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"Shelters. Speaking from an airplane hangar at major airport in Sacramento, the president pointed out that climate change is making things worse. We know that decades of forest management decisions I've created hazardous conditions across the Western forest. We can't ignore the reality. That these wildfires are being supercharged by climate change. It isn't about red or blue states. It's about fires just fires. The president also spent part of yesterday campaigning for fellow Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom ahead of the recall election. Taking place today. A federal judge wants PG any to explain why it took several hours to shut off electricity to a power line with blown fuses at a site where the Dixie Fire Ignited. That delay may have caused the now nearly million acre blaze. KQED is Alexander's Lee reports. Judge William also pressed the PG any worker during over two hours of testimony Monday. Asking why he didn't act quickly to remotely deactivate the line. The so called trouble man whose identity is concealed out of concerns for his safety, so he couldn't tell a tree had fallen into the power line until he doubled back to reach a set of blown fuses a journey that took him about four hours on the remote country road near the Butte and Plumas County border. The judge is ordering PG me to explain why no one cut power to what he said was the utilities 11th most dangerous line for starting a wildfire the company must produce by Friday the names of anyone involved in events leading up to the fire. And the judge says he may order more P Genie employees to testify for the California report. I'm Alex Emslie in San Francisco. A fire called the KNP complex continues to burn in Sequoia National Park and as of this morning has burned more than 3000 acres with no containment by firefighters. The complex is made up of the colony and paradise fires, which were started by lightning strikes late last week. They're burning on steep terrain in areas with dense vegetation and officials anticipate they'll continue to grow. Mark Ruggiero is fire information officer for Sequoia and Kings Canyon National parks. Weather conditions are normal for this time of year, so the fires are well established in their current locations. And, uh, we we think you know this. It's going to take awhile to suppress these fires. On Monday, the San Joaquin Valley Air District issued an air advisory for Fresno Kings and to Larry counties, as well as the valley portion of Kern County because of the smoke coming from the KNP complex. And the Wendy Fire, which ignited on the Tooley River Indian.
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"Made to do contact tracing to determine who at the basis may have been exposed. He says patients are being housed separately and are getting medical care. Wall Street ended the day in mixed territory today, Asian markets and trading mixed up this hour. The Nikkei and Japan of 3/10 of a percent the Asia dowel is down about 2/10 of a percent. You're listening to NPR news Live from KQED News. I'm Natalia Navarro. A federal judge wants PG and E to explain by Friday why it took several hours to shut off electricity to a power line with blown fuses at the Dixie Fire Ignition site, a delay that may have caused the nearly million acre blaze. KQED s Alex Emslie reports. Judge William also pressed to PG any worker during over two hours of testimony this morning, asking why he didn't act quickly to remotely deactivate the line. The so called trouble man whose identity is concealed out of concerns for his safety, so he couldn't tell the tree had fallen into the power line until he doubled back to reach a set of blown fuses. A journey that took him about four hours on the remote county road near the Butte and Plumas County border. The judge ordered the company to produce by Friday the names of anyone involved in events leading up to the fire. And says he may order more P Genie employees to testify. I'm Alex Ansley KQED news. Nevado based mikes bikes has been bought by a global company based in the Netherlands. KQED s Brian Watt has more Mike's bikes started in San Rafel in 1964. It now has 12 stores throughout the Bay Area from Petaluma to Palo Alto. Four years ago, it acquired San Francisco based public bikes. Now the pond group is acquiring them both on its site. The Dutch mobility company says it has 12,000 employees. In 36 countries in an email to customers mikes bikes said it couldn't be happier about the acquisition. But the deal appears to have caused a rift between mix and one of its retail partners. The Morgan Hill based company specialized, said in an email it had ended its partnership with mix I'm Brian White KQED news. And I'm Natalia Navarro..
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"And KQED news next Life from NPR News in Washington. I'm Windsor Johnston. The Senate is expected to resume debate today on a $3.5 trillion reconciliation plan. The bill includes new spending on childcare education and measures to curb climate change. NPR's Deidre Walsh reports. The measure continues to face pushback from some moderate Democrats. Democrats said this week as their own deadline to try to pull together all the details of the policies in this But West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin has repeatedly said he's not going to vote for $3.5 Trillion in new spending. He's raising concerns about inflation and some of the tax changes Democrats want to use to pay for it. That's NPR's Deidre Walsh reporting the reconciliation bill has no support from congressional Republicans. The deposed leader of Myanmar has missed a scheduled court appearance. Michael Sullivan reports on San Souci was unable to attend the resumption of her child today after reporting that she felt ill. Her lawyer say. Suki complained of dizziness on the way to her court appearance today, but Chalked it up to car sickness. Sushi has been detained by the military since the February 1st coup that toppled her government. The military has charged her with a variety of offenses since And she could face up to 14 years in jail. Her lawyers say she's innocent and the charges are politically motivated. Michael Sullivan reporting This is NPR News Live from KQED Newsome. Brian White President Biden plans to make a couple stops in California today, one day before the gubernatorial recall KQED s Katie or reports. Sorry about that. A law enforcement oversight agency plans to subpoena the Santa Clara County Sheriff for information about a shutdown investigation into how a mentally ill man was seriously injured in custody. KQED S Alex Emslie reports Andrew Hogan suffered a traumatic brain injury and lives with permanent disabilities after he beat his head repeatedly against the steel cage and sheriff's custody in 2018, while jail and medical staff stood by. In a confidential memo recently made public, Santa Clara County's attorney's wrote that halting an internal investigation into the case before it was completed, could be seen as essentially signing off on unconstitutional conduct by jail command staff. County Supervisor Joseph Median is calling for more information on the case to be made public. The great unanswered question here is why was the internal affairs investigation suddenly cut short. The Sheriff's office has declined to comment on any investigation in the case. But longtime sheriff Laurie Smith has dismissed calls from somebody in and other officials to step down. I'm Alex Emslie. KQED news. Federal officials are investigating a suspicious wildfire that burned several acres near a campground in Marin County last night. The Hawk Fire ignited Sunday evening in the vicinity of the Golden Gate, National Recreation Areas. Hawk Camp Backpacking Campground. The fire did not threaten homes, and it did not prompt any evacuation warnings or orders. It did send up a plume of smoke towards Sausalito. Firefighters contain the fire. The Chronicle is reporting that US Park Service Rangers are looking for anyone. Who may have started it. I'm Brian White KQED news Support comes from Sutter Health where 1000 things big and small work together to serve communities across the Bay Area. Sutter Health Hello, I'm Ethan Tobin Lindsay, the executive editor here. Kay Cuties.
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"Plumas County when he noticed a tree leaning on the line and fire burning below it. The cause of the Dixie fire now burning for almost two months and approaching a million acres in size remains under investigation. A federal judge overseeing PG is criminal probation is expected to question the worker whose identity is redacted in court filings. But it's unclear whether the workers' testimony will get the court or public any closer to knowing the cause of the fire. PG and E says in court filings that they need to access the fuses and other items recovered from the site to investigate what may have started the fire. And Cal fire has declined to provide access to that evidence. I'm Alex Emslie. KQED NEWS SAN Francisco Lawmakers are set to vote today on a new law to crack down on bribes of City Department heads. KQED East Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez has more The law would ban City Department heads from asking many city contractors to donate money to charities and require a record be kept of any donations that are made. An FBI investigation has found charitable donations like these are sometimes hidden bribes, which department heads can repay. With city contracts worth millions. Federal prosecutors have recently indicted three San Francisco Department heads but their roles and bribery schemes Supervisor Aaron Peskin says giving donations to charities should not be in exchange for a city contract that is out and out Corruption. If the Board of Supervisors Committee approves the anti corruption law. Today, it will go to the full board for approval at the end of the month. I'm Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez. KQED news Voting rights advocates are raising concerns about past election administration in Alameda County, even as in person voting is underway in the recall election for governor. Here's KQED politics reporter Guy Marshall Roddy. In communities where many voters are not proficient with English election officials are required to provide sample ballots in specific languages. Julia Marks a lawyer with the A. C L U, says Alameda County failed to display those sample ballots at several locations in 2020 and again in a special election last month. There's a systemic and repeated failure to include enough training on how to comply with The language access lives that we need to make sure that People with limited English proficiency have equal access to voting here. Alameda is register our voters. Tim Deputy says in a statement that the county complied with all legal mandates. The secretary of state's office says it will work with Alameda County to resolve any issues before voting in the recall ends tomorrow. I'm gon Marzorati KQED news, and we'll talk more with guy about the recall campaigning that took place over the weekend. Coming up at 6 20 on KQED news in San Francisco. I'm Brian. What Support comes from center health, where 1000 things big and small work together to serve communities across the Bay Area Center health Coming up on KQED in about 25 minutes. I'm Alex.
