elsa has just made landfall to the northwest, in taylor county. here in the big bend region, as rains come along, flooding is a major concern. >> main road going through horseshoe beach is flooded. got damage to some of the homes. >> reporter: powerful storm surge inundating coastal roads with sea water. high winds peeling back shingles. in jacksonville, one person was killed after a tree fell on cars. in gainesville, flooding rains forcing first responders to carry some people from their homes. elsa slammed the keys tuesday, knocking out power to thousands. submerging cars in ft. myers and toppling huge trees in hillsboro county. chief meteorologist ginger zee in tampa, just south of where elsa made landfall. >> just after 4:00 a.m., and elsa just passed about 50 miles west of tampa bay. you can see the bay, with the wind starting to shove in, getting pretty angry. >> reporter: in the waters off key west, the coast guard and a good samaritan rescuing 15 people after their vessel capsized. nine people remain missing tonight. david, we're in taylor

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>> boris, the latest is that making landfall right now, taylor county, florida, very close to steam chachly, north of horseshoe beach, certainly north of cedar key. it's getting bigger at this hour, at least convectionwise, not wind speedwise, over a swampy area in taylor county. we're not going to see more increase in speed circulating around the storm itself. still going to be a 65-mile-per-hour storm. what we are still seeing, tremendous amounts of rain on the tail end here near ft. myers and heavy rainfall about to come onshore across parts of northern florida, moving into georgia, south carolina and even into north carolina. the biggest winds i've seen so far, in the 50, 60-mile-per-hour-gust range, but we'll still see it come on land. then it makes landfall and moves to the west of savannah and west of charleston, west of myrtle beach and on up toward hampton roads and offshore likely in the northeast. some spots, though, ten inches of rainfall with flood warnings going on right now. more rain fall with this along the track. let me take you hour-by-hour. this is what it looks like rig

. >> elsa came ashore this morning in taylor county, florida, southeast of tallahassee. and so far there's been no reports of major damage or any storm related deaths. governor ron desantis said while the storm has drenched some communities could have been much worse and warned residents of the dangers that still exist with downed power lines which in the public to be careful during the cleanup. if you have lost power, please do not use generators indoors. >> we ask you to use caution when lighting your homes with candles. if you continue to have power outages. >> that was kareen wynter reporting. governor desantis declared states of emergency in several counties ahead of the storm. president biden also signed off on a federal emergency declaration. now for the very latest on tropical storm elsa. let's head over to our chief meteorologist lawrence karnow. yeah, also weakened, just slightly before making landfall, make it a tropical storm. nonetheless, very serious storm as it continues rolling not just through florida but now it's going to impact the entire eastern seabo

. >> also came ashore this morning in taylor county, florida, southeast of tallahassee and so far there's reports of major damage or any storm related deaths. governor ron desantis said while the storm has drenched some communities could have been much worse and warned residents of the dangers that still exist with downed power lines which in the public to be careful during the cleanup. if you've lost power, please do not use generators indoors. >> we ask you to use caution when lighting your homes with candles. if you continue to have power outages. >> that was kareen wynter reporting for us. florida governor ron desantis declared states of emergency in several counties ahead of the storm. president biden also signed off on a federal emergency declaration to meteorologist lawrence karnow here to talk about or she stands yet because also has come on. shore doesn't mean else is done with us yet. we've got a long way to go. it's going to be moving fast, though it's going to be sliding up the eastern seaboard. but. folks here. they're getting pounded by we can just before coming on shore bec

reporter: the storm made landfall with pounding rain and sustained winds of 65 miles per hour in taylor county just south of tallahassee where roads were overrun by water. and near jacksonville, a tornado touched down. this is the storm surge officials are warning about. >> there are reports of flooded roads and trees down, and there have been reports of debris falling on people's homes. >> reporter: overnight intense bands of rain and gusting winds churned up the florida coast for hours leaving tens of thousands of floridians without power. >> there are more than 10,000 restoration personnel prepared to respond to these outages as soon as it is safe to do so. >> reporter: off key west, the coast guard and a good samaritan rescued 13 people during the storm after a vessel traveling from cuba capsized. nine are still missing. now the storm is barreling up the east coast into georgia where watches and warnings are now in effect. >> every one in this neighborhood is prepared because around 6:30 p.m., there was no car driving. there was nobody outside. everybody took this very serious after the la

