i want to get perspective from former nba star kenny smith. kenny, thank you so much. so many americans watched as you walked off the set last night in support of the nba players protesting. for those that did not see it let me show this clip. >> i think the biggest thing now as a black man and as a former player i think it is best for me to support the players and just not be here tonight. >> is it something that was building up in you? >> i think it was just building up. players have made their statements and i was informed of what they were thinking. they have been in a bubble. they don't really know -- >> i think we are losing your audio a little bit. the connection is not so great. let's see if we can fix that, kenny. stand by for a moment. we are go to try to fix kenny's audio. while we try to fix kenny smith's audio, and we will, i want to go over to the white house. president trump, he is attacking the nba players leading the strike and won't say anything at all. update our viewers on the latest. >> when the president was asked he did not address why the nba pl

kenny choi. >> kenny, thank you. >> cal fire to give an update on the czu august lightning fire. we'll be monitoring the press conference and we'll bring you the latest details. >> we want to go to kpix5 andrea outside the town of hillsburg where some are on edge that the winds could change. >> reporter: ken, take a look behind me. just in the last minute or so the winds started picking up and it's been pushing the smoke this way. firefighters are extremely concerned about the house on top of the mountain over there. firefighters tell me the is extremely steep terrain acanyon, and it's hard to tack it will fire from the ground. we have video that we shot earlier today here on the property, millcreek road. the owner ownsis own bull dozier and has been trying to clear away the brush. they say they've seen lot of super air tankers have been circling making drops. there is a mandatory evacuation, but some decided to stay to defend or wait long tore keep an eye on the conditions. gail said one thing is for sure, the fire has a mind of its own. >> starts on one end and back the other w

kenny choi joins us from berkeley. kenny? >> this place would normally be bustling right behind me is the student union building, today felt more like the last day of school instead of the first overall, the campus is quiet and fairly empty. >> this isn't how freshman like others in vision the first week of college when applying to schools last year. >> i know that i would not have a good time if i was sitting at home at my desk. not being able to meet any new people, may be online, but that is not fun. >> srooms to eat. they have to sequester for at least seven days after moving into dorms which are all single occupancy. >> you don't see people because you are not supposed to which is definitely different from the typical meeting a bunch of people your freshman year. >> a few blocks away empty tables and unoccupied chairs are the reality at this coffee shop. >> there is not the high excitement, you don't have orientation groups running around or getting excited about football games, none of that is happening. >>> the coffee

kenny is live in the santa cruz mountains right in the middle of the evacuation zone. kenny ? >> reporter: i can tell of smoke. most of it is empty which is a good sign. the residents have evacuated. right behind me there are some cal fire trucks ready to go. residence we spoke to said they are growing frustrated and wondering where the help is. for these firefighters it is a game of cat and mouse going from house, to house to save them. more than 1000 fi destructive paths to the santa cruz mountains. >> my house burned down two nights ago. >> my concern is that the valley i know and love will not be here. in a week. but i just keep my fingers crossed.>> reporter: overnight boulder creek was one of the hardest hit areas. cal fire has been around 120 years and there really has not ftburnedto the his magnitude in ground the tally doubled overnight. the firefighters are doing what they can with the limited resources they have it. >>we are doing the greatest good for the residents by assuming the defensive role and going house, to house. we are firing around the houses.>> reporter

name that will help people just like kenny for years to come. by sunday night the site to help support what we now call that any rate johnson of adaptive sports scholarship and we'll do it every year and you know to safe. look good. a feel-good lakers up the law could be a libyan know like the sky's the limit by the bottom rung about people coming out and work in been in that work in the fall of people like marcus voting or. >>the be good. >>as you can see he's pretty inspired he'll look to continue, playing for to go to stay road were areas and work out with them and dream big as you see. that's your look at sports back to you just in. >>thank you jason, and there are new details tonight about the shooting of jacob lake that has sparked a lot of protests, wisconsin. investigators say the incident started when a woman called 911 a dispatcher named blake in that police call in responding officers then tried lest arrest blake with a taser but the taser failed when blake walked away and leaned into his suv officer rusten sheskey shot blake 7 times

