Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 400PM 20240712 : vimarsana.com

Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 400PM 20240712

Signs of gratitude and heartache line this street where Deputy Sergeant damon gutswiler lost his life and he was ambushed with gun fire and improvised explosive devices responding to a 911 call saturday afternoon. Its very important for his memory that we get this case right and we encourage anybody who saw something, who knows something, who may have been a victim of this guy to contact the District Attorneys tip line. Reporter the suspect, steven carillo, is an active duty u. S. Air force sergeant based at Travis Air Force base and had special teaming on a military police unit. Hes an angry man intent on bringing harm to police officers. He murdered sergeant gutswiler, injured another police officer, and hes going to be held accountable. Reporter today, sheriff jim hart praised the heroic actions after he tackled the suspect. The fbi, which was brought in to help the Sheriffs Office with the investigation, is now looking into a possible link between the ambush and the Fatal Shooting last month of a federal officer during a protest in oakland. Law enforcement cannot and does not rely on assumptions or guesses. We need to follow the evidence and make sure that we conduct this investigation thoroughly, accurately, and fairly. Reporter officials with the fbi are working to secure the crime scene and are expected to remain in benloman tuesday at the earliest. He was a beloved figure in the community, who started his career in Law Enforcement as a volunteer with the Santa Cruz County Sheriffs Office. Hes survived by a young child and pregnant wife. Were never going to forget damon. We will always hold him close in our heart. Reporter we also heard from th District Attorney this afternoon. He says that the suspect will be arraigned on multiple charges on friday. Wee live in Santa Cruz County, chris nguyen, abc7 news. All right, chris, before you go, do you have any information o s soured during the s deputy ambush . Reporter that deputy is currently in stable condition at a local hospital. He did sustain a serious internal injury after being shot in the chest. However, he was wearing a bullet proof vest. Back to you. Chris nguyen, thank you. Activists are demanding action after the california Highway Patrol shot and killed a man in oakland over the weekend. It happened on saturday night near 96th avenue and cherry, which is a residential neighborhood. A group says he was in the car with his pregnant girlfriend and officers opened fire. Theyre calling for arrest with we want the names of these police officers. We want whoever of them there were, all thrown in jail immediately. This is not acceptable. Not clear what led to the shooting. There is a peaceful protest going on right now in oakland over this past weekends deadly shooting. Take a look. Sky 7 live over Elmhurst Middle School where dozens have gathered this afternoon. We have seen some in a circle, dancing. And more and more protesters are arriving by the minute. As the mayor plans to announce his city bum dget, he rejecting the idea of defunding the police force. Defunding the police is a way for some social activists and other grassroots organizations to attempt to change the organization of policing. To, on the one hand, on the extreme starve them out by taking away the extraordinary incentives that a lot of police epter defund is what Minnesota City council announced sunday for their police force. The local organization in minnesota thats been advocating for the change, describes defunding as a gradual reallocation of resources, from policing to Community Based models of safety. Many of the protests across the country have echoed the call to defund police. In san jose, the mayor issued this statement on the eve of his budget announcement. We have much work to do to confront our long and terrible history of Police Brutality against black and brown americans. Defunding urban Police Departments wont help us do it. It is the wrong idea at the worst possible time. Professor sanchez agrees that Defunding Police is an idea that has not been popular on either side of the political spectrum. But its a movement thats gaining traction for a reason. Its an idea thats born out of the frustration of communities in an attempt to address some of these social issues. Reporter at many black lives matter rally in san jose, organized by the skounldefender to take a stand on the issue of Defunding Police, but all agree reform is needed. We need to have robust dialogue about change. I dont think this is as simple as a single solution. Reporter chris reyes, for abc7 news. Congressional democrats held a moment of silence today at the capitol, reading the name of george floyd and others killed. They knelt for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. Democrats then proposed the jui exceforceidents and n pondet training mourners are gathering to pay their final respects to george floyd. Hundreds of people standing six feet apart, passed by floyds open casket today at the fountain of praise church. The line of mourners stretched outside to local streets. George floyd was born and raised in