. >> reporter: tropical storm elsa made landfall in taylor county, florida, flooding roads and bringing heavy wind and rain. the store made for treacherous driving along i-75 in central florida as it moved inland. overnight elsa pounded florida's west coast with winds up to 75 miles an hour and up to 15 inches of rain. this tree collapsed on a condo in clearwater. no one was hurt. water flooded streets in the st. petersburg neighborhood, but residents say they prepared for even worse. many in this flood prone area are still recovering from trop trop ada last fall. now neighbors tell us alpha didn't do nearly as much property damage. >> i lost my fridge, my stove, hot water heater, washer/dryer, all my furniture. it was awful. >> reporter: in sarasota, the cleanup is already underway. >> pretty much what i was expecting. >> way calmer than i thought it would be. i thought there would be limbs down everywhere, but it sort of missed us. >> all things considered, where we looked at 72 hours ago, i think the impact have been less than what we thought would be reasonable, so we are fortunate.

but it did make landfall in taylor county around 11:00 a.m. on the northern florida coast. so they are dealing with that. meanwhile in the florida keys, off key west, the coast guard is dealing with an issue as well. there was a capsized boat about 23 miles offshore. 22 people were in that boat. 13 of them have been rescued. nine of them are still missing. i'm told that it was seven men and two women who are still missing so they are still looking for them. once again things are definitely improving here. they were ready. the governor had about 6,000 utility workers ready to go just in case there were massive power outages. there were several thousand people without power but they are working on that. of course the national guard was ready to do search and rescue, and they have the high water vehicles ready to go. luckily it seems not much of that was needed as things are improving as the day has gone on here in clearwater beach. >> that sounds encouraging. >>> let's turn to capitol hill. it's been six months since the insurrection. the house republican, the top house repub

this is taylor county. these pictures just south of there in cedar key.rack lake virtually the entire east coast bringing dangerous amounts of rain. chad, what's the latest? >> reporter: well, you couldn't see it on that picture there but we do know there was some significant storm surge toward horseshoe beach, maybe three to four, even five feet in some spots and that's always the risk of salt water flooding. now we have risk of fresh water flooding. very heavy rainfall coming down with it and it will move toward the northeast. the winds aren't bad right now. maybe some spots we'll still see some gusts. 50, 60. but all the numbers here, below 40. maybe the center isn't near a city. and it probably will get to other cities. brunswick toward columbia. maybe even raleigh. see how far this storm is tracking inland? wasn't really the forecast a couple days ago. it was closer to the shore. now we'll see a lot of onshore flow, onshore wind. significantly dangerous rip currents out there. this will be a very dangerous week to be in the water along the east coast

as the storm makes landfall in mostly uninhabited taylor county, crowds already returning to the sandsater beach, with little any evidence that elsa was even here. >> we were very fortunate. things have calmed down. we're cleaning up. the debris is very minimal. >> there is going to be more activity. we don't have anything on the horizon but people just need to be prepared, and as these storms come, we're going to have to deal with them. >> reporter: elsa already the fifth named storm in the first month of what forecasters warn will be a very busy hurricane season. jay gray, nbc news, clearwater beach. >>> also in florida, a difficult day for families of those missing in that florida condo collapse. the search for survivors has now shifted to a recovery mission. kwu rescuers haven't found anyone alive since shortly after the condo building collapsed two weeks ago. searchers have now recovered 54 bodies. 33 have been identified. 86 people remain unaccounted for. >> at this point, we have truly exhausted every option available to us in the search and rescue mission. so today is about beg

. >> also came ashore this morning in taylor county, florida, southeast of tallahassee and so far there's reports of major damage or any storm related deaths. governor ron desantis said while the storm has drenched some communities could have been much worse and warned residents of the dangers that still exist with downed power lines which in the public to be careful during the cleanup. if you've lost power, please do not use generators indoors. >> we ask you to use caution when lighting your homes with candles. if you continue to have power outages. >> the kron 4 weather team has been tracking elsa all week for us. but we're as a joins us from the weather center with a look at where she's headed to next risa. that's right. she's already in georgia making her way out of florida with sustained winds at 45 miles per hour. there are tropical storm watches and warnings throughout the east coast coastline could see gusty winds, heavy rains and in addition to that possible tornadoes from now through friday. let's take a look at those heaviest rain bands with the heaviest downpours now over the

as you can see that's very near where the tropical storm made landfall in taylor county. but there are rainfall totals just to our south in punta gorda. they have officially approached 11 inches. by the time it's all said and done these feeder bands will have proud 12 to 15 inches. no city, no infrastructure can handle that amount of rain. i want to talk about what's happened here in tampa. we have tampa bay over my left shoulder and the inland rain that took place across this area actually meeting with the strong wind that's pushing off of the gulf of mexico and rain and water has nowhere to go. it's been lapping at some of the sea walls and spilling over in some of the side streets but largely spared from the worst of the impacts. >> derek van dam for us there, thank you so much. we know this is not over because it's headed up the atlantic coast now. it is a tropical storm. it's predicted to affect almost the entire east coast of the united states. millions of people are now facing or could soon face torrential rain, strong winds, even tornados. this is columbia county,

