one or two lanes blocked on the san quentin side. avoid the richmond-san rafael bridge. >>> let's talk business and tech headlines. wall street set to open lower this morning. investors watching that result from the georgia runoff election. some traders are worried the senate controlled by democrats, we don't know if that's true yet, but may very well be, could lead to higher taxes and tougher regulations on companies. it could add to additional stimulus, though, giving a boost to companies hardest hit by the pandemic. here you see the futures. the macy's hilltop mall in richmond one of 45 stores throughout the country closing for good. the iconic department store plans to close 125 stores over the next three years. they haven't totaled up how many jobs will be affected. macy's flagship store is among those closing its doors forever. this morning amazon reportedly developing a new device that listens to you for signs of sleep apnea. it sits on a night stand measures your breathing. it has been given the code name brahms. >> i talk in

we're talking about west 580 as you get over from richmond to the san quentin side, san rafael.getting crowded already. we're seeing across the bridge, the bay bridge itself registers over to the golden gate bridge. a little bit of time on the richmond bridge. we're following the progress. they're sending trucks from san rafael, the wrong way on the upper deck, so they can get to the crash. it's a tenuous situation until they do that. now the rest of the bay completely clear including sunol, the earlier crash for highway 84 did clear. great recovery. back to you. >> thank you, mike. >>> happening now a uk court has denied julian assange bail. this comes days after the same court decided the wikileaks founder can't be extradited to the united states. assange published diplomatic messages and classified military documents. >>> 5:54 right now. much more ahead on this wednesday morning including a new global testing program could be coming to all airports. plus, safeway striking a deal with doordash. it comes at a cost of some grocery store workers. we'll tell you all about it. you'

this is a west bound 5.80 just east of san quentin and you can see traffic moving along here the richmondfell bridge, this steel. a little congested 13 minutes for your drive time the san mateo bridge. also looking very good look at this traffic is at 13 minutes we're going continue tracking your bridges and drive times but back to the news. >>the breaking news that we're covering this morning. democrats are right now on the cusp of taking control of congress with georgia senate race is making history and congress also hours away from certifying president elect joe biden as the winner of november's election unless. >>a handful of republicans can stop it done. >>don, how even knew that she talk to our political analyst michael yaki how it can this even happened despite the grumbling the protests. can is legally happen to stop this now oh yeah. >>thank you good morning well, i mean you know they're too big 3 lines today, georgia and and obviously electoral college certification today. but the one that has little drama. but unfortunately will be like watching up a try for about 10 hours is g

>>a look at this this is westbound 5.80 just east of san quentin so there's an accident here and because traffic is backed up all the way into richmond you can see people trying to leave but they can't send a standstill. 22 minutes for your commute and counting. and they're going to be in that for some time the chp tries to get that cleared up another traffic collision of in looking at 80 south near alvarado niles this is in union city the starting to clear that if you're wondering why it's slow and sluggish. that's why a quick look at the san mateo bridge or one of our busiest 14 minutes, you can see they're heading to the peninsula again the bay bridge mace to fremont street 13 minutes for your drive in a quick look at the golden gate bridge, it's moving along there all green at 19 minutes, we're going to continue tracking your commute for now back to the news. >>6.32 is the time in the breaking news, this morning, democrats right now are on the brink of controlling congress as one of georgia's to set up a runoff seats has been called for a democrat raphael warnock the first black sena

. >>> some prisoners at san quentin are rolling up their sleeves. the state corrections department confirmed inmates over the age of 65 began getting the covid vaccine yesterday. other guidelines are in place at state prisons. we're told death row inmates at san quentin are included in that vaccination plan. there has been a lot of focus on helping renters hit hard by the pandemic. the states, counties and cities have all pushed for rent delay situations. but what about the apartment owners who rely on their rent to pay their mortgages? they're in need of help as well, and it doesn't look like it's coming. >> the landlord here owns several retail properties across the south bay, and although he says he can't afford to give his tenants a break, he still does it. gabriel velasquez visits his properties frequently, realizing the pandemic is hurting many of his tenants. this muffler shop had zero business today. in some cases his tenants, like this restaurant, can't make the monthly rent. he says he told velasquez one month that he couldn't make the ren

