taylor. Dozens of other tags denounced police vandalism was minimal, although a large plate glass window was smashed on city halls rotunda and knowledge ing the activists right to protest peacefully but denouncing the vandalism was mayor sam liccardo. Everyone has an opportunity to express themselves. Next the size of First Amendment rights but as soon as theres broken glass as their stand a listen as soon as theres any threat of harm to a person. Were not going tolerate protesters also vented their anguish and downtown san joses controversial thomas a statue it was set on fire talent to raise the American Flag over san jose back in 1846. Well california was still part of mexico. A former mayor of san jose fallon was guilty of atrocities against mexican and Indigenous Peoples says brody story of the activist group hero tent it should be anywhere is to be in a museum and it should have the true history of of. Thomas phones saying what he did. To mexican and indigenous people. Give the true history otherwise and theres a symbol of of hope when actuality its its a symbol of oppression the bronze and concrete statue was not seriously damaged, but it was doused in red paint. To symbolize the blood allegedly spilled by found. Well he too expressed sharp disappointment in the kentucky grand jurys failure to bring charges in the Breonna Taylor case mayor liccardo is calling for a dialogue and whether thomas fallen belongs on a pedestal or in a museum. I think this is a learning moment for us an opportunity to bring the Community Together to have a conversation with historians. To really answer questions and to have these Difficult Conversations around race and our past the san jose rob fladeboe kron 4 news public support for protests against Police Brutality and racial injustice, its falling among americans that is according to a new Associated Press poll that reveals 44 disapprove of the protests while 39 approve in june, 54 approved of protests. Researchers say this shift is pronounced among white americans and republicans whose views look closer to the way they did back in 2015 after several highprofile Police Killings of black men and our coverage continues throughout the night and at kron 4 dot com there you can watch the latest developments out of louisville as they occur as well as a timeline of Breonna Taylors case and reaction to yesterdays decision they continue to come in thats all at kron 4 dot com. And now turning to the weather we brace for a heat wave coming in to this weekend. Yeah, beautiful shot here above San Francisco, Crystal Clear clean air, no smoke but. Is that all going to change chief meteorologist Lawrence Karnow is here and watch out for that that fireball behind yeah seriously that burden son is making a return to the bay area and boy it is going to be hot again. The good news about fall, he waves usually during the nighttime, those temperatures cool off enough to give your body a chance to recover from all that heat, but its going to be hot no getting around it. These numbers running up in the 90s getting close to a 100 over the weekend probably triple digits as we head in toward monday and tuesday. And of course fire danger going to be running high with those offshore winds and the offshore winds maybe bring some of that smoke back from fires in Northern California back into the bay area that continuing until early next week and those offshore winds around the bay area maybe 30 maybe 50 Miles Per Hour gusts at least the mountaintops not down the urban areas where many folks live but we see the danger these fires could have even up in the mountains. So certainly we dont want to get the fire started got to be extra extra careful this weekend as the fire danger going to be running high in the east bay, especially over the Oakland Diablo range some very gusty winds 3040 mile an hour gusts, maybe over mount diablo maybe 50 mile an hour gust or so have to watch for that in the slum a county to all across the county north northeasterly winds, 25 maybe 40 Miles Per Hour. And in the north bay may be the strongest gust of all above a 1000 feet 35 to maybe 50 mile an hour gusts certainly enough to cause some problems should a fire gets started in those kind of conditions outside right now its nice clear skies around the bear look at the lights also like a painting outside right now just beautiful and it looks like its going to stay mostly clear overnight tonight, no fog out of the golden gate right now either and were going to see clear skies for the better part of the weekend. The sea breeze that has been keeping our quality very nice what about switch directions, well more of a northerly direction that would really change our weather throughout the weekend 71 for a high today very nice read of the average error in San Francisco, 78 in oakland 82 degrees in san jose to 5 in livermore 86 in concord in 85 degrees in santa rosa. We are seeing some large waves moving in along the coastline, something to watch out for those waves crashing over night tonight and some siding after 5 oclock in the morning. But certainly could see some breakers upwards of 18 to 20 feet out toward the coast temperatures running in the 60s 70s right now in morgan hill, 70 also in concord 66 in oakland 62 degrees in San Francisco, 70 in nevada 61 now in petaluma in 72 degrees and save a lean up overnight tonight, mostly clear skies just a couple of patches of fog then mostly sunny. Its going to be a breezy afternoon. The fire danger certainly concern over the weekend so enjoy and friday should be a gorgeous day a lot of 80s inland 60s, 70 sunny skies inside the bay beautiful fall day some sunshine showing up the coast. Temperatures theyre generally in the 60s. Thanks large swell. Are you looking to make a move how about tulsa oklahoma. For many bay area residents. It is apparently the ideal place to head to people can work from home there. Theyre getting 10 grand to pack their bags and go kron fours dan thorn, he spoke with one of hundreds of leaving the