that is dog whistle racism! >> now 11:00, a bombshell for bay area police department. disturbing texts threatening violence against the city's own mayor and spouting racist and homophobic slurs, all of them between a group of officers. >> from kpix 5, this is the lat news with sara donchey on cbs news bay area. >> hello. i am sara donchey. it might not be that unusual to hear about conflict between a police department and a mayor, but what is allegedly happening between antioch police officers and antioch mayor goes way beyond that. the allegation tha a group of officers was sending soking, the yor d e

hard talabouthemhe re some of these text out to us earlier today. some of them had homophobic and racist slurs, many involving the n-word. ther was even talk of violence against the mayor himself. the text date back to september 201 and they date back to january 2022. the mayor tells us that two dozen officers are allegedl involved. the texts came to light during an ongoing fbi probe into the antioch police department regarding allegations of fraud, bribery, drug distribution and civil rights violations related to us of force. as you might imagine, the topic took over the city council meeting. >> there is so much evidence no to suggest that in the city we have a culture of viewing african-americans as less than human. >> it is disgusting, it is vile and we are not going to sot got etty

heated at one point. the mayor had a verbal confrontation with a resident who was defending th police chief in calling for the mayor to be investigated instea for creating a hostile work environment. >> you want an audit? let's get an audit of your text messages! i personally believe we are in the midst of a positive culture change with our previous two police chiefs, and that the present chief dr. ford is another positive addition to making this happen! >> that is dog whistle! dog whistle racism! that is being an apologist for what is wrong! we as a community will not apologize for racism! >> we are supposed to let our bracket and brown people be killed? how are we supposed to trust the police when we have

issues? >> things got so tense that the meeting actually had to go into recess. katie nielsen was there katie, we have covered a lot of city council meetings. i know you have in your career. they don't always shake out like that. what was the mood like an what were things like inside there? >> reporter: sara, to say that things were tense tonight, definitely an understatement. the city council meeting still going on here at city hall. one of the reasons why things got s intense during the meeting was because just hours before you can see the transcripts of the racist text messages that were late, including some that were directed at the mayor. >> i will buy somebody a prime rib if they take that mayor thorpe out with whatever type o weapon. >> reporter: a visibly shaken mayor lamar thorpe read the racist content of some of the text messages. hee thto peonal life hosuort my

stays home alone sometimes. i would never trust them to do that ever again. >> reporter: the racist text messages came to light as part of an fbi investigation into th antioch and pittsburgh police department, alleging that officers were distributed cocaine and steroids, accepting bribes, intentionally using excessive force, and violating civil rights. investigators say some of the officers were part of the text messaging group on their personal cell phones for years, where they would congratulate each other for hurting people during arrests and using the n-word repeatedly when talking about city residents. >> we as city residents pay for the department. black people pa for that. latinos pay for that. immigrants pay for that. member of the lgbt community pay for that. to get this as the result we don't need them here!

>> the mayor and other councilmembers are calling for reforms to the police department. there actually was resolution tonight to transfer all of the authority for the reporting from the police chief from the city manager to the city council directly, but that has been tabled for another meeting. sara? >> we had initially heard there were 17 police officers involved. we are hearing the mayor saying it is up to 26 officers now. that is, by our accounting, at least 20% of antioch police department. we know that police anywhere have an important job. they are supposed to keep the city safe. what does the police department say about all these people bein taken off-line? are they able t continue doing their jobs? >> reporter: i had a chance to talk with the chief after he

made a presentation to the city council tonight. he said that they have been able to adjust staffing, and that things shoul be okay. he said right now they don't even know the extent of how many officers are involved in this investigation, because it is continuing. listen to wha he had to say. >> we have adequate coverage. thankfully we have restructured our staffing and our patrol division, so there will be no gaps in service. the city is safe. >> reporter: again, very tense meeting here in antioch tonight the city council meeting still going on inside. no doubt this is going to be a topic of many meetings to come. >> i would imagine so. katie, thank you for staying on top of that for us. we appreciate it. tonight, one contra costa count public defender said that the district attorney should immediately pause all criminal cases involving antioch pd. she said in part that the racist, homophobic and violent behavior of these officers will impact thousands of criminal cases,

including pending cases and pas convictions. at the meeting we heard from the family of 30-year-old angelo quinto, who died after being restrained by antioch officers in 2020. polic were responding to a report tha he had a dispute with his mother, but his family said he was in the middle of a mental health crisis. the state attorney general is investigating his case after th contra costa county district attorney did not charge the officers. >> if someone is quite about this, they are complicit. they are part of the cover-up. my so angelo is just one victim of this. with this , we know the community is a much larger victim. >> i call on the department of justice and the state district attorney to investigate multipl conspiracies and hate crimes. >> another woman at the same meeting had this to say about the texts that were calling for violence against the mayor.