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"It is now 8 30. Live from NPR news. I'm Barbara Klein. The U. S government confirms it helped an American citizen and family members escape Afghanistan. A U. S official says they departed overland to a neighboring country. Three federal pandemic unemployment programs are expiring today. Kristen Myers, editor of the balanced website, says that includes the $300 a week protection program that's for those gig and contract workers. Those part time workers Typically aren't eligible for unemployment, so those folks are not going to be seeing any of those benefits. So first and foremost, that's a huge group of folks that is now going to be impacted after this day after these benefits expire. President Biden is directing the Justice Department to declassified documents related to the FBI's investigation into the September 11th terror attacks. NPR's Ryan Lucas has details. In his executive order, President Biden says the 9 11 attacks happened two decades ago. And the American people deserve a fuller picture of what their government knows. He's instructed the Justice Department to review and declassify a series of documents from the FBI's 9 11 investigation. Families of 9 11 victims believe the documents may implicate Saudi government and have pressed Biden to release the materials. The families have a long running lawsuit in New York that accuses the kingdom of being complicit in the attacks. An allegation The Saudi government denies. Ryan Lucas. NPR NEWS Washington This is NPR Live from KQED News. I'm Brian White, a state bill that would greatly expand public access to police use of force and misconduct records. Is headed to the governor's desk. KQ BDs Alex Emslie reports. California Senate Bill 16 expands on a landmark law that took effect in 2019 and granted public access to a narrow set of internal investigations into deadly force sexual assault. And dishonesty by police officers. The new law would add public access to cases of racism or other biased behavior by officers as well as findings that an officer used excessive force or failed to intervene to stop it. The bill also requires agencies to review disciplinary files before hiring applicants who have previously worked at another department that provision, along with another proposed state law. Aims to prevent officers fired for misconduct from simply going to work for a neighboring police department. I'm Alex Emslie KQED news. Over the last year, Planned Parenthood has served more than 7000 out of state patients in California. Many seeking abortions after the Supreme Court decided last week not to block a Texas law banning abortions. After six weeks of pregnancy. California Planned Parenthood President Jodi Hicks anticipates that number will grow. We have someone actually taken uber all the way from Texas to Los Angeles. So it is right that abortions don't stop happening. They just Get more difficult, and we also know who they impact, which is largely low income people and certainly people of color. Hicks said that in state abortion providers should prepare for increased demand. As other states passed similar bands. I'm Brian what.
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"It. More bad weather could hamper the search. Tropical Storm Elsa is approaching Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Nicole Anna Jones is now declining to teach at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill following a lengthy battle over tenure that, according to reports were politically motivated. Anna Jones reacted to that on CBS this morning as she announced new plans to take up a tenured position at Howard University, a historically black school in Washington, D. C. It's pretty clear that my tenure was not taken up because of political opposition because discriminatory views against my viewpoint and I believe my race and my gender Hannah Jones, acclaim for her reporting on racial injustice received a Pulitzer for her s a a company in New York Times the 16 19 project. You're listening to NPR news Live from KQED News. I'm Brian White. The ninth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals is set to hear arguments this week in a lawsuit that seeks to hold the federal government responsible for the 2015 death of Kathryn Steinle E in San Francisco. KQED S Alex Emslie reports. Argument Center on whether federal Ranger John Wojciechowski was negligent when you left a loaded pistol in the car park near San Francisco's waterfront, and whether that decision cost in Lee's death. The gun was stolen in auto break in four days before a single shot fired by Jose in as Garcia's Iraq Day ricocheted off Pier 14 into Stanley's back. Family argues that what Tchaikovsky violated law and policy when you left the gun in a backpack and is locked car and that's finally would be alive if he hadn't the U. S government counters that the theft of the gun is only indirectly related to the shooting. And it didn't cause time. Lee's death I'm Alex Emslie. KQED News. Three beaches in foster city are considered among the most polluted in California. The environmental group Heal the Bay tested 500 beaches for water quality Luke Ginger water quality scientists with the groups as the foster City beaches got poor grades because they are largely enclosed by man made walls. The water doesn't really circulate much through there, and there aren't any waves, and that means that pollution that gets in into the water tends to stick around. It doesn't flow out. City officials have been collecting water samples from the beaches for months. They say two samples they took head E. Coli levels at or above state standards likely from birds. They plan to keep testing the water through the next month. I'm Brian Watt. KQED news Support comes to us this morning from the Dolan law firm representing people injured by the fault of others. Stolen law helps fight injustice stolen law firm dot com Support for KQED comes from Straus Family Creamery, championing organic farming, sustainable practices and environmental leadership to nourish people on the planet. Learn more at Strauss family creamery dot com. Starting your day with seasonable weather conditions in northern California. The weather Service says they'll continue through tomorrow. High pressure starts to build towards the coast late in the week, resulting in a warming and drying trend. Likely to last into the upcoming weekend. Temperatures do get hot inland starting on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. In the meantime, some cloud cover in the Bay Area along the coast in bay Sunny inland for the most part sixties to the low eighties today. Support for NPR comes from C three A. I C three AI software enables organizations to use artificial intelligence, an enterprise scale solving previously unsolvable problems. C three AI This is Enterprise Ai and Procter and Gamble, maker of Align Probiotic daily supplement to support digestive health containing a probiotic strains developed by gastroenterologists with 20 years of research. More at align probiotics dot com It's morning edition from NPR News. I'm Noel King in Washington, D C and I'm Leila Fadel in Culver City, California This fourth of July weekend at least 150 people were killed in about 400 shootings across the nation. President Biden is trying to walk a thin line trying to tackle this surge in violent crime while also getting a police reform bill across the finish line. Biden has been a loyal ally to the police for years, but now he's also calling for more accountability in their ranks. NPR's Asma Khader joins us now to talk about this Good morning asthma. Good morning, Leila. So how would you describe the president's relationship with the police right now? Well, the president is trying to balance calls from activists for this major overhaul of policing with concerns about law and order amid a crime wave. The president himself has a long personal relationship with police dating back to his time in the Senate working on the 1994 crime bill. The question, of course, is whether those old ties will help him Now the president seems to think they will. Here he is last summer at a campaign stop in Pittsburgh. I know most cops are good, decent people. I know how they risk their lives every time they put that shield on. A number of us go back, You know, 25 years with Joe Biden. Chuck Wexler leads, uh, police thinking in Washington D C. We knew him when the Senate we had him speak at our meetings. When he was vice president. He would routinely have law enforcement at the residence. You know, he told President Obama when he was vice president. He wanted the police portfolio. So he knows this issue. But Jim Pasco with the fraternal Order of Police says Biden has had an evolution from the nineties. Which was probably the point at which the relationship was its closest Is moved to the left in his thinking, and that colors his approach to pretty much all things law enforcement. At the same time, Pasco says, attitudes among police officers have also shifted and it has gone from a rather centrist position in the nineties. To the right of center. At this point, Pasqua's union actually endorsed former President Donald Trump over Joe Biden and the 2020 election, he says there's still a lot of affection for Biden among people of his generation. The thing is that same feeling doesn't necessarily exist among younger officers and law enforcement skews young. Law enforcement groups described the relationship with the Biden White House as cordial and candid. They've spoken to the attorney general and senior administration officials multiple times, but they have not spoken directly to Biden. It's a contrast to how quickly former President Trump reached out. Just a couple of weeks after he was inaugurated. Jonathan Thompson is with the national sheriffsassociation. We were asked to sit down with them President Trump and did so and spent two hours going through the top 10 things that he wanted to achieve in the top 10 10 things we thought he should be achieving and That's a temperature check that we have to take. It's a temperature check. He says They have not yet taken with President Biden. But some law enforcement groups have taken that temp check with senior advisers to the president like Cedric Richmond. If the question is do they have access? The question is that they do, um, because it's important to us. To make sure that we're keeping families safe and making sure that they know that we're concerned about unconstitutional policing and excessive force in this country, and we've relayed that to him. But the fact that the conversation the White House is having with police is about excessive force is a problem for some in the law enforcement community..
