j.r. stones following that story for us. he's here with the latest on the enormous turnout. >> you can see it from the pictures here. that says it all. this is one just wrapping up. it started around 8:00 p.m. so far we are talking about a peaceful night. so many upset about george floyd and upset about the curfew. these are some of the most recent images from the protest. in this video you can see the size of the crowd here. we aren't talking about dozens or even hundreds. we're talking about thousopands. they also want the mayor to an'e cuew. there have bee a number of speakers at 14th and broadway in downtown oakland. many of them talked about the hope that the narrative doesn't change going forward, the hope that all eyes are on what happened in minneapolis and what has happened to so many across the country. here is what some of those folks at the rally had to say. >> it's because we are here speaking our own opinion about what's going on and it's not right. but the problem is that we have

j.r. stones following that story for us. he's here with the latest on the enormous turnout. >> you can see it from the pictures here. that says it all. this is one just wrapping up. it started around 8:00 p.m. so far we are talking about a peaceful night. so many upset about george floyd and upset about the curfew. these are some of the most recent images from the protest. in this video you can see the size of the crowd here. we aren't talking about dozens or even hundreds. we're talking about thousands of people who want justice sits for george floyd. they also want the mayor to know that they aren't happy with the curfew. there have been a number of speakers at 14th and broadway in downtown oakland. many of them talked about the hope that the narrative doesnn happened in minneapolis and what has happened to so many across the country. here is what some of those folks at the rally had to say. >> it's because we are here speaking our own opinion about what's going on and it's not right. but the

abc 7 news reporter j.r. stone is live in oakland. j.r.? >> reporter: yeah, those protesters made their way to outside of the mayor's house, and i can tell you the last protesters and those involved in this peaceful march left within the last 30 to 40 minutes, but they let their voice be heard. and you can see that tonight in the signs. the many signs that they left outside of the mayor's house. that one there saying "defund the police". now, i do want to go to some of the video because it was pretty incredible seeing the amount of people who came out to march from one walgreens in oakland and up to the mayor's house. i can tell you their message, a clear one, in defunding the police department. now, what does that mean, you ask, they made the point they would like to see a lot of that money that goes to the police department rerouted into other areas like education and services as well. this was a youth-led rally tonight. so a lot of young people out here. we spoke with some of those young people who at times had lit candles in memor of th

abc 7 news reporter j.r. stone is live in oakland. j.r.? >> reporter: yeah, those protesters made their way to outside of the mayor's house, and i can tell you the last protesters and those involved in this peaceful march left within the last 30 to 40 minutes, but they let their voice be heard. and you can see that tonight in the signs. the many signs that they left outside of the mayor's house. that one there saying "defund the police". now, i do want to go to some of the video because it was pretty incredible seeing the amount of people who came out to march from one walgreens in oakland and up to the mayor's house. i can tell you their message, a clear one, in defunding the police department. now, what does that mean, you ask, they made the point they would like to see a lot of that money that goes to the police department rerouted into other areas like education and services as well. this was a youth-led rally tonight. so a lot of young people out here. we spoke with some of those young people who at times had lit candles in memory of t

j.r. stone has that report from santa cruz county. >> eric and dion, it's been a difficult dayo ormany hercounty. so many who knew sergeant gutzwiller but also those who didn't know him who came to show their support. you see the sergeant's picture with all the flowers left in his memory. hugs all around to remember sergeant damon gutzwiller, the deputy who investors say was ambushed, gunned down, and killed on saturday. >> he was a good father. he was a good husband and friend to me and many in this office. yeah. he was just a genuinely, genuinely incredible human being. it's a bad day today. >> hundreds showed up outside the santa cruz county sheriff's office on sunday to remember gutzwiller, who, in addition to being a deputy, was both a father and a husband. >> there's a pregnant woman with an unborn child and a small child who lost their father. he was out there who doesn't make the world safe for all of us. >> many held signs as they remembered a man who had a special smile and a special w