i felt like i was 5 pounds when i walked out of the san quentin prison that day. you don't realize -- and i have seen a lot of other parents like me who becoetter d holdtosaw that and know of your struggle will say, i would never forgive. some take 20 something years. some take one year. some take a week -- was that in south carolina or north carolina? where the fellow came in and killed all the people. and they said, we forgive him. and we said, how can you do that? i was one of those. >> i remember it was a week after the act when this kid was in court, dylann roof was his name. aneq one of them, family members of the victims. and i was -- that actually encouraged me, when i saw that. i want to say i went back and forth. i started to back out. it is one of those things you wrestle with. because this was my first born. my only daughter. i could have had grandchildren by now. she would be 38 years old now. >> one of your mentors said that if you don't wrestle with your demons, the angels will never sing. and one of the wrestling's you do is to learn to forgive. it

the crash was initially on westbound 580 before the san quentin on-ramp there. we want to move over to a caltrans camera in the area and see if we can see the traffic. hopefully it's picking up. actually, we're looking at the san mateo bridge. you can see for people traveling towards the peninsula, we're seeing brake lights there. looking at the south beach camera for the bay bridge. no, we do not have on metering lights there. also we have speeds or i should say if you're traveling into san francisco, it's going to be businesses today are looking to tomorrsetting the course.ating. but new ways of working demand a new type of network. one that's more than just fast. you need flexibility- to work from anywhere and manage from everywhere. advanced technology. with serious security. and reliable coverage, nationwide. forward-thinking enterprises deserve forward-thinking solutions. and that's what we deliver. so bounce forward, with comcast business. >>> police officers from new york city are headed to southern california today to find this woman. investigators are s

he spent locked away on san quentin's death row. his attorney pat harris says his clients demeanor has also remained the same he has always been upbeat. >>he's always been a person who is extremely sensitive to other people's feelings. i think that even though he's been in for the 16 years. i don't think any of that's changed. i know that it's difficult for him and i know he has. problems obviously being confined. under the circumstances i think he's making the best of it's unclear at this time at the judge will issue her ruling on whether or not peterson will be granted a new trial on march 12th. >>or decide to hold a hearing on the matter even if peterson is not granted a new trial his case will come back here to san mateo county again that's because the same higher court. also overturn his death sentence because of mistakes. the original judge made during jury selection. a new jury would have to be seeded for a new penalty phase. >>and they could once again decide to sentence peterson to death. but those hearings could take month

update on his case he looked remarkably unchanged despite the 16 years he spent locked away on san quentin's death row. his attorney pat harris as his client's demeanor also remains the same he has always been upbeat. >>he's always been a person who is extremely sensitive to other people's feelings. i think that even though he's been in for the 16 year. i don't think any of that's changed. i know that it's difficult for him and i know he has. problems obviously being confined. under the circumstances i think he's making the best peterson may have a new reason to be upbeat today. the judge said that the defense has until march 12th. >>to submit a brief on why their client should have his original conviction for the murder of his pregnant wife lacy and their unborn son conner overturned and be granted a whole new trial. the reason alleged juror misconduct after the state supreme court decided that juror richelle nice failed to disclose that she had been the victim of domestic violence while she herself had been pregnant nice scene here around the time of the original trial has denied that she

do training seminars with the guys, and-- johnny devenanzio: so you're like the cesar millan of san quentin. [laughing] no. well-- but i love that. do you think you would actually be able to train me? absolutely. why don't we give it a shot? [upbeat music] johnny devenanzio: so this is like yard time? this is yard time for the dog, yeah. what i'm going to have you do is lure her by taking that treat, holding it in front of her-- johnny devenanzio: a carrot and a stick. yeah. carrot and stick. yeah. and then you can just tell her, let's go, and bring her down the ramp. now i want you to try it again without holding out the treat. i want you to just say ramp. johnny devenanzio: brandy, ramp. wow. you're better behaved than most people, you know that? john grobman: that was fantastic. johnny devenanzio: what a good girl. john grobman: you're on your way to becoming a professional dog trainer. johnny devenanzio: all right. ah, there you go. wait. sit atta girl. i understand now why trainers like yourself and these amazing animals like brandy are indeed essential workers. thank you johnny. i app

