san francisco chronicle" says a man walked out of prison three decades after his wrongful murder conviction. [ cheers ] >> 61-year-old joaquin ciria was greeted with applause and hugs as he emerged from the san francisco county jail. waiting there was his son who was six weeks old when his father was arrested and later convicted of killing a man. >> this is the first time you're breathing in this air as a free man. >> yes. yes. it is the first time. [ cheers ] >> i'm glad that i'm about to start a life with him after 32 years. we got a lot of catching up to do. the world's not the name when -- the not the same as when he went in. >> prosecutors said he was found guilty after false testimony and police misconduct. >>> and "usa today" says tennis players from russia and belarus have been banned from competing in wimbledon. the all-england tennis club made the announcement yesterday because of russia's invasion of ukraine and belarus' support of the ongoing war. the ban impacts some top players including the number two-ranked man, danil medvedev. wimbledon starts in late june. >>> still ahead, base brawl. a college pitcher faces possible expulsion for attacking an opponent rounding the bases. (music) who said you ha

he's spent much of the last 20 years in and out of san francisco county jail. at one point he was a well respected english teacher, put later wound up homeless and addicted to drugs. the series explores how the system failed him and how it's failing to protect people from him. >> kim mason wrote this is heartbreaking, i worked with jim 20 years ago near palo alto. we were both teachers living on campus, volunteering to chaperone almost every dorm event on the weekends. here's a picture of us at lake tahoe on a school ski trip. you can watch all the episodes right now at nbcbayarea.com/saving san francisco. you can use our nbc bay area app as well and you can stream it on apple tv, roku and amazon fire. >> to get our attention, just use the hashtag saving san francisco. >>> still ahead on "today in the bay," how a once powerful brick and mortar is meeting its slow demise. >> and if you're looking to book a summer trip, one major airline trimming its summer schedule. how it may affect your plans and what you need to know before you book that next flight. stay wit

. >> and they surrendered at the san francisco county jail earlier today.icers lions and saying were both cited and released on charges of destroying or concealing evidence. williams was booked on charges of unlawful possession of a machine gun and investment. in a statement in part, quote, a sworn police officers. we have no higher obligation than to earn and maintain public. trust it. we're disappointed that these incidents detract from the outstanding work done by our officers and non sworn members each and every day he went on to say, quote, no one, including a current or retired police officers above the law. all 3 officers are set to be arraigned on may 19th attorneys for the family of stephen taylor have filed a 10 million dollar federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of san leandro and 2 police officers there for shooting and killing taylor 2 years ago today. kron four's dan kerman reports it meant a great deal to us. we're going to miss him very much. the mother of steven taylor joined attorneys for the family tuesday. >> to announce they fi

investigation, arrest were issued for all 3 men on friday and they surrender themselves at the san francisco county jail earlier today. >> officers lions sand were both cited and released on charges of destroying or concealing evidence. williams was booked on charges of unlawful possession of a machine gun and investment. in a statement, chief scott saying in part, quote, sworn police officers, we have no higher obligation than to earn and maintain public trust. and we are disappointed that these incidents detract from the outstanding work done by our officers and non sworn members every day he went on to say, quote, no one, including a current or retired police officer is above the law. all 3 officers are set to be arraigned on may the 19th. >> today, santa clara county officials names to the person that they say is responsible for this. a massive blaze that burned down a home depot in san jose. police have arrested a suspect in connection to that fire. 27 year-old dylan j. crew's go. ke faces felony charges of arson and theft. the san jose man was arraigned today in a san jose courtroom kron four's. r

arrest warrants were issued for all 3 men on friday and they surrendered themselves at the san francisco county jail officer lions and sea and were both cited and released on charges of destroying and concealing evidence. williams was booked on charges of unlawful possession of a machine gun and embezzle month. in a statement, chief scott saying in part, quote, no one including a current or retired police officer is above the law. all 3 officers are set to be arraigned on may 19th. the sandwich is the board of supervisors. man. i'm asleep passed legislation that bans the san francisco police crime lab from storing or using any victim dna for criminal investigative purposes. this is in response to sfpd doing just that earlier in the year, the district attorney chesa boudin said the department used dna taken from rape kits to track try and track down and identify suspects in unrelated crimes. well, the practice drew wide condemnation from lawmakers and a promise from sfpd to stop that practice altogether. well, santa clara county officials name the person they say is responsible for the massive fire t