j.r. stone is watching closely. this meeting went on for hours? >> just wrapped up after five-plus hours with much discussion about police force and race relations. >> dancing in the street? >> so what, i'm dancing in the street. >> yeah. hold on. whoa. >> this is the scene on the street may 23rd when officers handcuffed and pinned 44 yield molly watkins on the ground because of dancing in the street. >> no joking matter. >> reporter: mr. watkins' situation was brought up several times. >> officers involved in detainment of mr. watkins. >> unjustified detention. >> reporter: police chief has said the department is restructuri restructuring deploy resources and conduct services. saying will no longer respond to calls like this one where someone complained he was intoxicated or suffering from mental illness. still some have called for officers involved to be fired. city attorney explained it's not possible. >> that would be a violation of the charter. >> reporter: watkins said he didn't watch the meeting. he remembers very well what went down as he

j.r. stone is watching closely. this meeting went on for hours? >> just wrapped up after five-plus hours with much discussion about police force and race relations. >> dancing in the street? >> so what, i'm dancing in the street. >> yeah. hold on. whoa. >> this is the scene on the street may 23rd when officers handcuffed and pinned 44 yield molly watkins on the ground because of dancing in the street. >> no joking matter. >> reporter: mr. watkins' situation was brought up several times. >> officers involved in detainment of mr. watkins. >> unjustified detention. >> reporter: police chief has said the department is restructuri restructuring deploy resources and conduct services. saying will no longer respond to calls like this one where someone complained he was intoxicated or suffering from mental illness. still some have called for officers involved to be fired. city attorney explained it's not possible. >> that would be a violation of the charter. >> reporter: watkins said he didn't watch the meeting. he remembers very well what went down as he

in oakland, j.r. stoneabc7 news. >>> family and friends will gather today for the funeral of rayshard brooks. he was the man shot dead in a wendy's parking lot by an atlanta police officer. this is video from his public viewing yesterday. officers were responding to a call earlier this month about brooks who had fallen asleep in his car in the drive-through. brooks was running away with an officer's taser when an offense shoots him from behind. the same place where dr. martin luther king jr. was mourned. >>> at the live desk, i am following protests in washington, d.c., over a statue of andrew jackson. what we're learning this morning is that police and demonstrators clashed last night in lafayette park. protesters tried to take down the statue with chains and ropes. police and riot gear moved in to protect it. critics say jackson is tied to slave ownership and the eviction of native americans. >> a public reminder of the native american holocaust and, also, of the black american holocaust of slavery. that'

abc news reporter j.r. stonealked with multiple inmates, some who have tested positive. >> i want to start by saying for safety purposes we are not revealing the names of the inmates that i talked with. they have been convicted of serious crimes, yes, but are now involved with their own health battles as they go up against coronavirus. covid-19 cases are not just on the rise at san quinton state prison. they are soaring according to inmates that i spoke with. and in an interview thursday, they said only five cases and then it went to 15 and then to 25, and now, we are at over 500. there have not been any confirmed covid-19 deaths in san quinton state prison. but richard stitley has has h he covid-19 symptoms but a cause of death is not released. what is most alarming to the prisoners believe that the rise in cases could be prevented. it boggles my mind that they would take prisoners from the most infected prison and bring them here. guards are being rotated from infected areas to uninfected areas daily. there's a

j.r. stone is live in the news room. you spoke with his sisters tonight.he very concerned about this situation. now, you may remember officers said that during this shooting they thought he had a gun, but it turned out to be a hammer. now demands for video and names and the college saying they want no association with the police department. >> release the footage for sure. release the footage and stop hiding. >> tonight the 22-year-old san francisco man gunned down by vallejo police and struck with a shot that proved to be fatale are speaking up and demanding the body cam video of the incident will released. >> why they probably don't want to release the footage is because they know they messed up and there is no justification for executing my brother. >> at one point, he took to his knees with fired a short time later. in a rare move, san francisco supervise visored urged the release of the body cam video. >> the chief made these statements suggesting that our client was in a certain position.