we brought over 40 elected das to san quentin for the situation. now we are inviting the police department. our formerly incarcerated group born out of this programming asked for the opportunity to work on a project where we could bring the men in blue on the outside to come speak to the men on blue inside to start the healing dialogue around how the criminal justice system specifically in san francisco impacts the community. i was attracted to the role. there was a component of equity that was part of this process. the equity community here in san francisco is a community that i had already worked with. before i took steps to visit cannabis businesses i thought it was important my team have a chance to go inside and speak to men who had been impacted. that conversation needed to happen so we know how we are making an impact with the work that we are doing. the da's office as we were leading up to the legalization of marijuana in the state we started having conversations on the policy team what that could look like. the district attorney was really

we brought over 40 elected das to san quentin for the situation. now we are inviting the police department. our formerly incarcerated group born out of this programming asked for the opportunity to work on a project where we could bring the men in blue on the outside to come speak to the men on blue inside to start the healing dialogue around how the criminal justice system specifically in san francisco impacts the community. i was attracted to the role. there was a component of equity that was part of this process. the equity community here in san francisco is a community that i had already worked with. before i took steps to visit cannabis businesses i thought it was important my team have a chance to go inside and speak to men who ha had been impacted. that conversation needed to happen so we know how we are making an impact with the work that we are doing. the da's office as we were leading up to the legalization of marijuana in the state we started having conversations on the policy team what that could look like. the district attorney was rea

we brought over 40 elected das to san quentin for the situation.ow we are inviting the police department. our formerly incarcerated group born out of this programming asked for the opportunity to work on a project where we could bring the men in blue on the outside to come speak to the men on blue inside to start the healing dialogue around how the criminal justice system specifically in san francisco impacts the community. i was attracted to the role. there was a component of equity that was part of this process. the equity community here in san francisco is a community that i had already worked with. before i took steps to visit cannabis businesses i thought it was important my team have a chance to go inside and speak to men who ha had been impacted. that conversation needed to happen so we know how we are making an impact with the work that we are doing. the da's office as we were leading up to the legalization of marijuana in the state we started having conversations on the policy team what that could look like. the district attorney was reall

the data also does not include inmates at san quentin state prison or people receiving doses at local pharmacies excluding all of that so far more than 6% of marin county's population has been vaccinated which equals about 16,000 frontline health care workers first responders and those aged 75 and older. meanwhile vaccinations do continue down in the peninsula, a new covid vaccine site has opened with the ability to provide up to 5,000 shots per week. it's located at the mountain view community center on south ranstorp avenue open monday through friday from 08:30am until 05:00pm right now vaccines available to health care workers long-term care facility residents and those 75 years and older appointments though are required there. >>coming up on the kron 4 morning news, sobering new numbers show how hard the pandemic has hit small businesses what one east bay city is doing to help keep local spots alive. but for someone has died after receiving a covid-19 vaccine. we have the latest on the investigation in placer county after the break. ♪ [coughs] ♪ [inhales] [exhales] ♪ [camera click

included even though they received their dose in the county the data also does not include inmates at san quentin state prison or people receiving doses at local pharmacies under a new presidency, the biden administration vows to release nearly every available doses just states we've been promised more clarity in the process itself so we can plan better we really need to know how much to expect week to week so that we can schedule those visits schedules appointments not cancel visits 7 schedule or not under schedule. >>depending on the dose is in the meantime doctor willis says marines icu capacity is around 15%. but new cases are coming in and the doctor says the county is ready to inoculate as many people as possible when more doses arrive with 5% of our community back state and our health care as having been vaccinated it really feels a lot because there's not that sense of fear that their health care workers themselves are going to be infected by taking care of our residents. >>warren county residents can receive notifications about the covid-19 vaccine. we have to fill out an online form on

that line of purple indicates lane closures on that website side as you work near san quentin. that exit two lanes were blocked but now i'm hearing all lanes are shut down as you work through. i just looked at the cal trans camera and you can see there was a lot of activity happening there on scene because of this crash. definitely give yourself extra time and use 37 in the meantime if you are headed westbound out of the east bay over toward the marin side or if you are going into san francisco bay bridge will work as well. if you are going toward the city. in the meantime the lanes are blocked and we will let you know how bad the back up is to see if we are getting near the toll plaza. sluggish there. slow as you head in to the pass. westbound 580. 205 toward 680. that is a 30 minute commute. no crashes on 580 through this portion. just getting busy for the super commuters going into the pass. it's 5:47. time to check your forecast and we may see some rain today. >>> tracking this weak little weather system. this cold front to push across the bay area. dry for now with quiet c