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"The end of Ramadan approaches, Israeli police confronted crowds of Muslim worshippers at the El Aqsa Mosque, one of the holiest spots in Islam, worshippers through rocks and chairs the Palestinian Red Crescent. Says police fired rubber coated bullets and stunning grenades, and most of those hospitalized were injured in the eyes and face. The U. S. State Department says it was deeply concerned about the heightened tensions. Even larger crowds are expected Sunday for the holiest night in the Muslim calendar, followed by an annual ultranationalist Israeli March on Monday. Daniel Estrin NPR NEWS Jerusalem stocks closed higher weeks and the Dow opportunity in 29 points the NASDAQ Rose 119 points today. This is NPR Live from KQED News. I'm Raquel Maria Dylan. While not Creek police officers who shot and killed Miles Hall during the mental health crisis in 2019 will not face criminal charges. The Contra Costa County district attorney announced the decision today. Quds Alex Emslie reports. The district attorney's investigation found that officers Melissa Murphy and Quang Sound reasonably believe that whole post a deadly threat as he ran toward Murphy with the nearly five ft long £15 digging bar in his hands. Those officers fired hitting Hall four times. The case has generated controversy and raised questions about how police respond to calls involving people in psychiatric crisis. Ah, lawsuit overhauls Death led to a $4 million settlement and commitments from the city to expand training for officers. An attorney representing Hall's family says he'll ask state and federal attorneys general to review the case. I'm Alex Emslie KQED NEWS. A small fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains last weekend had actually been burning since last year..
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"Market area. Earlier this week. KQED s Alex Emslie reports. The charges filed yesterday against Patrick Thompson carry a potential life sentence, according to the D A's office, But prosecutors and police don't yet have evidence to support a hate crime charge. The prosecution says Thompson has a history of mental illness and was diverted to mental health treatment after a previous arrest in 2017. He wasn't charged with any new crimes while in that court mandated program, which ended over a year ago. District Attorney Chase. Boutin says the case shows San Francisco should continue to invest in treatment programs for people with mental illness who are living on the streets. Thompson is scheduled for arraignment this afternoon. I'm Alex Emslie. KQED NEWS. The U. S Department of Labor has reversed a Trump administration rule that would have made it easier for AP Companies to classify workers as contractors. The move could set up a showdown over California's proposition. 22. KQED Sam Hard Net, explains. Biden administration is returning to the economic realities test of 1938. If a worker is economically relying on the employer. Well, then they're an employee if they're self reliant there, a contractor Kin to prop 22. The Trump rule would have led companies classify workers his contractor's based on their opportunity to make money. Bill Gold is an emeritus law professor at Stanford. Flexibility is not inconsistent with employee status, and that's what the Department of Labor Has recognized room their adoption of the relatively pro employees economic realities fast. But, he adds, unless the Fed sue firms like Uber prop 22 still holds in California. I'm Sam Harnett. KQED NEWS. The city of San Francisco is planning a two year long public art installation in Golden Gate Park to commemorate Juneteenth. KQED is Gabriella Frenchness has more The installation will have 350 sculptures that represent the first African people to be abducted and enslaved in the United States. Each piece will be standing in judgment around the pedestal where he starts you of Francis Scott Key stood Until protesters moved it last June teeth. He composed the Star Spangled Banner, and he was a slave owner. Area artist Dana King is spearheading the installation entitled Monumental Reckoning. I really see that people acknowledge the need for a piece that speaks truth to the story of African descendants and brings their memories out into the public. The phrase lift every voice will be projected on top of the speckles Temple of music. They're afraid of a song considered by many to be the black national anthem. The project still needs approval from the city's Planning Commission and Historical Preservation Committee. I'm Gabriella friend is KQED news? There's more on this story at KQED died or G'kar. Good morning. I'm Brian. What in Oakland? Next time on the California report, updates on how the Golden State is coping with the covert 19 pandemic from the front lines to the home office, coronavirus and Californians. Taking it one day at a time. I'm Lily Jamali. Those stories next time on the California report. Coming up at 5 51 6 51 and again at 8 51. $100,000 is on the line because we still need to match that challenge Grant from Craig Newmark Philanthropies with had a slow start..
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"Few details about what led to the shooting. A judge ruled last week that problems family would be allowed to see more of the body camera footage from that encounter. But the videos will not be made public for at least 30 days, More than half of adults in the United States have received at least one dose of a covert 19 vaccine. But as NPR's Allison Aubrey reports, the pace of vaccinations is beginning to slow down. The number of vaccine shots given per day has trailed off a bit in recent days, and public health officials are focused on ways to make it more convenient and to overcome hesitancy. A slowdown comes as a very end from India has been found in the U. S virologist Angela Rasmussen of the University of Saskatchewan and Georgetown University, says there are already variance with similar mutations in the U. S. She notes The plan to restrict travel from India to the United States could be helpful. It's important that we keep out new cases of SARS coronavirus, too. We really need to be focusing on what matters most right now. And that is vaccination. Beginning Tuesday, the U. S. Will restrict travel from India to the U. S. Allison Aubrey NPR NEWS, Verizon is spinning off Yahoo and AOL well to the private equity firm Apollo, NPR's David Ger reports. It's a deal valued at about $5 billion. Hey, well in Yahoo are two of the oldest brands on the Internet, and both have been overtaken by nimbler tech companies like Google. But Apollo sees value in Yahoo's audience, which is sizable and skews young. Yahoo says it's grown by double digits in the last two quarters. Rising, bought a well in 2015 and Yahoo. A couple years later it hope the acquisitions would help it compete with Facebook and Google on ads. Verizon happened getting rid of some of its media properties last year, selling Huffpost to Buzzfeed. This deal marks the end of the telecom companies Foray into media. David Gora, NPR NEWS New York On Wall Street, the Dow was up 276 points. This is NPR news in Washington. Live from KQED News. I'm Brian What? In Oakland, then Bills police chief is scheduled to report to town leaders this week about his department's hiring and training practices. That's as a town police officer is facing criminal charges for a deadly shooting in 2018 que que es Alex Emslie reports. Officer. Andrew Hall shot lot. Omer Arbel ETA nine times as the 33 year old Newark man steered his car slowly into the gap between two police cars. Prosecutors charged Hall with manslaughter last month. Contra Costa County Sheriff, which provides policing services to Danville, initially cleared Hall of any wrongdoing. Paul went on to fail. We shoot another man, Tyrel Wilson in March, about six weeks before he was charged for killing our Valetta investigations into Wilson's death, their ongoing the families of both men say they had mental illnesses. Police chief is scheduled to describe how officers are trained to deal with people in psychiatric crisis as well as hiring standards. The council meeting is set for Tuesday evening. I'm Alex Emslie KQED news. The Livermore City Council plans to decide today whether former council member John Stein will keep his seat on the planning commission. That's after he said. He didn't want downtown Livermore to become in his words, a ghetto. This happened during the Planning Commission meeting on April 20th. The panel was considering a request to build a 130 unit low income housing development. Stein apologized to the council a week later and said the city should have inclusionary housing to serve all segments of the community. He said he wants low income housing throughout the city, and it shouldn't be concentrated in a single area. Brian what? KQED news. Support for NPR comes from Charles Schwab. Charles Schwab is committed to offering a modern approach to wealth management, with the ability to adapt as an investor's specific needs change with time. Learn more at suave dot com slash plan and by the listeners and.
