Case. Ever . Ever. Vice mayor patricia is talking about cities all across the state that are being ordered by judges to get rid of their atlarge voting system, implement districts, and get in compliance with the california voter rights act. But i have not seen any legal precedent that says three districts electing six councilmembers satisfies the voter rights act. That is the basic, the basic issue here. I called to order this meeting of the charter review. The idea to switch to three districts came after countless hours of research and debate by the socalled charter review committee. Council member terms with dagger so theres always an election in every district. Mayor lisa gilmore says the cocounsel members can share the workload, and Council Member Teresa Oneill says constituents will have not one, but two people to go to to solve their problems. Reporter how do you know this is going to work . Well, we never know. If two, three or four years from now people dont like it, we can cha
A survey from the Research Center found americans are not interest in typhoon haiyan. The survey conducted a week after the storm hit Shows Americans donating to the relief effort is trailing behind other recent Natural Disasters. 14 made a donation to charities and 17 plan on doing so. 18 of americans contributed after the hurricane last year and 18 planned to donate. A look at the United States funding and this is heard from the asid members. I want to apologize for being a few moments late. We had a vote on the floor. And some of the members will be arriving as they finish on the floor. Nearly one month ago, the deadliest typhoon hit the philippians with sustained winds of 150 miles per hour. The surge reached a height of 40 feet. It killed more than 5600 people. Another 1,759 are listed as misses. 26,000 were injured. It is the strongest storm recorded at landfall and 5th in terms of wind speed. The storm was three and a half times the size of katrina. Last week i led a delegation
Set to retire tomorrow, breaking down before the cameras today when he told the community here that Police Sergeant did not survive. Also breaking here in california tonight, the state of emergency as we come on the air. The explosive wildfire. This entire neighborhood has burned to the ground. Homes destroyed. Schools and a hospital evacuated. Families racing to get out. The flames all around them. The outrage in washington from democrats tonight and concern from some republicans. President trumps pick to serve as the new acting attorney general. And what he said about Robert Mueller before, saying, there was no collusion. Now, hes in charge of the investigation. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the hospital. We do have news on her condition tonight. And the breaking development in the urgent search for that missing 13yearold girl. The suv she was forced into, and where its now been found. And good evening from california, as we come on the air here in the west tonight. An
Recount prompting memories of bush v. Gore. Bill nelsonless than a fifth of one percentage point behind challenger rick scott, the governor, likely headed to a recount though nothing in florida is ever certain. Scott, though, alleging fraud, demanding an investigation. Hes already filed a lawsuit. The big difference from 2000 . Florida not alone. Close races in arizona and georgia immobilized partisan legal establishments in those states. The one thing we can say for certain about the 2018 midterms, it aint over. Heres President Trump just a few moments ago weighing in on the florida race suggesting there could be, could be a federal role in all of this. Every hour it seems to be going down. I think that people have to look at it very, very cautiously. Helping us figure out all of this, our nbc reporters, ali vitali in tallahassee, florida. Well get to Vaughn Hillyard in just a moment, just returning from arizona also with us leah wright rigor assistant professor at harvards kin lee sc
Thats taken their loved ones and altered the path of their lives forever. Well get to the latest on the investigation. A gunman opening fire at the borderline bar and grill in thousand oaks, and we will not say the shooters name or show his picture. If he wanted to be remembered for this, he shouldnt get that satisfaction. Its been less than 24 hours, so we dont have all the names, but we want to tell you about the ones we know so far. Cody kaufman was planning to join the army. He was the head umpire for a local Baseball League and leaves behind his family and friends. Well hear from his father and a friend that was with him at the bar. Sergeant ron helus was a 29yearold veteran of the Ventura County sheriffs office, hoping to retire in the next year or so. He was among the first officers that went on the scene to stop the shooter. He loved fishing with his son and always quick to respond to those in need. Sergeant ron helus. Elena housley was a freshman at pepperdine university. She