san francisco police officer mark williams was in possession of the firearm. retired officer williams was immediately terminated from his position with the police department. on tuesday, april 19, williams voluntarily surrendered himself at san francisco county jail, where he was booked on charges of unlawful possession of a machine gun, as 32625 of the california penal code, possession of a silencer, 32510. on july 3, 2021, investigators from the sfpd internal affairs division were notified of an incident involving the destruction of evidence prior to -- the prior evening on the 700 block of mission street. sfpd investigators launched an investigation which established that officer kevin lyons and kevin sien destroyed evidence. they were immediately transferred to assignments with nonpublic contact. on friday, april 15, 2022, a san francisco superior court judge signed and issued arrest warrants for lyons and sien. on tuesday, april 19, 2022, the two surrendered themselves to san francisco city jail. these actions of these sfpd members violate the law and regrettably fall short of our shared values. as sworn peace officers, we have no higher obligation than to earn and maintain public trust and we are disappointed that this detracts from our swo

he spent much of the past 20 years in and out of san francisco county jail, at one point he was a wellpected english teacher and a fitness instructor. but later, wound up homeless and addicted to drugs. in saving san francisco, we look at how the system failed him and how it's now failing to protect people from him. we want to take time to share what you think about our new streaming series. >> one of our viewers on youtube says it goes to basic questions. do you want to help people or just lock them up? what is the city doing to help protect people because if they want the city to be safe, they need to save them first. another person chimed in, saying, there's no reason sf should look like this. none. >> on twitter, alex said, i love this series. thank you. many different perspectives are needed on this. kim mason said, heartbreaking. i worked with jim 20 years ago at the college prep school near palo alto. we both were teachers living on campus and volunteered to chaperone almost every dorm event on the weekends. here's a pic of us at lake tahoe on a school ski trip. you can binge wa

investigation, arrest warrants were issued for all 3 men on friday and they surrendered at the san francisco county jail earlier today. officers lions and ca and were both cited and released on charges of destroying or concealing evidence. williams was booked on charges of unlawful possession of a machine gun and investment chief scott saying in a statement in part, quote, has sworn police officers. we have no higher obligation, then to earn and maintain public trust. and we're disappointed that these incidents detract from the outstanding work done by our officers and non sworn members every day he went on to say, quote, no one, including a current or retired police officer is above the law. all 3 officers are set to be arraigned. may 19th. new tonight at 9 tonight, the san francisco board of supervisors unanimously passed legislation that bans the san francisco police crime lab from storing and we're using any victim dna for criminal investigative purposes. this is in response to the sfpd doing just that earlier in the year district attorney chesa boudin said the department used dna taken from rape ki

he's spent much of the past 20 years in and out of san francisco county jail. was a well respected english teacher and a fitness instructor, but later wound up on homeless and addicted to drugs. the series explores how the system failed him and how it's failing to protect people from him. >> on twitter, kim mason wrote heartbreaking, i worked with jim 20 years ago near palo alto. we were both teachers living on campus and volunteered to chaperone on the weekends. here is a picture of us at lake tahoe on a school ski trip. you can watch all six episodes of "saving san francisco" online at nbcbayarea.com/saving san francisco. use the nbc bay area app as well on your roku, apple tv and amazon fire. >> and don't forget to let us know what you think in the comments. to get our attention, use the hashtag saving san francisco. >>> now cal fire will require permits for outdoor burning in the north bay. back in december cal fire allowed people to conduct controlled vegetation burns on their properties on certain days without the permit. but now sonoma, lake, napa, solan

they surrendered at the san francisco county jail earlier today. officers live, as you both cited and released on charges of destroying or concealing evidence williams was booked on charges of unlawful possession of a machine gun and embezzlement. chief scott said in a statement in part, quote, has sworn police officers. we have no higher obligation then to earn and maintain public trust. and we are disappointed that these incidents detract from the outstanding work done by our officers and non sworn members every day he went on to say, quote, no one, including a current or retired police officer is above the law. all 3 officers are set to be arraigned on may 19th more than a dozen cars towed and one person now in custody for allegedly punching officer after a weekend sideshow in oakland. police say some 200 spectators and 100 cars took over several intersections along 82nd avenue between macarthur boulevard avenue on sunday, a fight broke out. gunshots were heard, but officers did not find any firearms. police say they will continue to take action

