Reporter marcus, those weather conditions you were just describing, plus the combination of firew a deadly combination s thats why parks and recreation areas across the bay are closed during this red flag warning. We have a list of just a few of them for you here. The sky oaks watershed, natalie coffin green park in ross, leo cronin parking lot in langunitas and mount vision road also closed. Marin county fire officials warn fire could spread quickly right now which is why we should use extreme caution. There were several small fires including this one that burned about 30 acres on the Altamont Pass near livermore. Then about 100 miles north of San Francisco a fire broke out there as well. Thankfully no evacuations were needed as firefighters were able to stop its progression quickly. And this brush fire in oakland ignited because of illegal fireworks, officials say. Two and a half acres burned sunday morning near Howard Elementary School and 580. It took more than 50 firefighters to p
Protests in cities all across the nation including here in the bay area this is video we received from a viewer just an hour ago this is in emeryville you can see dozens of people running towards a best buy store there. We are also hearing that there are protesters at a target store in the same area in emeryville we are working to confirm with Police Exactly what is going on there, but you can see there is a lot of Movement Activity were not seeing any looting at this point. But nonetheless were waiting to get in touch with police thank you for joining us at 9, im pam moore and im ken wayne, the protests are in this response of course to the death of george floyd. The black man who died in minneapolis after a Disturbing Police arrest was captured on video. This is the video at the center of the National Outrage and shows nowfired Police Officer Derek Shaaban with his knee on floyds neck for almost 9 minutes. Shaaban has been arrested and is now charged with 3rd degree murder. And mansl
You look live from sky 7. A protest that has been going on for hours over the death of george floyd in minneapolis, minnesota spilled out on the streets of oakland tonight and on to the 880 freeway. This is a live picture. Things have calmed, but there are still a great many protesters still out there. Well, and in san jose protests have been going on since around 3 00 this afternoon. This is the scene earlier. This is sky 7 in san jose. You can see that protesters, they have been facing off with police all day since around 2 30. It started on highway 101 and then moved through the streets of downtown oakland where there were multiple clashes with police, and there continue to be issues out there, even at this late hour. So two protests and two of the bay areas major cities tonight that have lasted for hours there have been no major injury, were happy to say, but there have been a number of skirmishes and a number of incidents in both of those cities. Protesters still on the streets in
Showing an suv right there barreling through a crowd of protesters at sixth and santa clara streets downtown. The person in the video, we have frozen it right there, but he does appear to be okay because he got up and walked away moments later. But we dont know the extent of any injuries that resulted from this incident. This video was posted around 9 20 tonight. The Santa Clara Sheriffs Office says around 9 00 at the same intersection, a deputy was involved in a shooting. They did not say if this was connected to the car or provide any more details. The deputy fortunately is okay, but this is just one of many incidents tonight that were trying to gather more information on as these protests erupt in oakland and contine in san jose. And that incident that kate just talked about could have been extremely serious, as you can tell. This is in downtown oakland at city center starbucks, where protesters lit that starbucks on fire, as you can see. It did not last for long, and authorities we
Studios, this is kpix 5 news. Looting breaks out in oakland during a night of protest against the police against the outrage of the death of a black man in minnesota. And suv plowed into the crowd and hit two demonstrators during the protests at san jose. Our reporter was nearby and described what happened. A Police Officer in minneapolis is accused of kneeling on the neck of george floyd for about 8 minutes. Angry demonstrators took to the streets in oakland and san jose to protest the death of george floyd in Police Custody in minnesota. Open police are out with 30 numbers from the protest last night saying 60 alleged looters were detained for further investigation. There were 18 other arrests and other Law Enforcement officers made four additional arrest and several officers from several agencies were hurt. Conditions have quieted down and open but the police have their hands full and our kpix 5 anne makovec join us with the latest. Reporter there is damage about everywhere you look