Coming together to make her super hero wish come true. Ktvu news at noon starts now. Good afternoon. New information this noon time about a gang crack down in south bay. Last summer there was a wave of violence in one neighborhood but the response has made life safer for residents. We are joined live from the south bay with more on operation william street. Reporter we are on 6th and william street, a neighborhood Downtown South of san jose state university. Its become a hot spot for Gang Activity. They say there have been drug deals that have happened in a park nearby but in the last several months they have been able to get a handle on it. Police say they were responding to a lot of street Gang Activity in the area you see on the map between the university and 280 during summer. A shooting in the afternoon of september 25 involved rival gangs sparking police to begin operation williams street. Officers collaborated with university police, juvenile probation and gang unit to focus on
Rochelle, schools and houses of worship will be shut down for two weeks. Governor cuomo saying this has to be done after 108 cases sprouted there. Well go in and clean the schools and assess the situation. This will be a period of disruption for the local community. This is not your normal pattern, right. It is not a shotgun pattern of district cases, this is a true geographic cluster. This is literally say matter of life and death. Cnn Brynn Gingras joins me from new rochelle. And brynn, tell me everything you know. Reporter yeah, brooke, were on main street new rochelle. It is quiet at this hour and likely more quiet in two days time when the National Guard comes to town and starts that twoweek containment period. As you laid out for viewers, the idea is to shut down areas of large gatherings. That is not necessarily to tell people to stay in their homes unless theyve already been given that order by Public Health officials, it is more of shutting down those areas with where people g