j.r. stone is in petaluma to explain why. >> reporter: petaluma on this tuesday may just be one of the most happening spots in the bay area. the sonoma county health officer has allowed for restaurants and most other businesses to reopen. >> this is probably an environment which we're seeing more concern and more care than we've seen anywhere else. >> reporter: good news for pete and vieira, in down from florida. but the situation is not perfect for all businesses. most are open, yes, but not all. >> lifting too many of the restriction toos soon could lead to a large increase in cases. >> reporter: most gyms, hotels and camp grounds are still closed. and the county health officer says opening them will be delayed. some we talked with said they're okay with that. >> i feel like it makes sense to keep the gyms close because it is a place where people can come into contact with a lot of bodily fluids. >> reporter: on the hotel front, the situation is a confusing one. the metro hotel and cafe is clo

j.r. stoneas this story from livermore. >> reporter: these are the tense moments of the farmer's market where vendor dan floyd was recently told to stop passing out pride flags. >> i will suspend you right now. >> reporter: gale hayden, who heads the california farmer's market association is the one in that video. floyd says he was selling cookies at his stand just as he had for the past four years. only this time he was also passing out free pride flags. >> you don't come yelling at each other. you explain if there's a disagreement. >> reporter: there is a free speech area where passing out flags would have been allowed, but not in the food zone. she went on to say that kids were using the flags as swords, creating a dangerous situation. >> if he just wanted to pass out rainbow stickers or take the flag part off the shaft, that would be better for us. >> reporter: at one point, the argument took another turn. >> i've been in places for 40 years where they bring out fetuses and put them on ironi

j.r. stone is in petaluma to explain why. >> reporter: petaluma on this tuesday may just be one of the most happening spots in the bay area. the sonoma county health officer has allowed for restaurants and most other businesses to reopen. >> this is probably an >> reporr: goodor petevieira, i florida. but the situation is not perfect for all businesses. most are open, yes, but not all. >> lifting too many of the restriction toos soon could lead to a large increase in cases. >> reporter: most gyms, hotels and camp grounds are still closed. and the county health officer says opening them will be delayed. some we talked with said they're okay with that. >> i feel like it makes sense to keep the gyms close because it is a place where people can come into contact with a lot of bodily fluids. >> reporter: on the hotel front, the situation is a confusing one. the metro hotel and cafe is closed for business. yet when we called hotel g wh the best westernpetalu who restaurants and shops that brought in a

in oakland, j.r. stoneabc7 news. >> an update to a story we brought you, the police released surveillance video of a woman coughing on a toddler. she approaches, pulls down her mask and coughs in the baby's direction. police say the woman was upset, believing that the mother was not maintaining proper social distancing and could face assault charges. >> we are focusing on the areas that impact all of us. a record number of people are testing positive for covid-19 in california. over the weekend, the state registered a daily high of new confirmed cases. abc7 news reporter lauren martinez is explaining what is behind the surge. >> the state of california is reporting record high numbers of new confirmed covid-19 cases. >> we are not in the second wave, we are not out of the first wave. >> reporter: at a press conference, the governor said that more than 46,000 californians have tested positive for covid-19 over the past 14 days. that's more than a quarter of all known cases since the outbreak began in march.

j.r. stone has reaction from activists and former athletes. >> reporter: a black lives matter flag is now flying at levi stadium. this close to four years after former 49er colin kaepernick took a knee to highlight racial inequality and police brutality. niners ceo jedd york spoke about the black lives matter movement in a state of the franchise video. >> when colin started a protest movement in 2016, what we had talked about in talking to dr. harry edwards, his message, which is what we have really adopted, was taking protest to progress. >> reporter: with thousands taking to the streets in recent weeks, former major league player bick roberts says young people should be crowd. >> when you look at that flag now, you're not going to see racism behind that flag. you're going to see unity behind that flag. when you look in the streets now, there's kids of every color. >> reporter: some, though, who have spent time with kaepernick at events say the black lives matter flag looks good at the stadium,

