my pleasure to introduce richard hastings and that lopez. -- matt lopez.aturday, july 16, 2011, officer richard hastings and asked matt lopez were on duty and in uniform. their primary assignment was to be on a fixed post detail on the imminence of a railway platform on third street between oakdale avenue and plu avenue. this platform and the surrounding areas are notorious for high incidence of robberies, aggravated assaults, indiscriminate shootings, gang activity, illegal firearm possession, as well as a multitude of quality of life cripes. the bayview station has dedicated a high-level police resources to this area, particularly to a recent rash of robberies on and adjacent to the platform. well on the platform, officers tastings and lopez contacted the subject later identified as kenneth harding jr.. he was on the railway vehicle. the officers determined the suspect was riding without benefit obtained. the officers escorted the subject off of the vehicle without incident and requested he sit down on one of the benches nearby. mr. harding complied with

identity of a san francisco police officer accused of molesting a teenage concord boy. 37-year-old richard hastings is suspended without pay. concord police arrested hastings last week. sources tell kron-4 that hastings *is the same officer who shot a washington state parolee back in august 2011. that parolee -- kenneth harding -- killed himself following a shootout with hastings and a fellow happening now. day one of the bay bridge shutdown. as caltrans gets ready to open the new span. crews are busy tearing apart the old bridge. we begin our bay bridge coverage tonight with kron4's grant lodes. with new video of the bay bridge grant? continuing our coverage now. kron4's dan kerman is live at the bay bridge toll plaza. he joins us now with a brand new tour of the new span. dan? bridge is on schedule for tuesday morning opening crew will cointinue to work through the night and this weekend to complete the bridge. o happening now. the yosemite fire continues to grow. as firefighters continue to battle for control. here's the latest. the "rim fire" is now almost 193 -thousand acres. evacuation adviso

. >>> the san francisco accused of a 15-year-old boy, concord police arrested richard hasting. he was the same officer who was involved of the incident of shooting harding back in 2011. hastings has been suspended without pay. >>> you can crews off in the distance working around the clock to replace the road way with the new southeastern span, that's set to open by early tuesday morning, the day after labor day, caltrans is focusing on demolishing that old span, they say the whole process will take about three years and cost about $340 million. kron 4 news takes a look at the progress crews made today. >> work continues at a pace and it all appears to be on schedule for the tuesday morning opening of the new eastern ban of the bay bridge. >> we have not seen nothing yet that we would not finish by tuesday morning at 3:00. >> first demolitions of the original westbound de approach. >> >> they're taking out about 17% o smallest steel beams and they're now starting on the larger beams. >> out of the tunnel, they have completed the polyester over lay of the upper deck. >> that's de

no charges have been filed. 37-year-old richard hastings the third was taken into custody by concord police august 31. he was accused of having a relationship with a 15-year-old boy. the 12-year veteran has been suspended without pay. >>> police arrested a man accused of a double murder at his home on tara hills drive. the victims and the suspect appeared to be family members. the killings parked the first and second murders of that area of the year. >>> an alarming discovery in berkeley. someone found a human body part at frontage road. you are looking at video from our helicopter partnership with abc7 news. police not releasing any details as they continue to investigate. >>> clear skies over the bay tonight. you can see that from mount tam, there is no fog out there tonight. there are some low clouds out over the ocean and they are expected to move in a little bit later this evening coming in on the breeze blowing the camera around tonight. we will see the fog for tomorrow morning. it will be around the bay. should clear out by about 10:00 for tomorrow. mostly sunny for the rest o

san francisco police officer is accused of molesting a 15-year-old boy in concord. 37-year-old richard hastings was arrested last week. he has since posted bail and was released. concord police started investigating the relationship between hastings and the teen earlier this month. hastings has been a san francisco police officer since 2001. last year, he received the gold medal of valor, the highest honor that the sfpd gives. >>> dozens of protestors against the u.s. military taking action against syria marched today in san francisco. many of protestors held yellow signs at powell and market and said they were sick and tired of wars in the middle east. >> i'm devastated at the thought of more war. i hate what is happening there, but i also hate what we have done around the world. the reality is that we have -- we have created much of the chaos that is going on there. >> protestors also say that if the u.s. steps in, they believe it will be another war like iraq. >> and tonight if the u.s. does decide military action it won't be doing it with the help of britain. today, the british parliament s

