Transcripts For KOFY ABC7 News On KOFY 7PM 20160623 : compar

Transcripts For KOFY ABC7 News On KOFY 7PM 20160623

Failure to protect us. A scandal using online trickery known as cat phishing. The response is now the subject of two new lawsuits by gloria allred. Police say the male teacher posed as a girl and tricked High School Boys into sending him naked pictures. Were live with the developments. David . Reporter the two new lawsuits are details that classes taught at Gilroy High School may have been subjected to sexual explicit videos and verbal harassment and the School District may have been in a position to prevent it from happen. The complaints by two under aged males students of the teacher at Gilroy High School. It alleges he showed videos with sexual content and used language so graphic, Attorney Gloria Allred and colleagues would not say them outloud. Such graphic language, its frankly, i dont want to say it. Shes not going to say it. Reporter one girl stepped forward after her mother saw a questionable text. She reported it to the School District in october, 2014 he was allowed to continue teaching. The legal team says the two victims could have been spared if the victim had taken action th then. But for the failure of the School District, these children would not have to suffer the way theyre suffering today. Reporter the lawsuit is seeking damages for Emotional Distress and negligence. The last thing a parent expects would be for a School District to ignore a warning. That a teacher posed a danger to children. Reporter they claim the teacher gave failing trades to coerce them into after school tutoring. We ve three lawsuits so far this, is not the end. A grass fire burned two acres in a cattlefield today. A viewer showed a large plume of smoke billowing from the dry brush in the field that started at 12 30 taking an hour to get under control. Firefighters are here to keep an eye out. The cattle were not hurt. And a house fire insanity kwa rosa left a person dead and another injured today. A woman managed to get out. The cause of the fire is under investigation. The Santa Clara County District Attorney announced hes going to push a bill to make it tougher for, in his words, the next brock turner. He vic lee is live with the story tonight. Reporter were at santana row. An event called walk a mile in her shoes is starting as you can see. Its an event sponsored by the ywca to help prevent sex abuse and Sexual Assault and domestic violence. Now, today, District Attorney jeff rosen is putting in a bill to push for tougher legislation against Sexual Assault convictions. The victims emotionally charged 12 page impact letter. Santa clara County District Attorney Says it started a revolution. Were hoping to change hearts, to change minds. And to change the laws to protect the next emily doe against the next brock turner. Reporter brock turner, the former stanford swimmer, convicted of Sexual Assault. The victim was unconscious from drinking too much at a party. The judge sentenced turner to six months, a sentence that angered victims groups and others. A sentence carries a mandatory prison sentence, when the victim is conscious. That is not the case when unconscious. Wed then have the same consequences for Sexual Assault of an unconscious person. Meaning mandatory prison. Reporter others want the judge removed from the bench. And others are going to the ballots to recall the judge. I think the answer is changing the judge. Reporter this petition supports the judge, saying removing him for a controversial sentence destroys judicial independence. Deputy public defender does not support the bill. The statutes ta have been vetted in a slow, careful manner. This is not. There will be a bill next week in sacramento. Vick he, abc7 news. A poll finds two thirds of Santa Clara County voters want to recall the judge. 81 found the sentence too lenient and a majority believe it was a sign he is not a fair judge rather than a one time error. Police busted two dozen drivers in San Francisco for not yielding to pedestrians this afternoon. Officers pulled over drivers who didnt let pedestrians mark in perfect areas. Eig eight officers handed out 3 or 4 citations ea each. A rapid change of leadership in the Oakland Police department, four people in nine days complicates the investigation in the scandal that involves sex with an under aged girl and mihandling of reports. Laura anthony spoke with a former opd chief about whats happening. Well begin with inside into one of the scandals. Reporter its been reported opd Sergeant Gant had a woman type up a report. Today, a source close to the sergeant says he knows his side of the story after he received racist texts. The scandal moved over to Alameda County court today. The defense attorney wants to know if the sergeant, the primary detective is something to change the case. What is concerning is that i have received no information regarding allegations against the sergeant except for through the crime. Hes representing mario floyd. I dont know if that means transcription as in word by word of statements or im going to trans late notes. He says he had a friend type up the statements but he says the sergeant is on administrative leave and the source believes opd is retaliating against him for filing a complaint in 2014 after repeating these racist texts. He named lieutenant jones in the complaint along with several other investigators. The source says he filed a similar complaint in 2015. In an email statement a Police Department spokesperson writes the Police Department does not provide details regarding personnel matters. In oakland, abc7 news. And our Team Coverage continues with insight from a former police chief who left the job three years ago. Laura anthony joins us live. Laura . Reporter she is shocked and saddened by what is unfolding here and wants to know