The Hazardous Waste crews are cleavering out of the apartment of Nicholas Helman to make sure not a speck of ricin is left behind. Small amounts inhaled or if it gets injected into your body. It was back in march when s. W. A. T. Teams converged on helmans apartment. Investigators were able to recover several of the ingredients to make ricin, including caster beans and sodium hydroxide. He is accused of sending a ricin laced birthday card to the home of his exgirlfriends boyfriend. They didnt know much about him except that he was an eagle scout and lived in the apartment with his mother. They kept to themselves and didnt come out or talk to anyone. I was here for three years and dchbt talk to him but once and it was short. Its scary, and bothers me that people are able to do that, literally. Getting the information off the internet. Back out live on the scene where crews are hoping to finish this operation tonight and the heat is pushing back the expectations and hoping to come back a
Opposition on the council. The vice mayor worries about lawsuits and reprizeals from banks. It lowers value of the properties in the city of richmond lending instit yult yoougss will not lend where youve taken and used eminent domain. Councilman baits is concerned its supposed to prevent blight in neighborhoods the investing partner targeted nicer homes. Theyre cherry picking. That is what they do. They cherry pick, pick out those that they can make greatest degree of profit its worth noting the councilmans underwater in his mortgage but does not want help. The same cannot be said for patty, who signed up for eminent doen domain if it ever happens, anything, she said to keep alive her dream of homeownership. We were rather eat rice and beans and tortillas to have our home here. Four people, including a child were injured when two cars collided in west oakland. The crash happened on 8th and union streets. Firefighters had to use jaws of live to rescue one person in a vehicle. A potentia
Crisis is by no means over in one city. Yes. Homeowners still in dire straits, city leaders have a plan calling for drastic action, some are worried about the consequences. Wayne fraedman is live tonight to explain why. Wayne . Its a new twist for putting leverage on banks not by individuals this time, but by a city government. It would be a first. In richmond roughly half of the homes in the city are worth less than paid for them. By the time its the last week of march, of the month, were stretched. Patty and her husband paid 425,000 for this home, its now lost more than half of the value. Tonight she has hope. If the bank and wall street got bailed out how come we dont get bailed out . We call on bafrks to really dot right thing. After months, the city Council Voted to move head with possibly using Eminent Domain to buy underwater mortgages and with an Investment Group force banks to renegotiate. The councilman myrick voted in favor. We sent letters to the different investors for eac
Dominion Energy contracted with a private company to trim branches that are, or soon could be, interfering with electric lines along their rights-of-way. The work will be done in 2024, likely sooner than later, he said.
Two members of a group called “Hold Out The Lifeline” have asked the Town Council to adopt a policy forbidding the use of tobacco products – including cigarettes and e-cigarettes – on town-owned property.