kenny, thank you. about ten miles to the northwest of kenny's location the flames are cutting through big basin redwoods state park. we're hearing reports of damage to the park's headquarters and campgrounds. >> w the lnu lightning e evacu complex ob supertanker 7447 deployed to sonoma county, the world's largest firefighting plane. it can deliver 20,000-gallons of water and retardant in a single drop. the fire has burned more than 131 acres across five counties. containment is at zero percent and one has died. it's growing 14,000 acres over the last 24 hours and prompted mandatory evacuations. that area in yesterday. the yellow is areas under an evacuation warning. wilson walker reports from hills burg writ's been a stressful waiting game. >> when the wind changes and smoke comes towards you. >> reporter: it was another day of watching and waiting for anyone near the wallbridge fire leaving much of sonoma county evacuated. >> we have friends staying in expensive hotels. they need to know if they can c

to take match for western the kenny and his playing style. i think i'm more of you know i'm defensive when paul started the play's the whole mentality and the family the striker has it fits perfectly wish i could wish and believed him and players. from fans even tell me that when they see real in the streets i love the way you fight for the club the fight you give everything you have he believed on the field and something that i worked hard so let us sacrifice for it. he grew up mostly in texas but western mckenney split ball career kicked off much closer to the going to sleep on account of his father's job in the u.s. military. to make p.c.'s with his a permanent change of station decide to go to germany take advantage of europe and i'm traveling and saying things the family moved to boston near the u.s. airbase at a time for young weston it also meant a change of sport i had started playing american football the earliest i can remember was for that i would go to germany i couldn't find a leak or anything that had football at that time for m

welcome to the wacky world of kenny ingram junior. an artist whose work is now luring sightseers away from frank sinatra's old house around the corner to see this fantastical creation instead. i've been working on my art for i would say at least the last four decades, since i've been living and breathing. really? yeah, i was just born an artist. on these four acres of land kenny has used 1,000 tonnes of recycled stuff to create 350 works of art. so far. here's the hockey bot. what's that? it's made out of refrigerators. made out of refrigerators? yeah. right there's the robo—bear, made out of an air conditioning compressor. there's sa nta's barrel wagon up there. that is astonishing. this is the mongolian easter bunny's mobile throne. this is one of the world's only two microwave microwaves. that is correct. this is a genuine microwaved microwave. i literally microwaved a microwave while it was microwaving. i'm the only one in human history has ever successfully pulled off this accomplishment. where do you think this fits in, where

. >> kenny, what can you tell us about the jogger. any details on who they are looking for? >> the hiker did call authorities and police soon after the incident on wednesday morning. the hiker says the ranger did come to the scene. they started looking for the jogger but couldn't locate him. as for the jogger he has been described as a caucasian male in his early 20s about six feet tall. that day he was wearing a light colored shirt as well as a black avesta that has those weights and it. other details are vague. those are the details here tonight. >> kenny, thank you. >> a central valley teenager is the first child to die from coronavirus in california. the teen had other health conditions but they have not released any further details. about 9% of california's cases are children. >> the state is ending the worst month so far in the pandemic. more than 8000 new cases were reported yesterday and they were 96 new deaths pushing the total past 9000. will expire at midnight tonight. earlier today lawmakers canceled their august recess to work on the coronavirus relief package.

kenny choi is live with how store owners are taking the newest blow. kenny? >> indoor businesses will have to stop operations by 12:01 sunday morning. it's been a roller coaster for many store owners who say they're not sure they can survive this next shut down. dylan opened his hair salon 13 years ago. his aspirations of staying open have faded. >> i don't know how to deal with the shut down. >> this is frustrating. a lot of people are going to lose their jobs. it's not fair to them. >> in the last 14 days, san mateo county reported 1,009 new cases. part of the reason businesses had to turn off the lights once again. >> i think what other counties are beginning to talk about is are these metrics -- does it give us the complete snapshot of what's really happening? >> the order to close includes gyms, nail salons, hair salons, shopping malls, and places of worship. >> when i hear the cathedrals are still open but my church is going to be closed. so i hope this changes soon. >> it's very disheartening. it really is. i own a salon. i'm an esthetician. and that's