how it happene federal monitor, jordan thinks that monitor should bear some of the responsibility. When you mix and give people a story, it leads to corruption. The former chief hasnt been the head of the Police Department in three years. He says the scandal rocked him to the core. Its very unsettling and embarrassing to say the least for people there. Even ones that are retired like myself. Two officers resigned amid allegations of sex. And another illegal behavior on the part of officers. What is the worst part . I would say the sex scandal from multiple officers. Now, acting assistant chief has come under fire from a year ago. A comment the mayor says is taken out of context and not racially motivated. The city Council Voted to delay the Police Academy to give the city time to revamp policies. Several officers involved were hired after 2013. In oakland, abc7 news. A local firefighter is in Los Angeles County helping battle some of the biggest fires in california. The extra challenge the drain is adding. 10 degrees cooler and i want to look at the heat moving in. Ill show you when, how hot we get in the accuweather forecast. A bay area start up is unveiling a new technology to help you breathe easier. Tonight, how it creates clean air for you. Looking into a labor charge as to the type of gasoline in a self service station. What we found this saturday, a huge street party with the start of pride week has been cancelled. Now, its back. Now, its back. Lyanne ns melendez explains why. Reporter south of market district will get a new sign inside the parking lot. We want it to be run by the community. Its going to be smaller and safer. For nearly 25 years, the sisters of perpetual indulgence hosted one of the biggest parties. One that also became the biggest headache for residents and businesses in the castro. The last held in 2014 was marred by violence. The sisters decided it was unmanageable. And last year, another organization held a party, this year, there are no takers. Were taking the name back. Absolutely. They hope the crowds will end up 1. 5 miles away. It makes sense to take a step back. And i mean, you know, its so far, we want people to be safe. You know . This time there will be a 10 entrance fee. Money will pay for security. The rest of the proceeds going to victims and families of the or land yes shootings. One owner says he doesnt want it to disappear. Saturday, running from 3 00 to 10 00 in the evening. Now, you can share your photos for the parade or events with abc7. And. Two days into the 300 homes burning in the city that are under evacuation orders. Today, residents of more than 500 homes were able to return for the First Time Since monday. Fires are currently 10 contained. Firefighters from Alameda County and Santa Clara County are on the front lines. This video taken from the santa clara strike team. They say some have been contained. Firefighters expect to have the 8,000 acre sherpa fire contained tomorrow. Most mandatory evacuation orders have been reduced to evacuation warnings. A lot of areas closed because of the fire are expected to reopen saturday. Well, how much do you know about the quality of the air you breathe . Unless there is something you can see or smell in the air like smoky air, you probably dont know what youre breathing. A new device is designed to change that. Abc7 news anchor has the story. Its no secret the air quality around you can range from very good to very bad. Now, a start up has come up with a system they say would allow you to filter it away. This is the smallest in the world the company developed a tiny pollution tracker that alerts users to heavy conten tragss, sending warnings through a cell phone app. These are people that want clean air. It could be germs or travel. Or because of industrial pollution. He said they communicate with affordable air filtration device about the size of a water bottle. Its small, engineers say a specialized filter can eliminate large, and small particles from pollens to carbon pollution. Creating cool air out of our device, outward toward end users. The team uses innocence sticks to fill a Glass Chamber with smoke, pushing readings to peak level. After clicking on the purifier, it takes three minutes to clear down to normal. They say it is designed to respond to the level of pollution directed by the tracker. Three feet long. So youre experiencing healthy air. The company is taking orders for 140 hoping consumers, concerned about air quality will be willing to pay to breathe easier. A wind app provides air quality information for 6,000 stations around the world. Drew tuma is here with the forecast. Another nature cooling us off and i want to prepare you for heat across the region. Mainly clear skies. A few puffy clouds and across the board were cooler by 13 degrees in concord and san jose. And about 67 in fremont and 72 degrees. You can see fog making a little bit of a come back this evening. Temperatures warming up over the weekend. They want to alert you to the heat that will peek here on tuesday. Its not just inland, its around the bay and coast. Overnight tonight, some clouds along the coast. Elsewhere, its starry skies. 55 san jose. And about 56 degrees. Hour by hour, future weather, clouds on the coast first thing in the morning but not as deep as the were seeing clear skies along the coast but sunshine the entire day. Away from the coast. Highs for tomorrow, similar to today. 67 in San Francisco. About average ridge. 76 in oakland. And were sunny warm on friday. Lots of sunshine those three days into sunday, just remember index is at extreme levels. Temperatures jumping away from the coast, into the 60s and this is what i wanted to prepare you for. Tuesday, were not going to have that breeze so were go look how everybody is warming. 