maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>we'll take a look at this while protests continued last night in oakland, there was also some cleaning up that was going on along telegraph avenue folks came out in support here you can see people out there in the community doing the work to pick up the pieces after just a series. a break ins and these are volunteers and you can see out there working hard some of the oakland ers we talked to said that these are local businesses that they love to visit during normal times and they just felt that this was the best way for them to get out there and help and give back right now. great to see. well on the peninsula, san mateo county sheriff's investigators are trying to

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>we are here today to say in our position as leaders in our federal government. that reform and change must happen and it must happen. now. >>and let's forming. >>weeks of protests over the death of george floyd democrats in the house and senate came together to roll out a package of police reforms they say address the systematic racism in law enforcement. our washington correspondent joe khaleel has those details as well as reaction from the other side of the aisle. >>the world is witnessing the birth of a new movement in our country democratic lawmakers rolled out a package of police reforms which karen bass chairwoman of the congressional black caucus calls historic that not only hold police accountable and increases transparency. but assist police departments to change the culture the bills address a wide range of issues from police oversight to training to limiting lethal force and outright banning police chokehold we're here because black americans want to stop being killed. se

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>coming up you want to smell like an if you've ever wondered if fighter space has a distinctive smell, there is a new perfume might give you some idea. it is a fragrance to space could be introduced to the public thanks to a kickstarter campaign. it was actually developed some years ago in an effort to help astronauts block out unpleasant odors in space like body odor. astronauts described the perfume is a mix of gunpowder seared steak raspberries and rum so it's not really the smell of space but considered a shared experience with space crews and it could be on the market soon. a new york city artist is using his talent to bridge the gap between a racial injustice and those who serve their communities for years kenny out the door has been painting murals of police officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. now he is working with police to help memorialize george floyd in the same way a you're alive will be going up it's in a very visible spot. can he says he's hoping this

>>the union just wants to make sure they're part of the conversation maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>and the san francisco chief is going a lot of attention for the fact that he's talking about being open to the department getting be funded and he talked to in more detail about that with kron force. jonathan mccall. >>reallocation of resources we're talking about the funding portion of our our budget to help the african american community and that that was the announcement made by near free and supervisor shamann lot. yes, i'm open to that because i believe that if some communities need help. you know the reality is this we have to we have to sacrifice not have to sacrifice. >>and we will have yet more from the chief that will be later in the hour. there have been more arrests in the san francisco public corruption scandal involving former public works director mohammed nuru kron four's dan kerman he is live at city hall and he has the latest on this dan. >>gaston 3 more arrests in connection with this public corruption scandal, including who federal prosecutors referred to as the

kelly kron 4 news. >>and san jose, the extent of damage they're done by protesters is becoming more apparent in the downtown area volunteers and others have spent another day repairing shattered windows erasing graffiti from public and private buildings kron four's rob fladeboe has the story. >>and continues to clean up after the protest related to unrest that rocked the city in recent days here along east santa clara street dozens of windows were smashed, including those at plaza jewelers surveillance video shows a group of people breaking windows and then running away says owner cesar pass call >>thomas they're doing to the economy and their families and our families not far away a small army of volunteers scrub graffiti from horace mann school and other downtown buildings. expressing a mix of solidarity and criticism of the protests that led to this a lot of people peacefully protesting. >>unfortunately there are some elements of one to create a trouble. and still other volunteers fanned out across t

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>police in hayward they're investigating an officer-involved shooting it happened about 4 this morning. police responded to reports of the looting at the cvs on harder road and mission boulevard. eventually they say they had to open fire on a man not given us a lot of details on what happened. a man was taken to the hospital minor injuries, no officers hurt 3 people taken into custody. los angeles police investigating sunday's incident in which that patrol cruiser you see here was caught on camera hitting at least 2 protesters. and look this is downtown los angeles protesters had surrounded the police suv and accelerated appeared to hit at least a couple of people before reversing and speeding away. authorities are reviewing this video. coming up next the brother of george floyd making an emotional plea to protesters. and just as more people are beginning to get out and do more driving we'll have a check of gas prices. and when we come back the string a bay area curfews, kicking and