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kenny choi, kpix 5. >> there are resources out there. thank you. >>> new at 6:00. youth sports will be allowed under these guidelines. programs must have a maximum number of 15 people and kids can participate in up to two programs at the same time. sports must also be held outdoors only with six feet of distancing. details happening in your school district. had to kpix.com/back to school. >>> the governor says that hospitalizations are down in california, falling about 19% over the last two weeks, that is good news. admissions are also down 16%. we brought you the governor's coronavirus update live in full on cbsn bay area today. and, remember you can stay up to date, 24/7 streaming us through kpix.com. >>> a major oil refinery going green , philip 66 is aiming to become the world's largest renewable fuel plant. don ford on how the project could reduce a refineries carbon footprint and add jobs. >> for 124 years they have processed crude oil into all manner of fuels. philip 66 is saying goodbye to crude and hello to ne fuels. >> we can bring in used cooking oils ve

i'll talk to kenny smith. at the march in washington, scrutiny on the violence against unarmed black men and women by police. the families of many of those victims calling for urgent change. >> what we need is change. and we're at a point where we can get that change. we have to stand together. we have to vote. >> there is never been more clear than change right now. it's happening right now. because we demand it. there are two systems of justice in the united states. there's a white system and there is a black system. the black system ain't doing so well. but we're going to stand up. >> all right. joining me now, political strategist and a former fellow at harvard, a former professor, christina grower, and presidential historian, michael beschloss. great to have you all here. your view of the march one day after trump's speech. contrast the message we saw from the white house last night to the reality and the messaging we saw on the steps of the lincoln memorial today. >> sure. the first contrast that we see

what motivated you, kenny? >> well, i don't know -- it wasn't anything preplanned. i hadn't talked to any players. i just felt that i was sitting there, and i thought today, that day, i didn't want to be part of what i call a talking head, so to speak. i wanted to join the march. we are black americans first. we are sports figures second. so anyone who is part of this, it's not a political group. we all have a voice. sometimes as a unit our voice can be loud. i think it should be paid attention to, no about what is missing, but why do you feel that way. >> kenny smith on his decision to join the movement. in my conversation with senator kamala harris, i asked her about being labeled radical. and in her answer she name dropped my next guest, carly fiorina. i'll ask the long-time republican about how the biden/harris campaign should fight that label. we'll have that conversation after this. nversation after this i'm a verizon engineer, and i'm part of the team building the most powerful 5g experience for america. it's 5g ultra wideband, and it's already available in p

kenny on the republican line. >> she is the worst candidate. she has made a mess of california and i'm sorry she was picked. i am actual as minority female, i'm embarrassed he has made his decision just on ethnicity and that he does not think there are enough smart women that it has to be done on ethnicity. he has he does not think what it takes to win the presidency by himself and he is using her. for her, as a person who has her eye on being the president herself, i think that is an insult but i don't think she takes it as that. she is somebody who is always looking for an easy way up the ladder. i did think she was a good candidate for california. she put too much into being cool and not really caring about what is right for our country and for everybody. i think she treated judge kavanaugh and other people, when she is questioning them, she is so disrespectful. i don't think she is a good image for our young women and it embarrasses me that he did not pick a better candidate, but it's not my party. i left that party. i am embarrassed by wha

here is kenny choi. >> reporter: the majority of teachers work from the school classrooms and according to the teachers union they say the distance learning 2.0 in the fall will be dramatically different. night and day compared to the spring. for these teachers at hoover middle school, logging into a virtually empty campus was a better option. >> being able to come to their classroom get some more space and club travesty to be able to do their job. >> teachers choosing to work from home have to submit their decision to work from home. they can do so through the end of september. >> majority of teachers were comfortable coming into their rsalsrooms but there waty experiences with covid-19. >> vanessa and her three children came to the park after finishing their first day of distance learning 2.0. >> we did scavenger hunt on zoom even though we are not in the same classroom. that was very fun. >> it was more of a let's get to know each other. let's get accustomed to the zoom. it was short and sweet.>> reporter: for shelley, taking care of their niece did not feel very different from dista

