Now at 11 00, a stunning reversal in the kate steinle case. Why a judge overturned an undocumented immigrants gun conviction. We will tell you about the politicians and celebrities fights to keep a young woman in the United States. Waiting for dorian. How one Beach Community here in florida is bracing for what could be one of the worst hurricanes in decades. Good evening, im ken bastida. Im elizabeth cook. Tonight, a new twist in the case that put San Francisco in debate fire storm. The killing of kate steinle in 2015. That is where Andrea Nakano joins us with why a state court threw out that conviction. Yeah, it was a California Appeals Court that threw out the sole conviction against jose inez garcia and attorneys are celebrating cautiously waiting to see what will happen next. Terrible thing to happen. Reporter on july 1 in 2015, kate steinle died while taking a walk with her father. The jury only found him guilty on one charge. An exfelon in possession of a firearm. The defense cla
The reaction was swift. The San Francisco Police Officers association released this statement saying this is another disgusting injustice crime than by a broken Justice Holding violent offenders accountable. Garcias attorneys see this as a victory. We will be given the right law in this case. I can say. Reporter the state reverse of the weapons charge opens the door for the San Francisco District Attorneys Office or the California Attorney Generals Office to try Garcia Zarate on the same charge. While the das office says it is weighing all its options, sarah hopes the federal court will be the final stop in this case. They should say we are not going to go. He has done his time. We are going to let the federal case proceed. Reporter we heard back from the California Attorney Generals Office. They say they are reviewing this decision but wouldnt elaborate on whether it plans to pursue the charges again. In San Francisco, andrea nakano, kpix5. A young woman from Central America is receiv
On the road in Public Transit and we will explain how to get around closures and why the illegal immigrant tried for killing kate steinle has at his sole conviction tossed Hurricane Dorian is a category four storm turning towards floridas coast, more on what millions are doing to prepare. Lets get started this morning with a look at the forecast. I will start us off with how nice things are for us here at home and that i want to show you what dorian looks like. The latest satellite images this morning shows it looks impressive, more on that coming up but this is the live look from our camera on top of the Salesforce Tower to the east and there is the bay bridge and it is clear. This will be a warm and sunny day. Locations than yesterday meaning at this point it is 61 at oakland and San Francisco, 73 is this official warmup for San Francisco so noticeably warmer in the city and as we look across the rest of the bay area it will be mid90s inland and that is anywhere from 5 to 70 warmer a
Here another day or down ross camp. The 100 or so people there scattered across the area. This is kind of like playing a game of whack a mole. You push it in one location, it pops up in another location because were not dealing with the core of the problem. Reporter officers will cite for things like littering, possession of alcohol or drugs, Glass Containers and smoking. Getting such a ticket means a 24hour ban from the beach. If these homeless folks are abiding by all those rules, theres not much you can do. No. Take a look at it. Weve got hundreds of tents on the beach. Were not going to segment out one section of society and say you cant have a tent but everyone else can. We have to be clear in our mandates about what we want in a city. Reporter hes lived in santa cruz for 30 years and said theres really only one solution. Theyre not going to have homes until we house them. Reporter dsouza is visiting from san bruno and said she didnt even notice the tents because they blend in but