Shootings and other serious crimes on freeways. But not everyone is sold on the idea. If it makes a difference in saving a life, i am for it. They just dont work. Why are you spending this money on something that does not work . In oakland, a search is finally on for a new police chief. Half a year after the old one was fire. Residents say they are getting impatient with political infighting. Whoever is chosen, give them the opportunity to prove they could get the job done. It is being called the ferrari of firefighting helicopters. The new tool giving cal fire an advantage when the sun goes down. Good morning. It is sunday, august 6th. Lets kick things off with a quick check of our weather. With first alert meteorologist, darren peck. Welcome to the hottest day of the week. Temperatures will climb to 100 inland. I will show you the numbers in a second. We will not have nearly as much marine layer today. We have some right now in the immediate bay but watch how fast this melts back. By
A lot of fear. Da lin talks to drivers and a woman who recently survived being shot on the freeway. Reporter local authorities admit freeways have turned into battlegrounds for gangs and incidents of road rage. The chp said they responded to more than 400 freeway shootings in the bay area since 2020. Freeways, theyre how people get around go, to work and go for grocery runs, but the repeated shootings are scaring the public. Our home backs up to 580. So its our main thoroughfare. So were on it constantly and it is now a thought i have every single time i get on the freeway. Reporter oakland residents leanne and alonzo cabell say they avoid the freeway if possible. They drove on city streets friday to take their granddaughter to the park. I used to honk more when someone cut me off or speed up and try to look over and give eye contact and now i just let people go about their day. Not only would we not honk, we wont even look to see who might have passed us. Reporter one freeway shooting
I would take the commission and say the recommendations you made were great, but there is not a ecstatic world. Even the pass afnlgtd Affordable Care act and the exchange coming in to play has changed the dynamic, and so i would say i want a new set of goals. I want 2020 goals. I Want Health Care Cost Containment to be one of the goals, but i want central to this payment reform. Delivery and payment reform as your consideration. How do we go from a feeforservice and what do we do to make the transition and consider it not as a onetime thing. The commission made the recommendations. Its ongoing work and important to treat it that way. As environment changes to change the set of goals but keep quality of service and payment foremost in your mind. Governor, you get the last word. If i were governor for day i would issue an executive order redefining the length of a day. [laughter] shorter . I think its going to take more than a day. This is a very good report, but as we said this morning,
Nine students and recent graduates representing Cornell’s four contract colleges were selected to receive the 2024 State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Student Excellence.