houston. He moved to minnesota several years ago. Hs funeral will be held tomorrow and he will be laid to rest next to his mother who he cried out to in the moments before he died. One of the former Minneapolis Police officers made a brief Court Appearance today. Derek chauvin said almost nothing during the hearing in which he appeared by video link. Cameras were not allowed into the courtroom. Today, a judge doubled the bail to 1 million, as prosecutors added a charge of Second Degree murder against the 44yearold. Defense attorneys did not contest the bail or address the substance of the new charges. Sky 7 over a peaceful black lives matter protest in abontio. You can see a few dozen people on the corner there. Some holding up signs. That group later marched to the police station. At San Franciscos hall of justice, public defenders called for Racial Justice as well as an end to Police Brutality. The event held in solidarity with public defenders across the country. Turning now to our coronavirus skoncoverage. Today is day 84 of the shelter in place in the bay area. The anticipated road map to reopening schools in california was released today. A set of guidelines will help schos e for august. Reporter in the fall, schools put the safety of students, teachers, and staff first in order to reopen with any kind of success. The ways to do that are included in this 55page guide book issued by the California Department of education. Youll see our guidance for students to be spaced in ways that honors a sixfoot space of physical distancing. Reporter schools are advised to follow other cdc recommendations, such as facial covering for all. Temperatures should be taken before anyone enters the campus. On friday, governor gavin newsom announced personal protective equipment will be made available to all school districts. This includes thermometers, Hand Sanitizer and face shields for teachers among other things. But when it comes to designing the school day, it will be up to the districts to choose what works best for each school. Some may opt for a hybrid model, which includes inperson learning combined with distabs learning. Districts are being asked to be creative the way Early Education schools are currently working. They are using spaces like the cafeteria for classroom space that they can use to have tables spaced out over six feet of distance. Theyre using spaces like a gymnasium. We know that the guidance is telling us several things that we would need to do that right now we are still trying to figure out how we can deliver on. Reporter districts will undoubtedly face challenges as they implement these Safety Measures at a time when californias budget is shrinking. In San Francisco, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. Contra costa county announced the next phase in its plan to reopen. The following businesses will be allowed to operate beginning july 1st. Indoor dining, bars with or without food, indoor religious services, gyms and Fitness Centers and hotels. The county hopes to continue to reopen up the county, but may need to reconsider how on how many new cases occur. A new report says the u. S. Economy actually entered a recession in february, not in mid march when the shelter in place orders became widespread. The National Bureau of Economic Research says employment peaked in february and fell afterward, marking the beginning of the downturn and ending more than a decade of slow to steady growth. And a really alarming report out from the world bank. It says the world is facing an Unprecedented Health and economic crisis that has spread with astonishing spread and will result in the largest shock to the Global Economy since the end of world war ii. The Organization Says the Global Economic activity will shrink by more than 5 this year. The deepest recession since the nearly 14 downturn that started in 1945. In oakland, this large fire on park cod. Ilngses sev restaurants and businesses. The cause is under investigation. Just a quick correction here. We said prosecutors added a charge of second murder. That should have been Second Degree murder against derek chauvin. The word degree was missing in that story. Turning to technology to find a solution to ending hate. 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You can see black lives matter on the jumbo tron at the park. Its been on for a few days even though theres no game happening at the ballpark or any time soon. But discrimination toward asianamericans during the coronavirus is an issue we have covered here, and one of the people reporting on it is abe kor dion lim, who is joining us now. With a new tool of tracking racist incidents but also educating. Reporter this is pretty creative. Much of the hate speech is happening online. Ive not only seen it on social media, but ive been a target. Thats why a new bot launched this week is aimed at using technology to raise awareness and educate. We dont want you here. Thats why we elected President Trump. Reporter there has been no shortage of haterelated incidents targeting asians since the coronavirus outbreak. This terrifying encounter happened along the great highway in San Francisco. Go back to where he came from. Reporter the stop hate reporting incident has