storm elsa, making landfall in taylor county, with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, alyssa brieflyturned to hurricane status tuesday night but came on as sure as a tropical storm. the system continued its trek inland, carrying the threat for tornadoes and flooding in northern florida. gotta be real careful at night. the tropical rains you just can't tell where water covers that roads. you have to be careful on the road. never drive your car or water covers the road. state and local officials say the state was spared from any significant structural damage in clearwater. people even started to return to the beach as conditions improved, governor rhonda sanders says around 26,000 people were without power wednesday morning, but florida did not see widespread outages. there are more than 10,000 restoration personnel prepared to respond to these outages. there's not been reports of really significant structural damage anywhere in florida. fortunately at this point also was the this hurricane of the 2021 atlantic season, which officially started last month. forecasters say this is expect

storm elsa, making landfall in taylor county with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph, alyssa briefly returnto hurricane status tuesday night but came on a shore as a tropical storm. the system continued its trek inland, carrying the threat for tornadoes and flooding in northern florida. you gotta be real careful at night, the tropical rains you just can't tell where water covers that roads. you have to be careful on the road, never drive your car. where water covers the road. state and local officials say the state was spared from any significant structural damage in clearwater. people even started to return to the beach as conditions improved, governor rhonda sanders says around 26,000 people were without power wednesday morning, but florida did not see widespread outages. there are more than 10,000 restoration personnel prepared to respond to these outages. there's not been reports of really significant structural damage anywhere in florida. fortunately at this point also was. the first hurricane of the 2021 atlantic season, which officially started last month. forecasters say this is exp

there's a storm surge warning in effect for 12 counties between taylor and lee counties on the gulf coast. we ask that locals heed the emergency warnings and do not go to the beach. most of north and central florida have experienced above area rainfall and we're expecting flash flooding conditions, especially since we have that 300% increase in the last 12 days there's a state of emergency to allow for flexibility of responses and we have received an emergency declaration from fema. we have more than 800,000 electrical workers on stand-by and the governor is in conversation with the counties to make sure we have sufficient resources. we have been filling the requests as expeditiously as needed. we will continue to monitor that situation, as well as the governor continues to remain focused on the efforts here in surfside. we ask floridians to please begin their preparations. that includes being prepared to potentially be without power for a few days. have enough food, have enough water, for each person in your family including pets. please stay tuned to the florida's weather channel, make

there is a storm surge warning in effect for 12 counties between taylor and lee counties on the gulf coast. as we know here in florida, storm surge can be dangerous and life-threatening. we ask locals heed the emergency warnings and do not go to the beach. much of north and central florida experienced above normal rainfall over the past two weeks so we are anticipating an increase and potential qualifieding conditions especially since we've seen that 300% increase in the last 14 days. ahead of the storm, the state has issued a state of emergency to allow for flexibility of response and resources. we have received and requested an emergency declaration from fema. we have more than 8,000 electrical workers on standby. the governor continues to be in constant communications with the counties that are likely to be impacted, to make sure that we have sufficient resources. they've been putting their requests and we've been filling them expeditiously as needed. we'll continue to monitor that situation as well as the governor continues to remain focused on the efforts here in surfside. we as

justice for stephen taylor coalition and anti-police terror project were outside the steps of the courthouse tuesday when they filmed this interaction with sergeant shelby of the alameda countyriff's office and they were listening over a outdoor speaker to the pretrial hearing of officer fletcher facing voluntary manslaughter charges for killing taylor and walmart last year. they begin filming james with sergeant shelby and bert said shelby took issue with a banner supporters had put on the steps outside of court. >> we found interactions with law enforcement. >> reporter: he took out his cell phone as well but instead of hitting record he hit play. >> are you playing music to drowned out the conversation. >> reporter: the song was by taylor swift and the purpose? >> a very frustrating situation we were in and we have family members trying to hear for the first time in over a year testimony regarding what we believe to be the murder of stephen taylor. we want people to see her interactions with law enforcement so we can show what is really going on and it is very telling that these officers seem to want the oppo spokesperson for the sheriff's office said it has been referred