87 oakland. Lower 90s in the south bay. Accuweather forecast shows you light breeze friday, warming up over the weekend saturday and sunday. And the heat well prepare you for. Wednesday, hot with numbers that start to decrease into the second half of next week. Tuesday, p. And Dunkin Donuts returning to the bay area and hundreds are there. Find out which was the most find out which was the most popular when laughing theres nothing like making their day. Except making sure their tomorrow is taken care of too. Financial guidance while youre mastering life. From chase. So you can. And every day you promise toor protect them. Love. While youre mastering life. Off is here to help with proven protection against mosquitoes. Trust our family to protect yours. Sc johnson, a family company. Today was the grand opening of a Dunkin Donuts store and customers went to it like bees to honey. I got here at 2 00 in the morning. I cant say that with a straight face. I almost got here at 1 00. I hope she took advantage of the coffee. Newest member of ebays board leads todays budget watch. Logan green is 23 years old. Eb ebay has been struggling to compete with amazon. Today, stock slipped by 36 points. Nasdaq dropped by 10. Women earn 90 of what men make, by age 40, the number drops to 82 . Today the National Cannabis conference wrapped up in oakland. Next, youre going to see how this deal could change if voters decided to legalize Recreational Marijuana in november. Plus. Rise up. Rise up, americans. Rise up, americans. The hourlong break up on my name is jamir dixon and im a locafor pg e. Rk fieldman most people in the community recognize the blue trucks as pg e. My truck is something new. Its an 811 truck. When you call 811, i come out to your house and i mark out our gas lines and our electric lines to make sure that you dont hit them when youre digging. 811 is a free service. Im passionate about it because every time i go on the street i think about my own kids. Theyre the reason that i want to protect our community and our environment, and if me driving a that truck means that somebody gets to go home safer, then ill drive it every day of the week. Together, were building a better california. A mix up in San Francisco city jail allowed inmates several hours of freedom but he has been recaptured. Eric thomas is live. He was held on charges of theft and peddling with out a license, deputies were holding another michael willis, supposed to be released today. Guess which was released . If you guessed, the wrong one was let out, youre correct. Theyre about the same height and certain characteristics were similar but they were not the same person. Clearly, because one was black and one, white. Police arrested him and the Sheriffs Department launched an investigation into what went wrong whether human error or a proceedal thing that needs to be fixed. Thank you. California businesses are getting ready for a potential wind fall in november. The expectations are so high, the association moved its summit from denver to oakland this year. One business is offering liability insurance. If a customer comes after a dispensary for a product, the property coverages, insurance. The next week, the signatures are expected to be verified. Happening now, several bay area legislators are taking part on a sit in. This is a look inside of the house, courtesy of cspan, taking a live stream because the house turned off cameras. Lawmakers are refusing to leave. We do the most we can to make sure it doesnt happen again. Isnt that why we came here . To try . Congress woman barbara he held up a picture of a teenager shot and killed tuesday in oakland. The family is worried the murder will go unsolved. Joining us is congresswoman lee. Youve got the attention. We have social media. The republicans shut down the house and its outrageous. Five years ago, im not sure that we would have had the momentum because people are just sick and tired of gun violence. Each and every day, people get killed. 91 people are killed every day. There are about 200 people injured but guns so we need to pass in terms of background checks and no fly, no buy. We need to repeal and try to do for years, repeal the restrictions. We need national laws. When you look at murders that take place with guns in my district, people get these guns easily. So were talking and sitting in. The speaker cant shut us down. The public is on our side. Were on the side of the public. Speaking of momentum, how long are you going to speak this out . Its not a democratic issue. We should be able to sit down and be reasonable with the speaker and so this is hopefully hell come out on the right side of history. Well see. Nra has a tight grip and hopefully, today, well begin unravelling. Thank you. A woman gets a receipt showing shed been charged a service fee for pumping her own gas. Michael finney helps figure out what she actually paid for. When did you realize you were good . When only one person can beat there is a fee for just about everything these days but one woman saw 43 added to the price of her gas. That is steep. This is something one bay area resident had nef seen before. Sylvia has been gassing up here at this chevron for years, never, has she seen a bill like the one she saw this month. I come once per week. I never have this issue. And there it was. A labor charge for a gas purchase of 15. 01. Regular unleaded gas. And im being charged almost 50 . The clerk urged her to file a complaint with her credit card company. Im like no. That is not my job to do. You need to fix this. Im not paying a labor fee. It says nothing about a labor charge. She said the terminal wasnt working so she went into the store to prepay. The charges came to 22. 11. She contacted me and we took her complaint to chevron. Our investigation shows this was a oneoff and a coding error. The purchase was mislabelled as a labor cha

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