Now at 11 00, breaking news in San Francisco, where protesters have toppled several statues in Golden Gate Park. Well take you there live for all the latest developments. After weeks of protests, a celebration here in oakland as many gathered to celebrate juneteenth. Affecting bay area sports post teams trying to get back to field. The major move from Major League Baseball tonight. Now at 11 00, streaming on cbsn bay area, breaking news in San Francisco, where protesters have pulled down several controversial statues within the last couple of hours. Good evening, im ken bastida. Im elizabeth cook, lets get right to betty yu live at Golden Gate Park to show us what happened. Betty . Reporter liz, we heregoen g the sun went down. We saw a heavy police presence. And my photographer and i saw several people dressed in all black, running around this area. They scattered shortly after we arrived, but take a look at whats left. You can see at the base the words stolen land. Now a lot of the activity was captured just hours before on social media. The statue of sara was toppled and there was a loud applause. There were cheers coming from the crowd. Now he was a spanish priest controversial among native americans, and his Mission System was blamed for destroying several tribes. Now we saw a very similar reaction also captured on social media with Francis Scott keys statue coming down. He was best known for writing the lyrics to the national anthem, the star spangled banner. Slave owner with the giants x were sprayed on the base of his statue and the phrase stolen land, stolen people. You can hear the loud cheers from the crowd there. The first statue that we came across was grant, toppled, lying in the pathway here at Golden Gate Park. Also a lot of antipolice graffiti, profanity, and acronym found on the base. We are still among statues lying on its side, defaced. A lot of this activity captured here on social media. At this hour there are no demonstrators or people around. Live in San Francisco, betty yu, kpix 5. Betty, thank you for that. A live look at the be okay arena in tulsa, oklahoma tonight. This 19,000seat indoor arena is expected to be at capacity for president trumps First Campaign rally since march. The rally still going on despite concerns about civil unrest and coronavirus cases, absolutely spiking in oklahoma. Lets check in now. Veronica, what can you tell us . Reporter tensions are heating up in oklahoma tonight over whether or not trump should move forward with this e oklahoma o the vid state park rejected a plea from local businesses and residents to stop it. Tulsas mayor put a curfew in effect an tis pacing more than 100,000 people converging on the city. The problem, oklahoma is one of eight cities in the country averaging nearly 250 a day. Tulsa county is a hot spot. The Trump Campaign is planning to head out with the 19,000 people packed into the arena. People will not be forced to wear masks. Even white house officials are at odds of wearing their own. Its a personal choice. I wont be wearing a mask. If i were at the rally, i would be wearing a mask. Live pictures right now as the officials are still on edge about safety tonight. And they asked the Trump Administration to provide a written safety plan explaining how they will enforce social distancing and people would be forced to sign waivers. Regarding that curfew, ken, the president tweeted he has spoken to the mayor and it has been lifted. Telling his supporters that they should just enjoy themselves. Ken . All right, thank you, veronica. Meanwhile there were celebrations across the bay area today and into the night to mark juneteenth. The timing of this years message felt especially important. Kpix 5 Andrea Nakano in oakland where thousands of people gathered for a big rally there. Reporter for many in the black community, they say this is their version of a july 4 celebration. Its been quite a party with fireworkses going off all night and large crowds gathering here at lake merritt. Fireworks were set off right in the middle of the street on brand avenue tonight. This is cars lined up on grand and lake shore avenue looking for a place to park. Oaklanders and others from the bay area celebrating a historic day in black history. Im trying to make i celebrate black joy and black hardware. The celebrations were filled with music and friends. To see people come together and still celebrate us. Reporter with the of course there clogging the streets, this may be the best mode of transportation on the day. Derek gardner trotted into the party. Im here to represent, these are my hearts as a pedestal. Also known as freedom day to commemorate the end of freedom that gets overlooked in many classrooms. They could talk about christopher columbus, but then theyre not teaching black history at school. Reporter this celebration at lake merritt comes on the heels of two potential hate crimes. Just tuesday ropes that appear to be nooses were hanging from the trees. Then yesterday found dangling on the limb. Those who say tonight is about a positive celebration, but also a reminder that work still needs to be done to achieve equality. I think people are very afraid of change, but at the end of the day it is something that just needs to happen. It has been a very peaceful celebration to want. In oakland Andrea Nakano, kpix 5. Hundreds of people also showed up for a big rally outside city hall in san jose. Defund police, resignation of president trump, and more investment in black communities. A similar message in San Francisco where supporters marched around civic center. They also called upon city leaders to remove San Francisco police from Public Schools. All 29 west coast ports shut down for eight hours today for juneteenth including here in oakland and down in los angeles. The union said they wanted to show their commitment to the causes of racial equality and social justice. Plans for major sports leagues to resume play could be in jeopardy lets get january. Major