Commissioners. The letter talked about political this being political speech, which is absolute horse [ bleep ], if you excuse my french. Reporter that from Vice President of the San Francisco Police Commissioner demali taylor, in reaction to a San Francisco Police Officers Association Letter that objects to putting black lives matter signs in each of the citys police stations. The leadership of the poa just simply does not get it. Reporter the measure, which was passed unanimously, will put a 32 by 24inch black lives matter poster or sign in each station. This strictly came from the black community and members in the community. Again, i think this is a step in the right direction. But we definitely need to step up and do more and nows the time to do it. Reporter San Franciscos Police Officers association represents more than 2,100 officers. In a letter to the city, they stated that stations are places for citizens of San Francisco to seek help and assistance. Going on to say, they are
Lot of concern as they may help spread the virus. Today a push to keep the crowds at bay. Nbc bay areas Christie Smith has a look. Reporter a sunny weekend in oakland at lake merritt with cheney tim stops by. Hes heard the city has asked people to give the lake a break amid the pandemic. I understand their position, but people are tired of being cramped up in their apartment. Reporter the city has taken steps like restricting parking. Residents are urged to avoid social gatherings in backyards, parks, and elsewhere and to keep a distance. The Roots Community Health Center in oakland shared data this week that in july, 40 of covid cases were tied to people who were at family events and parties. Thats almost double the rate of those who get it at work. I see folks not Wearing Masks at all, sharing food, sharing drinks, sharing smokes. Oakland, we got to do better than this. Reporter parts of east oakland saw a big surge. Meanwhile, city teams were expected to address vendors without perm
Courthouse. This is downtown oakland right near lake merritt, all happening within the past hour. Video of the entrance filled with flames and smoke posted on social media. You can see fireworks going off in the area, but the extent of the damage to the courthouse not yet clear. Earlier tonight several protesters broke off a peaceful demonstration downtown and vandalized a police station. You see a photo of it right there. Oakland p. D. Tweeted, asking organizers to keep the protests peaceful after the station was spraypainted and those windows were broken. Fireworks were also set off there, and officers in helicopters were targeted with lasers. Well continue to update you on this breaking situation in oakland. Now we want to go to our coronavirus coverage. More testing and less waiting. If you tried to get a covid19 test in the last few weeks, you may have waited for hours to get it. But in san jose today, wait times were dramatically reduced all thanks to a new system. Nbc bay areas
A group of people have set a fire inside the oakland federal courthouse. What happened leading up to the destruction. New details about the alameda Sheriffs Department employees who have died from the coronavirus. And millions of americans left in limbo as Unemployment Benefits run out. I feel anxious about it. And a little bit scared. It wont be your traditional classroom. How San Franciscos learning pod plan could benefit atrisk students this fall. Where you could soon b not wg Face Covering coverings. Vandal set fwier to the oakland courthouse. Hundreds of people have been out all day protesting and standing in solidarity with protestors in portland. Well have more on this story coming up. An update on a breaking story. New details about the Alameda County sheriff technician who died of covid19 yesterday. 51yearold valley leon served with theare 19 wasorking theriff donderf and loving person with a bright smile. She is survived by several children and 13 grandchildren. We an Alameda
Bay into emoryville. Upper 50s in nevada, 54 in santa rosa and 58 in san jose. There is a roof camera where you can see that its pretty dark out there, the sun coming up at 6 08. By noontime we still have coastal clouds, 60 there. Very little change today back into the 90s inland, so a warm day inland, but tonight the fog comes back and well talk about some cooler weather as we get to the upcoming work week. Liz . It started in po headquarters. We give you a birds eye view of supporters marching to black lives matter in support of portland. You can see them holding uphey h cars. For the most part everything was peaceful, but there were shots with lights being pointed at the police building. Oakland police are reporting their building was also vandalized. Theyre showing this picture of a broken window. They were also spraypainted with graffiti. At the courthouse in downtown oakland, a fire broke out. Firefighters got it out quickly, but in a tweet, they blamed it on, quote, agitators. T