With reaction from wildfire victims. Attorneys. Cal fire releasing the cause almost 9 months later in a tyranny for the kincaid wildfire victims says he is not surprised about the cause we knew a year ago. That it was pg es equipment has started the fire. We knew that just like the campfire it was a jumper cable that failed came loose from apg knees i will the transmission line speaking to us shortly after cal fire released the cause of the kincade fire in Sonoma County blaming pg any wildfire victims attorney mike danko says the victims want answers. The victim certainly want to know is why. Theyll ypg not turn off the power. Why is why did we basically get in the situation in pg need learned nothing. The fire broke out the night of 10 23 2019 it burned more than 77 acres almost 400 structures destroyed 4 people hurt police bar on how to watch the flames go up near his geyserville home what he heard at the time of the fire. Theyre looking at. All they have by and they have that was th
City is agreeing to pay out the families of 32 of the victims and one man who survived that fire. 23. 5 million will go specifically to the families of the fire victims who died and 9. 2 Million Dollars for sam maxwell who barely made it out alive, but now has to live with that awful memory and permanent injuries as well as a medical expenses despite the payout oakland city leaders do not agree that the city is liable for the tragic loss that she marry alexander represents the families of some victims and instead said that more could have been done to prevent that deadly fire. Im sorry usually see warm summer months, not the defendant does not liability. But we feel that we proved our case against the city that they knew what they were police know that were in there and saw the People Living there. And one policeman said that when they saw party going on so we dont have a way to put it in one batch. As Police Report nothing was done. The firemen went to a party there. And so the. Turne
Wanted. Didnt call for the lifting until and we had hoped to continue the beach closure until after the fourth of july weekend. Reporter it allowed people to only access between 11 am and 5 pm and not lounge or sunbathe. Particularly once the hotels, bowling alley, things that are targeted to tourists and inside, much of the community started to feel like there wasnt a rational basis for keeping the beach closed anymore. Reporter they say the order cut access to beaches for people with disabilities. One has been the handicap parking has not been accessible at the majority of county beaches and the second issue has been the sedentary law on the the kids are reopening as there is an increase with 28 in a two day time period and last week there is a third death linked to covid19. They have had the lowest number of cases accepted napa but with those ending the shelterin place order a week from monday only time will tell how the change affects the infection rate. It has become impossible fo
Go we have a mini cool down this weekend 73 at 10 00am by one were talking 87. Yes were going to revisit those upper 80s today, some lower 90s as well which will be checking into in the later 4 zone forecast. But again breaking the back of a little heat spell here come this weekend a lot more coming up in a bit mark sounds good dave, thanks a lot to get to our top story this friday morning. The u. S. Has seen a disturbing trend. In new Coronavirus Infections on thursday there were more than 37,000 new cases reported and thats a new single day record according to Johns Hopkins University Hospital there are currently over 9 million cases around the world and 489,000 deaths in the u. S. There are over 2 million cases and over 124,000 deaths over 663,000 people have recovered from covid19 in the u. S. There are at least 30 states reporting an increase in cases now new mexico, arizona and texas are now pausing their reopening plans because of the increase. Well here in the bay area there ar
Programs and ethnic studies. Tonight the superintendent of oakland unified announced her support for that plan to move forward without police. Thank you for joining us. It is not a done deal. The School District still needs to decide how it plans to provide a safe environment for students without having officers on campus. Live coverage from Jana Katsuyama and this is something other districts are considering but oakland is a little different. It is, oakland has its own department of 10 sport officers plus School Security officers hurried unlike other districts that use city or county Law Enforcement agencies. Tonight there were more than 300 people who attended this virtual meeting. Parents, teachers and Community Members stood with signs saying that the oakland School District Police Department should be eliminated. We dont want police in schools, we want teachers. The group has been calling for the change since 2011 after an officer shot and killed a 20 yearold near skyline high sch