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"It's 7 30 live from KQED News. I'm Brian what Oakland City Council plans to consider a report's recommendations to defund the police department. At its meeting today. Quds Kate Wolf reports in the aftermath of the George Boyd protests that rocked the nation. Oakland City Council created a task force to find alternatives to policing and slashed the amount the city gives to the Police General Fund in half. The committee made 17 priority recommendations earlier this spring, including reducing the scope of the Oakland Police Department and expanding community programs focused on violence prevention. The council will vote Monday on approving the report's recommendations and prioritizing them in this budget period. In a statement, the president of the Oakland Police Officers Association called the council's consideration of the report insane. He added that police staffing is at a five year low and violent crime is surging. The city has seen 41 homicide so far this year. I'm Kate Wolf. KQED News. Dan Vail's police chief, is scheduled to report to town leaders this week about his department's hiring and training practices that it says the town police officer is facing criminal charges for a deadly shooting in 2018. Quds, Alex Emslie reports. Officer Andrew Hall shot lot. Omer Arbel ETA nine times as the 33 year old Newark man steered his car slowly into the gap between two police cars. Prosecutors charged Hall with manslaughter last month. Contra Costa County Sheriff, which provides policing services to Danville, initially cleared Hall of any wrongdoing. I went on to fail. We shoot another man, Tyrel Wilson in March about six weeks before he was charged for killing our Valetta. Investigations into Wilson's death are ongoing. The families of both men say they had mental illnesses. The police chief is scheduled to describe how officers are trained to deal with people in psychiatric crisis as well as hiring standards. The council meeting is set for Tuesday evening. I'm Alex Emslie KQED news. All indications are that San Francisco and Marin County will enter the state's coveted yellow tier of coronavirus. Reopening conditions later this week. KQED S Nina Thorsen reports. The yellow tears to find his minimal risk. It's the least restrictive stage of the state's framework. The biggest changes that bars can reopen indoor service up to 25% of capacity or 37.5%. If everybody shows proof of vaccination. Churches and other places of worship could have 50% capacity indoors. Conferences can also get bigger and sporting events could have more fans in attendance and some live events and performances can resume with limited numbers if audience members have assigned seats and don't mingle, I'm Nina Thorsen KQED news. The Livermore City Council plans to decide today whether former council member John Stein will keep his seat on the planning commission. That's after he said He didn't want downtown Livermore to become in his words, a ghetto. This happened during the Planning Commission meeting on April 20th. The panel was considering a request to build a 130 unit low income housing development. Stein apologized to the council a week later and said the city should have inclusionary housing to serve all segments of the community. He said he wants low income housing throughout the city, and it shouldn't be concentrated in a single area..
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"It's all things considered from NPR News. I'm Audie Cornish and a Mary Louise Kelly next Rebecca Burgess on illustrating a kid's book about what it's like to grow up with autism, as she did so, just just to be stressed out with the time and like I talked to Lake It's a kid's qualities, like really don't want to be up because it's very overwhelming more after news Life from NPR News in Washington. I'm Windsor Johnston, The governor of Minnesota is warning state lawmakers against slowing down on proposed changes to policing following the conviction of former Minneapolis police officer Derrick Show Vin in the death of George Floyd. Brian best from Minnesota. Public Radio has more. Democratic governor Tim Walz says the guilty verdict can't be the final word. And he says he wants the Legislature to act on policing bills before adjourning in a few weeks. We've got trials coming up this summer. We've got sentencing coming up in June and God help us. If we have another situation, statistically, we probably will. If we don't make these changes, lawmakers, air wing limits on traffic stops for minor offenses increased transparency of body camera footage and added oversight around police misconduct. Another trial tied to George Boyd's death is pending and a suburban Minneapolis officer has been charged in connection with the shooting death of Dante, right. For NPR News. I'm Brian Backs in Saint Paul, the governor of Michigan says the state will begin rolling back coronavirus restrictions as soon as tomorrow. Governor Gretchen Whitmer says the decision will be based on the state's vaccination rate that is team Michigan's challenge. Let's get back to normal. Into those family, friends and neighbors who still questions about the vaccine. Let me answer some of them and speak directly to you. Vaccine is safe, Widmer says, is more people get vaccinated, The state will allow office work relax and ultimately and indoor capacity limits. Michigan continues to grapple with the nation's worst pandemic outbreak. All of the major indices closed higher today. On Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 239 points at 34,060, the NASDAQ composite Rose 31 points the S and P 500 up 28. This is NPR news. Live from KQED News. I'm terrorists. Tyler Daly City officials have released the names of four officers involved in the fatal shooting of a San Francisco man earlier this month, but they haven't said which officer fired the shot that killed Roger Alan Kay cuties, Alex Emslie reports. The new person in charge of San Francisco. Substance abuse and mental health programs, hopes to at least get the number of overdoses to level off next year. Last year, more than 700 people died from overdoses in the city more than double from the prior year. After Hillary Kunis in San Francisco's new Behavioral Health Services director who also lead mental health s F and initiative aimed at overhauling the whole system of care..
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"Could hold him on the side. I don't wanna lose my God. Okay. It's a critical moment because one officer recognizes that yet. We needed a sleazy get him so he can breathe and they are other officers, refusing because he's afraid that he's going to lose control. Gonzalez lost consciousness after about another 30 seconds and died later at the hospital. Multiple investigations into his death are underway. I'm Alex Emslie KQED news. Bay Area health officials are tracking the small number of cases of people who have contracted covert 19 after they were fully vaccinated. KQ Beedies Laura Clive, UN's explains State Health Department says nearly 1400 of these Californians have tested positive that 0.1% of fully vaccinated people in the state. Health officials say these cases are fully expected because the vaccines don't protect people on 100%. While the state Department of Public Health is not sharing details on how mild or serious these cases were. Some Bay Area counties are so Noma County has 58 cases and said the majority resulted in mild to no symptoms with no hospitalizations or deaths. Contra Costa County has 140 cases and four people were hospitalized. I'm Laura Cliven KQED news. Half a dozen House Democrats are calling on the Justice Department to look into the case of an environmental justice advocate who's been in a legal battle with Chevron. Steven Donziger has been under house arrest for nearly two years. He won a major judgment in 2011 in Ecuador against Chevron for discharging toxic waste in the Amazon. San Ramon based oil giant has accused Donziger of fraud, and a federal judge agreed. He was then hit with contempt charges for refusing to hand over his computers and cell phone to Chevron. Paul Pazzi mean oh, with Oakland based Amazon Watch, says Danzinger is being persecuted. He's lived in New York in an apartment with his wife and his teenage son. And now, after all these years, and everything Chevron has done to him, they're arguing he's a flight risk. He came back to the United States to turn over his passport. It's insane. Both the Department of Justice and Chevron had no comment. I'm Brian what KQED news support this morning comes from Oakland International Airport with over 1000 daily seats to the Hawaiian Islands..
