the driver suspected of causing the accident, jerry lions, is believed to have ran a red light, speeding in a stolen car, and under the influence when he crashed. >> i'm sorry what happened to you and our city. i was born and raised here, and this is not the city that i remember it to be. >> reporter: lions has been arrested numerous times in recent months. and last week, hanna blamed the district attorney for allowing him to be out on the streets. thursday night, the san francisco sheriff was in attendance, along with the poa and just concerned citizens. >> i don't think that people with five, six, seven arrests should be allowed to be out on the streets doing this. >> i ask that we take a moment of silence and honor the life of my husband and best friend. >> reporter: j.r. stone, "abc7 news." >>> more to come here. some local fitness instructors managed to skip the vaccination line. how is that possible? the i-team uncovers a vaccine loophole. >>> the bay area didn't seem like it was that kind of place. >> and actor daniel wu and commentator w.kamu bell share their thoughts. >> that's

one of the cars hit a 26-year- old pedestrian who died at the scene. 31-year-old jerry lions driving a stolen suv out of san jose ran a red light and was driving under the influence. he and three other people were hurt in the crash and taken to the hospital. >> they had a white car here. i think it was red. it was horribly crushed up. there was a truck in the middle of the street. >> lions has a prior conviction for grand theft auto. in december he was arrested for dui, driving a en driva license. he was sentenced to 60 day jail term for violating supervised prison release but had not been charged pending blood toxicology results. the results came two weeks ago and they had been working with chp to make an arrest. lions is under arrest for gross vehicular manslaughter among a long list of other charges for yesterday's crash. >>> i am anne makovec at the live news desk. let's take a live look at the city of san francisco this morning where in a few hours at 8:00, the unions of san francisco unified school district will be holding a news conference on proposing safe pathway for in pers

the driver suspected of causing the accident, jerry lions, is believed to have ran a red light, speedinga stolen car, and under the influence when he crashed. >> i'm sorry what happened to you and our city. i was born and raised here, and this is not the city that i remember it to be. >> reporter: lions has been arrested numerous times in recent months. and last week, hanna blamed the district attorney for allowing him to be out on the streets. thursday night, the san francisco sheriff was in attendance, along with the poa and just concerned citizens. >> i don't think that people with five, six, seven arrests should be allowed to be out on the streets doing this. >> i ask that we take a moment of silence and honor the life of my husband and best friend. >> reporter: j.r. stone, "abc7 news." >>> more to come here. some local fitness instructors managed to skip the vaccination line. how is that possible? the i-team uncovers a vaccine loophole. >>> the bay area didn't seem like it was that kind of place. >> and actor daniel wu and commentator w.kamu bell share their thoughts. >> that's comi

police have now arrested 31 year old jerry lions. the crash happened this morning near higuera avenue and lake more, said boulevard. a total of eight cars were involved at a 26 year old man was pronounced dead at the scene. he said lyons was driving a stolen vehicle out of san jose. it's not known yet what caused the crash, but lyons was booked on d u i charges, among other things, police say lions was on probation following a grand theft conviction. coming up concerns that super bowl parties could be the next super spreader event how barry restaurants are working to curb the spread this sunday will be doing your duty. we're now a lot of staff walking around making sure the people understand that they can't be yelling and screaming, and we've got the forecast that does include a warm up up into the seventies, potentially for this weekend. i'll have the details in the five one of the r for sports bars and restaurants. but the way we watch the big game will look very different this year because of the pandemic. ktvu is amber lee has mo

there was a truck in the me of t s w badlyasd.hi video showing the system, jerry lions, who now faces multiple charges including vehicular manslaughter, felony h hit-and-run, and driving under the influence. friends and family members say he just graduated from dartmouth and he was top 3% in his class saying he worked hard and received his green card in the last two months. as for the president,suspect, l police say he was arrested for unceedddui.tolen vehicle, being some who s this accident scene are saddened and confused. >> there has to be a way to detain people who are showing criminal behaviors. >> the district attorney's office released a statement in regards to the accident saying they promise to dedicate whatever resources are necessary to this case going on to say we cannot bring closure, but we will pursue justice. >> abc 7 news learned that oakland has chosen a new top cop. the city's choice to be the next police chief is this man, leron trong. he is currently the deputy chief of police and a long-time veteran. he joined the force in 1999. before that he spent four years wi

