And the gift of guns. One Police Departments valentines day suggestion, a firearm for that special someone. There have been plenty of headlines about the winter that just wont stop. Rain has been falling in some parts of california and that is big news but its not nearly enough rain to help desperate farmers teelg dealing with extreme drought. Theyre not the only ones struggling. We begin with melissa chan in californias Central Valley. The worst drought in her memory has her worried. It grabs you from down deep. And youre making me cry but when you see the soil and you touch it and you know that it may not be here for your next generation of family, thats thats big. Reporter she says she had hoped to plant pistachio trees this winter but without water, she will abandon that notion. Many afternoons assessing the effect of the drought. And it will be dry like this all year. All year. She takes us to stoneland farms. They left land fallow, because they dont have enough water. When were n
The defeat is seen as a major blow to unions trying to work their way into southern states. As recently as a few days ago it seemed as if it would pass. Jonathan martin has been n covering the story from the beginning and spoke to us by phone. The uaw is disappointed and surprised. All we are we spoke with uaw officials. They felt confident, they had a solid majority of workers. The totals tonight do in the reflect that. It was close. 53 . Workers voted against Union Representation there in chattanooga. The uaw in recent years lost influence and numbers. They were hoping to finally get a foothold at a foreignowned automakers after years of being unsuccessful. They had a good shot. They had an unlikely ally, volkswagen, allowing them to come into the plant, talk to the workers and volkswagen was not opposing this. The feeling by many is if the uaw could not win with the support and the backing of volkswagen, it will be unlikely that they do it elsewhere any time soon. That was jonathan
Now the musician is back with his 500yearold descrad anniversary yus. He stradivarius. He joins us tonight. Lego art. What incredible art one man is creating from these little plastic boxes. A lot to get to tonight. Breaking news out of tennessee. The historic vote whether or not to unions the volkswagen plant in chattanooga. Jonathan what can you tell us . John i can tell you the uaw is disappointed and pretty surprised. All week we talked with uaw officials, we have a solid number of workers who want a union at the plant. Obviously at the plant the totals dont reflect that. 53 of the workers voted against union representation. The uaw has lost influence, sheer numbers. They were hoping to finally finally get a foothold at a foreign auto maker in the south after so many years of being unsuccessful. They seemingly had a good shot at doing it. They had an unlikely ally, which was volkswagen. Volkswagen was allowing them to come into the plant, talk to the workers, and volkswagen wasnt o
With high temperatures in the mid50s at the coast. But elsewhere around the bay and inland, looking at upper 50s to lower 60s throughout the afternoon. So not as mild and muggy as its been. Temperatures near normal. Rainfalls coming in but how much and when will be determined when we come back and chat a little bit in a few minutes. Its not as much as we would like but its something. Thank you, lisa. Developing news now out of hayward, Police Investigating three stabbings, one of which left a man dead. Police responded to a fight this morning in a parking lot behind Buffalo Bills brewery. They found a man stabbed to death. Five minutes later, officers went to a car crash near eighth street and south garden avenue. No one was inside the car but Police Say Two people showed up minutes later at a hospital with stab wounds. Their conditions are not known. And at this time it appears all three incidents may be related. But police are still investigating. In San Francisco, a motorcyclist has
Area business are under investigation by the state and are demanding to get paid. Good evening. Im dan ashley. Im carolyn johnson. The company that sells the popular safeguard tubs has very unhappy customers and tonight it is dealing with disgruntled employees. Alan wang has the latest for us. We are not getting paid. About a hundred employees were told they would not get a paycheck understate scrutiny and 30 have been laide been i have been here in a little under six months and in the time i was here i had close to a hundred different people tell me i heard about your business and they are horrible. Green works u. S. Sell expins stalls safeguard tubs that are advertised in television commercials. Part of the company is based in Riverside County. I called the Riverside County County District Attorneys Office which confirmed this companys funds and financial records were seized as evidence in an on going investigation. Last week the contractors state license board had numerous complaint