What was the city waiting for to decide whether or not to call for mandatory evacuations . The mayor had not received the water districts letter when he spoke to me and other reporters at 12 45 today. City spokesman said our understanding of the situation at the time was based on the districts information and its hydrological model and that the peak flows in the creek would not be as high as originally anticipated that and the creek channel was adequate for those kind of flows. The reservoirspilled when last months storm exceeded its capacity. So far neither side is showing any willingness to concede. We need to collaborate and figure out anything that went wrong so we can reduce this ever happening in the same way again. Reporter in san jose, david louie, abc7 news. 35 million, thats the historic price of freedom for a h hillsboro woman accused of killing her childrens father. Abc7 News Reporter vic lee broke this story tonight at 5 00, that is a lot of money. Reporter dan, i did chec
Hundreds of homes swamped, thousands evacuated. Millions in losses. Water officials tonight are pointing the finger saying it was a failure to act. Good evening. San jose water officials broke their silence just a few hours ago in a letter saying the flood warnings were there, apparently ignored. The Water District says it wants answers, accusing the city of failing to act on warnings that the coyote creek would flood. David, the citys response . Reporter the city of san jose has questions as well, which it posed to the Water District several weeks ago. The two sides exchanged duelling letters pointing the finger today. Were waiting to see whether or not two entrenched a very airs can Work Together to prevent another disaster. Well see the two sides face a off again in public. San jose blaming flawed data and the Water District blaming the city for not heeding a potential for flooding. Something more could have been done and were not saying what the trigger was. What was the city waiti