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>coming up next governor, newsome talks about the concern that large protests could lead to a spike in coronavirus cases and more scrutiny for the white house for what many consider the heavy-handed reaction to nearby protest and the a state investigation has been announced and of the policies and practices of the vallejo police department the state attorney general says it's aimed at improving. >>and revising things including use of force procedures community policing the announcement comes in light of recent controversial officer-involved shootings, including the death of 22 year-old shawn monterroso early

kelly explains. a sizable crowd gathered at the new park mall in newark, some carrying signs reading black lives matter and stop police brutality. >>officers stood by in the parking lot monitoring and providing traffic control the crowd then marched over the overpass of the 80 freeway into the long hot 2 and a half mile walk to fremont city hall and then on to the police station. one young man handing out water to the marchers said he was glad to see this movement manifest in his community think this is the first time in a long time. >>and we as a country. really really really opened up my eyes on both sides of it's taken a lot to do that unfortunately saying more than a lot of people wanted to do >>fremont police posted updates on the crowds movement on facebook more as a traffic advisory describing the crowd is peaceful monday. they also use that same platform to get the word out about the looting that has targeted hundreds of retail businesses in the region recently and they advised local merchant

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>coming up the bay area man arrested for stabbing his own mother to death. also lawmakers want to know why the coronavirus is hitting minority communities, particularly hard and results of an investigation into they a grand jury released the results of an investigation into the oakland police department's response time and answering 911 calls kron four's haaziq madyun talk to the jury for person about the results. >>told the officers officer what the oakland police 911 communication center is a center in crisis that is how does annual alameda county grand jury report describes the situation one reason according to this report over 18,000 callers waited over 2 minutes for their call to be answered this chart shows 13,000 of those emergency calls were abandoned a grand jury for person jeffrey sylvester, grand jury farm approximately of the callers who call 911 in the city of oakland. so we can get through and so this leads to a lot of and an emergency calls this is a result as severe u

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>major layoffs are on the horizon for employees in the north bay school district. this comes after a majority vote by the board of trustees and employee a union representative tells kron four's has june the cuts are being made prematurely. >>over 100 employees will be laid off before the next school year begins in sandra fell city schools, district. according to this statement from superintendent jim hodge bloom distance learned as a result of covid-19 led to this decision quote given the current lack of work the remote learning of the challenging and uncertain times ahead and public education, the board approve significant reductions to our classified staff. some of the eliminated positions include instructional assistants food services attendance, clerks campus supervision and security custodial and library specialist not decisions should be eliminated cut it up and tase is is the president of the union that represents employees in sandra fell and neighboring miller creek school di

kelly explains. >>it's these eastbound fast track lanes of the benicia bridge that bay area transportation planners what all the toll plazas that state run bridges to look like with no toll booths in the way to force commuters to reduce speed going completely cashless has been a long term goal that was expected to come to fruition over the next couple of years. >>and then coronavirus hit. toll takers were ordered out due to safety and the planned to go to all electronic tolling went into effect immediately. the switch was made smoother by the fact that bridge traffic all but disappeared, but now is the bay area is beginning to reopen congestion is making a comeback traffic is coming back for about 70% of where we were before this covid-19 can granny rentschler of the metropolitan transportation commission says they'd like to stay cashless, but there are still too many drivers not switching over to fast track. and in addition to contributing to backups at the bridges. they're also adding workload for

>>maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>center is a man has been arrested after being accused of killing a dog after deliberately backing up his car over the animal and injuring the animal's owner happened monday along was lummus road near central avenue. the sheriff's office says the man backed up the car after the dog owner had yelled at him to slow down. investigators say the man stopped the car put it in reverse hit the man and the dog and again killed the dog 30 year-old juan mendoza mazer was arrested wednesday for assault with a deadly weapon and felony animal cruelty coming up the governor talks about the concern the big protests could lead to a spike in coronavirus cases and the federal a state investigation has been announced into the policies and practices of the vallejo police department the state attorney general says this is aimed at improving and revising things including use of force procedures a community policing. the announcement comes in light of recent controversial officer involved shootings, includi

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>taking a knee for justice and poyer today a peaceful community gathering in fairfield brought hundreds of people together to remember george floyd kron four's phillipe djegal reports that police officers in their chief were among those attending. >>make no mistake with fairfield ministers are angry over the death of george floyd and the way he lost his life i've been crying and it's very difficult i when i see it come on to try to change channels a little tired of seeing it and even more tired of senseless killings, but whatever your form of expression pastors say it needs to be peaceful do can see a lot of law enforcement fairfield a law enforcement our our city officials i think the outrage is pretty widespread and the best way this group of hundreds felt was appropriate to remember and honor george floyd was to take a collective me several times during the gathering at only 3 community park driving home, the importance of standing up for equality in your senate times like were ju

