Of their tap because of a major upgrade to its facility in orinda. Laura anthony is live with the details. Reporter most concerns have been switched over to other plants. East bay mudd told me people have been complaining about the taste of the water but now, they say the calls have slowed to a trickle. East bay mudd customers may have noticed a slight change of taste or smell in their water. This is the reason. This is where water gets treated. A shut down and upgrade of the facility, the orinda plant that dates back to the great depression, serving 800,000 of the 1. 4 million customers. Were adding a vault that will allow us to split the plant flow in half and allow us to maintain without doing a full sht down. The project will include a new Power Substation that could keep the plant hundreding in the case of a major outage, or earthquake. So if there is an earthquake, it would, the bifurcation valve would allow us to keep this plant in service. While work is being done, customers we
Wheres my son . Like why is he in a ambulance. Why did he have to get tased . Reporter that still haunts her more than 24 hours after her son was tasered and arrested by Oakland Police. My son ran and they tased him in the head. Reporter the prong in the taser lodged in the back of her sons head and had to be surgically removed at Highland Hospital this afternoon. I think that is so appalling. Like why would you aim for a child and they knew they were kids . In the back of the head . Reporter davis says her son is facing charges of evading arrest and assault on a Police Officer but believes the department overreacted treating a bunch of kids like hardened criminals. I think they went about it the wrong way. He didnt have a weapon. He wasnt a threat. All he did was run. Reporter in oakland, devin fehely, kpix 5. We have been asking Oakland Police all day about this story. They promised to send us a statement but we have yet to hear anything. Well keep following up with them San Jose Pol
Reporter she was one of a handful of women who came to the California Coastal commission hoping to put pressure on mavericks organizers to bring true gender equity to the event. Theres definitely sexism out there. Theres no doubt about it. Reporter the committee for equity and womens surfing says mavericks plan for a womens heat doesnt go far enough and says the prize money a total purse of 120,000 for the men and 30,000 for the women is obviously unequal. The group wants the commission to deny mavericks fouryear use permit application and cut it down to one year to leverage a full Womens Division in 2017 and beyond. I would like to see these women compete in semifinals and a final. I dont know why it doesnt go far enough that we had a very hard time finding six women to make up one heat. Reporter mavericks founder jeff clark said more women need to surf mavericks on a regular basis to qualify for the contest and mavericks worked hard to put women on an equal footing. 6 women, 30,000,
Neighborhood, being so close to san jose state university, is well lit and sees a lot of foot tra p to believ there beliot sgt. Enrique garcia reporter the man captured by the surveillance camera is described as an hispanic male adult, 3540 years old, black hair, goatee, black pants and a black jacket with possible Security Guard patches on the sleeves. He rode a silver colored bicycle. Reporter of a suspect light colored wood where a Yellow Mountain bike. Last seen riding sell spot august and the police say so far they think that this was isolated case but they are reaching out to see if there was anything similar happening elsewhere in the bay area. Grant another big story we are following tonight. Former San Francisco 49ers fullback bruce millersays hes innocent. Miller pleaded not guilty today in court to seven felony charges connected to a violent attack that injured a 70yearold man. And his adult son. Police say miller attacked the family inside their Fishermans Wharf hotel room
This morning. We covered a Long Distance in about 15 minutes. Reporter the chp says the suspect was driving over 100 Miles Per Hour on the freeway. And drove from belmont to sunnyvale in just 15 minutes. The driver is 19 years old. The passenger was only 18. Now, el camino rial at wolf is closed. The chp says it should be closed for a few more hours. Live in sunnyvale, lisa chan, kpix 5 news. For more on that lets check this with roqui with a look at the morning commute. El camino rial at wolf is closed. So, look here, Sunnyvale Police suggest the best alternate route for that area is reid avenue or holm stead road so holmstead road so keep that in mind if you are heading out in that area this morning. Now to mass transit. Bart is on time, muni is on time. And an update on the sfa ferry. If you are catching the 8 00 a. M. Ferry from vallejo to San Francisco, that will be serviced by bus. Also 5 30 that service from San Francisco to vallejo will also be serviced by bus. Back to you, liz