Air especially with the air quality. Yes, its nice to at least see something in the forecast that shows we will be improving. Lets talk about air quality still unhealthy so still limit your time outside as these numbers have been well over 100 and weve also seen just a very light wind this morning not really helping mix out the smoke. Well talk about whats ahead in the forecast coming up. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . Kari, well show you with some live looks, the bay bridge toll plaza, for example, was just fine right now, an easy drive. A light volume heading over from berkeley down the east shore freeway. You get here with no problems. It is tuesday. We will see more traffic than yesterday. Getting from here down to the san mateo bridge well take a look. Things are moving smoothly on 92 as well. In between we have that construction crew on the nimitz so the southbound side still slow down to one lane, i believe, overnight for the next hour. Back to you. Thanks so much, mi
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
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And well begin with whats happening in this video. This evening the abc 7 news iteam is learning new details about two of the Alameda Police officers who handcuffed and pinned a black man to the ground after reports he was dancing in the street. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. In an exclusive iteam interview, our iteam reporter spoke with alamedas police chief to see how the department is responding. She joins us live. Reporter we learned today the first two officers who detained Miley Watkins were brand new to the Alameda Police department, both still in training up until just a few months ago. There is not a single use of force that ever happens in police work where youre not concerned. Reporter the Alameda Police chief speaks exclusively to the iteam for the First Time Since this body cam footage was released last week. Youre dancing in the street. So what . Im dancing in the street. Yes. Hold on. Youre not free to go. Since when is dancing in the street a crime . Yeah. Im unaw