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>we are here today to say in our position as leaders in our federal government. that reform and change must happen and it must happen. now. >>after nearly 2 weeks of protests over the death of george floyd democrats in the house and senate came together to roll out a package of police reforms. they say address this systematic racism in law enforcement. our washington correspondent joe khaleel has those details as well as reaction from the other side of the aisle. >>the world is witnessing the birth of a new movement in our country democratic lawmakers rolled out a package of police reforms which karen bass chairwoman of the congressional black caucus calls historic that not only hold police accountable and increases transparency. but assist police departments to change the culture the bills address a wide range of issues from police oversight to training to limiting lethal force and outright banning police chokehold we're here because black americans want to stop being killed. senato

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>coming up next the brother of floyd george makes a very emotional plea to protesters and just as more people beginning to do more driving these days will. do a check on gas prices and when we come back the string a bay area curfew set to

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>wooden boards are going up again outside businesses across the bay area in fact among them you can see here the home this after scud riots entrance historical stadium all boarded up ticket booths as well see the plywood everywhere at this point it's unclear how long those boards will stay up. but we'll let you know when they finally come down in other places like redwood city, however artists are showing up to draw inspiring art work messages or artwork and messages. >>on that plywood kron four's mo bellow takes a closer look. >>and the only message i would say let's just keep it going jose castro lives in the heart of redwood city during a daily walk he came across the plywood protecting the fox theater and realize maybe he can make a difference like there's so much space on these boards and i was like maybe there's a potential for anyone of any arrest accompany your community whatever it was a pretty powerful we obviously as as a were struggling emotionally. >>in the first place t

maureen kelly companies. >>much more ahead coming up tonight here on kron 4 news at 6 following protests against racial inequality and police brutality find out how congress is taking the first steps towards changing the nation's police say. plus after this woman's multiple racist rants were caught on camera another woman is now shared details about in the counter she had back with that same lady in october. and up next by controversy is brewing amongst bart's board of directors and whether the agency's code of >>so bart is now the latest bay area agency in the spotlight following nationwide calls to defund the police. >>artificial at an east bay advocacy group are clashing about the role of uniformed officers on barton whether civilian response 2 non criminal calls would work better kron four's haaziq but you'd has the story. >>those bars code of conduct policy led to the criminalization of black people on by do what he does in many senses the disproportionate. taishan over the policy is not our police offic

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>and we're going to have a lot more on our kron 4 news special this weekend celebrating 50 years of pride. it both saturday and sunday nights at 10 o'clock. still ahead, california lawmakers have passed a new state budget what that means for the fight against the coronavirus. >>and the fire risk some people in san francisco >>sounding the alarm about a potential fire hazard on a city street here in the bay area one resident says that he has been living in fear for months, he wants the city to do something to make the neighborhood safe kron four's haaziq madyun explains. >>this is a photo of someone who appears to be excess electricity from an underground power source, the concern is the entire block will go up. and it's going to go through the homeless residents in the alley and go from building to building to building before that happened. steven butler says he wants to do everything he can to bring attention to what he believes is a major fire hazard here on olive street between po

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>governor gavin, newsome is calling presidents the presidents a photo opportunity quote a shameful political theater. the governor was in stockton yesterday meeting with the city's mayor and community members. he says he supports legislation to the house floor, how reparations can be made to african americans in california. >>the fine. those terms what does this mean what is it not me and how do we have a different kind of compact. and so we can promote. and deliver on the promise of foundational fundamental change. >>well the governor says that he is optimistic that communities like stockton can contribute to what he says is a need for cultural change. moments of silence for george floyd these demonstrations in new york city states still for 8 minutes and 40's excuse me 8 minutes and 46 seconds yesterday morning. that's how long a former minneapolis police officer had his knee over floyd's neck. the same moment of silence was also held in several other cities across the country and

