The committee of the judiciary will come to order. Without objection the chair is authorized declare recesses at any time. We welcome everyone to this mornings hearing on protecting america from assault weapons. I will now recognize myself with an Opening Statement. Assault weapons have been repeatedly used of weapons of deadly violence on our citizens. In the last two years, las vegas, parkland, pittsburgh, midland and odessa have seen Mass Shootings at the hands of an gunman with assault weapons. Last month we added el paso and dayton to the list of communities to experience violence. Todays hearing is about whether america will tolerate weapons of war in our streets and neighborhood. Civilian assault weapons are just semi automatic versions of military weapons. They have no purpose but to kill as many as possible as quickly as possible. By allowing killers to rapidly fire targets without stopping to reload, assault weapons are designed for bloodshed. State laws have proven too easy
Mateo jail on the rape charge. Also false imprisonment. We tried to talk to the suspect at the jail, but he denied our request for an interview. Police arrested 46yearold tonye kolokolo in san bruno yesterday. A 25yearold Woman Told Police she called lyft for a ride early saturday after becoming intoxicated and that colocolopicolocol colocolopicked her up, but instead of taking her home he drove her to him home over an hour away in tracy and raped her. Nbc bay area found a possible address for kolokolo in this tracy neighborhood and neighbors recognized him right away. He does right over there. Yeah, ive seen him before, and i see the lyft there all the time, yeah. Reporter neighbors say theyve never seen any Police Activity at the home and arent close to kolokolo who they say has lived next door at least since 2017. We probably spoke two, three times in the past two years. Reporter the accusations unnerving to say the least. Its pretty terrifying, yeah. I have a 15yearold daughter, ye
Perimeter. As crews clear the way to welcome thousands to the rodeo this weekend, many still have heavy hearts after a gunman opened fire at the gilroy garlic festival less than two weeks ago, killing three. With the sadness, there are concerns about security at the rodeo where organizers have made changes. We feel that they can come out and feel assured that were providing a safe event for them. They will see an increase in security. They will see it at the gate. Every patron that comes in gets wanded with a metal detector. Kurt ashley heads up security for the rodeo. He says there will be more security personnel this including Santa Clara County shoifrs units, officers on motorcycles and paid security guards. This is his first Major Community event since the festival tragedy. Miss gilroy rodeo will ride in the rodeo with a gilroy strong flag as a tribute to the victims of the shooting and a boot will be passed to collect money for them. We need to come back together as a community. T
North bay as well, so weve got some limited visibility right now. Santa rosa down to less than a mile, down to about five miles in napa, struz doanta cruz coud mile. Keep both hands on the wheel. Keep a safe distance. Afternoon temperatures today we start our warming trend because High Pressure is starting to build in in and i told you that the clouds would clear and by 9 00 a. M. Notice the icons are all sunshine. By 12 00, 77 degrees. Eventually climbing into those mid 80s but thats not going to be your warmest spot. Concord one of our warmer spots topping out in the upper 80s and some areas are expected to hit the 90s. Ill let you know who that will be coming up in about 15 minutes. 90s, you warned us it was coming. It is. Vianey, thanks. We begin with two separate shootings in the bay area that left at least five people shot, one person is dead. The first shots rang out in the south bay just last night before 10 30. A man was found shot at least once inside a red sedan near the cor
For the family to share their thoughts on how everything is going. This was the scene at the Salazar Family house earlier today. Reporter at the Salazar Family house a steady stream of volunteers, food, drinks, love, and tears. Kaylas and say the family is devastated, still in shock. Her father has locked himself inside of a room. They have made no Funeral Plans because everyone is at a loss of what to do. They say they are close like brothers and sisters, and the family has lost her angel. We can believe it, the purest member of the family just passed away, that is just unbelievable. Reporter when the shooting began the family became separated in the chaos and kayla keyla was last seen helping a relative who walked with a cane. The family agonized for hours, not knowing what happened until at 2 30 a. M. Call from the corners office. I promised i was going to be the one protecting her at any moment. And, everything. A single day i dont go with her, this happens. Just painful, you cant