at the san francisco county jail earlier today. officers lions and sign were both cited and released on charges of destroying or concealing evidence. williams was booked on charges of unlawfully possession ing possessing a machine gun and investment chief scott said in a statement here, quote, has sworn police officers. we have no higher obligation, then to earn and maintain the public's trust. and we're disappointed that these incidents detract from the outstanding work done by our officers and that non sworn members every day he went on to say, quote, no one, including a current or retired officer is above the law. all 3 officers will be arraigned on may 19th were still going through all this new information just into the newsroom. we will have updates tonight starting at 5. there are now 2 men behind bars in connection to a shooting in san mateo that left a man dead and his 2 year-old child seriously injured. police say on october, 30th 2 men ambushed, ut must junior. he was shot, quote, execution style and died at the scene. hi

arrest warrants were issued for all 3 men on friday, they surrendered themselves to the san francisco county jailnd officer lines and scene were both cited and released on charges of destroying or concealing evidence while williams was booked on charges of unlawful possession of a machine gun and embezzlement. here's a statement where chief scott says in part, quote, no one, including a current or retired police officer. >> is above the law. all 3 officers are set to be arraigned on may 19th 7.26. we'll be right back. >> darya james speaking of officers, the officers, some of the coma police department on the scene of an overnight shooting that involved 3 victims and the search continues for the shooter or shooters. all have a live update in just a few minutes update in just a few minutes from now. ♪ i stand alone ♪ ♪ and the fire in the sky ♪ ♪ ♪ wait and see ♪ ♪ shadow down ♪ ♪ fall into line ♪ ♪ you're out of time ♪ ♪ ♪ [ bird chirps ] springfest is back! ♪ fall into line ♪ [ sprinkler & birds chirping ] these are the mowers i was telling you about. and right now, you'll find everything your l

after doing time in state prison, syria was released from san francisco county jail days after a judges wrongfully convicted of murder. thank you for god, white people to make this happen. syria which is weeks old when his father was arrested. i don't feel hostile towards the justice system because you know, the justice system is just something that tends to mess up every once in a while, you know, i am joyful that the right people made the right decision. syria was convicted of murder in the 1990 killing his friend felix best rica, in part because the getaway driver said syria was the shooter. san francisco de a chaser, boudin said that witness lied on the stand after being pressured by the sfpd to identify syria. bodine launched the innocence commission in his office. syria was the first case that was reviewed eyewitness identification. false testimony. in many instances, official misconduct. all three of those common factors were president. in this for serious case. this is what we do. our work for these moments are amazing. linda starr heads the northern california innocence projec

arrest warrants were issued for all 3 men on friday and they turned themselves in at the san francisco county jailicer lions and officer seen were both cited and released on charges of destroying. >> or concealing evidence. williams, though, was booked on charges of unlawful possession of a machine gun and embezzlement. in a statement, chief scott said in part, quote, no one including a current or retired police officer is above the law, end quote, all 3 officers now are set to be arraigned on may 19th. >> it's 5.26. and coming up next on the kron 4 morning news. 2 gun bills are moving to the california legislature how they are supposed to hold gun manufacturers accountable. meet apartment 2a, 2b and 2c. 2a's monitoring his money with a simple text. like what you see abe? yes! 2b's covered with zero overdraft fees when he overdraws his account by fifty bucks or less. and 2c, well, she's not going to let a lost card get her stressed. am i right? that's right. that's because these neighbors all have chase. alerts that help check. tools that help protect. one bank that puts you in control. chase. mak

syria was released from san francisco county jail days after a judge confirmed he was wrongfully convicted of murder. say thank you, god, white people to make this happen. syria, which is weeks old when his father was arrested. i don't feel hostile towards the justice system because you know, the justice system is just something that tends to mess up every once in a while, you know, i am joy for that. the right people made the right decision. syria was convicted of murder in the 1990 killing of his friend felix best rica, in part because the getaway driver said syria was the shooter. san francisco de a chaser, boudin said that witness lied on the stand after being pressured by the sfpd to identify syria. bodine launched the innocence commission in his office. syria was the first case that was reviewed eyewitness identification. false testimony. many instances, official misconduct. all three of those common factors were president. in mr serious case. this is what we do. our work for these moments are amazing. linda starr heads the northern california innocence project. it should be the norm