>>maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>much more ahead here tonight on kron 4 news at 6 including this story right now. today the sun valley mall in concord welcome back shoppers for months it had been shut down because of the pandemic now although the door so the mall are open not all the stores will be all drinking fountains are shut down and food trays have been removed, stores will be open from 10:00am to 07:00pm monday through saturday and 10:00am to 06:00pm on sundays. they're also opening up their doors at 09:00am in case anyone wants to do some mall walking. inside of the air conditioned building. he's contra costa fire fighters are being ordered by their chief to take defensive positions on fires unless there is a threat to life and that announcement made today at a news conference in brentwood. kron 4 subject all reports that poli residents could expect to see moving forward is that the police chief is saying that they just don't have enough money right now and that lack of funding is to blame. >>east contra co

maureen kelly, i'm 40. >>coming up next here on kron 4 news at 5 following protests against racial inequality and police brutality how congress is taking the first steps towards changing the nation's policing. plus after this woman's, multiple racist rants were caught on camera another woman is now sharing details about an encounter she had with her back in october. and up next why controversy is brewing amongst bart's board of directors and whether the agency's code of conduct ♪ here's what we want everyone to do. count all the hugs you haven't given. all the hands you haven't held. all the dinners you didn't share with friends. the trips you haven't taken. keep track of them. each one means one less person vulnerable, one less person exposed, and one step closer to a healthier community. so for now, keep your distance. but don't lose count. we'll have some catching up to do. now the latest bay area agency in the spotlight following nationwide protests to defund police as a artificial at an east bay advo

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>and you heard the san francisco police chief indicating his open to the possibility of his department being defunded he talked more about that with kron 4 s jonathan mccall. >>reallocation of resources we're talking about the funding portion of our our budget to help the african american community and that that was the announcement made by mere free and supervisor shamann lot. yes, i'm open to that because i believe that if some communities need help. you know the reality is this we have to we have to sacrifice not have to sacrifice. >>and we'll have more from the chief later in the hour. there have been more arrests in the san francisco, public corruption scandal involving former public works director mohammed nuru kron four's dan kerman is live at city hall and has the latest dan. >>catherine 3 additional arrests, one of them a city employee another a former city employees. it was back in january when former san francisco, public works director mohammed nuru was arrested and charg

>>will remain in storage has this review process plays out maureen kelly. 40's. >>all right, let's take a live look outside a overlooking the golden gate bridge and beginning to look pretty foggy there. but time for a check on the forecast let's go back to mabrisa rodriguez hi catherine yeah, and that june gloom is actually spreading into the east bay shoreline out there right now live look believe it or not at berkeley can't really make it out. >>just because of that low and high cloud cover streaming through but still tracking and overall warmer air mass for most of the bay area double digit warming right now from nevado and livermore thanks to the return of the offshore flow. so winds out of the north northwest really warming up temperatures today and already in the 70's and 80's as you make your way inland but cooling down into the 50's and 60's on account of the return of that marine layer and also sea breeze novato 88 degrees but a near 30 degree difference right now between antioch 89 degrees in half moon bay, the coolest location. >>at 59 degrees in the b

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>finding an outlier in this journey team just over a little over 2 years ago. when this revolutionary new dna tool investigative genetic genealogy let us to identify and arrest. the serial killer and rapist. for so many. the memories came flooding back. for instance for michelle cruz who was 17 when her best friend and sister jonelle was raped and murdered. she went 4 hours after hearing about the arrest. after 32 years she could finally unlock her bedroom door. in her words. i can finally breathe again. >>and there was part of a news conference that wrapped up a short time ago in sacramento, the golden state killer. pleaded guilty today to dozens of rape and murder charges. victims will be able to confront joseph de angelo at length during an august sentencing hearing is expected to last several days. he evaded authorities for decades, his crimes date back to the 1970's. reporter when the shacks talked to relatives of victims to get reaction. >>it's murder in the first-degree how de

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>community in san francisco will not get any more expensive at least for the next couple of years and that's thanks to a new deal between unity and the san francisco board of supervisors. the cost of many will stay the same over the next 2 years and in exchange for that the board of supervisors has agreed to drop a ballot measure that would have given supervisors the final say over fare changes since san francisco issued stay at home orders muni has seen a dramatic decline in ridership and that's resulted in revenue loss. we'll take a quick break here, 4.22 still ahead on the kron 4 morning news, california lawmakers have just days now to finalize the state budget with governor newsome we'll tell you what they're still disagreeing on this morning and here's a quick live look outside we've got our golden gate bridge camera. this one maybe 2 sets of headlights it's pretty easy ride. this morning, we'll be right back. you asked for 'em, so tiny tacos are back for good. grab a box of 15

