Created a new City Department to take over the duties. Our coverage, dan thorn live for us tonight in berkeley he joins us now with more on this idea. Dan. Well they can grant this proposal centers around the idea of essentially re imagining Public Safety. The mayor and City Council Members are proposing that Police Officers focus solely on solving crimes as opposed to handling traffic situations and they believe this could save the city. A lot of money as well as limiting the number of negative interactions between Police Officers and people of color. A new progressive proposal in berkeley could ban police from enforcing traffic stops the move being considered by City Government would instead create an unarmed civilian division to handle the job, you know the calvary trying to cut co sponsor of the proposal Council Member ben bartlett would like to see changes to Public Safety in his city. Bartlett believes a new department of transportation would be better suited then police to take
Business on the sidewalk over there. But the mayor strongly feels the city should have authority over public orders because the berkeley has its own Public Health department and the case count is far lower. Then the rest of the county. I respectfully disagree. But the states decision i think its going to really burden or Small Businesses and neighbors alternate places their jobs. I think its going backwards. Berkeley mayor Jesse Arreguin speaking out at a virtual town Hall Saturday against the states guidance banning Outdoor Dining in Alameda County or fiction writers under like some of our other neighboring jurisdictions and so i think you know we should have the ability to be able to make our own decisions about. Orders city manager Dee Williams Ridley says berkeley will be reaching out to state officials to try to obtain its own variance to allow Outdoor Dining but in the meantime we are going to have to comply with that order we are hoping that this will be a very short temporary h
Going on today to keep some areas of the bay at least somewhat controlled in terms of temperatures this afternoon but forget about an inlet it could be very toasty got the 60s all line up on the east bay shoreline 68 delay ho 68 for any aac 63 livermore 50s up to the north bay and 62 for san jose for comparison sake what you know what were just trailing a little bit up here in the north bay, but everybody else he is either the same as yesterday or degree or so ahead. Modest winds for now thats going to the case all this morning youre going to notice some of the afternoon 84 by 11 02 00pm lets do 95 back to you. All right dave, thanks a lot happening today, a large protest is expected to play and take place later on today and martinez following a number of hate crimes in that community kron fours reyna harvey live in martinez this morning, she has all the details for us reyna. Morning morning as thousands of people are expected to make their way here to downtown martinez, im standing ri
Impacted by the foul stench which made some people sick sending them to the hospital, in kt if a. For more on this lets go to nbcp News Reporter vic lee live at the vallejo marina. Vic . Dan, as you said at this hour the source of that older is still a mystery. All we know is that it was a bad, strong smell and that and that enough people were sick to go to the hospital, but we did speak to a Public Health officer who told us that everyone who went to the e. R. Was treated and released. No one was admitted and no one became seriously ill. Nervous many wearing masks, pourld into Emergency Rooms at vallejos two hospitals. 100 people showed up or went to the hospitals in vallejo with symptoms such as nausea, headache, dizziness. Reporter countless others smelled the strong odor but didnt go to the e. R. All outside and inside the house its starting to smell. Reporter by 8 02 p. M. The Fire Department had received more than 500 calls from people complaining about the mysterious smell. Peop
Now, their two dogs were not injured. Now, one of the businesses just opened in march. A dental office. Were people inside and they were qui evacuated. Around 2 40 2 45 this afternoon we received multiple phone calls for a fire around the area of 19th and First Arriving crews wereey were fire on the roof at 2210 19th street. This is a twostory residential over commercial. Theres a dental building below. Reporter now, we found out that the owner had gunpowder in his garage so he quickly let firefightersknow. Potential danger. Now, the fire occurred across the street in a high school. Now, today is wednesday, so it was a short day, so there were very few students inside the school. They were told those inside were told to shelter in place, again, fortunately no one was hurt. The cause. Blaze still under investigation. Im live in San Francisco, Lyanne Melendez abc 7 news. Viewers sent pictures on social media of the fire as it was burning. Eric narz us this image of the heavy smoke. Send