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Rapists are emboldened due to low conviction rates in rape cases, delayed justice: speakers Photo courtesy: Debate for Democracy Star Online Report Star Online Report Due to the abysmally low conviction rates in rape cases, an overwhelming majority of rapists in Bangladesh believe that they will get away after raping a girl or woman, said Manusher Jonno Foundation Executive Director Shaheen Anam this morning. Delayed justice, lack of monitoring and accountability of service providers related to violence against women, and a tendency of blaming the victims only fuel rape culture , she said in her speech as chief guest at a shadow parliamentary debate competition at FDC in the city. ....
Megan V. Winslow/Town Crier Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters workers conduct a manual recount of the Los Altos Hills and Mountain View city council Nov. 3 general election races on Dec. 8. Last week, the ROV announced the results of the Hills recount, and the results of the Mountain View recount are expected this week. New Los Altos Hills City Council members Stanley Q. Mok, Lisa Schmidt and Linda Swan, like so many newly elected officials before them this year, took the oath of office virtually Thursday, each raising a right hand from their respective Zoom panel. U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, who represents portions of Santa Clara County, delivered a few remarks before swearing in new mayor Kavita Tankha at the council meeting. ....
we ll stay out and monitor it for the time being but for now the, back to you. thank you. kiet, i have to assume no one was in the back seat of that silver car? reporter: no. if they had been, then chance are they would probably not have survived. absolutely. all right, kiet do in oakland, thank you. it s a business with 50 years of history in san francisco s mission district and a loyal customer base. but re-opening this neighborhood store has sparked lots of opposition because of what it sells, guns. simon perez is in san francisco with the decision tonight. simon. reporter: dana, san francisco has been without its only gun store since february. but today the san francisco permit department gave the go- ahead to allow the owner to re- open the store. some people who live in the mission neighborhood don t like it. the answer is yes. reporter: yes, san francisco s highbridge arms gun shop has permission to re- open. the city s only gun shop closed in febru ....
and other items they have been purchase on the jail commissary. reporter: no one is in any health danger, the commander says, and officials say they have no plans to change the policy. they are not sweating it. and here s what we re talking about. bob barker soap. the price is certainly right, it s 90 cents. but this is a different bob barker. this is pretty much institutional soap. they sell all over. it s only 90 cents, the cheapest of the three that them. the officials say you can put contraband in here. that s another reason that don t want so many bars of soap around. and they even trade apparently when new inmates come in they don t have any soap, they can get, i don t know, other things for this. but again, officials say the hunger strike won t affect their decision to limit inmates to one bar of soap. one bar a we have been. thank you, mike sugerman. muni riders, we have learned that some bus drivers and train operators are planning a sickout that could sc ....
here s a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. my producer just made mention that we are just getting word of a small fire, just off the right shoulder down westbound 80. fire crews are heading to the scene. we ll let you know if it turns into anything. right now again they delay heading into san francisco from the east bay and mass transit is on time. we have roadwork later on today at a major intersection in the south bay. tell you more about that later. that is your traffic. for your forecast, here s tracy. hey, thanks, elizabeth. our forecast for today let s focus on temperatures for a moment. they are going to be slightly warmer today. 75 concord and livermore. upper 70s in fairfield and in napa. 69 vallejo, 68 oakland, 74 in san jose, 71 in redwood city and 64 degrees in san francisco. today things warm up a bit. they warm up even more tomorrow. and then by the weekend, it s going to be nice. i got a look at your weekend forecast coming up. tracy, thanks ver ....