>>maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>i had california lawmakers they passed a new state budget what that means for the fight against the coronavirus and the fire risk some san francisco residents as being created on our streets by the homeless. and again this week we are celebrating 50 years of prid the alarm about a potential fire hazard on a city street here in the bay area one resident says he's been living. >>in fear for months and he wants the city to do something to make the neighborhood safe kron four's haaziq madyun explains. >>this is a photo of someone who appears to be excess electricity from an underground power source, the concern is the entire block will go up. and it's going to go through the homeless residents in the alley and go from building to building to building before that happened. steven butler says he wants to do everything he can to bring attention to what he believes is a major fire hazard here on olive street between polk of an s at san francisco's to delight multiple power lines going acros

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>well in san francisco, parents, teachers and alumni are asking the san francisco unified school district to cut ties with the san francisco police department more than 500 people joined tuesday, san francisco unified school district board meeting on zoom people call for the end of school resource officers saying that their presence can be toxic for students. the school district is currently in the middle of revealing their memorandum of understanding with the police department which is an agreement of expectations related to police. >>i have seen first hand and both experienced police fire ants and i think that if we really want to show our students that we support them we care about them and we need to end all ties with the police department are still many other ways of in that instance in every instance of intervention that are more wellness focus more community-focused. >>for us to have conversations that are not alienating to anyone in our community. well as apd says that they v

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>here at 5 with fire season fast approaching how budget shortfalls are leading to policy changes for one local fire department plus after georgia's primary was plagued by voting problems earlier this week. an nba superstar lebron james announces his plans to make it easier for wfrican african americans to vote. and with police departments facing intense scrutiny across the nation why california's largest largest police lobby group says after weeks of protests against police brutality, the trump administration is considering an executive order on police reform. >>in the wake of the killing of george floyd police departments across the country have come under renewed scrutiny. many cities and states across the country are forbidding police officers from using choke hold. the ban is also part of sweeping police reform legislation that has now been introduced by congressional democrats. >>so we wil

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>we'll take a look at this while protests continued last night in oakland, there was also some cleaning up that was going on along telegraph avenue folks came out in support here you can see people out there in the community doing the work to pick up the pieces after just a series. a break ins and these are volunteers and you can see out there working hard some of the oakland ers we talked to said that these are local businesses that they love to visit during normal times and they just felt that this was the best way for them to get out there and help and give back right now. great to see. well on the peninsula, san mateo county sheriff's investigators are trying to determine. it's a jewelry store break-in is connected to a wave of criminal activity that followed after protests from force has a minute has that story. >>i guess she was wearing a gray hoodie. >>this is surveillance video showing multiple people breaking into jeffrey's diamonds and gold smith jewelry store in san carlos

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>we'll make sure to join us this wednesday at 09:00pm for a live town hall with mayors from across the bay area we'll be discussing the changes that cities are making after protests for racial equality and also how cities are moving forward in this era of the coronavirus and the potential second surge that we're beginning to see now if you'd like to submit a video question do so just go to our website kron 4 dot com and click on inside barry politics and then again tune in wednesday night at 09:00pm to hear the answers. a grand jury has released the results of an investigation into the oakland police department's response time in answering 911 calls. our forces he can do and takes a look at the results of that investigation. >>all told the officers officer what the oakland police 911 communication center is a center in crisis that is how does annual alameda county grand jury report describes the situation one reason according to this report over 18,000 callers waited over 2 minutes f

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>a violent confrontation between police and protesters in washington dc today, protesters tried tearing down a statue of former president andrew jackson. it's in the middle of lafayette park which is right across from the white house. police showed up in riot gear, using pepper spray and batons to break up the crowd. before the statue could come down. jackson who was on the $20 bill is a controversial historical figure because of his treatment of native americans. he is responsible for the trail of tears which was the forced relocation of about 60,000 native americans the oakland police departments, 911 center is in crisis that is according to the results of an alameda county grand jury investigation. >>and the complaints about response times according to the report over 18,000 collars waited over 2 minutes for their call to be answered. and this chart shows 13,000 of those emergency calls were abandoned. >>the grand jury farm approximately of the callers who call 911 in the city of