he spent locked away on san quentin's death row. his attorney pat harris says his clients demeanor has also remained the same he has always been upbeat. >>the is always been a person who is extremely sensitive to other people's feelings. i think that even though he's been in for the 16 year. i don't think any of that's changed. i know that it's difficult for him and i know he has. problems obviously being confined. under the circumstances i think he's making the best of it's unclear at this time at the judge will issue her ruling on whether or not peterson will be granted a new trial on march 12th. >>or decide to hold a hearing on the matter even if peterson is not granted a new trial his case will come back here to san mateo county again that's because the same higher court. also overturn his death sentence because of mistakes. the original judge made during jury selection. a new jury would have to be seeded for a new penalty phase. >>and they could once again decide to sentence peterson to death. but those hearings could take mont

. >>> a court order to reduce the san quentin inmate population by half has been put on hold. cases of covid have skyrocketed inside the prison, with many blaming prison officials. an inmate sued the department of corrections saying the agency needed to reduce the population. an appeals court said the department's handling of the outbreak amounted to deliberate indifference, and ordered the population reduced by about 1,000. last week the california supreme court decided to send that decision back to a lower court. >>> this morning, dozens of south bay firefighters and other first responders got the coronavirus vaccine. the county fire chief says it's a big relief. >> this provides me a great sense of comfort to all the fire chiefs because you're right, our folks have been going out every single day. we have had outbreaks in several of the agencies within santa clara county, and providing this first line of protection for our folks is really critical for them to continue to do their jobs. especially as we're starting to see cases ramp up and our folks are still going out every

by the way, san quentin prison is reporting 2200 new cases so far.totals. >>> we have been compiling all kinds of information and we posted links on our website nbcbayarea.com. where you can find everything. >> let's take a live look outside at paul's market. why is it so popular this morning? a ticket worth $2.7 million was sold there last night. the store's manager says he's excited are for the winner. last night's winning numbers 4, 19, 23, 25, 49 and the powerball 14. nobody got all of them including the powerball. so the next jackpot is an estimated $640 million. that drawing is on saturday. in the meantime mega millions is up next, $750 million on the line for tomorrow. >> $2 million that's exciting. go out and buy like one and three quarters of a house. >> fixer sunshine, nice weather in our forecast tode spring for us even leading into the weekend. how is the commute rolling, vianey? >> still seeing a sigalert along westbound 84 through the sunol grade. expect delays until they work to clear the earlier crash. >> all right. that's going to do

san quentin prison is reporting 2200 cases so far and 28 deaths.ll bay area totals. >>> there's a new covid outbreak at the jail system. 109 cases now a majority of them are not at the main jail, they're at elmwood in mill pe tis. those are the highest inmate infection numbers since the start of the pandemic. >>> also reports of a covid outbreak at a north bay care center. according to the press democrat, the outbreak infected five patients, five staff members at sonoma specialty hospital in sebpoll. the patients became infected at another location though the patient quotes one worker disputing that claim. >>> for updates on the pandemic including cases and the vaccine rollout head to nbcbayarea.com. >>> new overnight, police are calling a shooting that happened yesterday near downtown a homicide. it happened a little after 5:00 p.m. near east virginia and south third near interstate 280. overnight, police indicated the victim died. so far they have not provided any more details including who was killed or what may have led up to it or if an arrest

included even though they received their dose in the county the data also does not include inmates at san quentin state prison or people receiving doses at local pharmacies under a new presidency, the biden administration vows to release nearly every available doses just states we've been promised more clarity in the process itself so we can plan better we really need to know how much to expect week to week so that we can schedule those visits schedules appointments not cancel visits 7 schedule or not under schedule. >>depending on the dose is in the meantime doctor willis says marines icu capacity is around 15%. but new cases are coming in and the doctor says the county is ready to inoculate as many people as possible when more doses arrive with 5% of our community back state and our health care as having been vaccinated it really feels a lot because there's not that sense of fear that their health care workers themselves are going to be infected by taking care of our residents. >>to receive notifications about the shot in mirman county. you can fill out an online form on the county's website. w