j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >>> j.r., thank you. >>> oakland unified isn't the only bay area school district removing police from campuses. san francisco unified voted unanimously to declare the city's public schools to be plice-free and a petition is under way to do the same at the east side union high school district in san jose. >>> as bay area schools cut ties with police, state education chief tony thurmond has ordered a report on the impact on schools. >> we should have more restorative justice programs. programs that focus on de-escalation and intervention to use peace-making skills to reduce violence. >> thurmond adds officers should never treat students like criminals. s alsoee created and its members will have its first hearing next tuesday. >>> in the north bay, the napa police department says it will limited use of restraints commonly referred to as choke holds. napa's police chief told the city council that officers can only use the technique in a deadly force situation. earlier this mo

j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >>> j.r., thank you. >>> oakland unified isn't the only bay area school district removing police from campuses. san francisco unified voted unanimously to declare the city's public schools to be plice-free and a petition is under way to do the same at the east side union high school district in san jose. >>> as bay area schools cut ties with police, state education chief tony thurmond has ordered a report on the impact on schools. >> we should have more restorative justice programs. programs that focus on de-escalation and intervention to use peace-making skills to reduce >> thuondershouldtu lik criminals. a task force on school safety has also been created and its members will have its first hearing next tuesday. >>> in the north bay, the napa police department says it will limited use of restraints commonly referred to as choke holds. napa's police chief told the city council that officers can only use the technique in a deadly force situation. earlier this month, polic

in oakland, j.r. stone, abc7 news. >> an update to a story we brought you, the police released surveillance video of a woman coughing on a toddler. she approaches, pulls down her mask and coughs in the baby's direction. police say the woman was upset, believing that the mother was not maintaining proper social distancing and could face assault charges. >> we are focusing on the areas that impact all of us. a record number of people are testing positive for covid-19 in california. over the weekend, the state registered a daily high of new confirmed cases. abc7 news reporter lauren martinez is explaining what is behind the surge. >> the state of california is reporting record high numbers of new confirmed covid-19 cases. >> we are not in the second wave, we are not out of the first wave. >> reporter: at a press conference, the governor said that more than 46,000 californians have tested positive for covid-19 over the past 14 days. that's more than a quarter of all known cases since the outbreak began in march

j.r. stone is live in the news room. you spoke with his sisters tonight. >> well, i did. and they are very concerned about this situation. now, you may remember officers said that during this shooting they thought he had a gun, but it turned out to be a hammer. now demands for video and names and the college saying they want no association with the police department. >> release the footage for sure. release the footage and stop hiding. >> tonight the 22-year-old san francisco man gunned down by vallejo police and struck with shot tha fatale are speaking up and demanding the body cam video of the incident will released. >> why they probably don't want to release the footage is because they know they messed up and there is no justification for executing my brother. >> at one point, he took to his knees with his hands above his waist. shots were fired a short time later. in a rare move, san francisco supervise visored urged the release of the body cam video. >> the chief made these statements sugge

j.r. stone has reaction from activists and former athletes. >> reporter: a black lives matter flag is now flying at levi stadium. this close to four years after former 49er colin kaepernick took a knee to highlight racial inequality and police brutality. niners ceo jedd york spoke about the black lives matter movement in a state of the franchise video. >> when colin started a protest movement in 2016, what we had talked about in talking to dr. harry edwards, his message, which is what we have really adopted, was taking protest to progress. >> reporter: with thousands taking to the streets in recent weeks, player bick roberts says young people should be crowd. >> when you look at that flag now, you're not going to see racism behind that flag. you're going to see unity behind that flag. when you look in the streets now, there's kids of every color. >> reporter: some, though, who have spent time with kaepernick at events say the black lives matter flag looks good at the stadium, but they want more.