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>in the north bay, the very near woods is set to reopen next week near woods has been closed since mid-march like so many other places because of the pandemic when the park reopens on monday at least that's the plan there will be some changes. the park service is only going to allow near woods to operate at 50% capacity to give visitors some space for social distancing. face masks are not required, but they are highly recommended. here was is reopening despite the fact that warren county has actually seen an uptick in the number of covid cases on june 25th they saw 54 new positive cases which is the highest single-day total since the pandemic began. and tonight a california judge has ordered a mcdonald's on telegraph avenue in oakland to stay closed that is until the court decides whether to order the owner to improve his health and safety practices workers sued the owner last week saying an outbreak of covid affected 35 people there including one employees 10 month-old child. >>the

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>and now to a major decision today from the u.s. supreme court regarding abortion the court has struck down a louisiana law that would have regulated abortion clinics. chief justice john roberts, a conservative joined the more liberal justices in this ruling. it strikes down the requirement that doctors who perform abortions must also have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. the louisiana law all is virtually identical to one in texas. the court also ruled against in 2016. >>today democrats on capitol hill are pushing forward their plan to expand health care coverage and they say their bill is more important than ever. >>that as the country now battles this global pandemic but republicans called today's vote political. they say the policy will only hurt not help america. it's our washington dc correspondent raquel martin explains. >>this is going to build on the affordable care act. this is absurd. this is psychotic monday democrats and republicans to reignite their feud over health care as house democrats like michigan's debb

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>still to come san mateo county authorities are investigating a jewelry store break in wh tonight san mateo county sheriff's investigators are trying to figure out if this jewelry store break in here is connected to the wave of criminal activity. >>that followed yesterday's protests in the bay area. kron 4 says he quit you reports. >>i guess she was wearing a gray hooded. >>this is surveillance video showing multiple people breaking into jeffrey's diamonds and gold smith jewelry store in san carlos, it looked like it was a group of women are roughly um yeah, the security alarm was activated around 08:30pm sunday night the store manager says that there was no jewelry of the display cases at the time of the break in but she says the burglars may have found merchandise behind the counter. >>we secure some stuff underneath here and that's why we saw them go back behind basically when they smashed this they pushed it pushed the door the door open and started pounding. gosh it had been lik

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>for your money tonight, new unemployment numbers are out for may and they are better us unemployment fell to 13.3% after reaching 14.7% in april. it's happening is the economy gained 2.5 million jobs. economists say there pleasantly surprised they had expected. unemployment may be to be as high as 20%. the gradual reopening of the economy added new jobs rather than eliminating more positions. >>with protests across the country another concern urging the u.s. surgeon general warns of new coronavirus outbreaks due to the large crowds, gathering and others are sharing his concern. stacy cohen reports. >>in new york and washington dc in chicago streets that had been vacant to to stay at home orders now packed with people demanding justice following the death of george floyd in minneapolis many grocery stores damaged or closed during protests volunteers are trying to provide food to those who need it you're aware of it. we are a tempting our best at at maintain social-distancing making s

maureen kelly kron 4 news new details tonight on what led up to a fatal shooting involving chp officers in oakland over the weekend a when officers tried pulling over a stolen dodge hellcat. >>the driver started ramming several patrol vehicles and that's when 3 chp officers fired at the car and killed the driver who has been identified as erick salgado a female passenger was also shot. she was taken to the hospital but her name has not been released. oakland police officers were not involved in the shooting but the department's homicide investigators discovered the dodge hellcat was one of 74 vehicles stolen from the san leandro car dealership during a night of rioting and looting earlier this month. today houston the final goodbye to george floyd it was an emotional funeral for the man whose death. >>has really started a national movement and a call to action friends and family members laid floyd arrest this afternoon in houston, the 46 year-old was killed of course more than 2 weeks ago on memorial day in minneapolis igniting nationwide outrage over police brutality at the funeral the

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>and take a look at this also in the east bay as the protests continued last night in oakland, there was also a cleanup going on this is along telegraph avenue where you can see some of the work the community members are doing to pick up the pieces and clean things up after a series of break-ins these are all volunteers and some of the oakland as we talked to said that these are local businesses that they love to visit during normal times and they felt this was the best way they could give back great to see. well on the peninsula, san mateo county sheriff's investigators are working to see if a jewelry store break-in is connected to a crime wave that followed demonstrations. surveillance video shows several people breaking into jeffrey's diamonds and gold smith jewelry store this is in san carlos. the store manager says there is no jewelry in the display cases at the time of the break-in but she says the burglars may have found some merchandise behind the counter. the secure some stu

maureen kelly kron 4 news. a call to the fund or revamp police departments is growing across the country. some protesters are calling to disband police departments all together. >>however his craw force has a regular reports oakland is considering another option. i love this is oakland police can i help you. >>a different model of policing that involve civilians responding to specific 911 calls is currently under consideration to the city of oakland one of the calls that dispatch gets regularly is that parent will call and say my child won't get up and go to school. there's really no reason to respond to that call with a badge and a gun a little over a year ago the oakland city council commissioned the urban strategies killed so the oakland police commission and the coalition for police accountability to develop a report on how to implement what is called the mobile assistance community responders of oakland program or macro and jakes of the coalition for police accountability describes how it works for the cal