let's get right to kenny who is in the middle of a evacuation zone going on and ben loman. >> reporter: that fire activity you are talking about northwest of us. that is where we are hearing that the most intense flames are. we are here in the town of ben loman. most of the residents have evacuated. according to cal fire officials. pr frurations wondering where the help is. these firefighters say there are dozens of firefighter fires burning in a dozen locations so they are going place to place trying to save homes. more than 1000 fireednd i graed stt erl e it w st still remain threatens. >> we are having a hard time combating the fires that were doing the greatest good for the residents here, by assuming the defensive role in going house to house and we are firing out around the houses. >> reporter: overnight boulder creek became one of the hardest hit areas in the according to cal fire. >> there hasn't been fires of this magnitude in this area. >> reporter: at least 50 structures have been destroyed and fire pects number to be going up. >>anow will not be here in a week but i do keep

name that will help people just like kenny for years to come. >>by sunday night the site to help support what we now call that any ray adaptive sports scholarship will do it every year and you know to say look good feel good. lakers up the law could be a libyan know like the sky's the limit by the bottom rung about people coming out and work in been in that work in the fall of people like marcus voting or. >>the be good. >>great story there and kenny is now working out full time with the go so you're a small business, or a big one. you were thriving, but then... oh. ah. okay. plan, pivot. how do you bounce back? you don't, you bounce forward, with serious and reliable internet. powered by the largest gig speed network in america. but is it secure? sure it's secure. and even if the power goes down, your connection doesn't. so how do i do this? you don't do this. we do this, together. bounce forward, with comcast business. you can adjust youriggest sacomfort on both sides...eep your sleep number setting.. can it help me fall asleep faster? yes, by

name that will help people just like kenny for years to come. by sunday night the site to help support what we now call that any ray johnson of adaptive sports scholarship will do it every year and you know to say look good. a feel-good lakers up the law could be a libyan know like the sky's the limit by the bottom rung about people coming out and work in been in that work in the fall of people like marcus voting or. >>the be good. >>he inspired me to get a workout in after i edited that story this >>and that wraps up kron 4 news tonight at 9 but pam and i will be back at the top of the hour we're going to hear more from wildfire evacuees finally allowed to return home. they share their stories of what it felt like being told to grab what they could and get out plus hundreds of protesters took to the streets in oakland last night some ending the night with vandalism we're getting a look at the damage and why oakland police say they could not get any help from the sheri it's not going away. covid-19. more than ever, california needs rapid coronav

>>kenny an inspiration to us all. that is all i have for sports back to you guys all right, thank you very much jason outdoor dining may be somewhat pleasant now in chicago but it won't be during the winter how the city is calling on its residents to >>all over the country outdoor dining is expanding has pretty much the only way to eat out during this pandemic the weather is not a big problem for restaurants here. but what about for people in places like chicago. well a contest called chicago's winter design challenge is calling on chicago residents to come up with an idea to make a teen outside a little more pleasant in the cooler months. >>it is offering $5,000 as the ultimate prize, but forget about blankets and heat lansing greenery. the illinois restaurant association says that they already have that covered maybe they need to talk to our chief meteorologist were some ideas like i'm hungry for from tater tots and i'm good to hey tonight. we've got some low clouds and fog then made its way back inside the bay and

we will send it back to you. >>> kenny choi. >>> live updates from fire agencies on cbsn bay area. always get the latest 24/7 by streaming us on kpix.com. we also have continuing fire coverage where you can also find the latest information on evacuations and road closures. >>> still had and streaming on cbsn bay area, heroic stories of neighbors taking a stand. >> we cut the salt down. >> how one man picked up a shovel to save the neighborhood. >>> effectively deserted as fire burned. weather is now the key factor, we will see what we are worried about tonight. >>> good news >>> breaking news, fires burning across california right now. giving us the unique look at these pyro cumulus clouds. headed to the santa cruz mountains the lightning fire is burning. we will have updates as we get them. >>> now more evacuations in sonoma county where people are being told to get out. two separate fires have burned more than 1500 acres in the county. the large walbridge fire is west and the mayor's fire is north of jenner. the report is live in sonoma county were some people torab wh could and

