Sweeping ruling on the whole system. He called californias Death Penalty beyond repair saying death sentences are more like life in prison with the remote possibility of death. He noted the long wait time at least 25 years as appeals worked their way through the legal system. There hasnt been an execution in california since 2006. Other legal hurdles probably means there wont be any more soon. So death row inmates continue to wait something they are used to doing. In the last 20 minutes i talk to San Mateo County d. A. Steve wagstaff. He supports the Death Penalty. He said he was surprised by the decision today. He says, his words, he was surprised that some judge fell for these arguments. He also is confident that the Supreme Court will overturn todays ruling. We are live in san quentin. Im ryan takeo, kpix 5. California brought back the Death Penalty in 1978. There are more than 700 people on death row but only 13 inmates have been executed. The last execution was Clarence Allen in 2
Bridge to reopen. The closure may be one factor in that. Caltrans saying their work is going as expected and they are on target to reopen by 5 00 a. M. Traffic near the bay bridge was slow going this evening. Driver jamie rusk was delayed 30 minutes. Shes looking forward to the san mateo bridge reopening. How do you think your commute will be in the morning . It will be much better. Reporter patty flores wanted to visit a relative in the hospital in San Francisco but decided the ride was too long on one of the alternate ate routes. We just got off the freeway and came here. Reporter caltrans points out it was a busy weekend in addition to the closure. Mothers day. Sporting events. There were a lot of people out. The westbound work is almost complete. Reporter the work is on track, resurfacing, treating and maintenance. They released pictures of their progress and say some of the asphalt has been there since 1967. We stripped the old pavement on the high rise and truss section and put d
But st. Helena now the rain is just picking up. More than an inch of rainfall just today on christmas. Nearly an inch of rainfall for both alameda and lafayette. Things are starting to add up for this december. Almost a half a foot of rainfall at sfo. This year weve seen 44 times more rainfall compared to just one year ago. So when does the rain move out and what when can do we see a prolonged dry period . Ill have the answer coming up. All right. Look forward to it. Thank you. On the peninsula. People who live along a creek have spent the last two days watching the water nervously. A flood on sunday night pretty much ruined their holiday. Reporter some people tell me theyve lost sleep worrying about this levee. The sandbags were stacked. People who live around here tell me theyre taking the threat of another flood very seriously. Has been a crazy couple days. Reporter a crazy couple of days for people who live in this East Palo Alto neighborhood. Creek to go over its banks. Water seep
Middle class families will wake up today to the assurance that their taxes wont go up 2,200 each. Reporter the Senate Agreement delays a 110 billion in spending cuts that were due to kick in today for another two months. Because the bill doesnt address spending, getting it passed in the house could be much tougher. The fact that the president wont challenge his party on spending cuts is disgusting. Its just disgusting. Reporter president obama wanted to dole with taxes and spending cuts at the same time. But with this congress, that was obviously a little too much to hope for at this time. Reporter House Speaker john boehner has not yet publicly endorsed the deal. Now, the house reconvenes at midday but lawmakers say, frank, they plan to study this bill hard before they take a vote. They say the senate has had months to get a bill passed and they are not going to rush to get anything done. There is word, tara, that some republican lawmakers are upset about something the president said.
On revenue is disgusting. Reporter president obama wanted a bargain that dealt with taxes and spending cuts at the same time. But with this congress, that was obviously a little too much to hope for at this time. Reporter House Speaker john boehner has not yet publicly endorsed the deal. And the house reconvenes by midday today. A vote could also come today. Tara, a lot of republicans werent happy with the president s speech yesterday. Is there any indication that that could affect the vote in the house . Well, president obama during that speech criticized congress for taking too long to come up with this deal. He also laid the groundwork for another problem thats coming and thats basically burrough upping the countrys burrough limit. Republicans will no doubt try to use upping that in exkang for spending cuts. And to which the president said, they have another thing coming if they think thats going to be the case. Spending cuts alone are not going to be able to reduce the countrys def