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>california students are likely to continue distance learning even when schools reopen later this year the state superintendent tony thurmond unveiled a 55 page guidebook for schools, he did that on monday on top of requiring face coverings in 6 feet of social distancing. the guide recommends rotating students and the campus is twice a week and allowing them to use distance-learning the rest of the week. superintendent notes rather these are only recommendations and not requirements. we're not saying. >>and beating anyone be under since learning we're simply saying that they should continue to comedy. well they can buy the quest. they're coming from parents for some distance learning, we know that many of our students really need in-class instruction. >>local school leaders will be deciding how they will reopen the classrooms, but education leaders note that implementing the guidelines, real will require schools to spend more money now more details are expected next week when governo

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>coming up the white house is facing more backlash tonight for forcibly removing peaceful protesters earlier this week. what california lawmakers are now calling for and a massive black lives matter crowd marching in pittsburgh today with they're >>a lot of protesters here in pittsburgh marched and held a moment of silence today to honor the late george floyd kron 4 sleep single was there. he reports that the demonstrators also want the city council to consider defunding. the police department activists are insisting that the community can police itself. >>8 minutes and 46 seconds that's how long the now former minneapolis police officer. well disney on george floyd's neck on memorial day will be an arms handcuffed african american man called out to his late mother pleading that he couldn't breathe. that's also how long protesters in pittsburgh held a moment of silence honoring the father whose death is now synonymous with police brutality. activists taylor seems organize the march a

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>there is nationwide unrest over the death of george floyd and there is growing there are growing calls to defund police departments across the country. some protesters want to disband police departments all together however as kron four's haaziq madyun tells us and east bay city is considering a 3rd option. >>i love this is oakland police can i help you. >>a different model of policing that involve civilians responding to specific 911 calls is currently under consideration to the city of oakland one of the calls that dispatch gets regularly is that a parent will call and say my child won't get up and go to school. there's really no reason to respond to that call with a badge and a gun a little over a year ago the oakland city council commissioned the urban strategies killed so the oakland police commission and the coalition for police accountability to develop a report on how to implement what is called the mobile assistance community responders of oakland program or macro and jakes

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>national news now today mourners move through a historic church in atlanta here paying their respects to the late rayshard brooks a viewing ceremony for the 27 year-old father of 4 the black man killed by police got underway this afternoon the viewing was held at ebenezer baptist church where martin luther king junior was a pastor that's also where a private funeral service for rayshardbrooks is set to happen tomorrow doctor king's daughter, the reverend bernice a king is scheduled to speak tomorrow. another big story we're following tonight supervisors in santa clara county are addressing racial inequities our kron four's rob fladeboe has more on that story. >>i believe that to change history. we must confront it. >>county supervisor cindy chavez says the resolution declaring racism is a public health crisis is long overdue that we're committed to equity. >>to justice. inclusive collaboration with our block with the black community but also a hard stand to fight the elimination of

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>muni fares are not going to be going up anytime soon thanks to a deal that they struck with the san francisco bord of supervisors muni wanted to raise the rates to make up for the drop in revenue because people are riding in this pandemic but city leaders said that was so many people facing financial hardships already that's why they're not writing because they don't have jobs. now is not the time to raise rates after a talk that came to a deal muni will freeze ticket prices for the next 2 years and an exchange, the board of supervisors agrees to drop a ballot measure that would have given them the final say over fare changes in the future. and the east bay testing has started on bart's new 5 foot high fare gates at the richmond station. you'll notice those dues gate and the new gates in operation starting this morning you'll see them in the swinging style that was developed to prevent people from jumping over the fare gates and not paying. bart says the cost of installing those gat