up perfect match for western the kenny and his playing style. i think i'm more of you know i'm defensive when the ball started the plays the whole mentality and family guy has the fits perfectly which i could through from grief and play that. some families mean to tell me that whatever they see will the streets along the way fight for the club and fight to get everything you have believed on the field and something that i worked hard at folks that are sacrificed for it. he grew up mostly in texas but western mccamey spoke all career kicked off much closer to the bundesliga on account of his father's job in the us military. to make p.c.'s move into a permanent change of station because i would go to germany take advantage of europe and i'm traveling and saying things the family moved to autopsy new the u.s. airbase at a time for young weston it also meant a change of sports. i had started playing american football the earliest i can remember was for that i was over jeremy and i couldn't find a leak or anything that had football at that time for m

name that will help people just like kenny for years to come. >>by sunday night the site to help support what we now call the kenny ray adaptive sports scholarship and we'll do it every year and you know to safe. look good. feel good. lakers up the law could be a libyan know like the sky's the limit by the bottom rung about people coming out and work in the network and if all of people like marcus voting or. >>the be good. >>i'm jason dumas kron 4 news but an inspiring story you go, thanks a lot. jason. well, still ahead on the kron 4 morning news resources of course stretched thin in the early days of the firefight so some people living in the santa cruz mountains stepped in to protect their homes themselves. >>we have their story coming up. and we'll take you outside for a live look at friday light on the approach the richmond sandra fell hardly any traffic at all we'll be right back. >>good morning welcome back during the early days of the czu lightning complex fires in santa cruz and san mateo counties. a few residents ignored the evacuation

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the bonus league a side charlotta to join the italian champions eventis after passing his medical by kenny will initially move on loan with a deal to tame clauses that would make the transfer permanent at the end of the season the 22 year old has spent the past 3 years in germany where he learned to play football as a child he will be the 1st american to play for giving us. the tour de france is underway after being delayed for 2 months by the coronavirus alexander christophe took the win of the crash heavy opening stage in east while the u.k.'s lizzie dagny won the one day women's event spike france's recent increase in toronto virus cases. fans already loud to line the route during the 3 week men's race it's the biggest sporting event to have spectators during the pandemic writers also have to adhere to hygiene rules to positive tests in one week and a team will be thrown out. and if you want to know about the benefits of boring a mask during the coronavirus and then make in mexico you can take it from the professionals traditional mexican wrestlers world famous for their colorful masks

left the bundesliga side shellcode to join the telly in champions you ventus after passing his medical kenny will initially move online but the deal contains clauses that would make the transfer permanent at the end of the season 22 year old has spent the past 3 years in germany where he learned to play football was a child he will be the 1st american to play for you vent. it watching datable the news from berlin this morning is on the website at any time a d w dot com you can also follow us on twitter and instagram 2 actively news is the handle will stories is next in our twenty's 45. my 1st boss was a sewing machine. icon for all women their bones by this notion for. something as simple as a learning how to write a by psychos isn't. since i was in the good i wanted to have advice that the op might well be but it took me years to them despite their.

. >>> a team of reporters on the front line beginning with kenny choi, live in south san mateo county. >> rorter: take a look at the fire behind me, we are roughly 15 miles away from the fire, we have been watching this incredibly massive plume of smoke the entire day, it has gotten larger as the day has progressed. we are here with greg, who lilavestrighnet ni ght,ar what did you hear and what mbeeu yo >> the closest thing to a s wai the amount of orange and bangin could see it about 100 yards away. >> we had to leave, we were getting ready anyway and we said we need to go now so, we were already ready tell me wha through your head as you try to evacuate. >> incredibly scared and sad. hopefully they are down, but also concerned that everybody got out. i made sure everyone got out, and said everybody is out. >> we ar sogl thadank you for sharing your story. that is the latest here, let's send it back to the studio. >> i can feel his emotion, thank you. let's get right to chief meteorologist, paul hagan with the conditions. paul? >>> right now we are tracking the in blwie g fosmr owart