in napa, j.r. stoneabc 7 news. ♪ ♪ >>> and tonight in oakland, an event billed as a black and brown solidarity march. the youth-led march went from mosswood park to city hall where there were also some performances. organizers are calling for defunding the oakland police department, among other things. >>> in the north bay sk was o theoulerd ramp to 580. police kept an eye on things. the protest comes as more than 5,800 people have signed a petition to rename the boulevard due to drake's connection to the slave trade. >>> abc 7 news is working to build a better bay area every day, and one thing we are following closely is the economy, of course, as the bay area starts to reopen for business, we are here to navigate the new rules and new realities of this strange time. in san mateo county, unexpected news in the middle of the afternoon. effective immediately, most businesses were given the go-ahead to reopen. today's surprise announcement really did catch many off guard, and as abc 7 news reporter amanda

abc news reporter j.r. stone talked with multiple inmates, some who have tested positive. >> i want to start by saying for safety purposes we are not revealing the names of the inmates that i talked with. they have been convicted of serious crimes, yes, but are now involved with their own heah ba. vid-19 cas on the rise at san quinton state prison. they are soaring according to inmates that i spoke with. and in an interview thursday, they said only five cases and then it went to 15 and then to 25, and now, we are at over 500. there have not been any confirmed covid-19 deaths in san quinton state prison. but richard stitley has died. he covid-19 symptoms but a cause of death is not released. what is most alarming to the prisoners believe that the rise in cases could be prevented. it boggles my mind that they would take prisoners from the most infected prison and bring them here. guards are being rotated from infected areas to uninfected areas daily. there's a surge of cases on death row. an prison ve times. each t

j.r. stone has this story from livermore. >> reporter: these are the tense moments of the farmer's market where vendor dan floyd was recently told to stop passing out pride flags. >> i will suspend you right now. >> reporter: gale hayden, who heads the california farmer's market association is the one in that video. floyd says he was selling cookies at his stand just as he had for the past four years. only this time he was also passing out free pride flags. >> you don't come yelling at each other. you explain if there's a disagreement. >> reporter: there is a free speech area where passing out flags would have been allowed, but not in the food zone. she went on to say that kids were using the flags as swords, creating a dangerous situation. >> if he just wanted to pass out rainbow stickers or take the flag part off the shaft, that would be better for us. >> reporter: at one point, the argument took another turn. >> i've been in places for 40 years where they bring out fetuses and put them on iro

j.r. stone was at the vigil and has more on how the deputy's being remembered. >> i will never forget him. i will always feel pain. >> reporter: santa cruz sheriff remembering his certainly damon guts willer, the deputy who investigators say was ambushed, gunned down and killed on saturday. >> he was a good father, good husband, a good friend to me and many at this office. >> when you look at his picture you see everything you need to know. warm eyes. a kind smile. he was a very gentle man. >> reporter: hundreds showed up outside the santa cruz county sheriff's office on sunday to remember gutzwiller, who in addition to being a deputy was both a father and a husband. sxl t >> the beautiful woman he leaves behind, bobby wanted me to tell you, damon, you were the heart of our little family and we love you. >> reporter: some hugged and others held signs as they reme w with people the sheriff says in gutzwiller's 14 years with the office there wasn't one citizen complaint about him. those who are cl

in san jose, j.r. stone, abc7 news. >> tonight a former advisor to president trump revealed in an exclusive interview with abc news martha raddatz some of the details of being inside the white house inner circle. former national security advisor john bolton has written a book called "the room where it happened." raddatz asked about mr. trump's dealings with russian president vladimir putin. >> you say that president putin plays donald trump like a fiddle. how does he do it? >> he knows the people he's talking to. and i think he looks at somebody like donald trump and says to himself, as an old kgb officer, how am i going to get him to the place i want him to be? and i can just see the smirk when he knows he's got him following his line. >> you were worried about leaving him alone in a room with vladimir putin. why? >> because i didn't know what he would say. >> bolton also provided an insider's view into president trump's relationship and what some called a bromance with north korean dictator kim jong-un. >>

