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former l.a. county sheriff has reaction. sheriff, been to l.a. a ton of times, seen devastation there. but it looks like this type of behavior is openly accepted now. why? >> it's becoming the norm because the political establishment in l.a. embraced the idea of reforming criminal justice system. they don't care about the public safety. prime example, with defunding third less deputies in patrol. every patrol including malibu has more than 30% vacancy, less cops on the street, more crooks, free to do things like this abhorrent behavior like this fool right here. >> lawrence: who are these people? i go to l.a., at venice beach, i see people applauding you, you got homelessness off the street. people are tired of the violence on the street and you then you don't get re-elected. what is the electorate in l.a.? >> they are very gullible and bought into the thing, there are deputy gang members running the department, they bought into it because it was perceived bias against law enforcement. you have officials like the board of supervisors saying we go

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we will take you to l.a., warriors and clippers, not just raymonde, but what will you do with klay thompson? is clay done? not tonight. clay went off for 30 points three-pointer here in the fourth quarter. warriors were down 109-105, but they just don't have that firepower the used to, especially without raymonde. they win 121-1 15, the warriors dropped to 10-14 of the season. >>> giants making some beers, they side center fielder introduced tomorrow at oracle park. thursday night football. did you see this? while my lost vegas, east palo alto, devaunte adams. >> he's having fun. >> he's having a ball. raiders and chargers, first quarter, o'connell, raiders led 21-0 in the first quarter. than in the third quarter, jacoby myers, this time he throws the ball, a touchdown to devaunte adams. get this, raiders win 63-21, the most points the raiders have scored in the modern era. we are back in a moment, stay with us. >>> we like this, some thoughtful chp officers and south lake tahoe. >> wait till you see this. they sell what was a rock on the road. it's a little guy, and i will. >> as soon as t

mvp ohtani is introduced in l.a. 10 years, $700 million. he inks it with l.a. it gets worse.. rays pitcher, glass, heading to the dodgers, they agree to a deal with tampa to send one of the most prized arms available in the trade market to l.a. the giants path to the nl west just got tougher. begs the question, are the giants having questions signing big name agents? players and their families are reluctant to move to san francisco. there were several national echoing the claims, but, one man still sticking up for san francisco. giants ace and leader of the locker room, webb, last night tweeted a jif, today, followed it up saying a lot of people have never played in sf seem to know about it. the best, a lot of poop on them streets. webb replies, been to 29 other cities and there is a lot of poop on most of the streets. the giants are defended by webb, love it. this team is aggressive. they just signed lee to $113 million deal. he will be introduced tomorrow. >> he is their ace, he is their head cheerleader but it seems like it is tough for the giants to get the big names >> t

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i lived in l.a. for five years and it's not the nicest place in the world. exactly going to find a list of people who are up for sainthood. to kennedy's point, where you go there -- that's the pinnacle. when you go to l.a., the chinese theater in the walk of fame in all these things, there are just vagrants and vagabonds and people relieving themselves in front of the chinese theater as families are trying to take pictures. and this is what we are worried about? that's equivalent to going to the hospital with a gunshot wound and a hangnail and the doctor says, "oh, my god, get the nail clippers." >> tyrus: i grew up in l.a., too come and you could actually see the stars. now you just have to take their word for it that there are stars buried somewhere underneath there. safe space, reencamped, defund the police zone. left-wing baldies can't disagree more about who will end in 2024. your brain is an amazing thing. but as you get older, it naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfully, the breakthrough in preva

it's the deadliest drug in l.a. county. fentanyl was linked to nearly 60% of overdose deaths countywide last year, surpassing meth for the first time in recent memory. the county's department of public health reports. fentanyl is disproportionately affecting underprivileged black people. the fatal overdose death rate for black angelenos was more than three times that of hispanic residents, and almost two times that of white residents. >> meanwhile, california is trying to take on the opioid epidemic with a new website. the department of public health launched the site, which is full of resources and information on the crisis. statewide, nearly 7000 people died from opioid related overdoses last year. and we want to make sure you and your loved ones have every tool available when it comes to tackling the opioid and fentanyl crisis, our own full list of local vetted resources is right on our website, abc seven news.com. >> all right, let's move along now. we're gearing up for a chance of rain later this weekend. as we look ou

in l.a. and we had two people from the same family who had the same exact documents. at dmv windows right next to each other and one persons was accepted and the other wasn't. and it was literally the discussion of the person at the desk. and we knew they all have the stuff because this is what i do for a living and it was literally just -- john said yes and dave sedona. and there's nothing you can do. you know, we can call the manager but it is just, sometimes up to the discretion of the person at the desk. >> wow! that is horrifying. >> yeah, also i've had veterans, a whole chapter of veterans, we have a big problem in this country with unhoused veterans and veterans who don't have i.d. and in some states like california they can use dd 214 but they get rejected a lot and i've almost come to blows with several dmv workers who will reject a veteran and say they don't feel like taking the dd 214 and don't have the paperwork showing that -- california allows this, et cetera. i had to write wit