. >> but first, taylor bisacky she spoke to santa clara county health officials about the progress with vaccinating students. she joins us now live from the newsroom with more on this taylor. well, santa clara county's vaccine officers says 81% of people, 12 and older received at least one dose of the vaccine. >> however, that percentage drop significantly when we're talking about 12 to 17 year olds. he says anywhere from 55 to 60% of that age group have received at least one dose of the vaccine reinforcing the need to get students vaccinated before school starts in august, especially with the delta variant. >> health officials say the time is ticking. if you haven't already. now is the time to schedule vaccination appointments for children, 12 and older ahead of the fall semester and after-school sports. i would really want to say the parents that. it takes a little. it takes several weeks to get your child fully vaccinated and protected. so here we are beginning in july. you get vaccinated soon. it takes 2 weeks before you can get the second. those because it's just pfizer. and then 2

and alameda county sheriff's sergeant decides to play a taylor swift song during a confrontation withors and he had a specific reason for doing it. protesters were at the courthouse in oakland for a hearing for a police officer charged in the death of steven taylor in a walmart store last year. group was asked to move a banner and that's when things got tense and a little strange. they started recording the sheriff sergeant and the sergeant responded by blasting at taylor swift song. as ktvu is an rubin explains. now he played the music to keep their video of him off of social media. where a clash between police and protesters was front and center in this video, but in the background, what you hear is taylor swift, the alameda county sergeant playing it was clear about his intent my music so that we can both, he turned the music on as soon as protesters cameras went on, are you playing pop music tip drowned out the conversation? actually, he said, it's an attempt to gain the system to trigger youtube's copyright infringement algorithm. in theory, that system would detect taylor swift

that's the highest number since 2016 and alameda county sheriff's deputy and oakland played a taylor n with protesters happened on tuesday when protesters were at the alameda county courthouse. ktvu is an rubin tells us why the officer played that music, a clash between police and protesters was front and center in this video, but in the background what you hear is taylor swift, the alameda county sergeant playing it was clear about his intent my music so that we can boast public. he turned the music on as soon as protesters. cameras went on you playing pop music have drowned out the conversation. actually, he said, it's an attempt to game the system to trigger youtube's copyright infringement algorithm. in theory, that system would detect taylor swift and automatically removed the video. new hotness right here. this is a new we hadn't experienced it before, but free speech experts say. it's a growing problem that there have been other officers in other departments also trying to exploit the copyright filter. it's an automatic system. flexible system, and it's a system that certainly

protesters was front and center in this video, but in the background what you hear is taylor swift, the alameda county playing it was clear about his intent my music so that we can bust up, he turned the music on as soon as protesters, cameras went on playing pop music to have drowned out the conversation. actually, he said, it's an attempt to game the system to trigger youtube's copyright infringement algorithm. in theory, that system would detect taylor swift and automatically removed the video hotness right here. this is a new we hadn't experienced it before, but free speech experts say. it's a growing problem that there have been other officers in other departments also trying to exploit the copyright filter. it's an automatic system, it's inflexible system, and it's a system that certainly can't tell when a circumstance like this is going on. and so it's right for misuse the alameda county sheriff's office was quick to condemn the behavior and we've already actually started internal investigation into this incident. the sergeant is still on the job, and while the behavior did not violate a specif

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question could face disciplinary action. ♪♪ >> reporter: this is the taylor swift song that became problematic for this alameda countyriff's sergeant. >> it's not a good look for law enforcement. >> reporter: tuesday, sergeant shelby seen on camera approaching members of the activist group anti-police terror project, outside an oakland courthouse to listen to a pretrial hearing of a former officer charged with manslaughter. >> there's rules that the court has set up about

taylor swift. >> plus an alameda county sheriff's sergeant under investigation tonight after he is caught on camera appearing to play a taylor swift song to interfere with the video recorder. >> good evening. thanks for joining us for kron 4 news at 8. i'm ken wayne and i'm pam moore in the 2 weeks since the state fully reopen. there has been a noticeable rise in covid cases. let's take a look back. according to the california department of public health back on june. first there were less than 1200 new cases reported when the state reopen fully on the 15th. there are fewer than a 1000 cases. a week later that number rose to 1100. and yesterday the final day of the month and 2 weeks after the reopening that number has jumped to nearly 1700 cases. that spike is also being felt here in the bay area. health officials say it is largely the unvaccinated population testing positive while the delta variant is mostly to blame for michelle kingston has more. >> i think as as we continue to reopen cases of covid-19 increasing somewhat many counties across the state of california are seeing a rise in covid-19