thank you for joining us at 5:00, i'm j.r. stone. >> and i'm dion lim. for the most part, it has been the big cities where we've seen protesters. today, it was danville's turn in what was billed as a wake-up march. cornell was there and spoke to the organizers. >> that organizer never dreamed she would be leading a protest march in her hometown, but it's happening. hundreds of people came out tonight. >> no justice no peace! >> several hundred people on the move through the streets of downtown danville in support of a growing movement. >> because black lives matter. >> this peaceful march ornid. she is 25 years old and a danville native americ. >> i never thought that this was going to be my reality. we talk about rosa parks and martin luther king, but this is the moment. this is real. >> black lives matter! >> michael ambrose and his mom, sydney, were here. >> there's not a lot of black people in this town, and we need to show support for them. we're tired of seeing police brutality and all that. we're out here supporting them. >> before the march, some

j.r. stone is following the story. >> we have concluded that we must impose a curfew to restore some safety. >> from oakland mayor, libby shaft, issued a curfew order because of scenes like this one, and scenes all across oakland that led to 60 arrests in the overnight hours of sunday night. >> some for shooting, some for looting, and our officers have taken an incredible amount of rocks, bottles and threats, our own administration ot at last >> wre closed.losed 4:00. >> stores boarded up and chose to close early, 4:00 and 5:00 a.m. respectively, something that did not go up with shoppers. >> it's ridiculous, and it's only 4:00 something pm, and i said, are you open, and they are, like, no, and i was, like, doesn't make sense. >> everywhere. fast-food restaurants are closing down. >> everybody that we spoke with praised the peaceful protests in the earlier hours. most said the looting and vandalism shouldn't overshadow that. >> it's not every day you see somebody get murdered. >>> a church bisho

. >> abc7 news's reporter j.r. stone has the story. >> we are no longer asking for anything.n cars. to make it be known they want the district's

e last ols, >> reporter: j.r. stone, abc 7 news. >>> hurt and confused, that is the reaction from muni sent a tweet saying they will no longer be sending officers to the protests. the san francisco police officers association says that her union was blindside d by tweets sent out on tuesday. this was the same day muni paused in memory of george floyd. it was a part of a series of tweets declaring the agency's commitment to racial equity work. the poa tweeted back, hey, muni, lose our number next time you need officers for a fare evasion enforcement. >> you are jumping on the band wagon vilify us but in private asking for our hope and asking for something you never did before in the first place. >> we absolutely want to support the chief in their mission, but at the same time we need to also respond to specific concerns of our operators and our passengers. >> now, the union says officers will continue to do their jobs even if they feel like they have been thrown under the bus. >>> santa clara county is looking to dramati

. >> abc 7 news reporter j.r. stoneseen rallying in the streets are calling this an historic win tonight, but others i talk with say they now fear for their child's safety. cheer among many in oakland as the school board has voted to eliminate the district's police department. >> this is history in the making, y'all. we need to start listening to the community. it shouldn't have

in livermore, j.r. stone, abc7 news. >>> a new twist on food donations. coming up next, a local group tackling two big issues with one act of generosity. >>> leaders take a greater stand for diversity. their push to bring back programs that have been banned for 24 years. >>> but, first, meteorologist mike nicco is tracking what we can expect weather wise for our day ahead. good morning, mike. >> good morning, kumasi. hi, everybody. let's look at what is going on with your temperatures along the east bay shore. 52 in castro valley the cool spot. oakland 60 warm spot. most of us around 55 to 57 degrees and else where temperatures are maybe a degree or two milder than yesterday. a lot of mid to upper 50s and antioch and brentwood are cooler than yesterday right at 60. here's a look at san jose and a few clouds and 58 degrees. driving is going to be a lot like yesterday, except for it's a little breezier early this morning. and the bridges will be most susceptible to those breezes during the afternoon and evening commute and so will the bay water. here's a lo

j.r. stone is in petaluma to explain wh

abc 7 news reporter j.r. stone is live in oakland. j.r.? made their way to outside of the mayor's house, and i can tell you the last protesters and those involved in this peaceful march left within the last 30 to 40 minutes,ut

abc news reporter j.r. stone>> i want to start by saying for safety purposes we are not revealing the names of the inmates that i talked with. they have been convicted of serious crimes, yes, but are now involved with their own heah ba. vid-19 cas on the rise at san quinton state

