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Police waited for him and 15 minutes later arrested martinez as he was walking back to the vehicle. Martinez was arrested without incident and he will be extradited to Stanislaus County but they dont know when. Marianne favro, nbc bay area news. A man caught vandalizing a mural in San Franciscos Mission district. Its particularly disturbing because the mural is celebrating lgbt culture. Christy smith is live in San Francisco with the story and also christy how police are hoping this video will lead to an arrest. One thing is there are signs up suggesting cameras are in use, but whoever did this walked right up to the mural dressed in dark clothes and set it on fire. San Francisco Police released Surveillance Footage that shows the man at 24th and bryant throwing some sort of flammable liquid on the wall and setting the mural on fire and that was june 29th. It does depict gay couples and a trans man and highlights lgbt culture and it did elicit negative comments on social media. It is i
Us live in oakland this morning with comments from the candidates. Good morning. Reporter good morning. They still have some ballots to count yet some vote by mail ballots that voters dropped off here at the county Registrars Office in oakland. But libby schaaf as you mentioned declared victory early this morning. Out of the 15 candidates for mayor of oakland, it looks like she came out on top. Things look good pretty early for the Current City Council member after 15 rounds of counting rank Choice Voting ballots. She got almost 63 of the vote. This is the campaign that was fueled by love for oakland. These passionate people stretched themselves. They talked to strangers, they covered every square inch of oakland. Reporter current mayor and candidate jean quan came in right after her according to the latest numbers after a tough term as oakland as mayor since 2011 and a hardfought campaign to keep her job. If you are going to blame me for everything that went wrong in the city for the
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Alive. Ifill those are some of the stories were covering on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by at bae systems, our pride and dedication show in everything we do; from Electronics Systems to intelligence analysis and cyber operations; from combat vehicles and weapons to the maintenance and modernization of ships, aircraft, and critical infrastructure. Knowing our work makes a difference inspires us everyday. Thats bae systems. Thats inspired work. And the william and flora hewlett foundation, helping people build immeasurably better lives. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff from now on, people flying to the u. S. From three west african countries will have to enter through one of five airports to be screened for ebola. The announcement today named the five as new yor