question could face disciplinary action. ♪♪ >> reporter: this is the taylor swift song that became problematic for this alameda countyriff's sergeant. >> it's not a good look for law enforcement. >> reporter: tuesday, sergeant shelby seen on camera approaching members of the activist group anti-police terror project, outside an oakland courthouse to listen to a pretrial hearing of a former officer charged with manslaughter. >> there's rules that the court has set up about protests and distances and signage. >> reporter: after shelby noticed someone filming him, he takes out his cell phone and presses play. >> he took his phone, put it over his body cam. i thought he was trying to drown out the noise. >> reporter: the sergeant explained his reasons for blasting t-swift. >> play all you want, it can't be posted on youtube. >> it's definitely a hot-button issue. taylor swift's music is involved, copyright law is involved. >> reporter: as of thursday afternoon, the video is still up on youtube. a spokesperson for youtube says their copyright rules are a lot more complicated than sergeant shelby thinks they are. for start

taylor. >> is this procedure for the allegheny county sheriff's department?nt the people to see our interactions with law enforcement so we can show what's really going on. it's very telling that these law enforcement officers seem to want the opposite. >> reporter: the matter has now been referred to internal affairs for possible code of conduct violation. >> i think everybody s a good l law enforcement and for our agency in regards to an attempt to what looks like censor youtube content by triggering a copyright algorithm or alert. >> reporter: sergeant ray kelly says training will go out by week's end. >> everybody will be briefed that this is not procedure. we don't do this. >> i hadn't seen anything like this before, but again, we are trained to do our best to expect the unexpected from law enforcement and so this is just another incidence of that. >> reporter: for the iteam, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >>> san francisco faces a big test this weekend in its push to reopen. will the city be ready for the tens of thousands of visitors hoping to catch the j

taylor. well, the santa clara county vaccine officer says 81% of people, 12 and older received at least one dose of the vaccine. >> however, that percentage drop significantly when we're talking about 12 to 17 year olds. he says about 55% of that age group. >> has received at least one dose of the vaccine reinforcing the need to get students vaccinated for school starts in august, especially with the delta variant. >> don't start thinking about it a week before school starts because it's too. it's too late. you start getting your child vaccinated against us are thinking about right now as santa clara county vaccine officer doctor marty fenstersheib explains the window to get your children vaccinated before school starts is shrinking. i would really want to say. >> the parents that. it takes a look. take several weeks to get your child fully vaccinated and protected. so here we are beginning in july. you get vaccinated soon. it takes 2 weeks before you can get the second. those because it's just pfizer. and then 2 more weeks before you're fully vaccinated. so we're talking 5 weeks or less so that

now she has been sidelined for criticizing espn assigning maria taylor, who's black, to host last years n.b.a. county down to have the playoffs over nichols who is white. >> the first thing they tell you in journalism school is don't become testify story. >> reporter: she did become the story when a conversation she had last year was secretly recorded and later leaked. >> if you need to give her more things to do because you're feeling pressure about your long-time anniversary, go for it. just, you know, find it somewhere else. >> reporter: nichols apologized on the jump. h deeplhe co-hosts on espn. for disappointing those i hurt, particularly maria taylor. >> reporter: former espn colleague jemele hill. >> where you don't see a lot of black women in the role maria is in, she hears that 100 times a day. to the hear that from another woman colleague would be harmful and hurtful for her. >> reporter: reaction has been swift not only targeting nichols but also espn. >> i tried to give maria a job and it wasn't genuine and looked come on, man, all the espn folk, we love both of them. >> reporter: this fr

county now has the highest sales tax in california. tonight a new effort to have the hike declared illegal. >>> plus, how a taylor swift song sparked an internal investigation into a bay area police sergeant. >>> good evening, i'm ken bastida. >> and i'm elizabeth cook. now at 11:00 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a threat from the feds to san jose city leaders -- remove a massive homeless encampment or risk losing funding for future airport projects. the camp is on vacant land. the city bought it as a buffer between the airport and the community in case of a plane crash. kpix 5 reporter maria medina is in san jose with the faa's demands and reaction at the encampment tonight. >> reporter: behind me may be the bay area's largest homeless encampment. city officials say there are about 200 unhoused residents here, but homeless advocates tell me it's more like 400. and the faa says they're not welcome here. >> i just need a place i can be at for three or four months to then figure out my next move. >> reporter: sober now for five years, scott is among the several hundred estimated to live at this homeless encampment off of heading street

. >> this is the taylor swift song that became problematic for this alameda county sheriff's sergeantit's not a good look for law enforcement. >> reporter: on tuesday, the sergeant is seen on camera approaching members of the activist group anti-police terror project. they were outside an oakland courthouse to listen to a pretrial hearing of a former officer charged with manslaughter. >> there are rules set up about protests and distances and signage. >> reporter: after shelby notices someone filming him, he takes out his own cell phone and presses play. >> he put it right over his body cam. i thought he was trying to drown out the noise. >> reporter: then the sergeant explained his reasons for blasting t swift. >> definitely a hot button issue. because music was involved, copy right laws. >> reporter: as of tuesday afternoon, the video is still up on youtube. a spokes person said the copy right rules are a lot more complicated than sergeant shelby thinks they are.starters, it ha enough. secondly, every music label has their own policy when it comes to their songs appearing in youtube

