Who is also the board of supervisors president is working on issues of housing and neighborhood violence, proposals she was already engaged in since she joined the board of supervisors in 2013. But today, she holds a great deal more power as mayor. This afternoon, she will make an announcement on a gun buy back event similar to this one recently held in San Francisco. Breed is scheduled to make a joint appearance with the San Francisco chief of police and in a city hall where flags will fly at halfstaff for 29 more days, the supervisors are holding their regularly scheduled meetings. And i ask for your patience, and i ask for your support, and i ask for your prayers. Reporter there will be a Mayoral Election on june 5th of next year. And mayor breed will remain mayor until that point unless the board of supervisors decides to appoint a different interim mayor. No indication yet on whether or not that might happen. In San Francisco, anne makevoc, kpix 5. Going back to the gop tax bill, President Trump is making his first remarks regarding that possible tax deal. Lets listen in. President trump cut for christmas. When i say giant, i mean giant. [ applause ] as we speak, congress has reached an agreement on tax legislation that will deliver more jobs, higher wages, and massive tax relief for American Families and for american companies. The typical family of four earning 75,000 will see an income tax cut of more than 2,000, slashing their tax bill in half. Its going to be a lot of money. Going to have an extra 2,000 but there are many more things than that. Our plan expands the Child Tax Credit for working families. You will hear the numbers very soon. But they are even larger than anticipated. It nearly doubles the amount of income taxed at the rate of 0. I dont know if any of you are paying zero. I hope youre not. I hope youre paying above that. But a lot of people who are having it a little bit tough are going to be paying zero. It closes special interest loopholes. It lowers tax rates for families. And our plan also cuts taxes on businesses which is expected to raise income by an average of more than 4,000. So your income goes up. Its like having a 4,000 increase, which isnt bad. Which isnt bad. Its a lot of money to spend. A lot of jobs are going to be created with the money that you spend. Very special. And it makes america competitive again so we can bring back that simple but beautiful phrase, youve heard it before, made in the usa, right . I dont know if they have heard of it but you have. [ applause ] our current tax code is burdensome, complex and profoundly unfair. It has exported our jobs, closed our factories and left millions of parents worried that their children might be the first generation to have less opportunity than the last. Our factories have left so many of them gone. But theyre all coming back and you see it even before we do this. They are starting to come back. Our country is starting to do really well again. And as a country, were being respected again. Were being respected again. Im here today to tell you that we will never let bad things happen with respect to the economy of our country. Were not going to lose our businesses again like has happened over the last number of decades. America is coming back bigger and better and stronger than ever before. They will see it. They will see the result. America is not content just by getting by. America is about getting ahead, about finding the best in ourselves and in each other. Were reclaiming our destiny. You just heard from the president who is announcing that Congress Reached an agreement on the tax bill. The house and Senate Passed their versions. A joint committee ironed out the differences and the president saying today that Congress Reached an agreement we felt have the latest online at cbssf. Com and the very latest 5 p. M. On kpix 5. All right. This is video that just came into our newsroom of a two alarm house fire in san jose. According to fire officials, the blaze started this morning at a twostory home in the 200 block of clearpark circle. The fire quickly burned through the second floor of the home forcing firefighters to exit and fight the fire from the outside. You can see the thick smoke as crews try to battle the flames. No word on injuries or the cause. A judge could decide today whether to men arrested in the ghost ship warehouse fire could go to trial. The hearing resumed this morning. Yesterday a survivor of the warehouse fire described the inferno as something out of a horror movie. Tenants Derick Almena and max harris are each facing 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter, one count for each person killed in the fire. Right now oakland is cleaning out one of the citys biggest homeless encampments and as kpix 5 reporter Jessica Flores explains, so far, its been relatively peaceful. Reporter now that the strike is over, the first major project for public works employees is cleaning up homeless encampments around 6 and brush street. The citys goal is to get people off the streets into tuff sheds a few feet away. The dump trucks rolled in. And workers shoveled away piles of trash. The stuff now headed to landfills was what once made up part of the homeless encampment spilling onto oakland public streets. We have been outreaching with this community for the past four to six weeks to let them know this was coming so it was imminent. Reporter the city of oakland put up notices informing the homeless to leave. But cleanup efforts