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"Raised enough money through an online fundraising campaign to procure 200 oxygen units and Delhi. I'm Sarah Hussainy. Take your neediness and you'll hear more from representative Khanna on morning edition in just a few minutes in San Francisco yesterday, Public schools welcomed about 2000 pre selected middle and high school students back to campus is KQ BDs, Julia McEvoy reports. Because of facilities issues and the need to comply with safety standards. The district rerouted some returning middle schoolers to nearby high schools. One high school Burton is hosting four schools. Classes are kept it 14 and all kids had to go through a public health screening. Still, there is no date yet for the return of the rest of the district's middle and high schoolers, which is disappointing to Julia Powell. 1/7 grader at Martin Luther King Junior Academy. I'd really like to me is way more easier face to face because like I can actually understand on zoom is just wait more difficult and different. But distance learning is making it possible for Julia to finish the year at her school. Her mom stopped working during the pandemic and moved her family to the East Bay City of Pittsburgh. I'm Julia McEvoy. KQED news officials in Vallejo are considering a three year nearly $2 million program aimed at reducing shootings by identifying and supporting those at the center of Gun violence. KQED is Alex Emslie explains. Laiho had 79 more shootings last year than the year before. According to police Department crime statistics, murders in Vallejo more than doubled in 2020. Those trends appear to be continuing this year. The City council is considering a program adopted over 10 years ago in Richmond, helps significantly reduced shootings in that city. Von Bogan created the Richmond program at its core investing in people caught up in violence, and I get it the challenges often why make the level investment in these guys who should be in jail? Well, first and fore most these guys aren't in jail, and secondly, what we do. With them, and these investments into them are working to reduce gun violence. Flay hose exploring federal funding for the program. I'm Alex Emslie KQED news and there's more at KQED died or G'kar. I'm Brian. What Support comes from Oakland International Airport with over 1000 daily seats to the Hawaiian Islands so low how begins at a wake. A support for NPR.
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"KQED. I'm Dave Freeman. And the time now is 5 30. Live from KQED News. I'm Brian. What With New Cove It infections in India breaking Global Daily records. Silicon Valley Congressman Ro Khanna is calling on the Biden administration to doom or to help KQED Sarah Hussaini reports in a virtual town hall congressman Bro Khanna said that California is sending oxygen and protective gear. While President Biden has pledged to send vaccine components and is expected to share unused AstraZeneca doses every time there's a global outbreak of the crisis like theirs in India, it puts the entire world at risk. It puts all that we've achieved at risk. And this is why we have to be strategic and responsible kind of says that means also allowing other nations to buy licenses to the Fizer and Madonna vaccines. Something that 100 countries have asked the U. S to do when the World Trade Organization meets next week. Meanwhile, some Bay Area residents with roots in India are taking it upon themselves to help. I actually just 10 minutes ago got a call from one of my very close friends asking if the new office supply for a patient who has oxygen only for the next three hours available on without that baby will die. Monica met Arata and her husband wrote it of Palo Alto have raised enough money through an online fundraising campaign to procure 200 oxygen units and Delhi. I'm Sarah Hussainy. Taking me dinner's in San Francisco Public schools welcomed about 2000 pre selected middle and high school students back onto campuses Monday. KQED is Julia McEvoy reports. Because of facilities issues and the need to comply with safety standards. The district rerouted some returning middle schoolers to nearby high schools. One high school Burton is hosting four schools. Classes are kept it 14 and all kids had to go through a public health screening. Still, there is no date yet for the return of the rest of the district's middle and high schoolers, which is disappointing to Julia Powell. 1/7 grader at Martin Luther King Junior Academy. I've no like to me is way more easier face to face because like I can actually understand on zoom is just wait more difficult and different. But distance learning is making it possible for Julia to finish the year at her school. Her mom stopped working during the pandemic and moved her family to the East Bay City of Pittsburgh. I'm Julia McEvoy KQED news. Valeo officials are considering a three year nearly $2 million program aimed at reducing shootings by identifying in supporting those at the center of Gun violence, Quds Alex Emslie explains. Laiho had 79 more shootings last year than the year before. According to police Department crime statistics murders in Vallejo more than doubled in 2020. Those trends appear to be continuing this year. The City Council is considering a program adopted over 10 years ago in Richmond, help significantly reduced shootings in that city. Von Bogan created the Richmond program at its core investing in people caught up in violence, and I get it the challenges often why make the level investment in these guys who should be in jail? Well, first and foremost, these guys aren't in jail, and secondly, what we do. With them, and these investments into them are working to reduce gun violence. Flay hose exploring federal funding for the program. I'm Alex Emslie. Take you any news? There is more at KQED died or G'kar. I'm Brian Watt in Oakland. Here's what's ahead on the California report. Next up on the California report. New U. S Census numbers mean our state will lose a seat in Congress. But was.
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"Today and it's despite the rain, and it's Act towards Lincoln from Noriega, Joe McConnell for KQED and you're listening to KQED Public Radio 88.5 FM in San Francisco 89.3 FM in Sacramento. NPR News and Qi Q. B D news Continue now at 8 30. Live from NPR news. I'm Laxmi saying Even with the mask, social distancing and vaccines, the nation's top infectious diseases expert says the Corona virus crisis will still get worse before it gets better. Dr Anthony Fauci tells NPR could be weeks or months as whether the emergence of more contagious Corona virus variants My prophecy DC, to recommend people double up on masks. If you have a double barrier, you know, common sense tells you that two was better than one. But the formal recommendation The CDC, which might change that's conceivable it might change. But the former recommendation right now is just everybody wear a mask. The President Biden turns his focus today to healthcare with two executive actions to expand access. They include opening a special enrollment period February 2 may for people to sign up for insurance under the Affordable Care Act. In Pakistan. The Supreme Court is ordering the release of a man who was once convicted of killing Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl. Here's NPR's DEA. Indeed are my ship was convicted of the murder of Daniel Pole in 2000 and two In April Last year, a provincial court overturned chef conviction. Still, he was kept in detention with the government, arguing he was a risk to public safety. The pearl family in a provincial prosecutor general, then appeal to Pakistan Supreme Court. The whole family described the Supreme Court's decision as a complete travesty of justice and urged the U. S to take action. The Dow is up 569 points. This is NPR news Live from KQED News. I'm Brian what Last year Governor Gavin Newsom banned the sale of new gas powered vehicles in California by the year. 2035. In a bid to encourage carmakers to make more electric cars today, General Motors announced it will phase out the manufacturing of its gas cars, small trucks and SUVs by that year. Here's the company's chief sustainability officer. Jane Parker. California's announcement, as well as other states in the U. S and other countries reinforces the commitment that exists for policymakers to do the things that will be necessary to enable this transition. GM is the largest automaker in the US and one of the first to sign onto California's target. Anapa man is facing federal criminal charges after he was discovered with pipe bombs and apparent plans for attacks in the Bay Area to Quds Alex. Emslie reports. 43 year old in Benjamin Rogers was arrested January 15th after the Napa County Sheriff and FBI searched his home and business, according to federal court filings. In addition to the improvised explosives and Arsenal of guns, investigators discovered text messages in which Rogers talked about targeting officials in Sacramento as well as the offices of Twitter and Facebook. Rogers is an avid trump supporter. According to the criminal complaint, he carried a novelty white privilege card and threatened to go to war over Trump's loss in the 2020 presidential election. He had a sticker on his car associated with the three percenters, a pro gun movement with links to other far right extremists and white supremacist groups. Rogers is charged with unlawful possession of a destructive device and faces up to 10 years in prison. I'm Alex Emslie, KQED News and in Oakland. I'm Brian. What Support for KQED comes from the switches on homes are one of the largest sources of pollution in the state. The switches on is helping Californians make the move to clean the electric appliances for a cleaner, healthier future. Visit switches on dot Orc and by the Carlos watching Watson show Emmy Award winning journalist CEO and talk show host Carlos Watson is dedicated to taking viewers out of the Echo chamber. From Mark Cuban and Pad Mahalakshmi to Megan Kelly and Donna Haci coats weekdays on YouTube. Support for NPR comes from Procter.