. >> only on [ audible sigh ], kenny choi talked to a marin county hiker attacked on a trail. this is over wearing a mask? >> it was. this man and his wife say they have already been criticized and targeted on social media because of the incident. in the state of california, wearing a mask in public spaces is mandated when the six feet of distance is not possible. this latest incident is an example of the conflicts arising about people wearing masks. the hiker who asked us not to broadcast his name went for a walk around phoenix lake near ross. on wednesday morning things got rough on the trail when he asked a jock or a jogger approaching him to put on a mask. >> he shoved me in the face pushing me through the trail. he blew past my life. he spent off. >> the hiker says there s three feet of space in the area. he did contact police. a ranger arrived on the scene but the park ranger could not locate the jogger that allegedly pushed the hiker. >> it sounds like he really slammed right into him. what injuries does the hiker have? >> the hiker says he suffered bruises on his stoma

i think kenny smith just took a knee while making a slam dunk. perhaps the most poignant commentary came from l.a. clippers coach doc rivers last night. >> they're spewing this fear, right, all you heard is donald trump and all of them talking about fear. we're the ones getting killed. we're the ones getting shot. we're the ones that were dineed to live in certain communities. we've been hung. we've been shot. and... all you do is keep hearing of fear. it's... it's amazing. why we keep loving this country and this country does not love us back. >> stephen: that is why voting in november is so important. because donald trump does not care if you live or die of covid or of racism as long as he wins. and until we, the people, change this administration, we will continue to get more leadership from the n.b.a. than the r.n.c. speaking of leadership, we have a great show for you tonight. the speaker of the house is here. we'll be right back with speaker nancy pelosi. stick around. motorcycle riders love the open road. and geico loves helping riders get

let's get right to kenny who is in the middle of a evacuation zone going on and ben loman. >> reporter: that fire activity you are talking about northwest of us. that is where we are hearing that the most intense flames are. we are here in the town of ben loman. most of the residents have evacuated. according to cal fire officials. pr frurations wondering where the help is. these firefighters say there are dozens of firefighter fires burning

of thick forest, forcing overstretched crews to navigate rugged terrain in the fight to save homes, kenny choi is in the middle of this evacuation zone. >> reporter: some residents we spoke to our expressing frustration, wondering where the help is, but with dozens of fires burning in the region, firefighters are going frflames destructive paths through the santa cruz mountains. >> my house burned down two days ago, two nights ago. >> my concern is the valley i know and love will not be here in a week, i just keep my fingers crossed. >> reporter: boulder creek became one of the hardest hit areas according to officials. >> cal fire has been around 100, 120 years, there really hasn't been fires of this magnitude in this area. >> reporter: home after homebur official tally nearly doubled overnight of firefighters are doing what they can with limited resources. >> we are having a hard time combating the fire, we are doing the greatest good for the residents here by assuming that defensive role and going house to house, we are firing out around the houses. >> reporter: at least 50 structures h

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kenny choi is at an evacuation center in half moon bay where many are wondering if they still have a home. >> reporter: the number of evacueeise continues to grow. approximately 77,000 people. many of them coming to places like this for help. for continueds of residents, wondering if their homes are still standing. hay can only wait and hope. >> i know so many people had to leave their homes. it's brutal. not knowing if you'll ever see >>orte the unrelenting inferno took down more structures tonight, now totalling at least 115. >> they've lost their homes. some of them lost their animals. >> reporter: officials expect that number to cloim. really moving, not advancing to the pace it was. >> out of con >> reporter: steve captured this video he and his wif barely escaped last night. they couldn't get past this roadblock today in atask derrow. >> they took a picture and said your house stans, steve. >> reporter: that was days ago. tonight more than 29,000 structures remain threatened as hundreds more firefighters join the fight from other states. >> we're in the trying t out asd or unpr

long time nba player and broadcaster kenny smith took a stand of his own. >> for me, i think the biggest thing now is to kind of as a black man, as a former player, i think that it is best for me to support the players and just not be here tonight. >> and figure out what happens after that. >> and i respect that. >> wow. i mean, the moment of reckoning over racial injustice in this country. the bucks ownership backed the move to boycott the team, senior vice president tweeting some things are bigger than basketball. and former president barack obama praised them for standing up for what they believe in. >> investigators have finally released a rough time line of what they say happened, but there are still a lot of questions. wisconsin's attorney general says that police were called by a woman who said her boyfriend was at her place because he want supposed to be. so officers arrived and attempted to arrest jacob blake although officials have never really explained if jake was in fact the boyfriend who the woman called about. >> during the investigation following the initial incident, mr.