he spent locked away on san quentin's death row. his attorney pat harris says his clients demeanor has also remained the same he has always been upbeat. >>he's always been a person who is extremely sensitive to other people's feelings. i think that even though he's been in for the 16 year. i don't think any of that's changed. i know that it's difficult for him and i know he has. problems obviously being confined. under the circumstances i think he's making the best of it's unclear at this time at the judge will issue her ruling on whether or not peterson will be granted a new trial on march 12th. >>or decide to hold a hearing on the matter even if peterson is not granted a new trial his case will come back here to san mateo county again that's because the same higher court. also overturn his death sentence because of mistakes. the original judge made during jury selection. a new jury would have to be seeded for a new penalty phase. >>and they could once again decide to sentence peterson to death. but those hearings could take months

popped up you can see is causing a lot of backup they are this is west bound 5.80 just east of san quentinlision there. so shut down an entire westbound lane. going to cross the freeway there you can see the purple. so please give yourself more time because you're going to need is it a try to get that cleared out the second traffic collision over here in sindh all they've been working on this for a little over 30 minutes or so 84 little valley road. they have that one way traffic control in effect you can see that is starting to clear out there but let's get a look here at the richmond bridge to see there's a lot of backup you can still traffic is moving along once you make 2 minutes or so for your commute the bay bridge may's to fremont street that's less than 10 minutes for your drive time there. the san mateo bridge our busiest bridge people are starting to move across their less than 15 minutes and then the golden gate bridge less than 20 minutes, we're going continue tracking your commute. it's getting busy out there, but back to the news. thanks a lot of 5.49 in san francisco. the ma

appearance this morning as part of his penalty phase retrial, peterson appeared virtually from san quentinson. his lawyers did not wave time for the retrial. this means things will continue without a trial date, but a status conference was scheduled for april. 27th he'll remember. peterson was convicted in 2004 of murdering his wife, lacey, and they're under unborn child. he was sentenced to death. the state supreme court overturned the death sentence, citing errors in jury selection now to fremont were a $50,000 reward is being offered by people who live in that city in hopes that it will help find the 12 year old boy from fremont who was swept out into the ocean along the san mateo county coast in recent days. a ruin a proof he was pulled into the ocean by a sneaker wave on monday while playing with his family at cal ranch. state beach. the official search has been suspended yesterday. volunteers call neighboring beaches of private helicopter searched overhead and others were out on jet skis and boats. classmates also posted reward fliers for any sighting of a ruin a pruthi i'm here to f

included even though they received their dose in the county the data also does not include inmates at san quentin state prison or people receiving doses at local pharmacies under a new presidency, the biden administration vows to release nearly every available doses just states we've been promised more clarity in the process itself so we can plan better we really need to know how much to expect week to week so that we can schedule those visits schedules appointments not cancel visits 7 schedule or not under schedule. >>depending on the dose is in the meantime doctor willis says marines icu capacity is around 15%. but new cases are coming in and the doctor says the county is ready to inoculate as many people as possible when more doses arrive with 5% of our community back state and our health care as having been vaccinated it really feels a lot because there's not that sense of fear that their health care workers themselves are going to be infected by taking care of our residents. >>to receive notifications about the shot in mirman county. you can fill out an online form on the county's website. w

he spent locked away on san quentin's death row. his attorney pat harris says his clients demeanor has also remain the same he has always been upbeat. >>he's always been a person who is extremely sensitive to other people's feelings. i think that even though he's been in for the 16 year. i don't think any of that's changed. i know that it's difficult for him and i know he has. problems obviously being confined. under the circumstances i think he's making the best of it's unclear at this time at the judge will issue her ruling on whether or not peterson will be granted a new trial on march 12th. >>or decide to hold a hearing on the matter even if peterson is not granted a new trial his case will come back here to san mateo county again that's because the same higher court. also overturn his death sentence because of mistakes. the original judge made during jury selection. a new jury would have to be seeded for a new penalty phase. >>and they could once again decide to sentence peterson to death. but those hearings could take months b