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it's the deadliest drug in l.a. county.tanyl was linked to nearly 60% of overdose deaths countywide last year, surpassing meth for the first time in recent memory. the county's department of public health reports. fentanyl is disproportionately affecting underprivileged black people. the fatal overdose death rate for black angelenos was more than three times that of hispanic residents, and almost two times that of white residents. >> meanwhile, california is trying to take on the opioid epidemic with a new website. the department of public health launched the site, which is full of resources and information on the crisis. statewide, nearly 7000 people died from opioid related overdoses last year. and we want to make sure you and your loved ones have every tool available when it comes to tackling the opioid and fentanyl crisis, our own full list of local vetted resources is right on our website, abc seven news.com. >> all right, let's move along now. we're gearing up for a chance of rain later this weekend. as we look out li

. >>> and donning his l.a. dodgers jersey for the first time, baseball's new $700 million man. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening, everyone, and welcome. tonight, israel's defense chief is predicting the war with hamas will last several months, but declaring israel will win and destroy hamas. his remarks coming as president biden once more spoke out about rising civilian deaths in gaza. today, urging israel to be more careful but sources telling nbc news today that nearly half of the aerial weapons dropped on gaza by israel so far in the war have been unguided so-called dumb bombs, according to an intelligence assessment shared with congress unguided weapons are cheaper and less precise than smart bombs. gaza's hamas-run health ministry says it has tallied nearly 19,000 deaths in the war, and now amid fears the war could trigger a wider conflict and terror attacks, a series of arrests of suspected hamas operatives in europe today may have foiled attacks against jewish peop

the 29-year-old superstar who pitches and hits played six seasons with the l.a. angels.to sign him but came up short. giants manager, bob melvin, thanks just like the rest of us. this team needs some star power. >> steph curry, steve kerr, joe montana, it is the star power town. so, i think they understand that we need a little bit more of that. we hopefully be end up with one of these guys that is top of the market for a long period of time that resonates in san francisco because they are yearning for it. >> speaking of star power. ad another piece of hardware to lebron james trophy case. the all-time leading scorer led the lakers to a 1--- 123-154 trophy in the sermon. anthony davis dropped 41 points and grabbed 20 rebounds in the championship game. lebron was named the tournament mvp. is it possible my network could take my business to the next level? it is with comcast business. powering all your devices with gig-speed wifi. and you get fast downloads and uploads. pick it up! pick it up! oh we got this! because it's powered by the next generation 10g network. more sp

l.a. city comptroller noted that an audit revealed l.a.centralized database to track temporary housing availability for the homeless and criteria for entry to interim housing sites. the letter also notes that there's 16,100 interim housing beds for the homeless in l.a. however, there's nearly three times as many homeless people in this city, an estimated 46,260 people. the city comptroller said, quote: the woefully inadequate amount of both interim and permanent housing resources as well as the antiquated and inefficient methods of data collection and housing referral processes significantly inhibit efforts by the city to respond to the crisis with the urgency that it areas. this is disappointing to many local residents. >> it's terrible. i think you need to think about it from both sides. obviously, these people are are very downtrodden, they need help, and we need sufficient data and information to get them to where they need to be and understand what the full scale of the problem is. >> reporter: this week l.a. mayor karen bass noted th

but then was on the streets of l.a. and she didn't have any documentation. and, you know, they put him on a plane to l.a., but then were sort of like, well, good luck. and so, you know, eventually she found out, i was skid row operation and came in and, you know, we had to help her get everything all over again. but that has happened a lot where people finally are able to escape and have to make a decision. and maybe i've always had other documentation but don't have free access to it. so there are so many different ways. i mean, right now in maui, i was just talking to a lawyer who's helping pro-bono because the family in maui had, you know, 3 minutes to get out, hopefully with their family and maybe their dog. they did not all their documents out. but you know what you need for fema assistance. you need an idea. so now they're they're stuck know and so i am there are tons of situations where people have everything have the house have the birth certificates, etc. and then life hits them and then all of a sudden they find themselves in a situation they didn'