kpix 5's kenny choi has been following negotiations, and he will have a full report for us at 6:00. >>> and it is a different story for the san francisco unified school district after 16 hours of negotiations, the union and district have reached a tentative agreement. teachers will spend two hours a day on live online instruction as part of a seven hour workday. classes begin august 17, but a plan will be set in stone until the board of education votes on tuesday. for details on your school district's opening program, you can go to kpix.com/back-to- school. >>> a look at san jose were a bribery scandal is rocking the sheriff department. kpixindictments, lynn? >>> so far things have been quite at the sheriff department. sheriff lori smith not saying anything publicly about this alleged scheme, which calls into question whether or not she was giving political favors in the form of issuing concealed weapons permits to big donations -- or big donors to her campaign. >> ccw licenses should not be given in exchange for campaign donations. >> reporter: the alleged pay to play scheme came to

kenny choi is live at city college in san francisco and the bay area has really been at the forefront in the fight for racial justice with a lot of these protest. >> reporter: yes. for decades it was known as the nister of culture for the black panthers and he went to school here at city college in san francisco and today he talked about these protest by these professional athletes and how his work decades later still resonates for many. >> reporter: heading back in the locker room, pro athletes have walked out of games and are protesting racial injustice. >> they know the conditions and the situation of the country and they know what is going on. >> reporter: more than 50 years ago he used his artwork to depict what was happening in pamphlets and posters and in the black panther newspaper. >> it was the end goal of the day. it highlighted for us the beauty of who we were. at a time when we were still struggling to be recognized. >> the primary starteanticipath e same as it is today. >> reporter: as protests erupted in oakland once again, images from the 60s urging his brothers and si

a humbled kenny man has allegedly kidnapped a woman and police are asking you to keep an eye out. george rose allegedly abducted a 27-year-old woman last night. they were last seen two hours north of humboldt in the orleans area. rose is believed to be armed and dangerous and driving a burnt orange 1999 ford f3 50. telephone you license plates by t9369 zero. rose has reportedly ditched the camper shell from the truck.>>> search teams continue their grim work in beirut lebanon tonight as we learn more about the incredible explosion that leveled entire buildings. >>> california prosecutors expressing their outrage tonight over the collaboration between learned that or than 100 people are confirmed dead. 4000 others were hurt after that horrific explosion in lebanon. terrorism has not been ruled out in the blast that flattened entire buildings in the capital city of beirut. our cbs correspondent reports the danger may not be over yet.>> reporter: just after 7 pm local the moexplosion rocked the port city sending shock waves miles away. the u.s. state department is warning about toxic

. ♪ islands in a stream that is what you are ♪ ♪ la la la >> look at that, mona -- kenny >> 58-year-old tom cruise was spotted leaping from a speeding motorbike off a ramp 50 stories high. >> roll the video! oh, no, wait. we can't show it to you because we don't have the money, we don't have the budget here at "world news now." what we can say is we can describe it for you. it looked pretty awesome. don't worry, he was wearing a harness secured by a giant safety cable. >> who needs video when you've got that description? cruise is reportedly filling the as yet unnamed eighth and final "mission: impossible" movie, but the clock is reportedly winding down on all those do-it-yourself stunts that tom cruise loves so much. >> look at him running. tom cruise has that same run in everything. the jack reacher movies, "mission: impossible." >> don't get used to it. because apparently an insider tells "the daily mail" he's going to stop doing his own stunts once he turns 60, so that run's going to look a little different in "mission: impossible 9."ith my i need a cane for u kn getti >>ouon't do y

kenny lopez has more. >>the same as klepto kitty from memory who's been stealing his neighbors laundry on oaklawn drive is now up to good instead of no good and we figured we use are cats we're came to do some good for the community. >>admiral galactic cat's owner heather barr the setup admiral galactic cats laundry basket charity has 7 stores across our area. they're collecting pet supplies for pet owners who lost everything in hurricane laura. >>somebody gave us life vests for dogs treats toys. i know that they've been just made it out there and they can they need all that they can get blankets. guys thanks like everybody's stuff is washed away into the gulf late. what else are they going to get. >>after all of her cats miss shift. she says she wanted to do something to help. >>trees trader joe's gave dented cans of food that are still good, i guess it's just you know trying to apply karma right thing to do and this is the best opportunity that we had somebody donated to looks like brand new cat carriers