stalled as workers went on strike. Now that City Employees are back on the job, everything left on 6th street between brush and castro is considered waste. Those living in the encampments can move into tuff sheds, 20 of them, that the city set up in a vacant lot equipped with cots and bathrooms. That was our commitment was that as we moved people in we would create a no camping zone around the site. Thats in progress today. Reporter for those who dont want to go, they could be forced to go. Sometimes well ask people to move out of the way so the public works crews can do their jobs. We have had the police have to, you know, escort people across the street because they refused to move. I have seen that happen twice in the past year. Reporter city workers say after cleaning up the tuff shed community perimeter, they will work on removing encampments in the surrounding blocks. In oakland, Jessica Flores, kpix 5. Former apprentice star Omarosa Newman who followed President Trump to the white house is now leaving her post. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders says that omarosa resigned yesterday to pursue other opportunities. She has been serving since january as the top communication official for the White House Office public liaison. She is expected to step down on january 20th. She became a reality tv star during the first season of the apprentice show. A stunning upset in ruby red alabama. Democrat doug jones rode to victory becoming the states first democratic senator in a quarter century. Kpix 5s jackie ward is live in the newsroom with more. Reporter it was reportedly going to be a narrow race and it was. What may have turned the race was the strong support for jones among blacks, women and young voters. Alabama elected the states first democratic senator in 25 years. I think that i have been waiting all my life and now i just dont know what the hell to say. [ applause and cheers ] reporter doug jones squeaked to victory by about 1. 5 . Republican roy moore blamed his defeat on allegations of Sexual Misconduct with teenaged girls. Part of the problem with this campaign is we been painted in an unfavorable and unfaithful light. Reporter moore has so far refused to concede on the hopes of a recount. President trump won alabama by nearly 30 points but his endorsement failed to give moore the boost he needed and even the states other republican senator withheld his support. Ill tell you, i didnt vote for him. Reporter Tennessee Republican bob corker said he is proud of alabamas voters. I know that im supposed to only cheer for people on my side of the aisle, but, um, i thought the people of alabama, um, did a great thing for our country last night. Reporter the alabama results bring the senates republican majority to 5149 going into next years midterm elections. That will make it even harder for President Trump to push his agenda through congress. This morning, President Trump tweeted worked hard but the deck was stacked against him former governor of arkansas huckabee also weighing in on er writing roy moore wont concede; says will wait on god to speak. God wasnt registered to vote in oted former governor of arkansas said recount. Al s secretary of state says ll certify this electi sometime between decem and january 3rd. That gives licans back ngton time to pass tax alabama secretary of state says he will certify the election sometime between december 27th and january 3rd. That gives republicans back in washington time to pass tax reform before doug jones takes his seat. In the newsroom, jackie ward, kpix 5. Still ahead on the broadcast, the new technology that could be a life saving tool for detecting Breast Cancer thats found right here in california. We are live here at Whole Foods Market, 365, this is the first store of its kind in Northern California and today all these people who are check out at the register 5 of what they spend here goes to the food bank. Theres a lot of ways people can help including four eight students we are going to be talking to and their contribution, all that coming up next. Technology that may help doctors detect Breast Cancer in women. More than 40 percent of women in our healthwatch were learning about a lifesaving technology that may help doctors detect Breast Cancer in women. More than 40 of women in the u. S. Have dense breast tissue which makes screening for Breast Cancer challenging. Now researchers at usc are testing a new 3 dimensional ultrasound called soft view. Doctors say it may help them more accurately identify cancer tissue. In two to four minutes the machine makes a full scan with sound waves. Theres no radiation and theres no concussion. You want to be as close to 100 as possible. Researchers are comparing patients mammography results to the softview scans. If the technology is proven to be effective, it could eventually be used in addition to annual mammograms. Time for a check of our weather. Net neutrality is live at Whole Foods Market in concord this afternoon. This brandnew Whole Foods Market 365 store opening day today, and today 5 of every dollar thats spent here is going to the food bank so its a great cause. Lets get into your forecast. We are not going to see a change in the forecast until next week. And we are under a spare the air alert again today. Temperatures now in the 50s for most of us. 60 degrees in livermore. Our day definitely started out very cool with below freezing conditions for a lot of people. And our air quality today unhealthy for sensitive