the san francisco police officer arrested on child molestation charges in concord. 37-year-old richard hastings is accused of molesting a 15-year-old boy and is in the hands of the contra costa district attorney. we have confirmed the san francisco police department launched an internal investigation against hastings. >> now a look at traffic on this friday morning. we hope because of the holiday week the worst is behind us. >> if it is when san mateo that is commute but if eastbound traffic is busy that is people getting out of town. >> we anticipate that it is friday and for a holiday weekend we could see heavier traffic later in the morning toward the afternoon hours. the best advise is to get out on the roads as early as possible. westbound san mateo bridge is at top speed and the dumbarton is not a problem and richmond-san rafael is clear. from vacaville we have a report of a fire slowing things down westbound 80. from vacaville to the west you are moving just fine. no need to anticipate heavy traffic. we can see clear conditions but everyone is traveling at top speeds. we have a cool down

>>> a san francisco police officer is on the wrong side of the law, concord police arresting richard hastings last week. multiple sex offenses against a 16-year-old. he was booked and is currently out. he is suspended without pay. >>> 2,000 images of child porn. that's what san jose police say they found inside the home of a former substitute teacher. he worked as a sub in the school district for several years and previously worked with kids at the ymca. police say they don't know of any lewd or inappropriate conduct involving kids but they have been interviewing former students as part of the investigation. >>> a vigil for a fallen classmate in danville. 17-year-old rob orlando died in a car crash on monday. the day before he was supposed to begin his senior year of high school. he was a passenger in the car carrying two other students from san ramon valley high school. today students, friends and family held a vigil at the scene of the crash. a public memorial service will be held next week. >>> work is well underway to get the eastern span of the bay bridge open and crews are also working

the san francisco police officer arrested on child molestation charges in concord. 37-year-old richard hastings is cuss of molesting 15-year-old boy. case now in the hands of the contra costa county district attorney. abc 7 news i team has also confirmed that the sf pd launched an internal affairs investigation against hastings. >> new at 11:00. touching vigil tonight in honor of teenager killed in an accident in dabville. nearly 300 people turned out to pay tribute 16-year-old robert orlando. he was killed when the car he was riding in struck a tree monday night on el capitan drive. teenager driver and another teen passenger were injured. they were coming home from fishing trip before the first day of school. public memorial service will be held tuesday at 3:00 p.m. at the saint general of arc catholic church this san ramone. >> oakland police say he posed as utility work tore break in homes. he's believed to be about 35 to 40 years old 5 feet 6 inches tall weighing approximately 1 80 pound. medium complex and short dark hair. police said man posed as pg&e worker and told victims he needed to

san francisco police officer arrested on child molestatio c charges in concord. 37-year-old richard hastings is cuss of molesting 15-year-old boy. case now in the hands of the contra costa county district attorney. abc 7 news i team has also confirmed that the sf pd launched an internal affairs investigation against hastings. >> new at 11:00. touching vigil tonight in honor of teenager killed in an accident in dabville. nearly 300 people turned out to pay tribute 16-year-old robert orlando. he was killed when the car he was riding in struck a tree monday night on el capitan drive. teenager driver and another teen passenger were injured. they were coming home from fishing trip before the first day of school. public memorial service will be held tuesday at 3:00 p.m. at the saint general of arc catholic church this san ramone. >> oakland police say he posed as utility work tore break in homes. he's believed to be about 35 to 40 years old 5 feet 6 inches tall weighing approximately 1 80 pound. medium complex and short dark hair. police said man posed as pg&e worker and told victims he needed to