in oakland, kenny choi, kpix 5. >>> as we mentioned, school starts monday in oakland. they are the only bay area district mandating that teachers, educators teach from empty classrooms. san francisco unified begins classes on august 17th. a tentative agreement requires each educator to give two hours of live online instruction a day. and for details on your schools district learning plan, though to kpix.com /back to school. >>> today we finally got an explanation and an apology from the state health secretary for california's undercounting of coronavirus cases. >> we apologize. you deserve better. the governor demands better of us, and we are committed to doing better. the governor has directed a full investigation of what happens, and we will hold people accountable. >> so, what happened? dr. galli says a server outage in his words on july 25th kicked off the series of technical issues leading to the underreporting of cases. at the same time, data from one of the biggest labs was not coming through for five full days. now, the backlog is between 250,000 and 300,000 re

on tnt, former basketball star and commentator kenny smith walked off the set of "inside the nba" in solidarity with protesters. >> as a black man come as a former player, i thihink it is best for me to support the players and just not be here tonight. and figure out what happens after that. >> i respect that. amy: the wnba also canceled three games wednesday after members of the washingngton mystics arrived wearing t-shirts -- each with seven bullet holes in the back, with the fronts of the shirts spelling out the name jacob blake. this is mystics guard ariel atkins. >> this isn't just about basketball. we are not just basketball players. and just because we are basketball players -- we need to when we go home, we are black. amy: three major league baseball games were posostponed after -- as well as soccer games. tennis also suspended matches after tennis superstar naomi osaka -- whose father is haitian -- withdrew to protest against racicial injustitice. the uniteded states confirmemed nearly 45,000 new cases of coronavirus on wednesday, as the official u.s. death toll rapidly appr

and kenny smith at one point took off his microphone and boycotted the tv show services across all spectrums and as i say, unprecedented and guys, we go back to you. giants are dodgers tonight will keep you abreast of those developments. >> you have got to think about how it has all changed since colin kaepernick took a knee. >> we should have listened to colin kaepernick when he took any and voiced concern for the exact same thing we're talking about today. a couple of years when calling to me against the chargers. >> all right to dennis, thank you. >>> several nba players reacting to the bucs playoff game strike, warriors players both support the move saying it is bigger than basketball. saying we demand change, we demand justice. former warriors player says the power of a unified voice can never be denied. >>> and out to the latest from wisconsin, two peoplet over the shooting and now a 17-year-old is under arrest. cell phone video shows a person with a semi automatic rifle being chased by demonstrators. the video shows the gunmen fell to the ground and started shooting, got up, later wal

. >> nba broadcaster kenny smith, who you heard there briefly, walked off the set during his broadcast on tnt last night to show his solidarity with the bucks players and other nba players who have refused to play basketball. "the washington post" reports later today the nba board of governors will meet on whether to resume the nba playoffs. the dodgers and the giants are scheduled to play a doubleheader today. the giants say they're on board for these games. the dodgers' manager says that's another conversation. reporting live, bob redell "today in the bay." >> speaking of conversations, a lot of people are having them right now. we want to remind you that you could be part of our ongoing conversation about race in america. we will have our fifth installment next. those conversations can be found at nbcbayarea.com/raceinamerica. >>> the other big breaking news story here in the bay area, the trio of ongoing fires and work being done by firefighters, as t get those fires contained. good news in santa cruz county to report. one week after being evacuated, the orders have now been lifted

kpix5 is kenny ch applying and what it takes to get the okay. >> reporter: schools like this one, the one right behind me, saint elizabeth school will begin the academic year online. but it's also private schools, like this one, that will likely open up for in person learning first, if local and state officials give the okay. stratford school in palo alto confirmed it has applied for a waiver. now it is waiting for health officials to say yes. >> we are still encouraging elementary schools that can put safeguards into place to look into the waiver process. >> reporter: the santa clara county health department indicated most waivers are coming from private schools. but there are some traditional, public and charter schools looking into the process. teachers are torn. >> hopefully we will be able to need to get back to my second home. >> reporter: this is what the application form will look like. the state department of health added no waivers will be allowed for counties where infections are more than 200 cases per 100,000 in population. san francisco county told us today it still does