Will save taxpayers 1. 7 billion. We are ensuring taxpayers are protected at the same time that we are reducing the burdens our employees [ indiscernible ] reporter due it the pension issue the union says 400 officers left in recent years. They hope this will bring some back. We believe it can happen. I believe the officers think it could happen. Gives them faith and they go out into the streets knowing they have a Brighter Future i think. Reporter Union Members have from now till monday to vote. It would then go back to the city counsel for final approval on tuesday. They have lost hundreds of officers, have they gave numbers as to how many they want to build back up to . Reporter not that i heard. I know they said they be 18 recruits, 16 in the class coming up. They are hoping those numbers will swell and they are getting a lot of positive feed back, even just today. Ann rubin in san jose, thank you. The family of a san jose woman shot and killed by police filed a lawsuit today a yea
Diamond. Lost a brother. Reporter he was a sheriffs deputy in Contra Costa County and a star athlete 13 years ago, helping take the school to the chips. Championships. [ indiscernible ] reporter Carlos Francies drowned yesterday after trying to help a friend he thought was in trouble at the water at lake tahoe. The Lake Tahoe Police Department Said he was kayaking here. He swam to a friend who he thought was in distress. He was a great deputy. Reporter he worked that Contra Costa County Sheriffs Department for three years but spent time in rancho cordova. He was the older brother. And he came back to help coach football and track. He kept up for years with younger friends. Every time he came out he would make sure to visit me. Make sure i stayed on top of my grades. Reporter his friends are shocked to lose him but not surprised to learn what he was doing when he died. He wanted to help people. The Contra Costa County Sheriffs Department is working with the deputys family for a memorial
We now kick off the weekend with cecilia who explores the political themes of jack lon londons writing. [inaudible conversations] hello, thank you for coming to the southern festival. We hope that you will make a donation either on the website, at the app because this festival is a nonprofit event and we want to continue to keep it free event and open to everyone and we rely on your donations for that. Im delighted to introduce you cecelia tichi, she specializes in 19th and 20th century american literature, focusing on commentary social critic to country music. I mean, she covers a wide variety of topics. In addition to her scholarly book, she has also written mysteries about country music. I mean, shes a reneissance woman. Thank you for coming to hear about jack london. She was one of the pioneer of america. These are books that have become classics. That are still in reading lists in high schools, junior highs and thats the jack london that we think we know. He went to the gold rush
Mark more on this measure hotspot. George 4 show has had much of the impact chp is taking traffic on east on 164 they had. Reported people are treating little and try and good will back on the freeway by making illegal uturn their. Really costing about five a minutes on the freeway in the eastbound direction to see as a set in the back up exit returning to the freeway. Westbound still low impact on the ride which is really good george as it turns out as a good reason for the east and west on lands are separated in a chain of elevation. Theres about 15 of 15 ft. Difference so the westbound traffic can really see all the activity. We have this at 7 at 750 in as close as action is at the 725 now what they think theyll have this reopened at least one lane open or more. We continue to monitor the sword traffic and other acts in the record some time ago on 80 westbound even with that drive times are not that that. 24 minute trip time from hercules to berkeley. General george 11 traffic run b
Operation chokepoint. If the administration does not like your business, it may be disrupted. We will keep you up on the news as it comes from back catastrophic plane crash. Here we go. Lets get right at it. A crash. 150 passengers. Early reports suggest a distress call. The airline cannot confirm any such distress call. That is important. The plane started a fairly rapid descent. Dropped off radar screens and crashed about 15 minutes after takeoff. Rescue crews try to reach the crash site. Very difficult terrain. They say that there are no survivors. Two babies and a class of schoolchildren were among the passengers. At this time, a cause is not known. The plane and a bus 320. It had been serviced and inspected for safety just yesterday. Tom sullivan is with us for the hour. I want to focus on the distress call or the absence thereof. There was some sort of purely catastrophic event. The pilot could not make a distress call. It is very troubling. It is the mystery now. You would expec