Trafficking hotspot with victims forced into all kinds of horrible, unimaginable situations, sexual slavery, forced labor, held against their will, but tonight over a dozen trafficking victims were rescued here in the bay area. Over two weeks in july local Law Enforcement agencies worked with the fbi to carry out 17 operations and arrested nine people linked to trafficking. There are kids that are living in our communities, living in our streets and they are not for sale. The bay area has led the way in developing techniques to investigate and disrupt this activity. Operation crosscountry started here in the bay area. We have always been leading the way on this. But the end of that operation is just the beginning of a long road to recovery for these victims. Our Andrea Nakano spoke with a survivor turned advocate in Sonoma County who hopes things go better for those women than they did for her. Reporter elizabeth curos was a victim of Human Trafficking for nearly 12 years but victim no
Now at 11 00, a major Human Trafficking bust in the bay area. A lot of times their traffickers are not prosecuted or arrested. One local survivor says arresting the bad guys is a good start, but the job is far from finished. At point of contact of me being arrested there was no services. Why she hopes the victims who are rescued are treated better than he was. From kpix, this is the late news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. Hello. Im sarah sara donchey. California is a Human Trafficking hotspot with victims forced into all kinds of horrible, unimaginable situations, sexual slavery, forced labor, held against their will, but tonight over a dozen trafficking victims were rescued here in the bay area. Over two weeks in july local Law Enforcement agencies worked with the fbi to carry out 17 operations and arrested nine people linked to trafficking. There are kids that are living in our communities, living in our streets and they are not for sale. The bay area has led the way in dev
I know its backing up very early. Jaclyn dunn with all the latest. Good morning. Heres a live look at your ride along 580. Theres your diamonds and rubies for your friday morning commute. This is 580 as you approach the dublinpleasanton interchange. We had an earlier hitandrun crash involving a big rig. Now it looks like thats not blocking lanes. But the usual slowdowns out of tracy to livermore. About 25 minutes between 205 and 680. Barricades going up around crissy field in San Francisco ahead of a rally that many fear will turn violent tomorrow. Bus and cable car lines are changed because of safety concerns. Joe vazquez shows you while the city braces for trouble, the rallys Organizer Says theres nothing to fear. Reporter cable cars will be replaced by bus on saturday, General Hospital on high alert, barricades already stacking occupy on crissy field as many streets will be closed off during the Patriot Prayer. Lets not freak out and have a meltdown or violence. Lets calm down. Repo
She publicly defied him saying she wont Order Justice Department attorneys to defend his controversial travel ban. Live in San Francisco, sally yats was not the only casualty tonight, gene. Reporter thats right. President trump has appointed a new acting u. S. Attorney general and a new acting director of ice. The moves come as his controversial travel ban continue to draw protests. Acting u. S. Attorney general sally yates announces she wont defend president Donald Trumps immigration order and the white house takes swift action, firing her for what the white house calls betreying the administration. Senator Chuck Schumer says yates stand showed courage. We had a monday night massacre, sally yates, a person of great integrity, who follows the law was fired by the president. The president is appointing dana bent as the acting attorney general. He tells the Washington Post he will enforce the immigration order. The Trump Administration also announces thomas homing will replace daniel rag
15 to 20 feet possible. Be careful walking down by the beaches today. Many reports just off of the coast. That will play into our weather today and probably into friday morning. Everything continues to go up and over the ridge of high pressure. A few high clouds. Up north, things are falling apart. A patch or two of fog up in Sonoma County. Theres enough of an off shore component that the coast looks nice today. 54 in the city. Plenty of 40s. A little warmer than yesterday. All signs towards sunshine and warmer temperatures with a lot of 70s. So we have good news coming out of marin county. Right, sal . Yeah. That crash has been cleared. Slow coming from novato to san rafael but all lanes are open. Starting in east bay. This is the peak of the commute for a lot of people. 880 you have an opportunity to get in here before the commute fills in. 580 filling in as well. Looking at the bay bridge. The traffic has been backed up to the macarthur maze as metering lights are on. We have slowin