. >> the suspect, 31-year-old jerry lions now faces multiple charges including vehicular manslaughter, felony hit-and-run as well as dui. police say tdrivin was stolen i. he was arrested in december for driving a stolen vehicle and dui. >>> oakland has chosen a new top cop. multiple sources tell abc 7 news the city's choice to be the next police chief is this man la ron armstrong. he is currently the deputy chief of police and a long time veteran of the police department. he joined the force in 1999. armstrong is a native of west oakla oakland. a formal announcement naming him as chief is expected in a few days. he replaces the former chief who was ousted from the department last year. >>> the nba will strengthen mask requirements for players, coaches and staff. they'll have players are allowed to sit by themselvesrece leaving games to their breath. once they do, they're supposed to return to the bench area and wear a mask. all players were required to wear a mask but they could choose whether to wear a cloth or surgical mask. >>> expedia just did its annual vacation deprivation surve

police say 31-year-old jerry lions driving a stolen suv out of san jose ran a red light and was driving under the influence. he and three others were hurt in the crash and taken to the hospital. lions has prior conviction for grand theft auto. in december he was arrested for dui, driving stolen car, driving without a license. he was sentenced to 60 day jail term for violating supervised prison release but had not been charged pending blood toxicology results. da's office says the results came two weeks ago and they had been working with chp to make an arrest. lions is under arrest for gross vehicular manslaughter among a long list of other charges for yesterday's crash. >>> developing this morning, the oakland police department has a new chief. long time oakland police officer laron armstrong will take over the top spot according to the mercury news. armstrong, a deputy chief and oakland native has been with the department since 1999. he will be taking on a job that's seen massive turn over er last decade with ten oakland police chiefs since 2003. the interim chief's contract is ending

causing a deadly crash involving eight cars in san francisco will be arraigned today. 31-year-old jerry lions faced multiple charges including vehicular manslaughter, felony hit and run and dui. driving a stolen suv and ran a red light causing the pile up last week. one was killed. lions wasin mber for driving a stolen vehicle without a licse and under the influence. >>> coming up. combatting the homeless crisis in the south bay. the movement of tiny homes to help families. >>> and a curious koala lands himself in a tough spot. we'll talk about the rescue mission to save the guy after he caused chaos in australia. before we get there, we check back with meteorologist mike nicco on this tuesday. hey mike. >>> not nearly as cute as the koala so we'll hurry and bet back to him. let's talk about the weather. the upper 40s to 0450s tri val. mid-50s around --. mainly cloudy everywhere. 47 in santa rosa. 48 in mount view. everybody else about 50-52 degrees. livermore 49. los gatos 56. cloudy and about 51 degrees. we need to watch out for sprinkles in the morning commute, otherwise mainly gray today

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one of the cars hit a 26-year- old pedestrian who died at the say31ar-o jerry lions drivn a red light and was driving under the influence. he and three other people were hurt in the crash and taken to the hospital. >> they had a white car here, a red one. it was really badly messed up. the red car was horribly crushed up. then there was a truck in the middle of the street. >> lions has a prior conviction for grand theft auto. in december, he was arrested for dui, driving a stolen car, driving without a license. he was sentenced to 60 day jail term for violating supervised prison release but had not been charged with the crimes pending blood toxicology. the da's officers the results came two weeks ago and they had been working with chp to make arrest. lions is under arrest for gross vehicular manslaughter among a long list of other charges for yesterday's crash. on still ahead, keeping hestro eyes and at combating crime. >>> take a look at these high temperatures, even warmer compared to yesterday. we are three to eight degrees above average, many of us into the 60s with plenty sunshin

. >> sherea was gone at the hands of police say jerry lions who was on post release community surfacensive iminal h why so soon after her husband's death she found the strength to speak out. >> it only makes sense to push down my grief for a day to share his story, to share just what i experienced yesterday. i want to bring his name honor. >> who do you blame for this tragedy? >> i blame the da and so to find out that this freak accident was no freak accident. it was someone who was out in the public who shouldn't have been in the public. it was completely avoidable. completely. there was no reason it should have happened. people need to be held accountable and i am not -- i am not going to stand here and let this happen to another family. >> hannah leaves this message for her new community, which has become her california nightmare. >> he always followed that up with but if i were to die, if i were to be the next hashtag, i just want my death to be impactful. i want it to be a movement. i don't -- i don't want to just be a hashtag. i want my name to be change. if i'm going to go that

. >> reporter: hefs go was gone a hands of jerry lions who was on post-release community supervisionn after her husband's death she found the strength to speak out. >> it only makes sense to push down my grief for a day to share his story, to share just what i experienced yesterday. i want to bring his name honor. >> reporter: who do you blame for this tragedy? >> i blame the da. so to find out that this freak accident was no freak accident, it was someone who was out in the public who shouldn't have been in the public. it was completely avoidable, completely. there was no reason it should have happened. people need to be held accountable, and i am not -- i am not going to stand here and let this happen to another family. >> reporter: hannah leaves this message for her new community which has become her california nightmare. >> he always followed that up with, "but if i were to die, if i were to be, you know, the next hashtag i just want my death to be impactful, i want it to be a movement, i don't want to just be a hashtag, i want my name to be change if i'm going to go that way." >

