lot, let s get to the news this morning in the east bay, the oakland city council unanimously approved a ballot measure. to make sure that the citizens police commission is more independent in its decision making. the oakland police commission was established by voters back in 2016. under measure l l earlier this year, the commission made headlines when it was involved in the firing of former oakland police chief anne kirkpatrick the lead author of the measure council member rebecca kaplan says this will protect the cities. public of the public civil rights and also help increase police accountability and oversight. the residents of all clinton voters, the bulk and tired of this and we want to make sure than we have someone in there that can make sure that these reforms are man. well if this measure passes in november civilian inspector general s office will be established within the commission the office will research an audit the commission on the police department s eff
list the white house puts us on what we need to do is what we know we need to do all along which is individually we need to take responsibility. so wearing masks socially distancing. that s san jose mayor sam liccardo responding to the white house coronavirus task force coordinator doctor deborah birx she called out san jose is one of 12 cities in the country that she says are quote lagging behind the need to do a better job of slowing the spread. take a look at this map from santa clara county s health department it shows a higher rate of coronavirus cases in san jose compared to some other cities in the county. some city leaders say that it s tough to argue with the data while others say there s nothing to worry about. and we sure sips here in the city and county and the state and we are all watching the numbers so i m i m not concerned about. about that i don t speak the doctor birx is speculating i think that if he s making that list. he s coming off of data there s no
caught the driver who hit an killed a 74-year-old woman and left her to die in polk county. a successful bank executive hit and killed her on duff road in lake land they believe. as melissa marino shows us, it took weeks for them to track him down. reporter: this is one of the last videos that loved ones have of 74-year-old janice joy. her neighbor betty mata has been her caretaker for years but more like family. joy had alzheimers alone. the morning of the crash, she got out of her home and a driver hit and killed her. he left janice on the side of the road to die by herself. reporter: after weeks of searching, sheriff grady judd says they found the suspect, 37- year-old jarvis kendrick. jarvis is a senior vice president for mid florida credit union. reporter: investigators through great lengths to hide his involvement. even faking an accident on i-4 to cover up the damage. in lakeland, melissa marino, challenge challenge. well, a mother and daughter were left
the east bay. in a wheelchair. good evening, i m pam moore. in an instant, the accident has changed their familys lives forever and through tears, they have a message for all drivers tonight slow down. the berkeley family spoke only with kron 4 s justine waldman. justine is here now with details on fromn exclusive interview. justine? lil-le-ah is as sweet as she is tough. and what this 9-year old is going through heartbreaking. while she is not angry at the driver who hit her she is sharing her story to make sure no other little kid feels her pain. one bright spot li-le-ah and her family are huge cal basketball fans. and to help cheer them all up the cheerleading team came to their house to visit see it here! li-le-ah told me the best was. they gave her her own pom-pon. there is a fundraiser to help the family both parents have stopped working because lillia needs 24/7 care. and medical bills keep coming. reporter: 60 hit them both well in the crosswalk and the car crushed
and it shouldn t be left up to trying to fool the thieves or robbers. glaseir says bart is long overview for fixing the problem. bart spokeswoman defends the pr practic practices. our riders need to know we have multiple layers of security and have a good situational awareness of what is going around the station. passengers are not convinced. i feel like they should do more. invest money in protecting the people. they want people to ride trains but how do you want us to pay for a service that we ain t safe? since september 11th, bart received $200 million to beef up security. $4.2 million was given to upgrade wireless systems and provide live streaming. he admits they haven t been able to figure out technology until now and suspects it to be added as early as september. critics question why it s taking so long. in the east bay, janet oh, abc7 news. warriors will not be moving to san francisco for the 2018 season as planned. the team announced it is delaying the mo