Million families that are using these vouchers. I think the variability is a reflection of the fact that somehow the agencies are smaller, they have less of a case load, it may be easier for them to stay on top of these things. Host we talked about the Obama Administration requesting 220 million for the housing choice program. How has that been received on capitol hill . What is the politics surrounding that budget request . Guest that would be a large amount of money that this program has had in a while. The number of families that have been served by the program was cut down significantly by the sequester and is only just now getting back up to the number that it had been. The idea of spending more money i think within the broader context, a lot of antipoverty programs are a hard sell in washington right now, and this is one of them. The Section Eight Program in particular has the stigma attached that a lot of the people that benefit from this are just receiving government handouts,
Years ago. Comparisons show 1997 on the left, the red and white areas on the right the current formation. It could bring a lot of much needed rain after four years of drought. An el nino is a band of warmer water in the tropical pacific that changes weather patterns. My brother is a roofing contractor in the east bay and he is going nuts right now. Usually its slow but everyone is worried about the rain that could be coming. Im hearing a lot of reports from roofers, also Car Dealerships where people are trying to trade in their cars and get trucks. Suvs. Because, you know, you dont want to hydroplane this time of the year when we have the el nino and i have to tell you its the number one question im being asked by people every day, is it really going to happen . I got to tell you last year, we were saying were seeing signs of it and it didnt pan out. This year its very consistent day to day. Were watching el nino reports. Looks like we are going to have a wet late fall or early winter.
Kpix 5. All right. 6 01. Lets check the traffic on a friday. On a friday, exactly, were doing well. Most areas are very light at this hour. Going to go over the exceptions for you. If you plan to take the 580 commute, there is an accident clearing westbound 205 on the ramp to west 580. So this is as you leave the tracy area bound for the altamont pass. A motorcycle accident is going to delay traffic on 205 from beyond Mountain House. You pass the accident and its the usual 580 commute going to have you slow from beyond isabel. So thats going to be a slow spot for you. Also an accident in the clearing stages southbound 880 approach mowry. One lane of traffic shut down there. The bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are on. Traffic is backed up from about the 880 overcrossing. Bart is on time. No problems reported for San Franciscos muni or the altamont commuter express. Kpix 5s roberta express. Heres kpix 5s roberta gonzales. Fog and condensation. Now look at our live weather camera lo
Makovec. Frank and maria are off today. Kpix 5 reporter lisa chan live in martinez where emotions are running high. Reporter the Contra Costa County Sheriffs Department just held a News Conference and they said that they are devastated by the loss of one of their own. Yesterday Carlos Francis spent the afternoon with his friends on El Dorado Beach in south lake tahoe. All four why in the lake more than 100 yards offshore when his sister fell off the kayak. A friend helped her back to the kayak. As the friend swam back to his kayak, deputy franceies thought his friend was drowning. He jumped into the water to help the friend when his body went into shock and he drowned. [ music ] the mood, um, around this agency were all devastated. We have lost one of our family members. He was well liked, well respected, hard working. And we are in close contact with the family to get through this. Deputy francies was our colleague and friend. He was an outstanding person and professional. We are prou
Rogue, um, is really not something i expect of my state government. Reporter tonight at its Board Meeting the San Francisco Unified School District plans to go rogue and issue its own remedy. Just grant the 107 diplomas to the San Francisco student without the exit exam in defiance of state law. There is a disproportionate negative effect on the students of color and english language lerner students. So one may say we are going to break the law tonight by doing this. Im saying were actually keeping the spirit of the constitution because the way the law is currently, its adversely affecting a particular class of students. Excited. Reporter you might get your diploma tonight . Get it and i can go to college. Reporter so they are making some remarks right now as we speak and then within the next few minutes actually, we are expecting a vote by the school board. A couple of Board Members are missing right now of the but we are expecting a unanimous vote when they get to it. At which point