. >> up next, why playing a taylor swift song led to an investigation of an alameda county sheriff's plus, vice president kamala harris facing accusations from staff about a hostile work environment. how she is responding. and we want to leave all those fireworks to the professionals. so a full list of where you can watch fireworks shows around the bay area. and you also for one of them, you don't even have to leave your house. stay with us. >> white house has been making recent moves to defend vice president kamala harris there are new reports that her office is dysfunctional and rife with dissents conference. catherine heenan got some reaction from our political analysts about good afternoon. catherine high. just this is a story apparently that's not going away anytime soon. >> and to some it not coming as a surprise political analyst. david mckeown points out that harris face some of the same criticism when she ran for president. >> she ran a presidential campaign was a mess. those that were close to this and watching this. they knew it was a mess. they knew was going to be a mess

taylor swift song. well, this group was outside the alameda county courthouse in oakland.hey were listening to the pretrial hearing of san leandro police officer jason fletcher, who's accused of wrongfully shooting the right to protest. and i think that is not a good look at this video for us. the onetime issue and will not be a problem before and the sergeant as you can see, shows his name to the camera. it says d shelby the sheriff's office is investigating and supervisors are going to go to all the shift briefings, they say, and let everyone know that. >> what happened cannot be done. >> and we're back. 7.55 the time. the great news for the giants star catcher buster posey was announced as a starter for the all-star game later this month could help them, though. last night. giants got off to a rough start in arizona. diamondbacks got the lead in the 4th and boy did is took off with they want is the 5 to 3. the final game. 2. the series is tonight at 6.40, don't forget, though the giants still leading the nl west with the record so far. meanwhile, over at the coliseum, n

>> reporter: members for the justice for steven taylor coalition were outside of the courthouse when they filmed this interaction with the alameda countyheriff's office listening to jason fletcher, facing voluntary manslaughter charges for killing taylor in a walmart last year and the anti- police terrorism member begin filming with sergeant shelby who took issue with thewith thee that supporters placed on the steps outside of the court. >> we feel interaction with law- enforcement for our prediction. >> reporter: shelby took out his cell phone as well but instead of hitting record he hit play. back are you playing pop music to ground out the conversatithe >> i believe the song was blank spaces. >> reporter: the song was by taylor swift's back it was very frustrating situation we were in. we had family members trying to hear for the first time in over a year testimony of what we believe to be regarding the murder of steven taylor. >> we want the people to see our interaction with law- enforcement so we can show what's really going on. is very telling that these law enforcement officers seem to want the opposite. >> reporter: the alamed

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. >> i want to ask you about some cancellations that we saw in orange county, california, matt gaetz and marjorie taylorlies and they scheduled them but then they were cancelled by the, i guess, places that were supposed to host them. what do we know about that? >> yeah. these are very far from their districts, right? matt gaetz represents florida. marjorie taylor greene is in georgia. look, i think these speaking tours and rallies, trying to get attention. marjorie taylor greene doesn't have committee assignments back in congress, gaetz is under federal prosecution. so they're doing rallies. i can just see them fundraising off of this. i think for them this is just going to feed into their narrative that the left is canceling them. unfortunately as we have seen with the fundraising reports, being extreme and being outrageous san effective fundraising tool. >> to be sure. we saw their supporters take to the streets after the cancel cancellations. is that why these cancellations are a political benefit to them, not just the fundraising numbers but raises their notoriety? >> in some ways makes them martyr

county sheriff's sergeant caught on camera playing a taylor swift song during a confrontation with demonstratorsn oakland. protesters were there at the courthouse when they were asked to move a banner and that's when things got a little bit tense. there they started recording the sheriff sergeant, and then he responded by playing a taylor swift song as ktvu is an rubin explains, he played the music to keep their video of him. off social media. a clash between police and protestersenter in this video, but in the background what you hea intent c so that we can bust up, he turned the music on as soon as protesters, cameras went on playing pop music to have drowned out the conversation. actually he said, it's an attempt to game the system to trigger youtube's copyright infringement algorithm. in theory, that system would detect taylor swift and automatically removed the video hotness right here. this is a new we hadn't experienced it before, but free speech experts say. it's a growing problem that there have been other officers in other departments also trying to exploit the copyright filter. it's a