the san francisco police officer arrested on child molestation charges in concord. 37-year-old richard hastings is cuss of molesting 15-year-old boy. case now in the hands of the contra costa county district attorney. abc 7 news i team has also confirmed that the sf pd launched an internal affairs investigation against hastings. >> new at 11:00. touching vigil tonight in honor of teenager killed in an accident in dabville. nearly 300 people turned out to pay tribute 16-year-old robert orlando. he was killed when the car he was riding in struck a tree monday night on el capitan drive. teenager driver and another teen passenger were injured. they were coming home from fishing trip before the first day of school. public memorial service will be held tuesday at 3:00 p.m. at the saint general of arc catholic church this san ramone. >> oakland police say he posed as utility work tore break in homes. he's believed to be about 35 to 40 years old 5 feet 6 inches tall weighing approximately 1 80 pound. medium complex and short dark hair. police said man posed as pg&e worker and told victims he needed to

we can now identify him as 37-year-old richard hastings working for years out of the bay view station after finding probable cause hastings committed several offenses against a 15-year-old boy. i team confirmed sfpd launched an investigation against hastings shortly after his arrest. >> deliberations in the case of an exdanville police officer accused of setting up phony drunk driving stings came to an unexpected halt today. prosecutors accuse him of helping an investigator set up drunk driving busts in exchange for cocaine. deliberations stopped this morning when one juror who spoke english as a second language admitted he had trouble understanding the jury instructions. the juror was replaced with an alternate and deliberations started this afternoon. >> the state of california is now investing tens of millions of dollars for a campaign about an issue many have been trying to ignore. mandatory health insurance. >> nobody will be denied because of the preexisting condition. >> new ads will be pushing state president dents to cover california web site they can buy low or no cost healt

we can now identify him as 37-year-old richard hastings working for years out of the bay view stationfter finding probable cause hastgs committed several offenses against a 15-year-old boy. i team confirmed sfpd launched an investigation against hastings sholy after his arrest. >> deliberations in the case of an exdanville police officer accused of settingup phony drunk dring stings came to an unexpected halt today. prosecuts accuse him of helping an invtigator set up drunk driving busts in exchange for cocaine. deliberaons stopped this morning when one juror who spoke english as a second language admitted he had troublenderstanding the jury inructions. the juror was replaced with an alternate andeliberations started this afternoon. >> the state california is now investingens of millions of dollars for a campaign about an issue many have been trying to ignore. mandatory health insurance. >> nobody will be denied because of the preexistg condition. >> new ads will be pushing state president dents to cover california web site they can buy low or no cost health insurance starting octer 1

police in concord are now confirming the arrest of 37- year-old san francisco police officer richard hastings the iii. the officer is accused of molesting a 15-year-old boy. detectives are recommending charges of lewd and lascivious acts with a minor, sodomy and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. sergeant hastings is suspended from sfpd. >>> the governor decided to sponsor a bill after the deaths of five women. right now smaller linos with fewer than 10 passengers don't have to carry fire extinguishers. hill says smaller limos are often town cars that have been cut in half and stretched. >> that's the real challenge with this. because no one knows if they are safe. did they use the proper grade wiring, are the welds secure? >> the bill is scheduled to go before the assembly apropriations committee tomorrow. >>> the fire crews are being helped by cooler temperatures, higher humidities and calmer winds. since yesterday the forest service said the fire only group 6,700 acres. containment is up slightly but still at 32%. full containment isn't expected until september 20th. that is a wee

police in concord are now confirming the arrest of 37- year-old san francisco police officer richard hastings the iii. the officer is accused of molesting a 15-year-old boy. detectives are recommending charges of lewd and lascivious acts with a minor, sodomy and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. sergeant hastings is suspended from sfpd. >>> the governor decided to sponsor a bill after the deaths of five women. right now smaller linos with fewer than 10 passengers don't have to carry fire extinguishers. hill says smaller limos are often town cars that have been cut in half and stretched. >> that's the real challenge with this. because no one knows if they are safe. did they use the proper grade wiring, are the welds secure? >> the bill is scheduled to go before the assembly apropriations committee tomorrow. >>> the fire crews are being helped by cooler temperatures, higher humidities and calmer winds. since yesterday the forest service said the fire only group 6,700 acres. containment is up slightly but still at 32%. full containment isn't expected until september 20th. that is a wee

