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even collective, as mementos, spent ammunition from their attacks on the people of antioch. collectively, these four indictments describe a group of officers who acted as though they were above the law. dion: an hour ago, the fbi detailed allegations against 10 people who are, or were with two east bay delete -- placed partners. -- police departments. >> starting investigations into an alleged criminal network with people involved in the antioch and pittsburgh police department. we have reactions from city officials and other members. >> here are the charges laid out by the fbi against the officers. >> that preference -- press conference just wrapped up. there's of the unsealed indictment charges against those officers with the antioch police department and the pittsburgh police department. israel met -- israel ramsey made

the point that nobody is above the law. look at this chart rightly behind me. you see all of the officers that are listed and we are talking about nine different sworn officers in one community -- and one community service officer, and a second part that lays out these different indictments. wire fraud, distribution of anabolic steroids and another, falsification of records, and civil rights charges. the u.s. attorney spoke about this afternoon, this is what he had to say. >> this case has one -- been one of our highest priorities for many months. law enforcement officers are sworn for a reason. we bear a tremendous response ability to police our communities lawfully and in keeping with the constitution, and we must always be true to that oath. >> have already been made with

eight different individuals, those will continue to happen in the coming days. i can say that the special agent in charge with the fbi here also spoke today, you will hear more about what he had to say about these four different indictments tonight at 6:00. reporting live in san francisco, j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >> thank you. let's continue our team coverage on this important story. >> are reported joins us live from antioch with reaction from the community there. >> many of the commu activists that we spoke to say many of these problems go back decades. they are hoping now that there will be real accountability. >> today, finally, we believe that there is going to be some accountability. we are only hoping for the best in these situations. >> this community organizer says that knowing that the eight officers involved in the fbi investigation in the antioch and pittsburgh pd's looming -- face

trial means the community can move forward. he remains skeptical. >> we just want to feel safe. i think that is a good start, going forward, letting antioch be the story that highlights what could be possibly going on in the rest of the country. >> the fbi raided the homes of the officers involved in an 18 month long investigation in a wide range of charges, including criminal conspiracy and moral turpitude. the investigation also exposed the massive raciest texting scandal at the pd. >> they felt it was necessary to use a flash bang and call that officer out from his house. that means they had a there was a real danger in arresting them. >>'s civil rights attorney federal law -- filed federal lawsuits against the antioch pd that rose out of the raciest texting stamp -- scandal, and he says it is finally about time that this was brought forth.

>> they wouldn't make a splash this big if they did not have such a big thing to prosecute. the wire fraud charges are very interesting, because that means there were transactions that happened here. those are provable. >> this is a longtime community organizer who has had run-ins with involved officers, who are part of the investigation. she was also directly targeted in the texting scandal. she is hoping for really cut ability. >> i believe once changes are made then the community can start healing and we can start building a police department that the city of antioch desperately needs. >> i think today should give us some hope that the people who are supposed to uphold the law, when they break the law, they don't just get to skate free. >> the antioch vice mayor says that the community should be encouraged that their efforts to fight for change were not ignored. >> today is a day to reflect on

how we move the city forward and reimagine public safety and invest in communities that have not been invested in in a long time. >> happening here at the antioch police department, community organizers are holding what they call a salivation rally. i want to add that we reach out to the antioch and police pittsburgh department, neither returned requests for comment. >> this entire investigati began to unfold in march of last year, when federal and local authorities announced a probe into what they labeled as crimes of moral turpitude against members of both the antioch and pittsburgh police department. five months later, prosecutors convened a federal grand jury to consider possible indictments. in march, the department placed eight officers on leave for allegedly sending offensive text to each other. and in may, the california attorney general announced a

state civil-rights investigation into the department. >> are bay area avenue has been said to go to vacations like this one with updates about this federal investigation. to stay up-to-date on amendments, download the abc 7 news bay area app and enable push alerts. >> a san jose student is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after being stabbed on campus. nearly one dozen patrol cars responded to james lake -- james lake hike, after a student and another classmate were stabbed. the second student's wounds are not going to be serious. boys have not revealed if the suspect is another student or someone from the community. >> california highway patrol is investigating issue the office i-80 northbound. someone shot on a car off and off ramp off of south dakota road. police closed off the right to search for evidence, as you see here. officers say they found the victim, but they were not injured and their car was not damaged.

