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Elementary and secondary schools in berkeley, what the School Superintendent says the districts doing to keep children safe. Thanks for joining us this midday. It is wednesday im kris sanchez and im chris kamara. Were going to get to that story in just a moment. But first san jose firefighters are at Sunrise Middle School because multiple people say they are having difficulty breathing. Nbc bay areas ian cull joins us now live from the scene. Ian, i understand that there are students who are being treated right now. Do we know what their condition is . Yeah, we understand that. Two of those students were transported to the hospital for further evaluation. One was released to their parents after being looked at here, but it has been an extremely busy morning here at Sunrise Middle School in just the past hour and a half. That is starting to resolve luckilly as we speak and things are getting back to normal here on campus. After firefighters were called to the scene around 930 to reports
Bay. Good afternoon. Im audrey asistio. Welcome to nbc bay area news at 4 30. Our robert honda is talking to the former mayor of san jose. Hes going to be joining us with the latest on bart. Were also tracking other stories on this wednesday, including a possible change because of our reporting on alleged bullying at a School District in Contra Costa County. The important meeting tonight to discuss the future of the superintendent there. Also, students sickened and sent to the hospital. We talked to firefighters about what gave them trouble breathing inside a south Bay Middle School and planting trees to make a difference in the neighborhood. Why . The mayor of san jose and People Living there say this will help the community move forward. It is something our ian cull is looking into and hes going to be joining us. But lets go ahead now and begin with that ongoing effort to bring bart to san jose. Projects been years in the making now, but the progress has been slow and expensive, and
New at 5 00, a judge has harsh words for oakland city leaders about how they handled the investigation. Abc 7 News Reporter Laura Anthony is live at the federal courthouse in San Francisco. She has more now on what the judge had to say. Laura . Reporter this hearing just wrapped up this afternoon here in San Francisco. All the Major Players inside the courtroom. Federal judge Felton Henderson told the city of oakland and its Police Department that its long history of federal oversight is far from over. He told city leaders and attorneys for all sides, the sex abuse scandal shows were still not finished after 14 years of reforming this department. The hearing comes after an independent report found then Oakland Police chief sean wentz and top city officials including mayor schaaf were inept in their handling of a sex scab dndal involving a teenage girl. As you all know, the judge has not made a ruling, but he will make a ruling in a couple of days. And from there, we will have a clear d
And gray stand out too. This is like the third fire in the last week or two. Reporter two small fires burning near mary jane falls. Unusual for so late in the season. September was very, very dry. And so our heavy fuels are still dry. Reporter Brett Van Gundy with the u. S. Forest service says while firefighters are actively working a small fire from overnight, the original fire from sunday is another story. Today a helicopter brought in to tree canopy, he says, is tough. The one up top, the lost fire, is inaccessible to people. Its unsafe. Its way too steep and rugged to put people in. Theres really nothing to worry about. Reporter anthony has been watching the smoke for the better part of four days from his mountain neighborhood. He says the threat of fire is the price you pay for living in paradise. But hes confident even without firefighters on the ground hes redflag warnings for high winds coming through the canyon here. And it breezed right through that. Reporter still, he also k