first taste of freedom in 31 years after doing time in state prison, syria was released from san francisco county jail days after a judge confirmed he was wrongfully convicted of murder. say thank you, god right people to make this happen. syria which is weeks old when his father was arrested. i don't feel hostile towards the justice system because you know, the justice system is just something that tends to mess up every once in a while, you know, i am joyful that the right people made the right decision. syria was convicted of murder in the 1990 killing of his friend felix best rica, in part because the getaway driver said syria was the shooter. san francisco dhs a boudin said that witness lied on the stand after being pressured by the sfpd to identify syria. bodine launched the innocence commission in his office. syria was the first case that was reviewed eyewitness identification. false testimony. many instances, official misconduct. all three of those common factors were president. in this for serious case. this is what we do. our work for these moments are amazing. linda starr heads the northern

first taste of freedom in 31 years after doing time in state prison, syria was released from san francisco county jail days after a judge confirmed he was wrongfully convicted of murder. say thank you, god right people to make this happen. syria which is weeks old when his father was arrested. i don't feel hostile towards the justice system because you know, the justice system is just something that tends to mess up every once in a while, you know, i am joyful that the right people made the right decision. syria was convicted of murder in the 1990 killing of his friend felix best rica, in part because the getaway driver said syria was the shooter. san francisco de a chaser, boudin said that witness lied on the stand after being pressured by the sfpd to identify syria. bodine launched the innocence commission in his office. syria was the first case that was reviewed eyewitness identification. false testimony. in many instances, official misconduct. all three of those common factors were president. in mr serious case. this is what we do. our work for these moments are amazing. linda starr heads the nort

arrest warrants were issued for all 3 men on friday and they surrender themselves at the san francisco county jail earlier today. officers lined you both cited and released on charges of destroying or concealing evidence williams was booked on charges of unlawful possession of a machine gun and embezzlement. in a statement, chief scott saying in part, quote, has sworn police officers. we have no higher obligation than to earn and maintain public trust. and we are disappointed that these incidents to track from the outstanding work done by officers and non sworn members every day he went on to say, quote, no one, including a current or retired police officer is above the law. all 3 officers are said to be away on may 19. >> 2 bills aiming to bolster california's gun laws cleared key committees today. one allows private citizens, local governments and the state attorney general to sue gun makers and sellers. the other is designed strengthen the state's ban on ghost guns by stopping the sale of untraceable gun parts and requiring anyone with an unregistered gun to make them traceable. supporters say

after doing time in state prison, syria was released from san francisco county jail days after a judgeght people to make this happen. syria which is weeks old when his father was arrested. i don't feel hostile towards the justice system because you know, the justice system is just something that tends to mess up every once in a while, you know, i am joy for that. the right people made the right decision was convicted of murder in the 1990 killing of his friend felix best rica, in part because the getaway driver said syria was the shooter. san francisco de a chaser, boudin said that witness lied on the stand after being pressured by the sfpd to identify syria. bodine launched the innocence commission in his office. syria was the first case that was reviewed eyewitness identification. false testimony. in many instances, official misconduct. all three of those common factors were president. in this for serious case. this is what we do. our work for these moments are amazing. linda starr heads the northern california innocence project. it should be the norm. we shouldn't have to celebrate

san francisco police officer mark williams was in possession of the firearm. retired officer williams was immediately terminated from his position with the police department. on tuesday, april 19, williams voluntarily surrendered himself at san francisco county jail, where he was booked on charges of unlawful possession of a machine gun, as 32625 of the california penal code, possession of a silencer, 32510. on july 3, 2021, investigators from the sfpd internal affairs division were notified of an incident involving the destruction of evidence prior to -- the prior evening on the 700 block of mission street. sfpd investigators launched an investigation which established that officer kevin lyons and kevin sien destroyed evidence. they were immediately transferred to assignments with nonpublic contact. on friday, april 15, 2022, a san francisco superior court judge signed and issued arrest warrants for lyons and sien. on tuesday, april 19, 2022, the two surrendered themselves to san francisco city jail. these actions of these sfpd members violate the law and regrettably fall short of our shared values. as sworn peace officers, we have no higher obligation than to earn and maintain public trust and we are disappointed that this detracts from our swo