documented 2,000 incidents like this since the pandemic began. When maria lees brother and mother experienced it out of nowhere, someone just started throwing all kinds of racial slurs at her, telling her to go back to china. Reporter a mia knew something had to be done. She and a group of volunteers started an initiative respond to racism. Is a platform to empower people, since racism demands a response. Reporter hateful speech towards asians has exploded 900 on twitter since the start of covid19. Heres how the bot works. It uses Artificial Intelligence to identify racist hash tags and sends a message agage reportin location and why this language is wrong. It talks about why these hash tags has a big impact on peoples lives in real life. Reporter the program also sends video messages from Asian Americans to users who may not even know the terminology theyre using is wrong. It forces the audience to look eye to eye with the person that may be impacted by your words. Reporter the bot also serves another purpose to be an ally in helping others with resources on how to respond when they see hateful speech or terminology. By taking this initiative, it makes all of us feel like there is an action that we can take, even while were quarantined. Reporter respond to racism is facing some hurdles because twitter often flags bots. They are limited to how many spots they can respond to, and they need more resources to keep up with the changing hash tags. You can help the cause at our website, abc7news. Com. In San Francisco, dion lim, abc7 news. Dion, thank you. One of the incredible scenes from the protests around the bay area was breanna noble, who rode her horse to a march. Someone even created a mural of her in oakland. We talked to her last week. After the interview, they kept talking and we aired that extra footage today. Heres breanna discussing the criticism she says black people deal with and how horses can help. Everybody has something to say and everybody, you know, we have all of this pressure. But horses, they allow you to look at yourself in a super forgiving way. They put up a mirror to you without the judgment. And i think thats really and a way to figure out who you are and the things you need to change within yourself. Breanna offers horse riding lessons through her equestrian business. B. A. R. T. Is ramping up service on its busiest line now that people are going back to work, adding three trains on the applded t mns had b getting mora distancing. Last week, the seats started disappearing, so people were Walking Around trying to find a place to sit. No one wants to sit next to each other. So yeah, we need thatxt train now. Starting today, the dublin pleasanton station is clipper card only. Another reminder, milpedas station opens this saturday. Fire danger is on the rise because of the windy weather. Dg sevel arhree fire in solano county. Yed by a northern california, much of it is experiencing drought or abnormal dryness. Which leads us right to spencer christian. Is it me or is it just has it been windier like the past month or so . It just seems unusual. It has. Its funny you say that, its true. I was just thinking about it a moment ago, that weve been in a windy pattern for more than two months with little breaks here and there. So youre a food jugood junior meteorologist. Heres a look at whats happening right now. Wind speeds are impressive. Land wind speeds at 20 to 25 with the exception of those locations in the far northern most part of our viewing area. And its quite a bit warmer right now that it was at this time yesterday. Check out this 24hour temperature change. 13 degrees warmer at palo alto. Concord, 10 degrees. 9 degrees warmer in napa. So the warmup is well under way. And we have a couple more days of warming coming at us. Heres a view from our roof top camera. Abc 7 looking out across the embarcadero. 68 degrees in the city. 77 at both redwood city and san jose. 88 degrees at gilroy. Looking toward the golden gate, current temperature readings are 79. Napa at 82. And 79 apartmet livermore. Mainly clear and breezy tonight and warming trend that is you believed way already continues for two more days before a cooler pattern settles in late this week. Overnight under clear, clear skies, well have low temperatures ranging mainly from low to mid 50s, perhaps a little cooler up in some of the north bay valley locations. Tomorrow, bright and breezy and the warming continues. Maybe above 70 in some coast allocations. It will be even warmer, especially inland on wednesday. Thats when the warming is expected to peak. Cooler in the afternoon on thursday as we get a stronger sea breeze. The cooling will be felt more noticeably at the coast and around the bay. Cooler inland, as well. Friday, the cooling continues. All locations will be participating in the cooldown then. So heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. A couple of really toasty, warm days but not excessively hot coming our way tomorrow and wednesday. Cooling sea breeze kicks in thursday. Windy and cooler on thursday. Maybe an increase of a degree or two in the temperatures. Temperatures rebound strongly on sunday. And by next monday, it will have

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