he spent locked away on san quentin's death row. his attorney pat harris says his clients demeanor has also remain the same he has always been upbeat. >>he's always been a person who is extremely sensitive to other people's feelings. i think that even though he's been in for the 16 years. i don't think any of that's changed. i know that it's difficult for him and i know he has. problems obviously being confined. under the circumstances i think he's making the best of it's unclear at this time at the judge will issue her ruling on whether or not peterson will be granted a new trial on march 12th. >>or decide to hold a hearing on the matter even if peterson is not granted a new trial his case will come back here to san mateo county again that's because the same higher court. also overturn his death sentence because of mistakes. the original judge made during jury selection. a new jury would have to be seeded for a new penalty phase. >>and they could once again decide to sentence peterson to death. but those hearings could take months

brief court appearance today as part of his penalty phase retrial, peterson appeared virtually from san quentinthe retrial. this means that things will continue without a trial date, but that a status conference was scheduled for april. 27th peterson, you'll remember was convicted in 2004 of killing his wife, lacey and their unborn child and was sentenced to death. the state supreme court overturned the death sentence, citing errors in jury selection. well, she is beaming with pride and joy coming up here on the four we'll hear from the grandmother of that young california poet who captivated the nation. at ready to take your immune support to the next level? nature's bounty is here for you. the number one herbal supplement brand has everything you need to help keep your immune system strong. immune support comes naturally with nature's bounty. poem yesterday has even more to celebrate today. amanda gorman's two books are now topping bestseller list, and they haven't even been released yet. the 22 year old is from right here in california reporter brandy cummings talked to gorman's grandmother

we have a crash, this is going to be on westbound 580 right before the san quentin on-ramp. all lanes are blocked in the westbound direction right now. that's why you see that purple line on the map. that's one sigalert. the sigalert we are following in sunol was just canceld from the head-on crash on state route 84 at little valley road. speeds are still low. you will experience stop and go traffic as things pick up. >>> want to bring in our live camera of the richmond-san rafael bridge. this camera shows the richmond side, so you're not really seeing any of the impact side on the san rafael side of the bridge. we can see it's not severely backed up for anyone that's traveling westbound. still all lanes are blocked. heads up there. bringing in a live camera showing off the bay bridge toll plaza. i'm still going to be on the lookout >>> a remembrance to honor the life of two women, they were killed in a new year's eve hit-and-run crash in the soma district. 27-year-old hanako abe and 60-year-old elizabeth platt were in the crosswalk when police say troy mcalister hit them wi

brief court appearance today is part of his penalty phase retrial, peterson appeared virtually from san quentinrison, where ultimately more time was given to his defense. they'll be back. i can quote for another hearing in april. peterson is also pushing for an entirely new trial. he was convicted in 2004 of killing his wife, lacey and their unborn child and was sentenced to death. the state supreme court overturned the death sentence, citing errors in jury selection. that's why right now he's currently in a retrial for the penalty phase. well your video has come to light showing a vallejo police detective appearing to beat a suspect, and that officer has since been promoted to lieutenant. our crime reporter. henry lee is here. now, with that video and more on the history of this officer, henry. cristian in this newly obtained video. it does appear that this detective lunged at and attacked a suspect without provocation. it didn't pare. it didn't happen out on the street, but instead. in a holding cell. this is video showing then vallejo police detective kent treble searching car chase suspect

we brought over 40 elected das to san quentin for the situation.inviting the police department. our formerly incarcerated group born out of this programming asked for the opportunity to work on a project where we could bring the men in blue on the outside to come speak to the men on blue inside to start the healing dialogue around how the criminal justice system specifically in san francisco impacts the community. i was attracted to the role. there was a component of equity that was part of this process. the equity community here in san francisco is a community that i had already worked with. before i took steps to visit cannabis businesses i thought it was important my team have a chance to go inside and speak to men who had been impacted. that conversation needed to happen so we know how we are making an impact with the work that we are doing. the da's office as we were leading up to the legalization of marijuana in the state we started having conversations on the policy team what that could look like. the district attorney was really focused on