groups across the north bay valleys and again that will be the case tomorrow as well making for a total of 7 spare the air alert days in a row. So heres why we are dealing with the stagnant air. Theres that High Pressure system right over Northern California thats not moved and a low to the south near baja, california, battling it out and neither one is going anywhere so thats whats keeping us sunny but keeping us dry and no moisture in sight. High temperatures are feeling good in the mid to upper 60s for your afternoon highs today. So great occasion to get out for a walk or maybe walk on over to the stores, go Grocery Shopping here in concord. Temperatures in concord eight degrees above average. We should be in the 50s. At sunset it cools down. Sunset tonight at 4 50 p. M. Sunrise at 7 17 a. M. Tomorrow morning. Heres a look at the sevenday forecast now. Friday into saturday, we could get gusty winds. It could be 40 Miles Per Hour in the hills. Wind advisory may be put into place this weekend. Its also going to stay dry. Thats a concern. Cloud coverage will be entering our scene this coming weekend through monday but temperatures are staying in the 60s. Now, i do want to talk about why we are here today. Of course, its all about the food bank during the holidays. The need is there and we have students who have done a lot to help contribute to the food bank with the 4h so lets start with you. Whats your contribution . We knew we couldnt make as much of an impact as Large Companies financially. So we decided to start and do community outreach. So we got members from leadership classes from two high schools and our local 4h clubs and got them to volunteer. We put on a successful event. Almost doubled our revenue. Reporter okay. Olivia, youre sharing these bowls but lets talk about that. Whats inspired you to volunteer and be part of all this . My 4h club we volunteer at the food bank all the time and we bag produce and we sort cans and so one of the volunteers at one of the sites told us about empty bowls so the message behind this event is that everybody, um, in our community has an empty bowl that needs to be filled and so, um, we wanted to capitalize upon that message because its so, so powerful and so we wanted to help the food bank by providing our support so we raised a lot of money creating meals for people. Reporter i love that. Theres so much students can do. It doesnt necessarily have to be financial contributions but volunteering. You can make a difference that way. How important is it to have 4h members involved . It was amazing. They ran an event and did a great job doubling the revenue we got from it and we so much depend on the community and they are a great example to help us make a difference. Reporter lets talk about the need. How important is it this time of year . Its really serious this time of year more so. But we are feeding 182,000 people each month. So the kind of support this 4h club gave us helps us feed people in need. Reporter nice job students inspiring other people to also give and we are at this brand new store which we also want to talk about. Thats coming up after the break. Te at any whol welcome back. I feel really honored to be in this store for its first opening day. This is amazing. Steph trent is joining us with Whole Foods Market with the brandnew 365 store here in concord. You have a huge goal of contributing to the food bank. And lets talk about the goal first. Its important. Sure. We have a goal of 425,000 which were well on the way to meeting. We feel really good about it. Really happy to be here in our brandnew 365 Whole Foods Market 365. Its huge in here yeah. Its really cool. We have been open a week. Things are going great. This is a great day to come in and check it out if you have never seen one before because today only, 5 from all of our sales will go to benefit the contra costa and Solano County food banks. So just by shopping, people are contributing. Exactly. Great. Its not just in cash donations that you were asking at all the Whole Foods Markets but people can also buy healthy food from the 365 brand and donate that as well, right . Yes. Donating is really easy. You can bring in your nonperishables, toilet paper, peanut butter, tuna. You can leave them in the bin. While youre hearing shopping today, 5 again of all proceeds today will go to the contra costa and Solano County foods banks. I love it. Its a great thing youre doing and they are open until 10 p. M. So come here and check it out here in concord. Theres also other ways you can help if this is not local to you. We have a list of all the Whole Foods Markets on our website, cbssf. Com. Well be right back. Best beautiful is next. Ken and liz will see you at five. Have a great afternoon. Thats it for kpix 5 news at noon. Were done. Lunchtime. All right. Lets go eat. Enjoy your afternoon. Steffy hi. I told pam im taking the morning to myself, and here you are. Ridge well, im bearing gifts, so take it easy. Steffy mm. Checking up on me . Ridge [ sighs ] maybe. Steffy thank you. Ridge you havent been yourself lately. Well, you seem okay today. Steffy its been that noticeable . Ridge a little bit. I dont blame you. Its been stressful for you. Everything going on in your life, and that thing with sally and liam. Steffy yeah, well, uh, liam and i are putting it behind us, like it never happened. Ridge easier said than done, isnt it . Steffy yeah, i guess we can, uh, only move forward,
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