county. sheriff's sergeant is being investigated after he played a taylor swift song on his iphone to prevent an interaction between himself and protesters being recorded and published. believe the song would cause a copyright issue and would prevent it from being uploaded to youtube. the group is outside the alameda courthouse in oakland to listen to the pre trial hearing of san leandro police officer jason fletcher. fletcher is accused of wrongfully shooting and killing steven taylor man. i was having a mental health crisis at a wal-mart. the sergeant asked the group to move their banners. burch said they did not burt said they did that. the sergeant came back. >> unfortunately was not the end of that and less than a minute later, the officers came back and told us that banners couldn't be on the stair wells of our job is to protect free speech to protect the right to protest. and i think that is not a good look at this video for us. the onetime issue and will not be a problem >> i'm sergeant shows us name tag on the camera. it says d shelby while the sheriff's office is investigating the i

taylor kron 4 news. >> meanwhile, happening right now, fire crews in contra, costa county are on the scene of a large grass fire that has already charred more than 35 acres. the current fire in concord sparking this afternoon from a car fire in that area and then quickly spread to the grass. so far. the fire. some 50% contained and crews have stopped forward progress. we'll continue to monitor the firefight throughout the night here on kron. 4 news right now at kron 4 dot com. you can also find tips along with some information to help you get ready for the fire season. just use your mobile device to scan the qr code on your screen to be taken there. let's switch gears now to talk about our 4 zone forecast. a live look tonight at the city and coit tower there in the background. a lot of folks want to know will will, will you be able to see the fireworks show tonight or will they be snuffed out by the fog. that is rolling into the area. the woman with the answers tonight, kron 4 meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez has the details. you know, especially along the coast. you got your answer right there jonathan, we

. >>> this alameda county sheriff's office sergeant is being investigated by internal affairs after he played a taylorft t t t t t t phone in an attempt to keep protesters who were filming him from posting the video to youtube. tonight, the sheriff's office and the protester in the video are speaking out.>>> melanie woodrow has this story.this sto. >> members of the justice for steven taylor coalition and anti-police terror project were outside the steps of oakland courthouse tuesday when they filmed this interaction with sergeant shelby of the alameda county sheriff's office. they were listening to and outdoors beaker to the pretrial of jason fletcher who is facing voluntary manslaughter services. and anti-police project member began filming jame james birch with sergeant shelby. shall be took took took took to >> instead of hitting record he hit play. >> i think it was blank spaces. >> the song by taylor swift. the purpose? >> it is a very frustrating situation we were in. we have family members that we were trying to for the first time in over a year testimony regarding to what we believe to be the

county election officials will have to send out mail-in ballots by august 16th. political science professor james taylor covid phases, return to normal, support for that effort not growing. >> the economy's coming back and every injection i think that california gets actually helps governor newsom with votes. >> democrats in the legislature voted this week to change election code, allowing for it to take place sooner than expected. republicans leading the effort to oust governor newsom from office say that it was a manipulative move, but they are ready to mobilize. >>> once you get that ballot in the mail, you will have to fill out two sections. now, in the first part, you'll be asked if governor newsom should be removed from office. it's a yes-or-no question. in the second part you will pick a replacement candidate. now, you can vote no in the question to remove governor from the office but still select a replacement candidate. this is in case the governor is recalled. >>> and for everyone trying to make it in the bay, new bay area real estate numbers are starting to roll in. the main numbers for napa

. >> thanks a lot of heat 49 in the east bay and alameda county sheriff's sergeant is being investigated because he played a taylor prevent an interaction between the protesters from being recorded and then published and harry has the details. >> the sergeant i spoke to wanted to emphasize this is something they told anyone at the sheriff's office to do and that you're allowed to video your interactions with law enforcement. the video went up on youtube and is getting more views every second. >> we always expect the unexpected. i was not expecting taylor swift the anti-police terror project has had many interactions with law enforcement but nothing like this really but will dirt. you can see in the video published to youtube the policy director ptp james talking with the sergeant. the group is outside the alameda courthouse in oakland. listen to the pretrial hearing of san leandro police officer jason fletcher. >> fletcher is accused of wrongfully shooting and killing steven taylor, a man that was having a mental health crisis at walmart. the sergeant asked the group to move their banners hurts said they did. but

taylor. the sacking has more. >> the fairgrounds management corporation says that the county is still using a large chunk of theairgrounds for covid-19 testing and vaccinations. that's the main reason for nixing the drive-thru portion of this fair and other events. >> when we learned you know, the. the testing vaccination was going to continue on and we would not be utilizing any of our first our buildings and a great deal of just our land area here. >> we have to make a had to determine had to make the determination that we would go with that. >> small modified livestock there. well, you won't see the typical carnival rides square dancing and some of the other fair favorites, executive director of the santa clara county fairgrounds management corporation abraham and right. he says there will be a shortage of exhibits to over 400 to entries in our livestock exhibits. so we have a good number. >> and then probably another 500 plus of us still exhibits. which again, whether it's it's photos, a number of other different entrance as well. the changes come as the county and bay area as a whole are seeing spikes in c