he played for the l.a.ming one of the best in the game in both areas, he was named american league mvp the past season with angels and now the cross time travel l.a. dodgers. novel injury will likely keep him off the mound next season, the 29-year-old will likely be a dominant hitter and pitcher for years to come. >> taylor swift has taken the world by storm, everything from her to her making more than $1 billion for dating travis kelsey. time magazine named her the 2023 person of the year but "rolling stone" magazine is using this to attack conservatives claiming the cover is quote breaking right wing brands. unsurprisingly right wing commentators took the opportunity to interpret swift well-earned success to launch into a conspiracy theory vendor. can you explain to me? >> my understanding is basically this idea taylor swift was put on the cover, she's built up because she will turn out 2024 to turn out. i don't agree just because she's going to do that anyway she's the biggest popstar in the country, loo

but then was on the streets of l.a. and she didn't have any documentation. and, you know, they put him on a plane to l.a., but then were sort of like, well, good luck. and so, you know, eventually she found out, i was skid row operation and came in and, you know, we had to help her get everything all over again. but that has happened a lot where people finally are able to escape and have to make a decision. and maybe i've always had other documentation but don't have free access to it. so there are so many different ways. i mean, right now in maui, i was just talking to a lawyer who's helping pro-bono because the family in maui had, you know, 3 minutes to get out, hopefully with their family and maybe their dog. they did not all their documents out. but you know what you need for fema assistance. you need an idea. so now they're they're stuck know and so i am there are tons of situations where people have everything have the house have the birth certificates, etc. and then life hits them and then all of a sudden they find themselves in a situation they didn'

something has to happen in l.a. if you are not in a rent- controlled building one day it is $1000 and the next day it is $5000 and then you are out on the street. and uc two different things. sometimes you see people have a lot more empathy for folks who are on the streets because they now understand what it looks like. and sometimes people go the clarence thomas route. but it sort of depends. but there are, you know, two groups. one of the things that happens and one of the articles read in 2016 about voter i.d. were seniors who, you know, had always had an i.d., but then have not needed one for a long time or whatever. you know? then all of a sudden the voter i.d. law was passed and they did not know the laws had changed and they did not know and they cannot get one and they cannot vote and we have a lot of situations like that. so many seniors. you know? like ms. ella. a lot of folks are older and have cancer and you can only get certain very kinds of very basic healthcare. and so then they are desperately in nee

>> hi eric. 33-year-old jared powell a resident of l.a. has been arrested in the serial murder case lapd believes he killed four people between sunday and wednesday of last week including a victim of a follow home a robbery and now police are trying to determine if a powell possibly hurt or killed anyone e else they are sharing this bulletin urgently public to come forward if they are aware of additional victims. he is still unclear why powell alleges shot and killed the three homeless men while they were sleeping. >> our work continues to interview witnesses who develop additional evidence till eight in successful prosecution and conviction of this heinous killer. >> a powell was arrested wednesday night after his vehicle at 2024 bmw it was pulled over by beverly hills police during a traffic stop. while powell was in custody forensic testing connected his car in the handgun found inside of it to the murders of the three homeless people who were killed in those three separate attacks on the l.a. area last week. burke's result of their wor

but first, abc's matt gutman in l.a. tonight. >> reporter: tonight, life-threatening flash flooding under way in california. torrential rains taking out this hillside in hollywood. flooding streets in santa barbara. overnight in ventura county, rain falling at up to three inches an hour. first responders pulling stranded families from homes. and we were there as this and we were there as this couple was perched atop their car. that fire truck ferrying them to dry land. was the car actually stuck? the water was up to the seat level inside the car? >> yeah, it started filling up to the seat level. >> reporter: at this senior living community, residents evacuated by tactical high water vehicles. among them, nancy bemis and her two dogs. >> everything. everything is destroyed. >> reporter: the storms in the west coming as holiday travel kicks into high gear, and also on the heels of that powerful system that pummeled the east this week. rivers finally receding in new jersey. in new hampshire, a race to shore up bridges and r

