Instead to wait out the weather at a nearby hotel or with family or friends. We typically stay during a red flag warning, but this one seemed worth not risking. Reporter theyve been riding out red flag warnings at their park area home and deciding against evacuating for more than a decade. This time theyre going to spend a few days in a hotel. Berkeleys mayor and fire officials warn extremely high winds could sweep to the region which is already bone dry during a record fire season. This is the first time in recent memory we felt conditions narrative broadly advising preevacuation. Reporter theyre especially concerned about People Living in the hills where winding and narrow roads make last second evacuations nightmares. So were asking people to preevacuate if they live in parts of our hills that in which theyll have difficulty getting out quickly in a fire. Reporter nearly 1,000 berkeley customers could be affected by pg e emergency power shutoffs and without power and the threat of s
Protests. Berkeley p. D. Has been criticized so far the today the problems vnts been any major problems. But historically we know when the sun sets sushly the trouble begins nbc bay area sharon joins from us kaylie campus sharon any problems there . Reporter raj and janelle, so far very little and here is why. Look at the Police Presence here. There are probably about 50 Police Officers here just from my viewpoint here at the plaza. This is the area where ann coulter was scheduled to speak today. And people still turned out to see if she would possibly turn out swhe didnt both supporters and opposition remained relatively peaceful. Ann coulter protestors chanted at the plaza carefully watchedly kaylie police a c Highway Patrol offered and sheriffs departments deputies. The university wasnt taking any chances after these recent violent protests that led to dozens of arrests. Without the violence, messages from both sides were heard at todays protest. Ann coulter and people in the park a
Fighting back. The u. S. Justice department officially filed the appeal to try and get the ban reinstated one day after a federal judge temporarily halted the president s executive order. In the wake of that ruling, the state department started reinstating travel visas canceled because of the order. A 12yearold girl from yemen is hoping to arrive in the bay area to be reunited with her family. Marianne favro joins us live with her story. This has been a tough road for their girl. It certainly has, peggy. The girls attorney tells us the 12yearold is now on her way here to sfo and expected to arrive here at 4 30 tomorrow afternoon. Its a journey six years in the making. 12yearold eman ali is expected to arrive at sfo tomorrow afternoon from yemen. Her parents live in los spanos and are citizens of the united states. She was born in yemen and about to head to the u. S. But stuck in limbo because of President TrumpS Immigration ban. That could soon change now that a federal charge overturn
During his 30s, he appeared and performed here at the Berkeley Community theater in 1965 and 1969. Think about what was going on here at the time. The peace movement. You had this explosion of rock n roll across the united states. You know, his music was mostly with a fun beat but all of the political expressions that came through the music that he influenced really had an influence on the country. Much of it born right here in the bay area. A huge loss according to music fans of all genres that we spoke to outside the theater this afternoon. He was a tremendous influence and in his own right, he also brought such a gift of music and witness through that. Hes sort of one of the last era of musicians that really paved the way for so many different types of music that is fundamental to the american experience. Berry had a spring of hits in the 1950s like roll over beethoven rock n roll music and johnny b good. He played to live audiences across the country well into his 80s. He even pinc