the suspect 31 year-old jerry lions was on released supervised probation while the san francisco district attorney's office. we did for a toxicology report to file charges for his latest of at least 7 arrests. back in december by chp for a dui so supervisor melgar is giving the city administrator hu oversees the medical examiner. the department of adult probation s fda chp and san mateo county district that you all had run-ins with lions. a deadline of february 26. for hopefully some potential answers to this case. >>my job is to make sure that the programs work that what we are doing instead of incarceration. actually yields results, not just to keep public safety but also to giving people a second chance after that they are involved in the criminal justice system because that's what we say we're doing. so i want to make sure that we do what we to me. >>this crash comes at the heels of another in the city on new year's eve. and which a man on parole crashed a stolen car into 2 women, killing them that prompted the san francisco police officers association for calling an independent overs

. >> sherea was gone at the hands of police say jerry lions who was on post release community surface and had an extensive criminal history. i asked hannah why so soon after her husband's death she found the strength to speak out. >> it only makes sense to push down my grief for a day to share his story, to share just what i experienced yesterday. i want to bring his name honor. >> who do you blame for this tragedy? >> i blame the da and so to find out that this freak accident was no freak accident. it was someone who was out in e been in the public. it was completely avoidable. completely. there was no reason it should have happened. people need to be held accountable and i am not -- i am not going to stand here and let this happen to another family. >> hannah leaves this message for her new community, which has become her california nightmare. >> he always followed that up with but if i were to die, if i were to be the next hashtag, i just want my death to be impactful. i want it to be a movement. i don't -- i don't want to just be a hashtag. i want my name to be change. if i'm goin

the driver suspected of causing the accident, jerry lions was believed to have ran a red light, drivingr and under the influence when he krachd. >> sorry to what happened to you in your city, was born and raised here and this is not the city i remember it. >> reporter: arrested recent times in numerous months and in a interview last week, the district attorney was blamed for allowing him to be out on the streets. the san francisco sheriff was in attendance along with a pla and just condition concerned citizens. >> i don't think people with five, six, seven arrests should be allowed to be out on the streets doing this. >> i ask that we take a moment in silence and honor the life of my husband and best friend. >> reporter: jr. stone abc7 news. >>> clean up will continue today on a texas freeway where 133 vehicles were involved in a mazz ipileup. at least six people killed and 65 hurt. police in fort worth say ice was likely a factor. one person who stopped just short of the crash said when he got out of his car it was like stepping on to an ice rink. closer to home here the winter weather

also that the impact that the tragedy of his death will have, police say they arrested 31 year old jerry lions and connection to the crash now faces multiple charges, including vehicular manslaughter. the united states coast guard says it will begin a review of its safety regulations specifically here for small boats. this comes after a fire in 2019 on a scuba diving boat off the coast of california that killed 34 ppe. call. the coast guard says it agrees with seven recommendations suggested by the national transportation safety board. those recommendations include installing more smoke detectors, upgrading emergency exits and requiring a roving night crew member on boats with overnight passengers. san francisco contractor is the first to be sentenced in the city's ongoing public corruption case. florence kong was ordered to federal prison for one year, kong ag the former public works director mohamed new room with a $36,000 rolex watch. you get a contract for her recycling business in court yesterday, kong apologized, saying that she would dedicate the rest of her life to community service. s

police arrested 31 year old jerry lions in connection with the crash.al charges, including vehicular manslaughter. still ahead tonight. it is the year of the ox on the zodiac calendar coming up here about what this year is expected to bring and that first storm has moved through the bay area tomb or though, are on the way. our chief meteorologist bill martin, tracking them, we'll have the complete it's time for the ultimate sleep number event on the new sleep number 360 smart bed. what if i sleep hot? ...or cold? no problem, with temperature balancing you can sleep better together. can it help keep me asleep? absolutely, it intelligently senses your movements and automatically adjusts to keep you both effortlessly comfortable. will it help me keep up with mom? you got this. so you can really promise better sleep? not promise... prove. save up to $800 on new sleep number 360 smart beds, plus, 0% interest for 36 months and free premium delivery when you add a base. ends monday. this is a no-nonsense message from three. small business insurance is usually

jerry lions has been in and out of jail for his entire adult life, the 31 year old is now facing his most serious charges yet after he allegedly flew through a red light in a stolen truck. and slammed into a group of cars along lake more, said boulevard, killing a pedestrian. ah small, memorial honored 26 year old sharia musyoka, a native of kenya who worked in the bay area, he leaves behind a wife and a three year old son. his wife posted this photo on facebook. demanding justice. three other people were hospitalized in the wreck. just two months earlier, lyons was engaged in almost the exact same behavior. chp officer said he was under the influence behind the wheel of a stolen car. he flew through a red light here on al many boulevard. the chp said he then pulled an illegal u turn and drove over a traffic median district attorney chase a. bodine said he was waiting on results of a blood toxicology test bqe. for filing charges. in that case, lions was held for probation violation but released, bodine said once the blood results came back, he moved to arrest lions, but he was still