rams move to 8-7. 49ers host l.a.e final week of the regular season. >>> college hoops, hot, cardinal, visits defending national runners-up, san diego state. they had a lead early. nice lob. putting stanford up 4 late in the first half. the aztec's proved to be too much. under 10 to play. great ball movement. knocking down the triple. making it a 15-point lead. sdsu wins 74-60, stanford is 5-5 on the season. we will wrap up with the 9ers, monday's game will be the first time since 1993 that the two teams tied with the best record in the nfl and playing in week 16 or later. possible and probable super bowl match up. >> i know, we are looking forward to hopefully seeing that in february. >> in vegas. >> on kpix. >> oh, boy, i don't know how we are going to make the early morning live shot but we are going to try. thank you very much. >>> if you saw this on a school, it might raise arms. a hand grenade. it turns out this was a dispenser for dog poop bags. >>> you think something this size would be kind of hard to hide bu

he has played for the l.a.last six seasons as both a starting pitcher and a designated hitter. becoming one of the best in the game in both areas. heat was named american league mvp this last season with the angels will head to the crosstown rival the l.a. dodgers for it although an elbow injury will likely keep him off the mound next season the 29-year-old would likely still be a dominant hitter and pitcher for years to come. his cemetery million dollar contract eclipses deported $26.5 million is now former team mate mike trout got signed on 12 years with the angels in 2019. a lot of money. jon: that is for sure. i just wonder if the angels lost is going to mean new fans for the dodgers they do not even have to relocate to new city, right? >> that's great it's great living in l.a. i cheer for both teams. [laughter] that is easy. christina coleman thanks and congratulations to both of your teams. william and kate are getting into the christmas spirits. coming up we head to the uk for the prince and princess of

this homeless encampment near an l.a. past few weeks. in a letter to the mayor, the city attorney and city council, l.a. city comptroller noted that in an awed debt by his office, it revealed l.a. currently lacks a centralized database to track interim housing availability for the homeless and criteria for entry to interim housing sites. the letter also notes that there's 16,1000 interim housing beds for the homeless in l.a. however, there's nearly three times as many homeless people in the city, an estimated 46,2600 people. the city comptroller said, quote, the woefully inadequate amount of both interim and permanent housing resources as well as the antikuwaited and inefficient methods of data collection and housing referral processes significantly inhibit efforts by the city to respond to the crisis with the urgency that it requires. it's very disappointing to local residents. >> it's terrible. i think you need to think about it from both sides. obviously, these people are very down-trodden. they need help, and we need

gillian. >> gillian: jonathan hunt in l.a. for us, thank you. the developments in hunter's case come as president joe biden faces his own political challenges with his son's business endeavors. jacqui heinrich joins us from the north lawn. what's the impact so far for president biden. >> jacqui: none yet, gillian. 56-page indictment does not accuse president biden of any wrongdoing but could strengthen republican arguments in favor of an impeachment inquiry. house is setting to tee up soon here. >> we have now deposed witnesses who have testified under oath that he talked to them on the phone. the evidence is overwhelming and the american people see through this. it's time for the bidens to tell the truth. they cannot lie to the american people anymore. the walls are closing in on the president of the united states. >> jacqui: the president's son is accused of financial crimes that could put him in prison for 17 years. white house calls gop efforts to tie any of this to the president a "baseless stunt that is not rooted in facts or reality but e

his testimony comes as he is also running for l.a. county supervisor in 2024, an an outreach campaign is underway now to find women who were sterilized without their consent while they were in california prisons. >> moonlight pulido was one of those women. she was in prison when a doctor said she needed a tumor, removed. but in reality, the doctor removed her uterus without her knowledge. >> this man stole that gift from me because he didn't ask me. he never even gave me an inclination that he was going to do anything remotely close to that. and so i felt robbed felt like i had been tied up and stolen from the center for investigative reporting found that between 2006 and 2010, at least 132 women were forced sterilized while in prisons in california. >> two years ago, the state approved a program to compensate these women. this includes women sterilized under california's eugenics law. until 1979, and women sterilized in state prisons or correctional facilities thereafter. >> a youtuber who works on unsolved cases helped police locate

. >> good evening 33-year-old jared powell a resident of l.a.the serial murder case lapd believes he killed four people between sunday and wednesday of last week including a victim of the fellow home robbery and police are trying to determine if powell hurt or killed anyone else there sharing this bulletin urging the public to come forward if they are aware of additional victims it's unclear why powell shot and killed the three homeless men while they were sleeping. >> the person that killed one person every day for four days just think about that for a moment the day of his fourth killing he was arrested. powell was arrested wednesday night after his vehicle at 2024 bmw pulled over during the traffic stop. while he was in custody forensic custody connected his car and the handgun to the murders of the three homeless people from the three separate attacks around the l.a. area last week. >> the result has positively identified the handgun recovered from his car a been a murder rapid arresting homicides additionally our investigation has documente

