Alternatesnd deliberatio have to start from square one. Luz pena is live with what this means for the case going forward. Luz. Reporter tensions ran high inside the carom. Started with six alternate jurors, down to one. Four months into the trial, ten days into deliberations and now the jury panel must start over. Hope this new jury does a good job. Cant comment on it because of whats happened. Reporter one of her friends died in the fire. Troubled with todays change. Unclear why the judge decided on the switch, replacement apparently because of misconduct. Now five men and seven women are responsible f almena and harris. 36 counts each of involuntary manslaughter. Alameda count judge thompson prohibited speaking to media. Claimed in the past that defendants are not criminally liable. I still have confidence that the jury is going to do the right thing, get a not vote for them both. Reporter among the 36 victims who died in the inferno, her dad was in court today. We have no comment, t
Im luz pena in the east, covering the ghost ship trial. Day ten of the deliberations, judge decided something unexpected. Dismiss three jurors. Tom steyer made his case for president. Hinges on Climate Change. Amanda del castillo in m milpitas with pets and people experiencing homelessness. Abc7 news starts right now. Now news to build a better bay area from abc7. Bombshell developments at the ghost ship trial today, three jurors were replaced with alternates and deliberations have to start from square one. Luz pena is live with what this means for the case going forward. Luz. Reporter tensions ran high inside the carom. Started with six alternate jurors, down to one. Four into deliberations and now the jury panel must start over. Hope this new jury does a good job. Cant comment on it because of whats happened. Reporter one of her friends died in the fire. Troubled with todays change. Unclear why the judge decided on the switch, replacement apparently because of misconduct. Now five me
What hate speech does is create environments for people to act inappropriately and violently. Supervisor cindy chavez joins San Jose City Council Member maya esparza to call attention to the sniper how do we create the space for people to have these conversations so that were not yelling fire in a crowded theater anymore. Reporter according to the southern poverty law center, the number of hate groups have grown year to year since 2016. Fbi statistics indicate a similar trend in racially motivated hate crimes over the same time frame. The task force would focus on efforts to protect women, children and minorities especially members of the latino community. It would make recommendations on investments in Law Enforcement intelligence to combat the illegal gun trade and to monitor the proliferation of hate speech. Organizations such as the council of American Islamic relations were encouraged by the announcements. Hate crimes are underreported because people might not know the proper auth
At 7 00. The sun sets at 7 57, and a lot of high clouds so ought to be colorful. Enjoy it. In the south bay, 17 theres debris in the lanes. This is a live shot, northbound 280 here and northbound 17 coming out of the Santa Cruz Mountains. We will take you back to the bay bridge toll plaza. There was an earlier problem around the cash paying lanes, and there was a small which has been cleared. Its still light right now. We will show you drive times. 680 southbound, walnut creek, 13 minutes. No problems, santa rosa to San Francisco, an easy 48 minutes. Highway 17 also happening now, a new thing not to forget when you head for the airport, your bottle. Reporter reuse your water bottle. Thats the message here at sfo starting today. People can no longer buy plastic Water Bottles at this airport anymore. The Water Bottles are no longer being sold at sfo. Sfo wants to be the first airport in the world with zero waste going to the landfill. This is where they are starting. Travelers give it a
70s. Pack something they can take off through the afternoon. Alum rock perhaps more mature and advanced in schooling getting over here toward that portion of san jose. All of the Speed Sensors look great. Update for the fire in livermore the car fire new update the chp is with the driver of the car that is on fire so that driver is okay. Thats good news. Back to you, laura. Thanks so much, mike. Back to square one for the jury. Deliberations in the ghost ship warehouse fire trial, after three jurors dismissed and replaced with alternates. Today in the bays pete suratos joins us live from the Alameda County courthouse with the latest on this is a Major Development in this highprofile case. Pete . Reporter yes, good morning to you, guys. Big development. Jury deliberations have to start over in the ghost ship trial but its unclear exactly why the jurors were dismissed but heres what we know. There were three jurors that were dismissed and replaced with alternates in the ghost ship trial,