>> threatening to fire rubber bullets at our mayor, all these things, buying a prime rib dinner for whoever does that, well, for your information, we tomahawk stakes. we don't eat prime rib. >> the pittsburgh police department is also under scrutiny. the fbi is investigating its officers for crimes including civil rights violations. there could be much more fallout in the days ahead related to this story. for the latest updates on the antioch police department scandal, head to our website, kpix.com. still ahead tonight, did you feel the earth move? multiple earthquakes hitting th north bay. smoke and flames over part of contra costa county because of flaring. elizabeth holmes has been pleading to stay out of prison for fraud. what a judge said today that may have sealed her fate. we have cool and breezy

conditions across the bay area today. temperatures were closer to normal after warm days, but we are not done cooling off yet . we take a look at how long th cool snap will last in the firs alert forecast. if you like your food with little kick, there is a good chance you have a bottle of sriracha lying around. you migh want to hold onto it a little tighter tonight. what is behind another

we have an earthquake alert to tell you about tonight. multiple quakes hit the north bay in the area of sonoma and lake counties. the strongest wa a magnitude 4.4. here is a live look at the quake map. they hit

after 10:00 south of clearlake. a magnitude 2.8 and 2.5, and in fact the shake alert system was activated. perhaps some of you got a notification on your phone. just a few hours ago, a 3.3 magnitude earthquake shook parts of the central coast. the epicenter was north of pentacle in san benito county. it struck after 7:00 p.m. at 2.5 miles below ground level. paul is her to explain this. there were several of them. does this qualify as a storm? >> i'm not sure if there is a technical definition for a storm, but most of them were lower than 2.5 magnitude. you are not even going to feel those. but 4.4 will definitely get your attention. that was th most recent one. so let's look at what we are talking about here. you can see the green and yellow dots on the map indicating smaller quakes elsewhere in the bay area, but it is along the sonoma/lake county line at this earthquake it at 10: 39 this evening. thi was felt over a fairly wide

area, as you would expect an earthquake of that magnitude to be, for much of sonoma and into mendocino and lake counties as well, mainly registering toward the bottom end of the did you feel it spectrum, but probably more than most folks wanted to experience for 10: 39 on a tuesday evening or any meaning for that matter. we will see a cool and breezy day on the way for tuesday is the atmosphere - excuse me, as the atmosphere gets squeezed by the storm system to our north. the bulk o the energy will stay to our north, but it is close enough t send ripples in the atmosphere close enough to pick up the winds. right now they are strongest at sfo and half moon bay. some 15 to 25-mile-per-hou there. at mount diablo there i a downslope effect where the wind accelerates. no guests to speak of inland but right now 3 miles per hour at sfo and 28 miles per hour and half moon

bay. we do expect another burst of wind tomorrow evening. the wind advisory goes into effect for solano county. i don't thin that the strongest winds will make their way into solano county. i think it will mainly stay further to the east. but still, you may want to take dow the patio umbrella lest it take light when the gustiest winds pick up tomorrow morning. for the rest of the bay area, it i enough to disperse plenty of pollen across the region. media high category on wednesday, the towards the top of the scale in the high category on thursday. it is mulberry, oak and ash as the top three offenders. if you are sensitive to those. there are not any more rain chances the rest of the weekend to wash that stuff into the atmosphere. so sunday through saturday, you can see that it is not zero. w get back into a more active weather pattern monday and tuesday with a chance for a few very light, passing rain showers. some signs that may be a more substantial system by april standards will be heading our way. not an atmospheric river, not even close, but

simply an unsettling pattern shaping up by next week. for no we are dry. temperatures are cooling off. upper 40s and low 50s on the map at the moment. w drop down into the 40s across the board by early tomorrow morning. not much variation, because the breeze is keeping things stirred around. tomorrow temperatures stay at four to si degrees below what is normal fo this time of year. mid-50s alon the coast. a mix of upper 50s and low 60s around the bay with temperatures further inland mainly in the mid to low 60s. this is the coolest day in the entire seven-day forecast. we will steadily one things up. if you are heading out to the last game of the dodgers-giants series, temperatures at game time or in the mid-50s. it will be breezy, so you do want to layer up a bit. it is, after all, an april baseball game in san francisco. we are going to steadily warm-up. it will be a modest warming trend in san francisco and oakland, but put us up into the lower half of th 50s by saturday and sunday. the warming trend will be noticeabl further inland. close to 70 degrees for parts of the inland bay and san jose. a cool showe