san francisco." and we head to the county jail to speak with the former instructor who became homeless. you can watch now on any of our streaming platforms and online at nbcbayarea.com/saving san francisco. hi, i'm mike holmes and i'm here ivan from agm renovations america's number one kitchen and bathroom renovators i'm super excited to introduce agm's 3d creator. it allows you to create your new kitchen or bathroom online, and get an exact quote in minutes. [ivan] that's right mike! design your kitchen or bathroom in 3d, choose your fixtures and finishes, without leaving your home or inviting strangers in. visit agmrenovations.com and create your new kitchen or bathroom today! ♪ agmrenovations.com ♪ [announcer] call now and get $3,000 off! >>> a new billboard with an unflattering mention about the city by the bay is stirring things up in san francisco. a group of mother is calling out the drug crisis on the streets. they're trying to push city leaders to do more to fix the problem. >> reporter: the billboard has been up for just a few hours, but it has already caused quite a stir. the

. >> these are people that have had many visits to the county jail in san francisco or other institutions. we are trying to connect them with the resources they need in the community to break out of that cycle. >> all of the referrals are coming from the law enforcement agency. >> officers observe an offense. say you are using. it is found out you are in possession of drugs, that constituted a lead eligible defense. >> the officer would talk to the individual about participating in the program instead of being booked into the county jail. >> are you ever heard of the leads program. >> yes. >> are you part of the leads program? do you have a case worker? >> yes, i have a case manager. >> when they have a contact with a possible lead referral, they give us a call. ideally we can meet them at the scene where the ticket is being issued. >> primarily what you are talking to are people under the influence of drugs but they will all be nonviolent. if they were violent they wouldn't qualify for lead. >> you think i am going to get arrested or maybe i will go to jail for something i just did becau

. >> reporter: this week we have episode 6 in our new streaming series "saving san francisco" and we head to county jail about james durgin, the former english teacher and fitness instructor who became homeless and divided a quiet community in presidio with his alleged obsession with one woman. you can watch now on any of our streaming platforms and online at nbcbayarea.com/saving san francisco. this is elodia. she's a recording artist. 1 of 10 million people that comcast has connected to affordable internet in the last 10 years. and this is emmanuel, a future recording artist, and one of the millions of students we're connecting throughout the next 10. through projectup, comcast is committing $1 billion so millions more students, past... and present, can continue to get the tools they need to build a future of unlimited possibilities. junk sleep is a slippery slope, america. what'll it be? i'm good. how are you? go see the sleep experts at mattress firm. they train over 200 hours to find the perfect mattress for you. unjunk your slep at mattress fir. >>> welcome back. it's 6:24. nbc bay area responds t

. >> these are people that have had many visits to the county jail in san francisco or other institutionsre trying to connect them with the resources they need in the community to break out of that cycle. >> all of the referrals are coming from the law enforcement agency. >> officers observe an offense. say you are using. it is found out you are in possession of drugs, that constituted a lead eligible defense. >> the officer would talk to the individual about participating in the program instead of being booked into the county jail. >> are you ever heard of the leads program. >> yes. >> are you part of the leads program? do you have a case worker? >> yes, i have a case manager. >> when they have a contact with a possible lead referral, they give us a call. ideally we can meet them at the scene where the ticket is being issued. >> primarily what you are talking to are people under the influence of drugs but they will all be nonviolent. if they were violent they wouldn't qualify for lead. >> you think i am going to get arrested or maybe i will go to jail for something i just did because of

san francisco. christien kafton ktvu fox two news, christian. thank you. san jose state students picketed outside the santa clara county jail this morning, calling on county supervisors to reconsider their vote to approve a new jail. gavin newsom. in january, santa clara supervisors voted to spend $390 million for a new jail. protesters want the county to revamp the current facility instead. and you some of that money for mental health programs and social services for prisoners. we also want to create a 20,024 ballot measure veto referendum that will be able to overturn the vote of addition board of supervisors because they decided to have a new jail without a collective voice of the public. the students say if the county supervisors do not reconsider their vote, they will consider putting a referendum on the 2024 ballot to try to stop the new jail from moving forward. plan to build student housing at people's park in berkeley is getting some resistance from sky fox. you can see a big group of protesters who rallied in front of safe brigade on u. c berkeley campus this afternoon. they are opposed to the creation of 1100 uni