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"The pandemic. We're tired of him on Dis is just a you know a manifestation of all that. Anger and paying the tenants of feeling. The courthouse was closed for the morning but resume some hearings in the afternoon, Sheriff's deputies put up yellow caution tape to block off the courtyard, allowing only people with business at the court inside Paul Barrel. It is a tax attorney. He says. The courts were already backed up because of the pandemic throws everything off. There's all the people in the courtroom off. I just how effective that is. I get the passion. Protesters like Betty gambled on say nobody should be facing evictions. Right now. They're telling us to stay at home to fight covert how we're going to do it. If they're kicking us out. Evictions are down significantly due to state and local protections. But more than 500, people in the Bay Area were evicted from their homes between the start of the state Wide lockdown and the end of the year. I'm Erin Baldessari. KQED News. A statewide group of parents, frustrated with the lack of progress and reopening schools are increasing pressure on Governor Newsome. Securities. Julia McEvoy reports the newly formed Open schools California unifies parent groups from San Diego to Marin, These air parents who accused the governor of not having the political will to reopen school campuses after nearly a year of distance learning. Meghan Bah, Chika loopy is helping organize. She has two Children in an Oakland elementary school. We are seeing governors across the country begin to take decisive action to reopen their schools. The pressure to do so came in part from parents advocating for it. Bottega Looby says they are especially concerned about academically at risk Children from underfunded district who are falling behind. But in San Francisco, relatively more black and brown parents say they don't feel safe, sending their Children back, according to the teacher's Union, and in Richmond, where covert 19 has hit hard A majority of parents surveyed by the school district also say they aren't ready to send their kids back. United Teachers of Richmond president Marissa Glidden It's very clear to us that families that are most impacted by Cove Ed Who have had to suffer through deaths and, you know, really close interactions or suffered through it with their own families are much more hesitant to return to school, and those are predominantly families of color Open schools. California says it wants all parents to have a choice. It just doesn't want kids to fall further behind. I'm Julia McEvoy. KQED News. Anapa man is facing federal criminal charges after law enforcement discovered homemade pipe bombs and an apparent plan for attacks in the Bay Area. Hey, cuties. Alex Emslie. Reports 43 year old in Benjamin Rogers was arrested January 15th after the Napa County Sheriff and FBI searched his home and business, according to federal court filings. In addition to the improvised explosives and arsenal of guns, investigators discovered text messages in which Rogers talked about targeting officials in Sacramento as well as the offices of Twitter and Facebook. Rogers is an avid trump supporter. According to the criminal complaint, he carried a novelty white privilege card and threatened to go to war over Trump's loss in the 2020 presidential election. He had a sticker on his car associated with the three percenters, a pro gun movement with links to other far right extremists and white supremacist groups. Rogers is charged with unlawful possession of a destructive device and faces up to 10 years in prison..
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"Land is my some traditions remain intact after taking the oath of office, signing a handful of orders and accepting inaugural gifts from congressional leaders. Biden. Harris and their spouses review the readiness of military troops outside the capital, One of the Republicans loyal to former president Trump House minority leader Kevin McCarthy. Today struck more conciliatory tone as leaders were judged not by our words, but by our actions, so let's go forth from here together, accomplished great things for American people. As for Biden's predecessor, he's back at home at Mar a Lago resort in Florida. Former President Donald Trump left Washington D. C this morning, NPR's Windsor Johnson reports, Trump thanked his supporters. And vowed to be back in some form before he boarded Air Force one ahead of the president's inauguration today. In a farewell speech at joint base, Andrews Trump Wish the new administration great luck and great success, but declined to acknowledge Joe Biden and Kamila Harris by name. He also took credit for his administration's efforts to combat the coronavirus a day after the death toll from the pandemic in the U. S her past 400,000 Trump, the first president since 18 69 to boycott his successors inauguration That's NPR's Windsor Johnston reporting. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes up 257 points. You're listening to NPR news. Life from KQED News. I'm terrorists. Tyler, a small group of anti fascist activists are marking inauguration Day by marching around California's state capital. City is prepared for protests connected to today's swearing in of Joe Biden as the nation's 46 president, Cuties Alex Emslie. Reports from Sacramento missed a capitalist surrounded by fences and hundreds of police officers and National Guard troops. The security measures were imposed after FBI warnings of.
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Trump threatens to cut aid to Honduras over migrants
"To stay in its customs union. But maize government says that's not a long term solution. There were reports the EU is with. Willing to extend the transition period by a year in exchange for British concessions on the border issue for NPR news. I'm Teri Schultz in Brussels on Wall Street, the Dow was down more than two hundred points. This is NPR from news. I'm Brian watt. The family of Redwood City man who died two weeks ago after a confrontation with San Mateo county sheriff's deputies. He's calling for video of the incident to be released cake. Alex Emslie reports deputies responded to a busy street in Millbrook on October third and approached a man who was dodging in and out of traffic, a deputy reports using a taser and dispatch audio and another deputy later says pepper spray was also used. Multiple tasers deployments. Oh, Kobe was later pronounced dead. His sister Abella Okabe says her family needs to see videos taken from sheriff's dashboard cameras. We will never get him back. And so we are just begging for the opportunity to be able to not have him murdered again by not knowing what happened to Kobe says her brother struggled with mental illness, but had been stable for about a decade San Mateo county's district. Attorney says he'll release the videos as soon as all witnesses have been interviewed.
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US Appeals Court Upholds California Bullet Stamping Law
"President Trump's determination divall through China trade reform campaign other presidents. Have said it whispered ever stayed with, he's staying with China has announced, sixty, billion dollars of retaliatory tariffs it would impose on US goods including Honey coffee and farm products. If Trump makes good on its threat to impose. Additional tariffs on Chinese goods the Trump administration has already slapped at twenty five percent tax on thirty four billion dollars worth of Chinese goods Wall Street. Was higher by the closing bell the Dow gaining one hundred thirty six points ten today at twenty five thousand. Four hundred sixty two the NASDAQ was up by nine points ending the day at seventy eight twelve and the s. and. P. five hundred was, up thirteen, points to. Close at twenty eight forty you're listening to NPR news from Washington from news I'm Tara Siler a federal appellate court based in San Francisco is upholding to California gun laws cake cuties Alex Emily Early reports twenty thirteen state law requires that new. Types of semiautomatic pistols include technology the stamps the gun serial number make and model on the casing of each. Bullet fires gun rights organizations filed suit arguing, that no manufacturers are using technology so the law announced to a defacto ban a majority of ninth. Circuit court of appeals judges has ruled that just because gun makers aren't including the so-called bullets stamping feature it doesn't mean that they can't and California has a compelling interest. In gun related crimes in a separate ruling the. Court also upheld a twenty fifteen law that banned civilians permitted to carry concealed handguns from doing so on, school grounds Retired police officers are still allowed to carry concealed weapons in schools. I'm Alex Emslie. Cake CUNY news San Francisco, is officially opening another.