golden state for the. Sooner joins us now live in San Francisco with more guy dan 10 grand goes a long way probably in oklahoma absolutely will begin grant this program is called tulsa remote which through a foundation is getting people 10,000 to move to the city of tulsa and continue to work remotely and considering the high costs here in the bay area and the amount of people that are already working from home because of the coronavirus pandemic many are now thinking. Why not. 10,000 and a new life in oklahoma is that enough to get you to leave the bay area. Well for hundreds of stay at home workers is apparently the right price and the right place, im just excited for the opportunity to try something new and different takes the bay area native jill lisa garland is moving to tulsa in less than 2 weeks. She says the bay areas high cost of living in a recent decision by her San Francisco based employer to make Remote Working permanent or leading her to take the money and take on a new adventure i love it here, but its just not affordable any more program is called tulsa remote and its being done through the George KaiserFamily Foundation as a way to attract Remote Workers to tulsa many of the recent applications have come from california one major selling point is the cost of living. According to the tulsa remote website, a resident of San Francisco can cut their cost of living in half by moving to tulsa the citys median home prices also 43 lower than the National Average garland is looking forward to moving to the new more affordable place but locks being able to stay within her company, im most looking forward to a morgue and being afraid, im looking forward to being able to afford to live and just really improved my quality of life. Well this program is not open to everyone you have to be a remote worker, but youre also not going to be getting that 10,000 bucks in a lump sum it will be given to you in payments throughout the course of a year. And you also have to be able to move to tulsa within the next 6 months, reporting live in San Francisco. Dan thorn kron 4 news. All right dan and they talked about how expensive it is here. This is a breakdown of rent trends in some major cities throughout the bay, the current average for a onebedroom in San Francisco, a little over 3 grand a month which is a 14 drop from last year, san jose youre looking at more than 2200 a month which is a lab and a half percent drop from last year and in oakland, the average onebedroom unit rate, 2200 a month thats a 9 drop from last year. San francisco is taking the fight against an open air drug market to the next level, you know the City Attorney is cracking down on 28 known drug dealers by. Filing civil injunctions that bans them from entering the citys tenderloin neighborhood. Its a big measure to save lives during the opioid crisis. Last year alone 441. People died from drug overdoses in the city and the tenderloin had the highest overdose mortality rate of any neighborhood in the city. Enough is enough. The injunction bans the accused drug dealers from an area covering 52 square blocks from than asked to well us and from gary the mission by les tions can cost up to 6,000. The board of supervisors says you know if this works this is a model that can be used in other parts of the city. The Contra Costa CountyDistrict Attorneys Office will no longer filed charges against most people arrested for being in possession of small amounts of drugs. The da announced today that shes making this a formal policy but as kron fours michelle kingston reports now this change came as a surprise to local Law Enforcement including the county sheriff. Contra costa County District attorney diana becton announcing a formal policy change most people caught with a small amount of drugs will no longer be prosecuted. But instead provided Treatment Options. The ideas to keep a low level recreational drug users out of the criminal Justice System to reduce the strain on Law Enforcement and courts and instead provide Treatment Options for those in need the da says prosecutors will use their discretion and in some situations, the new policy may not apply exceptions include if the person has been arrested on 3 previous occasions in the past year for a misdemeanor drug offense if the theft is more than 300 in value or if the person is on probation county sheriff David Livingston said he and the county Police Chiefs were not aware of this policy change until today, he said in a statement that he supports treatment when it works but every has had her car broken into their home burglarized her property stolen should know the vast majority of those crimes are committed by socalled low level drug offenders kron 4 also heard from Concord Police who said in part that the supposedly bo level type offenses are at the core of quality of life calls for service unconquered residents, Business Owners and individuals trying to enjoy public spaces will definitely feel and see the difference when we cannot get those using drugs and committing the low level crimes prosecuted District Attorney diana becton said the responses from Law Enforcement were shocking because she met with county Police Chiefs before making the formal policy change the thing about this is that people seem to get the that there would be no accountability thats not will be held accountable and that victims will definitely be seen. Any compensation thats due to them. Because of the on that committee this new policy change gives the District Attorneys Office more time to focus on violent criminals and street gangs. In Contra Costa County michelle kingston kron 4 news. Outdoor dining is taking off all over the place in cities and towns, San Francisco is especially trying to capitalize on building all these outdoor patios in the marina for instance steiner at chestnut is one of the streets closed to traffic during much of the day under the citys shared Spaces Program and some of the outdoor patios there pretty elaborate some have heat lamps