Protests against george death has broken out across the country, including here in the bay area. Hundreds of people posttesting in oakland and san jose tonight. The demonstrations, at times, pretty violent. That outreach spreading across the country tonight. Thank you for joining us. And tonight, in oakland, protesters were out on the streets. Protesters were blocking the highway at 880. You can see in the video this is from the broadway exit. You can see here that people were on the freeway. At one point traffic had to come to a screeching halt because the protesters ran onto the freeway. Here is a live look from sky fox at the protest happening right now in oakland. We saw a short time ago someone set fire to something. It appears that other people who are a part of the demonstration put out that fire as well. You can see fire trucks on the scene. We are not clear what that was about. But we have learned multiple officers were hurt earlier tonight at seventh and broadway. Always say
Good morning to you. Its a little bit cooler as we go to the first weekend of june. Bringing in rosemary for a check of how this weekend is going to shape up for us. Good morning, rosemary. Good morning. Good morning, frank. Cool and breezy. You two are absolutely right going from recordbreaking heat earlier in the week in to the weekend. The temperatures are falling below average. Outside of the doors we have a mostly cloudy sky along the coast and inside of the bay and partly cloudy elsewhere. Temperatures this morning in the 50s. As we get in to the afternoon low 60s at the coast and then low 70s inland. Quiet a change and a dramatic drop in the temperatures yesterday afternoon, and were going to cool it off more as we get in to today and tomorrow. Looks like its a tad bit cooler before we begin to rebound once again. More on the Current Conditions and what to expect for the weekend and extended forecast coming up. Okay. Th allowing activities that have been off limitss. We have ktv
To the protests. This did happen in the area around the time of those protests. The federal protective service under the department of Homeland Security provides security and Law Enforcement services at u. S. Government facilities. Oakland police say there are no current protests going on right now but officers have been patrolling the streets through the night. Protests turned violent after demonstrators clashed with Oakland Police officers and shut down interstate 880 for some time last night. There is that dramatic video. Youre seeing that here. Hundreds started marching around 8 00 last night, made their way onto the interstate as officers monitored the situation from afar. There they are getting onto a big rig truck. The man driving stuck in the midst of all of this. The demonstration did continue to escalate. About an hour later, when officers who lined up to block police headquarters, they sprayed tear gas while protesters set off fireworks and threw bottles. Police say multiple
Handing out fines to rule breakers. I dont think giving somebody a fine is going to do much good, except for stress them out even more. In oakland, melissa colorado, nbc bay area news. With all of the rules and all of the restriction, the goal here is to avoid another outbreak. Santa cruz county is investigating several different clusters of covid19 cases, involving family gatherings. One of the clusters popped up after a large mothers day celebration, including people who traveled from out of state. Santa cruz county has seen a 20 increase in new cases in the past week. The weather will play a big role in what we do this week. Hot, hotter and maybe hottest. Jeff ranieri joins us now with the time line. What are you seeing . Well get back to jeff when we bring him in. Janelle, over to you. President trump, he is ordering states to consider all places of worship, raj, as essential businesses, and allow them to reopen immediately. Less than two hours later, californias governor responded
What is happening now . Here is robert handa in san jose. Reporter the president s announcement has raised the stakes in the debate. And for religious leaders, it was and couraging sign. Hallelujah, it was an answer to prayer. Reporter the kacathedral ha been vacant since the stay at home order. If they dont it, i will override the governors. Reporter Governor Newsom said no state guidelines are coming as early as monday. We are moving to work it forward. Reporter the pastor for the gospel helped lead a service, said he is going to reopen on pentecost sunday. If this conversation is resolved and we are able to go back, that is what we will do. If not, we will have service in the park ping lot. Reporter dr. Donna white careery of true ministries says since Alameda County okayed carbased celebrations, she is fine with outdoor gatherings. It will be a number of monitors walking through the rows of cars and making sure that social distancing is met and that people remain in the car. Report