The program in the south bay keeping people off the streets. Were following other big stories. San Francisco Mayor is speaking out. She is calling out a court order that she says is making at that harder to keep the city safe. And theres a new effort brewing in the south bay. San franciscos anchor brewery. Today is the day anchor officially closes. Today we are hearing about keeping them running. Are they connected . We are learning new details about a stripping of robberies targeting postal workers but not for the mail theyre carrying. Well get to the stories in a moment. A developing story out of the east bay. People in one san pablo neighborhood are being asked to stay inside while firefighters clean up a possible hazmat situation. This is at stanton avenue and giant road. So this is what we know at this point. A family called 911 to report old chemicals. It is not clear what those chemicals are. Firefighters say they are volatile. Theyre asking people to stay indoors, keep clear of
Was used in an attempted robbery on norton avenue in san jose. Last week four bay area cities, cupertino, san jose, san pablo and San Francisco were targeted. Three robberies keys were taken. Reporter hes referring to keys for large residences and to clifr mail in apartment buildings. Neighbors are concerned about the safety of their own mail and the people who clifr it to them. Im absolutely shocked. This kind of news to me, ive never heard it before in the past. Four attacks in just one week . Thats shocking to me. Its also a trend seen across the area. Postal robberies increased 78 . Here even clerks have been robbed of postal keys while attempting to empty large mailboxes in front of post offices. In cupertino, marianne favreau, nbc news. People in one san pablo neighborhood are out of their home as they clean up a possible hazmat situation. This started after 12 00 this afternoon. A person called to report chemicals in their home. They were told to stay indoors before being told t
i m pamela brown in washington. the top stories for you on this saturday night. protesters rally across the nation one day after the city of memphis releases the horrific video showing the violent arrest of tyre nichols. plus ukraine claims russia is pounding a key town near donetsk. and president trump meeting with voters in two key states as he jump starts his third push toward the white house. you re in the cnn newsroom. we begin tonight in memphis, where the fallout from the killing of tyre nichols is leading to a major move by the police department there. tyre nichols did not deserve this at all whatsoever. moving forward, i just don t know what can help this city. today peaceful protests have been unfolding in memphis and other american cities outraged by the killing of tyre nichols by five police officers now charged with second degree murder. we want to warn you. the police video you are about to see is graphic and deeply troubling. three weeks ago nichols l
i m jessica dean in washington, d.c. in today for fredicka whitfield. a major move by the memphis police department. less than 24 hours after the release of the video showing the brutal building of tyre nichols, the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit will be disbanded. this move coming after nichols family and protesters around the country demanded the unit be dissolved. cnn s isabelle rosales has more on these developments. what are you learning? reporter: the police chief cerelyn davis, in a statement she put out, talking about how it was disbanded, she touted the quality work of this unit. clearly there s been tensions between the community and this s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit. what happened here is the police chief, she met with members that were not involved in the beating of tyre nichols and determined it was in the best interest of the community to disband. this goes to the direct wis activists and the family attorney as well. here is what we know about the s.c.o.r.p.i.o.n. unit. this
we have come out in a way that is in conjunction with what the family has asked for. they have been peaceful in protest, but they are very, very disturbed. we re out here today because we believe that no one else should go through what tyre nichols went through. they are grateful that the video came out so now the whole world knows what happened, that he was defenseless, that he was helpless. look how they grabbed him out of the car. there was no human inside of those men. maybe we do have faith and hope that the system is going to get it right this time. i m pamela brown in washington and you are in the cnn newsroom. horrifying cruelty and the heartless disregard for a dying man. today, outraged americans are holding small and mostly peaceful protests. in memphis and several other cities protesters are making their voices heard in support of tyre nichols. his deadly beating at the hands of five memphis police officers is captured on video and released to the pu