taylor kron 4 news. >> well, a sad end to the search for a missing hiker in the point. reyes national seashore. the marin county sheriff's office says search crews found the body of 58 year-old mitra ross early monday morning last seen leaving the bear valley visitor center around 5.30 last night. a concerned family member reported her missing about 4 hours later. several different agencies. also joined in that search. now ross his body was found at 06:00am near the former arch rock area. it's not clear yet how she died. meantime, it's been 11 days since phillip been 11 days since phillip craig check disappear. the 37 seen going for run at pleasanton ridge regional park over the weekend. the alameda county sheriff's office use nearly 200 people to research areas already checked that includes deep ravines other steep terrain, steel. they haven't come up with any new leads. hundreds of volunteers have also tried to help. developing news wannacry police are investigating the city's 3rd homicide of the year. it happened early sunday morning outside a bar near north main street 4 people were shot. one died at the fo

county, katie nielsen, kpix 5. >>> new video tonight shows why a deputy sergeant with the eda coheriff's department is under investigation. he started playing a taylor swift song while arguing with protesters. >> i don't know why we're -- are we having a dance party now? >> are you playing pop music to drown out the conversation? >> no. he doesn't want you recording, so he's playing music. >> an anti-police brutality group captured this video during a protest outside an oakland courthouse this week. at one point the deputy sergeant started playing a song on his phone. according to the protesters, he believed that the music would prevent them from posting the video on youtube. since it contained copyrighted material. >>> well, the alameda county sheriff's department tells us, quote, we have seen the video and referred it to our internal affairs bureau. this is not approved behavior. it will not happen again. >>> gun sales are soaring in california. a new report from the state's department of justice shows handgun sales hit a new high in 2020. at more than 680,000 transactions, it was a 65% jump from the year prior. 2020 also marked the second biggest

county. sheriff's sergeant is being investigated after he played a toy. a taylorong on his phone to prevent an interaction with himself and protesters from being recorded and published. he believed that the song would cause a copyright issue and would prevent it from being uploaded to you too. the group was outside the elevated co courthouse in oakland listening to the pretrial hearing of san leandro police officer jason fletcher fletcher accused of wrongfully shooting and killing steven taylor who was a man was having mental health crisis in a walmart. the sergeant asked the group to move their banners. >> this is what else they say. unfortunately was not the end of that and less than a minute later, the officers came back and told us that banners couldn't be on the stair wells of our job is to protect free speech to protect the right to protest. and i think that is not a good look at this video for us. the onetime issue and will not be a problem before. >> you can see the in the he had displayed at the sharjah shows his name tag right there on the camera says de

taylor second explains of what people can expect. >> the fairgrounds management corporation says that the county is still using a large chunk of the fairgrounds for covid-19 testing and vaccinations. that's the main reason for nixing the drive-thru portion of this fair and other events. >> the covid-19 pandemic is again changing the dynamic of the santa clara county fair. that begins on friday original plans for a drive-thru event have been canceled due to limitations at the fairgrounds. a large portion of the area is still being used for covid-19 testing and vaccinations an effort that was supposed to be wrapped up by now. but with increasing cases, they remain busy when we learned >> you know, the. the testing vaccination was going to continue on and we would not be utilizing any of our first our buildings and a great deal of >> just our land area here. >> we have to make a >> had to determine had to make the determination that we would go with that. >> small modified livestock there. well, you won't see the typical carnival rides square dancing and some of the other fair favorites, executive director of the santa clara county f

taylor: let's talk about the mass mandates. i go home to the home state of california and l.a. countyting masks indoors and outdoors for fully vaccinated individuals. should that be a requirement? dr. hotez: certainly for indoors, as delta accelerates. the reason for unvaccinated individuals who are high risk, but even the vaccinated ones, and it takes time to explain. we think what is happening based on studies out of china is that this virus is multiplying at much higher rates in the nose and mouth, about 1000 times more. even if you are vaccinated and you get infection come in the past the vaccine was good at stopping not only symptomatic illness but asymptomatic transmission. what is less clear with the delta variant is the first parameter is holding it keeps you from getting seriously ill or symptomatic illness. that is great. people who are vaccinated may still be shedding a fair bit of virus if they get asymptomatic infection. that is the reason for remastering. the cdc has not come out of the recommendation, but that is where things could head. tom: six months ago you had the