Despite another claim of racial bias. Are you aware of statements asserting there is institutionalized racial bias within the department . Yes, i am. Do you agree with that assessment . No. I do not. Reporter the panel blames the union for running a so called good old boys club. The poa intimidated officers who wanted to come expressed fear of retaliation. Reporter in a statement, the police union said its the wildly irresponsible act of a man thirsty for media coverage, referring to District Attorney george gascone, who requested the report. The investigation would limit funds towards that. Theyd decide whether or not to release funds. Reporter the panel recommended an external oversight body to audit the Police Department. Happening now, at least 500 people are gathered on the steps of the State Capitol in sacramento. The crowd marched to mourn the deaths of two men who were shot to death last week by police in louisiana and minnesota. This is the fourth large rally in sacramento sin
Sfpd. Good evening, im dan ashley. Were live with details from the report. Lyanne . Independent lawyers went over hundreds of documents and reports only to find what many suspected. The hundreds of racist Text Messages led to an investigation into the department by the independent panel. They found there is institutionalized bias towards certain minorities. People were searched without sfpd officers more than white people. Reporter the report found bias within the department and denies any discrimination despite another claim of racial bias. Are you aware of statements asserting there is institutionalized racial bias thin the department . Yes, i am. Do you agree with that assessment . No. I do not. Reporter the panel blames the union for running a so called good old boys club. The poa intimidated officers who wanted to come expressed fear of retaliation. Reporter in a statement, the police union said its the wildly irresponsible act of a man thirsty for media coverage, referring to Dis
Three alarm fire. This is close to highway 87. And thaw you might even be able to see smoke from the nearby roads. Lets go to the bay bridge toll plaza. Westbound. This is a look at interstate 880 and the traffic here in oakland looks good. Well have more on the fire and more details on how it may effect the roads around it coming up. Lets go back to the desk. Thank you, sal. San Francisco Police investigating a spike in violent cell phone robberies this week. Tara moriarty is joining us now from the final district where people and their phones have been targets. Tara. Reporter downtown San Francisco isnt really an area that most people would think of as dangerous. Especially here in the financial district where there are so many upscale eateries. Police say thieves have been attacking people on the street all for their cell phones. Police say the victims have been kicked, punched, and even choked. One woman was robbed at 10 00 in the morning while looking at her phone. Ktvu spoke to h
Leaders said at 2 30 this morning what it would take to avoid a strike. We are coming back tomorrow and we hope they will rescind their last, best, and final office so we can continue to negotiate in good faith and achieve an agreement. Trying to bring this to a close, the bay area is tired of going to bed at night and not knowing if bart is open. It has been long enough. The general manager says she will give the unions two weeks to consider the offer and take it to a vote of the members and says it is the best the system can give. Local lawmakers voiced concerns of the negotiations some say they were disappointed the management put down a final offer. Leaders will be back here at 12 30 but they are warning the public to be prepared for a possible strike tomorrow. Leyla gulen . We have 41 trains that are running and it is holiday lite. Happy columbus day. In the east bay through richmond we have a report of a possible pothole causing some damage westbound 80. The wreck is on the shoul
Broke loose and struck the driver of the truck. The sky 7 was overhead with pictures of the accident scene moments later and this happened on the south side of the stadium site, yellow tape marks the accident site. The driver was taken to the hospital where he died of his injuries. We do not know how the rebar broke loose or any other details. The identification of the truck driver has not been released. The state Industrial Safety Agency says the employees worked for American Steel or a subcontractor. Turner development, the joint venture contractor did not make anyone available to answer our questions. However, the same is true for the 49ers. Turner put out a statement saying and i quote, we are deeply saddened to confirm that the driver has passed away as a result of the injuries. Our thoughts and players go out to his family during this very difficult time. This is the second fatal accident at the 49ers stadium construction site this year. Back in june, an employee of the elevator