Sacramento all reported surges in People Living on the streets r t a correspondent natasha sweet has more on that. Its arguably one of the worst disasters in aid first world country even though millions are being spent to combat the issue of homelessness in the u. S. Those in the middle of the ranks just say the numbers are only well we. Weve never seen anything like this driving through the streets of los angeles its hard to know the countries with populations its like a female like red cross disaster and it needs to be treated as such indeed being c. E. O. Of the Union Rescue Mission has been working with them now to home for nearly thirty years bill says right now its the worst hes ever seen we have more families who come to us than even during the the. Worst part of the Great Recession bell says its in part to the drastic thirty percent increase in rents thats pushing homelessness past the tipping points first on lily and all change when really found out the restaurant he was worki
A Class Action Lawsuit filed against the Company Might determine that it will be the second Time Facebook has sued over targeted ads about a year ago it was sued for allowing racial bias in housing ads and in September Facebook removed antisymmetric categories from its ad platform. With Tech Companies doing well this year its no surprise that Music Streaming Company spotify is ready to sell shares but it has shock some people that the company will do so via a direct offering instead of a traditional i. P. O. As long as it receives approval from the securities and Exchange Commission spotify will list its shares directly on the New York Stock Exchange cutting out the middleman underwriters like j. P. Morgan it will save the Company Money from commission it would otherwise have to pay and allows the price to be set by the buyers and sellers instead of an analyst its not a totally new concept but it is a unique situation for such a big business spotify which has been around since two thou
They are arguably the most iconic their mail order catalog was once a fixture of american households in fact some facts some families even ordered their actual houses out of the catalogs they sold how this isnt catalogs for vaal things and then there are the hard numbers we continue to see a large number of retail bankruptcies registered by s. And p. Global intelligence in fact in may of this year the number of such bankruptcies eighteen had already equaled all the bankruptcies for two thousand and sixteen plus retailers dillards kohls sears and macys have all taken big falls on the fortune five hundred list why is this occurring well myriad reasons including but not limited to the bursting of the Consumer Credit bubble back in two thousand and eight that came with that crash of the Housing Market when people couldnt borrow against their equity anymore the rise of amman and amazon and other Online Shopping of course especially for clothes and the loss of middle class due to the stagnan
We have Live Team Coverage tonight. Chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is tracking the numbers, but we begin with nbc bay areas Michelle Roberts live in san jose with the move Santa Clara County Water District may soon have to make. Michelle . Reporter yeah thats right. Last month we had that big storm, but january has been completely dry. And if that continues for the next couple of months the Water District will have to put an emergency plan in place. Thats why theyre having this meeting tonight, to discuss that. Currently, the state is asking everyone to voluntarily conserve 20 water. The Santa Clara County Water District says we are falling short. Cutting water use by only 13 in the next two months if we continue to stay dry, water officials expect to ask homeowners to conserve 40 or even 50 , all to protect the groundwater levels. When groundwater aquifers are overdrawn, when you take out more water than youre putting in eventually that ground underneath it starts to compact, and ac
Great one. And how he is now determined to do the same for others. And do you want to go back over your stars one more time or would you like to start with the trees . Im going to start with the tree now. Brandons art teacher says it was all the way back in third grade that she first recognized Something Special about brandon when it came to painting. Something she felt worth sharing with the world. I love art stuff. This story though is about brandon using his art to share something hes even more passionate about these days. Im going to help my friends. Okay, so today weise are starting a new assignment. This all begins three years ago when he transferred to and toss high school as a freshman. A tough transition for any teenager. But for one with Downs Syndrome well, it wasnt a happy time. No. Not happy. But then the beginning of this his senior year brandon decided to make some changes. Hi. Tired of being an outsider he joined every group he could, put himself out there like never be