Organization that does not want to be told what to do. Their opposition to testing untested evidence. Thanks for joining us im cheryl jennings. And im dan ashley a proposed law to test dna evidence from every Sexual Assault case passed a major hurdle today a bill introduced after the i team discovered thousands of rape kits on police storage room shelves. Dan noyes is here this, is a bill getting resistance from a surprising source. The people who investigate the cases. Well, this might seem like common sense to test dna evidence, after a woman is Sexual Assaulted. But group is fighting this bill. This sailed through assembly ask today, ab 1517, setting guidelines for testing of rape kits passed the Senate Public Safety Committee on a 50 vote. Alameda County District attorney sponsored this measure after the i team found thousands of untested rape kits in storage rooms around the bay area. With all of the evidence across america, of those communities that have undertaken testing their
Are now taking. Good afternoon. Im tori campbell. An attempt to deliver thousands of signatures to the archbishop of San Francisco was blocked by locked doors today. Sal castanedo was there as protesters urged the archbishop to cancel plans to attend a rally against samesex marriage and sal joins us now live. Good afternoon, sal. Reporter tori, good afternoon. Just as you mentioned, when the group tried to present those petitions to the archbishops office, they were met with locked doors leading to grumbles from the crowd that had gathered. The group says it came to present a petition asking archbishop to skip a washington, d. C. Conference that opposes samesex civil marriage. The petition is signed by 30,000 people and 100 elected officials. The archbishop is scheduled to speak at the gathering thursday, and that has angered many in the lgbt community, and politicians, including nancy pelosi, lieutenantgovernor gavin newsom and San Francisco mayor, ed lee. Were not asking him to tote
Assembly Public Safety committee in sacramento at 9 00 tomorrow morning. Opposition has now surfaced that could derail that bill. The family of audrey potts says a loophole allowed the teenagers accused of the Sexual Assault of her daughter to get 35 days served on weekends in juvenile hall. A bill would mandate a two year term for a victim that is intoxicated or unable to fight back. 100,000 people signed the petition many said they want a longer sentence we feel this is the step we need to make, in the right direction, to protect our young men and women and to protect the victims and not the criminals. The bill known as audreys law for the Saratoga High School student faces opposition going before assembly Public Safety Committee Tuesday morning. Several advocacy groups have sent letters to Committee Chair urging the bill voted down. One objection is the cost of the two years were talking about a price tag of about 250,000 a year. We think that, you know those resources would be bett
Period, all this near the fsh point of the deadly 1991 Oakland Hills firestorm. Nbc bay area cheryl hurd is with us. Cheryl, this is a sensitive community. Reporter this community is really sensitive because they know what its like to have hundreds of homes go up in flames in a day or two. Its pretty hard to show, but im standing in front of a canyon where a few of the fires broke out today. As you can see, it is really dry out here. The folks who live around here are concerned that someone might be out there starting these fires. Tonight were going to have an engine down at the area, the canyon area where we had the earlier fires to make sure there is no flareups and to keep a presence in the area. Reporter the presence in the area where fire erupted in five locations in the Oakland Hills off park boulevard this afternoon. We rode along tonight with battalion chief lisa baker. All our companies throughout the whole city are on a heightened alert right now. Reporter investigators are c
And this is a the fire started around 2 00 this afternoon. It took about 300 feet of crews to get down there. When they got down there, its full of poison oak. It took two drops to suck water out of merit lake. Four alarm fire, with 90 firefighters total. Lets take a look from sky 7 hd. You can see winds. That is what probably saved this thing from going as far as it did. Were only 3 to 5 Miles Per Hour. This is off of mark and lemur just south of highway 13. Turning live now to lisa baker with the oakland fire department. Youre calling these very suspicious . We have three fires burning in various steep terrain, then, a half hour ago, a fire at the top of the canyon approximately ten by ten. So two main fires 12 acres, other about three and a half. If they started what does that say to you . It says that our fire investigator is on the scene. Were calling them suspicious at this time. Were calling our citizens if they see sus spishus activity to call 911. At this time, do you have Law