jerry ellig. god bless the ellig family. in heaven the lion lies down with the lamb and jerry, may there be no transaction costs and may the coast theorum always fully operate. we love you and we miss you, jerry. god bless you. i yield the floor. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senior senator from hawaii. mr. schatz: thank you, madam president. we are one year into the worst pandemic in a century, and it is clear that native americans have felt some of the most severe impacts of covid. here's what we know. the number of confirmed cases per capita among native americans is 3.5 times that of white americans, and that they are almost twice as likely to die from covid than white americans when they contract it. and that over a third of all native americans are at high risk for serious covid-19 related complications, the highest percentage of any group in the united states. native americans need help now, and it is our job to deliver. president biden has proposed a bold plan, with unthat meets the moment -- one that meets the

crash jerry lines was all released supervised probation and was arrested at least 7 times back in december for dui the district 7 supervisor. myrna mel guards giving everyone to have run-ins with lions. a deadline of february 26 for some answers and how this may have happened. my job is to make sure that the programs work. >>that what we are doing instead of incarceration. actually yields results, not just to keep public safety but also to giving people a second chance after that they are involved in the criminal justice system because that's what we say we're doing. so i want to make sure that we do what we to me. >>alliances in san francisco county jail on no bail. he faces a dozen charges, including hit and run driving in crosby he'll killer manslaughter while intoxicated. well in the north bay, a former solano county teacher is accused of molesting a 3rd grader and sassoon city police they arrested stephen gallagher on february 5th. when he allegedly sexually abused his student while teaching at soon elementary school between may 2016 and march 2017. police are now trying to find out if there are any more alleged victims. anyone with information is asked to call the sassoon city

jerri lyons was charged tuesday with vehicular manslaughter, do you why and hit and run and the deadly eight car pile of that, liquor said and headgear in san francisco. authorities say lions was under the influence of a drug when you ran a red light in a stolen ford explorer and slammed into a group of cars, killing pedestrian sherry and was yoga rouz yokel leaves behind his wife and their young son back in december. the chp says lines was also drunk and ran a red light wall in the stolen car. but dhs bodeen did not immediately filed charges, saying he was waiting for toxicology tests. now that alliances in custody. he's now been charged with the lion that earlier wreck tony montoya, president of the san francisco police union, says the d a should have acted more aggressively until he's ready to put a victim's first policy out there and not a suspect first policy. um, unfortunately going to continue to see crime going checked. the crash has similarities to one on new year's eve when police say troy mcallister was also drunk and in a stolen car when you ran a red light at second mission, killing two women, montoya questions whether both tragedies could've been prevented. t

jerri lyons was charged tuesday with vehicular manslaughter, do you why and hit and run and the deadly eight car pile up at lake were said and headgear in san francisco. authorities say lions was under the influence of a drug when you ran a red light in a stolen ford explorer and slammed into a group of cars, killing pedestrian sherry a. musyoka rouz yokel leaves behind his wife and their young son back in december. the chp says lines was also drunk and ran a red light wall in the stolen car. but dhs bodeen did not immediately filed charges, saying he was waiting for toxicology tests. now that alliances in custody. he's now been charged with the lion that earlier wreck tony montoya, president of the san francisco police union, says the d a should have acted more aggressively until he's ready to put a victim's first policy out there and not a suspect first policy. um, unfortunately going to continue to see crime going checked. the crash has similarities to one on new year's eve when police say troy mcallister was also drunk and in a stolen car when you ran a red light at second and mission, killing two women, montoya questions whether both tragedies could've been prevented.

jerri lyons was charged tuesday with vehicular manslaughter, do you why and hit and run and the deadly eight car pile up at lake were said and headgear in san francisco. authorities say lions was under the influence of a drug when you ran a red light in a stolen ford explorer and slammed into a group of cars, killing pedestrian sherry a. musyoka rouz yokel leaves behind his wife and their young son back in december. the chp says lines was also drunk and ran a red light wall in the stolen car. but dhs bodeen did not immediately filed charges, saying he was waiting for toxicology tests. now that lyons is in custody. he's now been charged with the lion that earlier wreck tony montoya, president of the san francisco police union, says the d a should have acted more aggressively until he's ready to put a victim's first policy out there and not a suspect. first policy. um, unfortunately going to continue to see crime going checked. the crash has similarities to one on new year's eve when police say troy mcallister was also drunk and in a stolen car when you ran a red light at second and mission, killing two women, montoya questions whether both tragedies could've been prevented.