he's in santa clara county jail, charged with several felonies, including assault. in san francisco they've arrested a man who was making threats with a gun this afternoon, a park near said and when they got to the scene, the man. >> when into a building you are looking at a citizen app video from when police first showed up to gonzalez drive near san francisco state university. no word on who the man was. but there have been no reports of any injuries. it was believed he was having some sort of mental health emergency and a crisis negotiator was called in. officers were able to take the man into custody without using any force. and the area is now clear. staying in san francisco, 50 people are homeless tonight after a fire broke out at an apartment complex last night. this is video from the citizen app. it started about 9 o'clock last night on the 400 deaths, upper terrace area. everybody got out, ok, but 2 people had to be rescued. the red cross and other city services. so we're trying to help fire officials say that the situation could actually been a lot worse of residents and f

. >> these are people that have had many visits to the county jail in san francisco or other institutions trying to connect them with the resources they need in the community to break out of that cycle. >> all of the referrals are coming from the law enforcement agency. >> officers observe an offense. say you are using. it is found out you are in possession of drugs, that constituted a lead eligible defense. >> the officer would talk to the individual about participating in the program instead of being booked into the county jail. >> are you ever heard of the leads program. >> yes. >> are you part of the leads program? do you have a case worker? >> yes, i have a case manager. >> when they have a contact with a possible lead referral, they give us a call. ideally we can meet them at the scene where the ticket is being issued. >> primarily what you are talking to are people under the influence of drugs but they will all be nonviolent. if they were violent they wouldn't qualify for lead. >> you think i am going to get arrested or maybe i will go to jail for something i just did because of th

county jail. >>> live look at sentences go, today's adventures have new rights including bargaining with renters landlords union style. >> reporter: tenants, labor leaders and also to san francisco supervisors were celebrating union at home ordinances. that ordinance goes into effect today, and basically launches the new law to codify the rights of tenants in the city to form self-governing associations and bargain with their landlords. there they are, celebrating this law early in the day. what this law will do is extend collective bargaining rights to sentences go tenants by arranging the process of association certification, creating a landlord obligations to meet and confer and classifying all organizing and association activities as a housing service under san francisco's rent ordinance. we talked with a tenant in this union. >> the right to organize, able to bring our neighbors together , and, to have a sitdown conversation, and find out exactly what our priorities are, without feeling like they are being reprimanded, or being afraid to notify everybody, or even having a meeting in the lobby. without any type of repercussions behind. so, i think this is a good thing for ev

san francisco as a man wrongfully convicted of murder was free. this afternoon , 61 year old joaquin syria walked out of the county jail into the arms of his family. he had served nearly 32 years behind bars after he was convicted of murdering his friend back in 1990 advocates from the northern california innocence projects say a key witness lied on the stand after being pressured by the sfpd to identify syria. today. syria expressed gratitude. this is a great country. made out of great people. a i know we all this happened to me. in any other country. my neighbor. his conviction was reversed by a san francisco superior court judge after a review of new testimony. the evidence included an eyewitness who says he saw another man at the scene of that crime. so far no further arrests have been made. supervisor matt haney is declaring victory and yesterday's special election for the 17th assembly district seat in san francisco tower and show haney with a strong lead with 63% of the vote. fellow democrat david compost trails with 37% now roughly 62,000 votes have been counted and the director of elections says that he expected voter turn out to be low.

county jail being held without bail. he scheduled me back in court on june 1st for a plea hearing. in san jose brooks jarocz ktvu fox two news today, san francisco's district attorney announced charges against one former and to current city police officers as ktvu christien kafton explains the rest follow separate internal affairs investigations. san francisco's district attorney has filed felony firearms charges against former san francisco police officer mark williams. san francisco police announced his arrest tuesday and the district attorney said he has been charged with possession of a machine gun and silencer. the d, a, saying the former officer removed a heckler and koch submachine gun from the city's property control division, where he was working in august. 2021 police say officers were conducting routine inventory and discovered the firearm missing. after an investigation. police say williams confessed to having the weapon and he was fired from his part time position with sfpd. at the same time, the d a announced a pair of active duty san francisco police officers kevin lyons and kevin sign had been charged with misdemeanor concealing or