>> oakland police are investigating a homicide in the hills after a body of a woman was shot on keller avenue near campus drive. according to our media partners at the east bay times, just before 7:30 last night, a passerby found the woman shot to death and called police. police say she was called -- dead at the scene. it is not clear if she was shot there or someone else. her identity is being withheld until the family is notified. >> there is issue coming out of the oakland city clerk's office. city officials have been using the wrong boundaries to prepare for the upcoming special election for the oakland unified school board seat as abc 7 reporter lena howland says. >> report that the vacant seat is now in limbo after the wrong district boundaries were used. city clerk sherita had repaired for ballots to go to a new district created in the

redistricting two years ago, but the old boundaries are in effect until 2024. >> there is an attorney general opinion in another city that clarifies redistric touched the old district applies until the new one is created. >> the county registrar says that both addresses fall within the old boundaries, but they did not gather enough qualified signatures within the old boundaries. so, under the old boundaries, no candidates have qualified. and there awaiting direction from oakland because of the filing deadline passing. >> what their exciting is nomination petitions. there should be a compensation made either to allow less than the required 50, or to grant some sort of extension. >> one of the candidates issued a statement saying that we plan to take all necessary action to protect democracy and ensure that the people's's voice is heard.

we have already met with an attorney and have full confidence that we will be on the ballot. the school board president is no stricter to these issues. after a vote counting mistake by the registrar's office. >> what we need more than anything else is a quick, calm resolution. >> a former candidate for mayor in oakland has also dealt with mistakes made by the city clerk's office. when they gave all mayoral candidates the wrong deadline to turn in their signatures, almost exactly one year ago. temporarily disqualifying her from the ballot for two weeks. >> to hear that there are now more issues with running this one election this year, the one election that our city has to administer, it's disappointing, that's not even the word. i think there is a lot of intentional failures to learn from all the mistakes. >> the city hopes to have a plan by the end of the day thursday.

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>> despite national headlines of a possible doom loop, the tourism industry has seen a steady recovery. >> authorities say more people are returning, staying in hotels and visiting for concerts and conventions. >> tourism officials are counting on the corporation summit to bring in more physicals -- visitors and dollars. >> suzanne phan was at our first ever visitor impact summit. >> we arrived yesterday in san francisco. >> tourists love san francisco for 70 reason -- 7 -- so many reasons. >> was -- we came to see a giants game.

cranked -- >> >> we went to see chinatown and market street and the ferry building. >> it continues to recover from the pandemic. tourism and travel authorities got a snapshot of san francisco's economic outlook thanks to the first ever visitor impact summit at the fairmont hotel. >> san francisco has recovered slowly than the rest of the company -- country, 20 points behind pre-pandemic levels in terms of hotel occupancy. >> demand for hotel rooms in san francisco grew 15% year-to-date. hotel revenues increased by 30%. authorities say that in the past year they booked hotel stays but not as many as they would like. >> we have had a bunch more events canceled but events -- event sizes are smaller. >> san francisco can expect a slow, steady recovery, events like the taylor swift concert and the dead and co-concert boosted spending.

there are more bright spots on the horizon. >> we have 21 heads of state in town for a pack -- have a opportunity to shine bright and reinvestment. >> worried about recession or the doom loop narrative, but the tourism board says there is wages to sustain growth. >> we have been on rate of only 3%, better than the national average, we are becoming the global center of ai, there is a lot of excitement about san francisco. >> suzanne phan. >> one of the most affluent counties in the state, but many san mateo families are still struggling. meet the kids trying to avoid poverty and homelessness and what a former congresswoman is doing to help.