League Baseball announcing temporary closure of all spring Training Facilities for deep cleaning and disinfecting. Earlier today the giants closed their scottsdale, arizona site after one person and one Family Member were. Every team will have to get tested before they could return to the facility once it reopens when that happens. We just dont know when it will happen. Pretty much were talking about ten sites in arizona, 13 in florida, some share a facility. Lets face it, in most big market cities, home football drives the bus of the sports landscape. When the coronavirus has no boundary affects those teams, its a problem. Now according to the nfl network, one unidentified 49ers player has tested positive. The team is not releasing his name. We know a group of players mostly receivers were a part of a workout hosted by jimmy garoppolo. All the players were tested for the virus today and will have to remain in tennessee until further notice. This is on the heels of reports that members of the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans tested z motive earler on in the week. What does that mean . According to they may need to build a closed campus where players and the students are behind closed doors. Unless players are on a bubble, it will be very hard to see how football will be able to be played this fall. The nfl regular season is set to kick off september 10. And now coming up in a few minutes, injury news from the 49ers. Another wide receiver and special teams player is going to miss some time. Thats later on in sports as you can see the quote from anthony fauci. Well see you then, thank you. New at 11 00 the coronavirus outbreak at san quentin is growing. The number of cases have tripled in the past two weeks. Theyre at 46 now. Families, advocates, attorneys are demanding urgent action to release prisoners and curve of the spreads. They saw their highest numbers of the tests in a single day this week. Youll want to get away. Sonoma county on includin caounds anvacation homes. The county urges everyone must adhere to the safety protocols and says in order for this to work, both host and guests need to cooperate. So far business is booming. The phones have been blowing up all day, a lot of e mails, a lot of people feel like mihe tharjust looking an escape out of the sea, wanting some nature. And here you are. Yeah, here we are in greenville. New video of a Mountain Lion heading back into the wild after quite the adventure through San Francisco. It appears a hunger cougar may have hopped over to the zoo for a snack. Two bay area youth leaders accuse forever 21 employees of racial profiling. How the company did more than just a sorry. Better together, new at 11 00, forever 21 trying to prove actions speak louder than words. The Company Wants to do more than just apologize. After its employees were accused of racial profiling at a bay area store almost exactly a year ago. Kpix 5 maria medina with the companys new campaign and a story youll see only on kpix 5. Forever 21 just accused us of stealing. After spending thousands in this store. Reporter richard boja recorded this video last july after he and his wife and a group of interns they mentor were accused of shoplifting at the forever 21 at the San Francisco union square. Weve got too much money, too much influence, and too much power to ever steal from anywhere. And it led to an amazing partnership. Reporter this is big rich and his wife danielle banks today. And since then weve gotten way more than an apology. We built a relationship with them. I just wanted something positive to come from this. Reporter executives learned they were founders of project level. A nonprofit that changes the lives of atrisk and underserved youth through the arts. The allegations brought danielle to tears last year. I personally just dont want to go shopping. Reporter but over the course of the year forever 21 worked with the youth leaders who helped rewrite the companys hr policies. To include sensitivity training and diversity, and top positions. Thats not all. The big name retailers gave project level youth an opportunity to spearhead from start to finish from design to marketing, a collection that is set to launch july 30. They said not only are we sorry, but we dont want our yo yonot ud and not feelke t have system. Reporter they said well before companies today began voicing support with the black lives Matter Movement way to in youth and prove it could be inclusive. Shopping while black is something real. You know what im saying . If it all happens for a reason. We feel this collection can really help us heal and also give us hope for what could happen for the future. Reporter and they held a photo shoot today for their collection. It so happened to fall on juneteenth. Project levels line will launch in forever 21 Stores Including atlanta, miami, new york, and the bay area. In san Jose Maria Medina Kpix 5. In Southern California tonight, Family Members are demanding answers after an 18 yearold Security Guard was shot and killed lyrs of andrew cordardo have been holding a vigil near a gardina body shop where the 18yearold was shot. Deputies were patrolling the area yesterday when they say he took out a gun and ran. There was a short foot chase, which ended with a confrontation involving a deadly shooting. His sister spoke during a demonstration today, calling for transparency. They wont let me and my family see my brothers body, and i want to see my brothers body. His boss says he was working at a Security Guard as a Security Guard for his body shop, but the Sheriffs Department says gardado was not recognized as a licensed Security Officer by the state of california. New video to show you tonight of that Mountain Lion that was captured in San Francisco. There he is being released back into the wild. This young Mountain Lion named mr. San francisco was released onto Peninsula Open Space preserve and hes wearing a tracking collar now. The young cat roamed around