Reporter: the recall effort is being led against booting. He is trying to do something to save face with the voters that showed him back in 2019. He made the promise he was going to hold law enforcement officers accountable. Reporter: and two other high profile incidents including this one with body camera footage showing tony estrada lunging toward officers in fifth and market street on november 15th of last year. Putin s office today announcing it is not pursuing charges. Charges against santamaria and weber include assault by a public officer. Battery with serious bodily injury and assault with a deadly weapon. Watch the video. Watch the numerous unprovoked baton strikes repeatedly. Battering and unarmed man. Reporter: the di s office has charge five law enforcement officers. This case almost went to a trial last year in march of 2020. Because a key witness for the prosecution was unable to attend the trial because of a medical issue that led to a first dismissal. Ultimately leading
Fixed wing aircraft from flying had lifted so they were finally able to make critical drops of fire retardant on the ridgelines of the palisades fire which has been burning since friday. It creates a great boundary and a stopping point for that flame front for us to box this fire in so it is one of the critical tools in our toolbox. Reporter: along with water dropping helicopters and boots on the ground, firefighters are doing what they can to stop the spread. Right now fire authorities they about 500 homes in the topanga area are under mandatory evacuation. Another 100 and pacific palisades are under evacuation warnings. We are packed and ready to go. Shgot the warning and is prepared to leave her home. Today we are vigilant and we are here to not only help ourselves but should our neighbors need help we want to be here. Reporter: the fire is burning in steep rugged terrain with thick brush, in an area that is very dry and does not burned and more than 75 years. The firefight continue
of interest in homicide. reporter: they had a lot to say. is a convicted felon. a documented gang member and was considered armed and dangerous. reporter: police say he was a suspect in a murder, multiple shootings and several violent robberies. the family attorney says it still does not justify shooting a fleeing suspect. they played the judge, the jury and tragically, the executioner. reporter: of the san jose mayor says the shooting races a number of concerns including all of the innocent bystanders who could have been hurt. in a prepared statement he wrote, i am deeply troubled by the bodywork video of the officer-involved shooting. particularly given the surrounding residential setting. the investigation into the shooting itself, where does that stand? with any officer-involved shooting there are multiple investigations running parallel with each other. there is an internal affairs investigation within the police department will also a potential criminal in
newspaper ad to remind residents about the surge in murders this past year. the level of crime here has increased in the new year. it is so significant we have to inform our residents about how dire it is. reporter: bruce wong did not need to add it to see the rise in crime around his auto repair shop. i seen a compromising a go. this is probably the worst i have seen. my time when i go home, i m afraid for my life. i should not have to do that. reporter: one business captured is video of a group of fighting in the street, in the when one lets loose with an ak- 47. has oakland become a lawless city? absolutely. reporter: the city councilman points to the large homeless camps that don t even have tents anymore. they have makeshift buildings. he admits the financial situation isn t good. but since cuts need to reflect the city s priorities. we have greeted so many new departments with so many new communities, commissions, advisory groups left and right that requir
come you know, over 100% capacity and regions of the state by christmas eve. so i think come you know, the message here is that we have to be really, really, really careful and try and minimize transmission. what is done is done, if you control the future. do think people are getting it for lack of a better term, i mean, is it your experience that you are seeing people maybe come you know, being a little bit more careful, we got to thanksgiving, we are looking to christmas, kind of the same scenario, a few weeks ahead here, are people getting the message, do you think? i think they are definitely getting the message. i see, where you live in alameda county come you know, i almost never see people without masks on. and it is becoming sort of come you know, sort of, kind of a social norm to have masks on which is what needs to happen. now we need to push on not congregating, on avoiding tight, indoor spaces, on traveling, as we run that tape. and the kinds of things that wi