Twitter Ceo Jack Dorsey and agreed 10 million to give every single child in oakland access to a laptop. It internet their homes closing the Digital Divide. Dorseys generous donation came in the day after mayor libby shaft and the Oakland Unified School district put out a call for help closing the Digital Divide for oakland students who are now engaged in Distance Learning at home but schools being closed due to the covid19 pandemic students like Skyline High School junior Jessica Ramos says this is a really big deal. So i love tom is actually the. Its so real its so unreal because just having a laptop and so its just like the world because it is not going to the world not in the news didnt earn air not bring up all the top 2 nitties i didnt have a computer until starts right computers. My internet was unstable because my parents couldnt afford it. She says those circumstances are common among her classmates so most of my friends are from bp stoker him and now many of my friends have wi
Very popular spot for wineries and restaurants and she has more for a scale. Sonoma county not met all criteria to move past the states, not timeline but county leaders here they believe the science proves otherwise. 18 counties in california got the green light from governor Gavin Newsome to further ease covid19 restrictions Sonoma County is hoping to make that list the criteria is not the ballot by a u. S. Scientist or a doctor in the cdc. Developed by the state according to the governor to of the criteria to pass the states timeline must have no deaths from covid19 in 2 weeks and just one new case per 10,000 people for 2 weeks while the county has not met those criteria. They believe a request to further relax restrictions is reasonable because sonoma counties infection rate remains low youve been so conservative. In terms of our approach and keeping sheltering in place and froing down or businesses and then we very few infections because of that last week phase 2 of the states guid
Future. This is abc 7 news. Happening now, people rallying against hate and racism nghe message to the streets of fremont. Sky7 is live over that event. They are expect to end at police headquarters. [ horns honking ] students from Willow Glen High School in san jose held a rally in their neighborhood today. Many drivers honked in support. Students chanted George Floyds name and called on other youth to do more to fight racism and injustice. Theres, like, a lot of support from the youth, especially in willow glen and everywhere else. America might not be the best place right now, but our generation can step up to the politicize and make it better, hopefully. Organizers say they wanted to rally close to home so people in their neighborhood could hear their message directly. Abc 7 News Reporter Amy Hollyfield shared this video of a gathering in moraga in support of the black lives matter movement. As you can see, more than 100 people attended. Sky7 captured this scene in South San Franci
Her refusal caught the attention of many including protest organizers who we spoke to early. Harvey littleman says i almost prefer it because i want to know where you stand rather than your propaganda of kneeling. I would rather us be honest about whether youre on the side of the people or whether youre on the side of police. Now the mayor took to facebook to explain because of their faith she will never kneel to anyone but god. And in the crowd right now, we did notice mei. Were hoping to connect with her as the day goes. But in preparation for the day, fremont pd said its added staffing to its patrol division. We are still expecting the citywide curfew to go into effect attic 00 tonight through 5 30 tomorrow morning. They say this is to prevent large scale looting, though there has been no credible threat. We are live here at Fremont Police headquarters. Im amanda del castillo, abc7 news. Amanda, thank you for that update. Also happening now, cars honking as the caravan for justice i
A snippet of what officers faced on the front lines. Bottles of urine being thrown at officers. Vehicles at high rates of speed threatening or attempting to strike them before fleaing and multiple officers were struck on their person, helmet, face shields with various objects. Local social justice organizations say that the actions by some of the officers against peaceful protestors were inappropriate. They say that there should be accoty officers involved. Chief garcia is encouraging the community to report instances of wrong doing and he says that all the complaints will be investigated. They are suspended as questions swirl about their kuhn detect during a protest honoring george floyd. The Police Department is investigating after video that appears to show two officers pushing an elderly man to the ground. And this video is hard to watch. So you can see the officers come up to this 75yearold man and seconds later, hes down and to hit his head on the ground. And you can see maybe no