On where to start, faced with a sudden budget crisis. The Oakland School board is forced to make millions of dollars in cuts in the middle of the school year. Thanks for joining us. Im kristen sze in for alma dates. Im dan ashley. A special Board Meeting is starting right now. The Education Center in oakland, the story. A lot of people there, lauren. They certainly are. You can probably hear them behind me. These folks just all filed in here. They are chanting, we will not stop, chop from the top. Now they changed that chant. Well let you listen to them just a second. No cuts to schools. No cuts to schools. Reporter now, this is going to be a special meeting of the Oakland Unified School district board. They are going to discuss potential cuts, 15 million this Current School year. You can see these are parents and teachers. They are quite upset about these proposed cuts. They could impact students in the classrooms as well as many as 300 nonteacher positions could be cut. You can see t
To evacuate after that blast. That explosion shattered windows in several blasts. Abc 7 News Reporter Jonathan Bloom has the story. Reporter evacuated residents returned in time for it dinner in all except the home where the explosion happen. We have been in contact with the building owner. He does have about eight tenants that will now be Getting Services from the american red cross. Reporter it began at 10 00 a. M. Where one woman says its the second gas leak in as many weeks. Firefighters are knocking on our door asking us to evacuate the building. Reporter while they told residents there was no need to panic, firefighters said this was not a drill. We had firefighters arrive on scene with the heavy smell of gas, they positioned away from the building and started walking up and it exploded. Reporter video shows the damage. Three front windows shattered and garage windows blown out into the street. Theres no other real reason for that. Reporter firefighters said they believe the gas
Normal backup through the maze. Also tracking a couple accidents for you. One is in Mountain View northbound 101 at moffett and traffic is definitely slowing right now as you make your way on northbound 101, some brake lights from 237 up towards moffett so keep that in mind and another crash also in the oakland area southbound 880 past embarcadero. I have a couple new accidents to tell you about and i will have that in my next report. Developing news, investigators say that there has been a second package explosion. The u. S. Post at service says both packages were delivered to homes through the mail, one at a Police Officers home in alameda, the second at a home in east palo alto. The man who opened the package suffered burns to his hand. What was most suspicious about it is its a Jewelry Store box, none of us had ordered Something Like that and its something that would pique someones interest, they would want to open it. Investigators will not say if they think those incidents are co
No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 robin this storm could do serious damage to parts of the north bay scarred by last years fires. A Flash Flood Watch is in effect. The rain can carry the debris and ash into neighborhoods. And it can cause mudslides. Officials are asking people to clean up leaves and debris. And watch out for road hazards. If you need sandbags. A lot of counties. Including sonoma. Are giving them away for free. robin the National Weather service is expecting fastmoving landslides to become more likely when the rain hits the burned areas. And offers these ways to prepare yourself. Identify vulnerable areas on your property. Use Erosion Control techniques. Such as installing straw wattles and rock bags, and clearing firerelated debris from creeks and drainages to reduce flooding. Have an evacuation and emergency plan re
Remarks about haitian and african countries saying he only expressed what many people think, but wont say about immigrants from economically depressed countries. President trump arrived at his maralago resort in florida tonight for the Holiday Weekend after dodging questions from reporters earlier today. Mr. President , will you give an apology for the statement yesterday . During a bipartisan meeting on immigration yesterday, some lawmakers say the president said of haiti, el salvador, countries in africa, why are we having all these people from expletive countries come here . We should bring in people from more places like norway. This morning he tweeted a post saying this is tough, but not the language used. It is not true. He said these hatefilled things. This from dianne feinstein, we all need to stop pretending there are no consequences when the most powerful person in the world spouts racist views and gives a wink and a nod to the darkest elements in our society. Tonight on msnb