we have even lost one of our own classmates rashon williams this year a tragedy that has affected us personally and will stay in your minds forever. thank you for listening and please vote yes on this resolution >> president fewer, commissioners, my name is giovanni and i'm an 8th grade student . i suggest all students or kids that have been affected by violence should have counseling as along as they need it. please vote yes, sir and thank you for your time. >> president fewer, commissioners i'm zeke belino, i'm an 8th grade student of horaceman and here to ask you to vote yes the on the resolution. it has affected me personally because rashon williams was murdered and this affected us all with the loss of education time, grieving and me and other classmates feel that we did not get the time that we deserved with grief counselors. that is why i feel the resolution really helps. i'm here to thank you for your time. >> good afternoon, commissioners. president fewer. my name is rolando. i'm a student at buena vista horace mann. all of our lives have been affected by the death of our fe

as you know, my nephew rashon williams was murdered september 2nd. you do know he was bullied. my sister went to the principal at buena vista was aware of it. you were all aware of it. i don't know why you didn't take the steps you were supposed to take. it has become very clear that changes need to be made. first of all, we need to take this and fix it from the bottom-up. that mean has we need to give our children coping skills. our children need to have resources. our children need to learn how to communicate. a lot of these kids are coming from broken homes and it's not being taught at home. we all -- you all -- the teachers always tell our students that school is their second home. so why aren't we taking the steps that we need to take? children have a lot of energy, and you all know that it can either be productive or it can be destructive. we can make a huge difference we can make a big difference. rashon had big dreams. i don't understand how he was failed. this shouldn't happen and i want you to go home tonight and look at yourself in the mirror and ask yourself what yo

: now the family and friends are fighting to have the teen suspected of killing williams charged with assault. >> rashon's death brought together a community. it wasn't just a hispanic community, not only the african american community. he was a kid that belonged here to the community. >> reporter: it's grown to become a tradition spanning all the races and ages. >> reporter: this is a serious holiday for many but others use it as a chance to celebrate. all the officers i've spoken to, shpd are here in full force. they tell me none of the celebration have gotten out of hand. live in san francisco, katie utehs, ktvu news. >>> bay area voters got a head start on casting their ballots with early voting. the registrar's office opened today at the courthouse in oak land. we talked to some people who say voting on a sunday is a lot less crowded and a lot more convenient than heading to the polls the traditional tuesday. >> i have to work on tuesday. so this is the first time i'm voting in california as an adult. i'm excited to have the option to do early voting. >> reporter: the alameda county registrar's offic