. >>> a san francisco police officer is on the wrong side of the law. 37 year old richard hastings was arrested last week, accused of multiple sex offenses against a 15 year old concord resident. he faces lewd act with a child, 14 or 15 year, sodomy and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. he was bookeden and posted bail and was released. they suspended him without pay pending this investigation. >>> a crucial vote in sacramento tomorrow on a new limousine safety bill. senator jerry hill who represents the peninsula introduced the bill requiring all limos to be equipped with two fire extinguishers, undergo inspebss and meet federal and state standards. the bill was introduced after that limo crash caught on fire in maon the san mateo bridge. five people died. the senator says there might have been a different outcome had there been a fire extinguisher. >> it could have provided valuable time for them to fight the fire a bit and to exit the limousine to a safe location. >> under current limo laws only limos with the seating capacity of ten or more people are required to have a fi

officer richard haste was initially invited for manslaughter at -- indicted for manslaughter, but a judge electively throughout the indictment in may on procedural grounds. ramarley graham's father spoke outside the district attorney's office. he gets to go back and do his job and maybe kill again. we have to ask ourselves the question, if my son had been white, would this have been happen? would they have run in a white person's home? we don't want to talk about racism in america, but why not? we need things to change three . like our attorney says, we need a special prosecutor to deal with these cases. we cannot trust the office at work so closely with the nypd to prosecute them. i don't think you'll ever change as long as they're prosecuting these police. we need real changes. holderrney general eric has openly criticized the u.s. drug saying too many people are now behind bars and it is time for federal sentencing reform. holder made the comments in an interview on npr. >> there are too many people in jail for too long and for not necessarily good reasons. the war on drugs is 30 to 40

a 37-year-old richard hastings iii. he's accused of molesting a boy.y hastings has been suspended without pay. >>> there's new questions about a man accused of killing two people at a san francisco jewelry mart last month. 23-year-old barry white junior is dpblg suspected of killing the workers during the dispute over jewelry. according to the contra costa times. he spent the last decade working as a county hospital employee as a student worker. but the paper says he shouldn't have been working there at all because he was not a student. now, the health department is now investigating. one employee told the nup barry white junior may -- newspaper barry white junior may have ben ninted from nepotism. >>> california fish and wildlife wardens say they've broken up a major abalone poaching ring. 13 people were arrested in a sweep yesterday. now, the raids were in oakland, san leandro, fairfield, alameda, and sacramento. authorities say the men caught wild be a boy loney off the mendocino and sonoma -- wild abalone off the mendocino and sonoma coast and sold

officer richard hastings invited manslaughter,r but a judge reluctantly throughout the indictment in may on procedural grounds. on wednesday, another grand jury chose not to indict officer haste a second time. ramarley graham's mother constance malcolm told the new york post -- the family will hold a news conference today to announce the next steps. those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we begin today with a major development for opponents of new york city police department's controversial stop and frisk row graham. in a settlement announced wednesday, the nypd agreed to stop storing the names of people who were arrested or issued a summons after being stopped and frisked -- and later cleared of any criminal wrongdoing. for years police have used the database to target new yorkers for criminal investigations, even though it includes people who were victims of unjustified police stops. since 2002, the police department has conducted over 5 million stop and frisk. the vast majority of those stopped have bee

officers arrested 37-year-old richard hastings last week after a two-week investigation. detectives have given the case over to the district attorney and are recommending that the d.a. charge hastings with lewd and lascivious acts with a minor, sodomy and cricketing to the delinquency of a minor. >>> there is a new component to school safety in the south bay this fall. they spent the day training teachers how to react if a shooter ever attacked their students. >> if somebody came into the building, do we lock ourselves in the classroom? do we try and find a closet to go into? do we get out of the building? we really don't know. >> santa clara county has never had a mass shooting, such incidents around the country prompted police to update their security plan. at this training session, the san jose police department taught almost 500 teachers to run, hide, and new this year, defend. >> if an active shooter does get past that barricade, we want the teacher to do everything they can to stop that active shooter. we want them to help that teacher take down that active shooter,

