Since the occupy movement rocked oakland. 1. 3million being paid to protestors who claimed they were illegally detained for days after a nighttime confrontation with police in front of the y. They did not give the people they arrested an opportunity to leave. And they were kept at santa rita for as long as 3 1 2 days. Reporter its not even the biggest settlement. In july 2013 police paid 1. 7 million to protestors hit by beanbags fired by police. Last year the city paid out 4. 5 million to iraqi war vet scott olsen when he was hit knit head by a police canister. And now this latest one. Add in the estimated 2. 5 million that the city paid on Police Overtime and thats 9. 4 million and counting it boggles the mind. Yes. We have a lot of other things id prefer we spend money on. Its here. Thats a lot of money. It was a wasteful expense for the city of oakland. Im so committed to never having to go through that again. Reporter now, since then the police have tightened up on their crowd tac
Task force that was created yesterday. Well, board president london breed spoke with us on our sunday Morning Program a couple of weeks ago about the need for the government to step up to the plate. I want police in my neighborhood. I want them paying attention to those who are committing crimes and committing other violent acts against people. Reporter the task force would also incorporate solutions from the Faith Community and youth groups along with policing solutions. See well see if that has any effect. So far the numbers are not looking good here in San Francisco. There have been nine murders so far this month. Live in San Francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Wells fargo says it will re open its History Museum at its San Francisco headquarters after damage is repaired. The front of the building was boarded up after a robbery early yesterday morning. Three men crashed a stolen suv through the front door and held a Security Guard at gunpoint while they stole historical gold nuggets. An
Your realtime captioner is linda marie macdonald. I never thought rock climbing could garner so much attention from the world. Its kind of crazy and a little uncomfortable. With their feet on solid ground and their names in the record books, Kevin Jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell are celebrating. The free climbers made it to the top of el capitans dawn wall in yosemite and now they are telling their story. Good afternoon, everyone. Im michelle griego. Hi, everyone. Im frank mallicoat. Anne makovec is live in the newsroom now with the very latest on the santa rosa man and his teammate who are being called rock stars today. They are getting a lot of attention. Reporter they just finished speaking to reporters on the Yosemite Valley floor but they spoke first to cbs news about how intense its all been. Dreaming big, working hard towards something, not giving up, um, risking it all for what you want. Reporter thats Kevin Jorgeson from santa rosa. He and his buddy, Tommy Caldwell from colorado,
Threatens to bring violence to the United States. Just a short time ago, Senate Democrats again blocked consideration of a bill to Fund Homeland Security this comes as the Obama Administration asked a federal judge to put a hold on his ruling blocking the president S Immigration actions. The clock is ticking and the pressure is mounting try to find a way to avoid a shutdown of the entire department of Homeland Security. Congress returned this week and ran into another brick wall of gridlock, but now late today there are signs that republicans are having second thoughts and looking for a way out of the stand off. Senate will be in order. Reporter another vote another impasse. The motion is not agreed to. Reporter for the fourth time in as many weeks, Senate Democrats held the line blocking a republican attempt to stop the president s executive orders on immigration. Its an effort to force mr. Obama to reverse course. Congress is the appropriate place to make laws about americaS Immigrat