>> thousands of families across the bay area are expensing

homelessness, many with young children. >> a former bay area congresswoman is working to help hundreds of those families in san mateo county. >> san mateo county is one of the wealthiest counties in california, the average home rice is 1.6 million dollars. for many, home looks different here. >> this is a program shelter for families, in rvs. >> this is one of at least 30 people who lived in this rv community in it east palo alto -- in east palo alto. >> this is my brother, and that's my sister, i'm here with my son. >> her family could not afford to pay rent, and moved to this rv. kelly is a single mom goes to college and cleans houses on the side. this week, they run out of food. >> for my sister and my brother and my kid, it's just telling

them to go to sleep. tomorrow, you go to school. tomorrow, you know. went to bed -- >> when was the last time he went to bed full? >> monday. yesterday, i had a friend, who made some boli pieces and bread and a bit of kitchen salad, and he made this for school lunch. >> a woman across from her just gave birth. >> how long have you been here? >>[speaking >> your story is

of what is happening. the latest homeless count is 1100 people, sleeping in cars, streets and rvs. >> a high-cost area, with a federal poverty level that applies across the country, so if you make over $30,000 a year, as a family of four your not eligible for federal benefits. that has to change. >> after opting to not run for reelection, this former congresswoman started a foundation to keep helping her community. >> there are two programs that we are going to announce tomorrow. one deals with evictions, because once you are infected there is this downward spiral into property. we will keep you in your house, and the likelihood is that you will be there five years later. and we also want to focus on children from 0-3, when brain develop an happens. we are announcing an audacious program tomorrow. >> she is announcing a partnership with san mateo

county, and hoping to help hundreds of families like olga and kelly. >> what do you think when you see him? [speaking spanish] >> we have to keep giving -- working to give you a better future and a better place. >> making there. >> let's check our weather. >> sandhya patel is here with the forecast. >> another day of isolated thunderstorms as we expected, let's look at live doppler 7, locally. and you will notice that over mount hamilton, just north and northeast, we have seen some cells developing, it is starting to collapse and we have had a cell just north of lakeport all in association with that upper level low off the california coast, pulling up the monsoon moisture, and triggering numerous thunderstorms around the state. it is the same reason why we are

still in the muggy-humid range when you have dew points in the low 60's, that is humid for us, 60-6 united grace is human. leave it or not, these tipsters have dropped off, but it might not feel like it to. we still have that humidity lingering. temperatures in the end in the 90's along the coastline, 60's, the ocean temperature is 61 degrees, so it is heavenly warmer. from our san jose camera, semi-skies over the shark tank, isolated showers and thunder continue tomorrow into -- along with the cooling and monkey, cloudy monday and tuesday, possibilities of showers here in the bay area and we get to that interest moment. tonight, we have the mid-high-level clouds, and fog, and tomorrow we start with drizzle and fog and heading into the afternoon and evening we continue to see a more stable pattern, certainly cooler than today. humid inland, looking at drizzle , humid around the bay area tomorrow morning, and drizzle as well, tipsters in the 50's and

the 60's, your afternoon highs in the 80's, so it will be a warm one along the coast, clouds linger with the breeze. taking a look at hurricane hillary, it has strengthened to a major category three storm right now, packing winds of 120 miles per hour, and this hurricane is expected to continue to strengthened off the mexico coast, but it continues to traverse warmer water so it is expected to become a major category four storm as it moves towards the baja california peninsula, and expected to weaken but it will bring them heavy rain along with large swells and it will weaken further and could make landfall as a tropical storm or a depression in southern california. you will notice it continues its northward march. here's the deal. at this point, a slight shift in its track could bring us quite a show for it -- soaking. the excessive rainfall that show from sunday to monday, the coast

moves into that marginal category, certainly excessive rain expected in the desert. we take a look at the hourly forecast, sunday is when southern california starts to see that soaking shift northward into the sierra, and parts of the bay area not out of the question to see some showers here, so i'm keeping it in the forecast as you take a look here, if we do get anything this model wants to bring in a 10th of an inch, palm springs getting or five inches, parts of los angeles close to three inches, these rainfall totals for some areas, but they would see in an entire year. flooding is a concern, flash flood watches will be going up this weekend. accuweather 7-day forecast, breezy and cooler tomorrow, gets hotter inland for the first half of your weekend and the humidity starts to come up as remnants of hillary move in our direction. a chance of showers on monday, possibly into tuesday, but that mcginnis is going to hang over us.

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