A young bay area woman shot and killed at random. Tonight, we know the feds wanted to deport the suspect months ago, but San Francisco refused to hand him over. Betty yu is at the jail tonight. Betty . Reporter ken and liz, the man accused of killing kate stiley worked out of the jail behind me near the hall of justice. By city law, he was free to go after his drug charges were dropped. Francisco sanchez was put in jail for drugs. Five deportations to mexico. Seven felony convictions. He served his time, but federal immigration officials abouted him back in their custody. The city didnt notify them if think got out of jail. I say that courts ruled there is no legal basis to hold him. Reporter that is because San Francisco is a sanctuary city. It means the city doesnt help ice with immigration investigations or arrests unless required by law or warrant. There is no city in america that has been more creative and vigorous about trying to avoid helping United States reporter supervisor da
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. A young bay area woman shot and killed at random. Tonight, we know the feds wanted to deport the suspect months ago, but San Francisco refused to hand him over. Betty yu is at the jail tonight. Betty . Reporter ken and liz, the man accused of killing kate stiley worked out of the jail behind me near the hall of justice. By city law, he was free to go after his drug charges were dropped. Francisco sanchez was put in jail for drugs. Five deportations to mexico. Seven felony convictions. He served his time, but federal immigration officials abouted him back in their custody. The city didnt notify them if think got out of jail. I say that courts ruled there is no legal basis to hold him. Reporter that is because San Francisco is a sanctuary city. It means the city doesnt help ice with immigration investigations or arrests unless required by law or warrant. There is no city in america that has been more creative and vigorous about try
Started showing. As the groups of hikers left the park, they told others including nearby neighbors and joggers that they did hear and in some cases see fireworks in the area at the time. Now, we did have the Oakland Fire Department about this. They say at this point, they have their investigators in the park now trying to determine a cause of origin. Oakland fire cannot confirm this is a fireworks related fire but hikers in the park say that is what happened. Let me give you a few numbers. Two alarms. They called in oakland fire and cal fire who brought in crews from as far away as marin county and a helicopter to knock the fire down. It is surrounded by homes in Joaquin Miller park. It has been contained at three acres. We spoke to a battalion chief and he says at this point, there is no danger. No damage to any homes. And as far as he knew, no injuries at all to any crews on the ground. We have some interviews with neighbors who actually talked to those hiker. We will pull that all
Live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. A single firework nearly sparks a disaster in the Oakland Hills setting off a brush fire that stopped just short of a neighborhood but despite the danger, people still arent getting the message. Im brian hackney. And im juliette goodrich. Chopper 5 spotted illegal fireworks displays going off all over the east bay tonight. Anything that goes into the air is banned across the bay area. So every single display you see right now is breaking the law. Mark sayre is in oakland tonight where illegal fireworks created a real scare in the hills. Mark . Reporter the sounds of these illegal fireworks have been going on since well before the sun went down. We are talking three or four hours now. Now after the sun is down, these displays are continuing. Lets like at our Vantage Point here. All the fireworks are illegal. What you are seeing here should not be happening. Earlier today, an illegal piece of firework caused a fire that could be de
Through the Legal Department and is signed off by the sheriff himself. Mirkarimi cites a Court Decision in oregon. After those decisions were rendered over a year ago scores of municipalities in this state and country had amended their i. C. E. Policies requiring ice to say that you need a court order or a warrant to facilitate their request. If i. C. E. Doesnt do this in the future, right and a violent felon gets out we could be right here again because your policy is that i. C. E. Should change and i. C. E. Is clearly not changing. Well, i think i. C. E. Needs to take an account its not just San Francisco. Its over 300 cities. It could happen again. I think it could which is why i. C. E. Needs to upgrade its policy and procedures and practices so that were all working in a more fluid contig uous basis. The authorities are no longer informing i. C. E. When they have somebody behind bars who might be a dangerous felon. The sheriff says hes streamlined the process even if i. C. E. Hasnt