Structures. Well, the rain we had overnight and this morning brought trees down in parts of the bay area, including San Francisco where one man was critically injured. Caroline tyler is there live tonight. The city is manning to get rid of some of those potentially dangerous trees. Reporter thats right dan. They are problematic. The city says it will cost between 500 to 1,500 per tree to replace them, but that plan is now on the fast track. The ficus was the tree of choice to line the city streets back in the 60s. But now theyre old and weak. This is an unfortunate example of what can happen when a little bit of rain and wind hit their branches. This one fell on a man and took down a line. In my professional opinion, they should be removed. Reporter three have toppled in the Mission District this year including one this morning that crushed mildred browns car. Another one gave bay in north beach. Fortunately, no children were around. The head of the department of public works is planni
More wet weather in the forecast, but we begin with Christie Smith live in San Francisco, where trees came crashing down, sending one man to the hospital. Christie . Reporter yeah, good evening. This is the tree that actually fell, and injured a man early this morning, one of several trees that fell overnight. Some of them trees. Some wonder if thats enough. After a section of tree came crashing down, the rest was cut down. Maggie says her husband was parked near the Mission District about to start work on a pipe project. His coworker just screamed to him, get out. And when he said that, my husband saw the tree fall. Reporter she said her husband got out. There was two other men trying to lift the tree and he was trying to lift the tree with them, but it was too heavy. And he was pinned underneath the branch. Reporter firefighters say a person was transported with life threatening injuries. After the rain overnight, public works says four or five trees fell in the city, most were large
Especially since the i. T. At the registrar quit on the eve of election day, and the perceived slowness of the vote count. Weve always been transparent, and we will continue to be. Reporter the mayoral candidates found out about the plan from nbc bay area. Weve heard people say many, many saying i want to make sure my vote counts. And i think right now just because there is rumors or some suspicion or some kind of a cloud around what has happened here, its important to people on an individual basis to know that their vote counted. Reporter the registrar says it will invite the public to witness the recount. Dave cortese told me he does not believe the recount will change the outcome of this race. I heard back from sam liccardo about 15 minutes ago. He told me he supports anything that will increase the confidence of the outcome of the ballot counting process here in Santa Clara County. And by the way, the registrar wanted to make sure that she got out the word that because of the criti
To make changes fast. And, at the Public Safety meeting tonight, very emotional for those people. Cheryl hurd . Reporter one parent is speaking out tonight. He usually doesnt come to these meetings. But he says when his classmate was hit and killed by a big rig he just had to do something. You cant have all the safety precautions. The bigger factor is the truck that actually run into the traffic. Reporter he was vocal at to nights cuppertino Public Safety meeting. He wanted to know what the city is doing to make streets satcher after his sons classmate, ethan wong was struck and killed by a big rig last night. Well are all parents. Right. I almost kind of envision that myself, my son, was, his truck. Wong riding the truck down mcclellan when the truck hit him. His son was waiting for him so they could make a class presentation. My son was not able to find him the next day. They were about to do a project. He is worried about him. But, later he learned that he was struck. Reporter since
His home computer. More on the operation that led to his arrest. Chris . Reporter he was arrested in los gatos. Police tell us hes being held here at the Santa Clara County jail. This all following an investigation by the Silicon Valley Internet Crimes Task force. Lets take a look at his picture on the screen. This is 40 year year arturo perez, a resident of san jose. Authorities tell us they found more than 100 child pornography videos on a laptop he had in his possession. Officer Albert Morales says the kids in the videos ranged from toddlers to the age of 12. Very distubbing situation, very disturbing case. I think we all generally understand that we hold our children near and dear to our hearts and to know there are predators out there exploiting the in innocence of children, w have our detectives on this to conduct a thorough investigation. Reporter the task force making the arrest this morning at an Office Building on the 300 block in los gatos. Its where the suspect was working