San Francisco for a few days, and some folks at the San Francisco zoo suspect, dont know for sure, that he may have paid them a visit earlier this week. Three marsupials were killed in their outdoor enclosure. Two wallaroos and a kangaroo. Zoo officials suspect the Mountain Lion was the culprit and has launched an investigation. The Mountain Lion was captured with a net just a block from oracle park yesterday. He was examined by officials over the oakland zoo who said that he was robust, well fed, despite being separated from his mother. And to want a tonight six groups from piedmont are showing we are Better Together. They asked themseles what is the role of the White Community in the black lives Matter Movement . Well the six piedmont high grads wanted to figure out ways to make a Lasting Impact on the community. They came up with the idea for the pops project or the piedmont four oakland Public Schools project. They held a zoom fundraising event and more than 200 people turned out. Good news in less than 24 hours they have raised more than 43,000 for oakland Public Schools. The website is popsproject. Org. For more feelgood stories like this one just head to the Better Together section on our website kpix. Com. Great place to go when you just need to hear some good news. And hopefully i could deliver on that weather wise as we head into the weekend. Beginning of summer tomorrow officially at 2 43 in the afternoon. So whatever rituals you have planned, thats the moment summer officially arrives. Today it didnt feel like summer yet around the bay and near the coast that stronger on shore breeze kept temperatures cooler and fog and low cloud cover locked in to the coast. Similar conditions tomorrow, but as we head into the second half of the weekend its going to be back to hot weather. Still mild around the bay and near the coast. Right now that fog as we kpix r transamerica tower. 57 degrees in San Francisco. Its one of the cool spots, but 55 in santa rosa. Even the warmest spots are in the low to mid60s and will even out with temperatures dropping down into the 50s by tomorrow morning with that fog spreading part inland especially for the north bay near zero visibility for santa rosa. But a lot of low cloud cover and fog that is not going to last all day. It will dissipate and temperatures will warm up in the 50s to begin the day, perfectly normal for the last morning of spring. And then we will warm up inland. Not quite hot at least not yet. But still avoid going out for a dog walk during the heat of the afternoon. Temperatures in concord, which is where fiona is from. Warming up in the upper half. Thank you for sharing fiona with us and those shortnosed dogs dont like any temperature above 75. Temperatures tomorrow are going to warm up much more part inland. Talking low to mid60s and the 80s with the upper half of the 80s for the santa clara valley. Mid to upper 80s for the tri valley. Low 90s the part inland you go. Youll be in the hot spots as you usually are at this time of the year. Mid to upper 60s around the bay and some low 70s around the east side of the bay. Low to mid80s for the north bay. You were stuck in the 70s because they pushed that cool m tomorrow, i dont think that will be the case. Temperatures into the 90s. A little toasty for fathers day with the temperatures reaching up into the neighborhood of 90 degrees for those afternoon highs inland, but right around 70, around the bay, low 60s near the coast. Similar temperatures next week. Low 90s each day and then low to mid70s around the bay. Liz . All right, thank you, paul. Coming up the bay area grammy winner will put on a neteenth. Formance heres what we want everyone to do. Count all the hugs you havent given. All the hands you havent held. All the dinners you didnt share with friends. The trips you havent 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 dont lose count. Well have some catching up to do. 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You may even shop online and take delivery at home where available. Ad you may even shop online with confidence. Golf up top. The pga got out of last week clean. Today, not so much. Nick watney became the first tour player to test positive for the coronavirus. He immediately withdrew before his round today. He will selfisolate for ten days. Dont you wish you had that power to do this . Strike lightning . Come on. This is from the pga st onhe six leads the by one es tomorrows schedule Players Association vote on whether or not to accept the owners proposal or a 60game season mean anything . Now that all spring training sites are shut down, for what it is worth if they reject it, commissioner rob manfred could implement a season of around 50 games. And this is the second 49ers nfl receiver for several days to suffer the big injury. And the kick returner reported a fractured wrist, sidelining him for two weeks. A day earlier, sam youll suffered a broken foot. Nba, look who got the all go to practice at game speed, klay thompson. Nearly a year after kneeharestr lifted a week and a half ago. He has since wrapped up his workouts. Where was steph curry today . A guest with dr. Clarence jones, former speedwriter for Martin Luther king jr. , a juneteenth chat as part of usfs speaker series. Several social change topics were a hit. And here is curry to the young demographic, our leaders of tomorrow. Its not just winning the social Media Contest of people saying the right things or who could be the loudest. But this generation and especially some of the young people that i have met and they have that perspective and they understand what this generation can be the change and it could be the ones that will take and plant their foot on the flag and say were not going to accept this anymore and it will all change. And yeah those speaker series, its a thing late show with Stephen Colbert is next. Ready for the weekend. Thanks for watching the news. 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