. >>> san francisco police officer richard hastings is accused of molesting a 15-year- old boy in concordold was arrested last week. he did post bail and was released. >>> and concord police started investigating the relationship between hastings and the boy earlier this month. hastings has been a san francisco police officer since 2001. last year, he received the gold medal of valor the highest honor that sfpd gives. >>> sonoma county supervisor efren carillo is due in court today. he could be charged in connection with his arrest last month on prowling and burglary charges. state attorney general's office is handling the case. >>> 6:36. it should be simple but sometimes finding that parking spot here in san francisco could take a full tank of gas. how one app may change that. >> and the market opened up about 10 minutes ago. let's take a quick peek on this friday at the early numbers. and so far, we're out of the gate on the plus side. no, on the minus side, down 18 points. we'll crunch the numbers with jason brooks right after the break. ,, ,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,, open for another 5 da

police officer who was once awarded a medal of valor is now accused of molestation. 37-year-old richard hastingslast week for allegedly molesting a 15-year- old boy in concord. concord police started investigating the relationship between hastings and the boy earlier this month. hastings has been a san francisco police officer since 2001. >>> around the bay area, sonoma county supervisor efren carillo is due in court today. he could be charged in connection with his arrest last month on prowling and burglary charges. the state attorney general's office is handling the case. >>> santa cruz police need your help in finding an escaped inmate. patrick col lanes escaped santa cruz county roundtree facility in watsonville yesterday. collins was arrested in july for theft charges. he is 5'10" with tatoos including two over his eyes that read skate and destroy. >>> 23 states including ours that allows the use of marijuana are getting a break. the justice department says prosecutors will not sue to stop pot usage in those states but will still enforce rules against selling to minors and selling in states

san francisco police officer is accused of molesting a 15-year-old boy in concord. 37-year-old richard hastings was arrested last week. concord police started investigating the relationship between hastings and the teen earlier this month. hastings has been a san francisco police officer since 2001. last year, he received the gold medal of valor, the department's highest honor. >>> 4:39. 200 more police officers could be hitting the streets in san jose. the mayor, chuck reed, and the city council's sam liccardo are in favor of adding 141 sworn-in officers. it would be a shot in the arm for a department that lost a number of officers after a long running pension dispute. >>> apparently some of the giants clubhouse staff were underpaid by more than half a million dollars. the feds say many flat rate workers were putting in a lot of extra hours for no extra pay. the 74 employees will split $545,000 in back wages and damages. >>> and the big game between cal and stanford will stay here at berkeley's memorial stadium. uc-berkeley and stanford were in talks to play the 117th big game at levi stadium

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dangerous this could be is all the questions that remain unanswered over michael hastings mysterious death and we heard richard clarke come out and say you know this is definitely within the realm of possibility so this is why wherever we're talking about devices that are able to be hacked we go into cameras that are already so prevalent talk about board and stare we have a yeah we're going to gorgon stare is already being used in afghanistan and we should really explain what it is a little bit it's a system of about nine cameras with with just an incredible range you can. kind of survey an entire city from a single journey were mounting drones on many cameras on drones that are capable of doing just about everything we just recently. in the last few weeks the military launched the first drop off of an aircraft carrier landed safely off of an aircraft carrier so we're seeing now that not only are the cameras more sophisticated but the drones are as well i think that the most important thing is that with the evolution of technology the more privacy protections are needed on these devices on the surveillance tha