Since it picked up the cryptocurrency. And as big tech races to control your living room, we will hear from the brain behind amazons alexa. First, to our lead. After Senate Republicans passed their version of tax reform in the u. S. , we spent the week exploring the ways the proposed legislation could affect the tech industry. Take a listen. It was a round of applause on capitol hill for gop senators as they passed their version of a tax bill. Pushing the Trump Administration closer to its first piece of signature legislation. Donald trump if they sent it to my desk, i promise all of the people in this room, my friends, so many friends in this room it is a great state i promise you i will sign it. I promise. I will not veto that bill. Reporter Tech Companies have spent big to make sure their interests are heard. Big tech stands to benefit from the legislation in a few ways. The latest bill would slash the corporate rate from 35 to 20 . Although according to goldman sachs, the tech sect
Mountains. Watsonville has light to moderate rainfall. Castroville, as well. Santa cruz mountains still plenty of wind there. We have all this precipitation leaving us but in its wake a lot of instability so its spotty scattered showers at any point of the day today. The winds will begin to subside after sunrise. But then increase with the incoming secondary system. Mostly cloudy skies. You guys smelling a marker around here . Im getting a little high. [ laughter ] toxic fumes. Ill telling you. Okay. Temperatures are in the 50s across the board. The winds are beginning to dial back. [ laughter ] a little bit. But still blustery at 31 Miles Per Hour. Im telling ya. I know. That stuff is potent. Our traffic assistant has to stop using that marker. 15 Miles Per Hour at half moon bay. 18 vallejo. Winds beginning to dial back. But then increasing late day. This is a beautiful system. You can see the core of the center of the area of low pressure over the pacific northwest. This is just cloc
Support her 25 yearold husband. Fox5s Monica Jackson shows us what happened when jessica got a 12thousand dollar tip. Our surprise squad is in the restaurant undercover. There s always someone out there who will help you. This surprise closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly this surprise would lighten the load for the reboredo family who lost robert shortly after the surprise. The story though touched so many more people, who jumped into action to help jessica in the wake of her husbands passing. We spoke to her recently. She says she received an outpouring of support from not only people in our community. But by those who saw it across the country. Who offered prayers on behalf of her family. Another story that was a rollercoaster of emotions k9 nicky. He captured hearts in the community when he survived a machete attack to the face in february. And was eager to return to work after surgery. His handler, Metro
Pairs become the best of friends. And sometimes that friendship is caught on camera. A man out with some clients in canada. Caught a polar bear and a dog. Just chilling out and water together. And at one point. The bear reaches over and pets the dog on the head. Fox5 news at 11, your only local station here for edition of fox5 news. Tonight were taking a look back at all the good stories this year. Im john huck. Im christine maddela. Theyre the stories full of charity, compassion. And gratitude. The news isnt all bad. But when something bad does happen. Always watch for the people who step in to help. From fires to floods, weve seen samaritans from the Community Reach out. And come to anothers rescue. In august we brought you the story of jessica, a waitress at a local chilis and her husband robert. Jessicas second grade teacher kim nominated her. After robert was diagnosed with testicular cancer which spread to his stomach and lungs. Robert had to be flight for lifed to los angeles. J
Chuang was in the courtroom. Reporter there was a moment of misunderstanding so there was a delay of what was supposed to happen today. A very simple procedure but i want to mention that Lopez Sanchezs Attorney Says his client has a secondgrade level education, making it difficult to make him understand what the attorney described as a complicated case. If you take a look at the video from court this morning, Lopez Sanchez, who has been behind bars since last july, came in the courtroom with his handcuffed in his orange jump suit and head shaved. Smiled when he saw his attorney. The prosecutor filed for a very simple amendment, for instance, to include the weapon as a semiautomatic. The judge asked sanchez if he understood that he was waiving his right to a speedy trial. He shook his head multiple times despite the public defender explaining this is what they thought was best for him. The point is, Lopez Sanchez shouldnt be facing life in prison and has become a bit of a pawn in a bigg