>>maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>coming up 16 nba players test positive for covid is the league announced his plans to restart the season schedule and all the teams that are affected by these latest tests last after 2 months the white house coronavirus task force hold its first briefing, why vice president pence says this moment is different than when he last addressed the for your money tonight microsoft has announced it is permanently closing. >>nearly all of its physical stores worldwide. like so many other retailers. the company has been hit hard by the pandemic microsoft will be closing 83 of its retail stores. there are 4 in the bay area, the company says it is a strategic change since sales are increasingly shifting online. all employees will have the opportunity to remain with the company. >>up next california state university students may soon be required to take a new course by educators say it could help tackle systemic racism and as covid cases surge across the country. the vice president is defending m

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>it's 7.52 and coming up we're going to highlight another senior graduating from high school in the class of 2020 from our kron 4 yearbook >>55 in kron 4 is continuing to congratulate the seniors who are in high school and they don't get really a proper graduation. >>so this hour we're taking a look at coal canton he is graduating from hillsdale high school in san mateo where he's going to be. study in the fall at college of san mateo he's hoping to continue on to fashion design. school after he completes his business degree so he's got a lot of he's got a lot of plans ahead of them so best of luck to you call and congratulations on your graduation and we know it's not a normal year normal graduation for you which is why we're highlighting seniors with a special year book online. >>you can add your picture kron 4 dot com and you can tell us where you went to high school what your plans are for the future and we'll give you our new little rite of passage here on the morning show there

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>but our turn now to portland it had been peaceful up to now we now see a fire burning this is all taking place downtown at the justice center where the courthouse multnomah county courthouse in the portland police bureau headquarters are located there are thousands of people there police said that many people showed up with children. among the crowd there everything has been orderly we don't have any information particularly on this fire. but you can see there's one fire that is now burning in portland oregon, several people had been their of their several 1000 people have been there for the past few hours. taking a need for justice and for prayer a peaceful community gathering drew hundreds of mourners to fairfield today in fact fairfield police chief and officers were among those memorializing the late george floyd. >>well forcefully chagall reports. >>who own the rights of every >>small community of air. that is very close to cozumel. >>well i think you are. >>we don't have any a

maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>dozens of people out in castro valley today calling for justice for george floyd another african ameran killed by police participants marched to the cv adobe park to hear from activists and community leaders. >>and this is video of a huge gathering today in martinez several 100 people took part in a black lives matter rally, calling for criminal justice reform. the rally was put together by the public defenders of contra costa county attorneys, investigators and staff from the public defender's office took part. >>what i would like to see happen is that the criminal justice system to be reformed that all of the income disparities the health disparities anything that is affecting black and brown lives for that to in i would like to see the kill and most importantly a black men and women stopped. >>san francisco's public defender's office also organized a rally in the city the event was held from noon to 1 o'clock on the steps of the hall of justice later this week the oakland police

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maureen kelly kron 4 news. >>and moments of silence for george floyd these demonstrators in new york state still for 8 minutes and 46 seconds yesterday morning that's how long a former minneapolis police officer had his knee on floyd's neck. that's a moment of silence was also held in several other cities across the country and at floyd's memorial service in minneapolis. nadia romer reports from the service which is just about 2 miles away from where floyd lost his life. >>a life remembered everybody loves joe it's at a crucial moments in history. this is the past. >>we won't stop we gotta keep going until we change the whole system of justice. >>civil rights leaders political leaders and celebrities gathered alongside the friends and family of george floyd in minneapolis thursday to celebrate his life accuses great big giant. >>and when he would when he would wrap his arms around you just el like you know you are everything just go away and share in his memory because when you spoke to join us. >>they feel lik

maureen kelly companies. >>whether time now as we take a live look outside that is sfo as we get ready for a it yeah that's right lars we could hear the wind blowing on that live shot with gayle, ong just a few minutes ago the winds that it's it's kind of whipping in spots around the bay area today we actually have some gusts of 40. >>he was a 50 mile an hour gust. but that was over the altman passes the more the mountaintop still down below. >>it was blustery at times that continues out there tonight and that is carrying with it that nice cool marine air in the low clouds and the fog that drop the temperatures down big time outside today, you are 20 degrees cooler in some spots to him from well above the average as much as 10 plus degrees above the average to 10 degrees below the average for this time of year all the way down to 70 degrees in little more down from a high of over 90 yesterday 73 degrees in concord today much more comfortable 75 degrees in santa rosa 63 degrees pretty blustery in san francisco