we brought over 40 elected das to san quentin for the situation.tment. our formerly incarcerated group born out of this programming asked for the opportunity to work on a project where we could bring the men in blue on the outside to come speak to the men on blue inside to start the healing dialogue around how the criminal justice system specifically in san francisco impacts the community. i was attracted to the role. there was a component of equity that was part of this process. the equity community here in san francisco is a community that i had already worked with. before i took steps to visit cannabis businesses i thought it was important my team have a chance to go inside and speak to men who had been impacted. that conversation needed to happen so we know how we are making an impact with the work that we are doing. the da's office as we were leading up to the legalization of marijuana in the state we started having conversations on the policy team what that could look like. the district attorney was really focused on the right side of history

we brought over 40 elected das to san quentin for the situation.rmerly incarcerated group born out of this programming asked for the opportunity to work on a project where we could bring the men in blue on the outside to come speak to the men on blue inside to start the healing dialogue around how the criminal justice system specifically in san francisco impacts the community. i was attracted to the role. there was a component of equity that was part of this process. the equity community here in san francisco is a community that i had already worked with. before i took steps to visit cannabis businesses i thought it was important my team have a chance to go inside and speak to men who had been impacted. that conversation needed to happen so we know how we are making an impact with the work that we are doing. the da's office as we were leading up to the legalization of marijuana in the state we started having conversations on the policy team what that could look like. the district attorney was really focused on the right side of history for this. we

he was taken to san quentin where he was put on death row.led. >> the verdict was overturned by the california supreme court because the justices determined that the jurors in the trial had been improperly informed of alcala's prior sex crimes. >> i think that there has been a gross miscarriage of justice for being found guilty for something that i didn't do. >> in 1984, we learned that alcala was getting a new trial. once again, my mother was completely destroyed. >> i just can't believe that we have to be punished for what he did, and that's really what it amounts to. we're the ones that are being punished. it means nothing to him. >> in the 1986 retrial of rodney alcala, a new prosecutor was assigned. he was very confident in his ability to be able to get a conviction on that. >> seven years to the day of robin samsoe's disappearance, the second jury convicted rodney alcala and also recommended that he be sentenced to die. >> the second time he was found guilty, and he got the death penalty again, and we were extremely happy. >> one would

we brought over 40 elected das to san quentin for the situation. now we are inviting the police department. our formerly incarcerated group born out of this programming asked for the opportunity to work on a project where we could bring the men in blue on the outside to come speak to the men on blue inside to start the healing dialogue around how the criminal justice system specifically in san francisco impacts the community. i was attracted to the role. there was a component of equity that was part of this process. the equity community here in san francisco is a community that i had already worked with. before i took steps to visit cannabis businesses i thought it was important my team have a chance to go inside and speak to men who had been impacted. that conversation needed to happen so we know how we are making an impact with the work that we are doing. the da's office as we were leading up to the legalization of marijuana in the state we started having conversations on the policy team what that could look like. the district attorney was really

has been a part of has been her 18 months that she spent interviewing former human traffickers in san quentin prison to better understand the lucrative business practices and to inform the development of baatcs current strategies and programs. brian, on the other hand, participated in an antitrafficking work back in 2008 in thailand, and that opened his eyes to this travesty of a crime here in our area. he worked diligently to dill collaborative networks through outreach organizations, service providers, and government agencies, and both of them have been very instrumental -- the district attorney mentioned the training at the airport, and mayor breed mentioned that, as well. they have been instrumental in a lot of the training at all of our local airports here in the area as well as restaurants and hotels and motels. it gives me great pleasure to introduce and to award betty ann kavanaugh and brian wo the modern day abolitionists award for outstanding community in

we brought over 40 elected das to san quentin for the situation.rn out of this programming asked for the opportunity to work on a project where we could bring the men in blue on the outside to come speak to the men on blue inside to start the healing dialogue around how the criminal justice system specifically in san francisco impacts the community. i was attracted to the role. there was a component of equity that was part of this process. the equity community here in san francisco is a community that i had already worked with. before i took steps to visit cannabis businesses i thought it was important my team have a chance to go inside and speak to men who had been impacted. that conversation needed to happen so we know how we are making an impact with the work that we are doing. the da's office as we were leading up to the legalization of marijuana in the state we started having conversations on the policy team what that could look like. the district attorney was really focused on the right side of history for this. we realized it would be quite

