This is fox 5 local news at 10 00. Right now at 10 00,s a 911 system meltdown in the district. For more than an hour, callers were unable to reach the emergency dispatch center. And tonight, fox 5 has learned officer radios went down too. Leaving those officers on the streets cut off from communication. Could it happen again . And disturbing threatening emails into students at virginia tech. How the school is reacting. More cases of hepatitis are surfacing in our area after a popular smoothie chain was linked to the illness, fox 5 news at 10 00 starts now. Welcome, apparently from what were being tolding all it took was the flip of a switch and the entire 911 system shutdown in the district. Im tony perkins. Im shawn yancy. Early saturday, a Maintenance Worker the system. He was trying to turn off an alarm indicating a water leak in the building but flip to do the wrong switch we begin with sarah simmons, we understand that the 911 backup plan also did not work. Reporter startling when
After intense pressure from the public and lawmakers, the drug Company Mylan has now caved on the cost of the epipen. Epipen. The life saving shot will now also come in a generic brand. Brand. The cost of emergency shot during an allergic reaction has ballooned in recent years its right now more than 6 hundred dollars. The announcement means a generic version would cost about half as much as the current price. While the Company Works on that, some First Responders say theyve managed to find an even cheaper solution. All our emts to draw their own medications. The cost savings has bled over to our patients, and also to our depar department. Other companies are also looking for new technologies to compete against the epipen shot in the open market. Iowa senator Chuck Grassley is among the lawmakers pushing for the chang. Change. In a statement, senator grassley said quote this sounds like good news but the details are important to know. Grassley says he will continue to work with the foo
Com thank you kevin. And, the sunset but, thank you kevin. But the clouds are moving out pretty quick. And a low moving in. Probably to drive. And Kevin Kennedy over pleasant hill, many sunset photos here. We have the tropical photos. And there are patchy low clouds. It looks like a breezy day. 50s and 60s on the temperatures. And also, the fog is getting chewed up. But still, patchy low clouds and mostly sunny to breezy. What you have . We do have a problem on the richland bridge. There is an accident in the middle of the span. Traffic will be slow on the bridge. So, we can tell you that traffic we are not recommending that you take that bridge. Although, approaching the bridge toll plaza it is not so bad. But the traffic on the span will be slow as you drive closer. So please give yourself extra time. And let me see this, this is one of those things where i will have to check on this. All right. Lets take a look. Traffic will be busy as you drive through. The traffic will be okay. Yo
Cloud cover. 56 gilroy, and santa cruz and 56 are all 50s. And i dont think we have any shower activity if it does it will be high base. And look for a mostly sunny day 60s and 70s. Good morning. It is 5 01 am, and an hour later , we are looking at slow traffic. And you might expect that if youre a tracy commuter. We are starting with the tracy commute, and these are going to be slow trying to get to the altamont pass. Most of the traffic is before that. So we get on the freeway, there is pretty good chance that you will be ahead of the traffic for now getting into the valley. You can see that traffic is not bad for livermore to dublin. Taking a look at the commute on interstate on interstate 880. And, when you get to the bay bridge, still not a big delay traffic looks good on to San Francisco. Lets go back to the desk. Oakland Police Departments are looking for Permanent Police chiefs. Now, there are questions about the chief of another Bay Area Police department. Alex savage is in ha
Officials believe this is accident. 3 no charges will be filed in the death of a High School Student killed on the side of the highway in washington county. Inebruary. 18yearold ryan yaucran out of gas on highway 45 in west bend. While refilling his tank. A driver crossed the fog line and hit and killed him. Police have determined the driver a 34yearold man from palmyra was not impaired or using his cell phone. But they dont the fog line. T le crossed criminal chargesce any 3 a man whose crime as apparently inspired by milwaukees sherma n park disturbances is heded for ial. 19year old dale folley appeed icourt yesterday and probable causwas found bajumping chargethe d criminal complaint says folley told police he wanted to mimic the sherman park violence, so he set a van on fire in a pickand save parking lot on the citys south side. His next day in court is september 15. . Taxpayers . To decide iey f th wanted to pay for more police. Police. Alderman Terry Witkowski proposed a referend