it was sent to the crime lab in l.a.s and 72 hours later, came an answer. >> she was not the donor of the dna profile from the bite. >> that left just one possible suspect, number five on the list, john ruetten's ex-girlfriend, stephanie lazarus. nuttall called the rasmussens. >> we came home and there was a message on our phone from a detective that they wanted to talk to us. i thought oh, yeah, right. i thought it was just another false hope. >> this is detective nuttall? >> right. >> he said that they were opening the investigation. >> nels was upset with me. it was like, detective, where have you been for the last two decades. >> now nels rasmussen explained it all. how he told detectives back in 1986 that someone was stalking his daughter, sherri. a woman with crazy eyes. the ex-girlfriend of sherri's husband. nels had never known that the girlfriend's name was stephanie lazarus. but he did know something else about her. something very important and by this time, detective nuttall knew it too. >> he was very cautiou

and at this mall just south of l.a., officials say heavy planters saturated by rainwater caused this parking garage to partially collapse. no one was injured. the water level in this neighborhood was so high, it caused a number of garage doors to buckle and even forced the frame on this one to pop out. scientists say this was an extremely rare rainfall event for this region. margaret. > >>>. >> let's find out when that rain will let up and get the christmas forecast from meteorologist mike bettes with our partners at the weather channel. good evening mike. >> margaret, good evening. the storm we've been contending with in california sticks around for another day, not potentially producing flooding in l.a., in san diego, extending over into phoenix and eventually over to albuquerque as well. from there, it helps produce significant snow across the mountains as well as the plains. almost a guarantee leading up to christmas that we actually get snow for the holiday. but for many people, it will be a very warm forecast going into christmas. in fact, a lot of us end up getting rain out of

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>> jon: at least l.a.e easier, christina coleman live in los angeles, christina, thanks. >>> the annual reagan defense forum summit underway in california this evening, featuring speakers like defense secretary lloyd austin and commerce secretary, national security and defense experts are addressing american national security concerns. our jennifer griffin is right now leading a panel at this hour. here is her reporting from earlier today. >> jon, every conversation here at the reagan national defense forum has focused on technology and ai and how to use that ai to not just compete with china, but to protect u.s. allies, taiwan, israel, and ukraine. >> let me be blunt about our mission. the u.s. military is here to win our country's wars and to win them decisively. we will always try to deter conflict, but if we have to defend our country, we will fight, and we will win. >> defense secretary lloyd austin and others evoked reagan as they explained why the u.s. must remain the arsenal of democracy. >> americ

news that progressive l.a. county d.a.ffany blackknell to his chief of staff despite her hateful police speech on social media, sporting t-shirts saying polices are trying to kill us, also calling police barbarics and wrote hashtag defund police. a director with the local police union tells me her promotion to chief of staff in the d.a. a's office will ultimately take a toll on officer ma role -- morale and hiring efforts. >> they see what's going on in los angeles, they see the woke message in the d.a.'s office, the bad decisions, you put your high on the line and they ten get released. mine, who wants to work in that kind of environment? it's tough. >> reporter: on social media, blacknell also wrote we need to reimagine america without prison. that statement also getting backlash. the association of deputy d.a. a. a which represents over 800 attorneys is also critical of fast cope's controversial decision. one veteran d.a. tells me he's shot knocked -- not shocked. >> this is not even a typical defense attorney who maybe

i speak to folks in chicago and l.a.americans in swing states say they're voting for trump. that's a bad number for the biden ticket. >> harris: george gascon announced a new chief of staff. past social media posts are stirring up controversy. former public defender got the promotion last week. she wanted to defund the police and calling the lapd barbarians. she says prison is obsolete. one candidate said this. >> george gascon and now chief of staff tiffany black wel who views police are barbarians are refusing the accompany the victims at the parole hearings. we need to get rid of george gascon in the 2024 election. >> it has been going on for years there. looking the other way when lawlessness happens. not prosecuting appropriately when cops are killed. and gangs involved in take down inoh center. it is his record and tiffany's record. gave a big plea deal with a group of gang bangers in l.a. to have that kind of hatred for the police at a time when lawlessness is exploding, why? you've demonized police and not prosec