abc 7 news reporter j.r. stone is in napa and has the story. >> reporter: cheers in support of law enforcement coming from napa, california. >> we're honoring our police and sheriff. >> reporter: hundreds showed up wednesday evening in napa for an event called "we back blue" in support of officers and deputies. >> what happened to george floyd was wrong. but to say we're going to defund police or eliminate them, it's >>0%inst defundii think ty a wf and so i am in support of them. >> i support the police department. i support fairness to black people, too. >> reporter: those rallying in support of police certainly weren't here without opposition. then hn the other se of erddge. the 3rd street bridge, you can see this woman right here kneeling. that woman part of a small crowd in support of the black lives matter movement. there was one tense moment between the man warning this orange shirt who yelled own sensities who walked through the crowd of blue lives matter supporters. the disagreement was did nr as though the

. >>> good evening, i'm j.r. stone, eric thomas has the night off. and i'm deon.re arrested for shutting down the bay bridge today. just after 4:30, protesters parked and got out of their cars on the upper deck blocking all westbound traffic. officers soon arrived in tactical gear and began making arrests the drivers were stuck for about two hours. >> a san francisco couple is apologizing after they were seen in a video confronting a man about a black lives matter message that he stenciled in chalk outside his home. the video has been viewed more than 12 million times since thursday. >> three of california's largest police unions announced a national reform plan today designed to root out racist police officers and improve policing. the police unions argue that defunding would not help police or the communities they serve. >> in atlanta, protesters are demanding justice after a man was fatally shot by police in a wendy's parking lot friday night. that man's family is speaking out about their heartbreak. >> reporter: rally cries echoing loud outside of the city of

i'm j.r. stone. eric thomas has the night off. >> and i'm dion lim.s headlines now hundreds of people protested outside a police station in vallejo demanding the speedy release of video showing a deadly officer involved shooting. vallejo police shot 22-year-old sean monterrosa after he dropped to a kneeling position outside a wa walgreens shooting last tuesday. >> small business owners in oakland's district spent today cleaning up after vandals left a path of destruction overnight. police say a group of about 100 people blocked telegraph avenue with trash cans and set them on fire. then attacked officers as they moved in. >>> a peaceful march held today in san francisco during an event called the bay area blackout. high school to city hall this afte dressed in black. this was one of four organized events today in san francisco in support of social justice. >>> coronavirus cases are spiking in states across the country and the cdc says up to 25,000 more people could die before independence day. nearly 115,000 people have died in the u.s. already from c

j.r. stone spoke with multiple inmates. >> i want to start by saying that for safety purposes, we are not revealing the names of the inmates that i talked with. they have been convicted of serious crimes, yes, but are now involved with their own health battles as they go up against coronavirus. covid-19 cases aren't just on the rise at san quentin state prison, they are soaring according to inmates that i spoke with. in an interview thursday, one told us they said only five cases, then it went to 15, then 25, and now we're at over 500. in haven't been any c there haven't been any confirmed deaths at the prison, but 71-year-old on death row tied wednesday nighdit wednesday night. the cause has not been given, but inmates said he had covid-19 symptoms. and they believe the rise in cases could have been prevented. one man telling me that it boggles my mind that they would take prisoners from the most infected prison and take them here. inmates telling us that guards are being rotated from infected

in livermore, j.r. stonec7 news. >>> researchers are making progress in developing a coronavirus vaccine. that is the word from stanford school of medicine. >> i expect in the next year or so, we will have a number of candidate vaccines that will be able to do something along those lines and then a matter of demonstrating that they're productive and that they are safe and that they can be made to scale for billions of doses. >> researchers have discovered a type of antibody that attacks a virus and prevents it from infecting a person. but one obstacle researchers are facing is that the antibody is found in fewer than 5% of patients. >>> well, many people are still hospitalized, even more are able to undergo elective surgeries. so, the need for blood donations is still really urgent. right now the red cross is offering a new service and also an incentive to donors. a chance to find out if they were infected with covid-19. testing all blood, platelet and plasma donations providing donors with some insight into