the community and brought more than bad feelings over a name. there are passions on both sides. a lot of people don t really understand or appreciate or acknowledge what the history of it is. reporter: noah griffin and his group changethename.net want the district to go by something else because of the association dixie has with the confederacy. at the same time another group called we are dixie wants the name to stay the same arguing it s not racially motivated. the debate has escalated to the point of threatening lawsuits for defamation, hateful social media posts and name calling. the debate over the name change has gotten so heated, in fact, that folks who represent the we are dixie, those who don t want to change the name, wouldn t talk to us on camera because they say they re afraid for their safety. these are tweets posted by david curtis, husband of a school board member and clear advocate for the name change. he calls we are dixie a hate group and its supporters
this will keep us on the cooler side. the breeze will pick up after that swings by later this afternoon and tonight. mostly cloudy in the north. breezy and with the. a lot of 60s and 70s. more sun over by the coast today. that s good. a little adjustment just like i asked for. good morning, everyone. let s look at the commute. traffic will be a little slow on the altimont pass on 205 and 580 as you head over to mountain house. after that it does get better for that drive into the main part of livermore which is still light. no major problems. 680 as you drive down from san ramon does look good. as we look at interstate 880 in oakland, it is a nice drive in both directions. bay bridge toll plaza is still light and we re thinking it will stay light for a good, long time. let s go back to the desk. we begin with a developing story in the east bay. sean whent is out as oakland police chief. mayor libby schaaf will talk about that she s departure at a news conference later t
JONESBORO — Family, friends, colleagues and members of the Clayton County community gathered to pay their respects and celebrate the life of Field Training Officer Henry Laxson.