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Devastating wildfires a "new normal" for California, governor says
"Live from NPR news in Washington. I'm Nora raum. A federal appeals court dealt a blow today to President. Trump's attempt to withhold money from cities that refuse to cooperate with immigration enforcement, Alex Emslie of member station k. q. e. d. reports, San Francisco based. Ninth circuit court of appeals found the January twenty seventeen executive order violates the separation of powers because congress not the president control spending. James Williams is Santa Clara county council. They're clear intent was to quote de-fund local governments, and that's exactly the kind of thing that the president can't do under our constitution. The ninth circuit also ruled however, that the lower court went too far when it imposed a nationwide injunction in case a spokesman for the US department of Justice says this latest ruling is a quote victory for criminal aliens in California for NPR news. I'm Alex Hemsley in San Francisco. Three men are. In federal custody accused of stealing financial information from, millions of people in what the FBI call is one of the largest cyber attacks they've ever handled max Wasserman of. Member station k. n. k. ex and Seattle has more the three Ukrainian. Men are believed to be part of an international hacking group known as being, seven officials say the cybercrime organization used fake emails laced, with malware to. Steal credit and debit card records for more than one hundred US companies and others from around the world US attorney and net Hayes. Says much of that information ended up. For sale online it is an investigation that we're, going to continue to pursue because clearly there are other actors out there who we. Need to hold to account federal, officials found out about the operation after an unnamed company said it was targeted in two thousand fifteen for NPR news I'm max Wasserman in Seattle fire officials in California say they're making progress against a major wildfire in. The northern part of the state More than thousand homes have burned in and around the city. Of reading but some residents are now allowed to return home California governor Jerry Brown says the fire represents the new normal in the state with large intense wildfires occurring more often in. A longer fire season every year is teaching the fire with authorities new lessons we're. Not we're in uncharted territory since civilization emerged in, thousand years ago we haven't had this kind of he condition and this can continue Getting worse he said in the coming years there will be more destructive. Fires and California will have to spend more billions, fighting them. The US National Transportation Safety board is sending investigators to northern Mexico to help determine why a jetliner crashed Tuesday the plane went down. Shortly after takeoff on a domestic flight all. One hundred three people. On board were able to get off the plane before it. Caught fire no indic- but sustained minor injuries this is NPR news Wells Fargo will pay two point one, billion dollars to settle claims over mortgages it sold to. Investors during the, housing, bubble that, led to the crash in two thousand eight in an agreement reached today, with the Justice department the Bank acknowledged it had approved loans for people that it new provided bogus information to show they could afford. The loans the investors bought tens of billions of dollars in mortgages and lost. A great deal of money when some borrowers defaulted. The Federal Reserve is holding interest rates steady wrapped up its latest meeting on the economy today but as. NPR's Chris Arnold reports two more, rate hikes are still likely before, the end of the year this fed meeting didn't have. A press conference following it and the fed doesn't like to make any big moves without a press conference so. This is a steady as it goes statement that the fed. Put out Ken Mathie knee is an economist with IHS market there were no major changes a couple, of slight, upgrades in terms of. Describing growth and strong That while. The fed didn't mention it Medina says officials are also keeping, an eye on the Trump administration's tariffs and the possibility. Of a larger, trade, war because, he says that could do major economic damage Chris Arnold NPR news now, the painstaking process begins to identify servicemembers missing since the Korean war fifty five boxes arrived in Hawaii today for analysis they're believed to. Contain the remains of Americans and perhaps servicemen from other United Nations countries that. Fought alongside South Korea during the war that ended. In nineteen Fifty-three with an armistice not a peace treaty I'm Nora raum NPR news in Washington Support for NPR comes from NPR stations other contributors..
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Judge says government "gets credit" for reuniting immigrant families, but warns better system needed
"Eighteen Live from NPR news, in Washington I'm trials Snyder there's no relief in sight for firefighters battling, that massive wildfire burning in northern, California crews fighting, the car fire expect triple digit temperatures in shifting winds this weekend the fires killed, two firefighters, destroyed hundreds of structures enforced tens of thousands to. Flee from member station k. q. e. d. Alexander reports Shasta county exploded Thursday night and moved in multiple directions, including into the city of writing almost what can be described as a, tornado occurred over this fire can, pin watt heads, the state's wildfire fighting agency was fire was whipped up into a whirlwind of activity Uprooting trees moving vehicles moving parts of roadways very significant, extreme winds it's expected to. Be hot over one hundred degrees and dry here for at least a week for NPR news I'm Alex. Emslie in Redding California federal judges commending the, Trump administration for reunifying migrant families after they were separated at the US Mexico border but NPR's Joel rose reports a judges also. Faulting the government for, the hundreds of families have remained separated after the court imposed deadline judge Dana Subroto said the government deserves quote great credit for reunifying more than fourteen hundred children with their parents and. Hundreds more with sponsors or family. Members by the deadline he sat but said the priority now. Must be the hundreds of families that could not be reunited including more than four hundred. Children who are still in government custody because their parents were deported without them the government. Is pushing too quickly deport parents who have final removal orders the American Civil Liberties Union asked for a one week waiting. Period for parents to weigh their, legal options judge the bras said he would rule on that question soon Joel rose NPR news North Korea, has returned fifty five boxes. Containing what are believed to be the remains of American service personnel work is just beginning to confirm whether. They are among the fifty three hundred still, listed as missing in action from the Korean conflict Bill Rinehart of member station w. v. Xu's spoke to Korean war veterans who. Gathered Friday to Mark, the anniversary of the nineteen fifty three armistice armistice ended the fighting sixty five years ago Larry Timmer was among those at a luncheon in Cincinnati to Mark the occasion he says the. Return of American remains is a. Step toward better relations with North Korea family's gotta get closer This.
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Judge says government on track to reunify families split at border
"Is. NPR news Six fifty and before we bring, you the California report Joe McConnell is standing by with more about. The Wednesday morning commute Joe might be troubles on six eighty and Alamos southbound north of stone valley road a, report of, an injury collision there and blocking the right lane westbound ninety. Two foster, city boulevard another crash the eagles are on the shoulder ambulance on. The way as precaution not sure. If anybody's hurt yet the Dumbarton bridge toll plaza westbound of stall reported their action at a stall bits of debris flying around with yellow caution tape and your, where it came from but it's affecting. Traffic slowing things down Joe. McConnell for, KiKi, Dee. All right Thanks Joe his report is brought to you by compassion international and he'll update us again just before the. Top of the hour the time is now six. Fifty one good morning this. Is the. California. Report I'm penny Nelson national park officials are shutting down a part of Yosemite valley due to a massive wildfire. Burning just miles away the closure is expected to last through Sunday and is forcing the cancellation of at least a thousand. Hotel and camping reservations Cal fire. Spokesman Richard. Egan, on the Ferguson fire it's hard to say time-wise if or when it will reach the park but it is. Getting closer Sam campers are staying in parts of the park that have not been closed including these visitors from Mexico wherever Care more. About the bears than about the fire the fire now, covers more than thirty seven thousand acres. And is twenty six percent contained meanwhile the trader Joe's employees killed during a. Shootout with police Los Angeles, suburb on Saturday was struck by an officers bullet LAPD chief, Michael Moore made the announcement at a press. Conference yesterday KCRW's Jenny Hamill has more store manager Melita Corrado died when two LAPD officers exchanged gunfire with twenty eight-year-old gene Atkins after he crashed the. Car he was driving and ran into the trader Joe's in Silverlake LAPD chief more shared this with the public I'm sorry. To report that we've now determined through. Our forensic investigation that one of the ostrich rounds struck, MS Khurana as she was exiting, the market it was in close proximity to active chief Moore said the, two officers involved in the shootout were devastated by the news I know that it is every officers worst, nightmare to harm innocent bystander during Violent engagement the LAPD released videos of the incident Moore said he is waiting for the investigation to. Be completed before determining whether any action should be taken against the officers involved but he. Said, he's confident their actions were justified for the California report, I'm Jenny Hamill in Los Angeles onto the border story now a San. Diego based federal judge says a large number of parents, separated from their children at the US. Mexico border appear to be unaccounted for and may have been deported KiKi Dee's. Alex Hemsley has the update, at a hearing yesterday judge Dana Sabrina criticized the Trump administration, policy that resulted in over four hundred parents. Being deported without their children he ordered the government to provide more information about them attorneys for the government say they're still trying to locate those and. Other parents who may be lost in criminal custody somewhere in the US the ACLU represents the parents it's asking for a. Stay to give them more time to. Consult with and their children before resume Zooming deportations, league learnt is the organization's lead attorney. On the case a critical point is that baby given time to discuss as a family what they wanna do their face with. Momentous decisions about whether leaves their child behind whether to continue fighting as. A family they need time together of the two and. A, half thousand separated children more than sixteen, hundred are on track to be reunited with family members by the courts Thursday deadline the parents of at least nine hundred of them are facing, imminent deportation, for the California report I'm Alex Emslie, finally people. With intellectual disabilities are seven times more likely to experience sexual abuse compared with others that finding was. Revealed in an investigation published by NPR earlier this year. The series showed a hidden epidemic of abuse occurring in schools homes and treatment facilities k..
