The damage and hopefully get people back in their homes. This is the hardesthit area. A Council Member called it the center of the flood zone. We saw hundreds of people being rescued by boat here a few days ago. Right now, 4,000 people remain under a mandatory evacuation order, down from 14,000 just yesterday. The councilman tam, when he helds News Conference this morning, said he is asking landlords to give victims here thremonths ee rent. One of the ideas hes floating around as he promises to help them get on their feet. After all of the cleaning and helping the residents, what will weco to help people from there on and what will we do to prevent it from happen something. Well be exploring every avenue is to get assistant to get assistance on funding to support the effort. We have staff working with the county and the state. Is any so we will be exploring every opportunity for relief funding. Reporter hundreds still remain at overnight shelters. Those are at schools and with class ba
The 18yearold College Student had been missing for more than a month. She was driving home on a stormy night when her car plunged into the creek. Her car was found upside down in the water but no sign of her body until yesterday. Breaking news, a person has been rescued from underneath a bar train bart train. It happened at the macarthur train station in oakland. Trains are not moving in any direction there and the station is closed right now. No word yet on when it will reopen. New at noon, less than an hour ago governor jerry brown proposed new measures to bolster the states flood management systems. Kpix5 reporter anne makovec tells us what we can expect. Reporter Governor Brown is talking about very Big Investments but where that money is coming from is still up in the air. The governor said today that california has 50 billion in unmet needs when it comes to flood management so he is announcing a short and Long Term Plan to try to take care of some of it. He wants to invest 437 mi
Answers. Some complain they pump out their basements but the floodwaters just come back. Checks totaling 65,000 were to help victims. The mayor stopped by with doughnuts and coffee to thank first responders. Where is where the rescue team is based that saved 330 trapped residents in rock springs. The mayor said they will hold public hearings in response to the flood. The bureaucratic finger pointing stops today. This happened in my city, im responsible. Reporter in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. Volunteers are needed tomorrow to help clean up after the floods. If you can help maybe shovel mud or clean some homes or garages, meet at Roosevelt Park starting at 7 00 tomorrow morning. The city will be providing gloves, tools and trash bags to anybody who comes down to help. You can show up until 3 00 in the afternoon. Tomorrow the city of san jose plans to open a flood Assistance Center. Its going to be a multipagenc onestop shop. The center will be open from 9 00 to 4 00 this weekend
So now, they are looking at a 15 25 million shortfall for this fiscal year, and 25 35 million for the next. Already, the Transit Agency has stopped hiring new people, and requiring the departments to cut back. But still not enough. Now the board of directors has to consider increasing the base fare and reducing the discounts given to seniors and kids. They also have to look at opening their system later at 5 a. M. Instead of 4, and reduce service along the fremont and richmond line. I take bart every day, do a solid for mother earth. They dont make it easy. Frustration. On a scale of 1 to 10, id say 11. Reporter they blame high salary and budget benefits for the deficit and say when you have high labor costs and revenue projections dont pan out, you are in financial trouble. We have the highest workforce in america, they have given 30 raises in the last contracts to their managers. It is easy to use the employers but it is not fair to point fingers at something we are contextually obli
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