pattern is in place. we have th rain shower chances in the forecast by monday and tuesday of next week. we will be tracking that as we head throug the next several days. rain chances at this point are prett modest, but it is a rain chance in the month of april. that doesn't always happen around here. sara? bicyclists in san francisco took to the streets tonight wit a very clear and strong message we have had enough ! richmond family sf organized a protest ride through golden gate park tonight. they want a protected bike lane to keep riders safe. that is of course the street where elite cyclist ethan boyce was hit and killed just last week. cyclists want the city to install concrete barriers on th boulevard all the way through golden gate park and the presidio. >> we lost 30 people last year in san francisco traffic violence. the only way to reduc that number to zero is by building concrete protected infrastructure that keeps cars

away from cyclists and pedestrians. >> stories like these are not just happening in the city. a bicyclist was hit and killed just yesterday in redwood city. chp says the crash happened nea kenyatta road. elizabeth holmes is one ste closer to being behind bars. th disgraced theranos founder lost her bid to stay out of prison today. the judge issued an 11-page ruling about it. homes will have to surrender on april 27th. she had her second child sometime after she was sentence to more than 11 years in prison it was all in connection with her failed drug testing company

experts say the a.d. decision sends a strong message. >> we don't have two systems of justice. ms. holmes needs to start her time just like anybod else. there was a message that was to be sent to the community that ms. holmes and what she di is something that needs to be punished and needs to send a message to silicon valley that you cannot get away with fraud. >> clark says that holmes can appear to the ninth circuit to try and give her more time out of custody. the judge recommended that holmes serve her sentence at the slow security facility in bryant, texas, but it will be up to the feds to decide where she is held. if you noticed smoky skies in rodeo earlier, it was becaus of this flaring at the phillips 66 refinery, which lasted for a couple of hours. tonight the refinery told us that it lost power just after 5:00, and that is when the flaring started. of course flaring is a way to reduce pressure. the refinery claims nobody was injured. bay area air quality management is

investigating that. up next, it could be difficult to get one of your favorite spicy condiments, and lot of people aren't happy abou it. hey, the nba's other guys took the floor tonight for the right to get into the playoffs! as for the timberwolves and lakers, four quarters was not enough to get on the warriors' side of the playoff bracket. another team from l.a.

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i felt like giants fans needed some fuel to keep the trash talking going. >> here is my thing, though. don't you have to continue to beat the man multiple times in order for it to be a rivalry? the dodgers usually come and just smack them around! if the giants win tomorrow, i will cal it a rivalry again. tonight after six straight losses to th dodgers, the giants struck back clean game, dominant pitching, oh, and those bats! tell you about the offense. seven hits last night with seven tonight. but these were productive! joc pederson found one to drive in the first. he had runners in

scoring position! score this on a two-run triple, and that set the tone! skip ahead to the eighth! david villar! warning track power? he drove it into the bullpen! and the very next pitch, brandon crawford launche one and the ballpark was lit, a the kids say. back to back homers. runs came in bunches. giants win 5-0, but this has to be consistent, right? how about the pitching? alex wood had stuff tonight. he had fly balls and great defense behind him, like this one from michael conforto. in triples alley. he went 4 2/3. got five punches. he got ground balls, too! lowered his e.r.a. to 1.17. that's really good and shout ou relief staff! shout out thairo estrada! look at this! on his back he made a play! the bullpe pitched for and one third

innings of two-hit ball. segue to the nba. the warriors have the day off and they are back at it tomorrow. w know they play in sacramento on saturday. the get in price for that one starts at $500! it has been 16 years for the king! but what about the other guys? timberwolves at lakers, hustlin and wrestling to the floor! winner gets the seventh seed in the west. lebron james, you lef dennis schroder open! he put th lakers up by three! time windin down. lebron drove to the bucket, setting up an open three, then michael conley fouled by anthony davis. conley went to the line, made three shots and sent this one into overtime. the drama was building! minnesota had led for most of this game but could not close. james, a pass to where only davis could get it, and he put the biscuit in the basket!

lakers win 108-102. lakers are in the playoff field. to reset, the winner of the warriors-king series will take on the winner of grizzlies-lakers in the second round. the timberwolves host the winner of wednesday's oklahoma city-new orleans game on friday for the eighth seed. i promise that there will not b a quiz on this, just a disseminate or of information, sara! >> when i see that bracket, my brain starts frying! i don't know. i know a lot of people ha some strong words about antioch on twitter tonight. still ahead, why twitter headquarters is getting a new look! hey everybody, tonight on the late show i am joined

gr hquita y toll aftedi0 mo incusty russia. so, what she's going to do. she is writing a book. she was sentenced to nine years in prison for having cannabis oil in her luggage at an airport in russia. she was freed in a prisoner swap for a russian arm dealer, then after that she wil be on the court next season playing for the phoenix mercury her memoir is due out next spring. twitter incorporated now known as x corporation after merging with the newly have informed company also owned by elon musk. musk has expressed a desire to create a super app called x that could be used for everything from messaging to payments. elon musk giving the sign at twitter headquarters a new look. he said, they have th w on the sign painted white, so now you see what it says. he

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