his testimony comes as he is also running for l.a. county supervisor in 2024, an an outreach campaign is underway now to find women who were sterilized without their consent while they were in california prisons. >> moonlight pulido was one of those women. she was in prison when a doctor said she needed a tumor, removed. but in reality, the doctor removed her uterus without her knowledge. >> this man stole that gift from me because he didn't ask me. he never even gave me an inclination that he was going to do anything remotely close to that. and so i felt robbed felt like i had been tied up and stolen from the center for investigative reporting found that between 2006 and 2010, at least 132 women were forced sterilized while in prisons in california. >> two years ago, the state approved a program to compensate these women. this includes women sterilized under california's eugenics law. until 1979, and women sterilized in state prisons or correctional facilities thereafter. >> a youtuber who works on unsolved cases helped police locate

are the l.a. dodgers now the team to beat? >> yes, mlc as locked up right now, right? so much money as well, and they have proven that money does not necessarily by championships, but with shohei? come on. >> i said this on twitter, or x, earlier today i said, what happens if the dodgers don't want to world championship because of this? >> the mets had a great year two years ago. this year? horrible. >> a lot of payroll. all right, when peacock streams its first ever exclusive nfl games, the fourth quarter it will be commercial free. that includes tomorrow night matchup between the buffalo bills and the l.a. chargers. and the january 13th round card wildcard playoff game we should note of where it's, peacock is part of our nbc universal family, and owned by cnbc parent company comcast. this is that deeper push, by companies to try to latch onto customers by giving them something that they would not normally see on linear broadcasts. >> also, how do you set yourself apart from netflix, the dominant player? a couple of days ago, last week, netflix released their stats, v

he agreed to play for l.a. for 10 years. the price tag is $700 million. he is switching to the national league after winning two mvp awards in the american league as a member of the l.a. angels. >>> one street in oakland is looking to have neighbors join with neighbors. they are coming together to fight rising crime . we have more on that community story, when we come back. >>> the hanukkah celebrated in san jose. and we have mayor that may has message to all in >>> may san jose be the life of the world as a city that is diverse and united and it which we come together and peaceful coexistence to build a better future for all of our children. i hope you have a very happy hanukkah. >> your community station see san jose mayor matt mahan joining in the festive celebration of hanukkah last night. community members gathered for the cities menorah lighting event. the night included music and dancing and special speakers. san jose police were there amidst fears prompted by rising anti-semitism nationwide. >>> tholden globe nominations announced this morning wit

the warriors are headed to l.a. to play the clippers tonight and the goal is to snap a six-game losing streak on the road. the dubs will have to do it without their star forward. we are talking about draymond green. the league suspending him a indefinitely after getting his third ejection of the season this week. shawn chitnis at chase center with the book at draymond's future . >> reporter: we will not see fans at chase center until saturday. we are certainly hearing from those who are not afraid to say how they feel about draymond green and his indefinite suspension. we understand the draymond can still practice with the team and according to espn he is set to meet with the general manager and his agent today. they will be discussing counseling and help for him as part of a path to move forward. warriors fans have not been holding back on greens recent conduct. listen to what two brothers who told us were proud fans who live in the north bay. >> he oversold it . exaggerating completely. he could've fallen forward

she called l.a. buried an occupying army on social media and facebook posts she admitted to looting during the 1992 rodney king riots from other l.a. county deputy da tells me promoting blackmail to chief of staff in the das office despite people police speech% of that message to law enforcement connect imagine his sons to police is what it's supposed to, we don't care about you, we are not going to do anything to cooperate with you. >> she wrote on social media vote prison is obsolete, we need to reimagine america without. angela davis said years ago prisons disappear from a problems don't solve them, we been warehousing our people for a generation from lifetime to free america. guestrooms moved to promote her as to the list of controversial decisions and policies this progressive t8 criticized for including dissolving the victim impact program which reduced the number of experienced lawyers handling sensitive cases involving domestic violence, child abuse and other serious crimes. >> he doesn't wan

and we can now reveal he's chosen the l.a.gers, the japanese sensation announcing it all on instagram, his social media accounts, one of them a short time ago, that he'll leave the l.a. angels. i wonder how angels fans are feeling right now, he's heading to the dodgers. he thanked the angels and their supporters in the lengthy post a short while ago and also pledged to always do what's best for the dodgers and baseball for the rest of his whole career. i cannot tell you, this legend of the sport, such a true icon in his homeland, japan. one of the best players in all of baseball. he's the baby ruth, really, i think it's fair to say, of his generation. there's no question about that. the star, just to remind our viewers, boat domestically in the u.s. and, of course, overseas, won the american league and the most valuable player for the second time this past season. he won't be able to pitch next year due to an arm injury, but he will be able to hit for the dodgers. there's plenty of speculation, i will say, about where he was h