They thing pay 12. 63 an hour. The truth is the truth. They want walmart to publicly commit to paying employees a minimum of 25,000 annually, provide fulltime work and end what they say is retaliation against workers who have been speaking out for better work conditions. They will give them horrible shifts or just spread out their days off. Theyll work them all the way until midnight and then call them back in at 6 00 in the morning. At about 4 30, hundreds prove testers took to the streets shutting down the boulevard. Other protests at walmarts across the nation also got rowdy. In chicago, Police Arrested ten people, including two walmart workers. In southern california, ten people were arrested as they clashed with police in riot gear. In texas, at least one protester was arrested for blocking the street. On the today show this morning, walmarts ceo defended the company saying they are paid fairly and employees are treated well. We pay in the top half of the Retail Industry and we un
Late today to house newly homeless. Admittedly, the plan would only help a fraction of those living on the streets. Again, its a pilot. Well evaluate it. If it doesnt go that way, we wont keep going in this direction, but we want to try it. Reporter it would take an estimated 40 bucks per person per day. Thats cheaper than running shelters but not how Everyone Wants their tax dollars spent. These motels are already located in a highcrime area where there is a lot of prostitution, a lot of Illegal Drugs and a lot of illegal dumping. I would urge you to kick this back, tell them to do their homework and come up with a reasonable Management Plan to start to solve this problem. Reporter city counsel knows this is not a solution and would take half a billion dollars to solve the problem of homelessness and they only have a few Million Dollars to work with. They do already have 40 different motels and hotels interested and there would be a Nonprofit Organization hang maenim managing the hote
We are here at the action day primary plus fifth annual tree lighting. These folks here are bundled up. They have the right idea. Its cold out here. You mentioned its going to get even colder to night. I was looking at some of the long range models. Basically i want to compare how last year will stack up to what were headed for in the coming months. Be youll take a look at the graphic. In san jose we were pretty much average, daytime highs near 60 degrees. Even our overnight lows youll notice on the graph, january and february did dip into the lower than average category. Now as we advance to this upcoming winter and the next couple of months, what were going to find is looking at the rongrange models, it does seem as though our winter in san jose is going to remain average. Well see daytime highs in the 60s, morning lows bottoming out in the 40s. When you talk about averages, you have to keep in mind every single event. And of course, this is one single event that were experiencing ri
Jodi hernandez has the latest developments. Reporter ill tell you, it is going to be a tough day for firefighters. The winds have already picked up and the fire conditions are expected to be severe. Now im standing in front of somebodys house. You can see the house has been destroyed. We are looking at what we presume was the garage. A bicycle, the only thing left standing here. Now, the scene is the same all over the city, house after house after house, gone. What people worked for all their lives, we are told destroyed in what seemed like mere minutes. Now Firefighters Want to make sure that no more houses are lost here in weed, but ill tell you, theyve got their work cut out for them. Fire Officials Say that the conditions today again will be severe, winds are expected to be stronger and the humidity lower. And that is not a good combination, especially when there are so many hot spots out here still smoldering. But despite the losses, residents are just so grateful for everything f
Missing yesterday afternoon. He is atrisk because he is autistic. I has the mental cap pass ift a 3yearold. No other details have been released. It is not the kind of record you want to have. Last year, san jose hit not only a Record Number of whom sides but also a Record Number of property crimes. And now one family says its frustrated doing everything it can to help police but not getting the help they want. Nbc bay area stephanie strong is live in East San Jose with the story. Stephanie . Reporter here on this street alone up on the hills, we are hearing from neighbor there is have been four breakins in the last four to six months here. Theres a lot of concern. For paul majors and his family of four it happened about a month ago them say that there were three guys who broke in through the side fence and the bathroom window and the car and the three suspect were caught on a neighbors Security Camera so they had the footage available when the officer came and took the report. Majors s