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California man pleads guilty to terrorism charges
"Live from NPR news in Washington I'm, Janine Herbst Russian President Vladimir Putin says his meeting with President Trump on Monday was successful overall and lead to useful agreements but as NPR's Lucian Kim. Reports from, Moscow Putin didn't go into any. Detail on what agreements were reached during. The, summit, in Helsinki. Speaking, of Russian diplomats in the foreign ministry. In Moscow President Putin expressed satisfaction with the summit but. Urged caution going forward Putin said in his words that unnamed political forces in the US are trying to disavow the results of his meeting with Trump who met with. For two hours behind closed doors Putin said those forces are ready, to sacrifice Russian-American relations for their narrow partisan interests NPR's Lucian Kim reporting Meanwhile Russia, is offering US access to twelve Russians. Charged with tampering in the thousand sixteen US election if. Moscow gets, to interrogate a former US ambassador and other American officials as. NPR's Michele Keleman reports The White House acknowledges that President Trump and Putin discussed the idea. During their Helsinki, meeting Putin. Is trying to equate the US investigation into Russian interference to the Kremlin's efforts to punish Bill Browder. A businessman who, lobbies, for sanctions against Russia and Trump seems to be buying into that says former US ambassador Michael McFaul it makes us look weak it makes us look like we're buying into, Putin's conspiratorial fantasies and therefore political, reasons they're chasing Mr. Browder because he is a critic, of the Kremlin and they're chasing me because I'm a critic of the Kremlin a State Department spokesperson says the Russian allegations against McFaul Browder and others. Are absurd, though the White House says Trump. Is still quote working with his team. On, this, Michelle Kellerman. NPR, news the State Department Oregon's public defenders. Filed court documents asking a federal judge to release some. Of the more than one hundred immigration detainees being held at a federal prison near Salem as Oregon Broadcasting's Conrad. Wilson reports the court documents describe inadequate care and poor conditions thoughts of. Suicide hours of confinement and denial of medical care among the complaints outlined by US integration and customs enforcement detainees being held at the federal, Correctional Institution in Sheridan Oregon the immigration detainees arrived at the federal prison roughly seven weeks ago, most are seeking, asylum a declaration filed by the chief. Investigator with the Oregon federal public defender's office said several detainees he and his colleagues. Met with had untreated medical conditions that included quote heart problems a gunshot wound a broken leg rashes allergic reactions and severe sore throats this week and I- spokeswoman said four detainees have been transferred to another facility in Washington state for medical attention from PR news I'm Conrad Wilson less than half an hour to the, opening bell on. Wall Street Wall Street futures are trading lower Dow NASDAQ Edison p. five hundred futures contracts are all down about three tenths of a percent at last check you're listening to NPR. News from Washington from news in, San Francisco good morning I'm Brian watt Twenty-three-year-old Oakland man is pleading guilty to federal terrorism charges but his Alex Emslie reports the move is not part of a plea deal it's. Unique legal strategy to litigate the case at, sentencing Amir synon- oligarchy, was arrested in late twenty sixteen after either allegedly threatened online to bomb a gay club in San Francisco mix poison. With cocaine and distributed at nightclubs and start a wildfire in the East, Bay but, his supporters from, the many communities say, he's simply a naive kid and never planned, to carry out an attack what he said was all complete rubbish he didn't intend to do any of it attorney. Mary McNamara represents oligarchy she says his charges aren't related to his threats instead he's charged with opening a handful of, social media, accounts for alleged ISIS members in the Middle East oligarchy faces a wide range of prison sentences to. Forty seven years A lengthy. Sentencing hearing is. Scheduled for November I'm Alex Emslie k. q. e. news, San Francisco transit officials are. Extending the transfer window for bus and train tickets..
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Investigative reporter Brian Ross leaves ABC News
"On coffee drinker first this news live from npr news in washington i'm jack speer a three year old girl has died following a stabbing attack in boise idaho saturday night suspect now faces first degree murder charge and several other felonies boise state public radio's james dawson has the story the three year old girl had been celebrating her birthday saturday night when boise police say thirty year old timmy kenner attacked her and others nearby kenner had been staying at the complex which is home to many resettled refugees but was told to leave last week the victims included five other children ranging in age from four to twelve and three adults according to police a judge ordered kenner to be held without bail citing risk to the community according to local media reports those reports also say the suspect asked the judge to represent himself but was assigned a public defender for npr news i'm james dawson in boise idaho president trump is predicting a positive relationship with mexico is new the presidentelect andres manuel lopez over door trump speaking at the white house today says he talked for about thirty minutes with the newly elected leftist leader we talked about border security we talked about trade we talked about nafta we talked about a separate deal just mexico and the united states we had a lot of good conversation i think the relationship would be a very good one we'll see what happens but i really do believe it's going to be a very good one trump has said he intends to lay efforts to renegotiate the north american free trade agreement nafta until after the november election on the shepherd topic of proposed tariffs imported on imported autos the president says us officials will meet soon with officials from the european union abc news investigative reporter brian ross announced today he is leaving the network after twenty four years and bureau's eric digging says ross's departure comes months after he was suspended following in aronie us report involving president trump's former national security advisor in his time at abc news ross's went emmy peabody and poke awards but after reporting in december that might michael flynn with testify that donald trump ordered him to contact russian officials before the election ross revised account of what his source said he's not clarifying that saying according to flynn candidate trump ask him during the campaign the find ways to repair relations with russia and other hotspots ross was suspended four weeks without pay an abc news apologized for the air now the correspondent and his producer rhonda schwartz are leaving the network saying in a joint statement they are quote hardly leaving investigative journalism without specifying where they might work next eric duggan's npr news the manufacturing sector expanded an unexpectedly robust rate last month these two four supply management says its manufacturing index rose to its highest level since february settling another sign of strength in the us konami us factories have been on a twenty two month winning streak on wall street stocks recovered some of their earlier losses to end the session higher the dow is up thirty five points at twenty four thousand three hundred seven the nasdaq rose fifty seven points today you're listening to to npr news i'm mina kim two men charged with thirty six counts of involuntary manslaughter in the twentysix go ship 2016 goes ship warehouse fire are expected to take plea deals of less than ten years each derek i'll main was the primary lease holder of the oakland warehouse turned illegal art collective he's agreed to a nine year sentence according to the east bay times and the san francisco chronicle max harris who allegedly organized the party that night reportedly accepted a six year sentence both men face up to thirty nine years in prison details of the pd are expected to be confirmed in an oakland courtroom tomorrow as san francisco judge who fought to break down racial barriers during his thirty five years on the bench his retiring he alex emslie reports when he was appointed in one thousand nine hundred eighty three people had a hard time pronouncing ronald kit a child's name many people just call me judge q he helped consolidate.
California Supreme Court Split on DNA Collections of Arrestees
"White house today for the annual easter egg roll npr's tamra keith reports on the annual tradition the easter egg roll dates back to eighteen seventy eight and is the largest event held at the white house each year there will be egging cookie decorating stations costumed characters egg hunts and opportunity to write cards for the troops and new this year bowling on the south lawn which according to the white house was a special edition from first lady melania trump music will be performed by military bands and as with previous years there will be a reading book where children can hear stories read by administration officials including the first lady press secretary sarah sanders the director of national intelligence dan coats and others tamra keith npr news and this is npr news from k q e d news good morning i'm brian watt in east bay congressman is calling for a boycott of auto manufacturers who weaken their mission and fuel standards the move comes as the trump administration prepares to rollback obama era fossil fuel industry a change expected this week mission rules and california are tougher than federal standards congressman mark disown says california can lead the fight continue to lead the fight against weakened protections he said would harm human health the environment and the economy worldwide imagine a super lip based in california chose not to have any of their drivers strives say chevrolets labels the facts we have a lot of significant power in this regard i think the alliance of automobile manufacturers which represents many of the world's largest automakers did not respond to a request for comment the california supreme court is expected to rule this morning on whether mandatory dna collection for felony suspects violates the state in us constitutions alex emslie reports the question is whether a voter approved law requiring dna collection from suspected felons without a warrant and long before any conviction is unconstitutional specific quickly the fourth amendment protects against most suspicion with searches what you might think of as a fishing expedition for evidence of an unknown crime there's no dispute over whether those convicted of a felony should get their dna swapped but the state supreme court is weighing whether those simply arrested for a crime should have to submit their dna profile to a criminal database for life i'm alex.