has been a part of has been her 18 months that she spent interviewing former human traffickers in san quentin prison to better understand the lucrative business practices and to inform the development of baatcs current strategies and programs. brian, on the other hand, participated in an antitrafficking work back in 2008 in thailand, and that opened his eyes to this travesty of a crime here in our area. he worked diligently to dill collaborative networks through outreach organizations, service providers, and government agencies, and both of them have been very instrumental -- the district attorney mentioned the training at the airport, and mayor breed mentioned that, as well. they have been instrumental in a lot of the training at all of our local airports here in the area as well as restaurants and hotels and motels. it gives me great pleasure to introduce and to award betty ann kavanaugh and brian wo the modern day abolitionists award for outstanding community innovation. >> wow. i'm taking all of this in. i want to thank noble, carly, and sable. i think i've taken all of this in today and

has been a part of has been her 18 months that she spent interviewing former human traffickers in san quentinn to better understand the lucrative business practices and to inform the development of baatcs current strategies and programs. brian, on the other hand, participated in an antitrafficking work back in 2008 in thailand, and that opened his eyes to this travesty of a crime here in our area. he worked diligently to dill collaborative networks through outreach organizations, service providers, and government agencies, and both of them have been very instrumental -- the district attorney mentioned the training at the airport, and mayor breed mentioned that, as well. they have been instrumental in a lot of the training at all of our local airports here in the area as well as restaurants and hotels and motels. it gives me great pleasure to introduce and to award betty ann kavanaugh and brian wo the modern day abolitionists award for outstanding community innovation. >> wow. i'm taking all of this in. i want to thank noble, carly, and sable. i think i've taken all of this in today and seen s

has been a part of has been her 18 months that she spent interviewing former human traffickers in san quentinetter understand the lucrative business practices and to inform the development of baatcs current strategies and programs. brian, on the other hand, participated in an antitrafficking work back in 2008 in thailand, and that opened his eyes to this travesty of a crime here in our area. he worked diligently to dill collaborative networks through outreach organizations, service providers, and government agencies, and both of them have been very instrumental -- the district attorney mentioned the training at the airport, and mayor breed mentioned that, as well. they have been instrumental in a lot of the training at all of our local airports here in the area as well as restaurants and hotels and motels. it gives me great pleasure to introduce and to award betty ann kavanaugh and brian wo the modern day abolitionists award for outstanding community innovation. >> wow. i'm taking all of this in. i want to thank noble, carly, and sable. i think i've taken all of this in today and seen so many

has been a part of has been her 18 months that she spent interviewing former human traffickers in san quentin prison to better understand the lucrative business practices and to inform the development of baatcs current strategies and programs. brian, on the other hand, participated in an antitrafficking work back in 2008 in thailand, and that opened his eyes to this travesty of a crime here in our area. he worked diligently to dill collaborative networks through outreach organizations, service providers, and government agencies, and both of them have been very instrumental -- the district attorney mentioned the training at the airport, and mayor breed mentioned that, as well. they have been instrumental in a lot of the training at all of our local airports here in the area as well as restaurants and hotels and motels. it gives me great pleasure to introduce and to award betty ann kavanaugh and brian wo the modern day abolitionists award for outstanding community innovation. >> wow. i'm taking all of this in. i want to thank noble, carly, and sable. i think i've taken all of this in today and

has been a part of has been her 18 months that she spent interviewing former human traffickers in san quentintand the lucrative business practices and to inform the development of baatcs current strategies and programs. brian, on the other hand, participated in an antitrafficking work back in 2008 in thailand, and that opened his eyes to this travesty of a crime here in our area. he worked diligently to dill collaborative networks through outreach organizations, service providers, and government agencies, and both of them have been very instrumental -- the district attorney mentioned the training at the airport, and mayor breed mentioned that, as well. they have been instrumental in a lot of the training at all of our local airports here in the area as well as restaurants and hotels and motels. it gives me great pleasure to introduce and to award betty ann kavanaugh and brian wo the modern day abolitionists award for outstanding community innovation. >> wow. i'm taking all of this in. i want to thank noble, carly, and sable. i think i've taken all of this in today and seen so many faces over